Walmart isn't too keen on chosing days to work.
Posted By: Must be really hard. on 2009-06-17
In Reply to: I'm curious - gourdpainter
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ever wish you could work at Walmart or somewhere and make enough??
There are days when I shake my head and wonder what the he** was I thinking 20 years ago when I decided this is the life for me. NOW I am stuck to the money like glue and nothing pays like this ... so I'm damned if I do ... damned if I don't.
We were shopping the other day and I thought Ahhhh bliss. To take a job at Pier One or Starbucks and SURVIVE ON THE MONEY!!
stupid industry. Thanks for sucking the joy out of what USED to be a decent job. pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffft
Thank you. I went to Walmart today, and guess what, they had one phone and it didn't work!. Go
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Recall WalMart asked staff to work off clock for overtime, remember? sm
It was on TV, newspapers, it took a court thing to resolve. Guess people will try most anything (for the moment) and just pay a fine, i.e. the cost of doing business.
Oh it'll be just peachy keen
because by the time all the MTs come back from vacation there'll still be plenty of work because those docs who have been on vacation will surely be coming back.
With all the wailing and gnashing of teeth that has been going on here for a year or so about low or no work, I would have expected it to take more than a day or so of plenty of work before the rah-rahing started. 
That is what I just said. !0 days PTO, period. That includes vacation, sick days and personal days
They should have paid holidays so that you are paid if you take off. Also should inculde extra hours for sick days and personal days.
That annual raise of .002 is kind of a joke especially when at the same time they upped the minimum line requirement from 10,000 lines to 12,000 lines.
OSi just does not have the qualified people in management positions that I wish to work for.
I am glad that you are happy at OSi and all is working out for you. Their dishonesty and the way they treat people just does not work for me.
Of course they can get by cheaply by hiring unqualified people so that is very good for the owners.
Until WalMart
pays me an average of $25/hr, I'll continue to transcribe.
WalMart
 And when Walmart begins paying $25.00/hr, then I will declare myself the queen of Brooklyn..
walmart
So, I know, what is the secret of making 25.00 per hour?
Well, will be boycotting them too, just like Walmart
No Coca-Cola in this house. Was going to boycott Walmart with that big scaffoo last week, until they finally caved. This is just getting so ridiculous - why do such a small minority of naysayers have such a loud voice. Maybe WE need to have a bigger voice and put a stop to all of this foolishness already!
walmart, wages, etc
No I do not work at WalMart, never have, don't intend to. I was told the wages recently by a greeter who works there, and she also said she gets a raise every year. I was surprised to hear it. I have never once told anyone to get 2 or 3 jobs, because I think that is easier said than done. I believe people need a life too. My whole point is simply that I think the MTSOs are largely responsible for the downturn of our wages by underbidding each other and then wanting to hire others to work for inferior wages. I used to work in a hospital and we did it all, transcription, charting, xeroxing, etc., and we did it well, made decent wages too. I don't think anyone should have to work 2-3 jobs to make ends meet. Especially in this job with its knowledge. I think you have misunderstood what I am saying. I am on your side! I am sure you are worth a lot more than being offered.
walmart, wages, etc
No I do not work at WalMart, never have, don't intend to. I was told the wages recently by a greeter who works there, and she also said she gets a raise every year. I was surprised to hear it. I have never once told anyone to get 2 or 3 jobs, because I think that is easier said than done. I believe people need a life too. My whole point is simply that I think the MTSOs are largely responsible for the downturn of our wages by underbidding each other and then wanting to hire others to work for inferior wages. I used to work in a hospital and we did it all, transcription, charting, xeroxing, etc., and we did it well, made decent wages too. I don't think anyone should have to work 2-3 jobs to make ends meet. Especially in this job with its knowledge. I think you have misunderstood what I am saying. I am on your side! I am sure you are worth a lot more than being offered.
look at WalMart in news a lot sm
A huge organization what is it 8000 stores nationwide and they want employees to work off the clock. YEP and there was something else in the news regarding pay. Hey, a company that big know, they know the rules yet, they pay a fine and still come out ahead. Unfortunately it is whatever works. People have to be MADE to be honest seems to me.
and is qualified for not much more than being a greeter at Walmart
My daughter works for WalMart
plus excellent benefits, super cheap health care, vacation, etc.
