Any recent information on either Electronic Medical Transcription in Coral Gables or Alpha Transcrip - nn

i  have recently been olffered employment and started working for both companies; however, I  am a bit leery still of Alpha according to what I am reading in the archives.  I was told by the recruiter at Alpha (after reading some of the posts here) that they do not pay on VBC.  I started training with them on Tuesday on a non-VA account and of course the few reports I got were all SR.  I am not really happy with this aspect, because I feel at 8/4,  I will be making less than minimum wage.  The other thing that concerns me is the fact that apparently, they "hold your first paycheck", meaning that I would not get paid on the 5th for the work that I have done.  I'm sorry but I cannot live like that.  Another thing that I found strange was the fact that technical support did not do the install of the software on my computer but instead sent me the downloads to install it myself and until I started training, I had no way of checking to see if the footpedal worked properly or not.

On the other hand, with Electronic Medical Transcription Services, I had a very unexpected emergency come up, and could not start with them until about a week ago.  Their technical support installed my software and even "fixed it" when I found out  that I had somehow messed something up.  The account that I am on is all straight transcription so far and unlike many companies, they do NOT use a timeclock, nor do they have "X amount of lines per hour" requirement but instead it is "X amount of lines a pay period, and according to some of the MTs on this account, it has been straight typing for 1-2 years. 

Basically, I am trying to make a decision here and although my gut instincts are telling me one thing, I would like to have some open and honest feedback on both companies because I do need to make a decent living.