Lab West Upper Management?

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What kind of scum bags are these? Sleazy garbage mouth racists. It isn't helpful that this is the 21st century and we have President Barack Obama in the White House? Teach them the only lesson that they understand. Make them pay.
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Honestly, do a little research. It would appear that Mr. Litomisky from LA is a little sue happy. He has sued a few companies since 1986. Waiting for his big payday I suppose. Too bad it's always on the backs of others and not by his own hard work and efforts.
 






Anonymous said:
Honestly, do a little research. It would appear that Mr. Litomisky from LA is a little sue happy. He has sued a few companies since 1986. Waiting for his big payday I suppose. Too bad it's always on the backs of others and not by his own hard work and efforts.
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For Pete's sake, get a clue. What the hell does that have to do with the price of tea in China? You think no one has ever sued or been sued before or after Litomisky? Something wrong with not taking sh## of ass holes and taking them to court instead of taking the matter in his own hands? Give us a break already.
 






Anonymous said:
Honestly, do a little research. It would appear that Mr. Litomisky from LA is a little sue happy. He has sued a few companies since 1986. Waiting for his big payday I suppose. Too bad it's always on the backs of others and not by his own hard work and efforts.
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Yeah? And what about the hard work put in by the workers they wanted him to lie on and set up to fire, just because they did not like the color of their skin? But that is the LabCorp way isn't it?
 






I don't know the guy. But i do have to ask, was he a supervisor in his last job? If not, how in the heck was he expected to put things in their performance reviews? Team leads don't have that ability, only supervisors and managers.
 






Anonymous said:
I don't know the guy. But i do have to ask, was he a supervisor in his last job? If not, how in the heck was he expected to put things in their performance reviews? Team leads don't have that ability, only supervisors and managers.
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Seriously???? Do you know anything about LabCorp either? What rules, promises or anything else do they keep or respect? Why are you trying so hard to defend this disgusting behavior? You must be management.
 












Anonymous said:
OMG!! Everything you've heard is true. Sweatshop only begins to describe the work situation in that place. Are all of LabCorp labs managed like this?? including the top down micromanagement?
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Sweatshop indeed; They have made exploitation and the tactics of fear a science. Like a vampire, they suck very drop of energy from you until you feel little more than a zombie-like drone. The work that came from the Pathnet lab in Van Nuys is from family planning clinics, extremely high risk populations. The work is dirty, and full of infectious diseases, very difficult to screen and can be exceptionally time consuming. No consideration is made for this added, and sometimes overpowering issue. Such as, dividing up the high risk patients and distributing them to techs equally, so that a tech does not end up with a full load of this stuff. Just pump out the slides to the legal limit. If, like sk, you never did and never have to do this kind of work, you don't even know what the problem is. let alone care. And one dares not complain. because you certainly would end up with a full load of high risk family planning clients. Lesson already learned.

Something as simple as a lunch or breakfast for employees comes out of the pathologists' pockets. The company gives no quarter Not in the budget.. Got to keep those expenses low in order to impress upper management.

SK is just a tool, albeit an all too willing tool, for her task masters. Most of her time is spent chit chatting on the telephone or getting instruction in conference calls. She has delegated all of the customary supervisor duties to others. But you know, if not her, they would probably have another tool in the position. After all, the only prerequisite for her position is a California license , a ruthless mind, and a strong survive at any cost instinct. We are all aware of it and know to stay out of her way.There is no stock in experience or expertise there. It's a job. However, the economy is starting to improve so it looks like light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.
 






Anonymous said:
Sweatshop indeed; They have made exploitation and the tactics of fear a science. Like a vampire, they suck very drop of energy from you until you feel little more than a zombie-like drone. The work that came from the Pathnet lab in Van Nuys is from family planning clinics, extremely high risk populations. The work is dirty, and full of infectious diseases, very difficult to screen and can be exceptionally time consuming. No consideration is made for this added, and sometimes overpowering issue. Such as, dividing up the high risk patients and distributing them to techs equally, so that a tech does not end up with a full load of this stuff. Just pump out the slides to the legal limit. If, like sk, you never did and never have to do this kind of work, you don't even know what the problem is. let alone care. And one dares not complain. because you certainly would end up with a full load of high risk family planning clients. Lesson already learned.