WALLIE WORLD (walmart)
Where in this country does Wal-Mart pay $11 an hour? - even after 5 years in and at 40 hours?
Don't kid yourself, WalMart doesn't do American. sm
They'll have sweat shops all over India, China, etc., to do the work. It's how they do everything else.
That's what WalMart asked, OT off the clock sm
and was fined, BUT, they did it before too, according to the newspaper, so it probably is just a business write off deduction. Company nnames should be sent to the labor board and let them check it out. Present the problem, Google labor board for address and send in the names.
Greeter makes more than that at Walmart
And working in produce at Walmart is the next to highest pay grade they have there. Fellow MT's husband works in produce making three times the amount she does at $18 an hour 32 hours a week.
We usually get a gift card for Walmart.. Last year,
I donated mine to a single mom whose 10-year-old was not going to get a Christmas because mom couldn't afford it. I've been a single mom so my heart went out to her and I got a bunch of people to donate items i.e. tree, ornaments etc.. food, gifts etc. I felt good about it and I know my employer would have felt good about me donating it to a family in need.
No, I neither shop at Walmart or go to Disney World
Would not be caught dead at either place. Neither do I buy Levi or Lazy-Boy products since they moved to Mexico.
Seems like there's more days without work
now that these companies are outsourcing to India for cheaper than they have to pay us.
I think they give the Indians first dibs on work available and we get the sloppy seconds if there's too much for them to complete in a timely manner.
work 7 days
Don't have to work 7 days unless we WANT to? Who wants to? You have to when you get less than 1000 lines because of no work or servers being down. This is almost a daily problem and it is getting quite old. I'm tired of hearing this is the nature of the career. I believe that low census is not the only problem here. They are overhiring and the accounts are not coming in as promised. We are expected to be signed on and working on the shift we agreed to, yet it is okay they don't keep up their end of the deal and we have to scramble without a life to get lines in. Because it happens so much there absolutely should be DOWN TIME paid. When TT hires, why don't they tell people that they will need to get another job or 2 in order to make a living?
Unfortunately work is very low these days
I would be surprised if they hired anyone new now because we are working off shift and working on multiple accounts in order to get adequate lines. The work has been very very low lately. But who knows I think TT is always hiring. I love TT and have no intention of leaving but I hope that works picks up soon.
Who does have work these days?
I am having elective surgery in August and desperately need a part time job to help with my deductible. Please tell me who is hiring for part time?
I had a few days where work was short sm
Other than that the whole time I have worked for them they usually have more work than not. They did recently get a new large account and hired in advance of that coming up which made work short for a few days until they transitioned MTs over to the new account. I asked for another account those few slow days and was given one immediately, so it really was not a shortage for me. The accounts are like anywhere else, a good mix of dictators, not all bad ESL, but there are some, which is why they ask for 3 years of acute care experience. I think they pay above average, have lots of work in general. If you are a good MT, willing to learn new things, I think they are great to work for. Like all companies, none of them are perfect and none the perfect fit for everyone.
except on days like today, no work nm
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I work three days a week ...
8 hours a day, but I often times have to be physically at the computer longer than 8 hours because sometimes the work is slow. I have two accounts. I work no weekends.
Is there plenty of work these days
Checking before I apply, looks like some are running out of work.
At least we don't have to work 7 days a week (unless we want to)
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Too many people out of work these days - the more...sm
interested you let them know you are in the job, the better your chances. On top of that, when a job is advertised, I've been told over and over about the total mountains of resumes they get, so nudging their memory will only serve as a positive thing for you! Good luck!!!
Being asked to work all your days off?
