Did you ever get anything? I'm perplexed why some people got just cards, some got card and gift c
Posted By: Escriptionist2 on 2007-12-22
In Reply to: Nothing this year . Not yet anyway nm - another transcender
and some of us nothing. I can't imagine they forgot some people but it's starting to look that way. Oh well, at least we have work.
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Nothing from Transcend, although I heard others got gift cards or at least a card. I've worked th
several years so if it was just a case of being forgotten that is still pretty pathetic. How do you forget your employees, especially when you get junk bulk mail from there regarding nothing that involves you..but at Christmas you were forgotten. Oh well, I have work and for that I am grateful so I'll be nice...
UPDATE: CARD AND GIFT CARD ARRIVED TODAY FROM TRANSCEND. USPS STINKS...
It tooks what looks like over 2 weeks to get there. It could have been shipped to a third world country is that much time. Shame on USPS. I guess you get what you pay for..even at 41 cents.Yikes. Sorry to my employer.
Transcend always sends a nice handwritten card and a gift card
I just got my card today, and it is still five days before Christmas.
You really cannot please all the people all of the time, even when it comes to gift giving. I am so surprised at some of these comments.
Merry Christmas to all!
Our gift card and Christmas card were appreciated.. Check this out......
I have only worked for MDI a few months, but I can tell you they appreciate their MTs. Compared to the doctor I have worked for 9 years for and whom USED to give me a $1000 bonus, but this  year.. NOTHING.. I had been working both jobs, but that made me decide to tell the doctor to take a hike and devote all my time to MDI.. where I'm appreciated...
I received a Christmas card and a gift card 2
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I appreciated the Christmas card and gift card..
I don't feel that the MDI/Transcend plays favorites at Christmas. I appreciated the thoughtfulness of the signed Christmas card and gift card. Also, I work the holidays when someone on my team wants the day off. This is a good company to work for. I agree with the above posts--if you're not happy, there are other companies who may suit you better. Happy Holidays to all! 
I got a card and a gift card They are always very good
to us. Transcend has nothing to do with it.
Got a card but no bonus or gift card.
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One gave small gift cards ($25). Another...
sent homemade cookies/candy. Another one, nothing. Current one sends out a big gift box of various stuff. Actual signifant cash money? Never for me.
Do they owe us anything? No. I don't think so.
Transcend is playing games, giving gift cards
and doing contests (poetry) and others. There is a contest for a big screen TV.
Transcend cares about its employees
Last year, from Keystrokes we got Blockbuster gift cards for Christmas and for MT week sm
we got candles and candy. I always get a birthday card too, which is very nice.
Merry Christmas to you too! I think it is great that Transcend sends out gift cards to employees.
I wonder how many other companies do that. Let's see, with over 1000 transcriptionists that is 25,000.
Again, thank you Transcend!
I think a gift card (sm)
Wal*Mart, Amazon.com, something like that. It's the thought that counts. It's nice to feel appreciated!
I get $100 gift card from my doc plus
a wonderful card thanking me for all the hard work I do all year round, and my company sends a $25 gift check.
Gift card
Hey, maybe for someone an extra $25 would come in handy. We do not know each others situations. The one thing I do know is the amount of income lost this year as compared with the past.
No, the poster was saying that it would be nice to be recognized, that we are not computers placing words into computers, that there is actually someone somewhere making sure that the work is accurate, on time, and profitable. None of us have our collective hands out..
I got a card and a gift.. as did everyone I spoke to
You may want to wait a few days and take that back.
Did you send her a card or a gift? nm
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I got a gift card from Transcend!
I am very happy about thank and thankful for a great job!
Transcend gift card
I got my gift card from Transcend today too. Its not a ton of money but every year they send us one. It is nice to be remembered.
We usually get a gift card for Walmart.. Last year,
I donated mine to a single mom whose 10-year-old was not going to get a Christmas because mom couldn't afford it. I've been a single mom so my heart went out to her and I got a bunch of people to donate items i.e. tree, ornaments etc.. food, gifts etc. I felt good about it and I know my employer would have felt good about me donating it to a family in need.
Gift card from Trans Tech nm
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A card and $25 gift check from TransTech. It was
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American Express gift card from Axolotl. nm
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I was sent a gift card by mistake- addressed to my supervisor
I emailed my supervisor and she said sh ewas expecting a gift card in the mail and to mail it to her. I called the company... they said it was a mistake.. So, I am wondering, did only management get giftcards, or did all employees but me get a gift card. I happily mailed the card to my supervisor. I also sent my notice of resignation to Probity.
Who is expecting a bonus/card/gift from employer this year or (sm)
plans to send card/gift/etc. to their employer?
I thought a card to my supervisor (if she is still there) from MQ would be appropriate. Actually that is the only person I have contact with anymore. For all the years I have worked at MQ, someone, either supervisor/area manager, etc. has sent a card. Hope it continues. Miss the personal touch of working in an office sometimes.
