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private:stephensonacquisto&colman-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=970813
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Mar 2nd, 2021 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman
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Associate Attorney
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Quality attorneys work at this firm.
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You'll meet quality attorneys. You'll get a great deal of experience in Arbitration.
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This firm does not provide a competitive salary for attorneys.
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970813
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Open
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REGULAR
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2.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Stephenson Acquisto & Colman
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Health Care Equipment & Services
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private:stephensonacquisto&colman-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=970813
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Feb 5th, 2021 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman
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Data Clerk
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Consistent Job - Logical, simple
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- Straightforward job
- Nice people generally speaking
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- Repetitive work
- Little room for upward mobility
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4.0
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970813
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Open
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REGULAR
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No
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1.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Stephenson Acquisto & Colman
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Health Care Equipment & Services
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private:stephensonacquisto&colman-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=970813
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Jul 11th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman
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Associate Attorney
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Excellent Work Life Balance, Can be Repetitious
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Great people to work with if they like you, excellent opportunity for litigation experience
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Work can be redundant
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4.0
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970813
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Open
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Stephenson Acquisto & Colman
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Health Care Equipment & Services
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private:stephensonacquisto&colman-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=970813
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Jun 6th, 2018 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman
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Unethical Company Slowly Declining
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Only pro is the benefits they offer.
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I’ve worked here for more than 10 years, and there was a dramatic decline when a change in management was made 4 years ago. The environment is very toxic and negative, which is why I decided to leave. It’s sad it use to be a good company, but employees are no longer valued nor given raises. Pay is terrible. You are not treated as a human being here, and the most unethical decisions are made.
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NEGATIVE
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970813
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Open
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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20.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Stephenson Acquisto & Colman
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Health Care Equipment & Services
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private:stephensonacquisto&colman-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=970813
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Jan 9th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman
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Partner
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Burbank, CA
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Partner at SAC
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Great culture with staff members who are motivated to do a great job for their clients. Management has an open door policy. The firm promotes a healthy lifestyle and is very supportive by offering employees free wellness care and personal trainers.
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Unfortunately, when staff members do not perform, they will be terminated after many warnings. They do this to insure that their clients are properly served
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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970813
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Open
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Create a broader exit interview process that does not just include the HR manager
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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20.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Stephenson Acquisto & Colman
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Health Care Equipment & Services
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private:stephensonacquisto&colman-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=970813
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Aug 2nd, 2016 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman
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Legal Assistant/Claim Analyst
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Burbank, CA
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Terrible Management and lack of communication
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Free health insurance; casual attire; 1 hour lunch breaks; ability to listen to music with headphones throughout the workday; option to contribute to a 401k; discount on items at Proactive Health Labs (pH Labs) - a sister company of managing partner (owner)
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The company lacks proper structure in terms of management and open lines of communication. Legal Assistants, or rather Claim Analysts are expected to manage case loads anywhere from 600-1,100 at one time with few resources due to lack of documents/information retrieved by Client Services and submitted by the actual clients; this stems from the lack of communication between departments and management not being aware as to what each analyst requires in order to effectively work each claim/case in a timely manner.
Policies often changed, whether it be firm-wide or specific departments. This created a lot of confusion as managerial staff often contradicted one another and/or did not properly communicate (written/verbal) between departments or ranks of managerial staff concrete changes. There were several instances where the staff was told to change a way of doing a certain task, the staff complied and would later be questioned for what they were doing. I personally saved such emails to physically show whatever superior would ask to prove I was doing as I was told.
The managing partner is hardly involved with this company due to other ventures she has sought out. This caused major conflicts and misleading information from departmental heads and general staff up to what she felt was happening at the firm. There was little room for error and hardly any room for an explanation if she assumed something and was mistaken. At one point I believe the phrase to our pre-lit department was, "...monkeys can do your job..."; this was in reference to how easy she thought our job was to handle. Yet, she was unaware of the process within our department despite our previous supervisors attempts to explain or provide diagrams and written guidelines.
