Can you give me a hint as to which company? The same thing happens to me too and I am an IC. nm

• Low work and overhiring again. - ICMT
  • honey, this could be any given company out there. NM - anon
  • I'm thinking I work there, - experiencing the same.
  • I'm thinking I work for the same company.... - not sure
    • Never heard of queue shutoff, but...sm - TX MT
      • I am having the same experience. and - there is a lot of hot air/wind
      • As I have stated repeatedly, although very unfair, leads have line counts too. - moving on
        • IT THIS CAN BE MORE OR LESS PROVED...SM - TX MT
          • How can they allow this?? I'm furious! - brokeMT
        • Every day I think about getting a new position but - afraid of jumping into same or worse situation.
    • I am guessing that the OP meant the queue - anotherMT
      • The latter case, likely. It's also...sm - TX MT
        • Could just be a perk of being a lead, the better dictation. They can. - moving on
        • You know, I have had that happen several times lately! - Me too!
      • Ok. Just wondered. - not sure
        • You are not alone! Well, at least - we are in this together and
          • True! - not sure
            • Or maybe we'll get an e mail saying - there's 100 minutes and 1 MT
              • yup.. - not sure
  • I was thinking the exact same thing. - And it's a well respected company too.
    • Can you give me a hint as to which company? The same thing happens to me too and I am an IC. nm - hint
      • Not 100% sure but I am guessing a company in - Maryland. nm
        • I don't want to be paranoid, but that would be - MDMT
      • It's happening where I work too.. - MT2
        • But that's not IC is it? The company suggesting a time I mean. - EmployeeorIC
          • It's the overhiring for TAT. - Simply put.nm

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in order to prevent this from happening to someone else.  Thanks.

for one in Florida, and this seems to be happening to me, too. 

They have you coming and going.

Mostly they have us by the pocketbooks because they REFUSE to share how the program counts.  THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL since that is how we are paid.

Would you work HOURLY for a company when they will not show you what kind of clock they are using to count what an hour is?

We are paid by production!  PRODUCTION.  It should not be a mystery how to count our PRODUCTION.

Depending upon where you work, how long you have been there, size of the company, etc., that might be a consideration.  Also, maybe other temporary work, like Kelly Girls (if they even have that anymore).  I know we used to have temps in our office that were paid every week. 

The pawn shop idea might be a good one.  I think if you don't have the money in 30 days, you can just pay the interest or whatever.  You wouldn't lose the instruments.  If you are willing to part with someone, ebay and Craigslist can provide some quick cash.  Good luck to you.  I am my sole support, and I have been in tight situations before and know how scary that can be.  My heart goes out to you. 

I have been with Transcend for almost 6 years and while they are not a perfect company they are better than most.  There have been mergers in the past-I actually came from the other MDI (which was a much more laid back company).  As far as I've seen with past mergers you get to keep your work.  They don't take you off it and give it to someone else.  That makes no sense to have to train new MTs for your accts and you on something else.  I know you are unhappy that you have to make a change but give Transcend a chance.  They are a good company. Is it a good fit for everyone?  No, but you won't know until you give it a chance with an open mind.  And before the bashers get on and say I am management, I am not, just another in the trenches MT who has worked for other services in the past. As far as outsourcing, I know it is done but as far as I can tell it is not a lot.  I work on 2 different platforms and both have plenty of work and have had for quite a while now. 

is that they keep their accounts fully staffed.  It is not unusual to be transcribing reports that are an hour or two old.  Unlike the company where I was before, they were a day or 2 behind - always - yes, there was plenty of work, but customers were not happy.  They lost mucho accounts for that very reason.  When the work is so caught up as it is at TT most of the time, a slow patch is much more noticeable more quickly.  As far as the LV acct goes, maybe another person whose acct is slow because of weather is typing that as a backup.  Most people don't just sit around and wait for work without asking for another account, unless they can afford to.  They are keeping their clients satisfied, which is what they are in business for.  This will not last. 

it just goes round and round.  How about doing something about it rather than arguing back and forth.  I think we all can agree that there are good companies and bad companies but that for the most part they are all pretty similar.  Slipping through the cracks?  It happens.  Be the squeaky wheel and call the company.  Obviously they need people if they hire.  Perhaps your resume was stuck to another or your message not written down correctly.  Perhaps you misunderstood something and need to clarify it. Perhaps they misunderstood something and need to clarify it.  If you have chosen to work for a company and did your research, then you have to decide after a month or so if it is the right company for you or not.  Transcription is a very small world and these service owners talk amongst themselves.  They work on making transcription better not how to burn and tick off the next applicant.

Be realistic.  These companies all have good and bad points.  The really bad ones are obvious with the paychecks that do not arrive for months and those that continuously bounce checks and those that rip off their employees with fraudulent line counts.  But the ones that are constantly attacked on here are the ones that have been around for awhile and will continue with or without you.  MQ, Spheris, MDI, Transcend, Transolutions, Keystrokes, Heartland, TransHealth, OSI, Precyse and Cymed are going to continue to hire and fire and have happy MTs and MTs that do not like working for them.  The truly bad ones like XXXX and SS, to name a few, the ones that only have horrible posts are the ones that will fade away.