I guess I was confused...didn't realize poster...
Posted By: Hayseed on 2007-09-20
In Reply to: So you are saying that all employees should be paid for 30 minutes every day? sm - ? Inquiring Minds
was referring to hourly wages. Whenever I worked an hourly job, lunches were not paid--had to punch in and out.. The 15-minute breaks were paid though...didn't have to punch the ol' card for those.
I just get rubbed raw at the hourly thing because the average at-home transcription gig pays on production and to mandate that someone has to be sitting in front of their monitor from such and such a time or else is just very disheartening. We know we have to work our buttinski's off or we bring home a crappy paycheck and we recognize TATs that have to be met...treat us like the professionals we are and we'll all be happy, know what I'm sayin?
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Then the above poster is wrong? Guess I'm confused again. nm
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didn't realize, guess I don't then...NM
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Didn't realize it was catty to realize that from 1/18 to 1/25 is a week and nothing happened. sm
Thanks for being supportive and kind.
I think the poster sorta confused
I do not think she is doing QA but rather has been hired on a 2c per line doing editing because of her lack of experience. I, of course, have done both straight and editing and definitely would not say my account has all good dictators- I work for a training hospital and we have the same as others, ESLs, bad English speaking, etc and here lately even our VR is having issues- taking more time to edit but after doing the same physicians (mostly) for years now I am not complaining. I would not work for a place that the pay was going down, getting horrible dictators and having to change formats for first 1 and then the other. I probably would go to my local Walmart if that were the case, no sense in knocking yourself out for probably same you could make there.
My bad, must've confused you with poster
.. same word misspelled consistently the exact same way, and that poster was still working at MDI, and you did say you were moved to p.r.n. Guess I was mistaken about you also posting as Frustrated below and normally I'd apologize, but after that guess you don't know how to read comment, I won't even bother!! That certainly tips the scales in MDI's favor in my book though. Have a nice day.
I guess what I'm confused about
is the insistance by the company that you be employee status versus IC. I specifically agreed to employee status with a committed work schedule to try and avoid this situation. Why would one commit to be available expecting to be paid if this is not the case. I know how the whole feast or famine situation but I though the employee status eliminated that. I guess that is incorrect. Thanks for commisurating with me though. I feel a little better 
I didn't realize there was such a
company where everyone is happy and no negative comments. Point me in the right direction - I certainly would appreciate it.
Thanks, I didn't realize there were so many. nm
Thanks a million!! I guess the spread sheet confused my eyes. :)
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I didn't realize it was the "law" to
board. And besides, Jayne may not even be your name.
The law suit is going just fine by the way, and we will get our pay owed to us, it is not just me in on this.
I didn't realize that was a problem
Let me see if I can edit it. Thanks for the tip-off.
Sorry. Didn't realize would be intrepreted like that but you are right.
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Ugh. I was leaning towards TT but didn't realize
they were pushing VR so heavily. I can't afford the pay cut of VR. Guess I'll look elsewhere - thanks for the warning!
I didn't realize MDI hired employees --
What type of benefits are you receiving, i.e insurance, PTO, 401K? Is there any flexibility in your shift? Are you being paid downtime or do you have to flex according to the work flow?
Sorry to be so nosy, but I didn't realize MDI hired employees.
I'm confused too. I thought you had to pay self-employment tax if you didn't pay SS. sm
So, that would lead me to think that you should be able to draw on it, like SS. I really have no clue, though. I am a statutory employee, so they take out my FICA.
I didn't realize that had any straight typing accounts.
I've been there about 5 years and I only get about 5% straight typing, 10% max. What platform are you on? I work Escription and it is all basically VR. I truly hope what they promised you actually exists.
Didn't realize you were actually MISSING a day of work b/o people working O/T. What did mgmt say?
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I didn't see anywhere that the poster who was....sm
saying they're making $13.50 an hour editing works for Transcend. Where-ever they work you should be giving them kudos for making more money instead of bashing them! 
Not above poster, but I didn't take a position with them
because they offshore.
Ditto poster below. Didn't pay me either.
Run far far away if it is TSI in Illinois.
I didn't say small, the poster said
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Guess you didn't understand it.
Seymour already works there, hence the mention of one of their clients who obviously is heavy ESL, despite the fact that the recruiter advertises no ESLs. Maybe she means that one particular account, but I can't see placing all new hires on that one account. Silly me, that's what they do with ALL new hires and that's why they're running out of work all the time until everyone quits and then all the cheerleaders come on the board talking about how much work they have. Well, duh....could it be cuz nobody's there anymore?
Oh, guess it is good I didn't then:)
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Guess didn't look close enough
Didn't put 2 and 2 together (Jennifer Poole and RC Transcription). So right. We deserve more than 5 cpl. What a rip! Case closed:(
LOL, guess I didn't read where it said subject (sm)
See, I'm just too dang stressed. Oh well, just don't sell my address, I get enough spam as it is and never read it.
True - why didn't I think of that? So I guess that means
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Sorry you didn't get your check. Guess different areas are different.
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Guess the moderators didn't like it for some reason.
And only the original poster would have gotten the e-mail stating that their post had been removed.
I had a post flushed once. I wasn't happy about it. But it's their board, their rules, their say-so.
