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time give away = money down the drain - a1typist

Posted: May 20, 2011

Is anyone else fighting back against all the time we are expected to give away? Every time they ask us to sit waiting for work to come in for 15 minutes, they are only paying minimum wage for your state. If you are making more than this with your calculated base, they are cheating you! I lose approximately $7 dollars an hour when asked to wait. I for one have had enough! Pray for me, as I may push this to the limit of losing my job, but when you think about it, that may be the best possible outcome as I am tired of always trying to fight for what is wrong. I am asked to attend phone meetings that are unpaid. I am asked to do training that is unpaid. The list goes on and on and I have had enough. May consider hiring an attorney, as I think they wrong us at every turn.

Maybe we should itemize the time spen, & bill them. - (sm)

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Of course, they would just laugh at us. But then again, those of us who carefully document stuff like this, could then take our carbon copies of said invoices to the nearest State Labor Board. I would imagine all corporate laughing at MTs would stop at right about that point.

Sweet Revenge - Terminator

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I really wish MQ would get their come-uppance. They can't expect that we will calmly and willingly accept all the cuts in pay. I used to make more than twice as much only 10 years ago. Each little change they do takes more small change out of our pockets, but it adds up to thousands in very little time. Of course we're resentful and angry. It's a knee-jerk reaction. We're so over-qualified for this job with education, experience, intelligence and honesty. With those traits, we should be making twice what we do here. I've been looking elsewhere for a career change. Transcription is going down the tubes for us. Unfortunately, I must have sent dozens of resumes out for related jobs in and out of the medical field without any response. It's not like the old days where human resources would get a few mailed resumes and a real person would actually contact you. Searching for another job is a full-time job in itself, and in this economy with so many unemployed people with the time to spend sending resumes, it's a bleak option. What's a transcriptionist to do??

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