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enhanced compensation package definition - Just saying

Posted: May 09, 2012

To attract and retain good employees. They have to do something because they can't afford to lose more people.

That was my theory... - and I could be wrong...

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but all this rebranding, mentoring, etc. shows they are in panic mode, with more skilled MTs either leaving from not being able to make a living or retiring and not being able to attract enough skilled replacement workers.

They have realized that VR was not the magic bullet they thought it would be, and at the rates they thought they could get away with paying, no one can make enough money to survive, so their last ditch is "mentoring" before they have to increase pay and benefits to attract people with the skills they need to do the job correctly.

I don't know where the Indians fit into this, but apparently not every hospital wants to use them or maybe they are not cost effective any more. My main account has far more work than they can handle, and are constantly begging for people to work overtime.

Here's hoping these are indicators that show we are turning the corner from the mess created by stingy, short-sighted hospitals and greedy, mismanaged MTSOs.

Like I say though, I could be wrong.

tried to stick it out.. - MT Gone

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I had so often thought (hoped) the same thing (even before Spheris was sold to Q); however, things got so bad after 2 pay cuts from the Q, loss of bonuses, and my main account of 10 years going away, I couldn't afford to wait for the inevitble lawsuits to start. Unfortunately, after being considered a "new" employee by Q when I was "bought (sold) out" to them, and with them cutting my pay, that no matter what they offered me I could NEVER trust them again... I'd be constantly looking over my shoulder and watching my back for another "MT Reward." Sorry to say that one more reward would have put me out the door of my home. They did contact me about coming back, but I politely told them I couldn't do that. I was polite cuz I don't want to burn bridges, and it's not like it was the recruiter's fault, just doing her job.

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