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Not at this company. The part timers seem to get the best

Posted By: I wish on 2005-12-28
In Reply to: But fulltimers have first dibs on work. - lowest on the totem pole

and choice of work, the best schedules, and the best of all worlds. Full time are treated like you are the lowest stepping stone in the pond.


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    there are reasons for part timers
    I have a medical condition and cannot always do a full two weeks, due to exhaustion and pain from my blood dyscrasia. That is why I am not a full time employee.  I was but had to cut back and when I did MQ canceled my insurance.  I would gladly go back to a hospital and work in-house but the two hospitals out here have outsourced all transcription.  When I did work in-house, I was able to work part time and the hospital offered insurance coverage to part timers.  I only had to pay $70/pay period for insurance.  Im astonished that most trans services will not cover part timers..I cant figure that out.  If the part timer is willing to pay the extra amount, why not?  I also have lost faith in American private insurance, as how can you trust private companies making decisions about whether you can get chemo, MRI's, etc?  Back a few years ago, whatever the doctor said you needed, you got.  Not anymore.  Now American HMOs and insurance companies pay people to check over your medical history and decide whether you can get this or that done.  How can you trust companies when their only concern is profit and making as much for the stockholders as possible.  Give me a universal health plan throughout the country any day.
    Part-timers or IC with Spheris?

    I wondered if Spheris hires part-timers and how many hours they can work.  Or if anyone works IC for Spheris?  What is the difference between IC and part time?  I would like to work between 20 to 30 hours a week, maybe a few more but couldn't guarantee 40. 


    Thanks.


    MedQuist pays PTO and offers 401K to part-timers.
    You have to work 16 hours a week minimum.


    Does anyone know if you are a part time employee for 1 company and part time IC for another can you
    still claim deductions for IC on your income tax even though you are one of each.
    what wimp company are you with and what part of job won't they let you do?
    for instance?  and why won't they let you do your job?
    part of the agreement is to not portray the company in a
    .
    Any suggestions for a good MT for part time other than MQ as far as a nice company to work for. I
    think it is time for a change about now.
    I've known some old timers did the same

    Wanted their reports to be lengthy "so they were getting their money's worth".  Nothing was bilateral, everything was "on the right and on the left".


    It was like a car mechanic describing your car "The car is red.  The red car has two doors, one on the left and one on the right, both having reddish hues consistent with the general paint scheme.  The red car with left and right doors has door handles, one on the right and another on the left,  The left and right door handles on the left and right doors, respectively, of this red car seem to be working properly: the one on the right opens smoothly, the one on the left opens smoothly as well on this red car.  This is consistent with normal door handles on this red car."  Good grief!


    free timers - here's a bunch
    http://www.softpedia.com/downloadTag/desktop+timer

    http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/freeware/t-free-simpletimer-freeware-htdfswiu.html
    You know how use old timers fixate on our bowel function. nt
     
    Any "long-timers" with Focus Infomatic?

    I am thinking about applying to FI and I was wondering if there is anybody out there who has worked for them at least a little while.  I checked some of the archives about Focus but is there anyone who likes working for them? 


    The easy part is making the decision to leave, the hard part is
    actually doing it.  Been in your shoes and it took me a year and a half to leave after I had made the decision to do so.  It was the best thing I have ever done for myself and my girls.  I had family and friends and a counselor telling me what needed to be done and I knew what needed to be done but until I had the courage on my own to do it I stayed.  One day, we had an argument and he spit in my face and that was the last straw for me.  Even though it is something that I will NEVER forget, that day is also a day I will never forget because it is the day that I took my kids and left.  I am a single mom of 2 and have been single and supporting us for 5 years now.  I have been healing ever since and still am to this day.  You can do this.  I know that if I hadn't have left and I would have stayed one of us would be dead by now or both. 
    What's up with the CMT part A and part B exams?
    I thought it was all one test.  How can a half a test last 6-1/2 hours?  If anyone knows, please share your info!  Thanks! 
    Depends on how part time the part time jobs are.
    You can do it. You just have to work out a schedule you can live with.
    What Company is This? I have been hired by a company that is sending a foot pedal.. Don't want t
    .
    The company cutting cpl, the company stopping paying for headers
    :{
    Good of the company? As IC, I am my own company. Not my problem if she has problems as long as I do
    :P
    Accepted a job with a new company, gave two weeks notice to my old company..

