As long as we're correcting people
Posted By: get it right please on 2006-06-23
In Reply to: Spell correctly. - Me
Someone could actually be a really fast typist but not a good speller. You should have said Maybe their line rate was low because you couldn't spell well. If you're going to be snide, at least have it make sense.
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The moderators said stop correcting people's posts - not questioning medical reports -
The OP was talking about in actual medical reports, not on these posts - or at least that is the way I took it.
I too am concerned about the way medical reports are looking and being put on charts. It is ridiculous and dangerous!!!
If you're not 98% you won't be there long. nm
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you're not alone - been doing this a long time
but every slow down, expected or not, causes anxiety - I think we all feel more anxious now than we used to because we know the work is being done electronically and offshore. I got a second job just to try to save money for the lean times and emergencies. Only one provider in this household - nervewracking! I think you hear a little anxiety in the other posters' replies too - they are trying to reassure themselves in the process. This holiday seems to be worse than I remember it, this is more like Christmas and Thanksgiving! People must be really taking off! Imagine that.
Long-Time MT, you're so very right ...
I'm one of the MT's still on straight transcribing and after having my primary transferred to PI and having the majority of decent work either going to ASR or being outshored I'm struggling every day just to try to make a below minimum line count. My paychecks have been nothing short of pitiful. It's so frustrating.
You probably won't be there long. They are coming down on people who are under 200 lph. It happ
You should never be happy with under 200 lph.
Some people have a really long list of questions
It takes maybe 5 minutes to type a list of questions. It might take an hour to answer them all. We may not have time for all that. Sometimes I have taken the time to answer a couple of questions, then the OP comes back demanding that I answer the rest or didn't answer thoroughly enough. As someone said on another thread about people wanting advice on how to get into the business, our time is money, wanna pay a consultation fee? Just keep in mind we can't always volunteer to help everyone, and we may not have the answer to all the questions anyhow. I've noticed the threads with one simple question get the most answers - because its quick to answer one question vs 20.
As long as we're doing research, look up JIMMY HOFFA.
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There are a lot of people who know more than they're tell us
People in the industry, other than those of us MTs at MQ, seem to have a idea of what is happening. I have heard from several recruiters, what shame, what MQ is doing to their MTs, or I sure hope MQ recovers, we'd hate to lose them since they were so vital to the success of this industry. EVERY interview I've been on, and there have been A LOT, have mentioned MQ and their future in one way or another. That just happened to be the way OSi mentioned it. I DON'T care, but I also didn't ask about it, the recruiter just mentioned it when talking about my employment history, and since I work for MQ, that is why the name even came up, I guess. Also, another reason could be that OSI is in a suburb of Atlanta, Transcend is based in Atlanta and I live in Atlanta. So, maybe it was for that reason - I don't know, I didn't elaborate because I didn't feel it prudent. But, if someone gave me some insight on something with MQ that I could share with my fellow MQ workers here, I would do it. I posted the info, whether true or not, so everyone could have a head's up. Something definitely is going to happen, there's no doubt there throughout the industry, we just don't know what, when or how.
And if they're looking for 2 people, let me know, too!!
I need something to get through the 'tween weeks with the other lower paycheck.
You're supposed to get 12 hrs of paid training even though it doesn't take that long to learn
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you know nothing. You're trying to scare people because
You're right - their QA people are insane
There's never been a month that they couldn't find anything on a particular report of mine to complain about so they said that I put a comma in the wrong place just to have a mistake to document.
No, it IS that they're greedy! These people want
ALL the accounts! At all costs! They think by 'dominating' the industry by taking as many accounts as they can get, that it makes them a better company. But how do they make a profit with those lowball bids? Off the backs of the MT.
Greedy, greedy, greedy, GREEDY!
Correcting myself-SM
I meant to say stop working when other types of work come.
Everyone's always quick to say that they're "nice people," and they are, but -- sm
they have a horrible platform -- two horrible platforms now, actually -- some lousy dictators, sound quality issues, and the management is very bad when it comes to communication of any sort. Questions go unanswered and issues never get addressed. But they're nice people, for whatever that's worth.
Not just this week, a long term problem. Nice people, good benefits, but
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No wonder she is in spasms, correcting
every single sentence is ridiculous. You either have a very poor system for VR or something very wrong. Are you sure of yourself or do you question your ability? I could not work retyping every sentence.
no I'm too busy correcting the
mistakes, reformatting, deleting stuff the dictator did not say, adding things he did say, and thinking about using the hot keys to have my brain turn to mush. But I'd rather straight type any day.
Sometimes in-house people will work the holidays since we're only
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Obviously, you're all nice people - both companies are blessed to have you
 I've seen so many ugly remarks on this website that I was actually afraid to even post for opinions - but each and every one of you have been honest and most of all respectful. I didn't get the response - look in the archives. I think that is a rude and nonchalant response. To answer the question and give YOUR opinion, shows concern. This is a difficult field and somehow instead of cutting each other down, we need to pull together. I'm taking this opportunity to thank each one of you who took the time to respond. 
