If vision is an option, can you answer this? sm
Posted By: Post LASIK on 2007-10-27
In Reply to: Eyesight isn't option, LASIK is. You can wear corrective lenses and see. nm - wrench
Any eye care specialist (or contact lens wearer) attest that glasses do not improve vision as well as contacts lenses. Contacts correct the peripheral vision whereas glasses do not. Also, speaking from personal experience, NOTHING compares to LASIK. Contacts corrected my vision to 20/20 bilaterally. I had LASIK done almost 3 years ago and my vision is still 20/15 in both eyes.
I had custom wavefront, which was pretty pricy at $3300. However, I haven't paid a dime for vision correction since my procedure. Before LASIK, I would estimate my annual eyecare costs ranging from $450 to $600.
Insurance companies will pay for auditory surgery such as cochlear implants to correct hearing impairment, which they should. But how is surgery to correct hearing any different than LASIK to correct a visual impairment? Couldn't the same argument (cosmetic)be used if a hearing aid provided the same benefit as an expensive cochlear implant?
I just don't understand the inconsistency. Could it be that people with visual problems far outnumber those with hearing loss? Just a thought.
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Less than $360 for family at MQ. Med/Den/Vision
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Do they still pay vision since switching
to TriNet? The rates went up pretty significantly on everything else.
Does anyone know anything about Vision Infonet?
curious. I could find no info, except for MD help or something. just wondering. tia.
They don't pay for vision unless you have medical insurance.
When I first started they paid for vision, but unless you get medical coverage it is no longer free, unless it changed with the enrollment that is going on now.
Dental and vision are separate and extra. sm
I don't know how much, though, because I tossed the info on it as the provider list for the dental was SO LIMITED it wasn't even worth it, I couldn't get any dentist I wanted.
Their individual insurance is $52 a mo and their dental and vision
run it up to about $60 a month. If you leave, you also get to Cobra the dental and vision together at $30 a month. I know because I left and went back. Nice folks.
Yes, medical, dental, vision, and life
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about 180 per 2 weeks for family, dental, and vision.
Vision and dental are separate. 250 deductible. there is a cap of out of pocket expenses for family, I am not sure as I am not covered right now, but will in the near future. they pay 90%. Office visits Co-pay with medication co-pay. It is really a great coverage and by far the best from what other companies offer that I have found.
Hope that helps. Check them out. I think they are great to work for!
I pay about $75 per pay period for medical, dental, vision with TT sm
for single coverage -- I don't consider that 'huge, especially compared to other quotes I have seen. I definitely paid more than that when I had coverage on my own.
The foreseeable future is viewed through 20/200 vision.
which means it's not going to be too far down the road.
TT management does not answer questions that you ask them; only answer those they want to answer.
I know, work for a long time and tried asking questions, but they just beat around the bush and don't answer the true question that you presented to them.
Maybe it is kite flying weather where you are !!!
I have medical, dental, and vision at TransTech for about $72 per pay period. nm
I don't think you missed much. When I looked at the dental and vision plans sm
with AFLAC, it didn't look like they paid for much compared with the premium charged. I didn't talk to the representative guy, though, so maybe I misinterpreted the info. Anyway, I am trying to shop for something different, just to help cover the basics. I do wish I had taken out the disability protection with them, though ... maybe next year. :-)
I am extremely grateful for the insurance, though. So far, it seems to pay pretty well and has been a lifesaver!
When we signed up for the new vision and dental, it said in the forms that it started 6/1. Deductio
They were waiting for the paperwork from the insurance company, so it was delayed. Technically, the money should have come out on 6/1 and you knew this signing up for it.
I don't want to sound uncaring, but we knew when we signed up that the premiums were monthly and started 6/1. I had the extra month of $15, so I knew it would come out.
The truth is that the double was $30 but one was only $15, so it was $15 extra. If they had taken it out last month, would you have been complaining?
I personally am glad that we have vision and dental now and that every year my benefits get better rather than being taken away like with some companies.
Also, it is the bank that determines that if it falls on the 1st, it posts on Monday. My bank posts on Saturday, so not a problem. Before you complain, make sure you have something to complain about. They have also had them in on the Friday in the past, so I am not going to bash a good company for something that has not happened. If it does go on Monday, that is what we know from day one, so it is not that they are pulling a fast one or making changes; this is the way it has been for the 5 years I have worked for them.
Blue Cross medical,Guardian dental, Spectera vision, 10,001 lines per pay period. sm
Cost per pay period for single coverage is $94.36, $1.68 vision, $7.06 dental. Hope this helps.
There is another option, DO SOMETHING ELSE!
Of course not! You gotta think outside the box. If this profession bothers you that much, learn to do something else instead of whining for years on end! It's no one's fault that you're stuck in employment neutral but your own.
That's one option...
but I would probably do a different shift.
You should have had the option of
I haven't been with them long. I work a 12 hour window on second shift. They prefer that you keep the same schedule for at least 6 months.
