Actually I enjoy reading most posts
Posted By: Fingers on 2009-04-27
In Reply to: Au contraire - I don't think so
Even if they are repetitive. That only reinforces one's opinion. Accept or not. Since I did not see the prior posts, I actually thought the post would be informative and there would be useful feedback. That is what this board should be about, and most of the time it is. Then you always get the one or two people who have to be rude, nasty, demanding, negative critism. Nothing useful. I think it probably makes them feel better about themselves. My point was, even if she was annoyed by the post - other people might not be. So many topics are actually repetitive here. If the topic was old or annoying to her, then why participate in the post at all? What was the purpose of being so ugly? I don't even recall the post being addressed to her.
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after reading many posts sm
on this board, it seems to be the ole bait and switch routine that these companies are pulling. I feel your frustration.
I have been reading ALL of these posts--sm
concerning KS, and I have seen one consistent trend. It is mostly just ONE person posting negatively about KS and that one person, from her own posts, admits that she could not cut the mustard with KS. Sounds very much like sour grapes to me..but then, that is just my opinion. Ignore her. She is just looking to cause strife.
In reading some of their posts...
It seems that people have been abandoning jobs because they are either unfamiliar with those reports or don't like the dictator, etc., and an E-mail went out that they are monitoring the system and watching for people who commit this company no- no. If caught, big time trouble lies ahead. This comes from a recent E-mail from management. Too many people are doing this, and they are finally cracking down. I am assuming this is what the poster is referring to.
After reading most of the posts
below about MQ, I would just like to say that Katie is an exception at MQ. I have been there for quite some time and I'd have to agree with most of what mtroadie said in her original post to Katie. Things are not straight across the board at this company. Many, myself included, were never given the opportunity not to do ASR. Most of us don't make top dollar and are just struggling to get by. Katie should consider herself very lucky, but I doubt she will as she seems to enjoy flaunting her exceptions to others when I'm sure she's well aware of the differences. Shame on her for not telling you the truth!!!
What I am also reading in her posts sm
is that SHE needs the externship to be online. I don't think the school is requiring that. I don't know of any companies that even offer an externship. She would have an easier time getting one from a local small service.
It may be that she has a situation, like a job during the day or her children (if she has any) that prevents her from going to an office to complete the externship, but I would think that if it's required to graduate she has known that from the time she began the program. If it were me, I certainly would have been scouting this out long before this to see what my options were and if I had to go into an office to complete it, I'd have ample time to make whatever arrangements were needed to complete it.
After reading all the posts here and above seems like
this company may just have a dishonest streak. I would say be careful and take another look at your IC job...Good luck to you!
LOL - In reading the old posts it seems
Sorry if I don't share your enthusiasm but you said the same thing last time and the invoice never arrived, nor did the direct deposit. How much do they pay you to field the questions? The transcription director (who by the way I bet is about 12 years old judging by her vocabulary) might consider worrying about payroll and not sending out cute pictures and email forwards. I agree with the other poster - too much of this and is very unprofessional. 
Just reading through posts again and sm
your post really struck me as funny!
First of all I am not an MTSO, never have been and never wanted to be. Closest I ever came to that was hiring MTs in my area for MQ years ago, while working from home.
What strikes me funny in your post is that part about someone making you work Christmas, every-other-weekend even if you kid has a soccer game!
I don't know how old you are but in the working world you don't always get to take off when you want to. Moms who work can't have it all! Yes you can take time off for your kids and if you have a job you put in for the time off in advance.
Are you the type of employee that calls at the last minute and says you can't work because your kid has a soccer game or a dentist appointment or a doctors appointment or whatever?
Whatever happened to putting in for time-off in advance unless it was an emergency. I use to deal with MTs like you always wanting to take time off at the very last minute, never taking their jobs seriously.
Any job that you have MT or otherwise, is going to require that you request time off well in advance!
You just gave yourself and your work ethic away Ms. Rachel Rethinking MT!
The entitlement society just gets better and better!
After reading all the posts about MQ and no work,
nationals. Almost every single large national that I know of has benefits tied to production and a clause in their contract that they cannot be held accountable if there is no work. Doesn't it make it convenient for them not to have to pay insurance benefits if THEY overhire and there is consistently not enough work to go around? This is the same thing that happened at Transcend. After all, how much does it really cost the company to overhire when all they have to do is supply the computers, which are a business expense write-off anyway?
I've been reading these posts and
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Have you been reading posts on TT? The insurance
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MTSOs reading posts here
To are you surprised, who asked ***edited by Moderator*** why she put her real name here. I've seen this same poster use numerous names here, which doesn't matter to me, but obviously ***edited by Moderator*** isn't her real name. I'm sure she's more intelligent than to attach her real name when writing a msg of this nature. I have no idea what companies read these posts, but I prefer that they do. Maybe, just maybe, they'll realize some of the things that matter to us. But I certainly don't take that thought to the bank!
Please do not list anyone's name in your post.
Am I reading your posts wrong...
are you looking for a company who pays for down time hoping that you will have down time and not have to transcribe for 8 hours???
I do work for Axolotl and they pay more per hour for training and down time than any other company I have run across.
