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But I DON'T WANNA work for Q! - noooooooo

Posted: Sep 21, 2011

So my company has been bought out by the Q, of course with the assumption that all of us will want to jump from the sinking ship --->into the cold ocean???

Technically I am fired from the old job, as that company is done for, but Q sends out an "offer of employment" with no base rate, no schedule, just a mention that things will stay the same - for now.

I don't WANT to accept the job with Q! If I wanted to work for them I would have been. My question is, will my filing for unemployment be messed up just because they sent me a vague offer of employment "for now" ??? ANY help would be appreciated. I need to focus on school and looking for something better, not leave my termination on their terms in a couple months...

My opinion.....sm - mb

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I don't blame you for not wanting to work for MedQuist. Believe me, I doubt if you would be happy here. I know after 7 years and a steadily shrinking income, I'm ready to go elsewhere myself.

I would think that since you didn't actually seek out employment with MedQuist that you should still be able to get unemployment. So you should just be able to ignore their offer and go ahead and apply for unemployment, in my opinion!

here is some food for thought - sm

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I would file for unemployment and if they ask if the new company offered you a job, you could tell them, "Yea, for minumum wage!"

Or, start there and file for unemployment because the wage is so low you would qualify for partial unemployment off of your old job.

I would work the least amount of hours possible at the Q, start off with like 15 or 20 hours and when they tell you have to bump up to 24 to be part time, say, "NO, you said things would NOT CHANGE!"

comparable employment - nooooooo

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Thanks for the support lol. I talked to a state unemployment worker and she said you have to report any offer of work. And I said, "yeah but this is an entirely different company who ...." and explained why I never applied with them, and she again says "any offer of work" - apparently regardless of how detrimental it would be to accept it. I could always appeal the decision - awesome, then end up without a check at all for 2 months.

Screw the Q & their no-warning, behind-closed-doors bull. They really know when they got ya by the balls.

no, you take the job and then - sm

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Send every report to QA and still file file unemployment. Raise questions about ADT, or questions about what dictator said. Then when they lower your pay to 1 cpl because you sent over 5% to QA, you can file for unemployment. Then, keep doing it and they will let you go and you will still get unemployment.

Boy, I am with ya!!! My head has been spinning and my - shortcake

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stomach is upset. I actually feel like I'm in mourning. I am looking in all directions for new work and hoping and praying something will come along......I would have been happier with an email laying me off. I left MQ a few years ago because I was barely making minimum wage and I can't go back to that; I would lose my home!!! My friends and family are telling me to hang in there and that everyone is afraid of the unknown, but in this case I do know, and I know I cannot afford to work for a few bucks an hour doing a job that requires the skills we all have. I pray for all of us.....

so sorry shortcake - Former MT

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I know exactly how you felt. I had heard bad things about the Q before they even acquired Spheris! I did try to stay positive, but you and I both know what is ahead. I too would have lost my home if I had tried to stick out there much longer. I went to PT, and took more hours from another job I had to keep to stay afloat. Low and behold, just as I had hoped, it went to full time....the day before I had to give my now employer an answer my account of 10 years disappeared....POOF-GONE! So I figured, "Here's your sign." Prayers for you and all the others. So sorry!

are you going to put UNFORTUNATELY under have you ever worked for this company before - on the application LOL

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but seriously what are you guys that have worked for MQ before gonna put on your app? Do you think they will let you go?

Got bought out too - MarineMom

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We got bought out by Q last year...yeah, no changes at first, but probably around the first of the year you will. We have now been integrated with their time card system, their paycheck schedule, and their paycut I had to take so everyone would be paid the same "across the board". Yay...not! I was ok with that because I will still typing my old account, til we lost it with no explanation. (Don't know if it went across the pond or if they went with a different company). Now I'm typing on Q's accounts and finally after over a year, have access to MQ central. As of the first of September, none of us had access to, and I say this loosely, the benefits of MQ Central like the AAMT BOS, or anything else. So, do I wish I could go somewhere else? Sure I do...but I like working from home, I like my split shift, and I've only ever done clinic work, not hospital...so I'm kinda stuck....how wonderful for me :(

how long have i got - seriously - noooooooo

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we get punished for something that is to the employer's benefit - that we work from home...

I guess i chose to stay 'for now' because my employer reassured me my client would only come over if we stay on the account...that's probably BS and how will the poor client know anyway...

how long realistically do you all think i have, those of you who have been through this before? they put us on Teamwork as soon as telling us we were bought, and in fact made it retroactive to a few days before. did you get your first ridiculous QA in the first month? when do they start counting how much % you send to QA as blanks? i work on an account that even if you have one, policy is to send it to QA

ugh shoot me!

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