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Remarkably poor Webmedx - This is a chicken s**t way to do people

Posted: Sep 01, 2010

Ever notice how the MTSOs voted for anything always end up - doling out the worst treatment?

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Weren't they supposedly voted best employer or something like that? Transcend voted best in Klas. Seems like their heads get a little to big for their office doorways and they forget how to treat people.

wonder if they waited to do layoffs until after they - got their award - nm

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Hah. Yeah, that little "best employer to work for!" survey is over now. nm - MT

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nm

Well, check out where they put their people--MTIA, AHDI, etc. - K

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Put them in positions of power in all of the decision-making organizations in the industry. If someone is in an important position already, then by all means, hire them. Push for your definition of what a "line" is so that will give your company an advantage.

I think the u-know-what could be just about ready - to hit the fan with all dishonest MTSOs.

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And that would be.... ALL of them. Honesty and a morally responsible way of doing business don't exist in these MT middlemen companies. There was extremely little of it even back in the old days, but now there is NONE. NADA. ZIP. ZILCH.

We all know we're being screwed by them. But I wonder how many clients realize it's happening to them, too?

You never know. The day just might come when the fad of sending transcription out to these off-site (and offshore) MT pimps will lose its luster, and MTs will once again be an important part of the healthcare team again. Working directly for the client, and NOT for someone who is cheating us out of money we earned.

Let them all pack up their slimy MT-pimp businesses, and move to other countries, because they sure aren't true Americans, and they don't deserve to live here.

Ironic that they claim they take action with integrity sm - hmmm

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when they didn't even have the decency to notify those people with a telephone call.

They make tons of false claims! nm - Like Employer of the Year

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So you don't want to be called back when the work comes back? nm - Curious

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The meeting on the community board did say - Anon.

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those laid off would be contacted immediately when new positions opened up, but it sounds like the answer here is a definite no. At least right now. It must also be upsetting for the managers who work with us to not be allowed to discuss this with their people--of course, NOT a fraction as upsetting as what these very angry people are going through. Tomorrow's another day.

meeting on community board - Carol

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Really? That's what they told me too...last September! Guess what I haven't been contacted and it's been nearly a year...so please, don't hold your breath!

Did you finally look for another job; how long did you wait - Curious

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Just curious. Was it a lay-off? Did you find another job or were you able to collect Unemployment this whole time?

Thanks

Druther starve than ever go back. - n/m

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You are joking, right? - I want some of what you are smoking!

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They will not be calling anyone back. They just said that to make THEMSELVES feel better so they could sleep last night.

All of you should get together and PICKET - right in front of their main office. nm

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No we shouldn't. Let's demonstrate the class we - want in our employers.

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Not very many people were laid off and will be eligible for rehire eventually. Not great, but not cause for pitchforks and torches.

Really? - exwebber

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You must be one who did not get laid off, I would like to know how many of us were let go. I for one have been at this a long time, never had any quality issues, worked extra when asked, flexed when asked, gave up weekends to work, I think I deserved more than a form letter telling me I was terminated. I don't think I will be holding my breath for the call back, they could not even tell us in person, but they can tell the remaining employees what they did? How stupid is that. Very unprofessional and definitely lacks the integrity they claim to have.

how much do you wanna bet.... - remarkable my butt

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...that everyone who was laid off was a long time employee?

I'd bet dollars to donuts that they laid off all the loyal long time employees 'cause they were making more money than new hires and they're just keeping the new hires so they don't hafta pay out as much so the greedy pigs at the top can still make the big bucks.

I, for one, was a long time employee there.

Anyone else?

Unfortunately no - exwebber

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Hired in January, terminated in September.

Amen! They have NO integrity - Remarkable Lack Thereof

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cretins

Standard procedure these days in all industries. - Regrettable But The Way It Is.NM

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NO it is NOT the way it is done. NOBODY gets laid off my e-mail. - Stop trying to justify your cowardly move.

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cowards.

Your whole friggin company is "regrettable." - And may you live to regret it!

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Yeah - instead of REMARKABLE, now we have - REGRETTABLE!

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my my how the worm turns...

Not very many people. So they say. Do you really know sm - webbo

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if that's true? It could be 100, how would we ever know?

Yeah, that"ll get you noticed alright. NOT! - Give me a pitchfork AND a picket sign!

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Oh you bought that, did you? What do you call "not many?" - K

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nm

Like the CLASS WE were shown?? - Remember the Golden Rule?

