...sorry. This is not a rare happening and will happen to you a few times more. nm
Posted By: It stinks, but it's how it is. on 2006-09-08
In Reply to: This happens over and over I think when a bunch of people get hired at once. Some places are better - organized about this, but this is not a rare happe
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You know, I have had that happen several times lately!
I thought it was me! I would be in the middle of typing a job and then all of a sudden everything would be gone but the voice. Or, I'd get a job and then the voice would not be there. I would do the instructions on how to upload voice again, and it would be gone. After I'd go in and out of the program, I'd get something else which was very diffiuclt, or nothing at all. I thought this was a system error, but do you really believe it is sups manipulating it? BTW: I have e mailed, but get no response to anything so I have given up even communicating anymore. I figured sup had a problem though my quality is always fine and I exceed my counts, never absent, and pitch in. I just refuse to work 7 days a week. I guess that means I have an attitude! Thanks for sharing. I did not realize this was happening to anyone else!
I've had that happen to me a few times...
when I started with a new company about a year ago. But, when I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that my way too was correct, I called the QA on it...and most of the time, I was doing it correctly, just different than they would have done it. However, I conformed to *their* way of thinking, I guess to keep them off my back and finally got used to it. Don't take it too seriously, just do your best and what you know is right. Good Luck...wonder if we work for the same company??? 
Had this happen several times. I look at it as their loss, not mine! :) nm
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You * I * are a rare one....
I sure hope you are being compensated well for all the effort you obviously are putting into your profession. Keep up the good work. You will be one of the ones who will soon be posting that they are making over 50K, if that is what you want.
Good job. 
Maybe you are a rare one but
I have been QA and manager. Yes, QA gets credit for an entire report, but trust me when I say that usually one blank does not warrant QA unless the client wants no blanks. If you have a good MT and they can't figure it out, usually a rare good QA person might, but QA gives it their best shot.
Now, when you say easy. I wish I could tell you what I would have done if we had all good MTs! My last QA gig was with an all Mexican border account. I could do it without a problem, but the MTs left megablanks. We earned every bit of our keep. It is that way and has been with many companies. There are more MTs who do not know what the dictator is saying and will throw in something and it is QA's job to listen if we see anything suspicious. It takes time to take out text and add text.
Overall, it takes more time to QA a report than it does to just transcribe it yourself.
You sound like one of those good MTs.
Now, on what you said about making as much as MT and why settle for it? The most I made in QA was $20 an hour with bennies (good money), but the most I ever made in MT was over $50 an hour (I was really fast). I have over 30 years in the industry. You settle for it because you have to, but on my last gig when they asked me to go down $2/hr after I had been working there for 2 years at $17.50, I quit on the spot and then I got out of the biz (I can do other things and make that and have).
The poor QA who get paid by the line I feel for because that is chicken scratch for the most part and I won't do it. I didn't settle. I got out. Many have known no other biz so I know it is difficult to make a change.
I hate this industry, totally hate it. I am so glad to be out of it and nothing will make me go back. The disrespect I see is totally uncalled for and these companies are as about as professional as a big toe. When you have worked for really professional organizations outside MT, you would know what I mean and all industries have problems, but there is a definitive difference.
I feel for any QA people as well as the MTs because the money they pay nowadays is horrible. I made good money in management, but then that is another entirely different story.
That's right. It is rare to see them posted. They are out there
but usually the candidates hear about them through word of mouth and as you say, the people who get these jobs have been in the industry for many years and have many contacts. I see more and more recruiters who have been MTs and QA which is a very good idea.
Having been an MT/QA for many years, this IS a rare
happening. You might run into a company every now and then and if you do, DO NOT BE SHY about contacting them and telling them that you have to work and you expect this as soon as possible. Ask them when they will overnight it to you and ask to be notified later on that day of the tracking number for shipment of your equipment. Tell them if there is a problem to please advise you immediately so that you may pursue your job search.
That is rare that they hire PT...
I started out PT but eventually went to FT and that is how they want you to be if you start out PT.
A lot of times, if they need extra help, they will over 1-1/2 times our regular rate. sm
This is the equivalent of OT but you get it even if you have not done 40 hours already. I have also received AmerExp gift cards a few times for incentives offered. I think it depends on the account.
I do know for sure that they are working on an incentive program but I have no details and not even sure if they are still looking at it.
I do know for sure that I make more $$ with Keystrokes than I have ever made anywhere else.
You people are a rare breed!
