Aren't they the company that laid off a bunch of MTs and

• Any comments on the Acusis/DRC meeting? - LowKey
  • I just wish they'd find another conference call - provider - sound quality was horrid!
    • Agreed... it was pretty bad! sm - LowKey
      • Yeah, I'm going to miss J. Very down-to-earth - and approachable. To me,
  • changes - Lets keep it that way
    • Aren't they the company that laid off a bunch of MTs and - me
      • No, Acusis is the company that started in India, and - then expanded to the U.S.
        • I have a friend who worked with me at MQ - blackswan
          • Whoops - blackswan
        • DRC was in California... sm - LowKey
          • Actually, Pittsburgh . . . - KentuckyMT
      • NO, but nice try at stirring the pot. ;-) nm - LowKey
        • they did lay off- didnt outsource but laid off a lot - no name
          • Correct --did NOT off-shore work to India sm - LowKey
            • I know the difference between outsouce and offshore and I didn't - me
              • Yes, my friend wanted me to apply there - blackswan
                • Oh, Lordy... NO Layoffs! sm - LowKey
                • the layoffs... - AcusisMT
                  • Yes. it was about a year ago - blackswan
              • All I know is that... sm - LowKey

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QA people, some of which were hired only a few months before they were fired, and they just now fired a lot of their upper management.  Something is in the wind at Focus and it smells like crap!  Don't work there.  If you do decide to ignore the warnings, don't believe anything they tell you!  They lie to you right up until they call and fire you.

U.S. jobs, they are training a poor country to be productive.   Well if there is a need in Trinidad for MTs someone wouldn't need to go over and train them, and since there doesn't appear to be a current need for MTs in Trinidad to transcribe for the doctors there, what good what it do to train them - unless they are going to train the doctors to start dictating.  

There were several other companies in support of this venture.  I can't remember all the names, but Cymed is one of them.  

Well I am another statistic.  I started at Milner Voice and Data back in June.  Things started getting very slow about 4-6 weeks ago.  I asked at least a dozen times what was going on and got the answer nothing it was just slow.  I even turned down another job because they told me it was going to be ok and this was normal.

Monday morning I talked to my supervisor and she said nothing.  Molnday afternoon I went to get into the system and couldn't get in.  Went and checked the mail before I called them and got a lay off notice in the mail!  What a way to notify someone especially when I had been asking for weeks.

Excuse was that the bigggest account (not mine) lost 60% of their volume when the hospital decided to not dictate the ERs because of budget cut backs.  Because of that, other MTs taking my work.  Apparently 9 of us were laid off.

I understand cut backs if there is no work, but I DO NOT understand lying when I asked and asked and asked some more.  Because of all this, the place that offered me a job, hired someone so Milner cost me a job.

O well, I have an interview tomorrow at 2 with another company.  We will see! Really bad way for company to treat MTs.   Stay away from this company and TB!

Laid off as a result of not enough work..still waiting to hear from them..

SmartMed employees received an email about 3 weeks ago that there would be layoffs and/or cutting back on benefits, but no subsequent followup email, so we don't know if the layoffs have occurred already, or if we should still be waiting for the other shoe to drop.  It's a wonder we don't all have bleeding ulcers (no matter what company we work for).  There just doesn't seem to be any respect for our skills or the difficulty of the job.  We are just numbers on a spreadsheet. 

I know this won't be a popular sentiment, but as far as I'm concerned things starting going to hell in a handbasket for all of us with the advent of the Internet.  When you had to go in and work at a facility, be it a hospital or an MT company, they knew who you were.  They had to see you everyday and work with you.  You really were a part of a (visible) team.  I truly believe that made it more difficult to just be let go without a backward glance.

Is it really that bad here?  I aint management, just a lowly MT, doin my job.  First day here on the boards.  All this negativity is certainly not helping the overall morale.  Guess if everyone would quit reading/talking bad about it all you all would be so much happier with your jobs. 

foreigners on here talking about doing editing? Your posts are FULL of errors.  I am an American MT editor.  So, this is where all the jobs are going, and you all do not know how to even do the jobs at all, let alone the right way. 

You helped all of us worker bees with your information.  I decided I really don't want to work for a company who offshores anyway.  It's like aiding and abetting a traitor. 

That's a personal preference and not meant to rile or judge you or anyone else.  We are in dire times, and we all have to take care of ourselves and our families the best we can.

This board is a life saver.  I take my hat off to all those who answer questions and provide useful information.