Ah, just less ESL's so I am not totally mentally exhausted/stressed/hurting all over by end of sh
Posted By: gift certificate would be nice on 2007-05-04
In Reply to: MT Week suggestions - Kelly
This job has become more and more difficult/stressful during the past 4 to 5 years -- since outsourcing and voice recognition. I had rather work for less $ any day than get the sloppy dictators/ESL's that the U.S. MT's end up with. Also the doctors whose dictation is not compatible for voice recognition software is being passed on to the MT's.
This job was so fun and exciting about 5 years ago, and I put in MANY extra hours (and made good money) because I did enjoy the job and also the extra money. It seems there is just not enough money offered to pay for the type of dictators/reports that we can get now in this profession. I am probably the only one who feels this way, but I am just being honest.
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This entire forum is just too mentally deranged
And Bravoing? A woman's sad story who apparently has sacrificed her son's growth and childhood, her marriage, her own quality of life, and basically failed at MTing... now blaming it for even her multitude of health problems, yet she's back at it??? And she's lashing out at an MTSO apparently, because she herself failed for 30 years as an MT? And you're yahooing her? What is wrong with you all? Are you another woman who failed at MTing, have lost everything in life, including your health, and are blaming it on the MT industry, yet are still here doing it? This is senseless and crazy. I don't know the TTD person, or any of you, but god help us all if this is what my fellow MTs are all about. No wonder we can't get organized or on the same page. You guys are in your own books entirely.
Low pay & exhausted when I left.sm
Pay is on time, 0.08 is tops. I have 27 years experience. I only made it there about 6 months. I was given all bad accounts to work on. I quit when another MT told me they were off-shoring all the easy work and normals to Indian MTs. Owner loves to play the martyr & try to make you feel guilty. Expects you to work 7 days a week, 15 hour days (not an exaggerating). Do not recommend.
I'm sure this subject has been exhausted BUT I have know sm
someone who is a CMA, 2 years of schooling with medical transcription courses and of course, no experience. She wants to get out of the clinical side of medical assisting. Where can I direct her as she wants to work from home? She doesn't have kids, but husband is military. I know she can do this, but not sure where to send her to get started.
I'm thinking possibly some of the bigger companies will look at her resume since she's never done this as a job before. Thanks for helping out. I appreciate any answer!
you are hurting everyone else, though
This just lets the companies know they can take advantage of people and makes it more difficult for those of us who do actually want to be ICs
Maybe DSG isn't hurting for employees like OSI is.
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Hurting lines
That is definitely against our contract and we would be in all kinds of hot water and likely get sued so I am not about to try it, but it WOULD be interesting to know. Lots of MDIers are still without work. WHERE did it all go? I am putting my bet on India.
I don't agree with this at all and this is the mentality that is hurting
Our paycheck is earned by us for our work, our skill, and our experience. A "thank you" is a little extra shown by your employer in appreciation for the little (or sometimes a lot) extra that you do for them. The thank you doesn't have to be monetary, just simply words of appreciation. I get really tired of hearing people say that our paycheck should be enough for all that we do. Sure, it's enough... if all we do is what we've been hired to do. But, if we go above and beyond, what's wrong with the company going above and beyond by saying "thank you".
I agree...let it go!!! You're only hurting yourself
Forgive it, go on with your life and don't look back. Believe me, you can harden yourself to that hurt and still have a great life. DON'T LOOK BACK! Say God bless 'em and go on. You are the one holding yourself back.
Insulting others who are hurting is not standing up for yourself
Don't fool yourself into thinking what you have up your back is a backbone ;-)
I get stressed with the 95% ESL too
and work types that I don't like to do and wasn't hired to do (course I wasn't hired for the 95% ESL either). One day I can handle, 2 days back to back is too much. If I was paid hourly it would be different. I start looking for jobs, send out resumes, post resumes .... I interview, test, ace the tests, everyone is anxious for me to work for their company, but they don't pay squat, I have to punch a clock, do xx lines, etc. I've done this 3 or 4 times the past 5 years and finally decided there just isn't better out there and on the bad days I just need to take a deep breath and keep plugging away. I make good money (not as good as you) but I have to really work to get it and I can't imagine doing this job for any less than I currently make.
frantic and stressed
I think it began with taking over another company a few years ago and acquiring their Indian facility. Then trying to change the whole company over to Cornerstone, losing some of their business, introducing VR, low work volumes, many MTs unhappy with the new compensation ... and acquiring CHS. On my last account their, manager said the facility is complaining about too many blanks...then said use the blank more often and produce more.
So sorry you are stressed! I've been with JLG (also from MQ) for a while now
and love it. Maybe you should call and talk to someone there and they can help you out. Good luck to you!
You're right, of course. I'm just cranky and stressed. nm
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Hey Stressed! Glad you got the reply!
