You aer required to work 3 holidays each year ... not sure about the quitting early thing. nm
Posted By: LTMT on 2006-10-30
In Reply to: transtech - marshmallow
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And you are required to work 3 holidays per year, but you get extra pay for that. nm
Must work one year and then 5 days off - no holidays
are paid days off. If you chose to take the day off you don't get paid, if you work the holiday usually lines and a half for that day.
NO paid holidays for us all year round. If there is any work on the holiday, you get
lines and a half, but usually there is no work. They usually clear out the work before the holiday so there is no 1-1/2 line pay remaining. Transtech names 6 holidays each year, but the MT takes those holidays off WITHOUT pay.  I am sure the office staff and all other non-MT staff take off WITHOUT pay, too, aren't you???? LOL
Which MT companies DO pay an MT for holidays. I don't consider a day a HOLIDAY unless it is PAID. They can call it 6 holdays, but have to take off without pay . . . . just another day, i.e, get sick -- NO PAY.
That is not much when MT's required to use those days for sick, vacation, and holidays.
So don't plan a vacation, or get sick, or want off any holidays for to spend with family. 11 days are just not enough for a year's work for any company. The office staff, I am sure, get to take a vacation, or sometimes sick, and are off holidays to be with their families.
Why do at-home MT's get treated like this when we are paid on production and have to really PUSH to get a decent living, and then not be respected the same as an office employee. We produce piece work !
What I mean is, to be paid for holidays, even if you dont work. Major holidays.
Sorry. What I mean is, to be paid for holidays, even if you dont work. Major holidays.
Also you get 3 of 6 holidays OFF every year
rotate Christmas and T'giving if they happen to fall on your day to work. You never have to work both in the same year.
You get paid extra to type on holidays even if you aren't scheduled to work.
I love Transtech, best company I have ever worked with.
3 holidays per year, your choice, except (sm)
Christmas and Thanksgiving which must be 1 of the 3, and you have to rotate those 2. You are paid time and a half on a holiday, whether scheduled or not.
What they told me in the e-mail was 3 holidays per year
What they are looking for now are MTs who want to work either Sunday thru Thursday or Tuesday thru Saturday, and they only require 700 lines per day. That's what they told me in the e-mail they just sent me.
You only get 3 holidays OFF per year. PTO is paid at a very low rate. There is 401k...sm
But the company match is only up to 2%. Employees are required to work at least 1 weekend day every week.
All of the hospitals/clinics have a lot of ESLs, that's just the way it is. But a lot of them also use canned normals, which we love.
There's a lot more to consider than how much the medical plan costs.
My company only acknowledges 6 holidays per year, and Easter isn't one of them, so no extra pay.
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Most larger companies do not close for holidays, this is a 24 houra day/365 day a year job. (nm)
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Webmedx has 6 paid holidays a year, separate from PTO, for full time employees.
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Quitting, more work and other melodrama
And you know I police everyone else because? Quite the assumption to make, eh? And spoken like a true cherry picker. Do my own work? Nah, I'm too busy doing the work everybody else has decided they're too good to do and they throw it back. Yes, please explain exactly how I get to do MY OWN work. Either you are a cherry picker yourself or you don't have people cancelling jobs and throwing them back for you to do, which results in a pretty crappy line count at times. You don't know me, don't make assumptions about who I'm policing. And, betcha the non-cherry pickers aren't afraid of us police!
Yep, hiring again. Are people quitting or what? There never seems to be a lot of work to me. nm
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Dont bother. Not enough work to go around. People are quitting.
I guess at this rate, they may be hiring if everyone ends up quitting due to lack of work. They will come on here and state that we should just call the office and you will get put on another account. That is a joke. We have all tried that and you get ignored.
"People are quitting" -- who? I work in the home office
and no one has quit in the last month.
Woke up to no work early this a.m.
So, it's slow already, and this is the last payperiod before Christmas. How are you doing on this payperiod with your company?
