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Is Axolotl/OptumInsight still in business? The transcription part. - Curious

Posted: Jan 01, 2013

Last info I could find... - not sure

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Yes, but not hiring presently. - Catwoman

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Nm

Thanks. I figured they weren't hiring. They lost so many - op

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accounts. I just wandered if they were still in the transcription business.

don't do it - MT

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...unless you are young. last downsize, over 80 people let go, all over 40.

Of the 80, only 11 were MTs and 1 was a QA, All the MTs - op

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were over 40, though some left were over 50 and at least 2 were in their 60s. At least 11 of the 80 were under 40, with some in their early 20s.

company-wide, all over 40 - MT

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not to mention, it was called job elimination for downsizing.

this is not an Axolotl company - it is United HealthGroup.

I advise anyone to research this company. They are basically from India, and have a very bad turn-over and many complaints on job boards.

there was no explanation from the supervisors whatsoever, no communication about anything.

there were supposedly approx 50 MTs, so letting 10 go, must have been problems. some had retraining for an entirely different job.

the way it was done was underhanded as well.

just be very wary - that is my opinion.

no fairness, bad communication, treated less than a person.

Not all over 40. I was one of the 10 and I have a list of positions - ex-OI

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(not names) eliminated with the ages of people in each position. It also shows the ages of the ones not let go. This is something required by law.

Many people know the company as Axolotl. After buyouts and name changes I'm unsure what the name is now, but United Health Group was on the paycheck.

They have offices in several countries.

The layoffs were not performance-based. They had lost a couple of large accounts and for over a year there had not been sufficient work. I'm not sure what the retraining was about, as it didn't go anywhere, and some of those positions were eliminated as well.

It was very underhanded, but from what I have been reading this is the way they operate. They buy a company or two or three, take pieces parts and lay off the rest of them.

I think there were only about 45 MTs and QA total before the layoff. I'm not sure if the transcription manager got laid off as well, which would take the number down to about 34.

thank you... - MT

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it was underhanded whatever happened.

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