I think you'll find it easier than you may think and you'll breeze through it. I write you IF you know who goes to sleep tonight 
definitely a deciding factor there. I am already stressed
with my current situation and huge cut and turned down a few other offers b/c high ESL would be MORE stressful, so good to know. thanks so much for the heads up...are you a TT?
Thanks. I'm a bit stressed after reading the handbook. It looks
very cumbersome and I'm afraid I won't be productive, but I have worked on the account for 5 years so I'm hoping knowing the dictators and their quirks and the account specifics will be enough to help makeup for learning a new platform.
It IS very stressful. I'm so stressed out from the rollercoaster
Last week made good lines, good money. Even got an email that said the slow period was over. This week? Nothing.
I've been doing this hardcore for the past year with different companies even. I can't take it anymore but MT is all I know how to do, been doing it for almost 20 years.
(cont'd) mgmt always pushy and stressed out
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I looked at that, thought it didn't look right but was stressed from testing (lol - sorry) nm
Not anymore. I think the nuts have moved on and the owner is less stressed now. I see a sm
a much calmer atmosphere this time around. I've been back just over a year and it is night and day from four years ago.
Sorry. No nerve struck. Just my bad post-Thanksgiving pre-Christmas stressed
out mood.
Yes, it's totally word based, but it's also totally slow.
I haven't had a very good experience using dictaphone EXText. I wouldn't recommend anyone work on this platform. I don't know how anyone can say this is a very productive platform in any way whatsoever. Actually, it is the worst I've ever worked on. I like Bayscribe, DocQscribe, and many others over this setup.
Totally VR?
Do you have any idea when that is supposed to take place and the effect it will have on the staff? They are doing a lot of hiring recently, myself included!
totally aside
I'd like to add that irregardless is not a word.
Totally!
I had the exact same experience. After five months, I left. I guess to each is own.
That is so totally what I'd do too!
....go in and edit the crap out of the thing and provide a phone number to my attorney, the state district attorney, and the department of labor for their calling pleasure.
I think these bastids count on the fact that this is a female-dominated industry...an industry of what they believe are just mousy housewifes who won't say boo and will just take it. Think again mister man. We brought you into this world, we can take you out.
You are totally right!
Every day, people have circumstances that are way beyond their control, i.e. illness, unexpected car repairs, laid off from job, etc. Just because someone's credit isn't the best is no reason not to hire someone. The whole idea of employers checking credit just sickens me. There is no need for it. That is why we have references! Our credit reports are none of their business!
Not totally 100% out but very, very low. :(
xxx
Totally
wrong for them to keep this information if it is the information that your pay is based on. When they send a check they don't send some kind verification for what they paid you? This is wrong and could possibly be illegal depending on what kind of agreement you signed with them if you are an employee.
If an IC, then not illegal, but still unacceptable.
how is that TOTALLY IC?
1000 lines M-F?
Actually, you just did totally help :)
Thanks.
I will be documenting everything I send to QA from now on (I don't care right now if it does drop my production a bit).
I am also going to be trying to the blank and then go back thing you suggested. I sometimes will spend 20 minutes on each blank the first time I go through the report (half the time only to get the blank filled in later because the dictator repeats it).
Thanks for the help !!!
IC Job? That's totally different
You are getting screeeewd!
Not totally true.
If you can prove an increase in skill, like learning op reports, or getting your CMT, you can also be considered for a raise.
Talk to your manager!
I totally agree with you!
Great bonuses, benefits, flexibility, love my supervisor and co-workers and have great communication! I'm sorry for those that are having a bad experience. I work out of the Dallas office and I love it.
please check this out totally!!!!
I am a former employee of this company. This company does not pay on time, bounces payroll checks, and the owner, Deb Garrison, is very unprofessional. She will hollar on the telephone, refusing to answer questions about payroll at all. At this moment, I am still owed one final paycheck. This paycheck was due to be released on 7/20. Last week I was told it was be mailed this past Monday, 7/25. Deb refused to send FedEx; my cost and as she has done for all other checks in the past, and refused to send via priority mail. I contacted her today and was told the checks were mailed yesterday. I would advise serious consideration about this company. They reason they are hiring 20 MTs is because no one is getting paid and they are refusing to work. I can provide you with a listing of all the MTs who work for this company if you want to verify my story.
Totally crazy
I worked for the Toth's. The are unorganized, not professional, do not pay for the work on time, and basically rude. I know several people who have taken them to court, won, and still have not been paid monies owed to them!
I agree totally.
If they were really on the up and up why not just state exactly what the rate is and SHOWING it instead of taking a regular rate and a blended rate, figuring a percentage, making 60% actually equal 67%, adding, subtracting, multiplying by your 3rd kid's birthday, and dividing by the company phone number and then putting it on your paycheck as regular lines, 13-15K lines, 15-17K lines, 17-20K lines, B lines, C lines, special 1 lines, OT lines, B OT lines, C OT lines, holiday lines?? It's ridiculous.