I woke up at 1 a.m. and stayed until 7 a.m. to find 2 reports for me. Not a good way to start off the week. Wondering what your company will do for you and your family this Christmas paycheck.
BTW: When this MT worked inhouse at a hospital eons ago, there was always a holiday bonus for the Christmas paycheck, and it was never less than 1,000.00. Paid for Christmas and more. Now that they have outsourced, guess what this MT is getting? 40.00 until the end of the week for food money for a family of 5. 
Ho ho ho. Happy Holidays. Hope you will fare better!
Any of you MT's up early this a.m . and trying to work, but got disconnected from VPN and cannot
logged back in to work?? Don't know if it is a server problem or what, but cannot log back into VPN.
No work at MDI-FL. Starving. What a waste of day getting up early for nothing.
This gets old. It has been like this for a week. I wonder how long people are supposed to hang out and do nothing.
Are you required to work major holdays at KS. I know nature of biz to work them. Thanks for info. nm
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Went through the same thing last year sm
It was not nearly as bad as you folks had it this year but at least 3 times I had to "prepare" which was very time-consuming (especially in grocery store) shopping, bringing in supplies from shed, cleaning up, etc.
I lost power during 2 of the storms. Luckily I didn't have to evacuate. I can only imagine how much work one would lose from having to evacuate.
I did call my job before each storm to warn them I might not be in contact or able to work and they understood. Just told me to stay safe and job was secure.
Wishing you the best. Are you home now? Hope all is well. :-)
I think I got it. Same thing I got last year.
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MQ did the same thing in less than a year. nm
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Oh I just put that 25 year thing on sm
there so I would get experienced folks who get it about the ESLs, etc that we are required to do in this profession.
This account is one I did years ago when working for MQ. I don't think there is going to be problems with no work. I can get along with anybody and as long as they leave me alone I don't care. They even are asking about overtime so I don't think it will be a problem!
Thanks for responding.
Maybe is it for a particular account. I work M-F. You are required to work one weekend an month.
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I was wondering the same thing! As of last year, they
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Nice people, can be low on work especially in the early part of the week SM
Be warned, they don't pay for normal reports.
Same thing happened at TT the year before in October, too.
For those of us left with TT for 2 year, there is hardly ever sufficient work to work your negotiated shift. Always asked to flex and move right into the weekends to get enough lines, if possible to even on weekends for everyone trying.
Clinic or acute care? I am looking to work 5-6 hours a day during the morning and early SM
afternoon hours. Which type of work is more appropriate for this kind of schedule, clinic or acute care? I really do have some time constraints outside of these hours as well as on weekends, so I need to find something where I can concentrate on working during those daytime hours. I am a newer Transcriptionist (at this point looking for IC), and I am hoping to find a place to stay for a long time. Any advice appreciated. Thanks
wow, good thing i turned them down earlier this year, thanks
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Same thing happened to me last year. Got garbage. Left after 6 wks. Those w/
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Nope, not a catch. The only thing you need to do to qualify I think is have been there one year in
to be eligible. They pay like four weeks at full pay (your average weekly earnings) or eight weeks at half pay. Your choice. They strongly believe that it's the right thing to do.
Same thing happened to me last year and when it picked up, it was crazy sm
For the rest of the year.
You will be required to work set hours.
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You misunderstood. You are required to work
That is not a falsehood. It is true you have 24 hours to get the lines in but does that mean there will be lines there to get in during the day. E mails are constantly sent urging people, even using strong language for people to work Friday through Sunday and evenings, to skip soccer games and family activities to work because that is when the work is there. Please don't glaze things over by calling it a falsehood. They don't say they require anything but 1 weekend day and the rest of the time during the week BUT the contract also says they don't have to provide work to you at all at any time. It is stressed that as an MT you must s-t-r-e-t-c-h to make sure our jobs stay in this country. That means: in other words, they overhired, so get the lines in when you can and that better be nights and weekends,or whenever they e mail you to jump. Now call that a falsehood, and you will certainly be misinformed.
