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Yes, but did you hear the latest? What do you say about a cytotech manager who argues against her fellow cytotechnologists getting lawfully and properly paid. Instead of support and advocacy, she actually spoke against the techs getting overtime., comparing cytotechs to physicians. I bullshyt you not. In spite of the fact that under California labor laws, hospital residents and interns (doctors), registered nurses, clinical laboratory scientists, histotechs, cytotechs who work for hospitals, etc., are all non-exempt, and are paid overtime.

Someone explain how you strictly follow the California labor laws in terms of lunch and rest breaks, but it only counts for CLIA. Because you call it CLIA clock? That’s a nice touch, but none sense. How Stupid does she think we are, and what does she have to gain, besides putting shareholders’’ investments at risk? A bigger bonus?

Secondly, California cytotechnologists are legally restricted to screening no more than the equivalent of 80 slides in a 24 hour period.

In every lab, other than LabCorp, the 24 hour period begins and ends at 12:00 midnight. However , at Labcorp, the 24 hour period begins when you clock in . If you start work at 9:00AM, you may not clock in any earlier than 9:00AM the next day, because you must start work exactly 24 hours from the previous day. Who does this? Where is the logic. What tight ass genius came up with this? And why hasn’t someone with a reasonable amount of common sense corrected this?
 












anonymous said:
is this SK? Here we go again, folks: Everyone knows that SK = Jussie Smollett. She could have taught him a few things , b/c It’s still working for her.....
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Why would she lie?

I feel like I am wasting time now, but I want to answer the question. First understand that lying is as easy as breathing for sk, and she thinks that she is smarter than you. The reason that she is lying about being a victim is because she wants to stay relevant. It is as simple as that.

Get law enforcement involved, if you really want the truth. I will wager that she will decline the help.

I know it is difficult for most men to see or understand.( Women, open your third eye on this). It gives her the attention she seeks and sympathy. Brings out the protective nature of most people because they actually take her seriously. Her greatest fear is the loss of her job, and there is no limit to how low she will stoop if she thinks that it is in jeopardy. But she is also ambitious, so watch out.

In short, this kind of attention accomplishes 2 tasks: it allows her to throw shade on people she does not like or cannot manipulate, and it keeps her relevant. This is not the first time, and probably won't be the last. She is a one trick pony.

This is my final word on the subject. Don't ever say that you were not warned.
 






anonymous said:
Yes, but did you hear the latest? What do you say about a cytotech manager who argues against her fellow cytotechnologists getting lawfully and properly paid. Instead of support and advocacy, she actually spoke against the techs getting overtime., comparing cytotechs to physicians. I bullshyt you not. In spite of the fact that under California labor laws, hospital residents and interns (doctors), registered nurses, clinical laboratory scientists, histotechs, cytotechs who work for hospitals, etc., are all non-exempt, and are paid overtime.

Someone explain how you strictly follow the California labor laws in terms of lunch and rest breaks, but it only counts for CLIA. Because you call it CLIA clock? That’s a nice touch, but none sense. How Stupid does she think we are, and what does she have to gain, besides putting shareholders’’ investments at risk? A bigger bonus?

Secondly, California cytotechnologists are legally restricted to screening no more than the equivalent of 80 slides in a 24 hour period.

In every lab, other than LabCorp, the 24 hour period begins and ends at 12:00 midnight. However , at Labcorp, the 24 hour period begins when you clock in . If you start work at 9:00AM, you may not clock in any earlier than 9:00AM the next day, because you must start work exactly 24 hours from the previous day. Who does this? Where is the logic. What tight ass genius came up with this? And why hasn’t someone with a reasonable amount of common sense corrected this?
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Breaking news: Sk does think cytotechnologists are dumb and gullible. Today she told the group that no one was getting a raise in pay although she had been working on it since 2017.

The truth is that she got the supervisors a well deserved raise. But not because it was the right thing to do. It was strategic. She needed to win their support during a serious power struggle. And because the general manager backed sk during the struggle, and she got them the raise, she won their support. Besides, the supervisors report to her, but she stays in the cytology supervisor’s lane. It really should be M.O., the supervisor of the cytology dept, working on raises. How will she ever develop managerial skills as long as sk micromanages the department . As the previous post stated,the position is already filled- sk should be screening paps. But I digress.

