All Except One, One-GEA - Professional GEA Group Employee Review

The "Hive-off" (downsizing) done as part of the restructuring to One-GEA was pretty clearly done by age (top down). That didn't get costs down far enough so the North American management team decided to cancel health insurance at one plant that had many long time employees. Those that didn't have a spouse with health care were forced to find private insurance or Obamacare, or leave. Many have done the latter. While people in Galesville were scrambling to find health coverage in November and December last year, the other North American plants were doing open enrollment and got a note talking about how great it was that their health care costs weren't going up.