We apparently don't have the same coverage

• Who has decent health insurance? - Had Enough
  • To Had Enough - sm
  • High insurance costs are a national problem, not just in MT. My husband's company sm - FedUp
  • I think you're confusing the deductible with the premium. sm - THer
  • Webmedx has the best overall family coverage plan.....nm - webmedx family coverage
    • WMX has best overall family coverage - Meg
    • about 180 per 2 weeks for family, dental, and vision. - webmedx family coverage
      • Webmedx insurance - Meg
  • insurance - carrie
  • The premium is sm - mlstoo
    • When I said $1000 a month - sm - Had Enough
  • sure you got the same email? According to mine, the family - premium was half what you quote
    • We apparently don't have the same coverage - Had Enough
      • You need pay attention to what is sm - mlstoo
        • This is true, but - sm - Had Enough
          • If you were charged deductibles at Dr office, then you - weren't using a participating provider
            • The doctor was a participating provider - sm - Had Enough
  • Yeah, yeah, I spelled health wrong - - Had Enough

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I am not sure where I go from from here.  She told me that she would pay me for invoices from 06/26 and 07/11 on 07/22 (yesterday).  When I emailed her and asked her to verify that she had indeed paid me, she read the email (you can check on AOL) and did not respond.  It is only $338, but in my world right now, that is a lot of money to lose.  I blame myself because I broke one of my rules by working for someone who did not have direct deposit, and also by waiting for over a month to get my first check.  She did pay that one, but I am thinking now it was only because she still needed me to continue working to finish out her vacation coverage. 

I suppose I can file a small claims suit, although I thought someone told me that you have to go to that state to file.  She's in Virginia and I am in Colorado.  I have a friend in that area, so perhaps he could do the preliminary leg work for me for that.  I was also going to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.  I thought of contacting her clients to let them know that although she is paid for her services, she does not pay others, but I am not sure if that is legal or not. 

I am a bit frustrated -- mad at myself for trusting her -- and scared too because I was counting on the money.  Any ideas? 

Thanks.

work at home and cannot be present in the office for a big warm and fuzzy ''group hug''  we feel entitled to other ''stuff'' in compensation? 

Group e-mails do very little for me, by way of validation.  What does mean something to me is a personal e-mail if/when I do something meritorious, above and beyond, to deserve it.  If I really push beyond my contractual obligation to help clear a backlog, work on my days off at the boss's request, do a spectacular job on a very difficult dictation and get an ''attagirl'' from QA - on those occasions, I appreciate being commended or thanked.  But a generic e-mail thanking me for not calling in sick all the time, being dependable, working the days I have agreed to work, being as accurate as I am expected to be really means nothing to me.  This just reminds me of the ''every kid gets a trophy'' theory we operate under nowadays.  If you want a reward, do something extra to deserve it!

spend the last few months somewhere else and then change to KS, or have you been there all along?  I myself was at WMX for a while and have recently switched to another company but not KS. 

I am STILL not really adjusted, and I am just wondering how everyone is doing.  It's been tough, hasn't it? 

apparently has to dealing with MTs all day.

You people are unbelievable but then the moon is getting full and you come out in droves.  I like her sense of humor as well as her willingness to help an MT.

I am sure she knows the many personalities of the profession and is not offended which is evidenced by her remarks and good for her because if it were me, I would tell you what you could do with your remarks.  Trying to help you say by pointing out what was obviously a transposition, I think not. No one on this board is trying to help unless it was that recruiter. Apparently too many out there with not enough to do.

Wanted to thank each and every one of you who responded to me.  We will be adding accounts (mainly ortho) by the end of the month and will need more editors at that time.  I will be holding each resume and email I received and will be contacting some of you to see if you are still interested. 

THANK YOU AGAIN for writing.

I've heard some good and some bad about WebM, but you would need to find our for yourself through the recruiter.  I would stay away from companies who are not willing to answer questions before you test.  It will save you time.  There are plenty of companies out there. 

The funny part is I did have a good experience with Transcend albeit they offshore I guess, but I loved the recruiter.  I had to leave for personal reasons (death in the family) and when I went back a month later to try and get through the training process, I was told the schedule had changed.  This would have been an employee position.  I appreciated the honesty, but I could not work that schedule they offered.  They were great though in my opinion and I have 19 years in the business. 

been deleted.  After posting above I went back to look at the post that I referred you to and I cannot find it.  It was posted either last night or this morning and there were several discussions concerning this. 

although I would say that her earnings aren't that impressive.  She says MT isn't that hard.  Well, I beg to differ.  Now you have 500 pages of account specs which are ridiculous.  You have q.a. q.a.ing q.a. and none of them agreeing on anything, you have suits forever trying to figure out to increase the bottom line and this usually means taking it away from the MTs who actually do the work.  Then you have supervisors, supervisors to supervise the supervisors and so on.  No wonder there is nothing left to pay the MTs a living wage.  Not so long ago you didn't have any of these headaches.

As for newbies making the same; I would have no problem with that provided they did the same work I do.  I do have a problem with newbies being selectively given the easier dictation while I'm left with the impossible dictators just because I am able to do a pretty darn good job with them.  It's my OPINION that MT isn't going to get better, it's going to get progressively worse.  So I agree with Taylor that the more intelligent MTs who don't think working at home is THAT great of a fringe benefit, should be looking toward an exit strategy.  JUST MY OPINION OF COURSE.  lol

my own policy versus being an employee of a service.  When you think about it, being an employee for most of the services out there offers no real benefits at all.  I have found that the PTO that some of these companies offer as part of their benefits package is a crappy.  You basically get paid a base hourly rate for any PTO you take and that base rate never EVER equals what you actually make when typing.  So you are basically penalized for taking time off.

And health insurance benefit packages are a joke!  They pay nothing for family coverage and not to mention there is always the threat looming over your head that if your production falls, they can take your benefits away.

If I were you, I would either be an IC and buy your own policy or try to get on with a hospital that offers work at home MT jobs.  Hospitals are the only places that offer decent health insurance coverage for families.  I have my own accounts and bought a health insurance policy for my kids and I, but recently I took a job with a hospital just for the insurance.  So now I have my own accounts plus I work FT for a hospital from home.  I pay $175 a month for family coverage with a $1000 family deductible.  It was financially a smarter move for me to go to work as an employee with the hospital because I'm saving a bundle on insurance.

Again, let me say, I would NEVER go back to work as an employee for a service.  They don't offer anything that I would consider benefits.  You're better off buying your own policy.

but I do not need that right now.  I have a schedule but they are flexible hours so that really helps.  Pay does include all spaces, but what I like is the direct deposit and the steady work.  I have been with Medware for 2 years and always have work.  If my primary is out they give you a back up account.  Finally my income meets my needs and I can move ahead with some things around the house that needed fixing.  Plus it's nice knowing I have good health insurance.