After 8 years in the business, I start buying presents in August, cause I know the slow period SM
Posted By: Just Looking on 2008-12-10
In Reply to: Oh yeah...I can beat that one...How about the IT guy who tells who... - Charmed
is coming around the holidays. :-)
Not to say we dont all starve and Im not totally stressed out come December, but at least Ive got my gifts :-)
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I have been in this business for years --- holidays are always slow.
I also think, as I stated in my last post, that the 3 cent per line incentive has everyone coming out of the woodwork to work.
I personally work every holidya and have always had a lot of work. You must be on an eScription account, I am on BeyondTXT. eScription accounts for a very small percentage of Transcend work.
Actually there was a slow period, but LOTS of work now - nm
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15,000 lines per pay period. 8 years with KS, 6 years on this account! nm
Not going anywhere else!
their slow response should be a clue as to how they run their business.
I know.
Trying to build his business? He's been in business over 15 years!!!!!! sm
I also had a hard time, nearly impossible actually, getting paid. The owner does this on the side; he is very involved with other things.
Instead of a union - start your own business
Start your own MTSO, pay your MT's what you think that they should be paid, plus QA, plus equipment, plus sales reps, plus insurance and benefits to the employees and then see what you can charge your accounts.
I wouldn't start a business that had anything
to do with MT.
Slow at OSi too. Grrrrr. I will be poor at the start of nm
Not out of work here...it was a slow start yesterday
but it picked up in the afternoon and evening.
This is a person trying to start a business, doesn't
sound like she has any firm accounts yet and the work will be sporadic at best. If you need to make a living doesn't sound like this is a good choice.
Old posts say use their puter, 1200 lpd, low pay, and slow to start. Don't know about now. nm
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Slow start yesterday - out of work for about 1 hour -
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22,000 lines per pay period, 4 years. nm
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I have been in this business 27 years...sm
We used to say that some MTs are just miserable malcontents (back in the days when I worked out of the house in MTSOs offices) where they always *seemed* to complain, *itch, moan, and groan. Not all of them but a lot of them. Nothing has changed in that vein either over nearly 30 years and, as a matter of fact, seems to have gotten much worse over the years.
Oh well, for some of us, no matter what the work situation (and believe me, that's awful sometimes too), the cup remains half full versus half empty. It's all about picking and choosing which battle and which war.....not ever going to have a stroke over transcription/typing/nationals, et al. 
TT has not been in business 14 years
Hello.
No. I have been in this business almost 15 years. (sm)
I am not a newbie by any means. I do not work for MQ. I did have my own business before I had kids. I did the acute care and ER accounts and got mentored after finishing school. I have done all of that, and before having kids.
I do not feel like I am low-man on the totem pole. It is the doctor's attitude and the MTSOs attitude - not mine. We are the first to get the cuts.
I left the company that had me waiting for the work and trying to get me to sit there 24/7. My point is, people out there think it is okay to do that and that is the way of it.
If we are an IC, then we are our own boss. They give us the deadline of when the work is to be done and we comply with that or lose the contract. Simple. But until that aspect of this profession is realized, things are not going to change.
I do not think my expectations are high. But that is just a difference of opinion and we can leave it at that.
Actually, I did not have my business for 19 years. (sm)
It was 19-hour days. No. I never, ever required them to work the weekends. I would, as the owner, but not them. Just a sacrifice you make when you are the ownere of a business.
I have been in a place where I HAD to have a paycheck. My husband was laid off for 5 months and we were living off my income.
I am not the one who originally said that someone who did not work those hours was a Prima Donna. It is a matter of opinion and up for discussion. I think that is what these boards are for. Right?
And actually, you are not reading the posts correctly. Get some coffee and come back.
I have almost 32 years in this business sm
and I agree with you 500% I never treated a person like that in my life when I managed and I wouldn't put up with anyone treating me that way. I dont' know what the heck has gotten wrong wtih people, but its like there is no humanity left at all. The other poster is just proof that this business has gotten very cold and mechanical and companies are treating MTs like machines.
Family comes first, they can suck up the job! There are companies out there that treat you very well and the OP won't have a problem finding one either. Might be the boost she needs to get out of whatever sorry company she is working for
Of a MT who has almost 40 years in this business
I have been able to raise a family on what I made in the past, mostly in the $50-60,000 per year, not much for maybe today's living but in the 70s and 80s ok for myself and 2 children. From the early 70s to when I first started no one at the hospital where I worked EVER asked a physician or dictator to change their way of dictating for the MT. It just was NOT done and to say differently must have just had the cream of the crop. Ten plus years at 3 different hospitals and they were all the same. Dictators could dictate how they wanted. Even though outsourced, still doing the same hospital work where I started in 1990. I make good money and care less really how they want to dictate as long as my pay makes it to the bank on time. I can retire if I want to. I decided to stay in MTing because basically like a bowl of cherries to me. I would again say and would never change my mind, if a MT lets work just run through without trying to correct, then they need to go. Anyone who says differently apparently not much of a transcriptionist.