Companies look far and near for op MTs. They are a rarity these days. No one wants to learn the medical technology anymore that it takes to do them. Some MTs can't do anything but clinic notes. So congrats, you are in a class all your own.
I agree - very rare occurrence - sm
But, I have seen it happen on several accounts.
Good for you. Consider yourself one of the rare lucky ones.
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Why are posts about Spheris so rare? Aren't they
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With a few rare exceptions, the companies I have worked for
don't share worker names - so how do you know these other people work for Allstate?
A position like this is a RARE one, newbies. I've been searching 11 yrs for a job like this and
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First you have to find a place that even does Op notes off premises. Very very rare anymore. :( nm
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Companies are hardly offer FT employees any decent benefits so I think is going to be rare to find
them for PT employees. I would love that too, unfortunately, I work too much just to get below average benefits. Best of luck in your search. Honestly, I think the only place you'll find benefits for part-timers is going in-house at a hospital.
What is happening with MQ
When I started with MQ five years ago it was great and I was really happy until the last year. What has happened? They never tell the truth about anything. They have been talking about an incentive plan for ages but where is it. All they seem to come up with is a way to pay less. When I started I got very good bonuses and incentive pay. Now all I get is foreign doctors, never enough repeat to learn the doctors to increase speed. If they ever got strict about the schedule or if they cut the pay any more I am leaving. I can find someplace better to work or I will not work at all.
that is what is happening to me
I told them I pretty much did not want to do the editing side but am soon to be put in a class to learn editing. Getting worried.
What is happening at
TransTech, any info?
I am sorry this is happening to you...
Been there myself with working on 4 different accounts with 4 very different account specifics. I was bounced around and assigned stuff from all 4 of them. Just as I was climbing out from under the pile and MAYBE getting my line count back, here comes another batch assigned just for me. I am not talking about small accounts here or a few dictators - literally hundreds if not thousands of different docs and all kinds of very different account specifics. I did this for a few months and finally gave up. Surely there has GOT to be a better way to assign work? I have 6 years of acute care and easily went some place else. Maybe that might be best if it is really dragging you down. Good luck and best wishes.
By the way it looks, Im the only one this is happening to lol
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Can't believe this is still happening
When I left 2 years ago they were running out of work. They have either lost more accounts (which was why I left) or they overhired (which they are known to do). They used to be a very reputable company and, unfortunately, I have only heard negative things about them in the past couple of years.
Who knows what is happening with TT. It is like
a Jekyl and Hyde situation. Wonderful around Christmas-time; then with the changes to help decrease the insurance costs, things have gone all strange. Suddenly lack of communication, some lack of organization, and unfortunately, a lack of job for this MT now after records were not updated by HR. Long story. But the mgmt knows who I am and they know I was #2 cheerleader (besides TTMAX),and now unsure as to exactly what happened. One day they say more work than you can imagine is here, and then a month or two later, trying to get lines any time of day or night. Finally gave up. Maybe they gave up. Never got the real story. But I would still cheer lead if only I knew what is happening and why, I would probably understand. Oh well. Moving on. As they say, don't look back; you will turn to salt, Lot!. Good luck to those who are there, and to those who are no longer there all the best to you. HOpe TT will weather the storm okay. Still believe in the place. IMHO.
Not happening. Why would
a company or facility do that? There has to be a minimum # of lines or you'd have bunches of people just typing whenever they feel like typing.
To the OP, I am sorry that this is happening to you ...
And I really do hope that things improve for you. When researching companies, especially on this site, you cannot take what everyone says about a company to heart, as the site lists and as so many on here will tell you, you have to make the decision yourself and sometimes that means taking a chance, just as you did.
To the person who placed the post about listening ... As stated above, no one can make a decision based on a company because of the posts on this site or any other site, that has to be a decision made based on your gut feeling. Several people may be absolutely happy with a company and several may not be, which is what you typically get when you post about a company here but again, ultimately it comes down to a gut feeling. Be nice and sympathetic to this person, they decided to take a chance and it has not worked out in their favor, there is no reason to be ugly about it, it can happen to anyone looking for a job in this industry.
All I could recommend to anyone looking for a job in this industry is to research the company, use this site and any other means that you have, try the BBB in the state that they are located in, sometimes that can be very telling, go through the interview, ask lots of questions and then make your decision on what your gut feeling is. All you can do in the end is pray that they were telling you the truth when they hired you, that is all any of us can do these days.