I actually put a message on the moderator board...guess they didn't see it yet (NM)
I didn't know that. At TransTech we have Stedmans, so I guess they provide it.
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Guess I didn't. Heard back within a day of taking the test, sm
but that was several years ago. Depends on current recruiters, I guess.
Thank you. I went to Walmart today, and guess what, they had one phone and it didn't work!. Go
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I think you all need to realize
That MDI would not have never been created if not for Liz and Sue McGrogan....remember this is a company that they built from scratch. So without Sue's input MDI would not be what it is today. Kudos for her and the $$$ her business has made over the years. I don't care where you work you are not going to be able to please EVERYONE all of the time. It just doesn't work that way...Oh and by the way...I am not management and I don't even work for MDI...I work for hospital in Florida.
Maybe you need to realize that they
most likely had to sell out because of their poor management abilities! Management is where all the troubles lie!
I'm sure you realize...
...that much of what I said was tongue in cheek, as there really AREN'T questions that will identify someone who has a personality problem. Unless, or course, the person is severely troubled and is speaking tangentially, or is using word salad, or has flight of ideation. I've come to realize that grandiosity is an uncommon, but workable trait in some MTs. Lol....
I appreciate your thoughts and wisdom on the topic. Hopefully others will begin to recognize that, short of tests that are designed to help identify problems, there isn't anything a recruiter can do to weed out the problem folks. To infer that there is someone bigger and better than a recruiter ("the MTSO")to accomplish this isn't going to be easy, or cost-effective.
Don't you realize..........sm
that many of these posts are from MTs who have experienced your hiring process nightmares first hand? You only make it worse for your company by coming on this board and calling us liars.
Don't you realize..........sm
that many of these posts are from MTs who have experienced your hiring process nightmares first hand? You only make it worse for your company by coming on this board and calling us liars.
I don't think most realize that you don't have
to be consistent. I stick with it consistently.
It's not that hard to make this money. You're right - don't work for peanuts. Find the line rate you need.
It can still pay well if you're good at this work. Some people just aren't as good as others.
Thank you. I now realize that I am being
paid for links. Just did not know what they were exactly. I have been counting them as separate reports so I guess the end result regarding pay is the same.
I realize that, I was just saying...sm
There were companies I worked for that didn't require me to send invoices because I know that if the IRS were to question them, all they have to do is show them the contract that I signed as an IC and it saves their butts. I wasn't disputing.
Not sure if you realize...
but the 7th was a Sunday. Of course you were paid on the 8th.
I don't work for Cardioscribes, so it's really none of my business, but you're making yourself look pretty bad here. Banks aren't open on Sunday for DD, and mail doesn't run on Sunday...so you do the math there.
You might not appreciate it, but do you realize that
every day there are people wondering how they are going to feed their kids, that people are losing their houses, and $100 would be a major blessing to them.
You have to realize there is more than 1
Medscribe, none related.
You must have me confused!
I only have 1 job, full time. Transcend. I have never worked 2 jobs and have never posted such a thing. Sorry. Wrong girl!
Confused???
First of all, who needs feedback on every report? If you are doing your job well, you do not need feedback on a constant basis, especially if you are experienced.
As for they "steel" lines, i.e. steal, I'm not sure what you are talking about either. Why would they pay for headers and footers when all the demographics come up for you? I seldom have to spend any time looking patient names up. I worked for a company who had you sorting through pages of patient info to get information and felt I should be paid for headers and footers. In this case, I don't do anything, I verify what is already there and transcribe. I do not know why your line count is so low, maybe it is the account you are on. I've never had trouble achieving the bonus at the end of the pay period.
Like I stated before, I speak for myself and each MT has to find the company that fits them best. Good luck in your search.
Confused
Clarify your statement please, because I don't understand what you are trying to say AT ALL?!?!?!
MQ Confused MT
If you asked for a transfer, some MQ offices have put a freeze on that, if you office is closed, which many have already closed and many more will be closed by the end of the year, you have no choice where you are being transferred
don't get me wrong, there are good offices out there,(Ohio being one but supposedly that is closing also, why i don't know--it is a great office, keep it open) unfortunately all the MQ offices are not run the same so when you are hired it is the luck of the draw on where you are heading
here is a thought, when new MT's are hired, are they being sent to the offices that MQ knows that they are not closing'--why be sent to an office that will close in 3 months
are they still advertising for new hires??
Confused MT-MQ
Some of the MT's at MQ have asked for a transfer and were allowed---some offices no longer allow transfers--I would assume that when you are hired you are sent to an office that needs help and I would hope to one that is not closing at the end of the year. There are good offices out there--if you are being sent to Amherst, please ask to go to another office, try Ohio, but I hear that they are closing too. Stay away from Amherst
I'm confused
do you mean that you didn't find out the pay until after you went through all that testing? I'm confused about how you would know what they pay if you failed the test or the mini-test. why would they not call you to discuss pay if they didn't want to hire you? was it just the pay that made you mad about the tests?
I'm confused
Okay, I am confused and this is hard to follow. Who is who and what happened to what? signed... sooooo confused!!! I recently had the pleasure of speaking with the owner of this company and I thought she was direct, pleasant and really knew her stuff!!!
confused
Yeah, they did. I am an employee of Diskriter.
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