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ProScript - received notice that your status is being changed - disheartened

Posted: Dec 30, 2009

Have any ProScript employees received notice that your status is being changed to statutory and that your line rates are being cut for VR starting 1/3/2010? I would like to hear if this is affecting all employees or only some. This probably is going to cause quite a pay decrease as well.

I've heard nothing from them about a pay cut. See msg. - SM

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Since we switched to VR, I've been expecting an announcement of a pay cut, but I've heard nothing yet. Their VR software is so buggy and hard to work with that I can't see how they can justify the pay cuts at this point. It has made us less productive, not more.

So, in addition to cutting your pay they're stripping all of your benefits away, too? Wow. How much notice did they give you?

I can't say I am surprised, though. The new management there cares nothing about the MT compared to the former crew. It has really become an unpleasant place to work.

I wonder why some have been informed of pay cuts while others haven't, though. ??

ProScript - sammie

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Wow, what happened to that company? I used to work there and they were great! Sounds like they have new management? Does anyone know what happened there to cause this?

Geez, did Rick go and sell this company, too? - sm - Sam

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That's what happened at another company he owned years ago. Said he would never do that again but sounds like he did.

It wouldn't surprise me. One of the other former DDIers - see msg. - SM

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went "on vacation" and then simply was never heard from again. Other people have joined staff and then simply disappeared, too, sometimes only days later. They started nickel and diming the MTs earlier in the year, gradually eliminating what few nice little extras we had, cutting corners all over the place. It's a TOTALLY different place than it used to be, and the change hasn't been for the better.

A long while ago, the person who interviewed me - sm - Sam

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wanted to go on and on how this was the "old" Rick and things were wonderful at Proscript and how he was going to run it his way now and it would be great working for him. I didn't buy it. Seeing what is going on through hearing the stories, glad I am not going through what you are now. Good luck to you :)

Sounds like another "Ooops, I did it again!" - no message

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Proscript hell - Hell hath no fury

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Not sure why you didn't get the letter with the new pay structure. Whoever is running PS now does not value their MTs at all. I really hope all the employees jump ship and they are scrambling to keep up with the new IC crew. The witches running the place need to get a taste of their own medicine.

It sucks to be us now...sm, - Stuck it to us

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Long time employee, lost my bennies with less than 30 days notice. Merry Christmas! Yes very big pay cut 1/3/2010. HATE the management now. All the good people are gone. The story about going on "vacation" and was unable to be contacted anymore was really laughable. Yes, the company, in my opinion, is now one of the worst. Found another full time job which I hope works out, but I hate transitioning. I have major health issues, so losing my insurance is a disaster. I don't think there is much hope for this company coming back from the cliff.

Is it true that in 2010 (which is less than an hour - away), employees with med. ins. (sm)

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will no longer be able to get COBRA if they change jobs? I read this somewhere this evening on a list of changes for 2010, and was under the impression that loss of COBRA is one of them.

Put COBRA 2010 into Google - see msg - SM

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- and you'll see that the government is extending it's subsidy of COBRA into 2010. I've heard nothing about COBRA going away. Of course, it's still not affordable for most and is a bit of a joke if you ask me.

No Congress passed the extension of the subisidy. I watched that closely.. - Just a loser

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