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How's the transition going between LCA and LW? Heard that KV is trying to take control of LCA and make sure his reps look good by making sure their in on every transition. Do we remember that Westcliff filed for bankruptcy? Another failure will be coming soon.
 


















The Kipster is weak and Westcliff is bringing it's failing culture to LabCorp. Of course, clients from Westcliff are jumping ship to other labs around the area simply because San Diego LabCorp can't handle the extra 9,000 requisition workload. No workers from Westcliff moved to San Diego. Technical is overworked in San Diego and TAT is suffering. Chalk it up to another failed acquisition by LabCorp. The only thing it did was bring legal precedence in acquisitons when dealing with the FTC.
 






Sounds like the Kipster is trying to make his Westcliff homies look superior. Do the folks in NC know about this guy's failing track record. History will repeat itself. Get this guy out before it's too late.
 






Have the LabWest Sales Reps been integrated into the LabCorp Sales Team yet? Just wondering if they have reduced the new combined team yet.

Is the LabWest team now on the LabCorp Compensation Plan?
 






I thought LabWest was going to eventually close because it ws such a failure. If most of the clinical is going to San Diego, then the small amount of histo and cyto can easily go to the San Fernando Valley lab - so why keep a bunch of people in a big costly lab with very little production?
 






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I thought LabWest was going to eventually close because it ws such a failure. If most of the clinical is going to San Diego, then the small amount of histo and cyto can easily go to the San Fernando Valley lab - so why keep a bunch of people in a big costly lab with very little production?
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They laid off almost everybody with the last people leaving in August. There's only a few people left there. Supposedly, their plan was to move US Labs in Irvine to the building in Santa Ana, and maybe some part of Genzyme, to consolidate the labs and save on rent. LabWest/Westcliff as we know it will be completely wiped out in August. as the last of the specimens are moved to San Diego. Let's see how well LabCorp can keep the LabWest clients because at this time, the transition is becoming a big failure and any lab with a decent sales team will be able to snatch these clients away.
 






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I thought LabWest was going to eventually close because it ws such a failure. If most of the clinical is going to San Diego, then the small amount of histo and cyto can easily go to the San Fernando Valley lab - so why keep a bunch of people in a big costly lab with very little production?
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Have you seen the Van Nuys lab? The Monrovia lab may look more cutting edge, but the Van Nuys employees are a good fit. More like family. Much nicer management style too.
 






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I thought LabWest was going to eventually close because it ws such a failure. If most of the clinical is going to San Diego, then the small amount of histo and cyto can easily go to the San Fernando Valley lab - so why keep a bunch of people in a big costly lab with very little production?
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What are you talking about? Labwest just got set up with LabCorp computer systems for billing and reporting histo and cyto! The big bosses are saying that they are planning to grow that lab, and investing money in it. They must know something about some work going there or they wouldn't have done anything! Everyone there is gearing up to be a major lab/player in the LabCorp game.
 






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What are you talking about? Labwest just got set up with LabCorp computer systems for billing and reporting histo and cyto! The big bosses are saying that they are planning to grow that lab, and investing money in it. They must know something about some work going there or they wouldn't have done anything! Everyone there is gearing up to be a major lab/player in the LabCorp game.
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Don't kid yourself because it's insulting to the 900 or so employees that used to be part of Westcliff that were laid off by LabCorp. LabWest is no more. The only thing that exists are cyto and histo which was a very small fraction of what used to be called Westcliff. The Santa Ana lab is done so you must be talking about the Monrovia lab. It's only a matter of time before LabCorp downsizes that lab to as soon as they figure out a way to consolidate.
 






Has LabCorp offered severence packages to people that are riffed in any of these acquisition deals - and did they really get rid of 900 Westcliff people? I cant seem to get a real answer (sometimes yes or no)...but if you leave first before they RIF you, doesn't that mean no severence? is it a % of what your salary was, or is that just for certain people like upper management and/or technical people?

I would like to know the real story behind how LabCorp handles these mergers and acquisitions, is able to cherry pick what they want out and throw the rest away. I have been part of the LabCorp system for a short time, but am still lucky enough to not be in this situation. Doesn't man it wont eventually happen the way they tend to run their business, but I think it would help me and a lot of others to know this - from people that really know.

And I am sorry whose jobs were lost because LabCorp bought you, I truly am. I am not above the situation and know that could be me someday, and it is scary.
 






For those that stayed the 60 days, they will soon get their severance pay this week or next for those in the first round of layoffs. There have been 3 rounds of massive layoffs cutting 95% of the workforce, and for those in the first round, it ends in mid June. How much that would actually be is a mystery, and I'm betting it won't be that much. If you leave before your 60 days, then you don't get a severance.

LabCorp made Westcliff employees believe that most tests would stay onsite, some would leave to San Diego, but some would also come to the Santa Ana lab. Why else would most people keep working at the lab even after LabCorp bought it during the whole FTC thing, mostly because people thought their jobs were secure. There were some that left, the smart ones I'd say, afraid that LabCorp would close us down which they pretty much did. There were rumors that our specimens would go to San Diego, but even supervisors and managers denied it. We all figured San Diego couldn't handle 9,000+ extra requisitions so they would still need the lab open to run specimens.

