NOT being paid to pickup tapes and getting ONLY 6 cpl IS mistreatment if sm
Posted By: Kiss my grits on 2008-06-14
In Reply to: You don't know enough - annabanana
you are worth your salt at all!!!!
I worked for a small local MTSO when I was first an MT. They agreed to pay me 6.5 cpl in WP5.1 for DOS. I was paid every 2 weeks and got paid about $900 to $1100 every 2 weeks, which was fine. I didn't have to pick up tapes either.
When a couple of us asked for a raise, we were told no, not on your life. We don't charge the clients that much, and our call in system needs to be replaced, and and and. Okay sure and I can understand these things.
The company had 2 partners. Partner A was nasty to me because she was nasty to everyone. My kids and I are at home eating jelly sandwiches for supper for the second week straight because my bills were so high, no support checks and I could not get a raise, but we were not starving exactly. Meanwhile, the nasty partner tells me she won't be able to talk to me because she is meeting her contractor at 7 a.m. and I need to call in for work after 10 a.m. They spent, she told me, $40,000 to redo the upper level of their home, put in 2 more bathrooms, extend the floor space and add another bedroom to total 3. Oh she says, we could never have done it if I didn't own my own company and make so much money. SLAP IN THE FACE.
Partner B that same year sold her house and moved to a place she could have horses. That year, no raise and thumping us all about how much we SHOULD be doing. The year after she bought that house, she bought a 6-horse air conditioned trailer, a Suburban to pull it, built a barn to hold 8 horses and bought two colts and a draft horse. She also said, they could never have had this if she didn't own her own company and make so much money. SLAP IN THE FACE AGAIN!
I cried in front of my kids and I just won't do that, but darn it they had not had new shoes and had been moved into $2 flip flops for the summer in late April because I could not buy them any new ones and the others were too small. We had been rounding out the food by going to a food bank when they would let us and I had sold off everything I dared to. These gals didn't type a line the entire time I worked there. They were too busy but apparently not too busy to spend the money we earned FOR THEM and not ourselves. My house payment was $1200, more than half my income and they got to have horses and trailers and cook out with ribeyes (trust me on that, I saw them do it).
Yup, mistreatment and I think this gal probably has a similar story to tell you.
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I charge .12cpl, I pickup and deliver. Wisconsin. nm
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tapes vs digital
I truly understand that part of your dilemma. There are some very inexpensive ways to go digital with hand-held equipment that the doc or their staff would dictate on and then upload via the internet to an FTP site for you each night. You would just pick it up off the internet, type away and send it back. I do that and I have my own DVI station I have had for years. The upsell is that the tapes can't break and they can take that baby anywhere and dictate. I still keep my tape transcribers (std and micro - YIKES am dating myself haha) just in case I have a client that won't come out of the dark ages LOL. It is worth the investment in your future, I promise :)
Contact one of the big wigs by phone and demand a UPS or FedX pickup. nm
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I don't know what your home situation is, but can you pickup a part time job to pad your paycheck
If you really want to stay with this company maybe that is what you could do. I hate to say it, but I think we will lose some of our employees during this work lull and that will create more work. Not a nice way to get more lines in, but facts are facts.
Good luck to you and us all.
How about buying a set of SUM tapes to do some self study?
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It sounds like the client still used tapes
and not necessarily your employer. Maybe you could talk to her about a switching you to a different account. I certainly understand how this can be difficult for you with small children in tow -- anyone can understand that.
As far as the extra insurance, I don't think insurance is the regulation as much as privacy and confidentiality.
Tapes? So there is shipping involved too? Yikes nm
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In the "old days", the machine on my desk that played the tapes was called the transciber. sm
People who type the dictation are called transcriptionists. I realize in this new day and age where people would rather google, spell check and guess rather than look it up in a dictionary or other word reference and actually know the meaning of what they are typing, such things make little difference, but it means something to me. I also have hated the word typist since I do so much more than just copy type.
I know ... pay me and you can call me anything is the predominating theory here. I just have noted that it is usually the Indian-based company that uses the term transcriber.
Training on the system, not paid, but if you are physically typing reports then you are getting paid
nm
Oh, yea -- PAID, too. Grandmother PAID LEAVE would be a great drawing card to TT !!
Just love that PAID TIME OFF !!
Any company that makes you wait to get paid until they get paid by the client
is not a company you want to get involved with. That's part of being an MTSO, figuring out how to cover your payroll while waiting to get paid. I would stay away!
