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Uhmmm shouldn't you be consulting your lawyer

Posted By: or something? on 2009-08-28
In Reply to: Ya know this is just so rude and uncaring - gourdpainter

Ya know this has taken over the entire company board, and it's not fair.  No one can even ask regular questions due to all this mess.





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LOL You scare everyone...uhmmm, whatever your
LOL
Uhmmm not to be unkind, but it looks like that job

Did some consulting for them but no MT.
They paid on time. That's about as much as I can tell you.
I did some consulting for them but no MT
They paid on time. That's about all I can tell you.
K&R Consulting
Does anyone have any information about K&R Consulting?  They are the ones who posted an ad hiring 55 MT's for a VA hospital?  I can't seem to find much information on them and they require a background search.  I am a little leery before sending off my info on a company I know little about.  Any info. would be great!  
K&R Consulting

Hello.  I was wondering if anyone had any information on this company, K&R Consulting.  They say that they have a VA Hospital coming on board and that is what the MT would be typing for.


TIA


K&R Consulting, Inc?
Just wondering if anyone has heard of or worked for K&R Consulting, Inc??? thoughts??
K&R CONSULTING, INC.
I too just sent out an email to this company and was very excited for their quick response...literally 10-15 minutes...She started the hiring process for me, so let's hope everything goes okay...

Would love to hear from anybody working for this company to give me some further information on them.
LML Transcription and Consulting
Yes, I worked for her for a few years a couple years back.  Wonderful lady, pays on time every time.  I would go back and work for her again in a heartbeat. 
Her job is advising and consulting. LOL
You sound jealous.
Any info on K&R Consulting? sm

Their website is down and I can't find anything on here even in the archives. Thanks.


Bright Consulting
Has anyone had any experiences good or bad working for Bright Consulting?
Input on K & R Consulting
anybody know this company - good, bad, or indifferent???  thanx
What about Mitchem Consulting
What is the problem Mitchem Consulting?
anyone working for K&R Consulting?
I know they had VA accounts with a VBC line rate. Wondering how that is working out as far as making lines for QA and MT.  Thanx.
Anyone work for/know about K&R Consulting?

Are they organized?  Is pay on time?  Any other information.


 


Thanks.


Are you really a lawyer?
Are you really a lawyer?
the Lawyer said....
In using .PDF documents are encrpyted by a date when it was turned into .PDF and somewhat protected by tampering. Like a scanned or picture it could be detected by experts if needed to undergo tests. Thus making a case to go into court.
everyone needs a lawyer
If that's the case, everyone on these boards need attorneys. We all can state our opinions without the fear of being tromped on like you are doing. If you like the company, that is wonderful. Goodness gracious. Calm down. It is okay.
You are a lawyer then?

I certainly am not a lawyer but I cannot possibly imagine a company being required to pay OT they didn't ask to be worked.  So far as emails I  have personally received asking for help to meet TAT,they ALWAYS say something to the effect of....if you have not met your line or hour requirements...if they want over time they ask for it and they INSIST on paying for it!!!!


One thing I do agree with you on is the discipline you mentioned.  Might be a good idea for someone to let management at TT know what is being said here and I would personally be delighted if they could identify the malcontents and FIRE them.  All-in-all Transtech is a good company...not perfect by any means...but as an old goat with nearly half a century in this business I can tell you there are a WHOLE LOT worse companies out there and I hope some of you find them.  You deserve it!


I am not a lawyer but I wonder
what the Labor Commission might say about requiring someone to work for a week without pay before hiring. I'll betcha they would say plenty. Might be worth running it past them. Where do you live? I know that in California that kind of nonsense would never fly.
No, but they did hire a consulting group to take over the
management of the MTS, and things went downhill quickly from there. We started getting bombarded with e-mails daily regarding the backlog (even with little to nothing on the system), and then they became very demanding about working extra when the minutes started building. Primary and backup accounts were always caught up.
The only communication is through your account manager. Don't expect to hear back from anyone higher. You're just wasting your time.
Anyone ever heard of LML Transcription and Consulting?
If so, your thoughts please?
Mitchem Consulting Network?

any info on this company??  Thanks in advance.


 


Now that's funny, I wish I was a lawyer and not an MT,
I could delegate work to the paralegals and make the big bucks instead of sitting here 10 hours a day, often 7 days a week with swollen legs and an aching back.
i hope you pay your lawyer more than your MTs. lol NM

I would contact a lawyer
Keep all your documentation and contact a lawyer. Good luck! What a low-down scheme - and I think All Type is behind it 100%!
Anybody know a good lawyer?
We need to,like the court reporters did, file a class action lawsuit against these snake oil salesmen who want to jettison our tried and true dictation and transcription mode of medical record keeping. They have every trick in the book to try to convince doctors and hospitals to do VR or EMR and it hasn't turned out very well for them. They spend more time with their nose in the computer for EMR point and click entry than they do with the patient. VR, well don't get me started. Anyway, the court reporters fought voice reporting and won and now they don't use it anymore. We can't just keep sitting here like potted plants. We must do something.
ETP going to offshore methinks. Consulting company
helping them document they could not find MTs in USA.  How is MOSAIC plan working out??
Maybe the best advice your lawyer can give

is to leave well enough alone when these threads start.  I have personally witnessed your responses on countless threads on more than just one board, and I am always amazed at how you just don't understand you hurt yourself more than any posting of =rumors= about your company.  You say we don't know how you run your business.  Well, we know a lot more about it now with your post than we did before, don't we?  (psst, so do your competetors)  Is that necessarily a good thing?  I don't see the CEO of Medquist running around on here trying to imply legal ramifications or trying to help us understand that company's way of conducting business.  In 1997 I quit a company where the owner sent out a memo telling employees not to discuss it on the internet.  It amazes me that an owner believes s/he has the kind of control over anyone to regulate what the people who work for them think or do OR feel intimidated that your lawyer is going into the Big Brother Business.


