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What Medquist is doing to us - bailey
Posted: Jul 12, 2011
I want everyone to think about what Medquist is doing. It does not matter what your job is for this company, they are systematically getting rid of the US employees because it comes down to the almighty dollar for this company. It is not a US based company, the upper echelon is India. This company sold out to its US workers long ago. Shame on Medquist, but that is what they did. It will not matter if we stay or go, they will be fine. What each of us has to do is what is best for us. I personally will stay until I find something else. The stress is almost unbearable, but I need the paycheck. I have worked for Medquist for 16 years and I have taken the paycut also. The days of a company feeling any loyalty is long past gone in the US. If QA thinks they are untouchable, look out, it is just a matter of time. What you have done to help Medquist in this matter is an atrocity to every transcriptionist in this company. You are helping this company get rid of each and every one of us with your petty picking of our reports. If anyone has been a transcriptionist you know everyone makes mistakes, and with voice recognition it is unavoidable. These reports are horrible. Most of us did not go into this profession to be editors, but to be transcriptionist. The days of goog paychecks in this profession are long gone. If you are young, get retrained for something else, because there is no future in this profession. I am near retirement and I am just hoping to hang on until then, but I doubt I will be able to do so. Medquist is an evil, blood sucking company that cares nothing for its employees and I think that by the grade of God they will get theres eventually (anyway that is my prayer). Good luck to you all and God bless you.
I love and completely agree with what you wrote. - If you can, get out and do something else.
[ In Reply To ..]It is all changing and not for the good. If you are young, change your career. You will be so glad you did!
What should we do if we're too old to change careers, - yet cant afford to retire?
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OMG, never too old to change careers. - At least think about it change.
[ In Reply To ..]I have 6 in my class with ages ranging 54-63. They are back in college. FASFA.gov is great because they give you loans and help pay for your tuition. For example, it paid for my whole tuition and ended up getting an extra 1,800-2,000 extra for rent/spending/gas, etc. to attend school. Yes, you have to pay it back after you quit school and 6 months after school ended. But just knowing a better job with benefits and sick days and vacation days and helping people and smiling at them and getting appreciation and work/holiday parties and I could go on and on mean more to me right now then the crap I get from MQ after years and years of service and caring for what I do and yet get no retirement or vacation days of like 4-6 weeks after over 20 years of working for this company. The only thing I get is cut in pay each year. AM I BEING NEGATIVE???? NO, JUST STATING FACTS.
Think about change, at least it would be a lot better change then what you get with MQ.
Why do you think changing careers guarantees - L&L
[ In Reply To ..]you a JOB?
With 1,000,000s of more qualified and educated persons than yourself out of work. School is a gimmick...they want to make money too. What a Joke on you.
Actually, already have a part time job - in the hospital :)
[ In Reply To ..]Once I finish school, take a state certification test, I will be employed, full time with awesome incredible benefits and a free lunch here and there at the hospital.
Most others will be having jobs also. It is the nursing program that students are having a hard time either trying to get into a school (2-4 year wait) program or a job unless you have experience, at least in my state.
and what age will you be when you finish school, - if its okay to ask?
[ In Reply To ..]in your 40s? then you can probably swing it.
in your 50s? gonna be a lot harder to compete with the 20-somthings.
looking down the barrel of 60? or already there? potential employers are going to assume you'll plan on retiring at age 63-65, and then they'll have to go out and recruit again.
the other problem is the health insurance aspect. you just KNOW that palms get greased when a potential employer can keep the older (and more-frequent users of healthcare) out of the workforce, thereby saving the insurance companies billions.
getting the degree is one thing. but what about - getting HIRED? quite another.
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Yep - Never too old.
[ In Reply To ..]You can do it!
You are so right. - oldMT
[ In Reply To ..]They don't care if the US employees are gone. Wasn't that the plan? To get rid of us so they could say there was a shortage of US transcriptionists.
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