And a great opinion! Good post. nm
Posted By: nm on 2008-09-15
In Reply to: Great Post!! - MT
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Read that post below on hospitals? They're definitely good for great bennies! nm
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Fairly flexible but they do like a schedule. Insurance is good. Benefits are good in my opinion.
For the past week, work has been a little slower but I think that is common in every company..some days busy and other not.
SoftScript QA is great in my opinion :)
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And... I have a right to post MY opinion
of any posts here as well. There is nothing 'angry' about what I posted. Not once did I say that recruiters, owners, etc... do not have a right to post here. I stated that those who come here and post and get into back and forths and arguments with MTs are unprofessional and that such actions reflect poorly on the company for which they work or own. This is my opinion and I am entitled to post it here.
opinion post
That is, without a doubt, exactly correct.
You are not a professional and by far, your post was not an opinion
It is apparent that you possibly are one of those MTs that has to jump around from company to company.
Is ok for OP to post her opinion just as it is okey
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System great, pay good, everything great, but most managers from old Edix, problems, poor people ski
when you are out of work, you are out of luck. If you are good at brown-nosing, are tough enough to be without any self-esteem, and have maybe money coming into the household on the side in case you tick someone off, then you may succeed, for a little while.
Don't ever ask questions or have problems with anything. Don't ever have a problem. Don't think you will have any control over anything you do, either.
A few 'good' managers remained when I left, but the new ones were all from the old Edix, and were completely into numbers, cared nothing for individual MTs...if there is work, you BETTER be working. If there no work, you will hear nothing, no one will help you.
I'm unclear as to what this response has to do with My Opinion's post.
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After I read it, too late, but I did post my opinion about it so I
am no longer ill. I am one who will speak up about my beliefs as well as those of the people I know.
Have a good day.
I like the post and wanted to express MY opinion, just as you
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Inside is the quote; not the red. The red in my post is my own personal opinion.
*** We started using the Enterprise Express Speech System in late October of 2007 and have already seen a 500 percent increase in speech-recognized drafted
reports. While just 20 members of our team of 300 transcriptionists
are using the system now, we plan to expand its use significantly. In
only 60 days we've seen dramatic productivity climbs and our team
loves the system. ****
Not so good in my opinion!
Every time I apply for them and they send me an e-mail back asking me to contact them, I leave a message, but then they never bother to contact me. Waste of time in my opinion. They have done this several times.
In my opinion, this is not a good company.
Based on my experience there, I would venture to say that people are leaving. There seems to be lots of unfriendly team leads. My Indian team leads were great, but unfortunately they got rid of them.
There is no paid time off. Management is poor.
What is the general opinion about the packet? Good or Bad
Did receive mine yet?
Ew, I thought they were one of the good hourly ones. Changes my opinion of them.
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What company is good in your opinion if Spheris is the worst? (nm)
nm
Thanks
Still good companies in my opinion...was not on the list. Check them out for yourself OP
Good company, great people, good benefits.
Affordable insurance. Good luck!
Great post. ....sm
Very much appreciated after all the negativity. 
Great post!
I post my opinions on companies when people ask, but always try to remind them that that is just my experience, might not be the same for everyone.
Thank you for posting this. It was well said!
Great post!
They should state this upfront- and not wait to be called. This years' winner in a field of ___ contenders, is ___
Great post. nm
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Your post is GREAT
I would only add that perhaps new MTs be allowed to mentor with a seasoned MT. I think it would be difficult for them to get in a hospital or clinic setting.
Great post
My biggest complaint is an MTSO that will attempt to obtain cooperation from bad dictators. Too many companies think that they'll lose an account if they ask for cooperation/consideration, but this work should be viewed as a team effort. Offer your clients a better rate for clean dictation. I'd take a slightly lower rate of pay to keep from pulling my hair out over dictators from _ _ _ _. :)
Great post. . . nm
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Great post, thanks!!! nm
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Great post! (SM)
I've been trying to take a look at the really big picture lately. I see almost daily tornadoes ripping our country apart. Wildfires doing the same thing. God only knows what we have in store regarding hurricanes this summer, too.
In addition to that, we have, on almost a daily basis, reports of someone at a school, business or courtroom killing innocent people. We have missing children at an alarming rate. Crane operators and miners are being killed because there's no longer any push for worker safety, and if anyone tries to sue for negligence over the death of a loved one, THEY become the enemy. Our bridges are crumbling from beneath us as we attempt to drive across them. Our children and pets are being poisoned by imported food and toys. There are more people than ever visiting food banks because they simply can't afford to feed their families any longer.
America today seems to be resembling war-ravaged Iraq more than the healthy, thriving, prospering USA I remember.
I honestly don't blame Indians for wanting a better life for themselves and their families. Instead, I blame a GOVERNMENT that would permit such personal items as the transcription of medical records to be outsourced to other countries.
