I am so sorry for your losses and will say prayers for you & your family. NM
Posted By: Sincerely on 2007-10-16
In Reply to: Current Transcender - long message - J Horner
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I'm sorry for your losses, but I really resent your
saying that basically posters who do not put their names are not honest. You've got to be kidding me, though sadly you're not. You're with Transcend, and your post is glowing, obviously you feel ingratiated -- indebted -- to them, including posting names of those you wish to praise. Obviously you would want them to know its you. But for those of us who had unhappy experiences, its not really appropriate to be posting our names with our experiences. I gave exit interviews and shared my unhappiness, and was asked to stay, which I declined. Its naive to think that I am dishonest because I don't want to post my name. Again, I am sorry for your losses, but the sum and substance of your recommendation for Transcend is that they are a great company to work for when you have death and illness in your life. For me, the daily 24/7 routine during blessed periods in my life with no tragedy was torture, pure torture. So, I'd rather not base my decision to try a company based on the tragedy situations, but the daily ones. Again, great that they treated you right. I'm sure my company would do the same. You are just way off base by implying that negative posters who give full details are being dishonest simply because we choose not to put our true names out here. And just because you post a name, including details of a story, still does not mean you are you. You still could be Transcend management with an imaginary employee who you treated wonderfully. No way to know in the internet who is real and who isn't.
MQ's huge losses
Maybe, as we Los Angelenos say, their karma is catching up with them. Hope so!
Maybe your quality was terrible and they cut their losses sm
before wasting time. Usually ppl who say the standards are too high are the ones who can't come close to the bar.
prayers all around
If you are the one who called me a loser or said I was wacked, please don't pray for me!!
My prayers
I am so sorry over the loss of your jobs. I want you and your colleagues to know that you are in my daily prayers.
Thank you for the prayers!
thank you!
Giant Red Flag. If that's the company mentality, I'd cut my losses quickly.
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Awesome, prayers go with you
Wow that is so cool. My prayers will be going with you that the audience will have open hearts and ears to hear this dilemma and do something about it.. You are a credit to us all for standing up for our profession... Thanks for what you are doing..
My heart and prayers are
with all of you MDI-MD/Transcenders. I've never worked for either company but I know the drill. Anyone remember ddi, Inc.?
Now is the time to act. Contact your representatives in Congress. HAVE YOUR SAY. I did and I actually got a phone call the other day from Washington DC regarding a letter I had written a short time previously.
Now is the time to stop the offshoring and I believe it is also time to trim the fat in health care and one good place to start is putting transcription back in the medical facilities where it belongs. In short, cut out the suit's fat paychecks.
Don't waste your time ranting here it MIGHT get you sued.  TAKE ACTION.
If you stand up for what's right it'll be alright. What goes around comes around. I believe that.
Prayers appreciated s/m
Thank you for your prayers. I have some family issues that really need prayers.
My prayers and best wishes to Heartland's sm
US MTs who have been laid off. If it were me, I'd be tempted to drop a line to Gov. Howard Dean who is the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Howard Dean is also a physician, an internist, who I'm sure would be very interested in hearing from some MTs about this situation. I'd also contact one of the nighttime news magazine shows, Dateline, etc.
I wish you all the very best.
The ad says they treat MTs like family ... what a family that must be! LOL nm
She didn't say she didn't have a family. A family isn't just kids. sm
She also said she didn't have kids. Why do you think you're so much better BECAUSE you have kids? I am so sick of that attitude. I don't have kids, never wanted them, but have been discriminated against in jobs because of it. Everyone figured since I had no kids I could work all the time. I said NO! Just because I don't have kids doesn't mean I don't have a life or that my life is not important. 
BTW I work part time too.
The 2nd one was NOT family. Again, get your sm
facts straight.
Family
No ... not being catered to. The company pays the same portion of my insurance for my family plan as it does for the employee who has no family. With the new plan, for health and dental for myself and my family, I will be paying a grand total of $738.93 a month, which is down from $977.00 I was paying. I hardly call $738.00 a month being catered too. I'm just happy it came down. The employee only rates are still very, very good from my point of view, and it does seem like it is really good coverage.
this is for family?
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No family? sm
Then who is that cutie in the picture?
You say family comes first?
All the love in the world goes out the window if you are hungry. Check and see just what are the basic needs. Love is not the first thing on the list.
family plan
Anyone know what the cost would be for a family plan?
family plan
I can't find the info they sent me...It should be here somewhere. I'll look some more Sunday and see if I can find it.
family plan
I've looked everywhere and can't find the initial info they sent. Maybe someone else who has a family plan through MQ or at least can find their introductory info on the insurance plan can answer this. Sorry!
They do not pay anything on family coverage, IMO. That is why I would rather be an IC and buy
my own policy versus being an employee of a service. When you think about it, being an employee for most of the services out there offers no real benefits at all. I have found that the PTO that some of these companies offer as part of their benefits package is a crappy. You basically get paid a base hourly rate for any PTO you take and that base rate never EVER equals what you actually make when typing. So you are basically penalized for taking time off.
And health insurance benefit packages are a joke! They pay nothing for family coverage and not to mention there is always the threat looming over your head that if your production falls, they can take your benefits away.
If I were you, I would either be an IC and buy your own policy or try to get on with a hospital that offers work at home MT jobs. Hospitals are the only places that offer decent health insurance coverage for families. I have my own accounts and bought a health insurance policy for my kids and I, but recently I took a job with a hospital just for the insurance. So now I have my own accounts plus I work FT for a hospital from home. I pay $175 a month for family coverage with a $1000 family deductible. It was financially a smarter move for me to go to work as an employee with the hospital because I'm saving a bundle on insurance.
