Are there any companies out there who provide benefits at start....sm

• Are there any companies out there who provide benefits at start....sm - Jane
  • People need to stop looking to an employer to provide - me
  • TransHealth has some that start the next month after you start work. nm - MT again
  • Transolutions is 60 days. nm - MT
    • Cost for Transolution's insurance sm - bkw
      • I don't know. I got the info from their web site. Also they pay on a - 55-char line. MT
  • 90 is short, even in other fields. Some are one year. - MT
    • A year without insurance????.... - Jane
      • We used COBRA and my insurance, thank God. sm - MT

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internet platform for file transfer but audio is through phone line so you have to either rent or provide your own C-phone.  Pros 24 hours to get lines done each day but do have to work 2 weekend days a month and provide a schedule 2 months in advance.  Have heard several accounts are heavily loaded with ESLs.  You work as statuatory, therefore, file your own taxes.

Pay is so-so, level III 8 cpl, level IV 8.5 cpl, level V (high ESL) 9 cpl.  Everyone seems very friendly and helpful. 

Good luck! 

and the pay via the incentive tier seems fair and easily attainable, although since I have not started on the account, I cannot really say for sure -- if it is an atrocious account, then of course that changes everything.  I have not read anything bad about the company, though, so to me that is a good sign.  I will be using ExText, which I have used before, so that is another plus for me. 

As for choosing between IC and employee, I guess that depends upon whether you need the benefits.  If you do not need the bennies and are still interested in working for them, maybe you could negotiate a bit higher line rate ... I do not know, just guessing.  They also have a bonus program if you keep to your schedule each quarter, so that is a nice plus.

Good luck with whatever you decide.  Like you, I would like to find a home.  I have an IC position that I love and will probably never totally give up, but I would like to have the benefits and some of the tax hassle erased. 

Needing to know which companies provide computer equipment

for their transcriptionists?  I am finally able to get high speed internet services in my area and am anxious to get started working at home. 

Thank you for any information. 

Good Day,

Hope some of you are willing to help me out.  I am running out of Unemployment Benefits and need to start applying for jobs again.  Tried a few months back, but gave up after not receiving any decent, living-wage offers.  Now my computer is on its last leg, throwing another obstacle into my job-search efforts.

Would anyone working for a company that still provides a computer to full-time employee MTs please provide the company name and, if you know, what they charge for computer rental? 

I did research this in the archives, but there was no current information, and I had previously read a few times that more and more companies are stopping that practice and requiring MTs to provide their own computers.  In my case, that is the old the chicken or the egg problem.  My personal computer is old and does not meet some company's hardware requirements.  I cannot get a decent job without a new computer, but I cannot pay for a new computer unless I have a decent job. 

If anyone would care to share any good job openings, that would also be great.  LOL 

Any help is sincerely appreciated. 

Thank you in advance. 

aren't that expensive and you can find them used on the classifieds here or on e-bay. 

Do you know of any companies that provide computer, with or without cost to the MT?

Sometimes we MTs have tunnel vision about a job and will persevere until we get it, thinking we are getting what we want, only to realize that the warning signs were there from the get-go. 

If a company is rude to begin with, there is no logic in thinking it is going to get better after you are hired.  I now listen to my gut (a show on Discovery Channel pontificated that we have a *second brain* there, a warning brain) and see with my eyes what is real and what is rose-colored.  Those *funny feelings* about things are there to keep us from making mistakes.  Listen to them. 

And I hope you find a soft place to land. 

I've been seeking work with benefits for a year now.  I have an IC job with crappy pay (5cpl), actually am looking at another IC job now with better pay (7cpl), though not fantastic.  Part of the reason I got into this profession was to work from home and be able to afford health insurance... what a joke!  I don't make enough to pay bills much less health insurance. 

I really do wish the schools were more up-front and honest about this profession.  Don't get me wrong, I actually LOVE being an MT, but the hype of 10 cpl with benefits is crap!  Recently I had a woman approach me and ask if it is true she could make 12 cpl with full benefits after a 6-month course.  I told her if she finds that to give me a call!  A school told her this was possible for her to earn from home right out of school.  HA!

I'd like to hear opinions on companies who say they offer insurance to their employees.  Just today I was offered a position by a company who said they offered benefits and then when asking for details, I find out they don't pay a cent toward the monthly premium, it ALL comes out of my pay.  I am sorry folks, but that is not benefits to me.  I may as well be an IC and get my own insurance.  Probably would be cheaper too.  I counter offered to them asking them if I could work IC status and just get a higher line rate........they wouldn't go for it.  Another thing is they require you to type 12,000 lines in a pay period to be eligible for the insurance.  What in the world for?  They are not paying out a red cent toward those benefits so why would it matter how many lines you transcribed if you are paying for the insurance yourself.  This is the first time I have ever heard of something like this and I am pretty ticked about it (I know you can tell).......  In my opinion, there would no benefit at all to being an employee other than they would take your taxes out for you!!!