HMC to outsource 89 jobs

The hospitals' existing employees are to be considered for hiring by the new company By Jennifer Sudick [e-mail] Hawaii Medical Center said yesterday it is cutting 89 jobs in a move to outsource ...

[satyagraha]

HMC outsourced to Salim Hasham (Syrian)...who outsourced to Perot Systems (you know Ross Perot) sending jobs to Tennessee? No,guess again. Next time you talk to the hospital don't be surprised if the accent is foreign... 6 of 7 Perot Systems "offices" are in India and Eastern Europe.
This is the trend. American business, and these hospital are a "business", don't care about US workers. As long as the CEO and boards get their profit, all is well. Wait until it's determined we're better off out sourcing the CEOs and have the employees manage things.

[goofyfoot]

Great, they hire a Syrian to fire local folks. Makes me sick.

[VFW]

satyagraha wrote:

HMC outsourced to Salim Hasham (Syrian)...who outsourced to Perot Systems (you know Ross Perot) sending jobs to Tennessee? No,guess again. Next time you talk to the hospital don't be surprised if the accent is foreign... 6 of 7 Perot Systems "offices" are in India and Eastern Europe.
This is the trend. American business, and these hospital are a "business", don't care about US workers. As long as the CEO and boards get their profit, all is well. Wait until it's determined we're better off out sourcing the CEOs and have the employees manage things.

So, would you rather have HMC go out of business? No money, no honey...

[roach]

So, where's the public outcry and job fairs for these poor people losing their jobs? Why were the Aloha Airlines people more important ? Are these people's loss of income and benefits less important ?

[Mike]

Where's the help from the so called democrats in power. They are supposed to be big union supporters. They no help 'cause the medical insurance companies have them all in their back pocket. Especially Mr. Say.

[Concerned]

I only wish the Hawaiian community could somehow lend its support and aloha for these laid-off HMC employees. I know a few of the employees who are affected. I just hope some unselfish volunteers could step forward and organize some fundraising for these former employees.

[my2cents]

HMC workers will have to change from any previous way of work and become much more efficient (means working harder and with less). Unfortunately that will mean a thinning of jobs to cut costs. It's not impossible to cut costs because other hospitals are finding ways to survive (Kaiser, Kapiolani, etc). The unions at HMC need to get smart and work with management or everyone will lose out if the entire hospital eventually goes bankrupt.

[konahuanui]

Agree with my2cents: healthcare is extremely difficult nowadays and workers need to learn from airline cargo pilots and not be too geeedy (or you end up with no more nothing!). HMC is a FOR-Profit company---one of the few in the state. Most Hawaii hospitals are not-for-profit (kapiolani, straub, queens). They must take anyone who shows up in the ER, regardless of whether or not they can pay. Hard to be a hospital nowadays and survive when you have to take patients who cannot pay you. Exception is Kaiser: Kaiser can turn down patients (i.e. you no kaiser member, go somewhea else). The other hospitals must take all patients. Queen's has a HUGE endowment (6th largest land owner in hawaii) which keeps them above water. Kapiolani, Straub, Pali Momi all are owned by Hawaii Pacific Health which is a non-profit. They are making it because of smart financial management and the benefit of scale: 4 non-profit hospitals working together. HMC is doomed unless union workers understand that if they ask for too much, they will sink da ship!