When the supervisors got their raise, cytotechnologists only got a modest increase in the premium pay (in lieu of overtime). Now they are not supposed to believe their lying eyes and ears when she stood before them and the GM and argued against her so-called fellow cytotechnologists getting overtime after working 40 hours . A salary raise would be nice, but the lab is forcing the cytotechnologists, who punch a time clock, to work two months of weekends Witout being paid overtime. Now there is a problem when every other employee who is not a manager or pathologist is paid overtime. There is no legal justification for cytotechnologists not being properly paid. It is unfair, it is wrong, and it is illegal. As an aside, Us Labs, who merged with LabCorp strictly obeyed California labor laws and paid overtime to cytotechnologists- Uhmmmm just saying......
 






Breaking News:

Well when you think it cannot get worse, guess what? It does. It has become apparent that LCA is trying to shut down the lab in Southern California without paying out severance packages to the cytotechnologists. Working conditions are intolerable. The work is no picnic. Much of the paps are infected, dirty and come from high risk clinics, techs are becoming exhausted.

Apparently, they want the techs to quit.

Initially, it was mandatory that cytotechnologists work 2 weekends to relieve the backlog.Soon afterward, the 2 weeks turned into two months. Today, the 2 months was changed to indefinitely. No raise adjustment to speak of, And most importantly, no overtime. The time clock policy is nonsensical. What happened to Dr. Y? That Monrovia lab has been turned into the twighlight zone.

Iniially, according to sk, the order came from corporate. I hope the GM has finally realized that sk only tells her what she wants her to think. Today, sk announced that she would not approve new vacation time and it is her prerogative to extend the period for mandatory weekend work, because she wants to impress Corporate in North Carolina. She said that corporate was watching and very impressed with her productivity since techs were working through the weekends and that she was also sending some of the backlog to San Diego to complete. What happened to Doctor Y?

Since when does a lab administrator determine vacation time and mandatory weekend work? Especially, since she is a cytotechnologist who has weaseled out of screening on the weekend, herself. She is not a pathologist. She is the building manager. The Cytology department has a supervisor, a lab director, and a whole group of pathologists. What a wasted of resource. What happened to Doctor Y?
 






They are mainly concerned with expenses. It is a major company with stockholders, so profitability is imperative. Under these conditions, no one is safe. Rifing great employees to save money and leaving the less than mediocre to run things is happening everywhere. It seems like a bot is doing all of the decision making for lab and in the labs.. To make matters worse, you have sk, this paranoid building manager, running around saying , " We are being watched."
 






lol. This thread is better than watching Trump. More popcorn please.

The best advice to M.O. is to claim your territory and take control, and guard it. Grow a backbone and stop letting S.K. walk over you. Support your employees, and they will support you. No one has told you this?
 






Yes. You will have to follow the advice if you want respect. Were you in the lab the day a certain pathologist had to put her in her place after he gave her the boot out of his lane? She was behaving in the histology lab as if she was running things there , too. He had to tell her, in no uncertain terms, that she was not qualified to encroach on his territory because she was not the pathologist. His relationship with the histotechnologists was his responsibility. Not hers. Who did she think she was? The whole lab was in on that. She had screwed up on something, and he was livid.
 






anonymous said:
Yes, but did you hear the latest? What do you say about a cytotech manager who argues against her fellow cytotechnologists getting lawfully and properly paid. Instead of support and advocacy, she actually spoke against the techs getting overtime., comparing cytotechs to physicians. I bullshyt you not. In spite of the fact that under California labor laws, hospital residents and interns (doctors), registered nurses, clinical laboratory scientists, histotechs, cytotechs who work for hospitals, etc., are all non-exempt, and are paid overtime.

Someone explain how you strictly follow the California labor laws in terms of lunch and rest breaks, but it only counts for CLIA. Because you call it CLIA clock? That’s a nice touch, but none sense. How Stupid does she think we are, and what does she have to gain, besides putting shareholders’’ investments at risk? A bigger bonus?

Secondly, California cytotechnologists are legally restricted to screening no more than the equivalent of 80 slides in a 24 hour period.

In every lab, other than LabCorp, the 24 hour period begins and ends at 12:00 midnight. However , at Labcorp, the 24 hour period begins when you clock in . If you start work at 9:00AM, you may not clock in any earlier than 9:00AM the next day, because you must start work exactly 24 hours from the previous day. Who does this? Where is the logic. What tight ass genius came up with this? And why hasn’t someone with a reasonable amount of common sense corrected this?
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Well. Now you know what she has to gain...the attention and admiration of Burlington,NC. How many backs will she have to walk on to make it to her goals? Pass the popcorn, please.
 