Again, let me say, I would NEVER go back to work as an employee for a service. They don't offer anything that I would consider benefits. You're better off buying your own policy.
If you are single and have no family
go for it. My situation was a bit different in that I wasn't running out of work, just testing the waters. I applied to about a dozen companies, offered positions with each, took 3 positions to figure which I liked best. I had worked for a small local company for 13 years as my only experience so was really clueless. I found it really difficult to switch from the various accounts and scheduling became a nightmare because I really had no clear-cut hours or line counts. It got to where I wasn't doing a good job, just doing the lines and not caring about the product, plus I was screaming at my son for bothering me while I was trying to work. Just wasn't worth it.
Single or family? nm
Family coverage
is about $217 per pay period. I think you have to get this one if you have more than one child.
Yes they have family coverage
but I do not need that right now. I have a schedule but they are flexible hours so that really helps. Pay does include all spaces, but what I like is the direct deposit and the steady work. I have been with Medware for 2 years and always have work. If my primary is out they give you a back up account. Finally my income meets my needs and I can move ahead with some things around the house that needed fixing. Plus it's nice knowing I have good health insurance.
Family is about $240 or so a pay period
Including dental and vision.
WMX has best overall family coverage
I absolutely agree 1000%!!! It has great benefits.
For me the family insurance...
is high compared to my husband's insurance, but then again, his insurance is AWESOME, so I did not need the coverage. This is based where I live, and I am in PA. Their vision IS better than my husband's though so I did get that, and the dental coverage is not bad either, but again, my husband's covers ortho whereas they do not. Overally, they do have good benefits compared to other companies I have worked for. HTH
Less than $360 for family at MQ. Med/Den/Vision
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It's an American family; however
looking at their website, it does say they have significant private equity in India.
http://www.culbro.com/about.asp
How much is insurance for a family at TT
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How much does insurance for family
coverage cost with Axolotl? I could not find anything on their web site that said.
Does anyone on here work for them that knows. Thanks.
Whatever it takes for family first IMO. (sm)
TT has more work coming on, these are good people who really care about us.
We still have to work some holidays but I saw a memo allowing us to flex our time that day to allow us to enjoy our family. The 2 major holidays Thanksgiving and Christmas you rotate, work one one year, the other the next. But it really is no problem if you can flex it around your family activities.
Good luck to you whichever way you choose.
Family rates
My rate sheet only included prices for single, with spouse, with children, but not for family. We tried calling but Aetna is closed today. Did anyone get the family rate for HMO2 for Aetna family? Thanks in advance for your help.
I can see the family rates
You have to arrow over all the way to the right to see the prices for family plans .... way over to the right.
family rate?
Do you know what the family rate is?
Benefits for whole family
How much is the health insurance premium for self, spouse and child(ren)? Do you know how much is taken out every 2 weeks?
That is for family coverage.
Maybe there are people that might have had a different experience, but just giving my opinion. I have also heard their platform sucks before from other people.
All family is covered - all 3 of us have used ours. nm
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I went the last 2 weeks with $3 for my family of 3.
a couple of weeks ago it was $5. I remember the good old days, too. Christmas off AND paid and time and a half AND an extra day off if you worked, bonus, affordable insurance that actually covered our expenses, being able to pay the bills and having money left over, and having RESPECT. All of that with just 1 job. Now it's gone with the wind.
That is the exact same for me, need one day for family!
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Axolotl is right around $300 for family s/m
This includes health and dental. They pay your vision, LTD and STD. Great Company!!
I know it is less for MT and spouse than for family sm
but don't know the cost as I'm single.
Not an attorney, but have 2 in the family ...sm
My son-in-law is a newbie lawyer who does have an interest in labor law and the like. I've had numerous conversations with him re. the MTSOs and all they're able to get by with. Regarding your post above, the difference is ASKING YOU TO and REQUIRING YOU TO.
In any job paying on production, if there's no work on your shift DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE EMPLOYER (and this does NOT include having sent your work to VR when you on a straight MT shift and you're out of work) they may REQUEST that you make it up at a later date - this must be a mutually agreeable time. But THEY CANNOT REQUIRE you to make up work at a specific time - they must pay you minimum hourly wage for your time in that case. 
And that they will treat you like FAMILY, too.
Can't argue that one. I guess like most of MY family, these yahoos would never pay me what they owed me, either.
I cannot believe they still have the audacity to advertise here.
I have it 2. Pay about $50 for full family coverage.
Yep, all maintenance is paid 100% - major stuff pays very well, too. I really like it, and have had it for years and years. Nothing exciting, but good basic dental coverage. I like the $1000 a year per kid for braces! Sure helps with 3 in them!! I think its just the normal probationary period til it starts - 3 months? Honestly don't remember reading anything about waiting a year for braces though.
Could you tell me how much your insurance runs for family?
Thanks..
That's not bad for single, but I really need family coverage.
Anyone know what these companies preminums are like for family coverage.. Thanks.
Depends...are you a single, or do you need ins for family? sm
I work for Medware and can tell you that as a single I pay $48 per month for medical (dental and vision are extra on top of that). I don't know how much spouse and/or children add to that.
It is 1 day for extended family, 3 days for immediate.
They do pay a portion of the health insuance. I came from a company with no benefits and I made $83K with Keystrokes this year. I am not complaining!
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