Re: New word in operative report


"Neal" <nbrown12@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:RcWdnZ2dnZ35NLCOnZ2dnUwfjd6dnZ2dRVn-yZ2dnZ0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Jeannie,
>
> Please don't put me in a position I haven't stated by saying:
>
> > Neal is against them also.
>
> > But I am sure that neither you nor Neal own
> anything that was made offshore when it could have been made here and
> not taking a job away from an American.
>
> Here is what I said in this thread:
>
> > Be nice, folks. May not be a troll.
>
> Then I said:
>
> > Wait!! What am I saying? I just lost my high-paying job to India.
>
> Then Ed chimed in with:
>
> > Are the Indians to blame for outsourcing?
> > If I was there and in that position, would I be a bad person for doing
> the same thing?
>
> I replied:
>
> > Yes (Meaning yes, the Indian companies aggressively seek out
> American
> hospitals and doctors to sell their services to.)
> > Where (Meaning where would he be located.)
>
> Ed then said:
>
> > Ok, how are the Indians to blame for outsourcing?
>
> > In India. If I lived in India and transcribed outsourced reports to
> make a living, how would that make me a "bad" person?
>
> I finally replied:
>
> > Hopefully, Ed, you are kidding. This has been gone over many times.
> Think I will pass on the elaboration
>
> How's that for an "I said - He said - She said"?
>
> To reiterate, clarify, and generally waste time, I merely commented I had
> lost a job I liked and made good money with because of outsourcing to
> India.
>
> Yes, the Indians are to be blamed for outsourcing for the above-mentioned
> reasons, but that certainly does not make them "bad persons" as Ed is
> trying to say in his hypothetic questions.
>
> I made my first post in this thread of saying "Be nice" to hopefully
> forestall the nastiness this thread has become. Obviously it did not
> work.
>
> As you state, Jeannie, accounts are lost also to American
> transcriptionists undercutting, and other reasons. I would initially like
> to say we all have experienced this, but will say some of us have
> experienced this.
>
> In the past, I have lost an account due to a "newbie" drastically
> undercutting my rate. I took a substantial cut in pay, starting with a
> national company after that.
>
> I lost another job with an MTSO because of an Indian company the MTSO was
> contracting with had fouled up things so much, she lost the hospital I was
> transcribing. (Long story there.)
>
> Then just recently the clinic I was transcribing outsourced to India, the
> small service I was working for went from several ICs to just a husband
> and wife operation, and I was out of a job again. Once again, a very
> substantial pay cut was involved in starting with another MTSO.
>
> I have not badmouthed newbies or Indians here, but merely stated I had
> lost a good job. I will neither defend or consciously help them, either.
>
> Neal

Well, I'm glad you did elaborate on how you feel about the issue, because I
now understand what your feelings are on it.

You've helped me to reconsider my feelings on it also.

ed


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