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Medquist - I got fired for speaking up - Tweetie


Posted: Feb 17, 2010

I spoke my mind by sending this to all MQ addresses I could gather.  I got canned for it.  Not worried about it though.  Maybe it will make a difference.  I sure hope so.  Here it is:

 

I am hoping that this letter will alert any concerned MQ personnel to a potential disaster.  By introduction, I am one of many MQ employees who take pride in their position, in their work, and in their loyalty. 

I am one of many MQ MTs who accepted and eagerly learned new technology, even while knowing that in the long run it would negatively affect our income.  I am one of many MQ MTs who studied for their CMT exam and certification, on their own time and with their own money without any sort of recognition from MedQuist, in order to be the best possible employee for MQ.  More importantly, I am one of many caring MTs who do it for the patient whose records we transcribe. 

I am also one of many MQ MTs who strove hard to be the best so that when our fingers grew weary of banging a keyboard, we would be experienced and talented enough to move into a quality assurance position. 

As a QA, positions changed, our wages were cut, and the chance was offered to learn an even more challenging position as CTL.  I am one of many QA’s who took the chance and applied.  Now, I am one of many good, loyal, strong, driven and talented CTLs working as an MME. 

I am also one of the many employees of MedQuist who feel very sad that we put everything we had into helping make MedQuist the best of the best, when it now is so obvious that MedQuist only cares about their bottom line. 

I am writing not for myself, but for the rest of the MTs/MMEs who still have some hope or faith in the company for whom they work.  MQ is at severe risk of losing valuable employees, being left with MTs that care only about their paycheck.  If anyone can understand what this means, you will realize that this will be the beginning of the end for this company.   MTs are the reason you are a company, and yet everything you have done in the past 5 years has been detrimental to our income.   I feel sad that this is what MQ has become.  I realize that any company’s main concern is their profit margin, but when you start burning through very good, very loyal, and very qualified people you are going to end up with people who are not qualified and your business will suffer. 

Maybe, instead of hurting the very people who make your organization a force to be reckoned with, you should start looking at the people in “charge.”

seriously??? - wowzers

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I honestly did not know that MQ fired anyone!

What made you decided to write that and then mail it out to anyone you could find?

It has been months and months since they created the MME position, was that the reason why? Just curious as to why you waited then.

I do think it is a nice letter. It mostly depicts how we all feel. Did you get any response at all? Did the CCM fire you?

I have always wanted to send a letter to the CEO, but I just hide under my rock and pretend the world does not exist.

I hope you find another job soon.

Well I did send an email in response to that joke of an email about the acquisition of Spheris, sm - mqmt

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I alerted my CCM and who knows maybe I will get fired for telling the truth and explaining my feelings about corporate America, mq included! We'll see.

Thank you - Anon

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You said it for all of us, and beautifully. I can't imagine on what grounds you were fired. Can they actually shut you down "just like that," with no explanation? That doesn't sound exactly legal.

If they don't notify you of your untimely termination, how will that affect unemployment?

Maybe it's a blessing in disguise. You deserve better than the Q. We ALL deserve better.

seriously! - Tweetie

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Well, they haven't said the words "you're fired," but when I attempted to log into DQS and Lotus I was denied access, soooo...

My reason for waiting, I guess I've just been stewing on it ... and in talking w/others in the same situation and finding out most of us felt the same, I just got fed up. Somehow, something has to be done.

Thanks for your good wishes :)

tweetie - Em and Em

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I was wondering, if you haven't been called or notified that you've been terminated, could you just be locked off for some benign reason? I was unable to lock on to DQS or Lotus a couple of times, called tech support and viola!, problem solved. The problem was on their end.

Just thinking... Well, whatever comes, best wishes to you.
Lotus is on the desktop of the computer MQ - sent me.
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What do you use it for ?
Lotus notes is an email and calendar system - Dinosaur
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Some of the newer systems allow you to customize your own applications as well.

kudos to you - mushroom

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whatever happened to free speech and if they did lock you out and not even tell you that just shows how chicken-shit they are. they sure can spit out those glorified emails that don't mean the space they occupy but when faced with real issues they just ignore. one day they are going to receive the same treatment and it can't happen too soon for me -- sick and tired of their outright lies.

ROTFL--YES they fire people. - SERIOUSLY!! Oh brother.

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You didn't think they fired anyone? They are GOOD at it. I have tried to save many MTs myself, but they went O-U-T MQ's virtual door!!!

And believe me, if they want you out, you go!

And not to mention the management people they fired, yes FIRED, not just laid off.

Believe it.

This MME is JUSTIFIED in feeling the way she does. OF COURSE she waited. Most people gave this "position" a chance. NOT TO MENTION MQ suits sent us letters stating that we could make between 30-50 bucks an hour in the MME position according to the range of posters on here (I still have mine which falls in that range.)

I GAVE IT A CHANCE, TOO. But it STINKS, and I found another job that starts in a couple weeks!

Then MQ BYE BYE.

have you talked to A*mn ? - L&L

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I've always found her very reasonable to deal with. Wishing you the best. You were a great CTL.


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