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MQ requires 24 hours per week for PTO benefits.nm.

Posted By: Wannie on 2006-07-31
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    Why would anyone work 8 hours a week. The poster above said 16 or 24 hours a week.
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    Allegiant requires 500 lines per day rather than set # of hours
    nt
    If a company requires a set number of hours,
    production, or schedule then they cannot classify the MT as an IC and the MT cannot say she is an IC per IRS. They are to be treated as an employee, PT or FT, whatever the case may be.
    Sorry, I work 15 hours a day 5 days a week and 5 hours the other 2, when I come here I dont proof.
    nm
    Full time with Transtech is both. 40 hours per week and 5500 lines per week.
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    Any companies that allow line count rather than hours or less than 20 hours per week? (sm)

    Wouldn't mind having something extra especially with Christmas and general winter expenses coming up but working a FT job and really don't want to do another 20 hours on top of that. 


     


    Told minimum PT was 3500 lines a week; requires 2 weekend days a month nm
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    Must we choose either 8, 16 or 24 hours. Why would they want someone only working 8 hours a week.
    That is less than SE are required now.
    MQ does and Webmedx has benefits for 35 hours. Bet there are more 2. nm
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    So a FT MT who needs their hours for benefits should sacrifice for you? sm
    Who already has a job somewhere else? Gee, thanks.
    Transolutions has benefits at 32 hours NM
    NM
    You do not get PTO for 16 hours a week. 24 hours or more for the PTO. nm
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    20 hours per week

    I have 3 accounts and work about 20  to 22 hours per week on them including printing, delivering, cutting apart chart notes, clean up their dictation, change things, etc.  and I make betweem the three of them (5 docs, 2 surgeons, 2 IM's and one plastic surgeon) $3200 to 3400.   Guess I am lucky.   Work at a clinic doing electronic chart notes and get paid $15 hour plus benefits and put in as many hours as I want -- up to 20 and sometimes bring tapes home and make 1200 to 1400 there.  Not bragging but the accounts are out there.


     


    Patti


    because anything over 40 hours a week
    has to be paid at OT line rate if you are at full-time employee status.  That's probably why.
    IC - 30 hours week. nm
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    32 hours/week
    nm
    More like 80 hours/week hu?
    More like 80 hours/week hu? Unless you work your booty off and have no life or have a slew of macros that you use for EVERY word transcribed.
    Only 36-40 hours a week
    It actually only takes me 6-8 hours a day of transcribing to make that much. The platform is great, and I do nothing but ER reports. Love it!
    16 hours a week or 8 a week and get
    401 K.
    This thing about working 40 hours for benefits is garbage.
    So if I do my usual 20,000 lines a pay period but only work 30 hours, I lose my benefits, but a newbie who takes 40 hours to do 12,000 lines gets benefits? This is insane. I've enjoyed working for MedQuist, but between this lousy new platform and stinking corporate rules, I've had it. My notice goes in next week, and I'm going back to school this quarter to become a P.A.

    Anyone know of a company that needs about 10 hours a week...
    I'm looking for part-time work, about 10 hours a week.  I've got 13 years full-time acute care experience and just need a few hours, Mon-Fri, morning or night!
    Interviewed the other day - PT is 15 hours per week. (sm)

    Don't know much about the way the jobs load, but she did say people are only taking 2 weeks or less to get up to speed.  (Of course, I know, they can tell you anything.) 


    The recruiter was very pleasant, the test was a verbal thing, and the pay was decent.


     


     


    how may hours a week do you work
    or maybe a better question is how many lines a day do you do?
    Anyone know if TransTech will do PT less than 20 hours per week? nm
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    how many hours a week do you work to get this?
    so, you don't really know what it's like to work a national.
    How many hours do you work a week? (NM)
    nm
    $4000 - PT - 20 hours week as IC. nm
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    What companies have 10 or less hours per week...
    Most companies want 20 hours for part time, but with working outside the home, it's hard to swing it.  Anyone know of any?  Thanks so much.
    At mine it's 8 hours/day, 40 hrs/week.
    SMALL PRINT:
    What they DON'T bother to tell you is that with the minimum line count you're going to be expected to produce daily, it's going to take you 12+ hours to get it all done. 4 hours of which, you know, you will NOT be paid for.

