A blindly written defense regardless of logic
Posted By: (sm) on 2008-08-27
In Reply to: Actually, I thought her post was professional. Do you work at MDI? I doubt it. - She likely knows more than anyone, and .. sm
I don't know how many, but just because 1 or a few are having a bad time doesn't mean they are lying no matter how small of a percentage they comprise. I never said they are all sister MTs sharing the good word. I said this is a place also for MTs to share and support each other when they feel they are in a bad spot, not just share the good word on a company...sometimes there are problems and they want support anonymously. There were 2 posters specifically that had intelligent well-worded concerns they voiced (and I believe one said at the risk of being bashed even)...that seems scared to me and they seemed to be real concerns, asking if it was just them or were others having the same problem. Their posts didn't come across at all as company bashing. And who are you? Do you know the poster, Carlotta either? or are you her? How do you know what she does or doesn't do or who she can weed or cannot weed out unless you are her posting under different names as you accuse others of doing? & she didn't say come to me IF...it was much harsher and dismissive than that. But I tell you what, I've actually got better things to do at this point than argue because people are going to believe what they want to about any company regardless of what is said. It is just sad to see people come here for support and then have to fear being weeded out because they sought honest advice and help and find their boss coming after them on here seeking to find out who they are and calling them liars. So, I respectfully disagree with you. The whole tone of her post, to me, proved more than discounted what she set out to prove/discount by writing it. have a good night!
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This makes you sick? LOL. Why would you blindly believe everything
you read on this board? How about giving them the benefit of the doubt or, short of that, just picking up the phone and calling and asking? Good grief!
In her defense, (sm)
so many of us have had broken promises (not by this company but by others) that we almost expect it. 
SPI Defense
HI,, Time to see a positive mess,,, I currently work for SPI,, left them about 2 years ago for a short time and came back,,,yes the work is low right now,, but,, I ALWAYS get my lines per day and more and I think it is because I ASK for more work when I run out and my AM always has more than enough for me. There are some out there that will not venture beyond their comfort zone and try a new account. Why not I just don't understand.. sit there and do nothing or type slower than normal and learn a new account type. I am not management so dont try that.LOL.. I love what I do and that is why when I left and realized the grass is not always greener I came back home to SPI. Dont' slam me with raves and rants.. this is only my feeling and thoughts.
In Defense of Webmedx
Webmedx has ESL dictators, but then again, so does every other company out there! ESL dictation is part of the MT world that will never go away. If you can't handle ESL dictation, then perhaps it's time to look at another career choice.
In defense of Transtech
OK I have worked at several companies and TT tech support are actually the nicest I have seen and respond the quickest. What I like is that I can pick up the phone and they will fix the problem immediately. I don't have to wait for 3 days for an answer.
Folks, you have to give them something to work with. It is not easy for them to stream in when they have no idea what kind of crap you have on your PC, if you play games, if you swap files, if you have spyware, viruses, etc.
A few years ago I was a supervisor at another MTSO and was shocked to find out just how little MTs know about their own computers. MTs should be able to fix most of their own PC problems or they have no business using them to make a living in the first place. Some of them constantly open a ticket with tech support for piddly stuff that a 10-year-old could fix. Take a computer course, for Pete's sake - so tech support can help you with real problems. It is so unnerving to hear I don't know or I can't do that when you could if you knew how your computer works. Nothing but excuses. Read your manuals.
The other thing is to be honest with tech support no matter what company you work for. If you tear up your computer tell them instead of playing a guessing game with them.
Really people... grow up and be responsible. If you don't know how to work on your own computer to some degree, find another profession.
I guess this sounds mean but you need to look at it from their perspective sometimes. I hope I don't offend anybody.
DEFENSE for defamation
Is the truth. Hopefully they are prepared for that - judging by the posters here, they may want to close that can of worms sooner rather than later.
Haha! I can too! ANY defense at all of such
And might I just add, what slimy little WORMS all suits really are! They sell their integrity and their souls for their do-nothing jobs in an already top-heavy industry. Considering the mood of their workforce these days, I'd actually be SCARED to be one of them right now.
It's just logic.
