Also frustrated in searching
Posted By: This can be a laborious process... on 2006-02-25
In Reply to: You are right. - MTStars Support.
Is there anyway you could archive posts sooner, like maybe only keep two pages of current post? Or set up a search for non-archived posts?
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I have a phone interview with them on Monday and I'm just really on the fence here! What I want is to be able to have plenty of work, be left alone to do so, and just go back to how it used to be when being a MT was enjoyable. I'm just so undecided right now!
Searching for...
I am looking for a company that provides a computer, has voice recognition, and doesn't require 1200 lines per day for new part time people.
Searching for
I guess I wasn't very clear. Some companies want you to type 1200 lines per day within 3 weeks, 6 weeks, whatever and give you ESL docs you can't understand, so how can you put it on paper? It would probably take me 3 months.
Searching and done with it
You made an honest mistake, you apologized graciously, and you do not deserve the bullying you have been getting. Consider that bullies think they have a lot of power because they are anonymous on the Internet. Don't pay attention to them. Hugs to you!
I did some searching
on Google, saw your post below mine this morning too, and looks like maybe you're right because I see a couple of hits from the past with the two with eTranz and then found some old posts from here about not paying by the one person. But it looks like Full Circle is just the other person? Anyone else know anything about this? Thanks!
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You've got mail.
Fatcat
Try searching archives.
http://www.mtstars.com/search
sorry....searching...not searing
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Try searching MT Stars itself
Instead of Google, try the search for this site. Type in the name of the company and it should bring up information about them. I hope this is what you mean.
Thanks, searching, I figured that must be why. nm
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It was the way you advised about searching
and if you think you were *originally* 'polite', you might want to recheck that definition.
Thank you! I do have a lot of soul searching to do.
What is so frustrating is that I'm really a great Transcriptionist in all aspects other than the production and staying focused for 8 straight hours. If I can overcome those, everything would be perfect.
Thanks again for your kind words and great advice. I appreciate it!
I'm actively searching......
TT used to be one of the best companies to work for, not true any longer. They seem to be all about making money for themselves. No more yearly bonuses, no matching 401K, nothing for MT week but thanks from lower management. There are companies out there that pay 70% of your line rate for speech, that's reasonable. This whole thing is going to backfire on them in the end. I've had several interviews but haven't made a final decision yet. It's not that I want to find a company that doesn't do VR, in reality they all will eventually. I want to find a company that realizes their MTs put bread on the table for managment, sadly that is no longer TransTech.
I've been searching for a prn
position for months! I'll definitely need it now to make up for the lost money due to reduction in pay!
Try searching "CHRISTIAN" rather than DIT
I too got nothing when searching DIT, but when you search the word Christian, a lot of linkage to past DIT posts come up since they always tout themselves to be a Christian organization.
You'll find it very enlightening.
Not easy...been searching for months
I was a recruiter and the company decided to hire a recruiting company...now many of us can't even find positions as there are usually one or two per company and they never leave or some don't pay well. So not easy even with someone with experience.
After searching the archives a bit, not so sure I want to work for them
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No. I just happened to be searching & thought I'd
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I can't find my answer by searching...
I'm looking for opinions on:
CTS (Central Transcription Services)
and
TRX (out of Oregon and NYC)
Thanks so much in advance! Feel free to email me privately.
It should, but you'll be searching a long
time to find it. Seems 8 cpl is the going rate and 9 if you're lucky.
Is it? Nuts. I have been searching all over for my contract, but I'm not sure
I ever got a signed copy back from D., though I specifically requested that she send a copy back to me with her signature on it as well.
Try searching Dictation Services Group
in addition to DSG.
Anyone know anything about Wordzxpressed? Perhaps I flunked archive searching, sm
but I cannot seem to find anything recent about them. I hear so many horror stories about so many companies, it is hard to know who are the good guys and who are the bad. 
Thanks.
frustrated
I finished my DQS training almost two weeks ago. I was cleared for DQS two days later. The next day I received an email saying a DQS user request would be submitted for me and an update provided when I'm added. I've heard nothing. I've emailed several times with no response. Every email up till then was answered within minutes. I want to call now but fear sounding annoying and having it held against me in some way because I really need this job.