Also, just as an aside here, my experience with Axolotl has been very good all around. I have not had any supervisor or manager or QA be anything but professional, kind, helpful. That is my experience.
Also, some companies (not sure if Axolotl is one or not) will hire MTs and get them started BEFORE a new account starts. Yes, work dries up for everyone for awhile but after the new account starts everyone fits into their respective spots and there is plenty of work to go around for all. Some companies just work like that. Again, that is my own personal experience.
After reading your posts, sounds
to me as though you have the problem. If OP irritates you so much, why do you keep responding to her?
from the posts I am reading it sounds sm
like we all worked on the same account. I wonder if the account itself has anything to do with all of this.
Personally, I don't know why anyone would make this stuff up. I know I sure am not.
reading some of these posts I have one word...
sadistic. There are too many sadistic people (too many women) in this world. What causes women to be that way toward others? You are cold-hearted and sadistic when you try to break the back of your sisters. I believe this profession has taken a nosedive due to bad attitudes and women being spiteful and rotten to each other. My opinion from my own personal experience...
I see there is an ad on MT Jobs for MDI Maryland and I was reading the posts below about overhiring
on the accounts. Is this a situation that seems to be getting worse on all accounts. I was interested in talking with the lady but not if there is no work. I have that problem now and I dont need it again. Seems like that is the new thing with MT companies to see who can have the shortest turnaround time. Are MDI Maryland accounts loaded with ESLs or decent accounts.
I left there several years ago, but from reading recent posts, SM
it seems to me that if it's the MTs who have been there for a couple of years or more that are are liking it fine there and sing the praises, and that it is the new hires or recently hired people who don't like it and don't seem to get work or at least get bounced around. Just an observation from what I've read. HTH.
Reading some of these posts, I see management is out in full force
trying to run damage control. No MT who just got her pay cut is going to say, yay, who cares if I'm going to be making less money, this great company is still paying slightly more than some of those fly-by-night companies, and I luv my new paycut....
Sounds like you've been reading too many "Donna" posts, ROFLMAO nm
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I also enjoy QA and enjoy the mentoring aspect
as well as the contact with the clients and MTs. I feel it is very rewarding personally. I also enjoyed being an MT (I earned between $30-$40 an hr way back when but those were the days). I was fast and burned my body out by being fast. Because I was fast, QA only pays me about half of what I earned as an MT and I only had to work as an MT for half the time that I have to work as QA.
I do understand there are different personalities and if the above poster does not enjoy QA, I definitely would not care what people think. I would get back into MTing. We have to try and be happy as this job no matter what you do can be a very tedious one.
enjoy it very much
depends on what hours/days you work as to amount of QA to do - many days 50/50 on QA versus transcribing - quite a few strong Spanish ESL dictators but after a while you get used to them
I would not even think twice. GO for it an enjoy.
yes hospital jobs do get outsourced, where do you think all the nationals get their work from? It happened to me, too, and it happened a couple months after we were told that they were thinking of adding an incentive for certification. Then we're booted. Go figure.
They enjoy it??
There are a lot of sickos in MT HR; at least, I've met quite a few. Maybe they derive some perverse pleasure out of watching us jump and squirm for them.
I also enjoy my job at Transcend but still..
believe that management does come on this board, and know for a fact that management posts because I have seen it. Not that it matters though because they can post just like we can, as long as they do not pretend to be an MT.
I really do enjoy transcribing, actually
as much as the day I first started almost 17 years ago. I'm willing to go the extra mile and learn as much as I can. I just need someone to give me the chance. Thanks for the encouragement. 
I currently work for them and enjoy it.
They only hire ICs and there is no direct deposit but I get my check like clockwork every two weeks, either Friday or Saturday. I have never had any problems with them. The pay is not that great but it is what I was looking for account wise. I have two accounts and really enjoy the work, 48 hour TAT. I have complete flexibility which for me compensates the low pay for now.
They are really growing and I would highly recommend them to you. The last newsletter they sent out stated they were actively seeking new MTs, so you might want to apply online if interested.
Do you want to enjoy your work? If so, you know what you need to do.
It is your choice; it doesn't make any difference what others think. They cannot find peace for you; you have to take charge. Personally I love QA as I find it much more challenging.
I do psych and I enjoy it.
It actually ends up paying pretty well for me too because they are generally longer reports but I can do them fast without stopping and starting like clinic notes.
I know it is frustrating and I sure don't enjoy it
either, but doesn't it make sense to give all applicants a difficult transcription test? What better way for a real cream of the crop MT prove that she is skilled? If the test is easy, the results will be the same, whether the MT is a newbie or highly experienced. True?
You must enjoy being clueless....
Didn't get your paycheck? Why not contact your employer? How's that for rude  !
Enjoy it while it lasts.
I hung in there with MQ for a long time, about 9 years. I watched them go down and down, get worse and worse. I hope they get bought by somebody soon and all the people who created the mess there get fired. Then, and only then, do they even have a prayer of being anything like the great company they used to be. If the powers that be stay the same there, forget it, it will never get better. I agree with the poster below. They do not treat all their employees the same, and their pay is all over the board. They do not reward experience or excellence. All they care about is their bottom line, which I am sure is getting smaller and smaller. I hadn't had a raise in about 7 years when I left.
