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Good company to work with - Gram Horsey
Posted: Nov 04, 2014
any references for a company that is good to work for or with? I see so many that are telling you to stay away from them. I guess it is hard to find a good one!
Although all MT companies that I am - familiar with are
[ In Reply To ..]pretty sorry these days, especially in terms of pay (let's face it, MT is just a low paid job now). Even the terrible 3 apparently have many people making it work for them. Bottom line, you really won't know a good company for you until you are working for it, not someone else's experience.
I know, but - Gram Horsey
[ In Reply To ..]if you are hired as IC you should not be given a strict schedule and I am seeing ads for IC but have to work a set shift and weekend day. I have been doing this 25 years and want part time now. Just thought maybe there might be MT that are happy with a certain company. seems so many companies MT are not happy with and want to avoid that, been there in the past. Thanks
ICs and "scheduling" - nn
[ In Reply To ..]I am currently working as an IC for a smaller company that very rarely advertises. In my cover letter to my resume, I state my hours of availability. I am not " an early morning person," and I generally start working later in the morning and work until 11 to midnight, depending on the workload. I also work weekends, because the work needs to get done.
It is truly a double edged sword, because there are companies that are asking for IC; however, want what seems to many to be a a "schedule." TAT needs to be met, and I have seen it from both sides as an MT and management, where too many people tend to say they will work at least part of a weekend, and "disappear." When a facility is not happy with TAT, that is how companies lose accounts to other services.
I am not sure if they are hiring right now or not, but you may want to try either United Transcription or SmartDoc. Both of those companies are IC and both are straight typing.
IC work - Gram Horsey
[ In Reply To ..]I saw that, but did not contact them yet. I work as IC and need flexible hours. I may check into United Trans. I just don't like that they advertise IC and then state shifts and days you are to work. That is not an IC. If employee then need all the benefits that go with it. Just want part-time and best for me. Thanks.
that's not the way it works - sm
[ In Reply To ..]A company puts out a request to have their needs met by a private contractor. It doesn't mean they are obligated to hire you on your own terms.
The guy who builds your stone wall is a private contractor. If you need it done in two weeks, you get to choose the guy that will get it done in two weeks.
Independent contractors are free to provide services or fail to do so. As an IC, there is nothing wrong with defining your work schedule to a client. As the client, there is nothing wrong with choosing an IC that is a good match for your needs.
True, but - Gram Horsey
[ In Reply To ..]when it comes to taxes, benefits, etc. some companies are stating "IC" but treating the IC as an employee. IRS and labor laws disagree with this being an IC job. I have no problem paying my own taxes, but do not want someone breathing down my back when working and telling me to work holidays and weekends at this point in my life. Who knows, may get out of it all together! thanks for the info.
If you hire that contractor - to build your stone wall
[ In Reply To ..]You don't tell him what tools to use, what hours he has to be there, train him to your way of doing things, etc. You tell him the turnaround time. If he is there at 8:00 am one day and 11 am the next day, you don't care as long as the wall is done at the end of the 2 weeks.
When we worked as ICs some years ago, we got the tapes and had to have them done by the next day, no one cared when we did it, just that they were done by the deadline. That's considerably different than the current situation. Everybody knows this, and the rest of this is just utter nonsense of splitting hairs. You know it too. They could hire MTs as statutory employees, which would at least have them paying their appropriate half of FICA. Over a period of just one year FICA adds up to be quite a bit of money. It's obvious to all of us that they are getting away with what really amounts to tax evasion.
Even when they hire as employees, what other area of employment has their most poorly paid employees pay their overhead? Oh yeah, I forgot, for the gift of working at home. I never worked as hard for any employer on site as I have at home.
Remember some of the companies provided the computers, etc. but leased them to the employees? Why are we not able to bill them for leasing our equipment? This is definitely having your cake and eating it too.
Have you no shame for defending this?
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