A couple years ago, I worked for a company that (thankfully) didn't outsource (to my knowledge, anyway.)
I began to transcribe the note and started giggling because the patient's name was the same name of a politician whose name was being mentioned at the time as possibly running for President in the 2008 election. I thought, Wow, this person must be teased a lot, but I KNEW this couldn't be the same person because Washington politicians certainly have the best security the USA has to offer, right?
WRONG! As I progressed through the note, my heart sank when I realized that this patient, indeed, WAS that politician.
I have to wonder how many members of Congress have had their personal medical notes transcribed by someone living in perhaps a less than friendly country. If there are any, they probably don't even know, and their physicians, as well, probably don't even know. All these physicians know is they pick up the phone, dictate the note, hang up, and it magically appears in print a short time later.
I was prepared to send mass emails to EACH member of the House and Senate, warning them of what I had just experienced, without divulging the name name or gender of the politician; however, the way their contact emails were set up, if I didn't live in their district, I simply couldn't communicate with them, so I abandoned the effort.
Just as it's recently been discovered that our ports aren't secure, now (along with our borders), almost seven years after 9/11, I wonder how many other lapses of security are present in the USA today.
Outsourcing is okay for some things. Private medical records isn't one of those things.
Great post!
You are 100% correct. Very brave post!
Great Post!!
It is refreshing to hear someone look at the positives for once. I, too, have found a company that I am happy with. I have been with them for almost 3 years now and I am very happy. I feel I am extremely lucky to have such a great employer.
I always have work, a make a good line rate and I have excellent benefits. Do I have to stick to a schedule? YES!! Do I have my work audited and have to provide quality work? YES!!! Do I always agree with everything?? NO!!! Can I support my family and make a decent wage? YES!!! Do I have to pay for clothes to go out to work? NO!!! Do I have to pay for childcare? NO!!! Do I have to pay for gas? NO!!! Most importantly, do I have to put up with the constant drama of working with a bunch of women? NO!!!!
I feel sometimes people in this profession want to have their cake and eat it too as they are always complaining about sticking to a schedule, QA being too harsh and people hurting their feelings when they do something wrong, etc. I think we are lucky to have the opportunity to work at home. We do not have to deal with gas prices and all of the other things that come with working out in the real world.
This is just my opinion. 
Great post!
Many companies take the chance to say you're appreciated to their MTs at this time of year. I work for 2 companies-- One sent a card, one send rather expensive (greater than $50) gift. It's nice to be thanked for doing a good job.
It's not at all greedy or any other negative adjective unless you're an MT that does little but kvetch, rarely hold up your end, etc.
Keep holding on to the positive and let the negative posters simmer in their own words.
GREAT POST!!! nm
Great post
It actually helped me calm down a bit from the past couple days since I received the email. I too have not answered the email to jump in and train on VR, but I do feel it is just a matter of time before they contact me directly as I read it as a direct statement that everyone would have to incorporate this into their daily work...and also I have had next to nothing to type since the day that email appeared....so that is my panic. Has everything gone to VR at TT all of a sudden??? I do 4 different accounts and am only minutes ahead of the dictation for the past 3 days. This has NEVER happened before. I too am single and provide for kids, so I absolutely cannot take a pay cut, but I also do not want to make a move to another company either. So what to do? And you speech presidents, do not bother by responding and calling me a baby, suck it in, learn it, etc. I know that I definitely make more money typing, even though I have not done VR. I have looked at it, and the reports that came up were God-awful. I mean it. The only light I am seeing here is maybe a break in the hands that could ward off carpal tunnel.....but living paycheck to paycheck, I would rather have carpal tunnel release and be off work a couple of days than have no future in earning what I am now! I also am not willing to work any more hours a day than I do now...I just don't know where I would fit them in and still be a hands-on mom...
Great post nm
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Great post. And the reason is . .
that people are generally "not nice" is because it is a lot easier to confront someone via phone or the Internet than in person. I bet at least 80% of MTs who do home transcription would not be so quick to judge or "BI*CH" about these big MT companies if they actually had to see their supervisors, bosses, etc., IN PERSON on a day-to-day basis. Ya think? JMO. Something to think about anyway. Of course, same goes for the upper management working for these large companies. Communication goes BOTH ways.
touche and GREAT post...thanks...nm
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GREAT post. I feel the same way. nm
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Great post! In the same shoes you are! sm
I'm not worried anymore, though. I made it through my probationary period with lots of ups and downs, a lot of tough dictators, one that I STILL cannot understand and I do this guy EVERY DAY! But I like the job, like the QA people I have and have finally made it up to line count and I've been there since December. Now, to stay there.... Nice group of people. I like it a lot. Don't know what account you are on but I logged off just a while ago and the stats were still coming in. LOL 
Great post, steph
Dear Tired: They aren't giving you any choices by your description, so beat em at their own game. You should make *at least* as much at home and possibly much more than you think. Play the game for now; learn how to work at home. This transition is not as difficult as you may think, and it shouldn't take long to learn. If the pay works out with the current employer, you are set with a hospital and doctors you *know.* If not, you will then have the know-how to work for other services as a remote scribe.
