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So if TSMs are watching this board ... - AO

Posted: Apr 07, 2013

...they probably realize that it's completely anonymous. So watching us all agonize over the current situation when just ONE of them could easily come on using a pseudonym and give us some idea about what is going on or give some insight as to how the decisions are being made ... if there is something we can do at this point to help us get on firm ground (or, have the decisions already been made?) would help some of us sleep at night.

IMO, just sitting back and watching us struggle and seeing some of us scared to death of losing our jobs when they can easily and anonymously give some insight is just plain cruel. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night, knowing I could help but just decided not to.

I wouldn't assume they are watching and being cruel - sm

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What I would do is share my concerns directly with my TSM.

All I'm saying is ... - anon

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If there is an *anonymous way* for them to bring peace to even one person on this board by saying "you might be at risk if ________" but decide not to do it, that's cruelty.

There are people on this board who are single moms, close to retirement, taking care of sick parents, etc who desperately NEED this job and if they had one *anonymous* clue given by a TSM about how to save their job it could be a good deed that could never be repaid.

As I said, if I was in a position to help someone in a meaningful way and decided not to, I wouldn't be able sleep at night.

I dont believe there is ANY way to "save their job" - other than maybe move to India.

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If they are laying off high producers with very accurate quality audits, then it seems to me that all bets are off. The best thing would be to make plans for a new job, IMHO

OK ... you do have a point, LOL - anon

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I guess I'm just looking for answers ... I'd love to know how they decide who stays at the end. There HAS to be a demographic they want to end up with in that final 20% of domestic employee.

I wonder if it's by state, keeping those in - lowest minimum wage states (NM)

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Maybe some have - I might be one

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And gotten a lot of grief by people on this board calling them liars and trolls.

You might be one, what ... a TSM? - anon

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You or another TSM came here to give information about what's happening, and someone called you/them a liar and a troll? I'm not sure what that's about but if you have valuable information that could help me save my job or some insight into what's happening at MM I for one would like to know and you have my word that *I* won't call you a liar or troll.

I think she means she was one laid-off? - anon

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Even somebody who doesn't even work at M*Modal posted here today just to say they thought it was a rumor (so in essence calling people liars). Crazy.

Ah, OK ... gotcha - anon

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I think you're right about what the poster meant. If that's true then I sure am sorry that happened.

Although, I'm almost feeling weird about saying this out loud, but I wonder if it wouldn't be better just to *know*. The ones who were let go have had time to let it sink in (somewhat) and may have had a chance to formulate a plan, apply for UE, check into school, food stamps, etc but the rest of us are just ... in limbo. I really, really hate it.

When it all goes to India, the TSMs won'the be able to save their own jobs. - nm

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They, at least, will for sure be LET GO and not - FIRED

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They will get retraining and severance, and have an education already. We have nothing.

My TSM manages the global side too, so not sure about that - LOL

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She manages more global employees than she does domestic ones (hundreds of them) so I'm not sure TSM jobs are in jeopardy any time soon.

Wont they be replaced with Offshore TSMs? - Much Lower Paid?

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I would think if they wanted to trim a LOT of fat, they would hire offshore TSMs for a huge amount less than the domestic TSMs.

Do you honestly think the TMS know what is going on? - sm

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They are just as in the dark as we are..This is now an Indian owned company? as some have stated. Common sense says they will employ their own as much as possible. So enjoy training ASR, we are training our replacements.

IMO, they know as much as we do. - LDWM10

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My TSM before I left sounded clueless about the whole NJA situation in other regions & struck me as a very genuine, decent person overall. But really, they have come right out & told us their plans to have the workforce be 80% (something like that) overseas in the not so distant future.

True. We all know that they wanted - to send 80% overseas

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by the end of the year. It was never any secret. I think everyone should be working on a backup plan, if they don't already have one in place.

TSM - scaredtodeath

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This is way past an MM thing. This is a J.P. Morgan Chase thing. This is what they do; buy companies, restructure, and make them as profitable as they can (for themselves). I knew this was coming as soon as I learned who bought us out. They don't care about employees, reputations of the company, NOTHING, just the bottom line. It's just the type of business it is, pure and simple.

And that is what I have been saying all along - and all I got was

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a bunch of crap from transcriptionists that are blindly following this company. Not that it is any better anywhere else. Becuase now that this company is laying off the field is saturated with transcriptionists trying to work in the US based companies, which are slowly being bought out. The writing is on the wall, time to retrain, and find something else to do.

I think a lot of them do - enjoy

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watching people twist in the wind. I know mine does.

TSM email - uh oh

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Sunday email says 5 people left BOB last week and app. 10 to come in the next few weeks.

Five "left," as in "by their own choice," or... - SM

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...."left" as in a nice way of saying they were laid off? Well, at least your TSM is giving you a bit of a heads-up, but, gee whiz--that would put one a bit on edge! I'm very sorry you're having to go through this. :-(

some were terminated and begged not to be - after 30 years

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looks good when trying to find a job

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