Is this typical? If so I can deal with it. I just wish I'd get some type of response. Should I call and risk being annoying after sending several emails?
to frustrated
I agree with the above post, it could just be an oversite with all the changes going on...as my Daddy used to say "it's better to make a move than to sit and stew"
frustrated
Had you had any warnings in the past or did they have a policy on mistakes?
I'm Sorry Frustrated....
....I know how much of a pain in the rear it can be when no one will give you the chance to show your stuff. Keystrokes requires at least 5 years experience (I do believe).
I also just checked my email and another company has offered me a position, but it's not doing Radiology because they are fully staffed on their Radiology accounts, but has offered me a position in one of their medical records accounts. Waiting to hear if they will tell me what type of reports that account has and see what they say. I doubt I will take it though.
The only problem I see with Keystrokes is my schedule. I am not going to like working 2-10 p.m. Central time at all, but it was the only schedule that they had open. I wish you luck Frustrated. Just keep at it, someone will give you that opportunity.
Frustrated
I'm with you. I know what I should be doing, but get bounced all over the place from account to account. Just when I get my momentum up, I get either an ESL or a sloppy Engligh-speaking person. I don't want to wear out my rewing, but....I would love to be assigned 2 or 3 doctors and be responsible for just them. Dream?
Frustrated MT
company maybe CPR Technologies?
I am frustrated
with the ability to make lines at some of these companies and would give a pay cut in terms of cpl if I could have the chance to just MAKE the lines. Also, all these short 1-minute reports and the info put into the patienet information screen takes soooo much time and sucks the line counts from me daily.
Frustrated
Wow, $100? I thought my $400-500 per pay period was bad, but in order to make that I have to log in every day.
frustrated
Thanks for the info. Guess they are out because of the set schedule. I am so sick of seeing companies hire as an IC but then turn around and make you work a set schedule!!!!!
Frustrated IC
I just have a question for the other ICs out there. Isn't one of the advantages of being an IC that you do not have to be tied to shift work. I ask this because I have been looking for a part-time job to supplement my current one that has gotten slow because they lost one of the doctors in the practice and all of the ones that I see posted for IC work mention the shifts that are available. For a variety of reasons, I cannot be on the computer at the same time every day or even the same hours week after week, but I have never failed to get my 24-TAT accomplished. I am just frustrated and was wondering if someone changed the rules in the middle of the game and forgot to send us all a memo...
frustrated
What a great post! As a new graduate just starting out, I expected it to take some to get my first job. Hearing that experienced MTs are having trouble is really disheartening. Hopefully everyone WILL be busy next month! When I get my career going, I will gladly vacation in a tropical climate during the slow time, as my husband is also in construction. Good luck to all!
frustrated
Do you know why they had to hire so many all at once?
frustrated
Yeah, I wonder how hard the Transcend/MDI mucky-mucks are crying? All the way to the bank.
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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Any good info on MDI-FL. Do they have IC status? I've been searching for sm
the past 15 minutes and have found nothing!! I read somewhere someone said you have to have tough skin to work for MDI-FL. I wonder what this means! :)
Thanks to anyone with any info on this company. Trying to leave MQ and make some decisions here. Help out a fellow MT. Love ya. LOL
After much searching on this board, I am not finding any info on Focus for sm
rate in pay. Can anyone please spare a fellow MTs time and just let me know if their pay is decent?? I just got a 10% decrease in pay today with MQ and I am just so upset! I'm looking for a decent company, that's all. Thanks so much!
I got so frustrated, I was continually
we would sever the relationship and I would not be responsible for paying them the $125 for the computer. Haven't got my last check from them yet, so it might be $125 short. Go figure. Will keep you posted. I was having headaches and chest pains when I worked for them. The day after I quit, all that went away.
Just Frustrated and down in the dumps....