It was shocking to know that this "law firm" had been operating for so many years, yet so many partners and attorneys were unaware of certain laws and regulations that had to be followed for certain types of claims. When the pre-lit department was made aware of Government Claims that needed to be filed for Medi-Cal/Medicare and other government type cases, it took a staff member (legal assistant/claim analyst) to do all of the research and come up with guidelines as to how our legal assistants and attorneys should be working each claim, writing proper appeals and the how-to on filing the actual government claims; this included strict timelines for specific types of claims. Little regard was given to any employee who went above and beyond their call of duty; however, there were a few attorneys who would regularly comment on the achievements of the support staff (claim analysts) and wondered why we weren't being used for more important tasks.
Favoritism was a humongous downfall in this company. There were a few members of the support staff that, if at any other company, would have been fired for actions they took or things that were said in the workplace. However, due to ties with other managerial staff, such employees were simply moved (not physically) to another department or given an easier job/task to do since they were not competent with their current position; several mistakes were made by such individuals that could jeopardize the integrity of the firm including violating HIPAA on several occasions. Written and verbal complaints were made by several staff members and knowingly two managerial staff members; rather than dealing with the individuals themselves, department meetings were held in which the department was scolded as a whole, leaving the disruptive incompliant individuals free of any disciplinary action, which caused a lot of tension between departments and individuals. Standards were set for specific people, but not always held because of lack of management involvement.
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NEGATIVE
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1.0
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970813
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Open
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Management needs to have a stronger open-door policy when it comes to both positive and negative reinforcement. There were several employees that had great ideas as to how our department could flow better, feedback on processes that were currently put in place by other members of the firm that weren't really aware as to how we (pre-lit) did things or what it took for us to properly and effectively do our jobs. The firm needs to hire enough staff to properly manage the case loads and work that goes along with each client's' files. Employees were considerably overworked and very unhappy with how the firm treated individuals and lack of appreciation toward their staff. After three years and no raise and/or bonus, one feels underappreciated, especially when the work and specific duties are increasing on a regular basis. Management needs to be more involved with their employees, and before making judgement on how "monkeys can do your job", maybe take a day or two to sit down and actually try to do our job from beginning to end (opening a brand new case file, filling out all required fields in the JYS system, calculating the proper reimbursement due by insurance without any mistakes, writing appeals, gathering supporting documentation, negotiating when possible, writing additional appeals and/or meet & confers and/or government claims, then moving the files forward within a timely manner to pre-lit attorneys). I feel that shame and extreme pressure should not be applied to employees, if the managerial staff doesn't even know how to do what we do. Learn to appreciate your employees and keep lines of communication open or else attorneys and support staff will continue to leave your firm in large numbers; other members of your staff will fall short because of their lack of interest for your company due to the way people are treated. Learn the current laws and regulations and go through them with your staff so you don't later blame a staff member for a mistake and further jeopardize the integrity (or lack there of) of your firm.
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REGULAR
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4.0
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Stephenson Acquisto & Colman
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Health Care Equipment & Services
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private:stephensonacquisto&colman-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=970813
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Aug 20th, 2015 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman
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Burbank, CA
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Legal Assistant
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The company has been in business for over ten years and has grown from ten employees to over 80 employees. Unfortunately there is a high employee turn over.
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There is not a lot of growth within the company. You will be in your same position for the duration of your employment. There is also not a lot of pay increase during your employment.
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NEGATIVE
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NEGATIVE
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970813
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Open
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No
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No
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Stephenson Acquisto & Colman
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Health Care Equipment & Services
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private:stephensonacquisto&colman-2
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=970813
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Mar 16th, 2015 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman
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User Experience Designer
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Burbank, CA
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I really enjoyed working for this Company Great Culture, And super friendly staff and administration.
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Relax environment, Friendly people, even though i was on contractual base, Great Partners and very respectful...
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Get involved more frequently with your developer team...
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POSITIVE
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POSITIVE
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5.0
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5.0
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970813
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Open
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At least in the field of development Do your homework on Budgeting, and envisioning the scope of a project.
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Apr 23rd, 2021 08:30PM
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Stephenson Acquisto & Colman
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Health Care Equipment & Services
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