Did this for 3 years. No slow time encountered. (nm)
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I've been in this business 12+ years
now - worked for five companies before this one - never been happier. Work is steady. Pay is above average and always correct and on time. Lots of communication and feedback. It is a good place for me - I plan on retiring from here.
I've been in the business 20 years and it is
NEVER slow this time of the year, especially when the beds are full because of the flu. I think maybe some MTs are working extra to pay off Christmas bills so that there may be less work for others.
Are they still in business? They used to be mentioned years ago on MTD. nm
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I have had my own business for 12 years and STILL have days that I am sm
wading through mud instead of flying on air!
I agree with you. I have been in this business a lot of years and
it has never been this slow before. I do acute care work and I would think that there would still be more work than there is. Flu season is on its way so maybe things will pickup soon - I hope so anyway.
I've been in this business 20+ years and never
been asked for a background check and if they want to run one they can pay for it. It is a scam.
Are you kidding me. I have worked in the business for over 20 years
and they are WONDERFUL. I have never had a question go unanswered. Everyone is super nice. This company is THE BEST.
yes, a woman is perceived (esp. by men) how she presents herself...nm
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Some of us have been at MDI for years and years. Why should we have to start all the way at the bot
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Let's trade Xmas presents, want a cookbook? nm
How recent is this info? A contact said I'd be lucky to start at 7 cpl w/years of exp. nm
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Over 14 years expierence and offered 7.75 cpl to start. I had to turn it down but the people were
very nice. I just couldn't take a pay cut like that.
Let me rephrase: "The owner presents herself as an MT who understands our situations"
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part-time IC is 5000/pay period and full time IC is 10,000 per pay period. Need to talk with
recruiter about cpl, I'm sure it varies with experience.
Depends on the account. Work on VR lately has been slow. Just like all companies, we have slow times
Honestly though, I have only had 2-3 times in the past 2 years where it was like the other day...no work... It did pick up later but I just think it's important not to make someone think we're overloaded with work all the time. That would not be fair to them if they end up with high expectations.
end of august, NM
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No - it is not always slow! Depends on the company and hospital. I have never been slow this time
Slow time is usually in September when everyone is back to work/school from the summer months.
Been doing this 24 years and never slow this time of year. Actually, I am drowning in work - can't keep up.
I left MQ for OS in August
Couldn't be happier! I started out at a higher rate than I was making at MQ after 3 years. I have 1 account and 1 secondary. You can actually contact QA if you have a question. If I have a question for my supervisor, I hear back from her in less than hour. Sometimes in a matter of minutes. I like my job again, and even DH commented earlier this fall about the change in my attitude.
I got a phone call last week from MQ asking if I was interested in coming back. Uh, noooo. And no I don't want to hear about all the wonderful changes you made.
I am waiting until 1 August
and if it is still this low, I am asking for another account.
I started with Keystrokes at the end of August (sm)
and I like it...very nice people to work for and very helpful..
Left MQ in August...still getting e-mails. (nm)
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When I applied in August, he said they use only in-house staff. nm
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It's quite low, too. Check posts here from back in August. sm
Posts from August said editing was 1.5-2 cpl and there were comments that pay wasn't on time. I've never heard any positives about this MTSO, so if I were you, I'd keep looking.
No India? Most of the work goes there. I quit last August SM
could not make any money there.
Email said conference calls would happen in August. nm
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Medware..There hasn't been anything on this board since August 2007...(sm)
Does anyone who works for Medware care to share their opinion about the company in regards to steady work, flexible schedules, platform, benefits, etc.? You can e-mail me if you wish. TIA.
They offered me 9.5 cents a line in August of 2007
I don't think that is very low.
August 2008 we were sold to CBAY after the announcement in May.
Check it out. As for me, I'm still here, still loving it, doing great, always get my account, making 10 cpl. I'll stay until I get fired.
To any Spheris employees, I quit in August and would like a copy SM
of my YTD earnings. I have called HR but they never return my call. I forgot how to access the online ADP. Can anyone give me a phone number to call, payroll number or something so I can call and get a copy of my earnings? Thanks.
The formal QA department is new only started last August. Before that, it was up to the lead MT'
to do QA. That obviously did not work for them and they started a QA department.
Ortho has only done formal QA reviews.
Radiology does QA reviews but internally and only comes to the MT's if there is a problem, otherwise tells them they are doing well.
Do you feel better now? !! Business is business, most of it should be confidential. Why post on a
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