I work for a National, everyone told me I would love this company, I am trying so hard and cannot seem to get the daily line count they want or that I want. I am using word Expander for the first time with this company and love it but sometimes, to me, it is a hinderence in getting your typing rhythm down, and sometimes it expands things that I did not want, so I pause, hesitate, delete, find what I am looking for etc. then go on, but again, my line count isn't what I thought it would be. I work Sun-Thu and on Sun and Mon I meet the line count but then they switch me over to doctors I've never had on Tue, Wed, and Thu and then my line count goes way down, trying to find reports, trying to understand the doc, and end up leaving blanks. I love being an MT, I just want to be able to pay my bills AND have some extra money to save....I guess I just wanted to vent....I know there are many excellent MTs out there, and Ill be replaced without hesitation, I just wanted to make this work. I've been doing it for 2 years and this is the first time I've had this problem. I don't do laundry while I work, I have a private room for my office and rarely leave the chair. I have not taken any time off and even worked holidays. Any ideas to increase my line count?
Focus frustrated
I am very happy to read your post. I have worked for Focus for three weeks. I expect my first paycheck next week and I think it may be for $1.25.ha ha I get 100% on most of my reports, but some of the foreign doctors are soo hard to dictate and I get an occasional 95% because of it. That is my money!
Also, I have been keeping track of line counts. MS Word and Escription are drastically different. MS Word shows 118 lines and Escription shows 67. At .08 cents a line that is about a whopping $20 a day!
I make more doing contract work! Think I will just make the leap.
Do you mind me asking what company you went to?
Not so frustrated anymore
I was frustrated a little while back. My account manager quit and I wasn't getting paid for my 2nd shift differential, but now things seem to have settled down. They have a new person doing payroll, and everything seems to be fine now. I have always loved the account that I work on and I even just got a new secondary account, so things seem to be getting somewhat back to normal there.
Expect to be frustrated
You'll try to communicate with them in English but they will not understand and just keep pushing other issues. They do not understand NO so be prepared to repeat yourself over and over when you are unable to work a certain day or time etc. Good luck with that one. People do not stay long there and your QA is done by people in India so do not bother taking any notes on the correct or incorrect way to transcribe as what you learn will never apply anywhere else you ever work. Best wishes..
I'm frustrated with this as well. We must be on same account! :)
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You think you're frustrated now, don't even consider
them. Read the archives. The rare good post has a definite management undertone to it.
Getting frustrated w/Transcend
I've been working there for about six months now and due to lack of consistent work I haven't been able to meet my quota of 12,000 lines. Now granted there are times that it's my fault, albeit uncontrolled circumstances like tech problems and such but there's just no excuse for going days without adequate work. I'm going on five days with no work! It's true. I was promised a $1000 sign on bonus and was told that unless I can meet my line count this pay period (ending tomorrow) I won't get it, well guess what, I've got a total of about 1900 lines for this week alone, which gives you can idea of how much my pay is going to suck immensely, PLUS I had to work all night long doing some of that, or I wouldn't even have that. Now they're offering me an option to work on another account but using their BeyondTxt platform and I don't know anything about it except for what I've read here on these boards and none of it sounds good. I've hung in as long as I can afford to but I guess I'll have to find another company. Why put me on an account in the first place when they clearly didn't need a full-time MT? Now I've spent six months learning these doctors and will have to start all over with new ones most likely.
Why can't it just be frickin easy !
Dear Frustrated
I am so sad for you and the other MTs at MDI experiencing this problem. I was offered a position with MDI last month and after reading this board, I emailed back my liason and declined the position. I am sure glad I did, but I am still looking for adequate employment right now. I have employment, but the environment is not great and I am still wishing to find a better environment. I understand why you posted here and I applaud you for speaking out so other MTs may be warned. I was warned againg MDI from this board, and I appreciate the warning. I just want to say keep your chin up and move on. God will bless you and your blessing could be just around the corner.
Extremely frustrated
After three years with FN, to be treated this way is just uncalled for and very unprofessional. Every account they put me on only lasted a few months and then they lost it, then another and they lost it, five times so far, and now told about the new account with a billion lines, ya right. Where is it? I have not see it yet! Bunch of lies, all lies.
extremely frustrated indeed
Hi Paul,
When did you start with FN, as I started in 2/2005 and what you are saying is exactly what I have been told also. This new account was supposed to keep us all overwhelmed with work and I am lucky to get 1 or 2 charts PER DAY. I'm practically begging for work and I'm just lucky if they decide to answer my emails or phone calls. Ready to pull my hair out...
Yes, kidding, but he's getting frustrated with me!
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