Exactly! MTSO needs a consistent IC that she can count on. Take off now and then but you

• Good Companies - Linda
  • OTI gives you a weekly quota. sm - MT
    • OTI - Linda
      • Yes, it's Oracle. Be persistent (sm) - MT
        • Oracle - Linda
  • Guess you got your answer, huh? - sm
  • as long as I meet TAT on my .... - I work when I want...
    • as long as I meet my TAT - Linda
  • Most companies need certain hours - MTbird
    • as far as needing certain hours that would conflict with IRS - rules for IC versus employee
      • IC cannot be told I need you to work between 1 and 5 but they can say I need these lines by - X o'clock. IC says yes or no. nm
        • That was my point :) - NM
    • Most companies... - Linda
      • Must be a small company. 1000 lines/day is not that impressive. nm - NoFighting
        • I think it depends on how long it took... - HMMM
        • there is a midsized company with 900 lines a day - but heavy producers can't get large
          • Balancing act - Find your size company
        • WHy should I care if you are impressed or not. It it suits me, I don't give a darn if anyone - else is impressed. nm
        • Must be a small company - Linda
    • There are still companies that need your work by a certain - deadline and it's up to you to get it
      • But could you just not turn on computer that day and NOT do the work. Or could you call and say - weren't going to work that day and they were ok
        • I could call and say - Linda
          • Yes, but if you called off suddenly a couple times a month because you just didn't feel like - working, you would be unemployed. nm
            • I could call and say - Linda
        • yes I could but if I already said I would accept work, I don't - do that very often or will find myself
          • Exactly! MTSO needs a consistent IC that she can count on. Take off now and then but you - have to be dependable. nm
        • I think this could only be done with a huge client base, or a huge number of say only - discharge reports. nm
  • SM - anon
    • Good Companies - Linda
  • MT is a job, not a hobby that you just do when and how much you want. How do you expect an MTSO - to run a business under those conditions? nm
    • There are companies that manage to make it work. OTI, for example. nm - MT
    • I worked when and how much I wanted for years - sm
      • Thank you. nt - Good Sense
      • MT is a job, not a hobby... - Linda
        • Your OP "where I can work when and how much I want". How did you think we would - take such a statement? nm
      • MTSOs need to know the work is going to be done consistently. Not just when someone feels like - turning on their computer. nm
        • Considering some companies do give a weekly quota, maybe you shouldn't speak - for all MTSOs. ?? yes?
        • Ok then - MTSOs need to get intelligent enough to figure out how to - PREPARE for the work flow, and plan and hire
          • Walk in my shoes - Patti
            • Shouldn't you be factoring that into the bid and making accommodations for - that to happen in the bid and the cost?
              • Sure, factor it in, but no one knows what the future holds and MTSO has no control over those - issues. nm
          • MTSOs have no control over the factors that would make this - possible. nm
            • Aren't MTSOs the owners? Well if owners of MT companies - are not working up a bid, then I
              • The bid has nothing to do with consistancy of work. MTSO cannot control how cosistant work is. - Only facilities and Drs. control that. nm
          • Perfect MT world - MT is not a hobby
    • MT is a job - Linda
      • I apologize if I sounded rude to you - MTbird
        • MT is a job - Linda
          • MT is work not hobby - Is this what you meant?
            • It does work for some companies. OTI is one. Please - MT
              • placed=place (typo police abound). nm - MT
    • I was told to think of it as a career. - wow
    • I wish there was an icon that shows cartwheels and pom-poms!! I agree. Why - MTSO
      • And why do MTSOs treat ICs as employees? nm - MT
      • Toughest hobby I ever had. - anon
        • Good companies - Crabby
          • So what are you saying? - PTMT
            • IC - Crabby
              • Okay, well, I still don't think - PT IC
                • IC - Crabby

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I know there are a lot of negative posts on here about MQ, but it is the only company I have worked for that I did not have to worry about being out of work. Some call it the *cesspool*, I call it a safety net if my primaries ever get low on work, and I don't have to waste my valuable time calling someone to ask for work because it is automatic if primaries are low. They also pay on time everytime and have been very flexible with my schedule, I prefer a split shift. Pay could be better, but more than some other places, and always having work available is the most important for me as being out of work would devastate me financially. As a matter of fact, it was the guarantee of always having work that made me switch to them as the national I was with previous was running out of work on my primaries too often and I had to spend too much time begging for other work. I am very happy at MQ after experiencing working for some other nationals, TT and KS specifically were fairly consistent about being out of work in my experience. I also really like the DocQScribe platform at MQ and the fact that they supply all the equipment; I no longer have to worry about what would happen if somehting went wrong with my personal computer and I could not work or afford to get it fixed or replace it. I have never had a problem with communication, my PS is great at getting back to me promptly.  

