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It's all true... - RusticMT


Posted: Jan 18, 2013

Everything that's been posted on here about the Softscript recruiter is absolutely true.  I accepted a job with them, then thought it over because of the lack of PTO, and wrote in to tell the person handling my paperwork that I had reconsidered due to the lack of PTO.  My email was forwarded back to the recruiter and she sent me a snarky email that said basically, you get 3.5 days the first year and 5 the second, and said, "please explain."  I told her that I had reconsidered, and she wrote back to tell me my employment was terminated.  I'm not even employed by them yet!  I wasn't starting until next week!  So I quit before I started, and she wrote to tell me I was fired before I had started.  Wow, am I glad I changed my mind! 

I got fired from SS too. - sm

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I worked for them and in my probation period I had FIVE different accounts, due to work continuously running out on accounts, which in my opinion is poor management anyway. But, with five accounts there were five different VERY DETAILED account specifics and I got fired for not being able to follow the account specifics exactly. I only made a couple of slip ups, and I absolutely understand that you must follow account specifics, but not one single mistake that I made would have affected patient care in any way whatsoever.

Anyway, some guy that I have never even heard of, never heard his name or anything called me and told me that the "management" had made the decision to let me go, because of my numerous errors with account specifics and I was informed when I began working for them that these must be followed. I was like WOW!

My biggest complaint with them is all the accounts you're - expected to do daily, sm

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Emails when there are 80+ jobs on an account and emails when there is no work at all. Seems like a double standard there to me. I am going to email you and tell you, you can work overtime because we have 100 jobs (I'm sure most people do 30+ jobs a day when there is work to make their minimum) and I don't care about you when we have nothing for you to type. Yeah, this job doesn't seem to be what I thought it would be. There really isn't any consistency on the accounts that I do have. I run out of work on a regular basis. That's the only consistency I have seen.

The amount of time acrrued is incorrect. sm - Another SS MT

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After the 90 day probation, you begin earning 1.67 hours per pay period which works out to 40 hours (1 week) for the first year. This is in the employee manual. The recruiter was incorrect about the time he/she gave you.

Actually, it was in the paperwork from the company - RusticMT

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As well as from the recruiter. The first year, you earn 3.5 days. The second and third years, you get 5 days a year. Then you get 2 weeks. That covers all time off, holidays, vacation, sick, everything.

This is exactly what my paperwork said. sm - Kindred

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Just a few weeks ago (3-1/2 days first year). I changed my mind, too, not just because of the PTO but instincts telling me to go in another direction.
I felt the same way.... - RusticMT
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It was the PTO and I kept having this feeling of dread about starting with them. After I tried to quit and then had to answer to DN for it, I knew I had made the right decision.


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