in theory, being an IC should be different, but...

Posted By: moon1010 on 2008-10-07
In Reply to: Don't know what to do, or how to feel! - StressedMTMom

as we have all pretty much found out, about the only true difference is that ICs don't get benefits, while employees do.

The whole concept that being held to a set in stone quota and a specific schedule automatically means you're an employee is just a fantasy.

Hugs to you and your little boy.

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Theory about MT Pay
I personally think MTSO companies ask for raises to the clients and get them - they just aren't passed down to the peons MTs - am sure this is so - i bet your eyeballs would spin if you knew how much they make off of us - the only way we can get decent pay is to unionize - you cant support yourself on MT pay - who are you kidding - it is just to pay a few odds and ends - are there any single parent MTs - i sure doubt it - I guess I feel sad because we are very skilled and this work is not easy but we are just paid peanuts for it.

I bet you believe in the Big Brother theory too!
So you are saying that the moderator and administrator of this board specifically search through the posts and delete any negative posts about Transcend? They do this why? Why do they not do this for every other company talked about on this board? Please, add something substantial to the conversation!

I agree with what you said in theory
We are part of the healthcare team that provides for inpatients and we provide a service that is just as needed as the hands-on care. Unfortunately, we're not always treated in that way by the others in the healthcare team and a lot of times aren't even considered to be part of that team. To them, we're only the typists in the office. Because we work remotely we don't get the same benefits or wages that those in-house get. It seems like management of both the clients and MTSOs want to view us as part of that team and expect us to step up to that plate when it suits them. But yet when it comes to wages and benefits, in their eyes we're all too easily replaced. They're not willing to compromise for us, but expect the compromises to come from us on weekends, holidays, and when the workload is high. If they want us to be part of the team they should treat us as such instead of the oh typist, I forgot something... attitude.

I must disagree with your theory that
MTers who are compensated hourly, rather than by line & incentive, are less productive. I am DEFINITELY in that category, and I do insult the inference. In fact, the majority of my 25+ MT career has been spent being compensated hourly, and to date, there is no administrator that would harp about what she got for what I did. Rather than paying our hard working MTs in puny, pathetic pennies, which is what goes on much to my dismay. After a number of years of service, make it hourly. Show some trust in people people. This career has turned into an absolutely, positively ludicrously uncompensated one. We deserve SO much more.

Your theory shot down

No money to be made here. Volunteer members do the work, and office products have been donated. No paid positions.

So . . . . you have nothing, basically.

In theory I agree with you
The MT will have plenty of time to readjust her checkbook, creditors, etc. But there is a difference between a choice you willingly make by changing jobs and a choice that's foisted upon you due to circumstances out of your control.

And just because change is inevitable does not mean that we have to come on here acting like the Gordon Ramsay's of transcription. OK. You think she's being melodramatic. Shake your head, roll your eyes, and move to the next post. There is no need for the meanness that some posters are exhibiting to people who are already feeling betrayed and afraid of what their future holds. Kicking people when they're down is a bully tactic and not an act of helpful advice.

I was just getting ready to post the same theory
I can imagine that some PSs don't appreciate it when recruiters hire unqualified MTs for a particular position. I'm not saying the OP was unqualified, but if a recruiter has a history of not hiring within job requirements, thereby putting a huge load on the PS, I can see how the PS might not be a happy camper. It's definitely not right of her to take it out on the MT, but that might at least be the reason for such irrational behavior?

My theory...and I hope I'm wrong...sm
Keep in mind this is just based on a previous employer and I have no way of knowing for sure this is what MSJ is doing. My former employer did a big hiring boom (and MSJ has done that; I have been watching the boards). This accomplishes several objectives:

1. It keeps the accounts in tighter TAT.
2. It keeps the MTs logging on when there is work, and therefore on an on-call status and taking whatever is available, with most of the work coming from accounts other than the primary.
3. It keeps the MTs from making the top-tier bonus pay, even though the accounts are in TAT.

This is a win-win situation for the employer and a no-win situation for the MT.

I hope to heaven that is not what MS is doing because if it is, I'm outta here. I put up with that baloney for a year before I left my previous employer and will not put up with it again.

I am really fuming right now but trying to keep myself together, hoping I am making a mountain out of a molehill. We'll see.

I just wish for once, I could work for a company that shoots straight with their employees. I don't think that company exists.

your whole post reeks of theory. Did yiou ever set your
foot outside of the United States of America?
I guess not.