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Transcend plans to offshore even more work - Unbelievable


Posted: May 20, 2010

See article by AHDI:  [McGrogan] "... also reiterated Transcend's intention to increase the volume of work performed offshore."

http://www.networkedblogs.com/3v3Dz?a=share&ref=nf

P.S.  If the link doesn't take you directly to the article, look in the archives, post date 05/03/2010; "Transcend Services: Spheris Bid Attempt to Cost Additional $400K-$500K."

Thus the pay cuts... because they wasted millions being unsuccessful sm - Unbelievable

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Just so nice for us. And they are going after more...how many more pay cuts will we have to take so they can get bigger and line their pockets even more?

I just read that article and in the comment section - Soon to be X transcend

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was a response from the author. He said they were upfront about their intention to offshore more work. All that was missing after that comment was "so there!"

'Upfront' does not mean - Ethical....

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I would like to know how Jay Cannon sleeps at night. Happy with selling out your fellow Americans so you can have more jingle in your pockets? Ever heard of Karma?


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