What is happening is that
in addition to not paying for headers, they are also taking away a percentage of the lines you type. Different accounts, different percentages. It is not ExText -- just do the math.
What IS happening?
 Quite frankly, I never have been able to crack the nut with TT. Took a cut from the Q to come there, but at the time, they were so nice, so caring. It was a refreshing break from MQ, but, in hind-sight, I'm thinking I should have stayed with the abuse, at least I could pay my bills. I don't know about everybody else, but I just can't make it; 30 years of dedication and the conclusion I come to is that there is way, way, way too much brass that cuts into our pay; years ago, we didn't have the brass and everything ran just fine. The technology has killed us, as well as our fellow 25+ year veterans have sold us out. Sad, Sad, Sad. I say, bring back the tapes, pick-up and delivery and companies where everyone works, even the owners...nobody was paid salary, and bring back the day when the only revenue-producing person was the transcriptionist! Now, we are bottom of the totum-pole. Degrading, sad, sad, sad. Anyone have any plans/ideas for a different future with a crippled up back, arthritic fingered 50+ year old woman that has dedicated her life to a dying field? Geezzzz
Don't wonder, it's really happening. sm
At first they did pay for demogs and headers, then stopped without saying a word. Then they changed the characters per lines by about 10 or 15 without telling anyone. You're running out because C-Bay in India is getting it. You don't find it odd that you have to cover when there's an Indian holiday but the Indians don't cover our holidays because they get the work anyhow and there's no reason to cover; there's not enough to go around in the first place. Maybe your QA people are keeping busy if they also QA for India but I don't know that.
It keeps happening
because we let it happen. I realize the job hunt is tough but they can only do what we allow.
This is happening everywhere.
VR is the 'wave of the future', the 'new direction of MT'...but who does it really benefit and who is pushing it more than the president? AHDI, that's who. Everybody is going to VR...EVERYBODY. If you think you're secure with a company who says they'll never do VR, think again. All the large MTSOs are going to VR and they're buying up all the others. The next wave is not only going to be the pay cut, but after the initial cut for VR, they'll cut it again to be competitive. Transcend did it years ago, Alltype did it earlier this year, MDI sold out to VR, now Webmedx. That's just to mention a few, and I didn't even include the Squid b/c they're not worth mentioning anymore. I think the poster below hit the nail on the head when she/he said price fixing.
It's already happening...and all that will be left is...
the ESL that VR doesn't work on. For every 10 MT jobs, there will be 1 Editor job left. Each new generation that churns out of med school is more and more comfortable with keyboarding, and point and click. They surf the web. They pay their bills on line. They PalmPilot their entire life schedule. EMR will take 30%, off shore will take 30%, VR will take 30% and all the rest of you will be fighting over what's left. Good luck. I'm going to nursing school.
why run? whats happening
I wonder what caused you to say that...I worked for Accustat of Albuquerque, NM for a year and got let go along with about 20 other MTs last December (after Christmas) with no warning or notice whatsoever. I was told the doctors for those clinics were no longer required to dictate. Just like that with one email my job was gone. I have learned this is a very unstable job field.
Sounds like what is happening to me (sm)
I have emailed the recruiter 3 times already. She has responded each time but after 3 attempts, I pretty much can take a hint.
Happening for over a year - sm
They go through cycles it seems. I left once and went back when this issue was supposedly solved. I worked on full four-hour shift the second time around and literally had no work. Never again. They are inconsistent and do not know how to staff properly at all!!
what is happening at Transcend
i have applied there - how much less do they pay for speech rec than for real MT? i have heard some companies pay 8-9 cpl for MT and half that for speech rec. is that the way Transcend does it?
Do you find this is happening to you
Several months ago we were low on work at my company. No excuses were given to us, no apologies. Just make up your lines whenever because you had better give your best. So, sit and wait. All the time.
Now, the last month or so, the sudden sups are suddenly in contact with us several times daily, saying we'd better do work all the time, especially nights and weekends if we want to keep our jobs and not let it go to India, or so they don't overhire. (Not just veiled threats, but outright.) We are lucky to have a job in this economy, forget the soccer games with our kids, we'd better get to work! All times of day and night we get these e mails. We sign on the end of the weekend, there are lots of these kinds of e mails.
Then, today they send an e mail the sup is excited because our team is growing, and this will help. Okay, so does this mean it will help the team because we won't have to be working overnight and weekends every week in addition to our sitting and waiting during our schedule, or does it mean, we now will be sitting and waiting overnight and weekends along with our doing that during our schedule.
