Do they force people to work holidays or take volunteers?
Posted By: Interested on 2008-12-26
In Reply to: Webmedx does (sm) - clemmie
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Sometimes in-house people will work the holidays since we're only
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What I mean is, to be paid for holidays, even if you dont work. Major holidays.
Sorry. What I mean is, to be paid for holidays, even if you dont work. Major holidays.
If the work force is so intelligent, why do they
themselves to be victims. Doesnt sound so intelligent to me.
i meant the work force is mostly female. (nm)
Your work force probably widened considerably with the buy-out. Maybe too much farming
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Not too bad. It's spring holidays and people are on vacation. Should pick up anytime. nm
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Yes, they asked for volunteers to help out.
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Are there any companies that still just take volunteers
for holidays rather than forcing you to work them? All the companies I used to work for in the past asked for volunteers & never had to make anyone work holidays, but the one I'm at now, I've had to work every holiday & I'm sick of it.
THIS UNION IS FREE-NO $$$-ALL VOLUNTEERS
and donations from non-medical office equipment suppliers who are not threatened by unions, and want no part of the workings - they get a tax write-off, we get our supplies to get the word out.
NO ONE IS PAID. NO MEMBERS WILL BE CHARGED FEES AS LONG AS WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS FROM NON-CONFLICT OF INTEREST SOURCES.
STOP RANTING ABOUT UNIONS MAKING MONEY. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CASH INVOLVED HERE. IT IS A TRADEOFF - DONATIONS FROM BUSINESSES FOR CHARITY TAX WRITE-OFFS FOR THE BUSINESSES, AND MTs VOLUNTEERING TIME TO SEND LETTERS, WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO DONATE OFFICE SUPPLIES, AND TO CALL, VISIT AND WRITE TO SENATORS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE. THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDING AFTER JANUARY, 2009.
YOU ARE PROTESTING FAR TOO MUCH TO BE AN MT.
SERVICE OWNERS CHARGE:
$0.115 - $0.25 per line for full transcription of acute care on 24/7 accounts
$2.75 - $7.65 per report for full transcription of pathology, lab, specialty operative notes, plain film and interventional radiology
$0.097 - $0.125 per line for VR editing
OF THAT MONEY, MTS ARE RECEIVING
$0.85 - $1.25 per report full transcription
$0.06 - $0.115 per line full transcription
$0.035 - $0.06 per line for VR editing
AS OUR PRODUCTION BRINGS THE MONEY IN, WE DESERVE A LARGER CHUNK OF THE PROFITS - OFFICE STAFF CAN BE TRIMMED INSTEAD OF THE PRODUCTION STAFF. IF A RECEPTIONIST MISSES A DAY OF WORK, ANYONE CAN ANSWER THE PHONE IN HER PLACE. IF AN MT NEEDS A DAY OR SO OFF, PATIENT CARE CAN SUFFER BECAUSE AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF A HEALTH CARE TEAM IS UNAVAILABLE.
WE ARE STILL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE HEALTH CARE PICTURE. DO NOT SELL YOURSELVES SHORT.
IF YOU ARE AGAINST UNIONS OR INITIATIVES, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BUT BEG THAT YOU RESEARCH, SPEAK TO OTHERS, EDUCATE YOURSELVES ABOUT WORKERS UNITED.
WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE HERE; THEY'VE TAKEN ALMOST EVERYTHING FROM US.
WE PROPOSE:
$1.25 PER REPORT TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs
$0.10 PER LINE TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs
$0.075 PER VR LINE EDITED IN THE U.S.A. BY U.S. MTs
Why are we willing to take less? Health care is a thriving 24/7 industry here in the U.S. as long as we continue to vote against socialized medicine, government run healthcare programs (excepting Medicaid and Medicare).
We are spoken of in corporate meetings as UNITS, LINES PER HOUR, we do not have names to those earning $100K + per year, handing down crumbs to us. We are deliverables, grunts, spoken of as too socially inept to work outside of our homes (we have witnessed these discussions).
As many other U.S. corporations are doing, drastically reducing corporate and management salaries, and paring redundancies will help the service owners to pay us those few pennies more per line, per report, that would give us the pride, the motivation, the enthusiasm we used to have for our trade.
Individually, we are each in this for ourselves - that is the very definition of capitalism in a democracy - WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME? When the payoff is bigger, results are usually bigger, as well.
Don't be ashamed to know that you, me, all of us - we deserve more respect and better wages. We deserve not to be threatened and ridiculed, as it is against the law to do this to ANY employee in the USA.
