Whenever I feel like it, as long as

• IC status - anon
  • How do you think MTSO can figure this way of working into her business plan? - nm
  • If you are an IC... - sm
    • Thanks - that was always my - anon
    • An MTSO can say I need these lines by this time, and you, as an IC, either say yes or no. - nm
      • True but I got news for ya - you aren't going to get steady work anywhere that way.- - MTSO2
        • consider the MT already has a full-time job, though - hmm
        • Whenever I feel like it, as long as - deadlines are met. (nm)
          • You're describing p.r.n. status, not IC. You need to look for a company who hires sm - nm
            • see msg - not true

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Makes no sense to me.. 

We've got fiery, feisty redheads all over this country, although my brother and his wife got married in Ireland.

I did the same thing last year and it was a big mistake.  Some people enjoy working for them but I just couldn't make any money.  I was on 5 different accounts and they would all run out of work.  It was just so frustrated and couldn't live off the money I was making from them.  Needless to say, I left quickly. 

I wish you much luck!!!!

Must have been your time. Congratulations and I hope they have an awesome offer for you...

I too am in the same boat. The only thing different is I work for another company. From what I can see it sounds like transcription is heading in the direction or VR. They want us to do twice the work for half the money. Most days I struggle to make 12.00 an hour. It is to the point where after transcribing for over 20 years that I will be going back to school and getting as far away from transcription as possible. Between the cut in pay and wondering if I am going to have enough work I am finding that it is not worth staying in this profession.

MGR, you appear to be a very sad, depressed and hateful person.  Your attitude towards foreigners is tainted and not what I believe this country is all about.  We have the ability and opportunity to obtain gainful employment here, something other countries don't have.  This is the home of the FREE and the brave.  You are free to choose employment that suits you best. Obviously Transcend is not for you, I wish you would utilize that freedom and find someplace else to work. 

I pray that you do not have children who are being raised in such an atmosphere of contempt, distrust and hatred.  Perhaps you should try visiting third-world countries where people stand in line for the opportunity to work in places such as underground mines (and are grateful for the job) so you may begin to appreciate what you have right here and now!

You need an attitude adjustment, MGR.  Try counting your blessings once in a while, it would be refreshing for all of us who visit this post.

I took an IC job because I have kids, and it seems like I have to do everything.  Bring a full-time paycheck, be full-time mom, wife, etc.  Here's the deal. I work at home to be with the kids. That is the point.

So, this weekend and last week we were really busy and I tried my best to work a lot all weekend.  Then, we got e mails from work saying that we were not pulling our weight and we would be reevaluated. So, I e mailed the boss, apologized and said I would do better. 

Now, today my little boy is home sick with the flu. I am here with one ear typing and also trying to be with him. He is pale and sick on the couch. I don't know how to feel. I feel like I am letting my son down by saying I have to work or will get into trouble after these work e mails this weekend. He says he undertstands, but is only in 3rd grade. Now I am so distracted I can't even think to work at all and am on here. 

I know a mature approach would be to just e mail boss and say my son is sick, especially since I am an IC. But since there were at least 5 e mails from 3 bosses over the weekend about our promises and schedule, and my kids already stayed in their rooms all weekend to keep away from my typing, I don't want to rock the boat. Uggg. Thanks for listening. I thought that being an IC meant being with my children and being supermommy, while earning work full time. I guess not. BTW: Sure, I could make the lines up tonight, but he is sick, and often needs me to stay with him, and I  am so tired I fall asleep after days like today.

Thanks for listening. I guess I am posting because is it my imagination or was being an IC supposed to be different? Or, a job is a job, no matter what, and I can't do it all? Just confused. Well, back to work. Thanks for listening.

my kids are 13 months apart, MT is what I have done since going back to work when they were young.  I am actually going back to school for RN in fall 2009 the same as you.  However, my kids are now 15 and 16, a little more self-sufficient.  I do not know your financial or personal situation so it is hard to say.  I will tell you that when our kids were young, my husband worked so it was easier for us.  He had to retire because of a disability a few years ago.  Again it was great because then he was there to help with dinner, run the kids, etc.  We had the most wonderful of years very early for a reason.  He was killed in March 2007, so now it is just me and my two kids.  We have no family close by to depend on, so we just wing it and lots of prayers get us through.  I am going back to school for the same reason, no work, and now that my kids are older, I am facing college tuition back to back, vehicles, marriage, etc. on whatever I can make.  Think long and hard about what you want to do.  If you have someone you can trust like your husband or a family member to help take care of the kids while you go to school and get started, then it is something to consider.  You may even wait until they are a little older as like in my case, I am so thankful for all the time our family had together.  You have to be the one to decide what is best for your family.  There is no right or wrong, just what you think is best.  Don't worry, the answer will come when it is time.  If you have already registered, maybe your answer already has. 

I wish you the very best and may God bless you!  Though my situation is not what I planned, it is what God planned.  Life is very short, we just have to do the best we can with what we have while we are here. 

to write a book, but a person who worked for me AND them at the same time is still there after years of work and I trust what she tells me, that's the reason I went to them.

If you've noticed, some companies just hire you willy nilly and do not follow the guidelines and laws, this company does, to the absolute letter.  They were the most professional I have seen yet, and had they had a different shift, I'd be there in a minute. I also have a good friend who is a recruiter for another company who tells me they are awesome to work for from what she's heard from MT candidates looking for second jobs.