Something as simple as a lunch or breakfast for employees comes out of the pathologists' pockets. The company gives no quarter Not in the budget.. Got to keep those expenses low in order to impress upper management.

SK is just a tool, albeit an all too willing tool, for her task masters. Most of her time is spent chit chatting on the telephone or getting instruction in conference calls. She has delegated all of the customary supervisor duties to others. But you know, if not her, they would probably have another tool in the position. After all, the only prerequisite for her position is a California license , a ruthless mind, and a strong survive at any cost instinct. We are all aware of it and know to stay out of her way.There is no stock in experience or expertise there. It's a job. However, the economy is starting to improve so it looks like light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.
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Aren't these Planned Parenthood crappy slides difficult and exhausting enough without the added stress of seeding abnormal slides into the workload? And who is the evil genius that came up with this idea (couldn't be anyone who actually works) and to what purpose does this serve (to, perhaps, enhance the slide count and make it look like what it is not)? Well as the saying goes, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Btw, what happened to all of the paying private clients? Research that.
 






Anonymous said:
Aren't these Planned Parenthood crappy slides difficult and exhausting enough without the added stress of seeding abnormal slides into the workload? And who is the evil genius that came up with this idea (couldn't be anyone who actually works) and to what purpose does this serve (to, perhaps, enhance the slide count and make it look like what it is not)? Well as the saying goes, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Btw, what happened to all of the paying private clients? Research that.
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Really??? That might explain why the majority of some trays are abnormal and the abnormal slides are in consecutive order. Now that IS weird but has become very usual. Thought it was
because they are mainly Planned Parenthood. Is the histology on these patients done at cap rates too?
 






Anonymous said:
Sweatshop indeed; They have made exploitation and the tactics of fear a science. Like a vampire, they suck very drop of energy from you until you feel little more than a zombie-like drone. The work that came from the Pathnet lab in Van Nuys is from family planning clinics, extremely high risk populations. The work is dirty, and full of infectious diseases, very difficult to screen and can be exceptionally time consuming. No consideration is made for this added, and sometimes overpowering issue. Such as, dividing up the high risk patients and distributing them to techs equally, so that a tech does not end up with a full load of this stuff. Just pump out the slides to the legal limit. If, like sk, you never did and never have to do this kind of work, you don't even know what the problem is. let alone care. And one dares not complain. because you certainly would end up with a full load of high risk family planning clients. Lesson already learned.

Something as simple as a lunch or breakfast for employees comes out of the pathologists' pockets. The company gives no quarter Not in the budget.. Got to keep those expenses low in order to impress upper management.

SK is just a tool, albeit an all too willing tool, for her task masters. Most of her time is spent chit chatting on the telephone or getting instruction in conference calls. She has delegated all of the customary supervisor duties to others. But you know, if not her, they would probably have another tool in the position. After all, the only prerequisite for her position is a California license , a ruthless mind, and a strong survive at any cost instinct. We are all aware of it and know to stay out of her way.There is no stock in experience or expertise there. It's a job. However, the economy is starting to improve so it looks like light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.
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True all that, but beware. Keep up with the documentation because there have been some major screw ups recently (among other things). Just watch and see how the game is played. Sk and company need a distraction to throw under the bus so she is becoming even more neurotic on her trolls...sooo nasty.lol.

Isn't M.O. ready to take over yet?
 