It is called a Union for lack of a better term - we do not have time to sit down and negotiate for years with the business owners. If we were to do that, we would remain at the bargaining table long after they've retired in Hawaii.
We need to work together, at least for now, in order to individually receive the respect and the pay that we deserve.
My company asks for volunteers.
My company only has IC status so there is no requirement to work holidays. They send an e-mail the week before and ask for volunteers. I've only volunteered for one in the long time that I've been there and they've never tried to pressure me into working.
This board has always been full of volunteers of info.
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You have to work 3 holidays for them, though. nm
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Only 8.5 cpl but only work 4 holidays. Btw, just
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As an IC, I do not work holidays.
I do not get holiday pay, so I do not work holidays. That is the reason I am an IC, because I want weekends and holidays off to be with my family.
Re. Holidays and Low/No Work
If you are EMPLOYEE status, this would most likely fall under engaged to work. If you are required to work the holiday, you must get paid minimum wage each hour you are required to be either actively working or checking to see (ugh!!) if there is any work. For that matter, holiday or not, if you are at your desk waiting for work & it's your regular shift, you are, in effect, HIRED for that particular shift whether there's work or not. (Imagine working at a fast food or store or toll bridge - and they told you you'd only get paid if a customer came in & bought something or you were able to collect a toll/fare. Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it??
MTSOs have gotten away with such bull for too long. Like in any other business - no work? TOUGH!! THEY need to absorb the cost - not the employee. Most are aware now that WE know what's going on ... and that we have labor law backing us. Thus, many are being very coy about telling you that you need to work your hours/shift ... any questions are answered in very vague terms.
What's also is a lot of crap is this business of, Keep checking in/out of your PC to check for work. BS with capital letters! I'm either hired to work my regular shift or holiday or I'm not. What's also messed up with this in/out and check for work business, esp. on a holiday - they require you to work/be available for the holiday, but then turn around and say you don't have to stay at your PC if no work. But what about my holiday? Could have had Thanksgiving dinner with family or Xmas with friends - can't go anywhere, but, Oh... you don't have to stay at your computer all day (transl. so we don't have to pay you) - just keep checking in/out. Yeah, right, enjoy your own holiday, suits! 
Very few MTSOs pay for holidays. Some give you 6 days you can use for holidays or regular PTO, but
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well, I didn't work between the holidays at all....
so I don't know about that time period, but I didn't have any work at all on Tuesday, 1/3,
anyone else have slowing down of work after the holidays?
Seems slow after holidays.
I always volunteer to work holidays (sm)
at DeVenture, just because I don't have a family and know that if I volunteer to help provide coverage, it may ease up the burdon on someone else who does.
Gosh, that does sound awful nice of me, but I really do it for the money. 
I honestly don't know if DeVenture REQUIRES it for acute-care level MTs or not though. Personally, nothing has ever been demanded of me yet, always asked nicely, and it's one of the reasons I'll always brag about this company and it's people. I just know they are both paid holidays and if you work them you get an hourly rate (which is an average of like 6 weeks of your personal line counts, so it's not an across-the-board rate which is kinda cool) in addition to whatever lines you make for that shift.
With all the griping about having to work holidays, little or no
PTO, etc., anyone ever thought about just taking a day or two off without pay? You are allowed to take days off you know! IMHO, if you can't afford to take a week or so off without pay, you either need to find a better paying job or save up some cash in anticipation of your vacation. Face it, the healthcare business runs 24/7 and we are an integral part of it. So many MTs want the perfect job, the perfect hours, paid holidays, paid vacations, give me only English speaking docs, etc. How about just be thankful you have a job?
Let the Indians work holidays for OSI
$*#@^%
You do not get paid for holidays unless you work them. sm
You do have to work 3 of the 6 recognized holidays. One of those has to be either Christmas or Thanksgiving. If you work Christmas one year, the next you have to work Thanksgiving. If you do not work on the holiday, you have to use PTO if you want to be paid.
They follow the BOS, work the holidays, and they use several
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Lack of work is due to the holidays, nothing else (nm)
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The Holidays are over - and work is BUILDING!
Hello -
I was concerned about the postings here that we're running low on work. I can safely say that while some of our accounts were low during the holidays, within every region there were exceptions, and secondary accounts were available! Specifically every facility with an ED or Same Day Clinic was swamped! It's now the 8th of January and work has considerably built up now that providers have returned from holiday.
No one in transcription is a stranger to the feast and famine of this industry. It's just part of the game. However, one of our strengths as a company is having diverse accounts! When one is down, another is up. Everyone has the option of a secondary account as a backup, and more if needed/desired.
