I think getting a paycheck 5 days late qualifies as a problem. nm

• JLG still the best! - veryhappy
  • JLG paychecks - anon
    • Are you saying that you are currently getting DD from JLG? - me
      • In response to your post - anon
  • PAYCHECKS SHOULD BE MAILED IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER . . . - JUST ME
    • I agree, although employees do have the option of having the check Fed Ex'd. sm - LTMT
      • That's pretty crummy about messing with the postage meter. sm - JMO
    • they care... - Sue
  • I think getting a paycheck 5 days late qualifies as a problem. nm - Esme
    • Esme, I agree - Fatcat
    • might be a problem-- - veryhappy
      • Your positive attitude speaks volumes! Good for you! sm - nm
      • Actually, no. Most people would get paid at work! - tm
        • Exactly..who mails checks anymore. Even back in the day at work, every other Friday - WorkaholicMT
          • I get mine check by mail with no problems - Just my experience
          • Are you forgetting that most MTs are remote? sm - nm
          • Can't get paid in the office if you don't work in the office. - Esme

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Let me tell what this ONE person achieved on her own and then you can imagine what many of us can do if we stand together.

Two years ago, I was working as an MT for a local hospital.  One day, we were told that our overflow was going to be outsourced to one of the nationals, just the discharge summaries and not even all of those.  Two months after they told us that lie, they called is in one by one and fired us because they were outsourcing the entire dept because it was cost effective.  The service they were using was a very large national who I happened to know had a reputation of offshoring.  And I just knew because our little hospital had easy as pie dictators with maybe 4 out of a staff of 200 that were ESL, our work would most definitely be one of the accounts offshored.

I was angry!  Oh, they offered us jobs at the service and told us we would definitely be working on our hospital, but I'm no fool and I knew it would be a matter of time before we were forced to take secondary accounts which would eventually become our primary accounts and our little hospital would just disappear from our queues. 

I refused the job with the service on moral grounds.  I refused to work for a company that offshored.  And then I decided to channel my anger and outrage into something proactive.  I wrote letters to every newspaper in my area.  Every small farming community newspaper this hospital served, and the big city newspaper in the big city close by.  I never dreamed that anyone would pay attention at one woman's rantings.  But a funny thing happened.  My letter was printed in more than one of the papers I sent it to, and reporter from one of the larger newspapers called me and asked if I would do an interview.  I said absolutely.

Long story short, they did the interview and then interviewed the administrator of the hospital.  They put him in the hot seat and asked him about offshoring health information to India.  He had no definitive answers to give except that he would have to look at the contract and make sure that it was stipulated that his hospital's work was not sent over seas.

It was a small triumph, but I took some satisfaction in it.  Two weeks after that and just when I thought all the hoopla had died on my little letter, another letter appeared in the newspaper -- from an HIM director at another local hospital who said as a result of reading my letter and interview, that she had received a number of calls from concerned people asking if their medical information was being sent and transcribed overseas.  She wanted to write the letter just to set the record straight that her hospital employed their own MTs and did not outsource to a service nor did they offshore any of their work to third-world countries.

And I'm still not done.  Still a few weeks later another letter in the big city paper was printed from another HIM director assuring the community that her hospital employed its own American MTs and did not outsource or offshore.

Now, everything has quieted down since then, but I managed to ruffle some feathers and make a point, and if I (one person, one middle-aged work-at-home mother of two) can cause that much ruckus -- think what a whole bunch of us can do.

I think we, as a group, need to take control of our industry and our career destiny and do something.  Maybe march on Washington DC protesting the offshoring of American jobs -- not just ours, but ALL American jobs that are being offshored.  There are more Americans out of work and losing work to third-world countries and corporate greed than just MTs!  Our government needs to hear our voices!  We need to MAKE ourselves be heard! 

Instead of sitting back and pasting little smiley faces in our posts and saying good luck with that we need to come together.  There is no room for MTs willing to accept lower wages, no room for MTs whose hearts bleed for our third-world counterparts, and no room for MTs who want to sit back and do nothing, but reap the benefits when the strong win the battle.  We've reached a critical turning point and it's time to take up the cause and change the future. 

I think this lady (Karen Kirby I think her name is) is on the up and up.  Don't ask me why but I do.  I think she is in a bind.  I may be completely wrong about it. 

A C-phone is a phone/headset/pedal that is used to dial into a system and transcribe.  I have seen them on the boards here for about $200.  New they would be much much more.  If you are interested and could do the work, why not ask her if she could provide you one. 

If you look at the posts from last night, late, she and I had a discussion of sorts about her work.  She started the post under the Execuscribe (sp?) post and I responded.  This was on the company board. 

I was thinking of contacting her to offer my services on a temporary basis (she has a backlog of 500 reports by an ESL, from my understanding of it).  I hesitate because I already have two services I work for as an IC and they both pay me very well.  But I may contact her anyway and see what she has to say.  17 cpl is nothing to sneeze at - ESPECIALLY in this day and age.  Granted, it is without spaces, but STILL is a lot of $$$$$$.

Please post back if you contact her.  I would be interested to find out how it went.

Have a good and productive day!

If you are so anxious to do your taxes, go off of your last paycheck stub,  also electronically don't need to send in W2.

One man's coal is another man's diamond!  I have worked hard to be able to transcribe all different types of work that some consider crap work; ESL doctors, docs that talk the speed of light, docs that chew gum while dictating, docs who string lots and lots of dictations together into 1 document, and docs who just plain take patience to get to know and learn.  I have learned that this has served me well.  While others are waiting for the good work to come through, cherry-picking what they consider to be the best, I am typing happily and cashing my check in the bank.

I love Transcend.  I'm a lifer!  No complaints out of me.  If you want success . . . you have to work for it.  It feels much better when you put in the effort! 

anything better to do.   I went to work for a company that overhires when they get a new account because they figure some people may leave or they may fire some, etc.  Anyway I tried to be patient and give it time for things to settle down, but  was having to dip into savings every month to pay bills.  I was willing to work, was available for my shift, was willing to adjust my schedule to some degree, was willing to work my days off, holidays, etc. and there was still no work.

If you have bills to pay, kids to feed, you need the lines.  If they company requires you to work FT, you expect FT lines.   The company requires you to commit to a schedule and I don't think it unreasonable to expect work during that time frame.  You can't just rearrange your life around work availability.  If you have kids you have responsibilities to them, people still have to eat, clothes have to be washed, doctor's appointments, etc.