    Old company, let me go before two weeks was up.  New company, said they were having trouble getting me set up and my equipment ready, but they would pay me while I waited.  It's been a month, still no check from new company even though I was told it was "in the mail."  I have no income and am at a loss. 


    I have a signed offer letter from the new company, contracts, etc.  I applied for unemployment, but old company is saying I quit and technically I am currently employed with the new company!  New company is not returning calls or answering email.


    What should I do!?!?!?!


    I started sending my resume out today, but the process of getting a new job will take at least two weeks and I need money now to catch up on what I'm behind!


    You don't want to work for this company. Call your current company and
    tell them that you have decided against the new position and tell them that you would like to stay. It is cheaper for them to let you stay than to train someone new. A company who could be so tacky as the one you just spoke of is one you do not want to work for. You can rescind your resignation. If you are a good MT, they will be glad you did.
    With my company, ICs use their own emails, employees have company email.
    x
    COMPANY INQUIRIES belong on Company board, please!
    Goldbird
    ....3 months later my old company rehired me; can you return to your 1st company?
    nm
    Local radiology company, not transcription company
    who has only 5 transcriptionists and are not hiring at this moment. We all work at home and get great benefits, no insurance out of pocket and 22 days paid vacation in the first year, after that it goes up. I feel very fortunate to have found them, but again I chose them because they did not do production, so now that they are, I'm a little disappointed.
    I think it varies greatly from company to company...sm
    I was hired five months ago by a national straight out of school at 8 cpl. I think it just depends on your knowledge level and ability, and of course, what the company is willing to pay.
    i think it varies from company to company and/or location

    VR company? Not when the MT company owns its own VR equipment. n/m.
    xx
    Which part of OK are you?
    Hello there
    I did my little part
    Went to the Houston SPCA yesterday to bring home a "furry refugee".  They had not all been processed yet, however, and so we brought one home that had already been there, but at least it cleared the way for the other furries guys and gals.  They are in need of donations, if anyone is interested.  They have brought in approximately 460 dogs and cats from NO.
    Because they pay a part of it as well.
    MQ pays a good portion of the premium and the MT is only paying part.

    Spheris pays a higher part of the premium, or at least they have in the past. With the new plan, MQ may have adjusted their portion of the insurance premium up a little bit.

    Where did you get the idea MQ was taking away insurance?
    this part
    Preliminary, unaudited results indicate that operating income declined from approximately $61 million, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2003 to approximately $23 million for the comparable 2004 period. The decline in operating income includes: 1) the impact of approximately $11 million in costs incurred in 2004 related to the ongoing billing investigation and associated litigation, 2) approximately $4 million in costs associated with separation and replacement of the Company's management team, including members at the executive level and 3) approximately $3 million associated with the write-off of intangible assets associated with products no longer being offered. In addition, the base business, as described above in the Revenues section, experienced a decline in transcription service volume from existing and lost clients and a decline in transcription service rates charged to customers. The impact of the revenue decline was partially offset by several cost saving initiatives including reductions in telecommunications costs, office consolidations and associated staff reductions.
    $2.87 in this part of PA sm
    I got a bike rack for my car (had been using SUV) to take DS to his races and training sessions. I have personally been increasing my mileage and even ride my bike to church every chance I get (20 miles one way). I do all in-town errands by either foot or on bicycle.