Is this a live count of lines paid for or same as CTRL I that we do not get paid for ?? nm
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Me too.. the outsourced company was paid for and paid me for headers, but OSI does/did not.
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I have always paid yearly and have never paid or been assessed a penaltly. nm
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Be glad you get paid tomorrow. We are paid on the 1st and the 15th, so sm
since the 1st is on a weekend, we don't get paid until Monday. It will happen again on the 15th of August …sigh. It is the only thing I do not like about the company, though, so I guess a few weekends of poverty a year is not too much.
Lori never paid me and now ETC has not paid my friend.
What is WRONG with these companies? 
Is it still being paid on time if you are paid on the 1st and 15th.....
and if the 15th falls on a Saturday getting paid on the 17th? My bank is open and posts on Saturday that means I am not being paid on the 15th doesn't? This has happened a lot lately.
At least you get paid, I would rather be paid late than not at all. Just my 2 cents.
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Yea, at least u got paid. Everyone who worked for TSI is STILL waiting to be paid
I don't understand how Jayne cannot pay us. We have christmas coming up. I bet her family has a fantastic Christmas because she is using OUR money to pay for it. I worked so hard for her and I know the other girls did too. How insulting that she will not return phone calls or emails or PAY us. How does she look at herself in the mirror knowing that the MTs who did all the work FOR her did not get paid. She even sent me an email saying I give you my word HAHAHA her word is nothing, obviously. Well, I will call the attorney for the THIRD time and see what is going on.
To the poster, at least you got paid even if it was late. I sincerely hope you get your last check.
Spaces, paid or not paid. Do you know? sm
I just started with a company and when I asked specifically if I would be paid for spaces, they said yes. When I started using their program I noticed that the line count for each job did not include spaces. I checked it with more than one program. I called them and they said there was a glitch in the program that would be fixed. It has been almost two months now and that glitch is still not fixed. My checks do not include spaces either. No one at the company knows what is up. I can't believe I am the only one at this company who has deduced that they are not paying for spaces. So, do you check your line counts to see if spaces are included? You might be in for a surprise. Man, I am tired of being burned when I am a reliable and honest IC. Maybe time to do something else. Thanks for listening.
You get paid when SHE gets paid from the client...sm
I don't like that at all.
Getting paid
You're absolutely right. Since it is part of our jobs, that means we should be paid for it. I'm in total agreement, we are ending up providing a lot of "freebies" MTSOs need to be aware that transcription involves more than just typing lines; there is "research", and the research part, which is actually bigger than the typing part, is not being compensated AT ALL. And GOOD MTSOs and GOOD MTs recognize that. BAD MTSOs and MTs that are truly "lucky" to be employed don't get it. Frustrating, isn't it?
it did say that we get paid if
DEP goes down (at a reduced rate of course to be found on Qnet or some such place). But no mention of what happens when we RUN OUT OF WORK which will be a daily occurrence when everyone starts sitting 39 hours or 24 hours and holidays. You could at least count on work the week after a holiday, not so anymore I guess.
you get paid for
stuff going wrong with DEP platform and you have to go on Qnet to find out the specifics. This packet doesn't address running out of work, if I am wrong someone please come on to correct me.
Not being paid
Wow!!! I was not paid my last paycheck too! I was assured that this NEVER happens and they were very sorry, etc. When I asked where my paycheck was - their response was what pay are you expecting? I did get may pay, and since then I have not had a problem... but now reading what you said about MTs not getting paid on other boards that makes me very nervous - family to feed, mortgage to pay, on and on and on.
Do you mean not paid at all?
nm.
Getting paid
Hi Everyone, I'm new to this forum and very happy I heard about you. I work for a company who has a big problem paying on time as well as the correct amt. The initials are BT (maybe the same B listed in a previous posting). They advertised for a $1500 sign on bonus, but I cannot get anyone to return my Emails or phone calls regarding this. They also advertise 24/7 Tech and management support, that's a joke. The manager has never even been an MT. If you want to discuss things with this manager, they blow you off. But the company advertises that they care about their MTs. Obviously, I'm looking elswhere, but cannot believe this continues to go on with these companies and nothing is done. When I find something else, I will write to MT Daily and tell them what happened. They are a reputable website and I do not think they would appreciate all the false advertising this company is doing. Any suggestions and/or advice is welcome.
