Anybody remember that last time Heilengenstein and crew made the rounds of the State trying to "pump" us up over what a grand thing TIERS and this privatization thing is? Well - here she goes again. (If you haven't already seen the email, let me know and I can post it).
Now they're calling it an "IEE Roadshow". Roadshow? What fool came up with that name? The first thing I thought about was a circus. If you were around last time, it certainly was no circus, just a bunch of baloney. There were several people who she completely ignored because she knew she wasn't able to answer their questions! And the harder the questions got, the fewer answers we got. Those that asked realistic questions soon stopped getting called on.
Rumor has it that some people have been mandated to attend these "roadshows" - They're afraid they can't fill the audiences so they're manipulating it instead. Can you even imagine? Myself, I find it pitiful! Besides, what else are they going to tell us other than the same old **** we keep hearing - while we slowly kill ourselves just trying to get the job done.
Do you ever wonder why we do this anymore? Is it worth it to give up our lives to serve some people whe couldn't give a shit if we dropped dead tomorrow as long as their case gets done? Or those who make threats on our lives while we work our asses off just trying to keep our heads above water?
Mind you, we do have alot of clients who are very understanding and so sympathetic and patient, even when they are direly in need. I guess the good at least weighs up with the bad. But again, is it worth killing ourselves for?
Well, that is my vent for the night.
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Amen, sister or brother?
I would like to see the e mail, can you post it? Is it for employees or public?
The road show that is...
Haven't heard about this. Please post the email. And thanks for blogging. It makes a lot of us feel better knowing we are not alone.
I think it is for employees as it is not publicized for the general public, but I don't think they could deny entry to anyone, do you? I have been told they don't necessarily want temps there though.
As a temp, I don't think I would want to "speak out" as they are employed "at will". It's harder to get rid of the tenured staff.
I decided it was not worth it, because the stress levels just kept going up, and the demands kept going up even more. With no end in sight. Personally, I think the sooner more tenured staff get fed up and leave, the sooner we will see something really done to fix the problem. Currently, it is staff such as yourself that are holding any semblence of functionality together. HHSC is taking advantage of such people, even as it blames them for the problems.
I say, let Ann Heilengenstein work the cases.
BTW, when she was in Houston about 2 years ago now, she told us that soon a new version of TIERS would come out that would work like a top, and answer all of our concerns about it. Any sign of that version yet?
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