Sounds like being self-employed, no time to die.
Posted By: anonamiss on 2008-11-14
In Reply to: wah? lol omg - aa
Time off for the self-employed is the same except they'll find another service and replace you if you miss one day. No hearts.
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I had awful credit for a long time and always got employed.nm
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Yes - sounds like you are the one having the difficult time -......
must be you who got the axe! Maybe you should spend your time looking for another job and praying you get one.
Sounds like the one I work for that just can't seem to get it in there on time for DD. sm
Always an excuse.
That sounds very time consuming. nm
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Thanks..That is about the time I quit so sounds like they got that together.
That's a good sign. I believe companies can change bad habits and I think people need to give them a chance.
Hurray! Sounds like first in, first out, about time.
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It sounds like you and I left right around the same time!
I left back in February 2007...just as things were starting to get really bad. I know that they were in danger of losing my primary account. I also heard that they had a massive layoff of US MTs that following summer. I'm so glad I left when I did! I remember feeling like a 10-ton brick had been lifted from my shoulders when I left SPi and started with my new company!
it sounds as if this may have been going on for a long time ...
and the manager feels herself to be/is helpless in the situation.
If you have not already, you might offer your future support if she (ever) decides to deal with this situation. (She has your mutual file, but she might appreciate some moral support).
When I was a hospital employee/supervisor, I once feared having to fire one of my favorite workers for conspiring with a doctor's office employee to conceal an error they had made (wrong patient information attached to a laboratory specimen). My kind hearted worker wanted to help this other person not get fired -- apparently the office worker had made this mistake before, doncha know. When I contacted the office manager about the error (an embarrassing several weeks later - the report had remained in limbo because my worker did not have the editing function to complete the correction), it turned out that the employee in question was habitually sloppy and careless. That office manager was almost happy to finally be able to fire her -- not so much for the error as the conspiracy and deceit to conceal the error. That's how it should be handled.
Since you don't know why the office manager feels so helpless, unless you want to take her to lunch and become her BFF, I think you have to walk away and count your blessings to be able to do so -- and give the office manager the responsibility for doing nothing, regardless of the unfairness of it all (she gets to keep working in that environment, lucky her.).
Sounds like the part-time is an afterthought
I do have the small children at home, why won't someone fit their schedule to meet mine? What would you do if you had to, oh my goodness, get a job outside the house?
Sounds like you're gettin' ripped BIG TIME!
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How many MT's are employed there?
Just out of curiosity, wonder how big they are. Don't want to get with one of the biggies! Is there a great turnover with MT's?
currently employed
i currently work for above-mentioned company and have no problems with my paychecks. all i will say is don't believe everything you read. it's easy to post things on a website to hurt the reputation of others. it's called slander! people get disgruntled for one reason or another, and instead of taking it up with the person they should deal with, they figure it's easier to try to attack and hurt others by attacking them publically. grow up. this isn't third grade.
I am employed by DR--
Some people are actually employees and some are hired by DR to work for hospitals. I'm happy with them. I wish my line rate were higher, but I have a relatively easy account with constant work. I'd rather have that than a high line rate with a terrible account and no work.
Employed by them several years...
I think they are great to work for. Office personal is great to work with, very helpful. Pay is there when they say it will be, never a problem there. I have worked several years for them and my pay has NEVER been 6 to 8 cents. I enjoy my work. Very, very few ESL's on my account.
Yes, still gainfully employed... sm
... and business as usual, just a different company name on the paychecks. Thank you for asking! Life is good! :-)
self-employed getting a raise
But with MT it's a little bit of a sticky wicket. We are self employed, BUT if we are working as an IC for a company we are really at their mercy, and I'm sure, as some above posters mentioned, the companies we work for are getting raises from their clients, so one would think that $$ would naturally be passed on down. Of course, we can ask for a raise, but they can say no, and then what? If we are happy with the company we are with do we just suck it up and hope for a raise tomorrow/next year? In my opinion, if we've got the experience under our belt, turn in consistently quality work, and our company is constantly praising us, seems to me they should do the offering of a raise. But unfortunately that just is not happening.