    THAT's 'full-time' employment in the MT world.
    Spheris PT 20 hours week?

    Do they require 20 hours a week for PT and/or weekends? 


    Not really...Minimum of 35 hours per week plus SM
    more hours if they need you to work which means no part time.
    PT has to be 24 hours a week at 100 LPH minimum.
    nm
    sorry should have put an average of 24 hours per week.
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    P.S. Exact same hours of my choice, benefits, etc,, Good luck All!!....NM
    ps
    HOW DO YOU GET OVER TIME IF YOU DON'T WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK?
    That is a great gig you have going. Do you have to work weekends?
    How many hours in a week do you normally work to get your lines in?
    Just curious. I work 50-plus hours here to make it work for our family, would love to cut back
    I lacked 5 hours for the last week. Think that'll be okay since
    work was low? I was going to make it up Sunday, but work still low and didn't want to take from the scheduled folks.
    Yes. I earn almost $40,000 working 32 hours a week. nm
    nm
    I work 1 job, about 36 hours/week and make at
    least that amount, plus have vacation and PTO, also an employee so they pay taxes.   I found that working multiple account keep me from making money because I have to learn so many doctors and be aware of the different formats/platforms and account specific stuff.  I used to work a bunch of jobs part-time and was working 7 days a week and lots and lots of hours and not making very much money.   If I worked the same hours on one account I could have easily made $80,000+/year. 
    The MTs can't be forced to work over 40 hours in a week
    unless paid OT pay. If the work is not getting done, maybe they need additional help on the account or MTs who can actually do the work in a reasonable time to stay in TAT.
    You didn't mention how many hours a week
    you are working. ??
    You didn't mention how many hours a week
    Five days a week; 10-12 hour days.
    Any companies out there that allow you to work 5-10 hours a week?
    I have a full time job, but need to make a bit more income.  Are there any good companies that might work for me?  Thanks for any input.
    PT 20 hours week including 1 weekend day ....nm
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    Just curious - how many hours a week do you work? nm
    xx
    Any companies let you accrue PTO with less than 40 hours per week? (sm)
    WMX used to give  FT benefits at 35 hours per week.  I can do without the insurance, etc.  but really hate to give up PTO.
    Any companies offering benefits on 35 hrs per week or less except Webmedex? Nm
     
    I make about $1,500 a month working about 20 hours per week.

    Believe me, I'm not bragging or slamming anybody at all.  No way.  I'm frustrated with my own income because I'd like to make more.  I'm willing to put in more hours to do it, too.  Honestly, I'm not that fast.  I have one very small local account and one small MTSO I subcontract for.  None of it is verbatim, it's clean up the grammar as you go, which totally slows me down.


    I won't work for a national any more because I couldn't make enough money there.  I wasn't willing to tough it out for three months until I could make their line counts, especially when they had me on their worst accounts, pools of hundreds of dictators per hospital so I couldn't use my expander, and a new account every week.


    I've said before that if I'm going to do MT, it's going to be on my terms.  I won't chain myself to a desk or be "on call" all day long waiting for work to come in.  Nationals don't pay you to sit there and wait for work.  That's bull.  Being on call IS working.  Other businesses pay their "on call" people at least minimum wage.  They skirt around the issue trying to use SE and IC terminology, but it's just a way of paying us less to be at their beck and call.


    Don't give up on MT entirely.  You'll find your fit.  It just takes some searching.


    I worked for them PT awhile back -- 20 hours a week min., I think. nm

    I work 40 hours a week. I'm glad you're
    back to making good money, but I don't feel that I-chart is ripping me off. If I did, I wouldn't stay.
    Which companies consider full-time 35 hours per week? THX......nm
    nm