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Hundreds were laid off this week. - Who cares

Posted: Jul 26, 2013

Hundreds were let go this week. One of the biggest weeks for layoffs. Everyday someone is losing their job and has been going on since March/April, but this was the biggest week so far. More and more accounts being offshored (like we did not know). Do not want to put fear in people or cause stress, but this is reality.

They were the - lucky ones.

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No matter what I do, I can never escape the damnation of MM!

I wonder if I'm next - no benefit letter, tons of errors recently

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I think I will be let go early next week. I'm scared to death.

I would not go there. Benefit letters were - ALWAYS late in my group.

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In fact, last one came in mail and then a month later received email about my benefit rate.

Sorry, but deleted post. Do not - want to cause fear.

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It is true though and it is a mess and backlogged for sending letters out.

i'm so confused. - what happened???

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Yeah, kind of worried now! - What is going on?

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I'd rather know than not know, even if it is just a theory of what is going on!

Who cares - fancy pants

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Please let us know what you're talking about. We do care.

Where did you get your numbers/info? - nm

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That's what I was wondering. Only 2 people here said they were laid off - So would be interesting to know

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Where poster saw the info. If they really saw it at all.

Ha, do they even have "hundreds" of US MTs to - on the chopping block

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lay off.

do you really think that every employee posts here? - in reality, only a handful do

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So if a couple posted, it very well could be in the hundreds. The last time this happened in April, it seemed like under ten, but my TSM told me she had to let go of ten just in her BOB.

Hundreds? - No laid off

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I would also like to know where you are getting your numbers. I also wonder if you are aware that they are advertising form MTs on another job board. It makes no sense to lay people off and hire more, something is wrong with that picture.

I can - verify

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the person who posted knows what they are talking about. Many people post things and do not want to expose where they got the information. You can believe or not, but the information is true.

Give us a clue? Can you and/or the OP let us in - on where this comes from?

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We can be anonymous here, so can't someone in the know here just give us a teeny tiny clue as to source?

you - will

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just either have to believe it or not, but it was a reliable source.

doesn't surprise me - there are still

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There are still thousands of US MTs. Hundreds would sound about right. It really wouldn't make much impact to lay off 2 (or 20).

Of course - it

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does not make sense. You are dealing with MModal and nothing they do makes sense.

Yet they have a new job ad on the mt ad site.... - Doesnt make sense. NM

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Makes sense to me. - anon

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Fire the top tier making the most money and hire new lower tiers making less money.

but look at posts below... - on the chopping block

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I'm making 10/6 and I'm still here. So are many others in this pay grade.

Makes more sense to ONLY KEEP tier 3 or just MMEs. Anything tier 1 and tier 2 can do, we can do. Why rely on a bunch of inexperienced newbies?

My bet is like what someone else posted earlier, eventually they will only have MMEs working for them.

I'm - a

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tier 2 and not an inexperienced newbie. I'm just not interested in tiering up to make even less money. I made more money as a tier 1 than a tier 2.

As did I, but I'm not calling all tier 1 and 2 MTs - on the chopping block

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newbies, I'm calling new hires newbies. I do understand a lot of tier 1 and 2 employees have great skills and years of experience, but I feel they all made a very grave mistake by not testing up when they could. Is a little more money for the short term better than less money for the long term? I still think that only tier 3 and MMEs, or even just MMEs will be working at Mmodal 12-18 months from now. As for myself, thank heaven, I'll be retired.

Do you do procedures, echos, EKGs, - tier 2 too

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and cardiac caths as a tier 2? I was always told tier 2 was no procedures or OPs but now my new TSM is having me do procedures and I am a tier 2. The only thing I don't do is OPs. The recruiter told me I wouldn't be doing procedures and OPs as a tier 2.

I do - everything

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except OPs. A long time ago I didn't, but that changed a few years ago.

Difficulty of ops is over rated. - on the chopping block

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I'll take an op over a genetics report any day.

I'll take an op over a mumbling mushmouth dictator any day.

I'll take an op over a very detailed, let's identify every single piece of equipment, cardiac cath any day.

If you think about it, if you do multiple hospitals, as we all usualy do, op reports will have fewer client specifications to worry about too.

Anway, I'm sorry for any tier 2s who are doing what they were told they would not be doing and now cannot test up. My word to the wise, when you can test up, do so.

I bet this current business may be about adding a tier 4 MT and lowering all the pay ranges for 1, 2, and 3.

I am - not

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saying I can't do ops or find them difficult, and I have no interest or intention on tiering up. I went from tier 1 to tier 2 and got a 10th of a cent raise, then they cut the pay across the board and I now make less as a tier 2 than a tier 1. The only thing I am interested in is getting out of this company, which I am working on. The big push for everybody to tier up makes me think they are going to cut rates again. They don't push people to improve themselves in order to help them.

OPs are the best work type out there. Those are where I make - my money. NM

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Don't they already have a tier 4, its called MME. - anon

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I am sure some fabulous surprises await us when they are finished "assessing" the tiers in 3 months.

Tier 4 was supposed to be for ops alone. - on the chopping block

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Don't know what happened to that idea. I make most of my money on ops too. That clearly shows Mmodal has no idea what transcription is like, if they think ops are the hardest.

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