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DIT Transcription independent contractor - DM0516
Posted: Aug 10, 2010
Yes, I fell for DIT's reassurances that their financial troubles were all in the past too. I worked diligently for two months only to be met with silence when I asked which days they mail paychecks out. It's been two weeks now, and I haven't heard a thing. To those of you who are staying loyal to these people: Please, please, please don't. They don't deserve it. For over a year, they have been preying on new MTs who are desperate for a job. This is NOT right! They need to be put out of business, but since the SC Labor Board can to nothing to help the independent contractor, we're on our own.
Why with their history would you give them - two months worth of work?
[ In Reply To ..]I'm pretty much a sap, too, so I can maybe buy giving them a chance to prove that they've changed. But, with their record, if you've given them two weeks' work and no check is forthcoming, that would be it, and I'd have made that clear to them up front. Why on earth did you stick for not one month but two without getting paid, especially with their history?
I fell for DIT's game - Tracey
[ In Reply To ..]I too fell for DIT's bull. I stuck it out for a while because I needed the experience but they now owe me just over $3000. They are no where to be found now. And being an IC, I can not find a lawyer to take my case because they believe it would be like "chasing a ghost"
Beware of DIT!!!
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