I got caught in a new job awhile back

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30 hours a week to be FT with benefits.  Does anyone remember the name of that company?

Thanks so much.

 First of all, you're obviously mgmt. since you know so much about inside goings-on.

Second, and here is where the fib comes in:  You expect us to believe that Leads don't  type on their own lead shift  (they're too busy, too much to do-LMAO) - and their lead shift is obviously a 40-hour shift, if the hours on the bottom all of their holier-than-thou e-mails are to be believed - when DO they do their transcription - during their SECOND shift or 41st hour ( I assume they finish their 40-hour lead shift and then get paid OT to do their typing).  Are you another one who thinks all the rest of us peon MTs are so dumb.  MTs regularly get the halfway decent work taken out of their queus and get h--l when they compain about it.

so that helps take the sting out a bit.  I love the people and love the company, but I do not think maybe they realize what a big shock $30 can be sometimes.  To me, the more fair thing to have done would have been to say something like effective next check, we will be taking out double premiums until we catch up or whatever.  However, cannot unring a bell.

And I have always been a bit disappointed that they wait until the following Monday to pay us instead of that Friday, but for the most part it is a good company.  Seems like all of the MTSOs hang on to their $$$ as long as they can -- guess the interest is better in their pockets than on our paychecks.    I was stupid and am now waiting a month to get paid for work I did for a woman in Virginia.  Chalk it up to lesson learned.

Good luck to you (and me!). 

waiting for last check.  I've been informed that I have to wait until normal direct deposit day like everyone else.  I didn't argue with this person (figured it'd be a waste of my time), but aren't they supposed to--by law--pay you within 1 business day if you give them at least 3 days' notice?  I gave them 2 weeks' notice.

This happened to me a couple other times as well (with other MT companies).  I wonder why they think they don't have to obey the law?? 

Oh well, that's life!  I'm just glad I'm outta there! :)

Just Me

horrendous and it would have been easier to retype reports than to correct them.  The MTs kept making the same mistakes over and over again.  They also had some accounts that ESL didn't come close to describing them.  I am very good with ESL and routinely transcribe 85-90% ESLs, but these were some of the worst I've every come across, plus the sound quality was pitiful. 

If you open your original post and towards the bottom click on related posts you'll find lots of info about SS as a company, that would be enough to help you decide if you want to work there at all.

on the postage meter as if they had mailed it on payday, like I wouldn't notice that it was POSTMARKED 5 days later!  I have used a postage meter before ... you can set the date to anything you like .. duh.  It was in my contract that the checks were to be mailed every other Friday from the Tampa airport.  I pitched a big fit and finally Giselle Fed Ex'd my checks after that.  I would hope by now they would have direct deposit.  You shouldn't have to sit and wait for your check and be at the mercy of the mail, nor should you have to pay extra just to make sure you receive it in a timely fashion.  They have been in business long enough that they should have established direct deposit.  It was posted awhile back that they had it for awhile and then did away with it because of some issue with the bank.  I would be very, very careful if you need your check in a timely manner.  It seems that they just barely meet payroll, but that was just my impression. 

Good luck.

It is just my perception, of course, but your posts almost always seem rude and condescending, and I certainly hope that people do not think all of us who have been doing this for awhile think the way that you think.

Even those of us with wonderful jobs all have days where we want to scream and throw something and maybe need to vent a little with others who will understand.   I know my non-MT friends really do not have a clue when I want to blast off about some motor mouth or poor sound quality or whatever the gripe of the day might be. 

And what is wrong with a sense of entitlement?  We are all entitled to the best that we can find for ourselves, at least that is how I was raised to think.  I realize that part of the job is doing the cruddy dictators and all of that, but do not think for one minute that I wouldn't take a dream job that paid well and had wonderful dictators and YES, think I was entitled to it for all of the hard work I have put in over the years.

Maybe this other person's boss IS a mental case -- who knows?  I know some days I feel that I am one too.  Maybe you should cut people some slack and try answering with compassion instead of rudeness and condemnation.   Everyone has a bad day.

However, for me, this is a beautiful day and I am going to get off of here and enjoy some time away from the keyboard.  Good luck to everyone in finding the perfect fit jobwise :-)