My second job I don't know exactly how many are in the office, but thought sending a group food type gift if shipping alone isn't a killer. Haven't been with them long, but they are so sweet, I bet they also send out cards and bet they are personally signed and not just printed.
Geez... the "merger" was three years ago and I still got my gift card (today!)
Thank you Transcend - I love working there.
On another note though,isn't it amazing how people can come here and complain about a gift?? Wow.
Worked for them for years. First time not even a card, email, gift certificate, acknowledgment of s
any kind. The new management is so cheap. Hope they aren't counting on the accolades of employee of the year this year. They certainly are not that, and not even in the top ratings. Everything changed this year. And not for the better.
TransTech sent an Amex gift cheque and a lovely card signed by all the office staff.
Very thoughtful and a nice surprise. I love these people.
If people complained, just send a card
and let that be that.
Christmas gift appreciated, but turns out not to be a gift if there is no work the day after
Christmas Day. Yes, it was $25.00 (twenty-five). I lost that much this morning when there was NO WORK. I had so hoped to have a good paycheck this pay period, and was working very hard to have one -- as I need the money SO BAD.
I was appreciative of the $25, rather than some kind of novelty advertising token with company logo on it, like some MTSO's would give to a prospective client, etc. Oh, yes, I made very good use of the $25. I took it and paid my high-speed internet bill, a necessary tool for working my job -- which the $25 was very much short of paying that phone charge.
THANK YOU TT for the $25. 
TransTech MT week gift??? OR just low work gift??
Have any of you rec'd anything from TT for MT week gift yet?
I'm a bit perplexed too -- you think YOURS is a sm
positive post? You make sweeping generalizations about people you know nothing about. I have been an MT for over 30 years, and yes, I am blessed to have found my niche with a great company. But there ARE a lot of not-so-great companies out there, and without the networking here, how are people to know before they invest their time and sometimes money? Granted, sometimes the posts are just sour grapes, but when you see 10 people or so posting that they are fighting to get back pay or whatever from a company, it is hard to discredit it with a mere dismissal of that company didn't fit for them or such.
I am glad that you have a good company and positive people to network with. I am blessed too in that I joined an email support group several years ago, and we cry during the bad times each of us have as well as put on the party hats to celebrate the good times. Working at home, I think we all need that. It can feel rather isolating at times.
I think I have been working too much today, as I am losing my train of thought (provided I ever had one - ha). I guess I just wanted to say that criticizing how others handle their own situations is not necessarily being positive.
Hope you have a great weekend.
Perplexed ?
You are lucky you have a good stable company. I worked at a company from 1980 through 2005. Typing the same amount of pages per pay check for almost that whole time. Each year I got a raise until 1995 when if I wanted a raise I had to go on line count. So I stayed at the same pay rate from 1995 until 2005 when I was forced on line count and my salary went down. From 1991 until 2005 I worked at a local hospital per diem (16-20 hours a week) and typed a certain amount of pages per pay period and got annual raises and for years in a row my salary went up. I made decent money, enough for a single mom with 2 kids to live comfortably and affort insurance on my own. Then in 2004 the hospital got rid of my per diem position and offered me a full time job which I took and worked 40 hours a week and my paychecks were about $250 less per week. In 2006 myself and other MTs were let go. I left my at home job in 2006 because my salary decreased so much due to the line count instead of the page count.
Through the 15 years I worked at the hospital they had 3 outside services and then due to cutting costs hired MQ as their only outside service which left 3 other services (and a lot of MTs) out of a big account. I worked for the same company in their office and then at home for 26 years.
My point is: I am a truly educated and a very quick typing MT and still am. It is just impossible for me to make a decent salary right now. I have been with a company since 12/05 and last year my salary was about as low as it was in 1982 because I am being paid by line what the company tells me I am typing and that's what I get paid, plus I pay $600 a mont for insurance becaue I am a single mother with 2 kids.
Once I went to the hospital full time I didn't type like crazy to get my pages in because whether I typed 1 or 10 pages an hour I still got the same low hourly wage. I sat there and talked and joined in the parties and took my breaks and went to the gift shop and got coffee and did just about as much as everyone else did the whole 13 years I sat there typing like crazy because I was paid by the page not the hour.
I do not appreciate you lumping us into your category. Plus if you have only been a MT for 10 years what you think is a good salary is probably a lot less than I made 15 years ago.
I'm perplexed....
Although I have come from the MDI-FL side, and maybe that is the difference, I have not encountered cherry-picking or awful accounts, that I know of. I will say some days I have wondered why everyone in my queue doesn't speak English, not even as a second language, I'd be closer to 3rd or 4th LOL. I know I'd think to myself that I know for a fact that a lot of my account has American doctors so where are they when I see all the junk in my queue. I do them anyway, but I'd be really ticked if I knew for a fact that there was easier work out there and they were hand picking it for other MTs who should have never been hired in the first place and they couldn't handle ESL etc. If anyone wants to share their experience or the account everyone is talking about, please feel free to email me. Thanks.
