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I tried several other companies, good ones, but it was like regressing in time! Not worth it!

Posted By: MQer on 2005-07-23
In Reply to: Thanks. I'll go with Medquist. I am glued to my - Trying to decide

You won't be shuffling thru papers, trying to find doctors names, etc.  Its a fast platform. I never realized how much I loved it til I tried "greener pastures", which sure were not greener! Felt like the horse with my head stuck thru the fence, but luckily I got back in my own pasture! There's no place like home, there's no place like home...Good luck to you!!


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    not worth my time
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    I will say it now so even someone like you can understand..it wasn't that I didn't understand what you said, it was that I was giving you the benefit of the doubt that you surely can't be that ugly..and trying to point out to you reasonably how judgmental you are..I see you missed that point too...I guess for someone like you who lives by the hammer it was just a little too finessed for you to comprehend..

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    x
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    Companies close old and gain new contracts all the time. (SM)
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    thanks!! 


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    Okay guys call me an idiot for not knowing that Medware has an India division!  Now, I'll risk the flaming yet again.....Can you recommend companies who offer employee status without outsourcing to India?


    Good health insurance coverage at a reasonable rate for single person, nice organized people to deal with, paid on time, and the sooner they could put me to work, the better!


    Please feel free to email me privately.  My address should be somewhere on this page!


    Cindy