Just in the first 2 words in your sentence it's obvious that it takes more to edit than to type. Typing "so you" takes 6 Keystrokes (including the space). Editing will take a keystroke to get to that point in the text, 2 keystrokes (ctrl, shift + arrow, arrow) to highlight the 2 words, a keystroke to delete them, and then the 6 keystrokes to retype the correct words.
my logic/sm
$0.09/65
1200 lines (8 hr day/down time/slow time/Jan-Mar no work/average)
$108.00 $/day
$540.00 $/wk
$28,080.00 $/yr
-$12,000.00 health ins yr (my cost)
$16,080.00
-$1,080.00 2 wk off no pd vac/PDO
$15,000.00
-$1,200.00 op costs (comp/peripherals/paper/fax/toner/LD)
$13,800.00
-$1,380.00 minus taxes @ 10%
$12,420.00 NET (for all my bills and fun times)
Even if you are an employee with benefits at $0.9/65, you still have to supply everything -$1,200.00 op costs (comp/peripherals/paper/fax/toner/LD)
In their defense, if I remember correctly, their name
was very similar to at least 1 other and possibly 2 other transcription companies. I don't know if that was the reason for the change or not.
Yeah, logic says you should go with
the company that only 40% of the employees seem to be happy with, judging by posts.
Seriously, I've worked for both, and I'd never go back to the Q.
I'm not sure I exactly follow the logic
To me it's much easier to remember that I get paid every other Friday, and if I didn't get paid last Friday, I will this week. Perhaps it's my advancing age, but I have an easier time remembering that if I watched Project Runway last night, it might be payday today than remembering the current date and calculating when the 15th or 30th is unless it's a 31 day month (it takes time to run through 30 days has November, April, June and September...) As far as consistency in pay, assuming the work has been there and I've fulfilled my obligation, it's easier for me to figure 10 (or whatever) days in a pay period than it is to look at a calender and figure how many actual work days there are between the 16th and 30th (or 31st or 28th). Plus, a lot of us have specific days off that we take care of things. Some of us really do live paycheck to paycheck, so shopping by necessity has to wait until the eagle flies. If you paycheck comes on a Tuesday, conceivably it might be rough being able to get away to do that shopping with the hours we're forced to spend in front of the computer these days.
Of course, everybody is different and I think it's also a lot in what you get used to. If you're used to getting a paycheck every 2 weeks, it's tough to suddenly have to extend that out over anywhere from a 1 to several days.
NOTE: I wish they'd stop calling that button QUICK reply because I sure as heck can't do that.
The logic for incentive pay.
The reasoning for incentive pay is to do something that most people don't want to do which may entail some sacrifice (above and beyond merely working!), that may be hazardous in some way, or when there is more of a need.
For parents, especially during the school year, this is their chance for quality, non-stress time; if their child is in athletics on any level, there frequently are activities on the weekend. If you're single and/or social, this is when most people date, activities happen at clubs, sporting events, etc. Obviously if you work weekends you could find someone else that also works weekends, but then you're dependent on them having your same schedule, and the opportunities for 'social' events through the week are limited. Scientific data confirms the importance of bonding and social interaction, and a work schedule that limits is detrimental to our mental health and emotional well-being.
In addition, as far as third shift goes, our circadian rhythms are set up to sleep in the dark, wake in the sunlight. Working a shift that forces the body to go counter to those natural rhythms has been shown to be stressful to the body.
In addition, as companies frequently cite a need for these shifts to be covered, an incentive may motivate for someone who doesn't have the above issues to work it.
Sorry this got so long.
In OP's defense, there are a great many questionable posts
Regarding TT by disgruntled employee(s), so I'd be more comfortable if she emailed me rather than post here and be flamed by those cyberbullies that totally derail ANY discussion of TT with their unbridled hatred of the compnay.
JMHO.
Your logic is circuitous and not logical at all sm
What does scamming (because basically you ARE scamming multiple companies out of their hard earned money, by being dishonest about your intentions) multiple employers on your part, have to do at all with some companies that overhire??? What, you punish everyone for the sins of a few?
I hope to god you don't come to work where I work. We don't need your kind.
It was the sound of logic going over your head.
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To follow that logic one step further,
then why is Transcend trying so hard on this board to convince everyone they are not the anti-Christ? If they were that good, everyone would be beating a path to their door and they wouldn't have to be defending themselves to the degree we are seeing...
but correct me if I'm wrong...
