TAT and staffing practices (do they overhire to make TAT?) Also...

• Interview tomorrow...what questions should I ask? - MTinMI
  • Average annual income! - long-time MT
  • TAT and staffing practices (do they overhire to make TAT?) Also... - anon
  • Understand how you are being paid - Glory1863
  • More than 1 backup acct? Able to work more than 8hrs or not? Is OT - offered or mandatory? Docked for errors? NM
  • Line requirements, production incentives - (nm)
  • Does the company offshore? nm - fn
  • Is there plenty of work. nm - me
  • Another good thing to ask is reliability of server. sm - buysmt

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I think the reason for late/bounced checks is exactly due to a lot of small MTSOs not keeping business and personal money separate and they do not have a reserve to fall back on in case something happens.

I had one that did not keep her personal finances separate from business and some government agency (she was having legal problems) went in and wiped out her bank account...she still owes me big bucks and that was several years ago. Unfortunately, I kept working (2 months with no pay, stupid) believing things would get better and believed the excuses and lies before I found out what was going on and quit, but could not collect because she had no money left and then she just dropped out of sight (rumor has it she changed her name and moved to a different state).

Another one had the same situation as far as not separating business from personal money and bounced payroll checks (I quit when the first check bounced, lesson learned from the first time). I finally got my money from that one after months of waiting. Needless to say, I will no longer work as IC for small MTSOs. They will lie to you when you ask if they have a separate business account and a line of credit or reserve to ensure payroll is on time even if client does not pay on time or they themselves get into financial trouble.

BEWARE THE CONTRACT THAT SAYS YOU GET PAID WHEN I GET PAID because it means just that and you will have no legal recourse of getting your hard-earned money, definite red flag. 

I know one of the MTs that had their job eliminated at Medware last week.  The problem is this person's job was not eliminated, they gave it to someone else, but in the generic email it stated that there was no more job.  Seems like this should go against some labor law, but since we work over the internet who would you ask or report this to?  The job that was eliminated was the day person's job and the day person was given the evening person's job - the job that was supposedly eliminated.  We are trying to figure out if there is something that can be done about this or if this person should just say the heck with it and move on.  Thanks for any advice. 

growth just in the last week alone - all for the better.  Just be patient and it'll be worth your while.   You won't be disappointed.     I'd give it another day or two and call them just to follow up. 

Keystrokes is the best so far in my long and varied career! 

Anyone familiar with this new company?  They have ad posted today.  It sounds enteresting and I am enticed by the idea of a change in the new year!

I have been trying to respond to people from south Florida who applied with Sage Street Staffing for traveling transcription. 

The emails are kicking back as undeliverable.  I have tried from multiple email addresses, and they are all kicking back as undeliverable.

If you sent a resume from the email address *********** please send an alternate email address so that I may respond.

thank you

to get lines because there isn't work.  Some accounts have tons of work, but they won't let them be used as backup accounts.  They do pay on time and if there is a holiday on payday they pay before.   FT is considered 35 hours.  You have a 12-hour window to do the work.   They do expect you to work your schedule to cover TAT, although due to overhiring there frequently may not be work on your shift to get your hours in and they do expect you to make them up - but because they overhire it may not be possible to do. 

I think you could do worse, though they have lots of room for improvement.  There are some dips for STMS, which is your main contact, which may make your experience good/bad. 

Don't bother unless you like A LOT of flexibility in your day.  Have a backup job so when there is no work I can work elsewhere. There is more work at night so if you like working evenings and nights this could work out for you.

a new account is coming on-line.  I ran out of work sometimes just 2 hours into my shift.  I tried working my days off and other shifts to make up lines, but everyone else was doing the same and I still couldn't get my lines.  I didn't have a good SCM and trying to get additional work took going to top management.   There are some accounts that have a ton of work and on OT frequently, but they wanted people working on them as primary accounts and not backups. 

If you need a FT paycheck I would not rely on WMX for it or at least would not quit your other job for several months to give the account time to balance out, for MTs to quit who hated it as much as I did, for MTs to quit who can't get their lines like I did, and for the account numbers to be consistent. 

rarely got 35 hours, usually under 20, even with 3 accounts.  I was crucified every time I said anything, but this is not uncommon.  When I left there were at least 5 months that left around the same time, for the same reason.  I was depleting my savings because I wasn't making any money. 

There are always some accounts that have a ton of work and have frequent OT, but they also tend to be horrible accounts. 

With the holidays coming up there are going to have fewer people having elective surgery so the census will be done.  MTs will be trying to get every line they can for Christmas money, so I can't forsee tha the work load is going to increase. 

that all those leaving MQ and applying at KS will even get a position.  They have at least 3 platforms that I know of and maybe more other than Meditech. 

I never worked for MQ and never worked on Meditech so I can't compare.  From what I have heard about MQ I don't know how any company could possibly be worse . 

and then when the dust settles there isn't enough work and a bunch leave.  There are accounts with tons of work, but they are usually older accounts and for some reason they won't allow them to be used as backup accounts.  Pay is better than most companies, but if you can't get your lines in it doesn't help.  Pay always on time and if payday falls on a holiday pay is early.

They weren't a good fit for me, which turned out to be a good thing because I'm in a much better place now than I was with them, but I've worked for worse companies.  If you are looking to work for one company I'd advise again that with Webmedx.  I was only getting 12-15 hours in a week.  I was always available my scheduled shift and was willing to work my days off, there just wasn't enough work.