Really? They paid me 9 cpl (sm)
this past September, but it was still impossible to make any money given the horrendously bad platform, IMO.
They paid 9 cpl (sm)
to my friend, but it was a horrible place to work: NO communication whatsoever (she was without work for 1-1/2 weeks, unable to contact anybody via email or phone), had to work on clunky DOS program via the hospital with laggy web server, so unable to do more than 100 lph, and they paid with paper checks, often late. Couldn't understand how she could be considered an IC with the company calling all the shots like that (ICs use their equipment, programs, not the hospital's), so I told her to file the forms with the IRS and Dept of Labor to get the situation reviewed; don't know if she ever did.
I get paid...
3200/mo (hourly/incentive) as a remote hospital employee on 1 job. Approximately 2800/mo (production) on another job.
Dang, doesn't look like any of us sleep.
How much are you getting paid per cpl?
That seems like an awful lot of money to be making unless you're getting a high rate. Most offers I see are avg .07-8. Highest I've seen is .10. What companies pay high rates? I'd really be interested. My company went out of business. I was making .13 cpl, but at 80 characters w/o spaces, which is still higher than .075 for 65 characters with spaces. I just accepted a position at that rate and am concerned about my income. I was earning about $25 an hour, which will now be cut 20% at this new rate plan. I only have 2 years experience with medical transcribing, but have been a typist for many, many years.
Any direction would be appreciated.
I'm not a CMT, but I get paid as if I was. nm
I have not been paid either
I started in January and still have yet to be paid. I have started filing against them in small claims.
I have not been paid
And I started in January. Steer clear.
They never paid me and they lie a lot too.
What a joke that company is.
I have been paid for three
hope to make more. The referral program just restarted and I know of one MT who is currently looking. The bonus is paid after 90 days and they now will pay a referral for either full time or part time.
Not getting paid
I just heard word that a big client did not pay them on time so that's why the employees are not getting paid. They should have told the employees that, but maybe they were afraid everybody would leave. Who knows.........
When we get paid!
I noticed that too, and wondered about the when or could it be an if?
many MTs get paid this
nm
Did you get paid?
Email me off line if not, for a suggestion.
I got paid
the most unprofessional company I have ever seen. Stay far far far away. Everybody is quitting anyway and they pay on the l-o-w side.
I cannot get paid from them either.
My lawyer has contacted, or tried to contact them, and the owner will not return his calls. They should be shut down. If there are 2 of us, there HAVE to be more.
GET PAID
You could send them a letter stating that you will be contacting the physician/group you did the work for and they may be called to testify in court. Another thing that works is contacting the group or physician you did work for and ask them if they still use the company and let them know that you did not get paid and that doctor/doctors may be called to testify in court. They hate that but it does produce results.
How often are you paid?
Every week, other week, etc?
Thanks!
D&L still have not paid up
They owe me over six weeks worth of work... they have not paid a lot of us and I was not with the big account they lost... I was an IC and they bounced my pay checks and then kept saying its in the mail nothing but liars... As soon as I quit, they refused to pay me. I sure hope the talk of the PA Labor board is real.. I dont live in PA... They know that they are not going to pay any of us. They should be in put out of business. DON'T work for them, they are con-artists. Very very dishonest people For those of you who don't know there names are John and Donna Marino. Their daughter works for them too!
Has anyone gotten paid by D&L yet?
just wondering, I have not gotten paid yet!!
not paid yet
I got a reply on Sept 7 saying Accounting would be back on Monday. They will stop the check (that I never received......again) and they would issue me a new check. Folks, this is only for $50. The other check that bounced was only for $150.....and the replacement check for that bounced too! I haven't worked for them since August 1 and still trying to collect.
You can get paid
$9 an hour at Target!! What a snarky little witch!
$9 an hour for editing ANYTHING is insulting and ridiculous. Wonder if anyone is desperate enough to do it?
Pay to get paid
It actually sounds like a form of intimidation to force people not to go outside the box.
MDI ? Regarding what we do and do not get paid for
I'm being told that with MDI we have to search their rooster for docs and cc addresses that we do not get paid for.. The only way to get paid for it is to type it in manually AFTER you've had to search for it online. Is this true? Why would they expect us to spend time looking up an address in their system without being paid for it? Also when you add the template in from the buttons on Bayscribe, are we not paid for those as well??? thanks
How often do you get paid at MDI-MD?
Is it weekly, biweekly, monthly?
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