Anyone with half a brain knows why they lost the account.

• QT - trish
  • With respect, the real irony sadly is - PsychicMT
    • Hm. I've done a search and get nothing (sm) - skeptical
      • Skeptical is okay - PsychicMT
        • Ah, well, will have to agree to disagree (sm) - skeptical
    • Former QT owners? I thought they were original owners - wondering who that is (nm)
      • The "former owners" are the current owners. QT has not been sold (sm) - nm
        • Actually they have been sold to Ny-Dox but are still SM - anonQT
          • The loss of the big account has been a done deal - ex-Qter
            • Yes, I realize that, but until the termination letter comes, I don't really - consider it done/anonQT
  • phone call - tristen
    • No mention of selling, just that they won't have work for for me - when the account is gone. NM
      • Same here, nothing sold, just account is gone and no work for me sm - nm
  • What account? Does it start with a G? - Thinking about QT
    • that account was lost too nm - by the way
    • No it doesn't. Can't mention accounts here anyway. nm - me
  • What good does it do? They've lied, they've betrayed us. - soon to be ex
  • Right. Why ask questions when you know the answers? nm - nm
  • I imagine they're busy job hunting. - Concerned MT
    • Anyone with half a brain knows why they lost the account. - soon to be ex
      • QT, who are you referring to? Call me slow. Nm - ME
        • I assume QT Medical. Do a search and you'll find lots of old posts. nm - MTinMI
  • What is there left to say? I'm sorry it's ending for me. - NM
    • Me, too. It was great until the Indian metastasis. nm - QTme
    • QT - stillwaiting
      • Wonder if you work on a different account? NM - anonQT

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I started in September as QA2 on TOA, which is the account they lost.  All the files were being done overseas, or at least most of them.  There was only 2 of us QAing all of these and there was always a backlog of 1500+.  The other QA then got fired and there was only me until they hired a few more.  Then was told all work was coming back to US, so they overhired.  TOA is a big account and there was also another service doing them.  More and more, the doctors were going to the other service.  We were all let go on 1/30.

If you are waiting for 1099 from them, I talked to them yesterday and they said the payroll company screwed up and they were getting them today and would send them out today. 

The quality of the work was so poor they didn't renew the contract.   

Go back in your cave and stop trashing a good company.  After 4 yours, have had nothing but a great experience.  Time for you to hit the pharmacy for you meds as you obviously need it.

It is most certainly a pay cut.   I have worked on ChartMatrix and can tell you that this software is slower.  I did not see any improvement whatsoever in the quality of the SR that I did on that software compared to what we are working with now. I would have to be able to consistently do more than 350 lph with the new software in order for it not to be a pay cut based on what I am making now with our current ISR.  In the example she provided the MT was only doing about 280 or so LPH with the ISR, correct? I know it was NOT over 300... 

that you know is wrong, but you use it anyway?  That is what happened there.  How embarrassing. 

When the coordinator mentioned getting a copy of my license she probably was talking about my driver's license/ID. 

go to taxes, but 30% is a good percentage to work with at this time, but that is likely to change with a Democratic president.  Not trying to make a political statement here, just state facts.  As an IC, you will have deductions you can take, home office expenses, a percentage of your utilities based upon the square footage of your home office, any expense that has to do with your business, DSL, extra phone lines, etc. 

This job is going to the dogs.  If you read the ads on the boards, most of the big nationals are nothing more than sweat shops these days, trying to get blood out of a turnip, and paying less and less and giving nothing in return.  Oh, they say they offer benefits, but you can't afford them.  Not to say that they can make it more affordable in these economic times, but the fact remains that they are in business to make a buck, and they are making their big bucks on the backs of transcriptionists.  They expect sacrifice, but it is YOUR sacrifice they want, not theirs.  That is evidenced by the fact that you, the MT, will work on the weekends, you will neglect your family, you will have no life, and they don't give a rat's patootie.  I remember when we didn't work weekends or holidays.  Don't give me this 24/7, 365.  THEY, the muckety mucks DON'T work weekends.  When they negotiate contracts, they sell your soul to provide 24-hour coverage, but their big asses are at home on the weekends. 

I am an IC because I cannot stomach working for a national that wants my blood, my children's blood, and my life sitting and waiting to hopefully grab a job and if I don't have work today to stay up 24 hours so I can make line count to keep my benefits!  Benefits????  What benefit is there for me and my family working for these companies if I never see my family, never have the time to take a leisurly day to do the things that normal families do, going to a ball game, a movie, having their friends over for a cookout, going to church together, sitting and watching a DVD together? 

I am afraid we have allowed this to happen to this profession.  We bowed to their demands of Tue. thru Sat. or Sun. thru Fri.   We accept poverty-level wages.  We say it is okay that our benefits are based on our production, but when we don't have work, we don't scream and yell when they take away our benefits. 

You know, unions were created because of just such conditions.  These companies are taking advantage of us, and if you don't think so, just look at the demands being made if you apply and are one of the chosen ones. 

Lord help us all.  When the economy really tanks (quite soon, I'm afraid), you'll see them drop like flies, all of them, to 3rd world countries.  You think they care about the American MT?  Heck no.  They only care about themselves. 

Ok, about a month ago, I posted about a service who would not answer emails, phone calls, about paying me what was owed.  She paid me less than half of what she owed, and now I have waited patiently to get the balance and once again she will not answer emails or phone calls.  She is blatantly ignoring me. I emailed her and asked her WHEN she plans to pay me.  She has in her contract that she pays twice a month when the docs pay her. Well, this is going into the 3rd month now.  I have gotten that ONE check which was less than half what she owes.  I no longer work for her, as she locked me out of her system when I kept emailing her.  (GO FIGURE!), who would want to work and not get paid anyway!

I have tried to work with her and give her the benefit of the doubt, but at this point, I think that I am going to have to take other measures.