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Doesn't cost anything to report 'em to

Posted By: Department of Labor and Industry...(nm) on 2007-02-02
In Reply to: If we're a dime a dozen, companies like OSi are certainly a dime a dozen...sm - Scoobie

 


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    Doesn't cost the MT anything, though from my
    experience you can do as good, if not better on your own.   They actually contacted me (probably from my resume posted on a couple of job boards) and I tried them thinking that maybe they had companies that didn't advertise and that probably paid well considering they were using a third party company to hire/screen, but the company they referred me to was one that frequently advertises here and the pay was average. 
    Doesn't it cost...
    an individual out-of-pocket to get a background check? I mean, if one is looking for a job, chances are he/she is broke and does not have the money to pay for such paperwork, not to mention the fact of how much it costs in gas to run all over the place.

    The reason I know this is because my son just got a job at a local restaurant as a chef. In South Carolina some jobs require a background check, but the potential employee has to pay for this as well as run all over creation requesting records from the Highway Department as well as City and County law enforcement offices. It's time consuming and costly.

    I wouldn't mind the background check if it came out of the potential employer's pocket (which they can write off anyway) and if they did all the leg work. I wonder if this sort of thing can be done online?
    It doesn't cost anything so I would try.
    All they can do is turn you down, but then again they might hire you. 
    it's called razzle/dazzle, confuse 'em, make 'em doubt themselves nm

    The real number rounds down to how much you averaged/ made an hour.


    No matter how you figure, by the line, character, gross line, by the page, by the dictation minute  or whatever, it is what you can average out in a day of work.


    You work 10, 12, 14, 16 hours and make $XXXX you divide your hours worked into what you ended up with


    Liz doesn't report to Alex anymore?
    She may run the day to day operations, just like a lot of people at Transcend run that end of the corporation.  But they all still report to the higher-ups and any upper-level corporate changes made would also include MDI-FL, since they are a subsidiary of Transcend.  If Transcend suddenly decided that all employees will operate on the same pay/benefit scale corporate wide, that would also include the employees of MDI-FL.   I'm not saying they're going to do this, but I'm saying that Liz may control certain aspects, but she isn't the final say.  Things could change at the drop of a hat or the whim of Transcend upper-level management.
    Kick 'em 2 the curb - U are 2 good 4 'em! nm

    The insurance cost is double for Transcend but insurance probably doesn't factor in for her.
    I have heard more good things about Axolotl than Transcend, although it seems Axolotl may be less flexible with your schedule and someone told me that QA was pretty strict, which should not matter either if you have worked for a hospital and know what your QA score is.
    had 'em all going!

    rofl


    not if you don't tell 'em about it! lol
    just keep quiet about it
    You tell 'em FastRad!! sm
    $78,000 last year. Want to see my 1099's?
    love 'em

    You tell 'em sister....

    Cuz I'm just a grinch and have poverty of the soul because I didn't provide comfort and joy as what some perceive to be what the OP wanted.  Pity party is what she wanted and yes at this point I'm beating a dead horse, which is maybe what I'll call myself now.


    As for the OP, I guess he got off her a$$ and finally made that call since according to all of the posters that supposedly support her claim she worked 24 hours in one day to get her lines in.  Now that deserves pity!


    I stand by what I say, and I mean what I say.  If the OP wanted pats on the back and awwww so sorry, then so be it.  What I said is true when there's no work I don't sit on my a$$ and wait at all hours of the night and day, I look for another job.  Fortunately, I haven't had to do that.


    And yes, NY MT is correct in that everyone wants their cake and eat it too. What took the OP so long to make that call and get those back up accounts?  It took for me to shake her up!  But you all got her back now, so she'll be just fine! 



    Tell 'em sister...

    if the money in the paycheck is green, it will spend. 


    Furthermore, no one knows who off shores or not.  There could be companies that say they do not off shore, but they do.  How would we know?  I say if the pants fit right, keep them on and walk around like you own the place instead of worrying about something that is not in our control.


    Furthermore, just because a company advertises no off shore applicants does not necessarily mean they do not off shore.  It just means they also hire US MTs.


    Umm... duhh! Of course I have - I'm one of 'em.
    What I was taking about is that companies use that as an EXCUSE when they're trying to make their case about offshoring. They claim that all their US MT's are going to up and retire en masse someday, and they'll need to send more and more work offshore.

    Just one more strand in their big web of lies.
    High five! You tell 'em!
    That's just what I was thinking.
    Love 'em.
    Most are a lot more interesting than your usual hospital reports.  I found there were a smaller group of docs to deal with and can get really familiar with them and not searching to find doc names , new drugs and facilities as much.  They do usually talk fast but that is what my slower control is for;-)
    Call 'em!
    Never say never. Give the recruiter and a call and follow-up on it. Sounds like you're almost in the door, so don't throw in the towel yet.

