Thats good and great, always consult a lawyer.
Posted By: MT Lawyer on 2005-12-06
In Reply to: There's got to be a way to do something about this. - my thoughts
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Anybody know a good lawyer?
We need to,like the court reporters did, file a class action lawsuit against these snake oil salesmen who want to jettison our tried and true dictation and transcription mode of medical record keeping. They have every trick in the book to try to convince doctors and hospitals to do VR or EMR and it hasn't turned out very well for them. They spend more time with their nose in the computer for EMR point and click entry than they do with the patient. VR, well don't get me started. Anyway, the court reporters fought voice reporting and won and now they don't use it anymore. We can't just keep sitting here like potted plants. We must do something.
Well, call a lawyer then. A good one. You could even get court costs paid by your employer probabl
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System great, pay good, everything great, but most managers from old Edix, problems, poor people ski
when you are out of work, you are out of luck. If you are good at brown-nosing, are tough enough to be without any self-esteem, and have maybe money coming into the household on the side in case you tick someone off, then you may succeed, for a little while.
Don't ever ask questions or have problems with anything. Don't ever have a problem. Don't think you will have any control over anything you do, either.
A few 'good' managers remained when I left, but the new ones were all from the old Edix, and were completely into numbers, cared nothing for individual MTs...if there is work, you BETTER be working. If there no work, you will hear nothing, no one will help you.
Good company, great people, good benefits.
Affordable insurance. Good luck!
Are you really a lawyer?
Are you really a lawyer?
the Lawyer said....
In using .PDF documents are encrpyted by a date when it was turned into .PDF and somewhat protected by tampering. Like a scanned or picture it could be detected by experts if needed to undergo tests. Thus making a case to go into court.
everyone needs a lawyer
If that's the case, everyone on these boards need attorneys. We all can state our opinions without the fear of being tromped on like you are doing. If you like the company, that is wonderful. Goodness gracious. Calm down. It is okay.
You are a lawyer then?
I certainly am not a lawyer but I cannot possibly imagine a company being required to pay OT they didn't ask to be worked. So far as emails I have personally received asking for help to meet TAT,they ALWAYS say something to the effect of....if you have not met your line or hour requirements...if they want over time they ask for it and they INSIST on paying for it!!!!
One thing I do agree with you on is the discipline you mentioned. Might be a good idea for someone to let management at TT know what is being said here and I would personally be delighted if they could identify the malcontents and FIRE them. All-in-all Transtech is a good company...not perfect by any means...but as an old goat with nearly half a century in this business I can tell you there are a WHOLE LOT worse companies out there and I hope some of you find them. You deserve it!
I am not a lawyer but I wonder
what the Labor Commission might say about requiring someone to work for a week without pay before hiring. I'll betcha they would say plenty. Might be worth running it past them. Where do you live? I know that in California that kind of nonsense would never fly.
Good for you!!!! I think that is great
I wish i would have had a training opportunity like that! You go girl!!! 
Now that's funny, I wish I was a lawyer and not an MT,
I could delegate work to the paralegals and make the big bucks instead of sitting here 10 hours a day, often 7 days a week with swollen legs and an aching back.
i hope you pay your lawyer more than your MTs. lol NM
I would contact a lawyer
Keep all your documentation and contact a lawyer. Good luck! What a low-down scheme - and I think All Type is behind it 100%!
Great to hear! Good for you!
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Spheris, not so great. HS was good.
Hey halfpass...I was there for over 5 years. I know where you are coming from...I was with HS prior to the buyout myself. Sad to see how things changed.
Great .. that's good news. Thanks so much. :-) nm
Great, good luck! nm
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Maybe the best advice your lawyer can give
is to leave well enough alone when these threads start. I have personally witnessed your responses on countless threads on more than just one board, and I am always amazed at how you just don't understand you hurt yourself more than any posting of =rumors= about your company. You say we don't know how you run your business. Well, we know a lot more about it now with your post than we did before, don't we? (psst, so do your competetors) Is that necessarily a good thing? I don't see the CEO of Medquist running around on here trying to imply legal ramifications or trying to help us understand that company's way of conducting business. In 1997 I quit a company where the owner sent out a memo telling employees not to discuss it on the internet. It amazes me that an owner believes s/he has the kind of control over anyone to regulate what the people who work for them think or do OR feel intimidated that your lawyer is going into the Big Brother Business.
For the record, I have never looked into working for your company, am not a former employee/contractor, have no interest in doing any sort of business with you whatsoever. The reason I mention this is because I have mentioned this to you in the past and it continues to fall on deaf ears. You do more harm by what you say than any of the MTs, editors, students, curious onlookers, do here. If you try to hold your head up high and let things be, the reputation of your company could possibly benefit, but then, I don't control what you say, think, feel or do, either.
When I recently contacted a lawyer who represents outsourcing employers about what I thought was a rather intrusive employee handbook with strict verbage about talking about that company in public and even in private email, her response to me was to sign it. She reminded me that it didn't change what I thought, but employers don't like employees/contractors bad mouthing them, and then asked me why I felt it was a big deal. So now I'm going to offer you to think about that from your side. Employees/contractors don't like employers bad mouthing them, and by the way, why is it a big deal for you? Tend to your business and let go of what you can't control.
my 2 cents for what it is worth
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Einstein: Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
They'll be getting a letter from my lawyer...
... if I don't get a check by the end of the week. I already informed her of that. We'll see how easy that is to ignore. She isn't in the US right now or I'd sure be calling her every day, multiple times a day until I saw a check.
