Bringing to the top - wouldn't any of us in D's

I worked for MDI.  I loved MDI.  I have always known D to be someone of yes, integrity.  I don't believe her integrity flew out the window.  There is surely a lot we don't know.  And of course, D would not have been at liberty to discuss the coming merger before it happened.

D is a businesswoman.  The purpose of a business is to generate income.  She ran her company with honesty and integrity.  I can't say I wasn't suprised, shocked even, at what has happened.  But I have known D since the early 90s and I know she is a good person and truly cares about people.  I don't know how to reconcile that with what has happened other than to think there is more to the story than we know and that it is the decision that D needed to make at this time for whatever reason, whether it be to ensure a secure retirement, whether it was because she was no longer able to compete with offshoring and VR (I think this may be part of it because she had told me at one time they were having to cut line rates to compete with VR and offshoring) or whether she was just tired and ready to not be the one at the helm any longer.  Maybe it's her health, or her husband's health.  We just don't know. 

This whole thing does make me afraid for the future of medical transcription, because another thought I had was that D saw the writing on the wall and knew it was either make the leap now and profit from all her years of hard work, or end up losing it all when transcription becomes obsolete for the most part, or at least for those who don't use VR or offshoring.

Whatever the reasons, I choose to believe that D is still the person of integrity I have always known her to be.  I just choose to accept that there must be more to the story than I know.

I wish the best to D and to all MDIers.  I feel like an era has come to a close and it will never be the same again.  But I feel lucky to have been a part of Signal and MDI and to have known D.

I feel like we are on the Titanic and we just saw D either jump to safety or jump into shark-infested waters, we don't know which, and we don't know whether we should jump or cling to the boat - because MDI was the last lifeboat and now it's gone.

• Bringing to the top - wouldn't any of us in D's - situation do the same thing? Can we blame her? s
  • I agree 100% - Patience
  • MDI was absolutely not the last life boat. - Don't you believe that or you will
    • I'm not losing out; I have had my own accounts for - years. But for people who work for a service sm
      • How unrealistic to say they are not going to get - anything better than they had with MDI
        • I don't think it is unrealistic at all and I am a very - optimistic person. The people who worked for MDI
  • Just like with Carole and YOG - the companies belonged to them. (sm) - sm
    • Good advice! - Listen to this post!
  • Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but.sm - anon- MDI
    • She was good to me too and she had/has the - best sense of humor. I remember once sm
      • Remember when Don was on vacation? - C. Mudgeon
      • D - MDI - DMZ
        • yes, D and D are both great. Feel bad - sm
  • It is certainly not up to me to judge - Not a judge
  • Why should transcription be any different than other businesses? sm - Curious
    • Rebuttal - Bummed out
    • MDI IC - DMZ
    • Good post. - I don't work for MDI.
  • Would have given everyone a nice fat bonus - me
    • I read $20 million, over $16 mil cash up front - and the rest in Transcend stock.
      • Too much dissonance between - Yes, that is the problem
    • You think you would. But if you were in that - situation I bet you wouldn't. A fat bonus sm
      • Dedicated MTs is what is required in this business. - YOG alumni
      • You'd lose that bet - me
        • It wasn't your company and you were paid well - for the work you did. What makes you think sm
          • WRONG AGAIN - Me
            • If you never even worked for MDI, butt - out. nm
              • butt out. LOL. It's a PUBLIC board that you've - monopoloized! How dare you say that! nm
                • If you don't like the posts about MDI - but here's a clue for you
        • Bacl in the heyday of the yuppies - Ex 80s gal

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Many years ago, when I worked in house for a local clinic, we had a Transcriptionist who had just graduated from a medical transcription course (I believe it was through the local community college since this was back in the early 1990s), and everytime this gal came across something she didn't know, she would ask the other transcriptionist or I how to spell it.  I truly think sometimes one of the BIGGEST problems is the fact that nowadays, people are not taught the proper way to spell or even how to research for that matter; for example not realizing that a spelling with an f sound could be spelled with a ph or Pf et cetra.

