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What is going on with Scan Medical? - MT
Posted: May 06, 2011
Wondering if they are sending work overseas as their accounts are suddenly disappearing....
SM does not send work overseas! - Stop the Asinine Assumptions
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I don't know why I am always surprised at the mindless messages people make here expressing opinions based on incomplete evidence. Did it ever occur to you that accounts get lost to other services for whatever reason? And, yes, I work there happily but sorry to see the work go due to a corporate decision by the account.
sorry but it was hard to understand - st
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why multiple unrelated accounts would vanish at the same time....
Because they were all MQ accounts that Scan contracted with. nm - Outofjob
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