I'm so mad. No, not mad. Livid.
See, I've been doing transcription for this one company for quite some time, I think as far back as September. They would contact me all the time for transcript work and I busted my tail for them.in fact, work continued to grow, they said they were swamped, and in March, I made way more than I ever did at my full-time job just doing their stuff part-time.
Now, for the sake of giving the company the chance to make things right, I am not going to state the business name (yet). But I got an email from their financial person today, after waiting for an email for a week or so regarding a paycheck, and here they talk about how they're in a financial crunch and are facing either bankruptcy or an investor bailout. Okay, I'm sorry, but they owe me some $2300 for the work I've done (some dating months back) and I am not going to let them just shove me to the side and forget about me.
D*n straight, I'm going to make them make this right. I had to email them and bug them time and time again to make sure they were sending me checks. I wasn't getting paid for work that I did until months later, after the fact. Although I thought that was a little screwy to begin with, I went with it, because either way, I WAS eventually getting paid and I WAS making good money with them. I checked them out, and they've been in business for 15 years. I had no reason otherwise to suspect anything.
But, well, there I go thinking all positive. And now, it looks as though it may be a long road to recover the money I rightfully earned. I'm taking this to the BBB, Georgia Small Claims court, and also notifying the other affiliations they have regarding their business. Oh, and I can do some MAJOR damage here online—I have quite the web presence and can make life miserable for them if they do not pay me. I'm sorry, but $2300 is a little too much to just shrug and say, "no biggie."
I will have to keep you all updated on this situation, but believe you me, I WILL get paid.
I have a blog at with updates on this situation. There you will find links to the local news stories regarding this company and the outrageous treatment of their contracted workers.
Sara
Omaha, Nebraska
U.S.A.
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