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Dec 11Edited

When I saw the point about McDonald's, the first thing that popped in my mind was the comms. ;)

This whole thing is too neatly wrapped in a bow while stinking to the high heavens. I think you are correct- this story isn't over, and I do think a message was being sent.

(Before this happened, if you had done a search on who the UHC CEO was, you would have not seen the name Brian Thompson come up first- it would have been his boss, Andrew Witty, who made twice as much. Thompson was a divisional CEO. But the headline is always THE UNITEDHEALTH CEO and his name is kind of an afterthought a few paragraphs down We have been in an age of CEO worship - Jaime, Elon, Zuck, Jack - you know who they are. No one says Brian.)

I spent a lot pf years in the insurance space. I asked a friend of mine yesterday who works for an insurance agency that has a large employee benefits division. Her company overall has 6K employees so they carry some weight at the carrier. I asked what did UHC put out to the field. She said they haven't said a word. Which is really weird, because the relationships between home office personnel and agency leadershio/field are pretty close.

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SD - was in the car and heard something and wanted to see what you thought. The news blurb was about McDonald's and the layoffs - I think the number was 6K overall. Blame on the $20 minimum wage in CA (and elsewhere) and the potential for AI. Maybe I have too much tin foil on, but with everything going on, it was kind of an odd little story to run. Any thoughts? (Are the layoffs in intelligence?)

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