After the FTC lost, LabCorp made the decision to send almost all specimens to San Diego. They made it seem like it was a decision that was just made, but it was really what they wanted to do all along. They tried to convince everyone it was a good thing, that we would be offered jobs in San Diego if we decided to move down there, and it was a great opportunity. The only decent thing LabCorp did was give us a 60 day notice of a layoff, giving people an opportunity to find a job. As far as 900 people, I'd say in the end it'll probably be accurate. Westcliff had 1,000 employees before the purchase. You figure 100+ processors cut, 80+ in technical on every shift, 100+ couriers, 40+ in client services, 60+ in billing, most of management, a lot of sales, IT, QA, etc. I'm not sure how many were in Monrovia, but probably some there also. Several PSCs were closed down and those all had phlebotomists and other staff. It was the 3rd largest lab in CA so obviously it was a lot. In actuality, we should have been hoping for the FTC to win to preserve the lab rather than LabCorp.

To those current LabCorp employees out there, know this. You are expendable to this company. As soon as your lab is underperforming, they will cut you and consolidate your lab with another lab that's relatively close by. If you happen to be bought out by LabCorp, be afraid. Do not believe they will keep you open because you're duplication, and it saves them money to steal you lab's clients and send them to one of their lab's close by. They do not care about you, and you're only as good as how much money you bring in. It's up to you if that is the type of company you want to work for.
 






Wow, finally someone who had the balls to say it like it is!
It is a really crappy thing because all of these people didn't choose LabCorp, they took the lab away from them. But unfortunatly it seems that is the way of the whole industry - LabCorp and Quest alike. You are right, we are all expendible and helpless in some sense, if you have families and houses and bills and responsibilities and just can't up and leave.

The irony is that when a lab starts underperforming, it is because they have been taken over by LabCorp. Clients know they don't get the same service and results - and leave. So whose fault is that? It is a wonder how this can continue as a business model and not be illegal in some sense. After all, we are not making widgits, but are dealing with medical tests and patients!
 






I can say for a fact that no one at Westcliff was ever promised from the time of bankruptcy until now that there was going to be a job. Some techs, Processors, Client Service Reps. etc. have accepted jobs at other Labcorp locations including San Diego. Some have already moved to these new jobs. Yes, some people will be laid off and some will quit. The real fact is that had Labcorp not bought Westcliff nobody would have a job today. The doors would be closed. Like it or not, that's a fact. Draw stations that had little to no patients were closed because they had little or no patient's. No phlebs were let go, they moved to other location. No phlebs have ever been let go because of Labcorp buying Westcliff or received a 60 day notice. Even the few locations with a Labcorp draw station and a Westcliff draw station that condensed, the phleb was moved to another location. Westcliff was a good lab with good dedicated people. This is business and this is the way it is. There are no bad guys here, and Labcorp isn't the devil, this is just the nature of the business when a lab is sold. It's true Labcorp doesn't run like a small independant lab. It will be different for Westcliff clients and employees. Anyone that really knows what's going on at Labcorp knows that more than half of the employees at Labcorp have been there forever, and come from Labcorp buying another lab. It's pretty amusing to read all the people in the know on this board that really have no idea of that facts of what's really happening or has happened.
 






Most of the above post is BS. Westcliff did go into bankruptcy, but there were other potential buyers. Had the FTC won, LabCorp would have had to sell to another buyer and there were interested buyers willing to purchase the lab. Another buyer such as Sonic Healthcare or even Nicholson, the original owner, would have kept the lab intact. Hardly anyone in the lab accepted jobs at other LabCorp locations. We are talking about 10 to 20 people max out of 1,000? Phlebotomists were probably only the few saved out of all the departments that worked for Westcliff. Your sugarcoating this demolition of Westcliff and the livelyhood of its former employees only shows you're probably one of the few sales reps that stayed on with LabCorp or part of the management that destroyed Westcliff.
 






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Most of the above post is BS. Westcliff did go into bankruptcy, but there were other potential buyers. Had the FTC won, LabCorp would have had to sell to another buyer and there were interested buyers willing to purchase the lab. Another buyer such as Sonic Healthcare or even Nicholson, the original owner, would have kept the lab intact. Hardly anyone in the lab accepted jobs at other LabCorp locations. We are talking about 10 to 20 people max out of 1,000? Phlebotomists were probably only the few saved out of all the departments that worked for Westcliff. Your sugarcoating this demolition of Westcliff and the livelyhood of its former employees only shows you're probably one of the few sales reps that stayed on with LabCorp or part of the management that destroyed Westcliff.
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Thank you for standing up and keeping it real, bro.
 






So what is happening there now?
I heard old Westcliff accounts are down across the board, and what is coming in is going to San Diego. What are they keeping there, especially when I heard Kip is being a giant pain in the ass?
 






Bottom line is this Westcliff was bought by LabCorp. Why would you think you should just come in and take over management positions when we have more than qualified managers of our own.
 






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Bottom line is this Westcliff was bought by LabCorp. Why would you think you should just come in and take over management positions when we have more than qualified managers of our own.
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Easy, horrible track record. Maybe if you really want to keep Westcliff going after you take it over you bring in your own people to make a go at it. If you don't care about it withering up and dying, leave the same people there that managed it into the ground. Labcorp is going to get what they want out of it and spit the rest out, just like they have done over and over.
 






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