You are required to work your schedule, even
if you get your lines in. OT is paid at the standard 1-1/2 times your rate, but you don't get OT for typing over 1200 lines a day, unless you do the lines outside your normal schedule. If you are scheduled to work 9 to 5 whatever lines you do are at your line rate. If you work before 9 or after 5 those lines will be paid at 1-1/2 times your rate, so if you make 10 cpl, then OT will be 15 cpl. Also there is a shift differential. I'm not sure the exact hours are per shift, but if you work anything other than first shift there is a differential. Third shift pays a higher differential than second.
They also pay for downtime, so if the servers are down or there is a lack of work (which we have been on OT for months), then you keep track of your time and they pay an hourly rate. If you are a productive MT you would make more money typing, but at least it is something. You aren't required to make up lines outside your shift either.
Required hours for IC work~~curious
I keep seeing ads where you are required to submit a schedule and work scheduled hours for IC positions. Is this legal? I thought that was an IRS requirement of independent contractors that you do your work on your own time. Am I wrong? It seems like the industry is headed in this direction. Companies don't want to hire employees and don't want to pay taxes either.. I guess I can understand that, but I am not sure how they can get away with it.
Their website says wknd work is required. nm
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How do you get your required lines if there was no work at DSG or Keystrokes. Is
that a problem with them if there is no work or what do you do. Thanks!
Full-time MTs, what LD company do you use for work (if LD is required, of course) ?
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I agree they have WAY over hired, but I am required to work my schedule..you got it made then!
You're wrong. You are not required to work one weedend day a week.
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You have to work 3 holidays for them, though. nm
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Only 8.5 cpl but only work 4 holidays. Btw, just
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As an IC, I do not work holidays.
I do not get holiday pay, so I do not work holidays. That is the reason I am an IC, because I want weekends and holidays off to be with my family.
Re. Holidays and Low/No Work
If you are EMPLOYEE status, this would most likely fall under engaged to work. If you are required to work the holiday, you must get paid minimum wage each hour you are required to be either actively working or checking to see (ugh!!) if there is any work. For that matter, holiday or not, if you are at your desk waiting for work & it's your regular shift, you are, in effect, HIRED for that particular shift whether there's work or not. (Imagine working at a fast food or store or toll bridge - and they told you you'd only get paid if a customer came in & bought something or you were able to collect a toll/fare. Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it??
MTSOs have gotten away with such bull for too long. Like in any other business - no work? TOUGH!! THEY need to absorb the cost - not the employee. Most are aware now that WE know what's going on ... and that we have labor law backing us. Thus, many are being very coy about telling you that you need to work your hours/shift ... any questions are answered in very vague terms.
What's also is a lot of crap is this business of, Keep checking in/out of your PC to check for work. BS with capital letters! I'm either hired to work my regular shift or holiday or I'm not. What's also messed up with this in/out and check for work business, esp. on a holiday - they require you to work/be available for the holiday, but then turn around and say you don't have to stay at your PC if no work. But what about my holiday? Could have had Thanksgiving dinner with family or Xmas with friends - can't go anywhere, but, Oh... you don't have to stay at your computer all day (transl. so we don't have to pay you) - just keep checking in/out. Yeah, right, enjoy your own holiday, suits!
Very few MTSOs pay for holidays. Some give you 6 days you can use for holidays or regular PTO, but
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Who here is required to type 1800 lines on a daily basis for FT work?
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Oh, yeah, NOT fair to those TransTech MT's who are REQUIRED to work a certain # of hours per mont
on weekends! Tell us how you managed to talk TT mgmt into that favor for you! Oh, no, another TT fav !!!
Well, what do they do when people dont meet their required lines due to no work. Most ridiculous
thing I ever heard of. Overhire and then I expect MTs are to work 24/7 to get in required lines. Nothing like making a total fool out of people. Hardly worth making minimum wage now is it.
well, I didn't work between the holidays at all....
so I don't know about that time period, but I didn't have any work at all on Tuesday, 1/3,
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