Looking for a new job...

[beandip]

Lemme get some prayers guys.

Here the past few months, things have gotten absolutely terrible at Mercy. Paychecks bouncing, not getting paid for overtime, hours getting cut. Last week a lot of the crews got sent to Brownsville, dispatched by the Texas Guard. I picked up 117 hours Monday-Saturday that they were gone. Now I'm being told that I did it without authorization and they're refusing to pay my overtime.

Starting Monday, my hours are being cut to about 20 hours a week. Now, I can pick up a few extra shifts, and ride the clock here and there to try and get 40, but I can't live off of that.

My paycheck bounced on the first. That was my 4th paycheck to bounce, and all I've been told is "there's nothing I can do about it" since the owners are in Missouri. So I have to keep running the same check until it'll clear, or take it to a pawnshop or some gas station and take the small hit, and let them take the missing funds up with the company.

UTMB is hiring for EMT's and Patient Care Techs for their section, Correctional Managed Care. It's the same thing I do all day long, except dealing with inmates (been there, done that anyway). I'm crying and praying I get this job.

It starts at 36 a year, which is a lot of money in my little town, especially for a young family. Full benefits, retirement, 12 hour shifts 5 days a week (60 hours, that's easy), and I never have to worry about my paychecks bouncing.

There are only two positions open that need to be filled. My only hope is a former coworker who works for CMC now, and my mother being the CID Nurse for UTMB at the Estelle and Diagnostic Units.

So, everyone wish me luck. My fingers and toes are crossed.

[newking70]

good luck man

[korovamilkdud]

Hell dude, you deserve the new job. You worked your ass off and got elephant-screwed.

[elscorcho]

Good Luck! Hope the connections give you an edge.....

[lpmarshall]

Good luck!!!

[Red_Label]

Wow... that story's FUBAR! It wouldn't take me many bounced checks from an employer to get the @#$% out of there.

Good luck on the new job. Hope you get it. Sounds like your current company won't be around for much longer.

[beandip]

Wow... that story's FUBAR! It wouldn't take me many bounced checks from an employer to get the @#$% out of there.

Good luck on the new job. Hope you get it. Sounds like your current company won't be around for much longer.

Problem is, the checks will clear then get pulled. They've always been pretty good about fixing it right away, but the owners are in Missouri, which is their excuse to f*ck everyone then say "What do you want me to do about it from here?".

I will not quit until I have another job. I'll suck it up and tough it out through all the bull****. But I can promise, once I'm gainfully employed by someone else, I'll be filing suit, along with several other employees. Bouncing checks is a Class 3 Felony, so is backing out on overtime and cutting hours without first consenting with the employee. I printed out the Texas Labor Code.

Anyway, let's just hope it happens. If I get this job, and could work it until I get my paramedic, I'd have absolutely no problems getting on with 911, since Correctional Managed Care is TDCJ's 911.

[bluesbend]

Positive mojo sent to you. Good luck Dustin.

[jeremy]

sorry to hear that buddy, hope things sort themselves out quickly

[korovamilkdud]

You guys will be fine in the long run. You're good peeps.