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The MTs have always shown more class than the MTSOs - give us a break! At least we are honest and ethical.

The Golden Rule doesn't say do to them what they did to you. - The Golden Rule

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The Golden Rule says do unto others what you would LIKE them to do unto you. If you want honest, ethical treatment in the future, it isn't going to happen by acting like they do. There is also another adage in the Bible that says, "You reap what you sow." MTSOs will get what's coming to them without us doing it. If we keep our integrity during all this, we'll benefit from it.

I actually prefer that old saying, - "An eye for an eye". THAT would make me happy.

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When is the last time they laid off a suit? - Never, right?

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And what would be the savings ratio if they did? The salary of 1 suit would equal how many MT salaries?

1 suit would probably = about 10 MTs, maybe more. - So with the current layoffs, - sm

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I wonder how many new suits The Spider will be able to hire? Two? Three?

Agreed. I have been laid off in the past... - sm

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...It's a shock to be on the receiving end of a pink slip. It's miserable. But picket? Really?

Where are the cheerleaders now? The ones who say sm - webbo

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we should go somewhere else if we don't like it? I wonder if they were laid off and if so, how they feel now?

Don't kick them when they're down. sm - K

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I understand your point. Truly, I do. But all of us, can we for once learn this: There's no reason to cheerlead for any company on these boards or any others. MTSOs are not LOYAL to you. Your employer does not care. This is the, what, 2nd? largest MTSO, the one that touts themselves as "remarkable" and waves their AHDI Employer of the Year banner ... and then they do this, in this way, to some people who had been with the company 5 years, 7 years, more.

There is NO employer you can trust right now. There is NO job that is secure. There is NO position that isn't replaceable. When you cheerlead for your employer here, you're being an unpaid recruiter. And see what these companies are doing to us!

I hurt for the people who were laid off regardless of whatever they did on the boards in the past. When what was once touted as the last "good" MTSO to work starts showing their true colors, there is nothing left in this field you can trust.

They are not loyal to you, so don't be recruiting for them -- ANY company here. We need to start sticking together and supporting each other. This field was already difficult before this economy.

If you were laid off, please know you have so much support here, so many people thinking good thoughts for you. Please stay strong.

Good post! You have a good heart. - I agree with you.

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Very good point. Let's not pick on each other - let's put the blame squarely where it belongs - the greedy MTSOs and the even greedier AHDI. They have combined to sell us ALL down the river in a neat little boat called MTIA.

Let's place our anger where it belongs - on those suits who have ruined a perfectly good career field with their never ending greed and quest to be "The Best"

I agree with you that MTs should start sticking - together. Its US vs THEM, now!

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cheerleading - cj

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I truly feel for everyone who works for an MTSO that has treated them badly in any regard, loss of wages, no work, layoffs, unfair QA, or anything. however, there actually still good companies out there. I know because I work for one. They have always treated me with nothing but respect and fairness. To denigrate all MTSOs is just wrong. There are still decent ones out there, and they do not deserve to be lumped into this category of greedy and uncaring. They do deserve to be appreciated even more in light of what their competitors do. I will cheerlead for mine any and every day of the week.

Except today? What is their name? - what would be the point

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Cheerleading for an anonymous company is a waste of everyone's time.

the point - cj

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The point would be to state that there are still good companies and that lumping them all into a negative category is just not fair. I will not share the name. I don't want them buried in unsolicited resumes. Their employees stick around; there is not much turnover and not often a need to hire.

Cheerleading anonymously? Why bother? - Proof or propaganda

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Its "not fair"? You're going to make it fair by claiming there is ONE good (anonymous) company out there that OF COURSE has not a single job to offer anybody? That doesn't make anything "fair", it just gives you a chance to brag. Inappropriate to brag about your anonymously wonderful company to those who just got laid off! Are you PROUD of yourself for hogging the good job all to yourself and bragging to those who have NOTHING? What a piece of work!

Start your own thread about your company - this thread not about YOU

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We are speaking about Webmedx cheerleaders and Webmedx layoffs. If neither of these pertain to you and you refuse to even name your company, start a general thread on the Main board. This board is for SPECIFIC NAMED companies (not secretly great ones that have no job openings). You are speaking inappropriately and callously to speak about your experiences here.

Were the layoffs mostly MT or mostly QA? - I feel horrid for you guys. nm

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