employee of D&L for how long?
Posted By: LM on 2006-01-30
In Reply to: D&L - twina_bii
How long have you been employed there? Just wondering if they are stringing you around if you are new to the place.
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I am an employee, and they ARE flexible (as long as you do not abuse)...sm
and there is still plenty of work. Medware has different accounts and platforms so just because 1 account/platform does not have work does not mean that they ALL do not have work. I have worked for other companies that have had NO work, and so far have not had this issue since I have been with Medware. As a matter of fact, the ONLY time work has been low is around a holiday (usually the day after) but picks up VERY quickly, so not an all day thing. I have been with Medware for over a year and am VERY happy! HTH.
I'm a long-term Precyse employee ...
In short, if you need to make a decent living, to use the words of other posters about some other MT services, run, run very far and fast in the opposite direction.
Other employees may present another work experience, but I've found that despite the fact that they have great managers, good team spirit, and treat the MT's with courtesy and respect that for the most part the dictators are terrible, sound quality is poor, and I've yet to receive a stable primary. I get bounced around all over the place due to low work volumes or accounts being transferred over to the offshoring side of the company for Indian MT's to work on.
ASR takes up a significant portion of our transcription now. Between ASR and the offshoring it's my perception (and it may just be a matter of perception) that most of the 'easier' dictators have been routed in this direction while those of us still doing straight transcription get a more concentrated pool of challenged dictators. Because there's not a mix of the good and the bad it's very difficult to pull lines. I haven't made my company minimum production in I don't know when and know of many other MT's who are in the same boat.
The platform, though, is very user friendly and only rarely has glitches that prevent you from working (although glitches do occur).
I hope this helps.
P.S. For some reason it's difficult to find recent info in the archives on Precyse. I remember a week or two ago another poster saying that she too had done a search and couldn't come up with anything more recent than 2006, although I know that there have been more recent postings.
You'll work as an employee, not IC. Need your own C-phone and pay for your own long distance line
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Your fine as long as your employee, but if your IC, dont hold your breath waiting for a check.
Only employees get direct deposit. If you opt to be an IC, the checks may or may not get out and you may or not get them on a certain day.
No problem :) No matter how long, it is too long for me - I am broke the day after payday. Kids wi
do that to you!
I know that they have worked very hard to make sure that checks are never late and I can say that in the past two years, I have had one problem (2 days late) and in the past 18 months, they have all been on payday and perfect.
I know that there are a lot of hard feelings in MT in general. I also know firsthand (and I am not mgmt) how hard KS has worked to get things going good.
I would not want to walk in an MTSO's shoes for any amount of money, but that's just me. I like to finish my work for the day, forget about work when not working and get paid on payday. I never want the other things that go with mgmt or owning a company of any kind :)
Statuatory employee versus regular employee....
Can someone tell me the difference between a statuatory employee versus a regular employee? My company offeres IC or SE status....I am confused about whether switching over the SE would benefit me more than IC status that I have been for some time with them? What are the benefits and disadvantages of being an SE versus IC? Thanks for all of your help!
They definitely rip you off with your line count. Figured this out long ago and quit long ago
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What really sucks is that I looked for a LONG, long time -sm
before joining DRC - wanted a highly reputable, not-too-big co. that was LOCAL, and that treated its MTs humanely. I'm very happy with DRC & had planned to stay with them permanently.
They hire both IC and employee. I am an employee (see message)
and I have full benefits. I am very happy that I came to work here. I came as a statutory employee from a large company. Everyone at MDI has been great to me.
Depends on if you are employee or statutory employee (sm)
Employee, 8th and 23rd of month
Stat. Employee, 15th and 30th month
Diskriter - Anyone go from their employee to hospital employee with them?
Thinking about giving up on being their employee and applying for a hospital employee position through them, they have one in PA right now that looks good. How is it for scheduling? Do you keep your line rate or get whatever the hospital pays? Who manages those accounts, is it the same PM and DR that are on the other ones? I have DR and feel like she doesn't have a clue what she is doing and it is so annoying, but I just don't have the guts to let the company know she needs to step it up a notch because the transcriptionists are not happy under her. Are QA the same people or through the hospital. They have 1 QA that is constantly asking us questions on doctors and format, things we should be asking that QA person. Annoying that new people move up to QA but people who've been there 2 or 3 years get treated like dirt and jumped account to account.
