Good points, I agree completely.

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Best thing about Medware is XXXX .  She will go overboard to make sure you are happy.  Best thing about Amphion, people are friendly and nice.  You won't make a lot money, though.  Best thing about Spheris... I'm still thinking. 

Please do not post names.  Thank you.  Goldbird

Maggie had some very good points, but what about companies that you do work as scheduled and then no pay!  I am a very hard working MT and have worked for companies like that!  Also what about working for companies that ships the work to India and you have to sit in front of your computer almost all day and through the afternoon to hope you get enough work to pay your bills and sometimes things change so quickly (no heads-up) you are just caught.  Also with voice recognition, we are paid less, have to produce more and basically depending on the physician, some of the reports we have to type because voice recognition does not, recognize many of the words the physician is dictating.  Also what about the companies that lie straight out, just to get you to work with them.......and there is no work!  I work my but off, almost every holiday, and every weekend (I am making the sacrifices now) so I can pay my bills and I go to school full-time because this industry is going downhill fast and the fault lies with both sides, for the MT who slacks and to the jobs that don't pay on time, treat us like crap, lie, etc.......

I have been with DSG for over a year.  I have worked for other companies as well.  Every company had their good points and their bad.  I think it is just what you are looking for in a company.  DSG pays on time, their line rate is decent, there is plenty of work (except during the slow times, but everyone goes through those) communication is always open.  I have never had sound issues.  There are good dictators and bad dictators, along with ESL dictators.  Overall, they are decent and the MT Supervisor for DSG is the best I have ever met.

However some attorneys are ''of counsel'' to firms while not actually on staff.  Maybe they are brought in on a case that needs their particular expertise.  So while they work with the firm on specific legal cases, they are not actually employees of the firm, but are paid much like contractors.

Just noodling some ideas here:

My neighbor is a painting contractor who hires subcontractors.  He finds the clients, signs the contracts, arranges for the subs and has overall responsibility for seeing that jobs are done satisfactorily and dealing with the client.  He collects the money and pays the subs, who are are providing services that are a key aspect of his painting business.  (Though maybe we could say his business is actually a sort of broker, selling the jobs and providing the crews). 

He has used the same subs for years, so there is an ''ongoing relationship,'' though these guys can and do work for other contractors.  He loosely supervises these crews as far as maintaining quality and terms of the contract, making sure they use proper materials, don't do damage, etc.  The subs provide their own equipment. Through him, the client specifies the color and type of paint to be applied.   So in a way he does tell the subs ''how to do the work.''  And in a way he tells them ''when to work'' because the contract loosely specifies when it is to be done - not an hour-by-hour schedule, but a time frame in which it must be finished.  When something goes wrong - a sub screws up in any way,  the buck stops with my neighbor.   He has to make it right with the client, then take the problem up with the sub. 

Ruling that these painting crews must be employees of a single company would be unworkable, since the flexibility of hiring them when/as needed is crucial to the process. 

Now compare this to a typical MTSO.  They find client hospitals and sign them to contracts.  They hire enough subs (us) to do the actual work.  They specify format, maintain quality and TAT.  We provide out own computer and reference materials. Our computers must have the proper technical specifications in order to handle their work, but they do not tell us what brand to use or where to buy it.  Our software must be compatible with their system, but in many cases we just sign onto their server and use their program.  They collect the money and pay their subcontractors. 

Seem to be pretty similar scenarios to me.  The whole construction industry is based on contractors hiring subcontractors in various trades for specific work, only when there is work. 

No flames!  Give me the good points on your MQ office that you work for i.e. leave you alone, great platform, no schedule necessary, nice people, easy to learn, nice work, etc.

Thanks!

The Indian workers are just trying to make a living, too.  I'm mad at the folks like David Iwinski whose thirst for global dominance has stripped us of any humanity we had and reduced us to being teensy cogs in the money making wheel that is making them rich.  Those are the folks who should be ashamed of themselves.