If they actually hire you at 8 cpl wouldn't it be much easier and up-front to say you'll make 8 cpl for typing and 4.8 cpl for editing with 0.0025 cpl for each incentive level reached? I mean if they're really going to pay the incentive on the whole amount like they say they are, why do they need all these complicated, misleading terms like "blended rates" anyway? If you get other incentives on top of that, it's only included on those separate lines anyway, not the whole thing, so why try to make it look like you're actually making more on everything??
I totally agree..
It is really hard to get a take on a company from here. I have had my share of bad experiences with "nationals" but I choose not to smear their names all over the place. I just see it this way. They were not a good fit for me but maybe they are good for someone else. I have also proofed work for some "MTs" and I use the term loosely. Honestly, I wonder how some of them even got the job, yet they are so angry when they are fired for doing a horrible job. I live in Idaho as far as where I am located.
I am totally excited!
I can't wait to get my packet to see what this is all about. I will not be leaving MQ.
I totally disagree with you....sm
I've worked on other VR platforms and this one is far superior.
You are certainly welcome & I totally agree with you
There is always something new to learn. Nobody is born just knowing how to run their own business and being an MT doesn't just inherently provide you with the knowledge...the MT end yes, but the business end no. I have always heard that if you want to be successful at something then look for somebody who is doing what you want to do and doing it successfully, find out how they are doing it, and do it! Makes sense to me! I think its a great thing that somebody who did it wrote a book to help others so you don't have to learn the hard way by making mistakes and fumbling around until you get it all figured out. Best of luck to you and come back and let us know about your success!
I totally agree.
I get a check every 25 days from 1 company I work for (starts with a B, small to mid-size national). Another smaller company I work for takes 2 weeks to mail me a check, told me they would mail it in 8, and I get it 3 days after it is mailed. The third I will name because they get a total thumb's up - Medtrans Unlimited. Invoice processed and in my mailbox within a week.
I totally beg to differ......
I've worked in many pathology departments, referral labls, and the like. And I'm here to tell you that there isn't a single pathologist that I have met that is willing to go with VR let alone outsource their dictation. NOTHING will convince me otherwise. As for radiology, I am seeing too much of it being outsourced to ever believe it will go totally VR. Besides, VR is an absolute joke! Y'know that old phrase? Garbage in/Garbage out? Well, there are many docs who have already found out that's just VR works. Just TRY, and I mean just TRY and take out the human element out of the picture (meaning the transcriptionist) and you will have reports coming back that are even worse than what is coming back from India!!!!! A question here....a very serious one......don't you think that if VR was more effective in transcribing reports that all the companies outsourcing overseas would go with VR before they did that? Something to think about. I've been around since 1990 in this field and they have been saying that VR was going to replace transcriptionists back then. Well, here we are 15 years later and quite frankly, VR hasn't even made it past first base yet. The doctors, the naysayers if you will, the big companies, etc. will be trying to find anyway they can to save money, cut costs and so on and the bottom line it, it will NEVER HAPPEN. The Transcriptionist is here to stay. There is absolutely no way you can take the human element out of this picture and have the absolute best quality reports/charts/medical information system on the planet....PERIOD.
Totally can be self-taught
Yes you can teach yourself easily with the theory books, did it myself years ago, but didn't follow through unfortunately, regret that. What is hard is getting the speed up, but definitely give it a try, all you need is the machine and the books take you through it step by step lesson by lesson, anyone can learn it. Good luck.
off track totally....
And we have a Chevy with 300,000 miles been going strong for years plowing snow, blah, blah, blah....but all this is off track and is very unfortunate that it appears that many just simply do not care if the MT industry gets off-shored or not. But again, that is every individuals perogative to care or not to care and only someday when it affects you or someone you love personally will you ever truly understand!!
I totally agree...
I'm always amazed when I come to this board and see posts like hers. Is there some unwritten rule amongst MTs that when you have a concern about your work load, you don't ask the people who would know (supervisors at the company) you come to MTStars instead to gripe and moan?
This makes no sense at all to me. If my work is low for more than a day, I email my supervisor and try to find out what's going on. Sometimes, they are not aware that there is a problem. Why is it that most of you have ABSOLUTELY NO loyalty to the company that you work for? Why come to this board to fuel rumors and/or start new ones. You work for Spheris. At least TRY to resolve the issue with them before coming to this board.
Management can only resolve issues that they are aware of. Always let your supervisor know what your problems or concerns are. They are the people who can DO something about it....not us.
I agree totally. While I usually appreciate
warnings about bad companies (though some have been made in anger, which I thoroughly understand), the owners coming to defend the company so hotly (especially with all the spelling errors-lol) make me think more than twice about working for such a place/person!!
I think that's what they mean, no? Otherwise, I totally agree. nm
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Totally different company
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Totally agree
That's what you get when the corporate mentality takes over...
I'm praying I can get out within the next 2years.
I totally agree
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