Yes PT is an option sm
Supervisor just sent out an email this week in fact encouraging us to use our employee referral program to find PT people. They are especially seeing PT weekend help or 2nd 3rd PT help. I don't know any other MTs in my area who are interested so the referral program ($500 for finding people that stay with the company) is not of any use to me. We definitely need extra coverage on the weekends so those of us here already don't have to do OT everyweekend. OT is not because of turnover it is because the account has grown and they can't keep up with current employees on the weekend schedule.
Not an option?
Then I suggest you get out of this business right now, because it's turned ugly in the past decade.
Trust me. You WILL earn less than you did 10 years ago.
Of course, you could stick to your other option ... unemployment. Enjoy that!
I wish you folks would stop whining for compassion, when you're so quick to turn your noses up at what the rest of the 'real' world has been going through.
Or is it only a tragedy when it happens to YOU?
Sorry if I don't get all teary-eyed at the thought of you have to 'settle' for the GOING RATE!!!!!!!!!
Form your own company. Then you can pay whatever you want. (And I'll guarantee you wouldn't be paying anyone else 11 cpl!!!!)
MTSOs also have the option
of walking away from a client who is not willing to pay an adequate rate that is required to get the job done. The money that the MTSOs save by using overseas MTs is spent on Editors who basically have to redo all of the poor poor quality reports.
If you are a building contractor and someone calls you and tells you they want a screened porch built. You as a contractor know what it's going to take to build that porch using quality materials and quality labor. If it takes $5000 to build the porch, are you going to let the homeowner tell you to do it for $3000 when you know it's not possible. Guess what...the contractor walks away and tells the homeowner they'll have to find someone else who can do it for that rate. MTSOs have the same option.
There is NO excuse for offshoring. There never will be.
You don't have to have it overnighted though. Just an option
I just told them to mail it.
Email me. I may be able to have an option.
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There is always the option of gaining your own
would be an option, when specs do not meet QA's approval. I do not, however, believe that the executives side with MT's at all, but always QA. The accounts I have, I am the executive manager, MT, QA (notice the order of importance). I do not think there are people getting into this field because they do not give a crap. There is too much to learn before you can really catch a break and land your first job. So, I totally disagree. 
Not an option where I live.
There are 2 hospitals in a 50 mile radius and they only employ 2-3 MTs and rarely have openings. It is very rural here. I haven't had any trouble finding work from home as an IC, but want to change to employee status for health insurance since my husband is changing careers and won't be getting ins. any longer.
Normally as an employee there is an option
in return. It's a shame that MQ is not the same way. I don't think Keystrokes is IC status though, but I'm not certain of that. I just think this hoopla about Keystrokes is crazy. Can they really have that much work and be that flexible that everyone at MQ is going there and will have enough work. The other thing is that darned Meditech. You all think that's getter than what MQ has? NOT!!
Uhm... I thought that the option - sm
to accept or not accept a job because of the hours was the right of anyone, whatever the position be it IC, SE or employee. What a joke! Good for you though for calling them out on it. Which gives me an idea ...
I believethey have the option
of doing this. But they also have the option not to. It is written something like that. I didn't opt for the 401K because I can barely make my lines as it is due to lack of work and was more concerned about today rather than tomorrow.
You do have the option to type or edit.
At this point anyway. Transcend has gained several new accounts recently, which has been broadcast from here to there. What wasn't broadcasted is that they also LOST several large accounts over the past year, a couple just recently. Some of the accounts that have just been added on are overflow accounts. As each account gets transitioned over to the new platform, the option for typing will be great as the VR is extremely BAD in recognizing a lot of these new dictators. Those editing on the accounts now are actually training the system to recognize what the dictators are saying.
As time goes on, the system starts recognizing more and more dictators are transitioned to editing. Once the system becomes "smart" and is working at peak performance, less editors will be needed to work on the editing aspect, as was already experienced with a very large ER account that staffed 25 or more MLSs and dwindled down to 10. We all saw what happened there. When the editors were scrambling for work they switched to typing, and were told to do so by the AMs. So think about what that means for those typing. If less people are needed to edit, where do those already working on the pre-existing accounts go? To typing on the new accounts. When the work load is low, all those shifted from editing to typing will be doing the work YOU have been doing all along.
Also, there will always be a need for some to type because there are some doctors that absolute cannot do VR. Now just imagine if you choose to type rather than edit. These are the doctors that you will be transcribing for day after day: Mush-mouths, speed-talkers, whisperers, extremely difficult ESLs. In other words, all those that the system will never be able to decipher. You may be getting a high rate for typing, but it is going to take you longer to do them because if they were that easy, the system would be doing them first. No matter what option you chose you are on the losing end of the deal. If you chose editing, it is FULL editing, not QA filling in the blanks. Depending on how fast you type, you may never be able to achieve a consistent, day-after-day 40% increase in production, but you will be taking a loss in compensation. If you chose typing, you're stuck with all the leftover garbage that the system cannot do on its own and your production still suffers. No matter which way you look at it, you will be working harder and receiving less until the point eventually comes where 2/3 of the work force is scrambling for work while the other 1/3 is popping out 20,000 lines per pay period. much like it is now. While you may have the option of typing or editing NOW, certain people in management have been telling their favorites that the goal in the future is to get ALL accounts and work types on editing. Why do you think so many "in the know" are now scrambling for or were already told about the hourly team leader positions before they were even announced?
