I think people will try it and just wont be able to do it with other jobs and family things. nm

• Help! I'm a part-time SE because I have little kids - part-time SE
  • Yep, I'm in the same boat as all of you. - partty time MT
  • Correct me if I am wrong, but........ - just me
    • All this is just starting to sink in. I am thinking...sm - VTMT
    • schedules - MQ MT Oldtimer
    • schedule - sadMQ
    • You will be required to work set hours. - MQ2
      • Set hrs always have been required of employees/and if SE they can only ask what - sched you will work. Otherwise
        • They're going to treat you the same as all other employees - Believe me
  • I know that when I answered the questionnaire that came out some time before the packet... - that I emphasized FLEXIBILITY as my main priority.
    • Me too, emphasized flexibility was more important - than PTO, benefits, etc. (nm)
  • I never ever have the same schedule sm - Me too
    • The main reason I stayed with MQ through all the BS over the last years was the flexibility and that - MQPA
      • I hear you there. - MT 10years and then some
      • Yep--same situation for me. - part-time SE
        • Apparently they want to get rid of people because they certainly knew this would be a problem for a - MQPA
          • I think people will try it and just wont be able to do it with other jobs and family things. nm - PS

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We can ask and ask questions, but hard to cover all the bases.  There is so much to weigh when looking into these companies anymore.  Transtech offers us 11 PTO days, but no sick time, vacation time, NOR paid holidays.  Only paid for the holiday if you work it ! 

I guess the office employees didn't get paid for the holiday, even though they were at home and the office doors closed !

mmmmm

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.