D&L another way to fight back

• D&L another way to fight back - tired MT2
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  • Chamber of Commerce - fisherlady
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        • Disagree. One letter from an attorney - Me
          • No contact ! - fisherlady
            • Pay schedule contract - tired MT
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In my non-attorney opinion (I am NOT and never have been an attorney or paralegal and I am NOT giving legal advice) and knowing that Transtech will be reading this, I, for one, will give you any support you need.  Their case is not worth your time, but you are stuck with it.  Since I know that some attorneys can nickel and dime a client to death, here are some things you might want to have with you when you visit your attorney.  (I realize you may already be in the process of compiling this information and I do not mean to be presumptuous, I just want to help.  I know when my brain is processing a million things, I sometimes forget some basic ones and am thankful when someone reminds me.  Please take this as an offer of help.) 

1.  Copies of ALL your posts from May of 2009 to July 29, 2009.

2.  Copies of all the posts for the other five user names alleged by TransTech from May of 2009 to July 9, 2009, especially the one they referenced about the “CEO.”  You may have to contact MTStars to see if you can get them to confirm that your e-mail is not connected to those posts. 

3.  Copies of all the POSITIVE posts about working at TransTech. 

With regard to TransTech’s statement:  “These defamatory posts have affected TransTech’s reputation in the industry and have damaged it financially as well as by causing prospective employees not to pursue job opportunities with TransTech.”

1.  Print out as many negative posts about other MTSOs (MQ, Webmedx, Spheris, Focus), especially if there are any from the other five user names that they allege in the lawsuit.

2.  See if maybe MTStars would allow you to run a petition to disprove TransTech’s statement “…by causing prospective employees not to pursue job opportunities with TransTech.”  Any Medical Transcriptionist/Editor Job Seeker who reads ANY post (on MTStars or any other Board) knows that, beyond a shadow of a doubt, there are lovers and haters.  There are as many cheerleaders as there are detractors.  Every Job Seeker knows to take anything posted with a grain of salt and we all know that the truth lies somewhere in the middle.  I, for one, am currently looking for employment and I, for one, would sign a petition stating that nothing I read on MTStars, pro or con, influences my decision as to whether or not I would apply at TransTech (or any other MTSO for that matter)  if they advertise a job opening.  If you can get 50 or 100 other Medical Transcriptionists to sign a petition stating that your posts had no influence on them as far as pursuing job opportunities, that part of TransTech’s allegations would be proven to be without merit. 

There is no Medical Transcriptist Union, but that does not mean that the approximately 100,000 Medical Transcriptionists in the United States will not stand up for each other, especially when it comes to Free Speech.  We have to show the MTSOs that we do watch each other’s backs and no MTSO can get away with suing an individual Medical Transcriptionist without insulting us all.

What, you plan on showing up at doctors' offices and hospitals screaming, Pay me more, pay me more!  Good luck with that.  Don't be surprised if they call the police. 

Some people are always gonna be hurtful and mean, others are becoming that way due to the stress of this entire situation for such an extended period of time, and yet others are always gonna be idiots...

NEVER stop trying to help those who appreciate it and need it.  I appreciate it and need it and if you have helped just me, then it was totally worth the cause. 

PLEASE IGNORE THE STUPIDITY AND HELP THE REST OF US!!!!   I truly appreciate you and remember, for every 1 person you help, you get back more than twice the rewards!  :)

The accounts weren't too horribly bad.  The reason I ended up leaving was because slowly but surely they began to inch closer and closer to paying QA by production.  When I first started, the quota was something like 30 reports a day.   We simply had to make sure that we QA'd all reports that were close to being out of TAT first and then do the rest.  Then, my supervisor left and they hired a new one who immediately called a big teleconference meeting and said we had to up production to 60 reports a day.  Then, they started counting lines.  Which was fine because they were still paying hourly.

Next, there was an MT who used VR software because she was blind - yes blind.  Again, when I first started, I was told we had to edit her entire reports because she used the VR software and we had to make sure that everything was correct and made sense.  Then, we are told only check the blanks.  I wasn't comfortable with that and I continued to completely proof every word.  Then I was called on the carpet not because I wasn't meeting the production quota, but because I was ONLY meeting the production quota.  I told them I was proofing all of the MT's work that used VR, I was told that no one ever told me to proof every word of the VR reports and that I needed to fill in blanks and move on.  When I voiced my concerns, I was told that was my job, to fill in blanks and I should move on and strive to product above the standards.  Next thing you know, rumors abounded about changing the QA staff to being paid on production.  So I left. 

There just seemed to me to be too little concern for quality and more emphasis on quantity and I just didn't want to be part of company who would take money out of my pocket just to line their own and that's what they were doing by putting QA on production.  I also am not comfortable with the job of QA being thought of as a blank filler.  There is much more to the QA profession than just simply filling in blanks. 

I don't know if Transcend ever did start paying QA by production, but I could see that the idea was being floated there.  Maybe there was a enough protest that they didn't change from hourly. 

Good luck to you!

happier.  I am on a different account then the first time and it is as if it is a different company.  I have a great lead who leaves us alone most of the time but is there when I need her.  It showed me that you can have a different experience within the same company.

I have to say that in the few weeks since they have the new office, it is much more organized probably because there are a lot of people there all the time.  I had the pleasure of speaking to the new HR manager who was HR at a hospital, got my questions answered about insurance as I am going to full time and had a live voice pick up the phone.

Not all change is bad.  This is one company that has changed for the better. 

This is a message on the main page...

MTStars has been staunchly against the offshoring of American Private Health Information, but realizes that MTStars must evolve with the ever changing views of conducting business in the global economy. The hands of time cannot be turned back on the widespread transfer of information globally and as of January 1, 2006, MTStars opened itself up to include the global environment.

If anyone is interested, I have an oral surgery account that I need back-up help with every once in a while.  This will be p.r.n. Very easy.  0.07/65-character line with spaces.  Will need wave file player and MS Word.

BUT..........that does not mean that they work...duh!

How can so many MTs do this job and NOT know anything about their computer?