Perplexed
The key to any good line count is a superb glossary. That is how you make your money, no matter what the line rate is. If your line rate is 10 cpl but there is no work, are you really making a good rate? Just my 2 cents worth. I am very happy with this move I made, and the more I build up my glossary, the less time it takes to get the lines in. Sweat shop? Not really.
Perplexed and need some advice regarding current company...
I ran out of work last weekend on my main account and asked for a backup account. I was told Monday that later this week I would get cross trained on a new account. I have sent three to four emails with no response as to when we are training. An obscure email was sent out today to everyone about how all the accounts are low and not to worry about it and we could take the day off and work this weekend or such. I understand things are slow right now, but having absolutely no response to any of my emails is rather upsetting. I know I am not their greatest producer, but I do not appreciate being ignored. Any suggestions other than just sending a resignation email and see if I get a response? LOL.  Thanks.
I'm perplexed. The few times I visit this board, ...SM
I frequently see people questioning companies, negating companies, etc. I can only speak for myself and 10 MT friends that I have had in the business for 10+ years now, we have almost all stayed with the same company for many years. We are all quite happy and paid a fair rate for what we are worth in experience and skills. When I peruse this board, I find that the profession comes across very negative. With all due respect, are the majority on this board new MTs trying to find their way, or MTs who cannot fit in with a company for whatever reasons (accuracy, speed, etc.) and shed such a terrible light on the profession. Y'all would not believe the positive networking with successful Transcriptionist who have truly been rewarded in their careers. Please know that if you are truly talented in this field and have built the number of experienced years required, this is not natural to see this negativity. I have been with a company (approx. 50 MTs for almost 10 years now) and have been treated and paid what I am worth. I'm beginning to think the majority of posts here are from those who cannot make it in this professsion. Believe it or not, most companies can recognize so within the first several weeks of work. No offense to anyone. I am sure there are many here who are much more talented than I am in different apsects of life. My point is: If you are truly educated and gifted in the MT field, you will continue to prosper. If not, this is not your calling. Try something different.
Those mag cards!
Forgot about them. Those sucker were huge!
Another thing, I told my daughter about what my doc said this morning and guess what she told me? She said when she goes to her doc she is given a laptop and has to fill out her own record. She said it takes just about forever, which is probably what is going to happen with a lot of the EMRS. Can you just imagine the mistakes that can produce. She said then the doctor just reads the computer and doesn't ask any questions. I never................ Is this what health care is going to come to? Next we'll probably have the computer making the diagnosis and prescribing treatment and never even see a physician.
I received the e-cards as well - sm
I'll bet we have the same liason! I really like her and thought it was very thoughtful of her to take the time to do this.
Transcend does more than Thank you cards...
We get it - you are unhappy. I love the company and many others do. There are a lot of companies out there. Why do you stay?
cards are cheap... and so is the thought.
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Have gotten cards from them svl times over the years. nm
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I work for MQ and have never gotten a x-mas bonus, only cards. sm
Not even from the company they acquired 8 years ago.
I really doubt a company this big can give x-mas bonuses. With over 6,000 employees that is a lot of money to fork over. Plus with Philips Electronics wanting out of MQ, do not think even higher ups will get bonuses this year.
My company sent us E-CARDS this year. sm
They were too cheap to spring for a an actual paper holiday card with postage.
A freaking email card. Yeah, no gift card attached to that baby, either.
Ah, yesssss. Cards. I usually toss em right away,
I do hang onto the blank envelopes to use for sending things like homemade get-well cards, thank-you cards, etc. to friend. And my kittens are having a ball with the box the now-shattered coffee mug came in. It's all good. Almost.
Also Christmas cards, etc., should have been taken care of way before the accts
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Maybe we'll get Ramadan cards next year.
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I used to do HR for an MTSO and sometimes cards took a while but the coverage was in place. sm
if they have taken the deductions out, don't panic. With the holidays and the way they fell this year with Thanksgiving and Christmas so close, a lot of companies were closed a lot. My SIL works for MetLife and they were closed all but 2 days each week between holiday parties and actual holidays, so perhaps that is what the holdup is. The insurance card is important but you are covered without it if you have been paying!
Spheris --sending out recruitment post cards?
Any one else get these things? Don't they offshore? I could have swore I saw some things on here about them running out of work.
Just wondering
I so totally relate! I go back to the days of mag-cards,
I took a Wang course at the local Jr. College because my boss said they were getting one. Suffered through a year of typical school garbage: a semester of 'The History of Word Processing'; a semester of classroom work for Wang information; then another semester of lab -- made all the more exasperating because the PC I'd been assigned to kept breaking down on my lab nights. Ah, yes. The good old days.
But at least back then, a person could rent an apartment and fill their refrigerator on what we were paid. Remember that? Nowadays it's nothing but a distant memory...............
Yes I did. I thought it was an oversight on their part to not send cards, guess not.
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