Agreed!!. They know exactly how they want those lines counted. That is why you hear people saying

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IT WAS GREAT WHEN I FIRST STARTED, THAT MUCH I WILL ADMIT.  I WAS PLEASANTLY SUPRISED AT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO HELP, THEIR KINDNESS, AND THEIR AVAILABILITY TO THE MT'S.  BUT AS MANAGMENT CHANGED, SO DID ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT MADE DSG SO PERSONAL. 

I LEFT ON MY OWN TERMS.  I WAS NOT FIRED... I AM NOT A MAD IC OR EMPLOYEE THAT WAS TERMINATED.  I WAS SICK OF BEING TREATED LIKE CRAP ALL OF THE TIME.  AND I STILL TALK TO MANY FRIENDS THAT I HAVE MADE THERE AT DSG, AND THEY WILL ALL SAY THE SAME THING... DSG HAS BECOME A VERY IMPERSONABLE PLACE TO WORK, AND IS A PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR WORK.  WE WERE NEVER ENCOURAGED TO HELP EACH OTHER AND WERE OFTEN GREETED WITH RUDE COMMENTS FROM THE MANAGEMENT WHEN TRYING TO DO SO.  

I DO NOT HAVE TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT MY OPINION OF DSG OR THEIR UNPROFESSIONALISM.  IT IS A FREE COUNTRY.  

THANKS FOR YOUR BLESSINGS, THEY ARE NOT NEEDED.  I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY WHERE I AM NOW.  NO NEED TO FIGHT FOR WORK, AND MAKING MUCH MORE INCOME.  SO YOU CAN HAVE DSG... FOR ME IT WAS A STEPPING STONE ON THE WAY TO A REAL JOB... 

does anything about it.  Personally I would never join one anyway so I don't care.  I am not a single mom, but for one year my DH took off work to go to school and I was the sole support of our family.  I paid all the bills, including insurance, though mine was not $700/mo.  We didn't have $$ for lots of extras, but all of our normal bills were paid and our house payment was $895/mo. 

I only worked about 6 hours/day at that time, though sometimes worked less and sometimes more.  

Just because one person can't do 2500 lines/day or be self-supporting, doesn't mean that some of us can't.   I make good money and could make more if I wanted to work more, but I don't.  

No one is forcing you to be an MT.  If you are unhappy with the pay, etc. find something else.   Companies, MT or not, have to look out for their bottom line.   MT companies are now in competition with Indian companies, or US fronts for Indian companies, who will undercut any line rate to the customer, so in order for MT companies to keep accounts they have to maintain rates.   I know of one local company who went out of business because while he had not raised his rates in about 8 years, he just could not compete with other offshore companies.

I just ran across this as bit long article but it is worth saving to your PC and reading a bit at a time.  I recall posting that Probity used this, I posted this meant NO SPACES and somebody came back and said they do pay for them. Boy they are really really making extensive calculation, guess always have and we did not know it.

 http://www.californiahia.org/Content/ul/8694//Kivi_Dale_Transcriptions_New_Standards.pdf

Respect and invite your opinion.  All sides should be heard.  That is my point.  Responsible journalism tells BOTH sides.  My belief is this was done by RBJ.  I'm not relishing in her problems, just satisfied that the whole story is available.  Period. 

This may have started 15 years ago, but as of 1999 charges and apeals were still pending when settled out of court. 

I agree with many points you made about our economic condition here, and changes need to be made by positive role model companies.  I recognize the fact that you had positive encounters with Execuscribe ---  by newspaper archives I believe you sold your transcription company to her in 2003 (per press release dated 5/1/03), correct?   You had a good outcome and business opportunity.  The rest of us have not had that opportunity and can only assess by other information available. 

All I am trying to point out is both sides of story is responsible reporting.  How can you make an informed decision without both sides?? 

make sure the supervisor knows that this is how things are being handled. Again, forward all of the IMs or emails you get to the supervisor, let the co-worker know that you are doing it. You might just see a substantial drop in this type of lazy behavior.