I hate when companies treat us like we're working for pin money
Posted By: memt on 2007-06-01
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Am I supposed to be happy when a company only gives me 200 or 300 lines a day when they promise you a certain amount (that is higher than that)? How would the company employees (not us lowly transcriptionists) feel if the company told them that they were only getting paid 100 dollars this pay period, that there wasn't enough work. Not enough to pay bills and keep food on the table, just pin money.
Sheesh.
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You're working to make money, not to spend money.
These people should be ashamed of themselves taking advantage of people this way!
And you're willing to just accept that? Ever had your identity stolen? I have. It's no treat.
the police have made a report but whoopee, that's not getting my credit back on track. Talk about stress and grief. No one ever cares until it happens to them. What a shame.
Hate to add to your confusion, but have you ever given thought to working as a SE ??
I know there are very few companies offering such but, in my opinion, it's like having the freedom and flexibilty of an IC with some of the benefits of being an employee. I am a SE and have the stability of a company that offers me more than enough work and the freedom of when I work with a 24-hour turnaround time. I don't have PTO, but between the increase in pay I received when hired (after being stagnant for 12 yrs with prior company) and the fact that they withhold Federal & MedCare taxes for me,I'm able to put the X-Tra money toward my own PTO, insurance,or increase my payment on credit cards.
After reading that PTO for employees at my former company is now having to be used when there is no work - I do believe I made the right decision to seek a company that offered SE status. My "stash" of PTO will be used as "I" see fit.
FYI - I have been with this company for 1 yr & have experienced only one slow-down of work which occurred over the past Fourth of July holiday. Other than that, if I've wanted to work 24/7,the work has been there.
Just something I wondered if you had ever considered. I just feel I have the best of both worlds. Just depends on you and your needs.
One of the worse things about working from home is never getting away from it. I hate
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I'm the opposite.... the pay is okay, but I hate working inhouse. Mgmt. SUX! n/m
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beware of companies who ask for money (sm)
to get or give you a job. you shouldn't have to pay anyone. they should pay you.
Love psych notes. HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE,
HATE ER notes.
that is what gets me, how do companies figure they save money overseas...
they pay you 4 cpl to edit a report, and probably the other person 4 or 5 cpl, that is already as much as they pay one American MT. I realize our MTs also use QA and editing, but on average, they must be losing money this way.
maybe the key is to refuse to edit them. what would they do with that? they could not possibly send reports out without us 'doctoring' them up.
we should just not edit them.
I do think editing the VR should be something we will all end up doing.
shouldn't we have some organization to help us make sure we make at least as much as we do now, though. you are only making 4 cpl, who comes up with that figure, and when did that become the standard? who decided that, what is their reasoning, and why do we have to accept it?
we need help here, especially with all the changes coming. what a disappointment the only organization that probably could have helped us (AAMT) has decided instead to become like any other corporation, just make money, period.
we need a VOICE, a single united VOICE...
we should be putting our heads together to try and do something to save our jobs.
I would keep working, but put the money - sm
into a money market, or into my IRA, or anything that will earn interest. Then you can use the interest it earns for extras, such as vacations, etc. And you'll always have that windfall to fall back on should you ever lose your job, have unexpected expenses, buy a house, etc.
Even if you take the time off to see your daughter and it is unpaid, now you can afford it.
Congrats on your fabulous luck! :D
It's MTs like you who are just working for 'fun-money' that
You settle for less, and you're complacent with an MT's paltry earnings because you don't need it to survive and feed anything but your ego.
Working PT and FT for 2 different companies. (Sm)
How do you all do it? I am trying out another company to see how I like it with anticipation to switch over. In the meantime, I am working 40 hours for one and 20 for another. There is still a home to maintain, meals to prepare, grand kids to take to and pickup from school (their mother is a single parent and a nurse so her hours are worse than mine).
I am only intending on doing this for another few weeks until I make my decision, then doing only 1 FT job.
I know there are those of you who do this on a regular, steady basis and I admire your fortitude. You are made of stronger stuff than I am.
Working for 2 companies.
I am just starting that process. I work IC at one company and am taking the other one on at full time. I don't know how long I will keep the IC company, but I am going to keep them for at least a month. I don't think I could juggle 2 for very long, though with the IC job, I'm not scheduled hours so that will help.
