Bringing up thread on Precyse sm

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! 

• Bringing up thread on Precyse sm - Paula
  • Happy at Precyse :) SM - Niki
    • Happy here so far. - PrecyseMT
  • consider yourself lucky - SM
    • I hear ya. I wonder how much impact their voice recognition is - making on work flow. nm
      • work flow - mtmtmtmt
        • Yeah, I get it mtmtmt; you like it there. Not everyone has - been so lucky, though. nm
          • I know.... - mtmtmtmt
  • Precyse - mtmtmtmt
    • I have to say, though, I was never lied to by MQ - SM
      • I would agree. - mtmtmtmt
  • What percentage of American MTs are they using these days? (no message) - ex-PS-and-happy
  • wow 10 minutes a lot of time. She could have lied to you said sure ... - no name
    • I agree 10 minutes isn't much time. You never - me
    • Ditto!!! I have experienced bait and switch - Very Old MT
      • Exactly! - PAMT

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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 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.

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! 

and drifted to another company.  It's not your fault, and it's easy to see how you could have taken it the way you did.  (As an aside, I totally understand and empathize with the late nights!!!)  

And I agree with what you said.  It is very helpful to express good experiences with a company.  However, I'm not going to do that unless I've been with a company for a minimum of 1-1/2 years.

I don't know how long you've been with FN.  I can only speak from my own experience, and I came here before as a newbie, bragging about how great a company was, only to discover months later that the negative comments I responded to were completely accurate and warranted, and now I have egg on my face.  ~LOL~

I won't ever post a positive post about a company until well after the honeymoon period, when I'm certain they're for real, even though I know how tempting it is when you think you've struck gold and found the right company, getting good line counts, making lots of money, etc., to want to share that positive experience with the world!

Sometimes I think that's part of the company's reason for the honeymoon period:  So the employees will think the company is so great, they happily and unwittingly become a PR person for the company.

I've recently been burned pretty badly by the company the above poster was referring to, so that's why I responded.  Even though she didn't mention any specific names, those of us who are employed by that company know exactly who she was talking about.

Again, I apologize for confusing the issue.  I totally believe everything you said about FN, and I'm glad you found a company that makes you want to defend it.  There's nothing better than being able to respect and trust your employer.  I hope someday I can find that kind of company, and I just might check FN, based on your comments.

anywhere for a while ... 

WordPerfect 5.1

We still have clients that use it.  If they are still on DOS-based word processing, do you REALLY think they are going to invest in Voice Recognition?  Do you think that they are so open to change that they will welcome offshore transcription with open arms?

We have to learn technology and be ready for change, just like when typewriters were replaced by computers, but technology changes do not happy everywhere overnight. 

In addition, the VR that I have seen in place has a LONG way to go.  If they put it out too early, which I truly believe, it will take a lot to convince someone to give it another try.  I think this is why they realize now that they cannot do without the transcription component.

Can't get rid of us that easily

I often quote Einstein when he gave his reason for not remembering his home address.  He said he didn't dedicate anything to memory he could look up so he could use more of his brain on more important thoughts!  Of course, I'm blonde so that saves me sometimes :)

BUT, when it comes to knowing tenon versus Tenon, that is important and will slip by any well taken and readily available notes when you're going too fast to care to look it up.  Well taken notes don't help if you don't remember the contents.  I think everyone has stumbling words but good MTs know how to compensate for that with good work habits and productivity tools.  Having a cooperative attitude is something else they test for on verbals.

For all of those confused readers, I would invite you to read the post that is encaptioned - Such hostility!  Wow! - which is right above the - Your [sic] just jealous! post - for a quick summary of the original point. 

Once again, I would like to say that I believe we all deserve to be treated well - not just by our company, but by our fellow MTs - and I wish everyone all the best.   

I worked for MQ a long time ago as well as an IC.  I was in-house back then and we had just our primary account.  It was a nice job years ago. 

Sure, why don't you send me an E-mail and let me know what report types you transcribe and how many years experience you have.  I have not seen an advertised opening where I work for around 8 months, but sometimes the owner asks if we know someone who would be interested before an ad is placed.  I will gladly pass along your information.

someone posted below you'll get the good, the bad, and the ugly.  As far as the nasty person I believe she has been talked to as things are better.  .