For the record, I have never looked into working for your company, am not a former employee/contractor, have no interest in doing any sort of business with you whatsoever.  The reason I mention this is because I have mentioned this to you in the past and it continues to fall on deaf ears.  You do more harm by what you say than any of the MTs, editors, students, curious onlookers, do here.  If you try to hold your head up high and let things be, the reputation of your company could possibly benefit, but then, I don't control what you say, think, feel or do, either.


When I recently contacted a lawyer who represents outsourcing employers about what I thought was a rather intrusive employee handbook with strict verbage about talking about that company in public and even in private email, her response to me was to sign it.  She reminded me that it didn't change what I thought, but employers don't like employees/contractors bad mouthing them, and then asked me why I felt it was a big deal.  So now I'm going to offer you to think about that from your side.  Employees/contractors don't like employers bad mouthing them, and by the way, why is it a big deal for you?  Tend to your business and let go of what you can't control.


my 2 cents for what it is worth


~~~~~~~~~


Einstein:  Insanity:  Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.


They'll be getting a letter from my lawyer...
... if I don't get a check by the end of the week.  I already informed her of that.  We'll see how easy that is to ignore.  She isn't in the US right now or I'd sure be calling her every day, multiple times a day until I saw a check. 
It's definitely illegal... call a lawyer and you will see.........sm
There are lawyer who specialize in labor law and they will tell you. Although young people can be ill, this is slanted toward the eldery as far as the bias. And right, you cannot discriminate against someone who is handicapped and I'm sure they have a lot of medical bills. I'm telling you, these companies are in for some trouble!
wrong answer and any lawyer

the MTs who want to work set schedules and be ICs - go for it; just know that you are allowing these companies to take advantage.  If you are a true IC, then you don't need them to give you a schedule.  No one knows when the work is available.  These companies place work into the system at any given time.  It's not always the dictators dictating when the work is published to be transcribed.


Some of us don't want to be taken advantage of any longer; it's time these MTSOs pay us as employees if they want to dictate set schedules and have us use their equipment and especially count our lines for us.  As an IC with my own accounts, I count the lines, and I bill the client my way, not their way! 


wouldn't her lawyer guide here on that? NM
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This sounds like one of those lawyer commercials --

Thats good and great, always consult a lawyer.
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Lawyer alert! Fishing for info!
Looking for biziness??
issues talk to lawyer. This is easier than starving?
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I worked there a long time ago. FInally got paid by going in with a group who got a lawyer. sm
I can't believe they're still in business!
Well, call a lawyer then. A good one. You could even get court costs paid by your employer probabl
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shouldn't ask but...
do you know the approximate line rate?
Shouldn't be the MT's job.

I DO NOT THINK IT IS THE MT’s responsibility to make followup calls after hired.  What do you pay the people in the office a nice fat hourly wage to do?  Sit in the office and surf forums and expect an MT to do their job for them?  


 


I can tell you one thing, if I wasn’t contacted back after hired I would find somewhere else to work! Jobs in this field are a dime a dozen. A company who would “forget” about me as fast as they hired me WOULD NOT deserve me, (usually most companies at least will wait a week or two to do that). 


 


This goes for all of the places that would do that to an MT and wasting their valuable time.  The nerve of these places. Shame on them. 


 


Just giving my 2 cents. 


Should I or Shouldn't I?
Went on interview with a hospital for transcription position.  I've been a MT 29 years now, last 10 years working for various transcription companies.  This particular hospital is very small, maybe 200 beds, but have merged with a larger hospital organization.  At present the transcriptionists are paid only hourly, but director says an incentive plan is on the table but not finalized yet.  The benefits are excellent.  Toward the end of the year, the transcriptionists will have the option to work from home, all equipment and everything provided by hospital.  There are only 2 shifts, day and evening, of which I will work evenings. The transcription also includes radiology.  When I asked about a minimum of maximum line requirement, Director says transcriptionists are not on production per se but minutes typed, anywhere from 60 to 100 minutes a day, and that would depend on the difficulty of the dictator, as she would not expect the maximum if the dictator was difficult to transcribe.   I will be getting a phone call tomorrow as to an offer, as the pay rates have changed since the merger, but  the old pay schedule was a base of $10.80 hourly and  max $18.80 hourly.    There will be probably a 20 to 25 mile commute one way.  What would you consider an acceptable offer.   I know the bottom line is what is affordable for me, but just want to get you guys input on the whole take.
Thanks in advance!
RE: Should I or Shouldn't I?
Accept the hourly offer, my opinion, whatever the final dollar amount.
If you are an IC you shouldn't have to ASK to take
off, you tell them you will be off. 
Right, but we shouldn't have to look it up
That's what those machines are for, remember?

Right - I shouldn't have to
they wouldn't hop along on their butts.
You shouldn't. But you will, believe me.
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You shouldn't have to pay a fee, but there is a fee
involved that is usually absorbed by the company, but evidently JLG doesn't want to foot the cost. 
They shouldn't be taking someone right off the
This profession isn't greeting or flipping burgers at Wal-Mart or McDonald's.   Why hire someone off the street with no skills in the first place?
Shouldn't u be working?
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