Heartlanders: Business Email Only?!!! LOL sm
Posted By: huh? on 2006-05-11
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Gotta love it. No one said *ANYTHING* in the business email about *ANYTHING* and yet we get this business email 'email.' What a joke. As for their 'handbook' of rules, I threw that out last night along with the rest of their handbooks and materials. Garbage!
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Millenium Business Solutions got an email from them but.....
I received an email from this company and filled out the prescreening information and sent it back.
Then they sent me an application...I opened it and when I saw a spot asking for my SSN..I decided to investigate.
Any further correspondence with MBS and me is not in the stars, so to speak.
Millenium Business Solutions got an email from them but.....
I received an email from this company and filled out the prescreening information and sent it back.
Then they sent me an application...I opened it and when I saw a spot asking for my SSN..I decided to investigate.
Any further correspondence with MBS and me is not in the stars, so to speak.
ex-Heartlanders...
it's been three weeks since the layoffs... hope everyone has decent jobs at hand by now and have gotten over the trauma.
TO ALL MY FELLOW HEARTLANDERS
find an employment attorney and do it ASAP.
That's all I am at liberty to say.
can we poll Heartlanders? Who has a job yet and who has a job that is better than the old one?
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Heartlanders: A week later.. how are we holding up? sm
I don't know about everyone else, but the shock hasn't worn off yet and I'm still in disbelief. I've had the worst week of my life trying to figure out how I am going to survive, especially after seeing those COBRA rates - no favor to us! 
Heartlanders-find a Federal resource to help
Although my job has not been displaced, I can emphasize with your predicament. I have seen the decline in pay and benefits as a direct result of offshoring and only being able to find a job with a MTSO who stands against offshoring by sacrificing about 30% of what I had just 3 years ago. Now I have custody of a 2 yo and because I make just barely above the 200% poverty level, I do not qualify for goverment benefits that I have been paying into for the past 30 years; however, because of certain federal funds being administered differently at the discretion of different states, I could move to a different state and the 200% limit would not apply to me!
In researching what benefits ARE available to me, I found the website I have linked below. There are benefits available to persons who have lost their jobs to offshoring but I would like to point out one thing:
ONE of the programs requires that at least 3 OR MORE persons having been affected apply for the benefit. So please for the sake of each of you that are going through your own crises, band together so each of you can find a solution that works for your own needs. Please leave the ability to email each other in your posts so you can network. You need each other's support now more than ever! Find out what you CAN do for yourselves and for each other. What have you been paying taxes for all this time? You deserve whatever benefits you can obtain...you have already PAID for them!
Do you feel better now? !! Business is business, most of it should be confidential. Why post on a
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Trying to build his business? He's been in business over 15 years!!!!!! sm
I also had a hard time, nearly impossible actually, getting paid. The owner does this on the side; he is very involved with other things.
If you don't know what is confidential, you have no business being in any business.
This is confidential information and should not be divulged. It is one of the biggest problems a co can have. If you have to ask...well I won't be able to explain it to you
Hey OrthoMT.. tried to email you back but the email was returned as undeliverable..
Basically, this is what I'd like to know.. You can email me the information if you like..First off, are they hiring for ortho? and what is their scheduling like, FT or PT, IC status or employee etc. I would like to find a company that is pretty flexible. Also, what platform do they use? I have worked at some like you were saying, took forever to get the line count and I want to work 8 hours and be done. Oh, do you have benefits, and what are they like if you have them? Thanks for any information you can give..
No, but I will email the Moderators as soon as I find the email. You know it's the truth, Becky.
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Administrator- could you email me. I never posted that message about Netmed, yet it came to my email
address and I figured it out when someone from Netmed contacted me about my post. Is it possible for someone to steal and use your email address to post things. I thought there was some validation in place.
I am reposting email address, not sure why you cannot email me. nm
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They email everyone a copy of the newsletter. Email and ask
and they will email you one if you haven't been receiving it.
tried to email you but your email is invalid
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Is there an email address I can email them at. nm
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Why email me? You want people to email you. NM
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I tried to email you but it said your email is invalid. Can
you email me please.
