company asking for cc of SS card and driver's license

I have been offered a position with a company and got the application/paperwork in the mail.  They are requesting a copy of my SS card and my driver's license.  I have never had these requested before.  Also, I would appreciate if anyone has any info to share on Meridian.

Thanks!

• company asking for cc of SS card and driver's license - bellasmom
  • That's what the SS card is for!! And your sm - nm
  • I provided several months for a company - nm
  • If you're illegal, they'll waive that requirement - LOL - nm
  • I've had to submit mine for a lot of transcriptions jobs. Sounds okay to me. nm - Wandering MT
  • SS and DL - Concerned
  • Isn't Meridian a payroll company? - nm
    • no, Meridian Healthcare Solutions - bellasmom
  • don't provide unless hired. - pdqtrans
  • I've had to do this for several companies - has to do with proof of citizenship - SM
    • No one should ask for this information until you are hired. - HR person here
      • duh - OP stated she was hired and it was part of - application/hiring packet - NM
    • Whoa. Back up here just a minute. - anon

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I have only worked for MDI a few months, but I can tell you they appreciate their MTs. Compared to the doctor I have worked for 9 years for and whom USED to give me a $1000 bonus, but this year.. NOTHING.. I had been working both jobs, but that made me decide to tell the doctor to take a hike and devote all my time to MDI.. where I'm appreciated...

Sounds like you have it pretty good.   I didn't get squat from my company, and there are times when I do not even get a paycheck on time.  If your company is making a profit and able to pay you on time and offer an incentive, and is not owned by some private equity firm that may go under -- you are very lucky.  

Our apologies for letting her out.  She has no sense of humor.

Listen, this industry can only do what WE let them do people.  I finally got tired of spending my time to test only to get no response or such a low ball offer that I wouldn't even have considered it anyway, so I put ME in the driver's seat.  I am a CMT and have over 25 years MT/QA experience, so guess what-I tell THEM what I am going to do or not do. I had 2 job interviews this morning, BEFORE testing, and turned both down as soon as I heard the offer, much to the interviewers dismay and surprise.  Look, if the majority of people don't test without getting the specifics of the job first, then they can't require that.  If you are getting low ball starting pay and crap hours, if the majority don't accept it, they can't do it.  It works much like a Union, majority rules.  If they can find people to do the job at slave wages and crap hours, they will do it!  What are some not getting about this.  We are the experts, we say what we do! 

I DO NOT test until I am contacted by phone by a company representative, NOT EMAIL, PHONE, which I state on my resume.  Listen, I might not even be interested once I hear what the pay/hours are, therefore why waste my time. We must make them respect us for what we are good at, AND without MTs/QAs they don't make any money. 

It is time for US to tell THEM what we will do or not do!  Think about it when you are frantically sending out resumes all over cyberspace and taking tests that require YOUR time.  Demand some respect for what you know and do and stop being bullied!

extra money.  Sheesh.  I have just gotten to the point I do not say anything.  Granted, it is not brain surgery, but just being able to type and access the internet does not mean you can sit down and instantly be a transcriptionist, but I do not waste my breath trying to explain anymore.  Back LONG before the days of HIPAA and all that, my niece said she thought she would do this (same mind set, it is just typing, etc), so I sent her home with a cassette from one of the doctors at my clinic.  She brought it back the next day and told me no thanks, but she did have a new respect for what I do after that.

Now, I'm thinking maybe I should be a bus driver because I need some extra money.  Aaah, how life turns  ...

nm

I wasn't one of the ones complaining, but I did get a nice card from my employer.  I don't expect anything from my bosses.  When I do get something I am appreciative. The only thing I actually demand and expect from them is the appropriate paycheck on payday.

new, stupid, law that disallows wishing people a Merry Christmas.   I haven't received my usual card from the other company I work for, either.  This brings me to what I think is an accurate conclusion--we can blame the lawmakers for their new ridiculous law.  

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY.  HAPPY HANUKKAH.  HAPPY KWANZA. 

So, put me in jail, already, lawmakers.

numbers you give them when you order something?

Last year, I tried to order a Dell keyboard.  I must have wound up on the phone with someone from India, and before I could give her my credit card number, she insisted on knowing whether it was a personal or business account.

At that point, I told her I didn't feel comfortable giving my information to her, and I hung up.  I will never order anything from Dell again because of this.  In fact, I've limited my on-line, over-the-phone purchases since this happened.

I agree with you that we should boycott, but maybe we shouldn't limit it to the healthcare industry.