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THEY DIDN'T PAY ME FOR MY LINES! - Oh my lord.

Posted: Oct 10, 2010

I want to SCREAM!

Not only did I not get my PTO, they didn't pay me for my LINES!!!!!!

WHO is working in payroll at this company, huh??????

Did you even get a check? What DID they pay you for? - confused

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They paid me min wage and an hour of PTO - lol

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which isn't even the amount of PTO I requested. I have no idea how that disaster happened, but NONE of my lines were paid for.

My pay check amounted to less than $200.00 after benefits and taxes were taken out. I would have known sooner, but I wasn't home and didn't have computer access.

Anyway...I've sent an email directly to a couple of payroll contacts. I issued a ticket, sure, but the last time I did that for a payroll issue, it took over a week before someone responded. I can't wait a week for them to fix this!

I was so upset yesterday (combination of frustrated, insulted, and simply pissed off) that I couldn't even finish my shift because I would break into random crying spells. I just logged off and said %#)@(*$&^@ it!!!

I've been having major issues with the Q lately over my pay and this seemed like adding insult to injury. My boyfriend wants me to just quit (I have another job lined up but I won't know 100% until Tuesday). I don't want to just quit until I'm sure about another job...but staying on any longer...working 1 more minute for MQ is like torture. Especially now that I feel like I'm working for free and they aren't even paying me for my lines!

ARGH!!!!!!

Dang, paying is the only thing MedQuist has been - reliable at.

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That is scary. Can you imagine if they just gypped us all out of 2 weeks typing before they send the rest to India? That would be a nice little parting bonus for the Q wouldn't it?

The interest on the money they keep in the - dnr

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bank nets them more profits too. A hospital I used to work for never let us have our money until the second they absolutely had to because of this.

It's probably now being done by the ILPs now. - nm

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So, let me ask - This is the OP

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I emailed 2 payroll people and 1 HR person and submitted a ticket (and from what I get, tickets now take FOREVER with the new system because the last one I submitted for a pay issue took a week before anyone responded). I understand that some people may have had today off...holiday and all. Aren't they lucky.

I didn't get a check delivery today via FedEx or UPS or anything. Didn't get an answer to my emails or tickets...nada.

How long am I supposed to wait for this? Tomorrow? The next day? What is the excuse next?

Oh...I had NJA all day today too. Nice, huh?

I can't win for losing with MQ. I want to work! That's all I want to do! But I do that, and I don't get paid like I should. I complain about my missing pay, and then I have no work. I don't believe in...well...coincidences.

I called yesterday and left messages for everyone in the world that I could and then today my phone was cut off. And now, I can't pay the bill because my check was so severely messed up. So...WHAT am I supposed to do? I am at my wits end!

I guess insanity is my next move.

In my experience, if your lines transcribed did not meet minimum wage,.. sm - ververyoldMQMT

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Then you will be paid minimum wage for the hours that you worked. Quite frankly, I am also in that same situation. Every time I am on a "roll" then Wham... Technical down @#%% or NJA. So, it's been min wage for me a long time. I am only a part-timer, so even doing my minimum required does not even come anywhere close to minimum wage. I would be happy if they just paid us minimum wage, forget the lines. Response time is so slow, that it does make it slow and then they figure the time it took u to do a job, and the time u weren't actually typing... blah blah blah. By the way, u can get called on the carpet for consistently making min wage. But that is ridiculous. Isn't MQ saving money by us being paid min wage? I live in a state that has 12% unemployment, and the food banks are running out of food to give to people who are now out of work... Yes, I just barely made enough to pay my power, and I have to pay for 2 phone lines because I don't have DSL. So, it is beg and plead and pray every payday that I will make enough to pay the utilities. I am sitting at home now and cannot even go to see my sick mom who lives 10 mins from me because we have no gas and hubby is on disability. He gets paid this Friday. so yes, it is bad.
Just to let you know, it is either or, not both. Minimum wage or number of lines typed....

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