Employed since 2003
I like working with them. We have just recently merged with MD-IT so I don't know a whole lot about the new company but MTSource was great. Whether MD-IT will influence and make changes is something that I don't know. So far - so good. You can use Instant Text but only the latest version.
I do BUT I am employed by a hospital...SM
making an hourly wage plus incentive. However, I own my home and do not have a house payment (an insurance settlement allowed me to pay off my house) or a car payment (I do not drive a fancy car). I also live in the midwest where the cost of living is lower than on the coasts. I have two kids. My monthly expenses are utilities, groceries, and stuff the kids need. We do okay. I'm not one of those people that lives above their means. I have a 50+ year old home that we are fixing up when we have extra money. I drive a 2000 Chevy Cavalier that is paid off and has a couple of dents from some fender benders, but looks decent.
My husband is disabled and hasn't worked since he was discharged from active duty in 2005. We are in the process for filing a disability claim for him, but it's such a process. So he brings in no income whatsoever. He he is my house-husband. He does the housework, the laundry, runs the kids to school and picks them up, and even occasionally cooks dinner. He also is a great auto mechanic and keeps my car running for me.
I just wanted to give you my background because one of my biggest pet peeves is people who post on here how they make $60,000 a year as an MT and neglect to give the little details like they are chained to the computer 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
I'll be honest, at 8 cpl, there is no way my family could live on that unless I slept at my computer and had a commode as my desk chair! I'm lucky that I have the job I have and we've managed to cut costs where we can.
My sister is an RN and has been for 20 years and she makes really good money. Between her and husband's salaries, they pull in at least $100,000 a year and they are in debt up to their eyeballs. They have trouble making their house payment every month. They have a truck and a car payment that are constantly late. Creditors are calling them nonstop for credit card bills they can't pay. All because they felt they needed to live in the fanciest house and drive the newest, fanciest cars, and spend, spend, spend.
I don't live in a big fancy house or drive a fancy car, but I'm pretty content and I don't have the financial stress to deal with most of the time. My kids want for nothing and I am occasionally able spoil them.
sound like you are employed with
tt-that's their style
not that I know of; employed there awhile.
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You are employed by the wrong company
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Not recently employed there but here is my input
I worked for them about 4 or 5 years ago. Thought the pay was low but it was my first MT job so to me it was good. Pay was always on time and accurate. They do not pay for errors. Did not like their schedule and I wanted a more flexible schedule. Like I said this is from 4 or 5 years ago. Things may have changed. Overall, a nice person to work for.
If you're self-employed and don't pay quarterly,
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Would you be talking about CS? I am newly employed by them and they have
the same thing. The techs interrupt me nearly every day to get into my computer and change the templates too. This has happened every single day up to today. Today is the first day I have not gotten an instant message asking to me allowed into my computer to change the stupid templates. I don't know how much longer I am going to stay. I am having a terrible time getting any kind of decent line count.
It's the FL Hospital account, not employed by
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Yes, my husband is self-employed so we have individual plans but...
the preminums keep going up and up. I realize they also do when you work for a company, but since they get a group rate, the hit isnt as hard as when you are self-employed. Once you have a medical condition and your self-employed, the rates are horrible. I am going to check into some of our plans here locally just to see. My husband and kids are on their own individiual plans and they do have a copay but all we could afford was the cheapest plan which does not cover a lot and like I said every year we get hit with higher preminums just to end up with less coverage. It is very discouraging.
Anyone self-employed doesn't get a raise unless they give
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With that attitude, I'm surprised you're employed!
Paranoid much? Maybe you need some anger management,,,,
No, not worried, just never heard of benefits for self employed people. That would make them
employees so I dont think you can give those benefits to SE or IC unless the law has been changed.
OP - I was assuming you meant to STAY employed and get unemployment for the weeks...
She does not make her lines. Not quit or be fired and unemployment. That is self-explanatory.
To OP - My post was for partial employment or underemployment; i.e., keeping your job but filing for benefits.
Sorry if I was confusing! LOL
You're extremely lucky. I bet there aren't 10 of us out here employed by a hospital, working f
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I love challenge. Hubby is self-employed, too as a tri-axle owner/operator. No bennies at all unless
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sure sounds swell. Sounds like 2350 ln/day @ 4 cents/ln=$90./day
in order to figure how many line needs to be produced to make $500 per pay period. ie, how many lines an hour needed per 8 hour day --at your rate.
