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MModal layoffs - MayraMM
Posted: Aug 17, 2013
Anyone wanting to discuss the lay offs by MModal and the commonaliities of people laid off, please contact me through the "reply by email" button below or through this board. We were fired because our jobs were outsourced. The person who called and told about this "transition" admited it when I asked. Company loyalty means nothing to these people; they're just big business. I feel sorry for middle management, who probably know they're next to go.
part-time - mt
[ In Reply To ..]Will all part-time MTs be let go?
I have plenty of friends who are part time - and still working. no message below.
[ In Reply To ..]Oh well.
Are they top tier? - MayraMM
[ In Reply To ..]I'm wondering who they're targeting for layoffs. I think they're starting with those of us topped out. If there are part timers who are not top tier still employed, I'd be very interested in hearing from them.
I'm top tier and top paid in that tier - and still here
[ In Reply To ..]So you are wrong
Yeah, me too. Still here. - Blows that theory to smithereens.
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I was top tiered and topped out! - ChissyT
[ In Reply To ..]Laid off on 08/15/2013 because my supervisor explained that they are phasing out the part-time positions.
Half-truth - artlady
[ In Reply To ..]Please be sure to peruse this site carefully to see that we were not told the truth about that. The truth is that the jobs and American dollars were moved to India with this executive decision at MModal and apparently one that has been long in the making. I would imagine that many of the people who were slashing and burning last week are cleaning their desks out this week. Very unfotunate situation.
i survived the first set of layoffs but not the last one - oh well
[ In Reply To ..]And was told I'd be fine when I explained my worries after the first set. Well it happened to me. Wishing no one else has to go through this
Laid also from Mmodal thi sweek - ChrissyT
[ In Reply To ..]Same here. Supervisor told me they were slowly eliminating part-time positions. Code for it is more cost effective to send the work overseas I'm guessing.
Bingo! I would be really worried if I were a - TSM.
[ In Reply To ..]They have a lot more to lose than us lowly peons who actually do the work for pennies.
I would think - PT
[ In Reply To ..]would get the ax first because they don't have to pay UE for them.
MM has to pay UE for part timers. I am, and - so are my friends.
[ In Reply To ..]Also getting TAA and start school in a few weeks. Depends on your state I guess.
Yes, Part-Timers get UE - ChrissyT
[ In Reply To ..]Signed up for it the same day I was "laid-off" and qualified.
U.S. Institutions, hospitals, clinics, etc. - artlady
[ In Reply To ..]In the present economic climate, (and I truly am very much a world community individual), U.S. hospitals, medical facilities, and physicians should be contracting only companies with U.S. hires. This workforce of American transcriptionsts I would imagine is made up of primarily women, many of whom are trying to support or help support their families. Very unethical treatment for these employees. I believe the only satisfaction most of us can have is see this company self-destruct and implode on itself. I hope there is a class action case somewhere in all this before the end of the year. As it moves up the food chain in the company perhaps there will be some legal issues brought into play concerning the manner in which this lay-off took place. Very unethical protocol. My understanding is that some transcriptionists were in mid-work when the plug was pulled on their job. I have never heard of such strategies for reorganization.
Effective immediately - MayraMM
[ In Reply To ..]No notice whatsoever. Not only unethical, but I wonder about legalities, as well. Aren't we required to give notice if we quit?
At will employment. So no, you don't have to give notice - nor do they. No message
[ In Reply To ..]xx
but if it is over 50, mass layoff, - need to follow WARN ACT.
[ In Reply To ..]At-will is for like 1 or 3 employees, not hundreds.
As I read Warn act, it triggers at 500 employees - not 50.
[ In Reply To ..]MModal is listed on NASDQ as having over 12,000 employees, 50 or even 100 employees is not 33% of their workforce. So it appears the number is 500 lay offs to trigger Warn act.
I am not an attorney, but the language seems pretty simple in the Warn act.
Exactly and I was told a figure in the hundredS - 3-1/2 weeks ago not including
[ In Reply To ..]this current layoff. I would estimate close to 500 and that includes IT guys let go 3-1/2 weeks ago??
The only thing that surprises me about it is that - anyone is surprised by it.
[ In Reply To ..]There is absolutely no way to know how many, only that it is a number between 1 and 499.
I will add my blind guess to everyone else's, within the year there will be only full-time MMEs working for MModal.
The freeze on tier testing is to determine if they currently have enough to fill their needs.
No, you're not required to give notice if you quit. - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Anyone know the HIPAA stance on outsourcing? - MayraMM
[ In Reply To ..]Bad enough the mistakes I've seen from overseas ("Lasix surgery" is one I've seen many times in recent weeks), but I wonder on confidentiality.
Also, I know the hospitals are aware of (and in many cases requested) outsourcing to keep costs down, but do the doctors know?'
Unfortunately, it's going to take a horrible mistake before people wake up and realize some things should not be outsourced.
And in the mean time, how many single moms just lost their only means of support besides me?
not laid off - Loralee S
[ In Reply To ..]I've complained and complained and complained, thought I would get terminated or let go, but instead they said never in a million years....guess I am valuable. Now, to take care of some of their problems is another story. Sorry to hear others being let go. Again, thought I was next after all the complaining.....
It is dangerous to believe that you are valuable to this company - kiki
[ In Reply To ..]I was told the same thing--dont worry,no layoffs, etc. Yet less than a month of being told this,got the axe.
OFFSHORED, OFFSHORED, OFFSHORED - NOT OUTSOURCED
[ In Reply To ..]how many times do we have to say this on the boards??????????????
To infinity and beyond, obviously. - no message
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