contract
Posted By: mindy on 2008-04-09
In Reply to: What do you mean by the contract seemed way out of line? - DJ
This was a very long contract and, by the way, this was also an independent contractor position. It stated that if I did not comply with a 2 week notice for any kind of absence, that I would be found in breach of contract. Also, any 2 week notice had to be approved. It also stated that I would have my paycheck garnished for any costs arising from such unexcused absences, i.e. paying another person to do my work, court costs, etc. Needless to say, I am not about to sign a contract like that, especially a job that offers no perks or benefits. I thought that the whole purpose of being an independent contractor was for the flexibility in work load and hours. I was just wondering if this is common or if this particular company is hoping to hire new mt's who may not read all of the contract. I can't imagine anyone in their right mind signing it. I normally don't know 2 weeks in advance if I am going to be sick!
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What do you mean by the contract seemed way out of line?
You don't give an example of what you are talking about, but I doubt anyone here would knowingly sign a contract that was detrimental to them or way outside industry norms.
I love my ESLs. Even though I do acute care, they tend to be fairly repetitive in their phrasing, and you get used to them after a few reports. In many cases, I would much rather have an ESL than a doc who drops entire syllables from words and words from sentences because he is in such a rush to be done with his dictation. Or spellers. I hate spellers.
Anyone signing a 2-year contract on either
end would be crazy. You can't guarantee work for 2 years and there is no way I would tie myself to a situation for 2 years.
I'd call. If you've already signed a contract they know
who you are or it will be easy enough to find out. Remember this, no matter what and in every life situation, the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Doctors generally won't just contract with an IC from an ad-- too much risk...sm
pretty much all the docs rely on word of mouth to find services or transcriptionists. Can you imagine turning your office transcription over to someone brand new? As an IC, not only do you have to still get the work produced when you are out sick or on vacation (do you have a back up plan?), you also have to troubleshoot file transfers, etc. all by your lil' ol' self. Yesterday, I went into the office of an internal medicine doc who had dropped our service. He moved and decided to just try to keep up with the charts himself - but after 3 months finally called desperately saying, what would it take to get set up with you again? I walked into the office, programmed his Olympus recorder, set him up with a user ID on the FTP site, and then installed an program that would allow him to place his recorder in a docking station, press OK when the "Do you want to import?" window popped up, and the software is automatically going to upload his file to the ftp site, and download the completed dictation. Then I showed him how to print it, and made some recommendations as to how he could archive his work. So you see... handling the account for the doc isn't as easy as it seems, is it?
Yes, but make sure your cell phone contract allows
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