Transcend continues to grow by leaps and bounds and I'm hiring for two of my growing accounts, a big clinic group and a long-term care facility. We have a new facility going live each week starting this week, and we'll need a lot of extra hands to keep up with the volumes. I know I'm not alone with this growth in the new year! Many other regions are also growing by leaps and bounds!
I encourage you to apply with Transcend and see for yourself. I will keep you busy!
Rebecca
Are you requied to work weekends and/or holidays
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That's great.What's the rate?Do you work holidays?
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Must work one year and then 5 days off - no holidays
are paid days off. If you chose to take the day off you don't get paid, if you work the holiday usually lines and a half for that day.
I don't work weekends or holidays. MT FOR 10 YEARS
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Does Medware require you to work holidays?
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Are there any companies that don't work the major holidays? nm
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Who said people who work for KS aren't happy for people who work for (sm)
other companies? I'm happy for people who are happy with their jobs, no matter what company they work for.
You have to work 3 of the big 6 holidays. For those that you work, you are paid
time and a half. For those that you do not work, you can either get paid by using PTO or they are treated like normal days off (for which you are not paid). Sometimes, they will even pay double time for the big holidays if there is a lot of work on the system. I've found them to be exceedingly fair.
And you are required to work 3 holidays per year, but you get extra pay for that. nm
Heck no. You're expected to work the holidays, even the big ones! nm
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holidays do tend to reduce work loads.
When the account i was given had shortage of work, i asked for and received another account. I almost never have a shortage of work now.
I guess I don't understand either. As for holidays, I CHOOSE to work them sm
my kids are grown and gone. They like to come for Thanksgiving, but not Christmas. I have a choice, sit around and pout over it Christmas Day, or work...knowing that what I am doing means another woman who has little ones at home can be with them. I feel like I am making a difference.
I am working July 4th, always have. I'll work Labor Day too, no big deal, although it falls on my Monday off and I won't get comp time, however, I am going to treat myself a nice meal out that week so I don't feel put upon.
I feel EXTREMELY lucky to have a full time job with benefits, regardless of working holidays, a part time job where they don't care when or how much I do (though I try for 500 to 750 a day even though their full time is only 800), and I have been offered a PT QA position in addition to these. I can eat and pay our $4+ a gallon gas. I can pay my bills and most importantly, I can be saving a huge amount of money in case something changes economically and it will.
Grow up and understand this is part of this industry. People don't take holidays off from being sick, injured or dying.
Tired of hearing that nurses work holidays because...sm
Nurse's in my area start pay at $63,000 per year. How many pennies a line do you making typing on Christmas Day?
One year I was forced to work on Thanksgiving and I sat there with no work. My family was in another town making memories and enriching their lives while I made 8 cents a line with no lines to type.
You are not a nurse and neither am I.
Still waiting for work, but I figured it out. WMX pays for holidays (sm)
but only IF you get your required lines/hours in. Of course the work was low over the weekend, but we expected that, and now EVERYONE is making sure they qualify for the holiday pay. Make sense?
Different company but no slow down, swamped but we were before holidays. Nice having work..
No work! Anyone else having this trouble during holidays? I managed to make a total of 210.00 last
week.
NO paid holidays for us all year round. If there is any work on the holiday, you get
lines and a half, but usually there is no work. They usually clear out the work before the holiday so there is no 1-1/2 line pay remaining. Transtech names 6 holidays each year, but the MT takes those holidays off WITHOUT pay.  I am sure the office staff and all other non-MT staff take off WITHOUT pay, too, aren't you???? LOL
Which MT companies DO pay an MT for holidays. I don't consider a day a HOLIDAY unless it is PAID. They can call it 6 holdays, but have to take off without pay . . . . just another day, i.e, get sick -- NO PAY.
You aer required to work 3 holidays each year ... not sure about the quitting early thing. nm
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Holidays - Is there any company who pays holidays?
Are there companies (like in the old days) who pay you for Christmas, NY, Thanksgiving, etc., MAJOR HOLIDAYS?
As a whole.. nice people to work for, decent benefits but the get off/on the system, work/no work,
is maddening. I couldnt pay my bills or even work the schedule I was assigned. They would ask us not to work until work built up in the evenings and I specifically wanted to work days as I have kids etc. It just didnt work out for me but to each his own. It just seems there has to be a better balance in this business that what is happening.
For people at MDI-MD that say they are out of work, I see they are hiring now. Are people still
running out of work or did they get more accounts. I am interested in this company.
K-Force
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K Force
K Force out of Florida.
Oh please they ask but don't force you to do VR
I love Transtech. Please ignore the one *bad* response here.
The Task Force
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