Paying to work

Hi Jodie:  I am so sorry you were subjected to such treatment.  Unfortunately, this business has become so dog eat dog.  You can check my post below yours.  So sick of being treated like a dispostabale commodity.  There should be an oversight committee to review these companies, and they should be fined for unfair practices.  As Christians, we have to forgive them, but we can be honest and tell others what they have done to us.  Maybe we can protect others from falling into the pit.  It hurts to be used like that.  God Bless, and good luck with your next endeavor.

• Integrity - Jodi
  • Allstate. She hired me to do QA and after 114 emails sm - my experience
  • no allstate referrals - will not refer to allstate
  • Paying to work - Sherry Leery Lee
    • AllState - MT
      • Allstate - IB
        • How many years exp did you have...sm - curious girl

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They will pay an incentive but I am on too many accounts to get the line count I need to get that.  All the patient censuses make for a lot of clerical work that I don't get paid for and I am so outta here as soon as I can get out!

if they asked someone to work OT.  Geez, c'mon sense.   BTW, anyways is not a word. 

My last three paychecks have bounced. I have been given excuses and promises and nothing has been done yet. I do not work for fun. My family needs this money I make. After the third check bounced on Friday, I told them I would not type another case until I have a check that is not rubber. Anyone else having this problem?

Only the MTs who are really good and really competent would consider it worthwhile to pay to have the test on file.   So it would weed out the MTs with skills that are not so good and the employers would not have so many to weed through.

I actually think it should include the whole kit and caboodle - test, resume, all pertinent information that ane employer would need to make a decision on whether to extend a job offer.  That way the MT just does all that once (a year) and then can just sit back and see if they receive any offers.

I too think it would be a good idea to have the tests proctored.  I hadn't thought of an MT having someone else take the test for them, but you have a point there.

I also think that an MT could list on their file that they will not consider offers from certain companies they do not wish to work for, or from offshore companies, or offers for under so many cpl, etc.  I certainly wouldn't want to be bothered with a bunch of offers there is no way I'd even consider so best not to waste anyone's time on either side.

I also had issues with getting paid what was owed to me.  I kept their equipment and then they threatened me with a civil suit.  When it came almost time to go, I called Sherry Ponder, the OSi HR Manager, and she gave me what I was owed.  Then, I sent their equipment back.

I won't re-state the name but someone was not getting paid.  There was someone who then wrote that this was a good company but the CLIENT didn't pay.

Please note, I have no knowledge of this particular company.  HOWEVER, it is my feeling that a good company ALWAYS pays and does not have themselves so strapped that they cannot pay their contractors whether or not they get paid.  If nonpayment by the client occurs, all work should cease for that client but the contractors should still be paid for the work completed, and the MTSO should fight about the nonpayment, not pass that onto their contractors by not paying them because they weren't paid.  That is a bad business practice whether or not you are a good company or not. 

My opinion as to how I would run things as an MTSO. 

and never an interruption in service.  Can you as an IC promise that?  I have my own accounts, and I can't promise that.  hello?  I need a vacation once in a while.  I don't have back-up because I just don't, plus it's tapes.  Now I get 12 cpl and it's easy work, but I have to pick up and deliver or else hire someone to do that for me, hence, loss of money even though I can write it off. 

The companies are hiring at 7-8 cpl to cover their QA and also to make some money.  No company is going to pay us what they charge, but 7-8 cpl is the going rate for ICs working for MTSOs. 

Now, you can offer what you'd like for what rate you'd like, but be ready when you need a vacation or just want a break because they'll get their panties in a bunch wanting you to find coverage, and then who do you trust to work for you and not try to take your account?  Believe me, it happens. 

You need to ask if Keystrokes include Expanders or not, as most of us use expanders to up our productivity and that would really hurt. 

Next, I think you mean 0.055 per 1000 words (5 keystrokes being a word). 

1000 words x 5 = 5,000 keystrokes

5,000/65 = 76.92 65 character line

76.92*0.055 = $4.23

It sounds like to me that they are trying to confuse you that they pay EXTREMELY low, unless of course I am missing something.

I recently applied for a company that pays by the minute.  How do you determine what is fair pay for by the minute and if anyone out there gets paid by the minute, is it worth it?  What is an average wage?  Any help would be helpful.

thanks