Jeff Pearson Consulting
Stoney Creek,#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, October 29, 2008
Dear Consumer: First, I have successfully filed over 150 J1 waivers and H1B visas. I did "ten times" the amount of work for her (Aga Petersen), than for most of my other doctor clients. Anyone considering using my services is welcome to call my previous clients. I do provide a complete reference list-as I did with Aga Petersen. I also do not charge any placement fees. (this will be reiterated throughout my rebuttal). Nearly every time I made a particular job/location suggestion to the complainant-she turned it down. Mostly because her husband did not feel he would find suitable employment in the suggested location. (I believe he is an attorney and was completing an MBA at the time of Dr. Petersen's J1 job search) Coincidently, he also scrutinized and helped rewrite most of the consulting services agreement and thus, may be a source/catalyst of Aga's bitterness towards me. I am not quite sure. From the first time I had mentioned various J1 qualified jobs to Dr. Petersen until she decided to initially become my client, a period of 7 months had passed. Of course, once she decided to become a client, she was then extremely inpatient. This never made sense to me as-she just should have started her job search 6 months prior if she was so anxious. The initial retainer charged was to offset immigration paperwork and the research involved in "pre-qualifying" each opportunity for its ability to provide J1 waiver sponsorship. The cost of doing this for Dr. Petersen was far in excess of the initial retainer. Nevertheless, I do not charge this fee anymore. If the hospital is unwilling to pay for the legal costs of a waiver then- the doctor just won't have an opportunity to interview there. Many hospitals will not consider J1 or H1B doctors and still more will not pay fees unless the doctor is American born and trained (MD-not just residency) As Dr. Petersen is a Pulmonary specialist, this again limits the available jobs as J1 waivers are geared towards primary care doctors. Dr. Aga Petersen had told me she would probably be offered a job at her place of medical residency. I assume that, when this fell through, her anger was generated at me. It is also around this time that, Dr. Petersen asked Jeff Pearson to cease her job search. In the J1 waiver process, employers may take anywhere from 2 days to 8 months in there hiring protocol of physicians. I cannot control this and Dr. Petersen was unwilling to wait. She accuses me of causing her to lose a year's pay. In response, I commented that there were many less desirable locations and, if a J1 doctor is geographically flexible then, it is next to impossible not to be able to secure a job. This is quite true as places like Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota, Idaho, Montana and other western/mid-western States are "starving" for a good Pulmonologist. It is unfortunate that I can write whatever I like-even if I said "you are a terrible doctor with a miserable bedside manner" and this will be published. Regardless of whether it is true or not. It may just be an opinion. In addition, I do not charge placement fees or retainers, so it is impossible for a client to lose money. Once you have been in private practice a few years and the "frivolous" lawsuits start haunting you- you will better understand my position. Not to worry-they are unavoidable-no matter how perfect you try to be. Sincerely, Jeff Pearson