First let me state for those who will say get out of the business if you don't like it, I am NOT complaining. I am posing a question to my fellow MTs to see if they are asked the same thing, and how they react. Here's the scenario, no to very little work during the week and then you are asked to work the weekend. This is not your only account and you already work 6 days a week as it is. Do you work your only day off? Of course there are no incentives or OT offered. I don't want to seem like an uncooperative employee but dang, I need at least ONE day off!!
In these days of low work, I wish EVERYONE would go have a baby, go on sm
vacation, get your bunions fixed, etc., and leave more work for me!
I don't understand the anger towards people on maternity leave, but as a 50-year-old happily menopausal old woman, I'm also not too flattered with the nasty little cobwebs in the womb retort by someone. I do not resent women who want to have babies -- better them to deal with all of that than me. I can barely handle taking care of myself and my doggie, so hats off to you.
Seems lately that we are all kind of sniping at each other and we forget that we are all in this together. I know that times are tough -- I'm feeling it myself -- but that's when we should bond together and support one another.
Anyone want to join me in a round of Cumbaya? Or even better, the Barney song?
Remember the days when TT had so much work...sm
on the weekends they always had a bonus. I worked just a few extra hours on the weekends and brought in a few hundreded extra bucks every month. What happened to all that work? I haven't seen that since probably last spring.
They also only work 4 days a week.
Every month it's the same. Grab all the work on the last days of the pp and
It's very annoying.
No, it is not impossible. I get 11 cpl and work M-F days, IC status. nm
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I work very hard, usually 7 days a week.
I work any hours needed. What is my reward? I get stuck on the garbage accounts, the ones who bellyache get the easy accounts and get put on steady accounts. I think I have learned 8 new accounts in the last 2 months, and none of them were decent accounts. My line count is good, but would be wonderful if I ever had an account I could get used to. These companies beat you up and then throw you to the dogs.
The scum that plays kiss-$$$ get paid more, take off when they want, and get choice of days off, holidays, so they can be with their ill-behaved brats whenever they want to be.
Don't tell me about ethics, tell the MTSOs they need to improve their ethics and then then they could have decent employees.
Thank you! Another quick question - do you have to work five days? Thanks again! NM
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How is the work flow at Precyse these days? Is it
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Are you ever able to get OT or work more days or hours if you want if employee.
Thanks for the input
Must work one year and then 5 days off - no holidays
are paid days off. If you chose to take the day off you don't get paid, if you work the holiday usually lines and a half for that day.
I treat my days of no work as an unexpected day off..
get a lot done at home, go to town and do the shopping I would have had to do on my day off. Every now and then it is nice to have a day off that is unexpected. I make up anything that I have to on my days off...just like in the real *outside* job world. If I miss a day or two of pay I don't sweat it...that is why I have a little extra $$ put away.
If you work it you get extra cpl. You CAN ask for it off if it is on your regular days also. sm
Personally I don't think it is a bad deal at all. Better than nothing, which is what my other job paid for holidays.
I work 12 hr/day, 6 days/week, and my take-home pay - sm
comes out to around $6.50/hour. Is that about in the same ballpark as what you're making, and if so, how can your employees afford to work for you for less than that?
Been working there 2 days and they're already out of work. nm
Depends on your shift, work days,
I think the base pay was 8.5 but you have in addition to that shift and weekend differentials as well as you get another differential for keeping QA submissions below a certain percentage, and this line rate goes back to line 1, so you could make around 9.5 to 9.75 I believe depending on your shift.
What I liked best about TT is that you are not limited to 10 reports a day for an eternity and having to jump through hoops to get off QA. You can type as much as you like from the start because it will go to QA anyway until you are released from QA. I have not found another company like that.
Hope this helps.
Me work days, nights and weekends?
No I have worked so long at this now only work part-time and no more slaving like in years past.
None, unless you work both weekend days on the night shift. nm
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You apply with your hours and days available and try to cut a deal, especially if willing to work a
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But is it against the law to state ICs work specific hours or days?
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Not so easy when you make top pay and work days and hours of
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