AM I NEXT? IS THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL AT ELEVANCE/ANTHEM? (10/19/24)

Am I Next? Major changes at Anthem.

OCTOBER 19, 2024 — CONTINUING QUIET LAYOFFS

Periodic, unpublicized layoffs continue to occur company-wide, including 59 employees in Woodland Hills, California, and 64 in Cerritos, California.

To help avoid confusion, Elevance is Anthem Blue Cross in California and not Blue Shield of California.

JUNE 28, 2022 — NAME CHANGE TO ELEVANCE

Anthem announced that it is changing its name to Elevance Health and will revive the Wellpoint name in some markets. The name change will become official on June 28, 2022, and the company's ticker symbol will be ELV.

The change will help the company consolidate its various brand identities to reduce consumer confusion.

MAY 22, 2019 — Original post…

Indianapolis, Indiana-based Anthem, Inc., the healthcare benefits company and parent of Blue Cross/Blue Shield, has acknowledged that they have laid off more than 166 IT employees.

It also appears that the company is restructuring. In Woodland Hills, California, the company is moving from its Warner Center 450,000 square-foot building to one that is estimated to be 169,000 square-feet. The company intends to sell its remaining adjacent 26-acre property.

The company also has announced plans to move up to 3,000 IT employees into a 21-story Anthem Technology Center facility currently under construction in Atlanta, Georgia and expected to open in 2021. It is unknown if Anthem’s headquarters will remain in Indianapolis.

Look for layoffs to be phased and if you are unwilling to move to Georgia, you may want to start looking for alternative employment.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life, or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere ... are you now wondering, Am I Next?