The people complaining about the *cesspool*  at MQ on here are the same ones who will complain about being out of work when in actuality work is available, they just refuse to do unfamiliar accounts, thus affecting their own paycheck, never happy. Personally, I don't have enough extra money to be that picky about work and I am relieved to find a company who can consistently supply me with work. Good luck in whatever you decide and I hope you find the right fit!

As an IC you don't have to give notice if you are leaving and Tonya should know this.  I stayed through two pay cycles and that was ENOUGH.  You have to beg and continually ask to get paid so your situation is not unique.  

I think a big part of the problem is it comes from India.  I left right after we received a notice that the line count function did not work and that our lines are counted manually.  Why was the line count such a big secret?

A growing company is one thing but pay is another.  Pay should not be contingent on growing

No matter how many accounts I get, there never seems to be enough work and now, with the holidays almost here, all of my accounts are picked bone dry.  Bah humbug.

dial-up at times.  I had it for a year so I know.   Satellite is also not secure, so if company is 100% compliant with HIPAA satellite would not be allowed. 

I had lots of problems with my satellite, though I was never without for more than a day.  Customer service was the absolute pits.  They have since updated some of their equipment that is suppposed to eliminate some of the issues.  

signed off the report I was typing.  Those lines didn't add immediately, but sometimes they do that.  What concerns me is that when I signed that job off and the next one came up, not only were the other lines not added in but they were LESS than they were before I signed off previous job.

I thought I noticed this happening the other day, but figured I just wasn't paying attention.  Today I definitely noticed it.  For some reason it changed it's mind and took 8 lines off my line count.  What the heck? 

Am not really ecstatic with the way things are going anyway  and then this confuses me. 

Please, someone have a realistic explanation so I don't feel paranoid and cheated here. 

Feeling just like you.  Look at the ones who complain about working weekends - how many medical professionals do you know that don't have to work weekends?  Why are they in this field if they don't want to work weekends?  It's a pity trip.  How about working in retail or restaurants?? You want a 9-5 job, go get it, away from home of course.

Would like to talk privately but I don't spend much time on this board and don't really know how to do so.  Let me know if you do!

I'm torn on this issue.  My company has just strictly forbidden us to use normals unless they were created by the client, since apparently some MT's have left text in the document in error by not editing correctly.  I can see how this causes a serious QA issue, but I can also see that my pay just got cut seriously yet again by not being able to use them.

So, what' s the answer here?  How does your MTSO handle normals/standards, and what happens if you make an error with one?

MTs!! Its your responsibility to divide up the work, and sorry, but most MTSOs I have dealt with have asked me to commit to XX amount of work. They know full well that is all I can handle due to MY other commitments, yet the MTSOs are more than happy to have me at my commitment of XX. That is OUR agreement. I am an IC and on my own. So it is not my problem if Sally has an earache or Dr. Jones has extra work. That is YOUR problem. MTSOs should ASK if we can handle more due to the above situation, but when MTs get dumped on with 2 or 3 times the amount of the agreement, it is WRONG, and very frustrating for the MTs. Thus why most quit and move on to a MTSO who will keep the agreement. Its only common sense, really. Which seems to be a lot to ask for in this day and age.

You should have a payroll account.  Any business person knows that you must have an account to pay out subcontractors.  My brother pays his subs (painting contractor) every week.  He doesn't see his payments for work done until sometimes 90 days, but why then should his subs wait? 

If you want to run a business, you must have a payroll account and not rely on what the client pays to you and when. 

If you do not have the capital, then quit using subcontractors thinking you are making a buck.  Do your own work! 

Just yet another view. 

your posts, management, supervisors, etc., etc., BUT anyone who Googles your name or anything associated with your post.  I have even gotten onto boards that are subscription only by Googling words and posts showed up on their boards.  True, I may not have been able to post on that board, but I sure could read whatever was associated with my search results.