Working for 2 companies or more
It can be done, if my "main service" is low in either of my 2 accounts, which it normally is when I first start in the morning, then I work for company #2 until work starts picking up in my "main service." I also let the main service know that I am working for the other service and to just call or email me if work starts coming in.
what companies are you all working for
Off QA review in 3 or 4 days????
Let's just assume that your company tells the MT to follow the BOS to the letter, and the platform is user friendly, and the MT has 5 or 8 years experience. Even given that scenario, someone new to a company cannot be expected to turn in a report with 98 to 99 percent accuracy in 2 or 3 or 4 days. Maybe it would be possible if the MT had only 1 work type or transcribed only 1 doctor. But throw in 5 or 6 work types, each with a some pecularities to them, a different doctor for each report, maybe the same doctor twice in an 8-hour shift.
Or how about an MT that has been following the BOS to the letter and switches companies and now has to transcribe verbatim - that would make q.d. CORRECT if dictated. The MT has to stop and think how to transcribe what normally would be INCORRECT. So the MT hears *hs* and accidentally types at bedtime.....you get the idea.
If a company told me they expect me to be off QA review in 3 days, I would take that to mean they don't care about the details of my work, just turn in what looks good the untrained eye, and let them get their lines billed.
Working for 2 companies
I have a question for all of you that work for 2 or even 3 companies at a time. Do you ever have trouble with different platforms not working on the same computer? In other words, if you have one account that uses ExText and another one that uses Docuscribe, do you have problems? I have been thinking about trying to work for 2 different companies since I can't seem to make a living doing part-time work, and "just maybe" if I go with 2 different companies, I will have enough work (hopefully). Please let me know your experiences, please. Thank you.
No, we're both tossers. Hate clutter, if it isn't used, we donate or trash it.
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Is it possible to make good money working for someone else?
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working for multiple companies
I was wondering if any of you work for multiple accounts, and if so how you manage your time between the two of them. I have been trying to work on one during the day, and one at night, but its not working very well for me at this point.
I am working for multiple companies
I was working 1 job full time split shift afternoon and back in the evening to 1 a.m. The second job I work around it, either in the morning or third shift. They are pretty flexible.
But now I am in a similar situation. I just took one job split afternoon and overnigt and the other job early afternoon split to evening. I sleep during the mornings and after dinner time when my husband watch the kids. I will manage to get 2 full days off when I go to 2 F/T instead of 1 set and 1 flexible job. It should be interesting. I wish you luck. For me, at least the bill collectors are happy now.
Contracts for working at companies?
Hi all,
I was wondering, do MOST of the companies require you to sign a contract to work for them? You know, saying how long you will work for them, etc? I have heard a lot about this lately. Is this the norm? It seems to me that one wouldn't want to work for a company requiring this, as I would think that if they were a good company, employees wouldn't need a contract, they would just stay because they are happy?
Contracts for Working at Companies
If you are truly an "Independent Contractor" then YOU present the company with YOUR contract for THEM to sign. YOU bill THEM for your work, after negotiating a price. Have you ever had work done on your house by a contractor? Did you give him a contract, or did he give you one, after the two of you agreed on a price for specific work? Did you tell him what hours he would work, what tools he would use and how he would use them?
The U.S. Department of Labor has guidelines for deciding who is and is not an "Independent Contractor," and working at home has absolutely no bearing on it:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs13.pdf
working multiple companies
For those you who work a full-time job plus a part-time job for a different company, are you using one computer for both? I thought maybe I should buy a second computer???
Oh, I forgot. You're only allowed to hate and resent white people.
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If we boycott working for companies that offshore,
boycott medical providers that offshore, and write to our politicians, maybe we can change things. I won't go to any local doctor that uses an offshored transcription outsource. Hit 'em where it counts, right in their big fat wallets. They put us out of work and reduced our wages, so why do we owe them any loyalty? Why should we pay higher medical bills when they're too cheap to pay us what we're worth? Pretty soon, we'll all be on unemployment, foodstamps and Medicaid. One way or another, they'll have to cough up.
sick of working for crappy companies?
I have been thinking about starting my own company. I have done some research and it looks like all I really need is an FTP site, handhelds (that the doc's purchase themselves), and to get accounts. If anyone is interested in doing this with me let me know...or if anyone has any other information on starting a company input would be appreciated!