The email said the owner as she is the owner of the email software package. sm
We got the list from AHDI. If someone does not wish to be on our email list, there is a link to click on at the bottom of those for opting out. We immediately remove those that click the link.
We also have a few mailling going out. Same thing - if you opt out of the email program, we will remove you from all contact.
We need transcriptionists for many new accounts and have ads on here and other sites, as well as several magazines. We are going to need over 100 MTs in the next 3 months due to new accounts and more work on existing accounts!
Are they still in business?
Were you currently working for him?
It's really none of my business because I
don't work for MQ, but it looks to me like they need some kind of formal verfication for whatever reason that you received the letter. Perhaps to prevent any future actions on your part by stating you already had received notification in the form of a letter? Do you know if the phone call was recorded or not? Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but this sounds so awfully underhanded and sneaky to me.
It is none of their business (sm)
and there are certain questions they are not supposed to ask employees. What other ways can they invade your privacy? I would look elsewhere.
OSi has not been in business for 10 yrs. Who are you trying to
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This is about all she does to run a business.
Business 101 sm
You are supposed to have a budget set up for payroll and taxes ahead of time. Every other week is the norm in regular business. Companies penalizing ICs or employees because they have lousy contract terms with an account is unethical.
This business. sm
Duh! I guess I don't. Just supported 2 children all by myself until they left for college with my MT wages. Nope, sure don't know anything about this business which has kept me employed for 25 years.
I don't have to know what Andrews is, I learned the right way - on the job.
Ya know, I have been in the business as
long as you have and worked in every aspect of MT including management and the slackers do exist, but they exist from any country. That's just an excuse for outsourcing or low pay. If you have slackers, get rid of them and leave the ones who work hard alone, but pay them a decent wage.
This kind of bull just literally makes me ill to read and it justifies nothing.
business
Just wanting some opinions about what people think of companies that have been around for 5 years and how to weigh the pros and cons to leave a company if the one that has been around less would pay better? thanx!
I own my own business
big mouthed fool! Go back to bed!
Is JLG still in business or have they gone under, too? nm
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Bad business
 Yes! I agree. I tested today for another job and accepted something else part-time. As soon as am sure about the new job I am washing my hands of this GA company for good.
That is really nobody's business.
If the girl has transcribed errors more than likely from my experience it is due to POOR TRAINING on (OP) or Rad MT's part. If she was such a good trainer or whatever, the girl wouldn't be making errors! Sorry, but sometimes ya' gotta' step back jack and look in the mirror! There's plenty of companies looking for radiology MTs. Furthermore, the girl probably never got a bad vibe from (OP) Rad MT OR SHE WOULDN'T BE ASKING HER FOR A JOB REFERENCE ya' think????? 
ITA. Not sure how they are still in business. nm
Should go out of business
Hopefully, they will not stay in business long. I had a friend who worked for them and just resigned. They are HORRIBLE! They are a disgrace to our profession.
Probably 99.9% of them. We are in a 24/7 business. nm
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Unfortunately they are still in business
Talked with someone I know who actually still works for them... the person said she was busy, but struggling getting paid again. Did my own research, found they are doing advertising in Canada. May have to go off shore soon to get an MT that will be willing to type for them. Pretty sure the investigation by the State of PA is still going on. They are not out of the woods yet. Just hate to see anyone get caught up with them. The care nothing about their MT's. Not too sure who and who not has not been paid yet.
Are they still in business?
I say enthusiast because they have been a hot topic that keeps me interested locally and nationally on what they do next...In that regard, I notice their web page is paid for up to 2009 but apparently has been under construction or not found depending on the page you try to enter on.
I also know that all of their ads on various sites are still up, but they would not bother to pull them anyway - making me very curious- does anyone still work for them - did the tax man, labor board, and lawsuits finally catch up and put them under.
Would over to know - I could use a reason to celebrate.
It should be none of their business
I think a person's credit report should have nothing to do with a job in this industry. Just another excuse they use to kick you when you're down! If your current job is not paying your bills, isn't the smartest thing to do to look for a better job? Penalizing you for that is ridiculous and unfair!