Think about it. This is not the first mass exodus Transcend has seen over the years. That became common knowledge when they had the push to hire back all those who had quit over the changes before. Many there, even working for 5 years or more, are leaving this time. If workers have gotten bad treatment before and left in the past, as is happening now, it will happen again. A leopard does not change its spots.
insurance is always an option since most use their spouses'.nm
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On some O accounts you do have Ctrl I option
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Health insurance option
Consider the IC at 9 cpl without benefits and no ESL. Obtain health, life, and dental insurance other routes....like try ehealthinsurance.com. More options there. 7 cpl isn't great if your dealing with a large amount of ESLs.
Do they have an employee option or only IC? Thought I
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New option for group members
Group members now have the option of hiding their email address and IP address. This eliminates some features of the group but is for everyone's protection.
Is that the only option, though? How about great accounts at 10 cpl? :-) nm
Don't forget the option to vote this down (sm)
I think it's 10 votes to discard a post that gets the nasty post removed. I'd love to see more people using that feature here.
Regarding new accounts - are we given the option to switch or (sm)
have them added as a secondary? I understand they are large accounts and I would ever so much enjoy working on accounts that do ops other than a few laparoscopic procedures. Those large hospitals often have gruesome, yet interestingoperative reports.
Does it depend on if the account falls under your STM? Will they put out info closer to start date telling us about the size and scope of accounts?
Sorry for so many questions. Love the company and like my account, but would change it in a heartbeat if given the opportunity for something a little more interesting.
Right and offshore is a dangerous option
Dangerous to confidentiality. Yes, they may try it but it is failed miserably as we now know.
Do you have the option of paying extra...
for fedex or UPS delivery? What's it like to QA there? I definitely could not afford to wait a week for my paycheck.
if govn't option passes,
you may be crowding the ER, but you probably won't get seen in any reasonable fashion. More like take a number and wait 6 months. Why in the heck do you think the financially able from countries that have govn't-run healthcare come HERE for treatment.
I don' remember this as an option using ExText with 2 different companies. nm
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I was told that was no longer an option last week.
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Not always an option; my supes don't want calls at either of my MTSOs. nm
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Please note that we are working on an option for posters to be able
to choose whether they would like visitors to respond to them in email. What this means is that while you would still have to enter a valid email address to post, you would also have the option not to provide the email link for anyone to respond to.
Let me be clear that actual email addresses are NEVER revealed to anyone when posts are made. Only a link is available if someone wants to email directly. The only way your email address would be known is if you respond.
I agree, although employees do have the option of having the check Fed Ex'd. sm
However, if they are going to mail the checks, the checks should be mailed to arrive on the day of pay day and the employee should not have to pay to have their check Fed Ex'd. I am going to start working PT for Encompass, and the first check or two comes via the mail until DD is established, and they state in the contract that the checks are mailed so as to arrive on the day of pay day. To me, THAT is a sign of a company that cares.
JLG may be a great company, but it sounds like they have financial issues. I worked there a long time ago and at that time we were paid every other week. It stated in the contract that the checks would be mailed every other Friday from the Tampa airport. I waited and waited and when I FINALLY got my check, they had back dated the postage meter date to the day it was supposed to have been mailed, but it was postmarked severald days later -- like I'm so stupid I wouldn't notice!! Still, things change and personell change, and I had considered working for them again until all of this mess started up again, which obviously was a major red flag to me. I do believe that they care for the MTs, so I hope they get the financial thing solved and reinstitute direct deposit.
dont think that's an option; the feds are bailing
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Another option to direct deposit. Just an idea.
JLG sounds like a nice place to work, and perhaps more people would join there if there were another pay option. I don't know if your boss has looked into it, but I have a Chase paycard. It works like a Visa. It also has a number like a checking number and a routing number (not the same as the card number) and a job can direct deposit to the card like it would a checking account. You have access to your money right away at any ATM or you can use the card anywhere you go and on the internet, etc. I love it. I hate banks and fees, so I keep most of my money on the paycard and withdraw cash as I need it. I don't know if there are any fees to the company, but probably not because Chase probably has some kind of program. Just an idea. Good luck to all the JLGers.
new option is now going to Eastern bloc countries
and Ireland and away from India as the cultural difficulties have led to problems, plus they have great tax incentives.
I can answer that question with a simple answer!
Strengths - none.
Weakness - all.
THANK YOU!! WOW even if i wanted to work there I would NEVER give her the option of a referral as
Well I think they would just continue to hire SEs and then give them an option, just my opinion. I
HOPE I am wrong believe me. MQ will do whatever it takes to get where they need to go and that is a fact. I just wish I knew the game so I could play it too. You know the saying, you name the game and I will play it too and better than you do. Why do you think they are so sneaky about everything. They dont want us to get a hands up on them. This is a true cat and mouse game. Just like any corporation. Get them with their pants down. Use them while we need them and then move them out. See it all the time. BUT better to keep everyone in the dark before the end comes for sure so employees dont rock the boat.
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