Why are we working as IC's and the companies are making profits off of us? Lets cut out the middle man and make the money we deserve!!
You're right......it really is JUST about money
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You realize by doing that they're making more money & you're making less? You should reconsid
i sent my chapstick back with show me the money on it. i'm now working for spheris.
oh well he has one more chapstick floating around to recycle next MT appreciation day.
Sickest thing, I made more money my first year as MT as I do now, for working
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True, but that doesn't mean we have to embrace it by working for these companies!
have a spine and absolutely refuse to work for any company that outsources offshore.
Working for offshore owned companies and feeling
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so all these companies are really Synthescribe? Glad I did not get started working for them! nm
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Why is it that when you owe money, they're real
jerks about collecting on it, such as taxes or medical bills. However, when the shoe's on the other foot, do you think they pay up in a timely manner? We're owed tax money from 2002 that we're still waiting for. There was some kind of mixup with the IRS, so we had to pay the taxes or they threatened us with collection. I had to file an amended return to get our money back from their mistake. The amended return was received over six months ago.
The medical company owes me a refund from a year ago because they forced me to make payments and threatened me with collection on my account. They are the ones that didn't provide documentation or follow up with the insurance company. I had to do it for them! I should be happy that I'm even getting my own money back, but I need it today. Even the bank messed up on me last night. We made a car payment by check that got taken out through ACH electronic check processing and they deposited the check, too. They got a double car payment from us because of their mistake. It's going to take the bank two days to research it and process the credit on my account. I don't think so! These people need to cough up MY money NOW!
No they're not because I'm making more money on it....sm
than before the program was implemented. I also know others who are making more money per hour - and no one argues with more moolah! 
So, are you working for the same company. I have worked for 2 companies and I have noticed a huge
difference in the lines I got from each company. The accounts were similar. I never ever got what your talking about but I would average 600-700 lph at one company and the other one I was lucky to get 400 lph so then I figured out they didnt pay for spaces, footers, headers etc.. and that does factor into your line counts on that platform.
Actually, no, it's poor you! You're the one who paid all the money
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I think there's always going to be some companies that use them, and they're not that expensiv
You can get a long distance unlimited plan for around $60/month. You don't need a second phone line unless your computer is on dial-up and you need to be online when you're working. It's just like a regular phone, when you're working the line will be busy, so I just use my cell phone as my primary phone.
DixieDew, I don't always agree with your political views, but you're right on the money in thi
They're still working on that...nm
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You're working against us, then.
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I thought the same thing. Justify the EXTRA MONEY they're keeping
You know full well if the foreign MT was the same price they'd quit looking there too. It's all about the money. Who's he fooling?
You're likely to make more money on the lower rate because easier to understand and can probably
faster and need less time to look things up, etc. Just my 2 cents.
Not to mention you're letting the govt use your money INTEREST FREE
Ack!
Now that said, I usually have them withhold a little too much simply because we can't take a payment hit.
You better stop working for yourself then because you're the one
who started all the sniping and rudeness with your sweeping generalizations. If trying to hire a good MT has you that frustrated, maybe you shouldn't be in management. There are plenty of negative people out there who don't have what it takes to run a company.
Well, if you're working in Word
you can use that Word Count and do the math yourself, or there is Abacus. I don't know of any free line counting programs. I work in Word and just use the tools in word to count lines. You highlight the document and count it that way through the tools menu.
They're talking about working for sm
a company doing VR, not doing VR on their own. Those are the "editing" jobs you see.
Does anyone else feel like you're always working
i feel like i'm typing constantly!! my whole life is type type type type type
do you ever find yourself "editing" when you're not working? sm
I find myself, like when I'm reading a menu or magazine, newspaper, etc, always finding the grammer errors, punctuation errors, spelling errors, and it drives me--not to mention my DH--nuts! I guess it's out of habit, but I can't seem to turn the "editor" in me off! I'm always, instead of enjoying the story or article, or whatever I'm reading, looking for errors or typo's. Does anyone else ever do this? I guess I'm obsessive/compulsive. Think I could get work comp for that? 
Nine cents is fine if you're working for someone else. sm
But, not so good if the account is your own. :)
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