Bad Business
You know, I applied to a position right here on this board, took the test, and just got turned down. I know I did a great job. It was the easiest stuff I have ever transcribed. For some reason, the recruiter wrote to me and said my test did not warrant the type of Transcriptionist they were looking for. It makes me sick. I currently work for 2 other places and do over 60,000 lines per month, with rarely a remark from QA. I have over 28 years' experience and am a dedicated and hard worker. I actually am in a foreclosure situation and am willing to put the time in for 3 full time jobs. I will find the right third company, but what a shot that was!!! I work 7 days a week and know I can fulfill them all with at least 12000 lines each per pay period, 2 weeks. What do you think? Just trying to save my house!!!!
bad business
I don't think so!!! I know what you mean though. I recently worked for a big company and they abided by BOS unbelievably so. Hey, I can appreciate that and I learned a lot and follow every bit of feeback I get. I love it actually. I think it is just a case of false advertising really!!!
If you have been in this business a while you know
it is feast or famine. The company can't give you work they don't have. My company had clinic and acute care accounts. Unless there is work leftover from yesterday there will be little work today and even less tomorrow if the clinic MTs work weekends. My company pays holiday pay. You could take PTO if no holiday pay, or you could anticipate the holiday and the lack of work and work extra when there is work.
I do acute care work and we're on OT, even this week, though by Sunday and Monday it might be a little slow.
I can understand your frustration though.
You know what? I am an MT who has been in this business
for 10 years, and I have gone through my ups and downs, had a house, built a house, lost a house, had 2 kids, could not afford macaroni and cheese to put on the table, had to go on state assitance.
So, yes I do know what it is like to starve and not be able to pay bills. Yes, I am a Transcriptionist who DOES want to work and who needs to work. For over a year, I was with a company who promised me work as a statutory employee. They did not deliver. Every time I would try and talk to them about it and tell them what was going on, I got another excuse. Those excuses did not put food on MY table or pay MY bills.
It just really pisses me off when MTSOs promise one thing and then another happens. I have a very good work history, used to own my own business and am making less now than I was 10 years ago because of offshoring. It should not be this way. I have the experience, do not cherry-pick, work my hurting fingers to the bone and for what? To be replaced by someone who cannot even speak English and has no knowledge of the general English language let alone medical language?
You really do not know what you are talking about as far as Americans not knowing what it is like to be hungry or wanting to work. Maybe you were one of those MTSOs who promised everything and then did nothing.
Going out of Business?
The gossip on the grapevine I am hearing is that they are going bankrupt??????? Anyone else hear that? That is SCARY! Now I'm scared I won't get paid my last check! Wonderful.
I have had my own business . ..
I have had the misfortune of having to collect money from doctors who have it but don't want to pay it. However, this has plagued me even into working for someone else on the internet. I am thinking about going back into business again . . . hmmm you have made such a great point.
I would not do business with anyone
who worked off the books. If they have a lack of ethics and honesty in one area, they doubtless have it in other areas. Be careful. Watch your back.
How do you keep in business if you
constantly have work out of TAT??
Are we all in the same business?
I've just read a lot of the comments and it made me wonder if most of us have forgotten how to communicate without taking offense at every little thing. Come on folks, we all work hard and would like to see this particular career become more than it is right now. I think I understand what the original poster was trying to say, but obviously it did not quite go over as it should. Now that being said, let’s all take a deep breath and stop with the Xanax talk...lol...Heck there have been days and doctors and companies when I felt like I needed to be on Xanax. The only way you find out anything is by asking a question. Let's be more respectful about how we post and word our post. Now, have a good day all.
That's the way it is in this business.
I have been doing this for over 20 years, and I make the same money I made 20 years ago. Incredible, but true. So much has changed, none of it to the MTs advantage.
This is what MT business has done to us.... sm
Made us nasty ... I never saw so many nasty postings as on this MTstars. Go to the politics board and you will be horrified, but the COMPANY board is a close second.
its not just in the MT business either, its
just about anywhere you go anymore.
Hubby complains about this stuff all the time at the hospital where he works. Stupid supervisors and management that sell their souls for the almight dollar and the employees be dam##$!
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