It's definitely illegal... call a lawyer and you will see.........sm
There are lawyer who specialize in labor law and they will tell you. Although young people can be ill, this is slanted toward the eldery as far as the bias. And right, you cannot discriminate against someone who is handicapped and I'm sure they have a lot of medical bills. I'm telling you, these companies are in for some trouble!
wrong answer and any lawyer
the MTs who want to work set schedules and be ICs - go for it; just know that you are allowing these companies to take advantage. If you are a true IC, then you don't need them to give you a schedule. No one knows when the work is available. These companies place work into the system at any given time. It's not always the dictators dictating when the work is published to be transcribed.
Some of us don't want to be taken advantage of any longer; it's time these MTSOs pay us as employees if they want to dictate set schedules and have us use their equipment and especially count our lines for us. As an IC with my own accounts, I count the lines, and I bill the client my way, not their way!
wouldn't her lawyer guide here on that? NM
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This sounds like one of those lawyer commercials --
Good company (not absolutely great). Been with
them for almost a year (March will be a year). Lots of work. Does not offshore. Pays well. You will read good and bad. I just have no complaints at this time and I have been doing MT for 16 years. Good luck in whatever decision you make.
Good! Great people to work for!
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Webmedx is great for me; good benefits, sm
PTO, reasonable insurance cost. Plenty of work, decent platform (although we had some trouble last week but that's rare). I realize one company can't be right for everyone, but Webmedx has been great for me. 8 years and counting.
And a great opinion! Good post. nm
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Thats great. I was hoping for good things
Which accounts are you working? Do you like them? Are you making alot of money? Does Hils pay on time, every time?
Thanks
I think it's great the 3 of us got a good feeling and accepted....
Good luck to all of us who choose to accept the offer.
CHEERS!!!
Great company, better than average pay, good
benefits. The account that they are hiring for is a very challenging, high volume ESL account. Some people do okay on it, others just aren't able to do the work. The platform is Lotus Notes, but basically you type in Word, use SpeedType (same as ShortHand). They provide all hardware/software. They are pretty strict on schedule, not much leeway, though if you need off for an appointment there isn't a problem. QA is strict, minimum QA score is 98.5, 1200 lines/day. Good tech support. You get your QA'd reports back daily. Lately there has been a lot of OT on the weekends.
They are making a transition to something similar to VR. They are starting out slow with one account, one work type, but within a year hope to transition more accounts.
They pay for downtime. Pay is DD, always on time and correct.
You should feel great now! All good news.
It's a relief for all of us Ex-Qers who are used to being abused.
Wow .. it's great to hear from you! Thanks for the good wishes. sm
The thing with eTransPlus was not a good fit for me either. I think it is probably a good company, it just didn't work for me as my start date kept getting pushed back, I was running out of work, there were program glitches, etc. Sometimes some things are just not meant to be. I hope you get on with Keystrokes again. I know it sounds kind of gushy, but I have found them to be truly wonderful people. I don't need someone to constantly sing my praises or anything -- decent pay and plenty of work is enough -- but it is kind of nice to hear thank you every now and then, and know that if you have a problem arise, someone will listen and try to help you.
Again, thanks for posting -- great to hear from you! Good luck! 
Lawyer alert! Fishing for info!
Looking for biziness??
Uhmmm shouldn't you be consulting your lawyer
Ya know this has taken over the entire company board, and it's not fair. No one can even ask regular questions due to all this mess.
Oops - some posts did show up for them - mostly good, but anything else would be great.
Any other details? Decent medical/dental? Is 10c a line possible?
Great company with good rate offer
nice people in the management too.
Good luck with your new job! Hope it works out great! nm
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issues talk to lawyer. This is easier than starving?
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Good accounts, great people, plenty of work. sm
I'm past that "honeymoon" stage of the first few months that another poster mentioned. I still find them to be the best for me. Never run out of work, always there for questions, including timely responses, great people (QA and otherwise).
I'd highly suggest contacting either your supervisor or Jane (as she offered) about lack of work. As you should see on the daily reports, there is plenty of work out there.
Good luck & I hope it works out for you.
All good. Computers they supply $20 PP. Average pay, but GREAT support!
Work load consistent. Nothing bad at all to say. LOVE THEM!
Sorry to hear that because that was a good account with great normals. Hope
you find a new home where you will be appreciated and with good line counts!
I work on a great platform, have good QA support and make
a lot more than 8 cpl. I even have GREAT benefits, which are more than affordable. There are good companies out there that pays for experience!!!!
Thansk for giving me a good laugh! LOL Great point!
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Gotta agree -- YOG was the best! Great pay, good benefits. I quit sm
the moment I heard she had sold to MQ .. ugh.
Webmedx fits that bill, great company, great benefits, great pay and always on time. NM
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You made a good choice. The staff is great, program simple. Welcome! nm
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Scroll down a week or so. Tons of good stuff. Great company
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Seems to be good and bad in the archives. Rude & running out of work to very professional, great
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I love the company -- great people, good tech support, sm
good benefits. The pay could be more, but at least there is a production incentive tier that is not too tough to achieve. Overall, I would say this is probably one of the best places I have ever worked. If the no work situation continues, I guess I will just have to call them and ask for a secondary. Everyone in the office has always been very helpful and supportive. I just get nervous when it is not a holiday or anything and no files are available. That is just my little thing, I guess. I still would not hesitate to recommend the company to anyone.
Hope this helps.
Read that post below on hospitals? They're definitely good for great bennies! nm
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Great company -- good benefits, average pay, easy-to-achieve sm
incentive tier, ExText platform, pay by direct deposit every 2 weeks, always on time. The people in management seem to genuinely care about the employees, which is a nice plus. I have been there since October and am very happy. Of course, one man's paradise is another man's hell it seems at times, but it is a good fit for me.
Good luck!
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