Sorry, that was me correcting me - it is good discipline to do that. sm
If I allow the haphazard here, it might creep into my reports.
Subtle way of correcting her error. I like that.
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Correcting the spelling of a company name
It will help the OP find information in the archives.
Any service that offshores has US QA people. We're the ones stupid enough to take these jobs
and clean up their mess!
They're kind of new. Older posts had people having difficulty with them. nm
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Did you tell them to only send you the lines that needed correcting then?
Let me get this straight. They want you to read the entire report (which is considered working in my book), and there are no corrections, then you have just done them a favor? What do they take us for?
You have to use their puter, do 1200 lpd at a low rate, and they're slow and nasty getting people
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4000-5000+ lines per day of correcting awful VR? No thanks.
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Bayou, why don't you read more carefully. I was correcting my OWN typo ! WOW !
Get a life !
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No problem :) No matter how long, it is too long for me - I am broke the day after payday. Kids wi
do that to you!
I know that they have worked very hard to make sure that checks are never late and I can say that in the past two years, I have had one problem (2 days late) and in the past 18 months, they have all been on payday and perfect.
I know that there are a lot of hard feelings in MT in general. I also know firsthand (and I am not mgmt) how hard KS has worked to get things going good.
I would not want to walk in an MTSO's shoes for any amount of money, but that's just me. I like to finish my work for the day, forget about work when not working and get paid on payday. I never want the other things that go with mgmt or owning a company of any kind :)
They definitely rip you off with your line count. Figured this out long ago and quit long ago
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What really sucks is that I looked for a LONG, long time -sm
before joining DRC - wanted a highly reputable, not-too-big co. that was LOCAL, and that treated its MTs humanely. I'm very happy with DRC & had planned to stay with them permanently.
Long, long history of not paying...and
similar posts have been made here in the past few months. Everyone thinks they will be different, and then they end up coming back here to warn others that they don't pay.
Hope you're enjoying those slave wages you're earning.
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Fatcat correcting fatcat
I meant to say THEIR face, not THERE face. Have been up since early morning working and it shows. Sorry.
People at TT have been paid! People who haven't well, maybe you did not make count and your check
after insurance deduction. Maybe your bank is holding it. Maybe anything! But we GOT PAID. This is NO LIE. And I am sick of this board. Nothing but disgruntled exemployees arguing with employees who like their job. Ugggg. I am working. BTW: THERE IS WORK (clears throat) remember that? Work?
So you guys feel you're getting paid what you're worth with VR?
I'm not trying to be snarky. I've never done VR, so I'm trying to understand.
You're happy with your paycheck with VR? Do you find the files to be as bad as the original post implied?
Keystrokes is wonderful!! They are the nicest people and care 150% about their people!!
Excellent company!!!!
I worked for SS and some people were very RUDE and I am talking about the editing people in some
instances. It ALL depends on the person, as it does with any company. They paid on time and the lady over me was very nice, but boy the person in QA was mean to EVERYONE!! Never seen anything like it before.
So you're telling me, basically, they're bad news?
They offered me 0.095/line and you know - it sounded too good to be true, but I SWEAR the recruiter told me they do not outsource. Oh brother... I just wish they'd be honest. I really don't know what to do.
Not the OP, but they're supposed to take out all the other taxes as you're an employee with th
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No, they're not losing money....they're gaining!
If a company charges their clients by the line, I'm sure that line rate does not go down even though the MTs pay does.
ASR pays about 2/3 normal line rate to its MTs. Their ultimate goal is to have the MTs do twice as much work. Therefore, the client is getting their work faster, but paying their normal rate, while corporate gets that money and the MTs get the lower line rate.
Whether the newbies want to realize it or not, MTSOs have not increased MTs' salaries in the past 10 years. They still start out at the same pay as the last century!
This used to be a very lucrative profession. Nowadays, most MTs are considered to be paid at the poverty level. You don't believe me, look it up!
Are people trying to scare people or just tell them what is happening. I am not scared just seeing
that things are changing very rapidly and not for the better for me. If I have no work and need multiple accounts everyone else is in the same boat now arent they that have my accounts. That is how people know what is going on.
Maybe due to the people that manage Amherst. I think MQ would be a lot better off finding new people
up there with all the problems you hear about that office. Seems like something is very very wrong there.
I doubt it. There are more happy people than unhappy people sm
at Medquist. I've checked out other companies but I liked MQ the best (I kept working at MQ while testing other companies).
SO right! People who get paid to bring people on-board -sm
to these companies (few, if any, are 100% honest, it seems), are going to be honest and tell you anything that isn't rosy and sugar-coated. Having a good prospective MT walk because the company isn't so great means less green dollars in their bank account every month. They're not going to tell us anything that DOESN'T make them more money.
but those were long, long lines for
most of the reports. You could make more with a 65-character line count.
Hey, you're in luck then. They're hiring! (nm)
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If they're in Nebraska, they're www.medigrafix.com nm
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If you're an IC, you pay all your taxes. Otherwise you're an SE or employee. nm
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