Long, long history of not paying...and
similar posts have been made here in the past few months. Everyone thinks they will be different, and then they end up coming back here to warn others that they don't pay.
Only employee and statutory employee..no IC
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but those were long, long lines for
most of the reports. You could make more with a 65-character line count.
As an employee
I average about 8.5. They have an incentive if you type 12,000 in a 2-week pay period and that's not too hard to do on their system. Plus they pay higher on the weekends and at night (which I do on a split shift). I also figure the benefits are worth it because they use United, which I like the coverage in my area. All in all I am happy with them and I really like my team leader, that's a big plus to me.
Is this IC, SE, or employee?
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Yes they do, also employee and PT
positions were available when I interviewed 6 months ago.
Every employee is different.
I have found OSi to be very flexible. I personally do not work weekends. We are required to work holidays if they fall on your normally scheduled days; although, getting paid at 5 cpl extra. You can also request holidays off, which has never been a problem for me. I have never been denied on a request.
IC vs Employee
You will pay more taxes as an IC because of SSI, whereas as an employee, you do not (your employer pays half of SSI.)
You said you are an employee? Where?
Where are these 4 companies that pay $8K a quarter for bonuses?!?! Please, do tell!!
And provide enough work for you alone to do that much work?!?! Please, do share!!
When you are an employee, do you
If so, you are better off being an employee. Otherwise, the so-called self-employment tax cuts heavily into your earned income credit. It did for me at least, without having made a huge amount of self-employment income.
You can owe as an employee also
If you filled out your W9 form and put down for 10 dependents you would also owe or if your marital status changed or your deductions changed. All I am saying is that people think that because their employer is taking their taxes out for them they are not paying their own taxes. When you handle your own money, you just have to be structured enough to take out what an employer takes out. See your paycheck before and after taxes and see the percentage you are paying. When you get a tax refund that is YOUR money that the government has had for a year. You just underpaid. You can also overpay as a business owner or an IC and get a refund. But with the amount of deductions I have, I will never go back to an employee full-time as I would lose another 20% to the government and not ready to give that over.
employee or IC.
IC or employee?
I just checked their website and it states they only hire employees? It is possible to be an IC with them?
Yes, you can be IC or employee, nm
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Employee
Their platform is very productive and they offer full benefits to full-time employees. For that they do expect you to work an employee schedule as they try to have the coverage issues worked out. There have been some growing pains with work flow, but my experience has been they have been resolved quickly and certainly nothing chronic. They do not pay for spaces but I took that into account negotiating the line rate. The efficient platform and getting paid for headers also helps offset the spaces issue for me.
Is this as an IC, or are you an employee? nm
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They must be as I don't do employee (nm)
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Sorry.. Employee, soon to be EX, at MDI-FL..
Definitely need to clarify that.
Pay for IC vs. employee
I'm interested to learn the average difference in pay between IC and employee--such as, if as an IC I earn 9 cpl (65 char with spaces), as a regular employee what would be the equivalent? I'm guessing about 2 cpl less, so it would be 7 cpl as an employee. I don't need insurance though.
Thank you in advance!
IC vs employee
An employer generally pays about 20% in benefits and overhead for each employee which includes medical insurance, paid vacation, income taxes, 401K, equipment, fringe bennies. So yes, in the example you gave it would equate to about 0.2 cpl.
Employee only. nm
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Are you and employee or IC? (nm)
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An employee. nm
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Really? I am a former employee of one of those
companies and I know one of them do.
are you an employee? sm
if so they are bound to take out state taxes. If you are an IC, of course not. Oh-- and by the way-- you would have to pay your state taxes yourself anyway :)
P.S. And, yes, I was an employee.
And yes, taxes are ultimately the responsibility of the employee, but most legitimate companies withdraw taxes from the employee's paycheck. I found it difficult enough just paying my regular bills with the very low rate of pay this company offered, and it was impossible for me to also put aside extra money to pay for the taxes they refused to take out.
One of the reasons I decided to accept employment with them was because I belieevd of all the hype about them being best employer, etc., and I refused to listen to all the little warning signs that frequently popped up in my brain. I won't ever do that again.
Not the OP, but is she is an employee, sm
why shouldn't she get paid for downtime? If you worked at Burger King and no customers came in for an hour, yet you were required to be ready to service the customers, wouldn't you expect to be paid? JMHO
Now, if she is IC, she's out of luck.
Are u an employee or IC? nm
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I am an employee
I have written a demand for payment and have not worked since not receiving my check.