Speaking of backs. Can someone explain this: You have a huge backlog of paps. You are required by law to only review 10% of negative slides before they are released. Yet at least 11% of the total workload is re-screened, not including slides sent to triage for manual review, Yet Monrovia is loading the workloads with known, previously screened slides. One can only imagine the useless man hours this involves. It is not as if the work is not bad enough. As mentioned in a previous post, the slides are some of the worst, full of infection and parasites and you are working a mandatory 6 days per week. And on top of that, you have to deal with a bunch of knowns seeded into your trays. How much money is the company loosing? Even a bot should know better.

OK, I was just reminded that sk is probably up to her old tricks again. Using QA as a weapon against people she dislikes and padding the workload again. Uhmmmm. isn't that a creative way to insure job security.
 












[QUOTEp="anonymous, post: 6205548"]Yes, but did you hear the latest? What do you say about a cytotech manager who argues against her fellow cytotechnologists getting lawfully and properly paid. Instead of support and advocacy, she actually spoke against the techs getting overtime., comparing cytotechs to physicians. I bullshyt you not. In spite of the fact that under California labor laws, hospital residents and interns (doctors), registered nurses, clinical laboratory scientists, histotechs, cytotechs who work for hospitals, etc., are all non-exempt, and are paid overtime.

Someone explain how you strictly follow the California labor laws in terms of lunch and rest breaks, but it only counts for CLIA. Because you call it CLIA clock? That’s a nice touch, but none sense. How Stupid does she think we are, and what does she have to gain, besides putting shareholders’’ investments at risk? A bigger bonus?

Secondly, California cytotechnologists are legally restricted to screening no more than the equivalent of 80 slides in a 24 hour period.

In every lab, other than LabCorp, the 24 hour period begins and ends at 12:00 midnight. However , at Labcorp, the 24 hour period begins when you clock in . If you start work at 9:00AM, you may not clock in any earlier than 9:00AM the next day, because you must start work exactly 24 hours from the previous day. Who does this? Where is the logic. What tight ass genius came up with this? And why hasn’t someone with a reasonable amount of common sense corrected this?[/QUOTE]

You are correct. Again, history lesson: In order to understand how to develop policy that appropriately satisfies regulations, one must know the reason for the regulation.Clia 88 was the result of series of investigative reports by the Wall Street Journal and 20 Minutes on the Pap mill industry. Even though there had been guidelines recommending that the maximum of 100 slides be read within a 24 hour period, prior to Clia 88, cytotechnologists were not restricted from screening an unlimited number of slides. Many took work home and read slides there for extra money.Labs would provide them with microscopes to bring home.

After it was reported that a California congresswoman's malignant breast smear was reported as normal, a closer look into the industry was started. There were whistle blowers,in disguise,who uncovered what was going on in certain labs. How techs were encouraged (forced) to work without concern for their fatigue. Many cytotechnologists loved these conditions. Some worked at the microscope form early morning to late night.They were able to purchase expensive real estate, put children through ivy league schools, etc. .Most of these cytotechnologists were from foreign lands, and thus, had a different standard of work ethic, which was cultural, but worked amazingly for the pap mills.Some labs even sponsored foreign students for green cards and citizenship.

When the investigations were finished, new regulations required that no one could legally review more than 80 slides in 24 hour period.All slides had to be reviewed in a qualified laboratory, This was to insure that no the practice of bring slides home to read and going from job to another to screen over the 80 slide limit took place. It was not written to make a tech or lab have to count the number of seconds in order to start screening slides to insure you did not start reading slides exactly 24 hours after you started screening the day before. That is ridiculous. This is why all other labs start and end the 24 hour period at midnight and you have to document at each lab that you work, how many slides you read in each lab that you worked in during that 24-hour day. That is all all that is required that is why it is required.
 






anonymous said:
[QUOTEp="anonymous, post: 6205548"]Yes, but did you hear the latest? What do you say about a cytotech manager who argues against her fellow cytotechnologists getting lawfully and properly paid. Instead of support and advocacy, she actually spoke against the techs getting overtime., comparing cytotechs to physicians. I bullshyt you not. In spite of the fact that under California labor laws, hospital residents and interns (doctors), registered nurses, clinical laboratory scientists, histotechs, cytotechs who work for hospitals, etc., are all non-exempt, and are paid overtime.

Someone explain how you strictly follow the California labor laws in terms of lunch and rest breaks, but it only counts for CLIA. Because you call it CLIA clock? That’s a nice touch, but none sense. How Stupid does she think we are, and what does she have to gain, besides putting shareholders’’ investments at risk? A bigger bonus?

Secondly, California cytotechnologists are legally restricted to screening no more than the equivalent of 80 slides in a 24 hour period.

