Can you call Becky at 630-739-5520? Something must obviously have gone wrong. She can sm

• Tired of companies overstaffing. - Oh
  • and we have too much work ... nm - Keystrokes MT
    • I only meant that we do not run out. I am taking someone's spot while sm - Keystrokes MT
      • Keystrokes - mt
        • I know her personally. We worked together at a hospital for years. nm - Keystrokes MT
      • I got my foot pedal today, just as Becky - Future Keystroker
    • Keystrokes....sm - passing through
      • This is the absolute truth. I was "hired" SM - you are so right
        • So how is that working out for you? - Good I hope. nm
      • I have been there almost a year. You should call if you had a problem. I bet Karen hired you. sm - Keystrokes MT
        • Not me. Karen was gone, hired by Lee SM - you are so right
          • Keystrokes - YGG
          • I wasn't saying that we do not have enough people on the accounts. I was saying that we do not r - Keystrokes MT
            • Keystrokes - sm - passing through
              • Explanation - YGG
              • Can you call Becky at 630-739-5520? Something must obviously have gone wrong. She can sm - Keystrokes Management Team
                • run - YGG
                • Keystrokes ...sm - passing through
                  • There must have been something wrong ... please give either Becky or Lee a call as soon as you sm - Keystrokes Management Team
  • The shame is that many of your - CMT-me
    • So you punish all of us with no work - Not logical
      • terminate - YGG

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One software is Dictaphone Extext and Dictaphone Exspeech.  The best part about it is that you can look up old reports by patient, doctor, etc.  It has a good shortcut program that I imported from a previous job.

Another software is Escription (or Editscript).  This is what a lot of companies are using now and it is great and better in my opinion than ExsSpeech.

About the people in the home office, yes they are very receptive and supportive from management to support to QA. 

About QA, they are strict in terms of major mistakes but most of them do not nitpick on little things (some do though).  They are strict in terms of account specifics and if you are familiar with that you will do okay.  If you don't follow it they will let you know.  It took me about a week to get off QA but I don't think that is set in stone.  Some people get off earlier and some stay on QA longer. 

We don't have a limit to the number of reports we can type the first day.  That is one reason I like Transtech so much.  My previous jobs limited me to a certain number which really can hurt the pocketbuck.  Not so with Transtech.

I don't think that many companies actually pay you for a holiday if you are off but we have PTO that we use.  The thing with Transtech is that they pay you time and a half if you work on a holiday and it doesn't matter if you are not scheduled to work.  They said if you are willing to work on a holiday then you deserve the extra pay.  At my previous job we only got the bonus if it was a scheduled workday.

I would average 1200 to 1400 lines a day with traditional typing and about 2500 with speech but I am still getting used to speech so think that will go up.  Also they have a tier system where the more lines you get the more you get paid per line.

The benefits are very affordable.  We have Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia.

They have some Monday-Friday jobs with weekend rotation.  It may depend on the account.  I work Tuesday-Saturday because I asked for it.

Yes you can work extra even if you are not scheduled but you would need to check to make sure there are plenty of jobs left for the MT's that are scheduled.

You can get backup accounts if you run out of work.  Not a problem.

Transtech is the best company I have worked for.  They don't require you to check in with IM and they leave you alone to do your work.

I hope I have answered your questions. 

You are so wrong in your assumption!  Although she is not with us anymore, the records need to be set straight.  Shannon has over 10 years of medical transcription experience and typed on every account we have at MDI.  You may have thought she didn't transcribe but that was because she was too busy typing on other accounts and doing the job she was hired to do which was to manage ALL of the accounts.  So before you begin to drag Shannon into the line of fire, please do your research.  She was hired to do a job which she did very well and she will be sorely missed.

Opinions are always welcome...if they are not shoved down our throats.  You make me choke.

I have worked as an Editor for a US company. I am not the owner of a MT company. I did an excellent job there and left because I chose to leave for a better opportunity. The US company where I worked had MT's call in sick daily, yet the HR person was constantly receiving emails from them about the possibility of a raise. They complained about not having enough work, yet when they were offered the opportunity to work on another account, they refused. I know that there are many quality US MT's who care about the level of quality of the work they produce. Yet there are many who are lazy and do not care about the quality of their work who constantly call in with excuses about why they can't work their shift. And US MT's (many  of them) are constant job hoppers. MTSO's have a responsibility to provide their clients with a product. If they can't count on you to work your shift, you leave them with little choice.

My experience since working for a company who offshores has been totally opposite. These MT's are eager to work. They are meticulous about the quality of every report they produce. They are eager to improve their skills as an MT. They are all educated. It's amazing that they are able to produce work that rivals yours in quality and most often exceeds it when English is not their native language. You may not want to hear this, but the truth is the truth.

feel like they might have thought you would be a high-maintenance MT?  Okay, what I mean by that is this--did you have to call them a lot with technical problems?  Were you able to operate the software without a problem or were you getting stuck in various reports?  Was the work you did get to turn in good?  Meaning no medical terminology errors, etc.? or did you leave a ton of blanks (even if you were just learning the account?

If it makes you feel any better, there have been a number of recent posts stating that Breitner owes some people money, so it is doubtful that you would be getting a regular paycheck with them anyway.

I as a  new MT other than working for one physician in OH.  I had to take what i could get and as single mom of 3 myself one of which was diagnosed ped. bipolar and has been in and out of inpatient and we as a whole family have been through hell getting him the treatment he needs and DESERVES. I as a new MT jumped at the perks that Heartland had to offer adn the fact i have been able to home school my son with me working from home and at the drop of a hate it is all taken away to give jobs those who work for next to nothing. AS someone else said you get what you pay for. Yes it cost more for us than them, but I am sure the quailty of our work far better and better works, means happy clients and more work, which in the long run means profit. take the work overseas and get less quality and you get clients who are made and leave you butt behind. myself i carry the diagnoses of cardiomyopathy, left ventricular dysfunction, GERD, meniere's disease,  and hypertension and I needed Heartland's insurance and many other great perks.

We as AMERICANS need to stop putting up with all of the jobs that we are losing to low paid people over seas.  Big companies are killing the AMERICAN DREAM and we have to put a stop to it as a country.

I don't live in Tennessee (but my old company is based there), so I looked up their law on this, and here is what I found:

Tennessee Wage Regulation Act Title 50-2-101

What is the law concerning payment of final paychecks to employees?

Tennessee employees who are laid off, fired, or who quit must be paid their wages in full at the next regular payday, not to exceed 21 days from the date of their discharge or termination. Wages include vacation time earned by the employee. Claims against an employer for late payment may be filed with the Labor Standards Division. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has the authority to enforce this law. You may review this law at Tennessee Revised Statutes Title 50-2-103(g)

Oh well!  LOL  In the state where I reside, you have to pay your employees on their last day (if they give at least 3 days' notice), otherwise you have to pay them on the next business day!

Have a good weekend everyone!