In defense of poster with typos...Sometimes when you use so many expanders(fortunately = fty for me
so I bet she is a high producer 'cause she has awesome expanders... don't typos happen to you on the bo ards sometimes? Or you hit enter too soon and your post looks like a first-grader typed it out...
For a great radiology program, you want Fusion RIS (formerly RIS Logic)
https://www.merge.com/estore/software.aspx
Now THAT'S a nice, quick, simple radiology program that you can use ShortHand with and WinScribe or whatever waveplayer. Ahhhhhhh!
your post lacks logic and makes no sense, whatsoever..sm
What is the REAL message in her post?
That her grammar is awful.
Don't understand your logic....Sour grapes = unprofessionalism, incompetence, outsourcing
A true professional MT will refuse to work under such conditions.
Wow! That was well written!!!
You're a valuable asset to your company!
Serious. I said that it was well written and
that I thought they were a valuable employee for their company. ????
Again, could have written this also
My first 2 pay periods were on great accounts, made the minimum line count with rave reviews from QA. Then, BAM, started running out of work and put on back up accounts. No more work on primary account and only the hard work on the back up accounts. Harder to get line counts and more job stress.
I can't work for just one company anymore as this has happened to me more than once now. I think the better an MT you are, the more likely this is to happen to you.
Wow, very well written.
I, too, went through same thing. I took job #2. Have been making myself nuts, do I stay? do I go back? I have finally decided that I left #1 for good reasons. If #2 doesn't work out in the long run, I'll go elsewhere.
OMG, I could have written that! nm
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Some of what has been written.....
here is not pretty, nor should we be proud of it, BUT I think it does reflect alot of frustration and that frustration can be seen in what has been written. It is frustrating as h#@# to have a career that was respected, paid you a good wage and that people looked upon as something the average person could not do without specalized training. Then slowly before your eyes you watch it start to disappear and then all of the sudden WHAM, almost every group of MT's you talk to anywhere, their jobs are gone, or their wages/hours are not enough to live on. I think that is what is showing through the most in these posts is the absolute helplessness one feels to be able to do anything about it. It is like a tsunami, you are warned it is coming, and you try your best to prepare for it and when that wave hits, it destroys nearly everything that was in place and then it starts sucking everything back out to sea. I think alot of us feel like we are being sucked out to sea and we are trying desperately to grab onto something that will keep us from going under. Pretty NO, truthful PRETTY MUCH. Scary, YES. Make you mad, SURE AS H#$$ DOES.
I could have written this........sm
I was very open minded about the VR and found that there was far too much editing and could not make money on it. They give you the razzamatazz that you have to use the short cut keys and ya ya ya......that is no good when every line has a few wrong words on it. The punctuation is off. Everything is off. It's garbage. I would certainly edit it and make it perfect but not for what these crooks want to pay me so I'm back to typing and yes, there are typing jobs out there. Just say NO to VR unless they pay 6 cents per line minimum.
Yes, so well-written, and now what?
When I take a step back what I see is that I should quit doing this work. When Pakistan/India/Afh really heat up and there is some technological glitch we'll have a few fun days in America when doctors are hand writing their reports. Big picture, that's what I see happening.
Most definitely NOT written by an MT.
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Well written
I enjoyed reading your perspective. I am a recent graduate from a good program. I did not have much problem finding a job that has started me with above-average pay and good benefits. I am very happy with my choice. I would share that on the new MT board, but I will certainly be called a liar and other delightful names.
I have not written any of this stuff
The secret to becoming a favorite at OSi will never be made publicly known, as there are plenty of people who consistently get at least 98%, 99%, or even 100% on audits, and are they rewarded for it? No. They aren't even told what they get because apparently their superiors would feel obligated to reward them. They just keep plugging away making the people "who hear it from the physician" look good while some of the QA team needs to be replaced for their holier-than-thou attitudes and their capacity to make crucial mistakes as well. The only way to grow and succeed with this company is not by being a model employee by being reliable and doing near perfect work without complaining - it is all in the hands of the powers that be, and what they look for, I sure as heck don't know, nor does anyone else not in the inner circle, 98% accurate or not. Why anyone would want to run a company this way is beyond me. Why not take the best assets you have - your employees - and use them to help your company grow, instead of playing these stupid games and giving people promotions simply because they have found a way to nudge into your circle? That is how companies succeed.
