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I was threatened a few years ago for posting on the site by a company that wasn't paying its people.  The owner threatened to sue me for deformation of character and slander.  First of all, I told her as the owner of a transcription company, she needed to learn how to spell.  It's defamation of character.  Next, since the board is in print, it would be libel instead of slander. 

For any MTs who are afraid of being sued over posts, the most important thing to remember is that they can only sue you if what you say is not true.  If you stick to the facts, whether it's not getting paid, bounced checks, etc., you don't have anything to worry about. 

I have posted deragotory comments about 2 companies, and both have threatened to sue me.  I have a little file in which I keep all the evidence of late pays and bounced checks, so I'm not concerned.

Were you making more than 9 cpl? 10 cpl?, etc?  Do you know if all MTs were affected or just certain accounts.  If it wasn't all MTs, do you know why you were targeted? 

I'm just trying to get a grasp on this as I work for MDI/Transcend and I'm worried about 01/01/10.

all info to know who posts what so seems to me that the problems and negative things about the company will not get posted there.  To register to post you have to give name and e-mail address, etc. which would not make it easy for somebody to track a poster down.  Just my 2cents.

as I was just looking to see what will happen to my file of shortcuts and expansions when I uninstall.  I am going to try to save them to CD before uninstalling.  It would be very discouraging to lose over 1000 entries!

Try opening SC before your word program and see if the double letters disappear.  Also, if you open Stedman's Medical Dictionary before SC, that should stop the double letters. 

Wish me luck!

Simply divine intervention, I guess. I should also mention that since I got the $3 raise (which will be promptly taken away in January) they have been routing all the longest reports, foulest dictators and general pond scum to moi. I used to churn out 150 reports a day but since my "raise" am lucky to slog thru 90 or 100 (on a good day).

MQ doesn't fool me in the least - I was born in the morning but it wasn't THIS morning!

PS:  Thanx 4 your sympathy (and orchestral overture! LOL).

one of those MTs who do NOT depend solely on YOUR income to live.  I busted my behind trying to make money with VR, and THAT IS NOT realistic unless you work 20 hours a day.

If it works for you, that is great....but most MTs i have spoken with who LOVE VR,.....are the ones who really and truly do NOT have to worry about money or in this MT thing just to have something to do make mad money on the side. 

Taxes not going to the government?  Whatever shall we do about that? 

Well, in point of fact, all my taxes are going to the government, I am simply the one who has to keep track of them, since there is no withholding.  I get a 1099 every year, which I file with my taxes.  Are you sure you are not confusing IC with earning money ''under the table''?

The only thing that could vaguely qualify me as an employee is the ''ongoing relationship'' line in the IRS definition of employee.  But since I sign a contract from year to year, and since either party can break it with proper notice, I interpret that to mean I am an IC.  If they decide my services are no longer required, I don't qualify for unemployment.  I am happy to forfeit even that for the freedom to come and go as I please. 

I do not require group health insurance, as I have it through another source, so I cannot think of any reason in the world why I would want to be this company's employee rather than an IC.  If I want a day off I can take it without going over some company-imposed limit on time off within a certain period.  I can really pound the keyboard if I need money, without violating some overtime hours restriction.  I feel respected and I feel appreciated.  I am  considerate of their needs - to a point - but I am my own boss.

Can you seriously believe that all we need to do is everybody become employees making 10-plus cpl with full benefits and hospitals won't seek to cut their costs however they can?  I feel that with so many of our jobs going overseas, the IC option is one factor that keeps employing US MTs viable.  If you can do without company benefits, and thrive without company restrictions a TRUE IC job is great.

C'mon, people, lighten up.

Okay, one of the reasons I posted on here was because I DIDN'T want to sow seeds of discord within the company and cause trouble there. I wanted to know if I was alone in my perceptions, if I had been too hard on Transcend or if there were others who felt the same way, if I was alone. 

I talked to a member of the quality council about it, who actually felt similarly in some ways, and there was only one other person I trust enough to talk to about it in detail with through  email. I thought if I talked to anyone else about it, I'd be causing trouble, and I thought maybe she and I were alone.

As I said previously, I see where I could've done some things differently, and Transcend could've too. Both sides of an argument usually contain truth, there are rarely any innocent "victims."

No, I will not post specifics because it might discourage new people who haven't had the same experience as I did and perhaps my experience was unique to me and a few individuals for whatever reason, which again, was the same reason I didn't post on the forum or email others and ask.

If anything, the cheerleaders now are making me MORE comfortable with my decision to quit by their behavior on here, not less.

If you could perhaps see another perspective other than your own and allow for the possibility that just because YOU see things that way doesn't mean everyone does, then you might learn something useful, learn from others' mistakes or the company could learn from its mistakes, that's what I'm going to do with this.

It appears that others are trying to control the negativity out of everyone, like Stepford Wives, instead of listening better and learning from our mistakes, which  might make us all more productive as individuals and a company; however, this behavior is evidence that that will never happen, so I standby my decision to quit.

Thanks for helping me out with that, and it wasn't the negatives that did it, it was the beating-a-dead horse cheerleaders who are misjudging why people are afraid to talk about their concerns.

If it's positive for you, that's all that matters. Boundaries, people. Why are people taking it so personally if Transcend is insulted?

See post by ADMIN: That's right. Back up your claims with facts, not with lunatic remarks.

Post a Reply] [View Follow Ups] [Company Board] Posted By: Administrator (sm) on 2005-09-20 In Reply to: Absolutely . . . sm - me

Step up to the plate and post in more of a professional manner. Otherwise, it serves no real purpose. MTStars was not created for people to come only to post their personal smear campaign.