Most experienced rad MTs make upwards of $18-25 and even more per hour, depending on bennies, etc. So in a short time, you *might* be seeing this situation as a godsend.
Unless you are the only MT at this hospital, perhaps you can get support and help from the others who have been put in this same (unfair) boat.
Good luck!
I so agree w/you - Great post....but....n/m
we can only lead a horse to water, we cannot make them drink it....if they choose to be intolerant, it's their choice as sick as it seems. I choose to go through the life as a loving, compassionate person. Others choose not to go this route.
Yes, racism and neonazism is, unfortunately, alive and well, in the USA and all over the world. So, if we raise our children with our awareness and our love and compassion, hopefully the future generation (our kids) will Do The Right Thing!!
You got it! Great post! Odd thing, though, is
I have always been paid on production, but boy you made me remember the joy, absolute joy, of digging around in med book after med book and finally finding that obscure term! Or drug! It was such a tremendous feeling of accomplishment! And nobody knew we did it, right? It was just a personal triumph, and knowledge gained. Knowledge is so wonderful. But somehow that's what I feel seems to be missing these days - so many MTs don't care about knowledge, nor want it. They have no interest in searching for a term or even trying. That's the part that I don't understand. Again, I was on production, at first holding a baby on my lap while balancing my IBM Selectric, lining up all my colors of paper with carbon, and my bottles and bottles of Liquid Paper in matching colors. One typo and you were looking at half hour of whiting out each copy in its particular color - and trying not to let your tears smudge the rest of the job. But boy did we learn, and boy did we produce nice work! And over the months and years, my production grew and grew with my knowledge. Wish more MTs operated the same way and cared about the knowledge first, production later. Nice meeting you, by the way! Another crispy critter here, too!
I agree -- great post.
I started in a clinic but quickly moved to a large teaching hospital, and the mentorship and listening parties was very valuable. Another thing that works that I particularly like is to walk away, go have a cookie, then come back. Sometimes then you can hear what the doc is saying! At least as bad as ESL are the docs who have a 15-minute report but by the time they're done uhh-ing and ahh-ing and emm-ing through the report you have about 40 lines.
I have to agree -- great post. Plus, when you take the job, sm
you are told upfront what the benefits are and what the requirements are, so if they are not to your liking, why take the position? I am quite happy here at TT, and am thrilled at the news about the 401k. Of course, I've been doing transcription for over 30 years now, so I guess that puts me in the age bracket where thinking about retirement is a little bit higher on my list than maybe someone 20-something, although I wish I had been smart when I was 20 and started putting away. Oh well .......
Again, great post ... thanks for sharing. 
great post...and I agree...
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great post....i think some here get frustrated
with what is out there and being offered to MTs that sometimes it is forgotten that there are really good jobs out there.
Good luck finding your MT for this account. Ophthalmology can be a high-paying field for the right docs.
GREAT POST!! MY REQUEST..
I wish that you would share your post directly with MTSOs who may not see it here, by anonymous email or some other method. Actually, I just might send the link to the HR manager of some of these MTSOs, if that's okay.
Recently, my Indian manager was replaced by a female USA manager, who has some of these traits/habits, the worst of which is that we have received emails that indicate her inclination to always assume that 100% of the clients concerns are the fault and responsibility of the MTs, that MTs should be able to read minds, etc., etc. Her communication style is very condescending. If you email a question, you don't expect an answer unless she decides that it is important. You know the type. I can't wait to find out how it all works out in the months to come.
Great Post! I remember this all now.
rusty! OP was great, but you really explained it very well to those of us who had forgotten.... much to think about.
Great post. Super. Thanks so much!
I couldn't have said it better myself, though I've been trying for days and obviously making more people mad than agreeable. I am just so passionate about this, and just am to the flipping out point at the complacency and reverse logic I see. I so want all newcomers to the field to have a long happy fulfilling and fruitful career to look forward to, not the scenario that it has turned into of late.
Absolutely great INTELLIGENT post. Thanks! :-)
And the poster going on about starting schools and training of MTs, to ease transition. The poster needs to read up more as this is way old news. Its happening right now.
Great post! Keeps us all grounded on what the MTSo has to put up with.
As an MT, IC for years, I have never had to rely on anyone but myself and am grateful for that. There will always be a place for me in this field as an IC, as I stick to commitment. Keeping my word is important to me.
I have thought about venturing out and hiring a few MT's to help when my workload gets busy, but after trying it once realized I do not have the patience. Thank goodness for the MTSO who has the patience.
Good luck with your new hires.
Great post!! Amen!! Bravo!!!!
NM
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