Aetna, celebrated long been considered one of the most flexible employers in the nation, cuts back on a policy that employees can work from home.
The company, which believes that his political work generously require at his home overnight for cooperation that managers who live 50 miles from an office in the office next year to work, according to several employees. be brought in the course of time more in rank and file employees to the office.
Aetna also has plans layoffs and an early retirement program announced that based insurer Hartford moved to reduce operating costs.
Aetna spokesman Matt Clyburn said that the changes in the Tele policy is under way "to increase collaboration and innovation."
"Recently, we have informed the staff of several envisaged measures Aetna in 2017 for further growth to help and beyond a voluntary retirement program including" Clyburn said.
"We do not report the potential impact of our early retirement program ... and we do not provide details about changes to our policy of telework. These changes will be communicated directly to the employees," Clyburn said.
CEO Mark Bertolini said an employee of Aetna in September on the need to reduce the workforce and bring the workers in the office, as he announced a plan to Apple employees shows offer.
Aetna is also at the center of a controversial merger with Louisville-based Humana, which is opposed by the United States Department of Justice. In the middle of the discussions on the merger provides the CEO of Aetna no guarantee that the insurer keep its headquarters in Hartford, where the merger wins approval.
In the past decade, the company has focused on its friendly staff in many ways and his political work in the home is one of the things that you are promoting.
According to Gallup, the percentage of Americans who has in the past two decades is to say increases telecom muted. The organization of the vote in last year reported that 37 percent of workers say that telecom muted have.
"Who a long drive? With more than 100 offices will, may be closer than you think. They even have the ability in the country to work, '' the company said on its website." Today more than 43 percent of our employees are teleworking. "
Aetna has about 6,000 employees in Connecticut, compared to about 7,000 in 2013 when the company worked on the Courant 3000 of them at home.
With Figueredo, vice president of workplace culture Aetna, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Manager, she said this year that about 5,000 people at the headquarters of Aetna working in Hartford. Some people work both at home and at headquarters.
Wayne Turmel, co-founder of the Leadership Institute removal that helps administrators to a distributed workforce, said that many companies expanded financial reasons job options at home.
But Turmel said that, while the people who work from home are more productive, studies have shown that they are working with colleagues less. Now, he said, many companies, including Aetna, move employees need to come to the office.
He said, want to combine business, working remotely with the cooperation, should ask: "Are we to create online opportunities to get to know each other and really know the strengths and weaknesses of the individual"
Turmel said that many companies have their approach telecommuting not restated because they recognize their work culture, are not where they want it, because it add real estate costs. In addition, he said, workers who have a job or move more, depending on how often they would be in the office, again a change.
In addition to the change in the country's policy to work Aetna, Bertolini said some job reductions are due to the company's decision in some countries to stop selling policies of Obamacare. The company will support 800 jobs in the industry. He said 400 of those workers placed in jobs elsewhere in the company.
Clyburn declined to say how many people are eligible for the early retirement program into consideration.
"We are constantly reduced to looking for opportunities, operating costs, including the examination of how our resources are used," he said.
have cut initiatives Aetna early retirement of experienced staff clearly the employees of the insurance company.
Bertolini told the magazine Wharton this year that early retirement programs have not stopped Aetna relatively few employees with more than 20 years old.
"Thus, more than 50,000 employees, it is likely that less than 1,600 people who have been with the company for more than 20 years," he said.
In 2011 1.700 businessmen have taken, including 400 in Connecticut early retirement. To qualify, then and now, had years of service and age, add up to 65th
Apple Watch initiative has received great press, while the company does not make public, has decided its plans for changes in the political work at home.
The company said Apple clocks are provided for free to all 50,000 employees. However, the clock is free, the employees decide their annual refund welfare credit from $ 200 to spend on the device, and the company would make a difference.
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