    When the aforementioned SUV is paid off this summer, I am going to get an even smaller car. I would love to try either a hybrid or a car that would run on biodiesel.
    I don't think there is on. How do you get the lab part?
    There are programs to get BSN if already an RN that can be done on-line. 
    SE has to pay part of the SS tax, which is
    practically the same as self employment tax. As SE, the company pays part and you are responsible for the rest.
    Most definitely part of it...

    See your doctor...may need some hormone adjustment.


    What part of WV are you from? sm

    I am from Beckley...Boy, is our town ever growing rapidly!!!!


    I have read these posts and checked out websites for these train rides, Amish country, Dutch Wonderland and I really, really believe I have found our next vacation!  I have found so many things that I am interested in that would be great for the whole family.  I really do appreciate all of the advice!  Now I cannot wait to book this vacation!  Thanks!!!!


    Like I said, it came as part of MQ's (sm)
    horrible DQS platform in 2004.
    Duh on my part ... thanks so much!! :-) nm

    What part are you from because
    everything I've read or looked at in my state is between 12-15
    You know the sad part?
    The sad part is that she was a really good friend for a long time, and she never ever spoke to me after that because she blamed me because I found out what she was doing. I guess she figured I had "ratted her out" after she got caught the second time, when I was not there anymore. I remember when I asked her to stop, she said to me that, "She could not be like me, because she did not have my work ethic." I know that maybe she was just hurt, and that I should stop thinking about it because it was almost 12 years (my goodness how time flies!) ago, but you know, I still miss her. Every so many years I'll send a Christmas card hoping she will write back and even now I wish the whole thing never happened. Oh well. I will make a New Year Resolution right now to stop whining LOL. Things happen for a reason!
    First part taken from OP
    "... and this is a catholic hospital. i guess this is the new christian work ethic." - I brought up organized religion because of this comment.

    I merely meant that it is flawed (because it is made up of humans) and she should look out for her own wellbeing (and not be swayed or feel unjustified because she is working for a religious organization).

    Religion itself isn't a bad thing, but many times the organized groups get more concerned with protocol than the truth and love that Jesus talked about.

    (The following is from copied from PFO.org)- Some of the most stinging rebukes Jesus issued were directed toward the Pharisees. Probably the strongest diatribe is recorded in Matthew 23. At least seven times in that chapter, Jesus pronounced the following condemnation: “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!” He condemned and illustrated their rapaciousness, their selfishness, their inward spiritual emptiness, and their emphasis on “scruple” while neglecting the “weightier” matters of justice, mercy, and faith.

    I am also curious if you are sensitive to how the people in other parts of the world feel when Christians tell them that what they have been taught and believe is wrong and that they will go to H#ell if they don't change their thinking.
    it has always been a part of the job sm
    and it is not going to change. There are some dictators that some MTs are always going to have a hard time understanding, probably most MTs but they are not going to change for us. The only thing you can do is flag a report and hope the doctor will fill in the blanks or the hospital will say something to that person about all the blanks in the report (the dictator). They are not going to change for us because it is not about us!
    QA is a part of MT like it or not. nm
    x
    what part of Florida are you in
    because it shouldn't really affect your work, if you have a working computer and electricity, you should be able to get work.
    I exaggerated the part about
    1/2 the pay for working twice as hard, but in my opinion that is quickly becoming the trend...

    Also, I apologize ahead of time, for any typos.  I am not on the clock right now and am not obsessive/compulsive about it all...

    maybe its part of the new MQ pay plan

    its all part of the job sweetie.
    x
    This is part of growing up
    I believe they have to start making their own decisions at some point in their life and living with the consequences.  Same as we all do.  I'm not saying he will regret it or not regret it, one way or the other, but either way, it should be his decision.  Take it easy, Mom. 
    Try just entering part of the last name sm
    and the first letter of the first name.

    Some accounts do have glitches and yours might be one.
    Obviously not part of the base of
    ..
    Part time
    I work part time from home, and I graduated about 7 months ago. It fine doing part time, just don't expect to make any money.
    What part of my post
    indicated that I was mad or angry about something?