And YOU must enjoy being extremely
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Enjoy EMDAT!
I totally enjoy EMDAT. It's very different from what I was used to at MQ and at first disliked it strictly because it wasn't what I was used to. I've worked with it now for almost three years and wouldn't go back. My particular account has all the data filled in already and I have two lines before I even begin typing the history. I average about 300 lines per hour and have often gotten 400+ when I have my good doctors. The expansions and short cuts are wonderful...once learned. I was told once when I applauded EMDAT that I was just not familiar with the more advanced/professional platforms! No, I don't switch jobs often. In 11 years, I've been with MQ and present company, so, no, I don't have experience with all the advanced platforms! If they are all so wonderful, though, why are these people changing jobs all the time. I think it is a very professional platform. And the bosses of the company I work for said that all the people that stay with them, do not quit real quick before they learn it, all the stayers, there has not been one complaint Ever! It's a matter of learning it.
Isn't it great to actually ENJOY your job again?
I actually look forward to starting my shift every day and truly am enjoying my work again.
I personally used to enjoy the little quotes (sm)
that were at the end of the job overviews we got each morning, on Cottage. Now that I'm on DQS, I don't get anything. And I don't even get an e-mail each morning from my supe, so you must be special!
I currently work for Meridian and really enjoy it
There was only 1 person that I ever had a problem with, and that was only on 1 occasion with a person in QA. I just chalked it up to a bad day like everyone has. Other than that, I really haven't come across any problems with the itchy office staff.
Wow..Good luck and enjoy it !!...nm
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Enjoy my 401K at Medware
It has kept me ahead of inflation, and I have no problems with their plan. I make a regular deduction from my pay and get statements every quarter. Have you contacted HR, maybe you did not fill out your paperwork correctly.
Think we're all just very hopeful and looking for a way to enjoy
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Enjoy your good fortune! nm :)
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You MUST enjoy arguing, looooool....
As much as I enjoy the freedom of working at - sm
home, I've come to detest the loss of so many other freedoms I'd taken for granted: Freedom to buy everything on your grocery list at Safeway, not just the few that fit in your budget. Freedom to FILL your gas tank, not just put in $5 and hope that gets you back home from Safeway. Freedom to take a vacation once in a while, and if you DO take a vacation, you actually get to GO somewhere, and don't just spend it in front of the TV set because you can't afford to leave the house. The freedom to put even a tiny amount of money into my savings account with each paycheck, instead of continually siphoning off what little is left in the bank to pay bills each month, would be nice.
When I worked in an office, I only had to work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and I made 3 times what I'm making now, and I now work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week.
I was willing to trade a little bit of poverty and maybe have to work a few more hours per pay period in order to be free of supervisors breathing down my neck all the time, but honestly, I miss being able to do things on the weekends besides just work. That's gotten REALLY old.
I enjoy this company. Sorry it did not work for you though. nm
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Enjoy the same "benes" you do, work at home,
but work for a company that pays fairly, average $22-36 an hour, depending the dictators. Also get PTO, insurance, 401K, etc., and equipment furnished. I do not consider less than 200 lines an hour good output..
Boy, so do I (NJ gal but got to Philly enough to enjoy the cheesesteaks. I miss them
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I work for a company that really enjoy flogging the MTs. sm
Cracking that whip really seems to send chills down their spine for some reason. We get notes every now and again telling us how badly we are doing and how the clients are so unhappy with us, etc. I have also noticed that this company has a problem with letting the MT win and that if we do something extra for them, it becomes the expected norm in the future. I must admit that I fear doing anything extra because I know that will factor into the totals I must reach for bonus pay. Also, it increases my chances to receive nasty notes from QA if I happen to get a difficult doctor. They actually had the nerve to jump on me (and it was literally a blind-sided attack) about a very difficult doctor on a report I had sent to QA that I really spent a lot of time on and just could not figure out what he was saying. Then later, they come across with these sound upgrades, and it is like night and day from what we were struggling with before. I feel they owe me an apology for that attack from QA - I really do. It was not my fault!
I am relatively new to working at nationals. Since they upgraded the sound quality, my QA percent has reached to less than 2% (sent to QA). I always do what I say I am going to do and I am exceeding line quotas, though I know it will work against me at bonus time.
My worry now is that they are mismanaging the accounts (and blaming us) and that the company will lose accounts, and I will be out of a job. I really can't work more than I work now because that makes me such a terrible person to live with. I have to have some down time.
This is a very troubling situation. Any comments? Thanks for letting me vent.
I started 6 months ago and enjoy my account
I am on an acute care hospital and they have me backed up to ER. They just mentioned starting a new hospital, I guess a big one, in about a month so I know they will be hiring. So far so good. Pay is every other Friday by direct deposit so it is on time.
Email some of the people who enjoy it there and see what they have to say. They won't bite! :) nm
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Great Idea. I'd enjoy participating.
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You'd enjoy it if u like micromanagement. She wont leave you alone to do your job!
Terrible.
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