Any advice on who one contacts regarding those in the legal end to contact would be most helpful if anyone knows this info.
Thanks!
IC vs Employee
I know this subject has been broached before... but, how can a company seek an IC, and then assign work each day and expect you to put in X amount of hours, etc. I don't understand this... I was under the assumption that as an independent contractor, you work when you want. You are providing the company with a service, you are not their slave and do not have to answer to them at a certain time of day. IC means work is done and returned in the manner the IC sees fit. When asked part-time or full-time, what is the answer when you are an IC? Anyone else having this trouble? I would love to hear from you... 
I also do not see how a company can put you at edit status, and then never give feedback on blanks, etc. How do you ever get out of editing? Is it the IC's job to ask about blanks when you are already receiving a smaller pay rate to be in editing and trying to make some money while learning a new account.
Are you looking for employee or IC
CIT employee
I presently work for CIT and wouldn't work anywhere else. There definitely is work out there to be done--almost too much work. Bottom line is that I firmly believe your job is what you make it. If you think it's too tough and can't be done, then guess what... It will be too tough for you and you won't be able to do it. In regards to ESL dictators... I look at it as job security. They are not going to change or go away, so my goal is to learn to master them. Any good Transcriptionist knows that a short-cut program is the way to go--work smarter, not harder. At least our platform offers you one if you do not have one of your own and it is very easy to learn to use. I presently use my own, SPEEDTYPE, with my own standards for the dictators. As for communication, if there is a breakdown in communication--maybe all parties involved are not communicating with mutual respect?? Basically I don't expect my boss to have to contact me unless it is necessary. I was given what was expected and am allowed to accomplish it without having anyone breathing down my neck, but help is there if I ask for it. As for a small company, yes, we are at this point. Sam Walton didn't start Walmart with a boatload of people, each with one single specialized job, but a few very multitalented people who were flexible and able and willing to do what was needed in order to get the job done. Look at the number employed there now--YEARS later. My point is we are growing--fast. Bottom line though, is that there is no job that is perfect for everyone, so you need to find your niche in life, determine your goals and what YOU are willing to do to accomplish them, and you may be surprised how your dream job could be exactly where you are today.
Are you an employee
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Are you an IC or employee? nm
I am not now, nor have ever been an employee, but
I was offered a position by them within the last 6 months. The recruiter was so busy I.M. people during the interview that she couldn't keep a train of thought and I was distracted. I felt red flag #1. I'v heard from many people that you're questions go unanswered, despite the fact that management seems to I.M. each other all day long. The recruiter told me about this account that was fabulous and there was rarely an opening because the MTs loved it and there just wasn't any turnover. She also denied offshoring. She put me in touch with the team leader for this wonderful account and it was an account that I had worked on with another company and it was a horrible account. The TL said it was a horrible account and they could never keep MTs on it. The TL also told me that they indeed did offshore and not only that, but they offshored the good work and left the crap here.
I just felt like I couldn't trust them and turned them down. Their pay scale is based on lots of things. There is a base pay, then extra for so many years of experience, extra for 2nd and 3rd shifts, extra if you have CMT, etc. I can't remember what their benefits were like.
IC to employee......
You are so very right!! I absolutely hate! being an employee. It really is a hard transition.
Well, are MTs IC or employee? sm
If employee, how about benefits? Major medical? What company is the major medical with and how much does it cost? Schedules, M-F or do MTs work weekends and holidays? Do they supply equipment or can you use your own? How about pay? Line quotas? Easy to reach? cpl rate of pay? Platform? Clinics or acute care? Sorry for the long list but curious and would like to know before I apply. TIA.
Former SGS employee...
I had no real complaints with the company. The lack of DD was never an issue as check was always on time. I can't say anything bad about SGS and would work for them again.
X Employee
I worked for this company for three years and they are in this predictament only because they do not separate company earnings from their own money. They can't keep their hands out of the business money. They always have lots of work coming in, but they don't know how to handle money. They have to impress their friends by buying everything the neighbors have and by throwing parties all the time for their family and friends. The employees that make the money for them are left with rubber checks and stress. They have broken many laws in my eyes
OSi employee
I have worked for OSi since January 2006. I enjoy working for them. They let us know the plans for the future and give us feedback. Pay is dependable. Communication is there if I reach out for it. There are issues with all companies, so I have made a commitment to stay where I am at. Any questions, feel free to email me. Have a great day.
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