What is this kind of thing? Making us frightened all the time and lucky we have a job? This MT does go the extra mile, always has the correct number of lines and more every payperiod, this MT stayed through the slow work periods, hanging on, and now is getting tired of veiled threats, outright threats, and incidious you are lucky to have a job because we are hiring more... comments.
Thanks for listening to me vent. I sit here and do the best I can, and my DH says to ignore the e mails. But it does grate on my ego, which I guess is the purpose of this. I do try to please and work and seems like I get more uncomfortable every day with the situation. But reality is, it will go to India, and my kid's soccer game has to be sacrificed just to make sure my family eats. Are you seeing this happen to you, and how are you dealing with it? Thanks in advance for your input.
It's happening where I work too..
Don't know if this is because the work fluctuates or if cues are not monitored. Maybe everyone just jumps on during the day. Maybe I will work extra weekends as the company suggests.
The same crap is happening to me - sm
You wouldn't be working a company based out of Chicago, would you be?
First, it shouldn't have been happening sm
often enough for anyone to notice, meaning if they are truly monitoring, that person should have been dealt with immediately, not only when people complain.
Second, why would an email like that be sent to all the MTs? If all of you aren't doing it, why punish everyone with these threats?
Whoever the **same person** is, that person should have been called by management and given an ultimatum.
DO NOT WORRY, NOT HAPPENING
I have worked on the same VR platform now for about 4 or 5 years. It has not learned (Escription, supposedly 1 of the best) what it should, I have to make countless number of corrections every single day and it goes from getting something right last year to a total hot mess this year. I am telling you, I know from experience. I have not changed accounts, not changed the platform, etc., etc. and I am NOT worried about the transcriptionists being phased out, not with the platform I work on. Right now it is taking so much time just to correct and it is very irritating. There is 1 physician that dictates operative reports. I do not care what his preop diagnosis is, his postop diagnosis is always chronic renal failure, whether he says it or not. Now really, why is this. It has been the same for all these years. I am telling you, it just don’t get it. It is NOT taking over our jobs. It cannot even start to do the first thing right loads of time. It does not have to be a foreign dictator, it can be with simple English and good dictators at that. You are worrying needlessly.
sorry that is happening. I hope it is sm
not going overseas!
Gourd, I am so sorry that this is happening to you,
Isn't it bad enough that we all have to worry about our jobs on a daily basis, worrying if work will be there, if the company that we are working for will actually pay us for the many, MANY hours that we have put in and having to work literally almost every holiday because in this industry, that is just how it is? Now we have to worry for expressing our opinions, something that, IMHO, is my God given right, after all, last time I checked, we were still living in the United States of America!!
To me what makes this entire situation even more sickening, is that someone is being paid to watch this board. This company could use that money, the money that they are paying for attorney fees, court fees, etc., to pay their MTs what they DESERVE and instead of worrying about looking bad on a website, they should do everything in their power to make their company the absolute best in its business. Again, IMHO.
Happening all over the place
I work on VR also. We were told our pay would be cut as soon as VR was able to start picking up on the dictations. I along with everyone else thought, well this will take some time. Did not happen and within about 2 weeks my pay was cut in half so that is how I have been working now for the past probably 5 years now. My livlihood is not totally made up now with this 1 paycheck or else probably would have to work more hours. I can understand why so many upset but then again, am surprised that the company has not dropped your rates before now, every one else seems to have.
Don't know what is happening with my brief post below, so will repeat. SM
If most of the drafts you get are truly all that good now, then it sounds like you won't even be needed in the not too distant future. Pretty soon those drafts won't need editing. What then?
How long have you noticed it happening? For me, just
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It's been happening since the beginning of time.
Jobs get phased out and are no longer needed.
I don't know any blacksmiths, mule skinners or pony express delivery people.
But live in your world of denial if you want to. That's up to you. I'm going where there is a future, and that's not this industry.
Don't think I want to jump into the MQ frying pan with all that's been happening lately. nm
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I have heard of that same thing happening to
someone else and they were out of a job. Knowing the person it happened to and the quality of her work, I knew what she told me was correct and I would never apply there. I hope all their editors leave and put out the message that you just will not stand to be treated this way. As far as the outsourcing, I knew they outsourced.
Same thing that was happening months ago.
Paying late and wrong is a chronic issue for TTS.
This is happening at Transtech Houston
No work this week the majority of my shift.
Are you TT MT's out of work, too, or just me? I am wondering, as this has not happened to me since I began working for them.
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