In every lab, other than LabCorp, the 24 hour period begins and ends at 12:00 midnight. However , at Labcorp, the 24 hour period begins when you clock in . If you start work at 9:00AM, you may not clock in any earlier than 9:00AM the next day, because you must start work exactly 24 hours from the previous day. Who does this? Where is the logic. What tight ass genius came up with this? And why hasn’t someone with a reasonable amount of common sense corrected this?
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You are correct. Again, history lesson: In order to understand how to develop policy that appropriately satisfies regulations, one must know the reason for the regulation.Clia 88 was the result of series of investigative reports by the Wall Street Journal and 20/20 on the Pap mill industry. Even though there had been guidelines recommending that the maximum of 100 slides be read within a 24 hour period, prior to Clia 88, cytotechnologists were not restricted from screening an unlimited number of slides. Many took work home and read slides there for extra money.Labs would provide them with microscopes to bring home.

After it was reported that a California congresswoman's malignant breast smear was reported as normal, a closer look into the industry was started. There were whistle blowers,in disguise,who uncovered what was going on in certain labs. How techs were encouraged (forced) to work without concern for their fatigue. Many cytotechnologists loved these conditions. Some worked at the microscope form early morning to late night.They were able to purchase expensive real estate, put children through ivy league schools, etc. .Most of these cytotechnologists were from foreign lands, and thus, had a different standard of work ethic, which was cultural, but worked amazingly for the pap mills.Some labs even sponsored foreign students for green cards and citizenship.

When the investigations were finished, new regulations required that no one could legally review more than 80 slides in 24 hour period.All slides had to be reviewed in a qualified laboratory, This was to insure that no the practice of bring slides home to read and going from job to another to screen over the 80 slide limit took place. It was not written to make a tech or lab have to count the number of seconds in order to start screening slides to insure you did not start reading slides exactly 24 hours after you started screening the day before. That is ridiculous. This is why all other labs start and end the 24 hour period at midnight and you have to document at each lab that you work, how many slides you read in each lab that you worked in during that 24-hour day. That is all all that is required that is why it is required.[/QUOTE]

Correction: the expose’ was done on the tv show, 20/20, and in the Wall Street Journal and L.A. Times.
 






anonymous said:
You are correct. Again, history lesson: In order to understand how to develop policy that appropriately satisfies regulations, one must know the reason for the regulation.Clia 88 was the result of series of investigative reports by the Wall Street Journal and 20/20 on the Pap mill industry. Even though there had been guidelines recommending that the maximum of 100 slides be read within a 24 hour period, prior to Clia 88, cytotechnologists were not restricted from screening an unlimited number of slides. Many took work home and read slides there for extra money.Labs would provide them with microscopes to bring home.

After it was reported that a California congresswoman's malignant breast smear was reported as normal, a closer look into the industry was started. There were whistle blowers,in disguise,who uncovered what was going on in certain labs. How techs were encouraged (forced) to work without concern for their fatigue. Many cytotechnologists loved these conditions. Some worked at the microscope form early morning to late night.They were able to purchase expensive real estate, put children through ivy league schools, etc. .Most of these cytotechnologists were from foreign lands, and thus, had a different standard of work ethic, which was cultural, but worked amazingly for the pap mills.Some labs even sponsored foreign students for green cards and citizenship.

When the investigations were finished, new regulations required that no one could legally review more than 80 slides in 24 hour period.All slides had to be reviewed in a qualified laboratory, This was to insure that no the practice of bring slides home to read and going from job to another to screen over the 80 slide limit took place. It was not written to make a tech or lab have to count the number of seconds in order to start screening slides to insure you did not start reading slides exactly 24 hours after you started screening the day before. That is ridiculous. This is why all other labs start and end the 24 hour period at midnight and you have to document at each lab that you work, how many slides you read in each lab that you worked in during that 24-hour day. That is all all that is required that is why it is required.
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Correction: the expose’ was done on the tv show, 20/20, and in the Wall Street Journal and L.A. Times.[/QUOTE]

Malignant breast smear? Cytotechs can't sign out nongyns. And who would want a diagnosis of breast cancer off of a cytology specimen? Core biopsies are the standard of care and for good reason.
 


















anonymous said:
Correction: the expose’ was done on the tv show, 20/20, and in the Wall Street Journal and L.A. Times.
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Malignant breast smear? Cytotechs can't sign out nongyns. And who would want a diagnosis of breast cancer off of a cytology specimen? Core biopsies are the standard of care and for good reason.[/QUOTE]

You are obviously in sales. If you had an FNA misdiagnosed as fibrocystic disease or a benign fibroadenoma, why would you have a core bx? The fact is, that was the case that opened up the can of worms, and it is a good thing it did.Like it or not. If you are really interested instead of just trolling, do the research.
 
























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