    Go get 'em, girl!!!
    You tell 'em sista...
    People want feedback....  Here's your feedback and I heard the same thing as you!  Not worth it! 
    Doesn't apply if your OSI account doesn't use Ichart.
    It is the Ichart only for OSi where you are cheated.
    Go ahead and warn 'em
    but all too many people get carried away and make up all kinds of nonsense.  I have worked for a few companies and do know what is out there.  I have others to compare this company to.  So, that sure isn't the case.  Anyway, its a free board, post away...just warning others to watch out and to form their own opinions.
    That's what I did...left 'em off my resume. GL to you.
    8
    I'm glad I turned 'em down...
    I'm sorry to hear that...last summer, I was in contact with them, they offered me a job and I purchased a pedal from them...something about them just struck me as oogy, though, and I ended up changing my mind and turning them down. So, whew, guess I dodged a bullet.
    Never heard of 'em - and I live in SC!
    Do they have a website?
    Oh, egads, that was stingy of 'em!
    That's penny-ante wages!
    You should call KS and tell 'em the situation (sm)

    Ask to speak to the Director of Ops, KB. 


    Hang in there!  To leave no work and come to no work is not good.  Unfortunately, the hospitals and other clients take forever to assign IDs to KS MTs. 


    Yikes - with the pay cuts and all? You can have 'em.
    nm
    try archives, never heard of 'em. nm
    x
    Most of 'em won't tell you diddly until you've
    up to & including your SS#, which I won't give 'til I've tested & gotten an acceptable offer.
    Hahaha! That's too funny! You tell 'em! nm

    Go get 'em. I will be rooting for you in absentia. nm
    nm
    Love 'em! They're my MT home (sm)
    for the rest of my career I hope. I've been there 2 years and I cannot say enough good about the owners and the way they run the company. Plenty of work, pay never late, and I have never felt like an anonymous number on an employee roster there. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to e me @ ustshelby@hotmail.com and I'll try to help.
    Some love 'em, some don't. DQS software drove me away about 3 mos. ago...nm
    x
    Several posts in the last month or so if you do a search. Some like 'em, some don't. nm
    s
    Thank you kindly - I'll check 'em out!
    :)
    I work there and am very happy. Give 'em a try!
    Very professional, accommodating, and fair.
    did that many many times...still calling, can't stop 'em
    no call list is a crock. I have been on it since it was first implemented and as far as I can tell, it has never stopped any body from calling, particularly the automated phone calls.
    I have a friend who works for them and she loves 'em. don't know about pay
    nm
    I'd tell 'em, 'From now on, send me ONE email/day -
    And I'd turn off the IM if they abused it like that.
    It's starting to feel like MQ there. Can't trust 'em....sm
    Although I know people will jump to correct me, many of us have a very hard time getting our hours in. Line counts are down. I worked over 39 hours and 20 minutes last week--all I could scrape together--then got an E-mail from my STM telling me to put in for an hour of PTO since I did not have 40 hrs last week. What vacation you do accrue often goes for making up the hours you can't work because of the lack of work available. They spout off about excellence, commitment, blah, blah, blah, but they are not committed to their employees and outsource work as the not looking good poster said. Unless they are hiring for unusual shifts, I wonder why they are hiring at all. You can easily have 5 accounts and no work. Who knows what they will do next? Pay cuts? That's my bet. They can give us the tough economy talk again to justify it.
    I'd tell 'em they could have their foot pedal back
    Don't forget, if they can take legal action for return of a little used foot pedal, you most CERTAINLY can take legal action over nonpayment for the lines they gypped you out of.
    It is First Choice Medical and they are a great company. Nothing bad to say. Try'em. nm
    x
    Great place to work - give 'em a try!
    :)
    The last 3 I applied for called ALL of mine! I did give 'em a head's up, tho'. :) nm
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    TT doesn't pay for spaces or ExText doesn't
    nm
    No cost here either
    x
    cost...
    For medical and dental it is around $85 biweekly.  SGS is also the only company I know of that allows contractors to have medical and dental, around $110 biweekly, as long as you meet 9600 lines minimum biweekly, which is pretty low these days.
    how much did YOU cost THEM?
    If the FOB belongs to the hospital, why in this world would you not want to do the right thing and send it back even if it means going out of your way (although it is crystal clear here that this would be against your nature) to do right by the hospital?

    I could never, ever do something that could cause an MTSO to lose a client and if you chose to follow the road you are on that is what could happen. It doesn't belong to you. It has security codes on it. The hospital is upset. The MTSO is upset. You are upset. Crimy!! God save the MT profession from crabby, nothing-better-to-do-with-their time old timers like you!!!!!!

    Do you think that you are so special that you were the only one who lost money on trying to get you started up? People in the hospital were helping. People at the MTSO were helping. You were sitting around waiting, not helping and you continue not to help.

    Send it back all ready and be done with it!!!!!!
    IMO, the COST of being a CMT (attending sm
    seminars, etc., to get the required credits) was very high and far outweighed any extra pay offered, to say nothing of the time spent on it. I find that just being a really good MT will get the same pay rate. When I was a CMT, I was living and breathing MT. All vacation time and Saturday mornings were spent getting credits. The rest of the time I was working. I have a life now.
    How about the phone cost? I went
    to their website, and it says that some accounts have a 1-800 # and others are long distance but that they reimburse what they consider a fair amount or something along that order.  Does anyone know how that works?  Otherwise, they sound really good!!!  If anyone has any info regarding the phone stuff, I'd love to know!!!  Thanks.
    Nonmember cost is $275. nm
    xxx
    Insurance cost
    It all depends on where you live. I am in Florida and pay $450 per month for myself and 2 kids. It is different for other states.