Anyone written Frank?
I was contemplating an email to Frank to express my opinion regarding his capability to make intelligent decisions and was wondering if anyone else had expressed their opinion to him yet.
To all those slamming TH from below. Not one of you has written me
and asked my opinion or asked questions. I have been with them for 4 months and I really like them. I know their strong points and weak points yet you would rather knock them down than get the opinion of an actual employee who is still there. You just want to complain and knock them down. If you want an opinion who knows the good and the bad about them, email me. If you want to just knock a good company down, then keep it up..
sonataprincess@gmail.com
Flo COULDN'T have written this!
LOL
Well said, well written. Please do more of this "out there." nm
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It is all written out now. Much more constinency. There is no nm
cherry picking on my account, so I do not go through what you did. Pay days have been the same for the entire 3 years I have been there, so you must have been there a long time ago. They are the 1st and 15th and always have been.
I could have written this myself. I'm looking into a new field. nm
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I could have written your post ! sm
The only difference is my hubby is in the oil business. Other than that, everything you say rings true for me too!
Would not change a thing!
wow, could have been written by the supe!
TH has a bad habit of getting their employees to voluntarily do beta tests on CM which can slow you down, but since you volunteered, you aren't compensated for it...or for anything else they ask you to volunteer to them. CM goes down a significant amount of time so as to cause your production to suffer and they really love to take it down for maintenance the evening of the last day of the pay period. Sometimes when it goes down unexpectedly, it might stay down for 1-2 days and only alert some employees it is back up, not everyone.
Good luck with the TransHealth gig thingy.
I think it was written by OSi management
..
Took the written test...
and passed, did the transcription test and I must not have done that well because I have not heard back from then. I took it Monday.
I could have written your post
but not said it nearly so well - agree 100%!!
This was obviously written by someone in management!
I think I am going to vomit.
To those who have written me privately
I seldom answer e-mails generated from here because I'm never really sure where/who they are coming from. I will tell you that the hospital is a local one and you must live within a certain radius to work from home for them. Check out the hospitals within 100 miles of you, though. MTs working from home directly for hospitals is growing and in my area becoming the norm.
I could have written that. It is exactly what happened to me. sm
I also know who you are talking about being a cheerleader for the company. Amazing, huh?
I kept warning everyone this would happen. I sincerely hope you can recover from this financially. It will not get better if you stay.
Thank you, I appreciate that. I could have written your post as well s/m
We got an email from my STM today saying that one MT got the No Studies Available message 110 times in one day and still got their 8 hours in and typed 1500 lines, and we should be so dedicated. That really made me feel sad. I mean, I WISH I could do that. I really do. My personal and family situation just does not permit me to sit waiting for 10-12 hours a day to get the work in when it is not there. Sad, but true. I will hope the best for you as well...
Not much written because they're a - sm
mostly nice bunch of people. The pay is ALWAYS on time. They use a platform called Word Script. It works pretty well; I have no major complaints about it.
Acusis actually started with only India-based workers (but main office is in Pennsylvania). Then they bought DRC, a CA-based MT company, in order to have US-based workers too.
Techs and supervisors seem pretty approachable, plus they have lots of online and teleconferences, bulletins, etc. They pay by the line. Also, they have good accounts (at least I think mine is good!) They have very high quality standards, which is probably why they have high quality accounts.
I could have written this post., sm
If per chance a company is having issues with a client starting up, a little give/take goes a looong way. You have to remember there are often times issues that are out of the MTSOs control.
As far as them hiring someone to type 10 reports and then not pay them. Seriously!? They could type those 10-20 reports much faster than the time it takes to hire someone, i.e. computer/software setup, paperwork, training, QA of those reports, etc. JMO.
Everyone I have dealt with at Landmark has been more than accomodating to my needs as well. I'd recommend them to a friend without a second thought.
Your post could have been written by me
Although there are a few differences in the rules between MT and VR, I've noticed that some don't even follow the basic rules in the account specifications.
Although it hurts me in the wallet, I, too, take my time; although some days I wonder why I do that and sometimes just want to forgetaboutit.
This post looks like it was written by
an offshore MT.
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