One classic example was a few years ago, and I was doing QA for a company and this company hired a friend of mine an older lady, who had decided to go into medical transcription and had completed a course.  Well, the company hired her on my recommendation and she called me one day, very upset and saying that she had received another email from a QA person, whom she felt was picking on her.  I asked her what the error was about and she stated that it was over the word chem as in chem-7 (which as an aside, I have NEVER abbreviated; always spelled it out as chemistry-7)  -- well anyway, my friend had typed it as Kem-7, so while I was on the phone with her I made her do a search, and what she came upon with the first hit was some rock band in a foreign country!!!!  This, is what I and older, more experienced transcriptionists get angry about is the fact that many people if they use the internet to do a search will use the first thing that comes to mind, rather than tryng to spell it several different ways to see if it fits in the PROPER context.  Sorry for this being too long.

I just got off the phone with someone from Precyse and they have terrible communication and no flexibility.  She kept IMing another lady to ask questions.  Had to check with another person to see if I could do Monday through Friday.  Made it sound like she would really have to do some fancy talking to get that.  I had put in my info that I wanted to work from 6 am to 12 pm and she just read that as she was talking to me and said there was no way.  Told her that I am capable of doing full time line requirement in those hours and she said there had to be the hourly coverage there.

I was just not impressed at all.  She really did not seem like she knew what was going on, could have been a little more prepared for an interview.  I just wasted 10 minutes of my time! 

Sugestion - when MTs complain their account is too hard. Instead of giving them something easier and pushing hard work on more experience Mts, assign the complainer exclusively to hard account until they are competent. Only way to be fair to distribute. Everyplace I work the complainers get the easy accounts.

First, flamers, never mind, I'm not talking to you.

So we are all spread out but all of us know other MTs whether we work for the same company or not.  If everyone communicates with those they know and asks them to do the same, word will spread like wildfire and something really CAN be done.  Sitting around complaining and doing nothing accomplishes NOTHING.  As near as I can figure one MTSO is as good (or bad) as the next so they could all use an attitude adjustment.

Is it productive at all?  I think it is a VR and transcription mixture and may actually belong to MDI-FL.  Thanks! 

Diddles:

To me these things are a big red flag about a company. My reaction would be that they are very controlling and if they are trying to control your speech on the Internet there will be many worse things to come.

I believe a lot of these companies make you jump through hoops, i.e., testing, paper work, etc. before they give you any answers about specifics just so you WILL feel like you have already invested a lot in time and emotion and will not turn back, which is another very good reason to not allow them to silence us on the Internet.  There is very valid information to be shared about companies which is neither bashing nor praising but just that - information allowing us to make a decision about whether a company would be a good fit for us or not - BEFORE doing all the testing.

You must have some doubt in your mind about this or you would not be here asking the question. Go with your gut instinct. There are many good companies out there who do not impose these types of restrictions.

I am divorced and remarried.  My first 2 children are half black and I'm white so they are mixed and my 2 youngest are all white because their  father is white.  I'm married to him but my first husband was black.  I also have worked at home and SPECIFICALLY chose MT so that I could stay home.  Hey, it happens! 

Now, go get your spitoon and set out there on the porch and wait for your boyfriend Larry the cableguy to get  home from his REAL job!

My job is to type acurate Medical Records.

It is true...just ask 98% or the Transcriptionist there.  That's why they all have taken on second jobs to keep some money coming in.  This new program they have has everyone losing money.

They have some weird system for line counting and you never can quite figure it out.  Lines are VERY hard to get and pay isn't great.  Many have left because they just can't make any money.  They are also training people in Trinidad (I think) how to do transcription, so guess where they jobs are going to go eventually.   They haven't been allowed to post on this board for that reason, but since MTStars is allow U.S. based offshoring companies to post, they show up.