Kimberly I think that it is a sad reflection that both management and outside companies when they hear that an employee is looking at salaries etc., assume that employee is seriously looking for a new job. This is not confined to histotech positions. I know of several instances when individuals were just looking around to compare jobs and salaries. Administration assumed that the individual had already made up their mind to leave and only asked what they could do to retain that employee when it was too late. A simple timely sentence of "what can we do to keep you here" is often all that is needed. In the absence of this, the individuals assumption is that the administration does not care if that individual leaves or not. I do feel that a generic letter, such as we often see on histonet posting available jobs is OK. If you are being bugged by companies then you need to contact them at their highest levels and note that if future correspondence with job offers are directed to you personally then you will ask the administration to look at the business dealings the lab and/or university has with this company. Failing that, I would recommend that you contract this out to Joe - he has a great reputation for getting things done! Barry
________________________________ From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of Kimberly Tuttle Sent: Mon 12/15/2008 7:57 AM To: Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Offended I dont think that anyone should assume that a tech is looking for another job because someone called the lab and asked for them. I get telemarketing calls from sales reps and emails and calls from job recruiters because most of them are members of this listserve, and many of our signature blocks contain all of our contact information, including phone number. I would be really offended if my supervisor held me personally responsible for the poor judgement of a recruiter. Maybe thats their angle, because if my boss came at me like Joe, Id start looking for another job. Kimberly C. Tuttle HT (ASCP) Pathology Biorepository and Research Core University of Maryland Room NBW58, UMMC 22 S. Greene St Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 328-5524 (410) 328-5508 fax >>> <lee2...@comcast.net> 12/13/2008 8:46 am >>> I think if you have a great work environment with competitve pay then you have nothing to worry about. Your staff will stay put. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Blazek" <lbla...@digestivespecialists.com> To: "Charles.Embrey" <charles.emb...@carle.com>, "Joe Nocito" <jnoc...@satx.rr.com>, Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:22:11 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [Histonet] Offended Matt may have said no but we still found out! Linda Blazek HT (ASCP) Manager/Supervisor GI Pathology of Dayton 7415 Brandt Pike Huber Heights, OH 45424 Phone: (937) 293-4424 ext 7118 Email: lbla...@digestivespecialists.com -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Charles.Embrey Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:14 AM To: Joe Nocito; Michael LaFriniere; Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Offended Joe, I can hardly believe you could be that grouchy :). When I was looking hard for a tech I called my buddy Matt Chase at Children's to try and coax him over to my lab. When he said no, I asked if he would let me chat with his techs and see how they were doing. Alas, he also replied negatively to that. The truth is that techs are becoming harder to find and are going at a premium price. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Joe Nocito Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:19 PM To: Michael LaFriniere; Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Offended here we go and it's almost Friday. I received a call just like that at my last job. Me being me, I gave her a piece of my mind ( not too much, I don't have that much to go around). Told her she had some big testicles (not the word I used, but you get the idea) and hung up. I then called in the tech and had a talk with him. Asked him if he was looking for a job. He told me that he wasn't and didn't know how she got his name. I told him that if he was looking for another job to do it on his time and on his dollar. If I ever received another call from a headhunter naming him, he would have to talk to them because he would be shown the door. There are other ways to go about this. Calling a lab is not one of them, but I'm sure some people give their work number for different reasons, trying to use it as leverage for a pay raise, to get the supervisors nervous, because the techs are that brazen, or belong to the id10t club. Let's face it, we are becoming a scarce breed and people have quotas to meet. Some will stop at nothing. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. JTT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael LaFriniere" <mlafr...@csmlab.com> To: <Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:37 AM Subject: [Histonet] Offended I Wanted to obtained opinions of Managers/Supervisors in the histo world and how you handle situations regarding recruiters calling directly into Pathology Labs to specific tech's and stating they are seeking referrals for job placements. I recently had an AP staffing solution company call one of my labs to talk to any "histologist" I felt was to recruit staff. I feel this is an unprofessional practice to call directly into the laboratory and to hide behind the wording "referrals" when actually it appears they are trying to get information from the tech on the phone seeing if they are looking for a "new job". I feel that this is an intrusion as well as inappropriate in our line of business and we are not in the business to give referrals to companies in the staffing solution arena for their monetary gain as well as trying to entice our staff. What the staff does with these types of companies on personal time is their business, however, I think it is offending for companies to demonstrate this behavior. If anyone would like to know which company and person called into my lab I will personally inform you on private email! 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