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long time MTs I'd like your input please - just sooo tired

Posted: Apr 12, 2013

Remember the good old days when we had our own accounts and only signed with a service as "filler?" This is the third time that I have committed to working full time, signed the "Agreement" that yes, I will work for you full time hours, only to end up with under 20 hours for the month, or better yet sitting and waiting and waiting to start with now no full-time income coming in because I have committed to them to full time! Has anyone ever tried to be compensated for that time? If we agreed to work full time and then didn't for whatever reason, we would be out on our a_ _ the first day. Obviously, if we try to add an addendum to their agreements I'm sure "they" would just hire someone else. I realize our hands are tied when we accept work with out-of-state companies for anything with small claims court, but shouldn't the agreement that they have not honored and e-mail conversations preserved count for something? Please let me know if any of you have ever tried anything. Thanks!

What do you mean by tied hands? - mt2

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You can sue an out-of-state company/person/whatever in small claims.

long time MTs I'd like your input please - just sooo tired

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I always thought to sue a company that's out of state you would have to travel to their state to do so. I'll have to look into it. thanks

If you have employee status - Snow Bunny (the original)

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But are paid on production, I would contact both the Labor Board and IRS and discuss things with them.

long time MTs I'd like your input please - just sooo tired

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this has happened with IC positions. I would feel somewhat empowered as an employee and do what you have suggested. The way it is now, like so many of us I can't afford to miss even one week's pay and it so frustrating when you know that you would be fired if you were turning work in late, let alone telling them you can work 5 days and then deciding to only work 3. thanks.

When they don't honor their agreement with ME, then - I dont honor mine with THEM. -Meerkat-sm

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On days when I come up against NJA, I give it a few minutes - maybe go get the mail, put in a load of laundry, then try again. If still no work, I LOG OFF, and go do one of my side-income projects. I may be full-time, but if they can't provide me with a full-time income (which most of the time they CAN'T), the money's gotta come from SOMEWHERE, right?

long time MTs I'd like your input please - just sooo tired

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Yes, absolutely. I try to keep some additional work to do (still have a couple of very very small accounts of my own) but you know how it goes. When these places jerk you around, we should have some way to go after them and it doesn't seem like we do. Thanks.

Get a lawyer. - Long Time MT

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Talk to an attorney.

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