UnitedHealth Group is offering a voluntary separation package to thousands of employees, anonymous workers are posting on social media and layoff forums. | UnitedHealth Group is rolling out a voluntary separation package to its employees.

UnitedHealth Group has started offering buyouts to a number of workers and layoffs might eventually be coming, depending on how many people opt for voluntary separations. The Eden Prairie-based health care giant did not say how many buyouts it’s targeting as part of what the company is calling a “voluntary resignation separation program,

UnitedHealth (UNH)care is offering employees in its benefits operations unit the option to accept buyouts if they quit by March 3, Annika Kim