So say $450 a week would be $90 a day.
For example, if making 4 cents a line,need 2,250 lines a day, 281 an HOUR (to listen through and edit) to make this great wage of $90. a day FOR ALL THIS SAME SKILL, TO KEEP UPDATED WITH CHANGING MEDICAL COMMUNITY. nope Better at Jack-in-Box Pass it up.
Sounds like it and it sounds like you must tell them when they will be and no change them. Wonder
what you do when there is no work. Well, there will be a lot of problems with this whole plan if they dont get things straightened out with this no work situation.
I'm lookin for part-time work (about 3-4 hrs daily) after 13 years of full-time, anyone know of a
company that is hiring flexible part-time? I'm starting a career in real estate but don't want to totally quit transcription, but I think most places require 25 hours a week and I cant work weekends, as real estate sales are the biggest on the weekend with open houses and people off work to shows homes to. If you know of a place I'd sure appreciate the info. Thanks!
MDI-Maryland is an excellent company, pay on time all the time, great line rate.
I left also because I went out and got my own client(s).
They are very nice people.
The only negative I can think of were the e-mails from the owner say work, work, work, we are out of TAT.
Other than that, which is very minor, it was a good experience.
Not what I was told; 3500/wk part-time & 6000 wk/full-time. nm
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Precyse Solutions is hiring part-time and full-time right now.
Saw this on their website.
i work 3 part-time jobs now. it can be confusing if you are learning both at the same time, but sm
other than that not a problem for me. best to get one down before starting to other or you might become overwhelmed.
MDI-MD: What are daily line requirements for full-time/part-time? Thanks! nm
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I have one full-time job and 2 part-time jobs. It can be tricky at times, sm
but at least I now have plenty of work always. I have some big financial goals, and right now that seems to be the only way to accomplish it. I can't see any reason why it would not be legal -- why would you say that? I am cheating no one, except myself (out of sleep and a social life). Fortunately, I am single with no children or anything. I cannot imagine doing this if I had a family. At least my dogige understands. 
I've been there quite a while, pay on time, growth spurt right now, so good time to get on board,
new accounts and lots of work, and before someone says it, I'm not management, just an employee.
per his request I told him Time To Call, he called Not That Time, emailed me
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Full time/part time based on # hours or
# lines per pay period, nothing to do with quality. The lower the quality the higher the pay it seems.
Solution: Find another job, part time or full time.
Post your resume, hope for the best.
Depends on how flexible you need to be and if full-time or part-time
They are a little more flexible if you are part-time. Not so much full-time, where you can be a little flexible within the day (not a strict 8-5), but if you are scheduled for Monday, you have to work Monday unless you request off, and if you are scheduled for a Holiday, you have to work the holiday, unless you request off. They encourage you to clock out every time you are not typing to keep your lph rate up, which means an 8 hour day can turn into 12 hours at the computer. If they run out of work (which they do quite often), you have to make the time up. They are also leaning more towards Voice Recognition, so MTs are getting trained on that, but not sure what percent will go that way. It does affect how much work you may get though in the other accounts.
They are advertising for full time HIM now, do they still hire part time? nm
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It will get better, I hope. Too much time on my hands means too much time on ebay! lol nm
DVHP gives vacation time to part-time people. nm
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Any companies out there where you do not have to fill in a time sheet or on a time clock?
I would like to do my lines and be done, and still get my benefits. Any companies out there that go by line production rather than hours to qualify for bennies?
OSi with part time health insurance and paid time off
OSi does offer health insurance and paid time off for part time. Yes, there have been changes. Yes, there will probably be more changes. I don't see anywhere that hasn't had changes. If they don't change they will be out of business the way the economy is these days, just like some other companies. If they don't make money, then I don't make money. So, what is so different with OSi compared to other companies? I see complaints constantly about all companies. I don't think it is the fault of the company that they outsource or use voice recognition. It just is life on life's terms these days. There is still enough work for us, at least for me. 
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