Anonymous said:
Sweatshop indeed; They have made exploitation and the tactics of fear a science. Like a vampire, they suck very drop of energy from you until you feel little more than a zombie-like drone. The work that came from the Pathnet lab in Van Nuys is from family planning clinics, extremely high risk populations. The work is dirty, and full of infectious diseases, very difficult to screen and can be exceptionally time consuming. No consideration is made for this added, and sometimes overpowering issue. Such as, dividing up the high risk patients and distributing them to techs equally, so that a tech does not end up with a full load of this stuff. Just pump out the slides to the legal limit. If, like sk, you never did and never have to do this kind of work, you don't even know what the problem is. let alone care. And one dares not complain. because you certainly would end up with a full load of high risk family planning clients. Lesson already learned.

Something as simple as a lunch or breakfast for employees comes out of the pathologists' pockets. The company gives no quarter Not in the budget.. Got to keep those expenses low in order to impress upper management.

SK is just a tool, albeit an all too willing tool, for her task masters. Most of her time is spent chit chatting on the telephone or getting instruction in conference calls. She has delegated all of the customary supervisor duties to others. But you know, if not her, they would probably have another tool in the position. After all, the only prerequisite for her position is a California license , a ruthless mind, and a strong survive at any cost instinct. We are all aware of it and know to stay out of her way.There is no stock in experience or expertise there. It's a job. However, the economy is starting to improve so it looks like light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.
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The economy may be improving but Cytology is dead so it wont be improving for you guys. Retrain and move onto something that will make you happy.
 


















Im no expert but I thought the new recommended screening interval is 3 or 5 years now. That cant bode well for cytology. I mean move onto a new field that is actually growing and might have a future. YOu will be very glad you did.
 
























Anonymous said:
True all that, but beware. Keep up with the documentation because there have been some major screw ups recently (among other things). Just watch and see how the game is played. Sk and company need a distraction to throw under the bus so she is becoming even more neurotic on her trolls...sooo nasty.lol.

Isn't M.O. ready to take over yet?
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From what I hear, truer words were never spoken. Their department meetings are full of crude petty snarky remarks, veiled threats and weak solutions that will cause more problems than they will resolve. They are getting desperate and the bus has started to roll.

Get a clue. It is not the Bethesda text codes nor the techs and pathologists who actually do the work because they perform admirably. Its LCA business model that inevitably ends up the same way.

Watch out for the bus.
 






The LC business model is also the reason for its success, so don't forget that you have been warned.

However, the LC business model explains some of the issues in Monrovia... not all of them. For instance, suppose you worked for a lab and was intrusted with access to its clients and accounts, but, on the down low, you also owned a different lab. Wouldn't you steal the cream clients and leave the planned parenthood and cap accounts at LC too? When the changes become noticeable, it's scapegoating time. Scapegoating works the same way magicians work. While all attention is focused on one hand, no one sees what the other hand is or has been up to. It works to hide incompetence, and hidden agendas like a charm. And when all else fails, just straight out lie and bully, or publicly humiliate your employees. After all, all is fair in business and war. The patient is only an afterthought if thought of at all.
 






Anonymous said:
Im no expert but I thought the new recommended screening interval is 3 or 5 years now. That cant bode well for cytology. I mean move onto a new field that is actually growing and might have a future. YOu will be very glad you did.
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Like the previous post asked, got any ideas? Nothing much has changed with the recommended screening intervals and the recommendations do makes sense. There has always been a lot of burnout in cytology and many cytology schools have closed due to saturation, but the field will be around for quite a while to come. In terms of gynecological Paps, do the math. How many women are there in the USA and how many cytotechnologists are there? With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, we look forward to more hospital labs to employ non-gynecologic testing in house. And if and when a cost/benefit analysis is done on the cost effectiveness of gynecological testing automated with screening devices, Hologic, the manufacturer (as a result of an exceptional expert marketing plan by the former Cytyc corp.) is the only real winner.

Only with more competition in the lab business and some strong enforcement of antitrust laws will things improve for those in the diagnostic portion of the business.
 






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