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Do you know the definition of RUMOR? Sheesh!

Posted By: LooseLips on 2006-10-10
In Reply to: Well then Keystrokes is getting some of MQ's account then. Won't be midsized for long. - nm

You must be a riot at the laundromat! Yackety Yack!


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    my thoughts exactly - sheesh !
    nm
    Sheesh! The BS never ends in this
    business.  I was told for sure that it was all accounts. What a surprise.  Just another line. Doesn't this get tiresome?  Thanks for clarifying.  Guess they saw me coming.
    Look up the definition...

    Definition of IC
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    Definition of IC
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    8 cpl for IC work? And I get to pay my own taxes too - sheesh nm

    sheesh -- you're full of it.
    capitalism is the best -- just look at the world around you. and there ARE plenty of honest businesses. if you are so disillusioned, go ahead and go live in another part of the world, and see how well you like it.
    Sheesh, should have said, have people email you.
    nn
    I've got your definition
    IC means they don't promise you a thing with regard to volume of work, but expect you to work as if you were an employee...

    IC used to mean Independent Contractor - you contract with a service or doctor/hospital to provide certain services. They define the job needed to be done, but *you* set your price.

    To be fair, a qualified MT still has the ability to negotiate rate, etc., and many MTSO's are flexible and fair. Too many however, (MQ) are so totally corporatized they are quickly moving to force the former independent into a employee status - and in the process removing *much* if not all of the production pay incentives that used to make this work (more)bearable.

    Watch the new trend: Pay newbies nothing and QAers very little and end up with a finished product that nets a bigger profit. Hey, if we stand for it, we deserve to be exploited.
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    What's your definition of life?

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    Actually it's the exact definition of it.
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    sorry about the typo... shoulda been careers... sheesh... NM
    x
    Depends on your definition of holiday pay - sm
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    Main Entry: syn·tax
    Pronunciation: 'sin-taks
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French sintaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek, from syntassein to arrange together, from syn- + tassein to arrange
    1 a : the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses) b : the part of grammar dealing with this
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    definition of a cherry picker
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    Defining the Independent Contractor

    No consistent, uniform definition distinguishes an employee from an independent contractor. Some statutes contain their own definitions. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that when a statute contains the term employee but fails to define it adequately, there is a presumption that traditional agency-law criteria for identifying master-servant relationships apply (National Mutual Insurance Co. v. Darden, 503 U.S. 318, 112 S. Ct. 1344, 111 L. Ed. 2d 581 [1992]).

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    An employer who sets specific hours of work for a worker exhibits control over the worker, indicating that the worker is an employee.

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    Just a quick definition for you anon for now...


    SATIRE


    1.the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
    2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
    3. a literary genre comprising such compositions.

    obviously my post wasn't trying to trick anyone into believing I was a TT CEO, I didn't even give his name, and if anybody is slow enough to think that I am the CEO for a minute, please email me, I have a bridge to sale you.

    This whole thread is about the pay decreases and why they are happending...satire, my friend, satire. I need to buy you one of those word-a-day calendars.

    What is the definition of "Very nice?" $25, $50, $100, $1000?
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    Everyone has a different definition of good money. Mine is 50K or more.
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    definition of decent: Acceptable standards
    making $50,000 a year as an MT is beyond decent, it is really great, but realistically a decent living would be less, which is what the poster asked, as the definition of decent is to have acceptable standards.
    How professional..signing as KS Team Leader and posting about the ex. sheesh
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    Axolotl employees----have questions about line definition, etc. sm

    How does Axolotl define a line?  Do they pay for spaces, headers, footers, & expansions?  Are you docked for blanks or sending things to QA?  If so, how much.


    Thanks for the info.


    Have a fabulous 4th!


    Rumor has it...
    Baltimore. Or Colorado. Just rumors, tho. Praying not AMHERST....ugh.
    Not just a rumor

    It is an absolute fact that they are outsourcing.  There was no DD deposit issue just a money issue, another fact.  Everyone can take from this what they want, believe or don't, but just remember that when you all are sitting without a paycheck or work, you were warned. 


    Who's out? What's the rumor?
    nm
    Rumor - - yes

    I am the supervisor of the Transcription Department, and I have only heard rumors!  LOL!  The administration likes to stick their noses in and make decisions regarding things they no nothing about, and they always mess things up - - TERRIBLY! 


    They now have our psychotherapists typing their own narrative notes into Ecet, and today they started typing their own treatment plan updates in a program that was just purchased (I knew nothing about it).  We now outsource our initial diagnostic assessments to Transcription Connection, Inc.  We are still transcribing the doctors narratives and psychiatric assessments.  However, I think they will find a way to get these done elsewhere as well.  One of the docs told me that in a staffing meeting they were told to make sure they proofed their work well because they were looking to start sending everything to a service, and get rid of in-house. 


    They do not want to say anything definite to me yet, as they still need the 4 transcriptionists they have (including myself).  When they no longer need us, we will be hitting the door I am afraid.  I am preparing though.  I have been job searching, and I have taken all of my PTO due to surgery, etc.  They are not going to take me for anything if I can help it. 


    I came across by mistake an e-mail path my supervisor sent to TCI, stating that if she was happy with their work they would be getting all of it.  I was livid and confronted my supervisor.  She lied of course and said that she had to tell the service this to get the line count pricing down.  I told her that either way this was very, very unethical, that one of us, either myself or the service, were being lied to. 


    I am bidding my time.  I am not walking out.  I am going to ride it out to the end.  I want to be able to get unemployment, etc.  As I said, I have been with this company for going on 15 years.  I have been very dedicated to this company all of these years and they are  just going to crap on me.  Nothing new in this day and age.  Corporate America is out for themselves and no one else.  It is all money.


    This is probably a rumor about OSI
    I am an ex-employee of OSi and did not care for some things there but I believe this is a rumor. This does not sound like something MB would do.
    is this a rumor?
    nm
    It's not rumor...

    There are plenty of posters who say they have friends that work at certain companies and offer feedback.


    If it takes 3 weeks to get up to par, that's quite a long time. 


    What I stated above is not false.  No one needs to lie about a company.  I got an e-mail saying stay away from transportal they are horrible people to work for and load you up after they've sifted through the files all day. 


    Maybe there are different accounts and different sups or whatever, I'm just passing on what I was told from an MT friend I trust.


    The girl told me they've done nothing but hassle her and she only made a little bit of money. 


    The moderators say to take everything with a grain of salt.  Apply away, and then come back and tell us what you think.   


    Rumor is they are up for sale

    but I have not heard anything more about that.


    you said it exactly, rumor. that surrounds KS.
    s
    Do not start rumor. (SM)
    If you have information, send it to the Administrator or myself and let us verify.

    Otherwise, state it is YOUR opinion only.

    Goldbird

    Rumor? you mean no one has told you yet?
    x
    This is rumor. Nothing has been decided yet. sm
    We are still getting final numbers from 2 different insurance companies. In the past, we have not qualified for a large group policy at a decent rate because of lack of participation. All of the big insurance companies want 50% of the employees to take the insurance and we did not have that in the past. It does look good this time though. We are hoping that the rates come back low but nothing is definite at this point.
    Whoever spread that rumor
    I've been paranoid ever since the pay cut rumors post - thanks, rumormonger for spreading needless misery!
    Sheesh, that's awful. Glad I didn't waste my time testing, had a feeling....
    x
    I got a travel mug! I work at HOME. I drive 10 miles a week. I don't drink coffee. Sheesh! lo
    nm
    That's a pretty wild rumor to be
    circulating.