If I am not contacted, it's the company's loss, not mine

• Recruiting expectation question - ACMT
  • Quik-Mart doesn't require testing ... - (sm)
  • If I am not contacted, it's the company's loss, not mine - I usually get a 50-80% response rate
  • excuse me, why do you care? NM - kl
  • With all due respect, with your husband making $100,000 a year, you may not need a response. sm - ?
    • That does not mean I should or should not get a response to my resume for a job opening. Please - y - My hubby makes more than 100K a year
    • Not so, depending where you live...100,000 is not that much money. - Especially for a family with kids. nm
    • What does what her husband makes have anything - sm
      • Exactly, what bearing do their earnings have on whether or not they get responses. nm - oh
    • She has a right to a response, to work if she wants to! - Disagree with you 100%
      • Maybe you should reread the original post. sm - ?
  • Courtesy never goes out of fashion - in ANY industry. nm
  • The problem I have is... - anna_mt
  • I think that many of the MTs looking for a job need - my 2 cents
    • Have to agree . . . - Modern Problems
      • I agree with being aggressive.. - Lynn
        • If an MT takes time to go through the testing process... - anna_mt
          • I do - SL
          • While we are on the subject... - sm
  • I love the one where the MT was bashing a company for not contacting her.. - stating that companies were usually falling all ov
  • Maybe in your case. As for me, I have many years acute care and am well qualified. - Haven't heard back from a few. nm
  • A lot of it is they have an inflated sense SM - my opinion
    • And then there are those who ace the tests and deserve a response! - nm
      • How do you know you aced the test? - nm
    • I have to agree here. Been in this biz for long time - amazing to see that every MT is owed somethi - ICMT

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I would be interested to know how many of you have been affected by a company who has lost accounts and how you handled this.  This happened to me a few years ago - and I was the only MT from the CO. that did not go to the competition that received the accounts (this was radiology - and one CO. lost all of a particular hospital's radiology to another larger Co.) - I didn't think it was ethical - even though I know that in my state the no-compete contracts do not hold up in court.  Plus, I really was tired of radiology and wanted to get back into acute care or something more challenging.  It seems that accounts go from one co. to another - I just wanted to hear some stories about what others have done in this situation and how you feel about it.

state of mind you may have interpreted this person's inquiry (regarding needing the 3 days) in the wrong light.  As another poster stated, a business is a business and personal lives are separate.  Just about every company has a bereavement policy (and some companies don't pay for bereavement time off).  They do need to plan and juggle your absense though in terms of work. 

As far as unemployment, you're probably going to be disqualified because you quit. 

When applying for other jobs, you can skirt around the issue of why you left with a simple looking for a change.  Chances are they might not even ask you why. 

I also read the report on MQ's money woes which anyone can read if they bring up their stock report. What caught my attention in the report was that MQ could not estimate the total cost of 1) billing review 2) defense of class actions, 3) SEC investigation, and 4) compliance with the Deprt of Justice investigation.

If I read the numbers right, in 2004 they spent $11 million dollars for lawsuits, $4 million for separation fees

in 2005, they have spent $16 million on lawsuits, and $3 million in separation fees

Mgmt expects pricing pressures to continue ( competition from other vendors) and for revenue in the second half of 2005 to decline. Decline in revenue includes the impact of decreasing transcription volume from existing and lost accounts and the impact of pricing declines

I hope this is not the beginning of another EDIX--they operated at a loss for 3 years and then were bought out by Spheris--until all of the 6 lawsuits are settled, the lawyer fees will continue to mount

Does this mean I am not going to get a raise??? Maybe they should have saved some money and not have sent out the ChapStick

I also live in PA and when my friend quit her job because her husband's job was moved, she was denied unemployment because she chose to leave.  Unless laws have changed since then, it's not likely you'll be eligible for unemployment.

I would look into WIC.  It can help to supplement your groceries and provide formula for your baby.  As another mentioned, check with your local church. 

I asked for a raise and got it, because I stick with it through the changes, and do what i'm told.  Its cut throat in this business, you can be easily replaced.  Yes there is a lot to bitch and moan about, but I make over 40K a year and i'd like to keep it...give me work and i'll gobble it up on time for ya boss!!!  As for the loss of lines, what exactly can we do about it?  Three lawsuits pending, MQ still getting away with it.  Bitching and moaning causes stress on me, not them. 

Who knows but it will be less for sure or something that we will all be fighting for that line incentive every day and everyone will be running out of work. Yes, I am looking also and upgrading all my equipment to go part time with someone else if this looks really bad with THE PACKAGE.

They all ended up with companies that are where Diskriter was 3 years ago, going through a complete management revamp and all only offered IC status at a lower rate than I am making employee status with DR, all of them required the same scheduling, although I think Diskriter is pretty darned flexible, never been told no or had a problem if I needed to switch days, leave early, etc.  All of these past employees who were at DR are now at other companies.  One of them got DR into the huge mess they were in to begin with .  They have all said they'll hire me any day, no interview, no questions asked, but what they have offered preliminarily without my application was worse than where I'm at for line rates now.  If you search the archives on the companies their with now, the responses from MTs there will say nothing better or worse than you see with DR, it is all a matter of OPINION again and to each his own. 

If you are an MT looking into DR, go with your gut, if you feel like they might be right for you -forget the pre-employment requirements and background checks as an excuse to not apply, that is a pretty silly reason not to apply or accept a job, only desperate companies hire just by looking at a resume and not doing any background or physicals.  DR is not a desperate company - we are all very qualified MTs who pick up the slack when needed until we get new people that are just as qualified.

I guess they have plenty of time and money to waste.  Makes you wonder if they had someone there with an axe to grind against you.  It's possible that person saw your name and decided to use a loophole to not hire you, but its still a rotten thing to do anytime, much less during the holiday season.

Good luck and hopefully other companies will treat you fairly.

I contacted K&R to ask them to verify the security officer's name.  I haven't heard anything.  The other very weird thing is that their website does NOT have their address unless I missed it.  I had to Google the company and get the address that way.

It's just a weird set up.  I think I may back out as well.

I have been waiting and waiting and they have my contract and all the paperwork and they are nowhere to be found.  Anyone else have this experience?