Did you miss where I said I recently worked at Oracle. That's firsthand, hon. nm
Posted By: MT on 2006-02-22
In Reply to: Please don't post what you have no first-hand knowledge of. sm - anon
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JLG does. I worked there and know firsthand. sm
Now I work for a hospital that used them, and they are very open about it to them just not to the MTs.
I worked for them for year and miss them...
I know precyse pretty good, as I worked for them for years. I just decided after being there so long and was not completely satisfied that I would go elsewhere and see if I could find something better. The supervisor did manipulate, in that she would tell you it was okay to work Mon-Fri shift, but then there would not be any work during the week and tons on the weekend. Another word, you'd end up practically working every day of the week trying to get your line count in for the week. If you can work the weekends, its a wonderful place to work. PTO money goes into an account and you can withdrawal it whenever you want. It accumulates so much for every hour you work. Good affordable benefits (Aetna), life insurance, everything. Easy platform. Just that schedule thing ruined it for me. If you like weekends, I'd say do it, it's one of the best ones out there.
I worked for Oracle back sm
around April of this 06 for about 3-4 weeks and it was a total joke. They don't have instructions to their platform in any kind of organized form. Their training is about 1/2 to 1 hour and then you are on your own. I made absolutely no money and have been doing this for almost 30 years. I wouldn't go there. The people were nice except the one that i dealt with in Human Resources before I started. That should have given me a clue. I live in the south (originally from Michigan) and happened o say you all and she had the nerve tocorrect my grammar. None of her business. Obviously she doesn't know anything about being rude or different parts of the country. I should have just called them back after that happened and before they sent out my information/supplies and told them to forget it.
I have a motto of my own that is if it doesn't come easy, don't do it. I went against my own values that time and got in a total mess. Their platform then was a joke. I don't know if they have changed in or not, but I wouldn't work for them again.
I worked there very recently
I worked for Precyse for 6 months. In the beginning, workflow was great. I don't know what happened between then and now, but I was lucky to get 50 hours for a 2-week pay period. When work is low, you usually can't work on your secondary because their work is low also and they don't want to take away from the primary MTs. That leaves no room open to make up time. Every pay period, I had to use whatever was in my PTO account for the missing money.
I actually had 4 different accounts I was doing at one time to keep busy, so I should have been considered on the SWAT team as far as that goes...lol.
It is a very nice company with wonderful people, but my main issue is feeding my kids and helping my husband with the bills, so I took my 10 years' experience elsewhere and am very, very happy.
Worked there recently, not know.
People are very nice, though disorganized. Frequently having to resend work. Pay average to maybe a little better than average. Chartscript platform. Download work via DVI and then can work off-line so for now dial-up okay. QA very tough, not rude, just sticklers. I felt like I would never get it right and it wasn't so much I was wrong, just wasn't the way they wanted it so some adjustment there.
I worked there recently
I had a position at Chronicle until the beginning of October, 2008 (about four months ago).
I actually found the people to quite nice, and had no real complaint about management or QA. I did have difficulty with line counts on occasion..mainly because the sound quality on the account I worked was sooooooo terrible. They told me they were working on it, but it never got any better during the time I was there. It was truly where you were struggling to hear the doctors, and it got pretty frustrating. The pay scale was fair, and there was work, just the bad sound quality like I mentioned.
Recently worked there
I worked for them for 3 years, left in July. They were not bad at first,but are now moving in a big way to VR, which for most MTs means lower pay. I left when my account transitioned to VR, figured I could do better elsewhere. Lots of change all the time, most of it not good for the MTs.
Spheris - worked there recently
I worked there for 3 years, left in July. I made good money there, but I've heard that they are starting people out at a lower cpl now than they did 3 years ago. I thought they were basically fine to work for until they started switching all their accounts to ASR. When my account was getting ready to switch, I gave my notice,as I don't think you can make any money doing ASR. Insurance expensive,schedules vary, icentive pay was decent, but think that is being eliminated with new platform/ASR. In my opinion they are not such a good place to work anymore, unless you don't mind doing ASR for a pittance. Overall they were fair to me, but not very much communication with employees.
I worked for them recently for a few weeks and left because of SM
low/no work. No hard feelings.
I don't know firsthand but knew
someone that worked for them once who was happy with them
I don't know firsthand if they hire newbies but I agree
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I've seen firsthand that many hospitals just don't care. nm
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Not firsthand knowledge, but their recent ad reads...(sm)
Full-Time and Part-Time Options: (Sounds flexible to me)
* Full-time is a minimum of 5,000 lines transcribed per week.
* Part-time is a minimum of 3,500 lines transcribed per week.
Advantages of Working for Oracle Transcription, Inc.
* Work schedule: You may set your own hours.
* Benefits: We have optional benefits for full-time contracts.
* Environment: Our staff is friendly and supportive.
* Training: Training is done in your home, over the phone.
* Quality Assurance/Technical Support: Easy access to our staff by phone or email,
and a quick response time.
* Accounts: We match MTs to accounts suited to their skills.
* Blanks: We do not penalize for any blanks left in reports and give timely feedback.
Ah, ya big lug. Ya know ya miss us...
miss yog
I was with them for 10 years. Ah, the good old days...LOL...
what and miss all this fun!!
What i think is happening here is another company is assaulting KS. I don't think these posters, most of them anyway, ever worked for KS. I think its the same company who did a lot of recruiting on this board saying they were MTs and what a great company they were. Quite a few of us fell into that sandtrap and if we all hadn't been threatened I am sure there would be more telling their story here, (come on ladies you know who Im talking about). Well turns out they weren't a great company. It comes down to about 3 posters and maybe a couple of crazies out there who have nothing else to do. So my advice ignore all of it and see if this company doesn't show back up here trying to recruit, Ive already seen mention of them a couple of times in all of this, look carefully.
I so miss YOG
Those were truly the glory days. I could so easily make $1000 a week working for Carole. She was a little nuts, but so am I, so we got along great. It wasn't that hard to stay on her good side. She really appreciated good transcriptionists -- then she hung us out to dry and sold out to MQ. So sad, those were my best days.
did I miss something?
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well here's one for you miss know it all
YOU STATE: And, as far as I know, poster's here cannot request to have their thread closed. Again, another ASSUMPTION on your part.
I KNOW FOR A FACT THE GOURDPAINTER ASKED THE THREAD BE CLOSED BECAUSE THE MODERATOR E-MAILED ME ABOUT A POST I MADE IN THAT THREAD STATING THE OP REQUESTED THE THREAD BE CLOSED.
So, you don't know it all, now do you, miss copy and paste... so next time state the facts!
not much work anyway - they probably would not miss
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Is this Miss Preachy?????
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Boy do I miss Philly.
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miss you if you were absent.
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I miss my coordinator...
Dear Little Miss Red Pen
You responded to my post saying I would think you weren't very bright at all…That's quite some judgment to make - that someone is not very bright - based on maybe 15 or 20 words they have written - this board is full of people who engage in that kind of judgmental baseness..and it says a whole lot about who they are…
Maybe I can explain myself a little more clearly so even someone like you can understand..
I used 2 forms of the word life one with a small L and the second with a capital L - I can see you didn't notice the nuance but it is the kind of literary gradation many of the intelligent posters on this board often employ..
When I spoke of going through life - with a small L - I was as obvious talking about people who breathe - take up space - in this case - are mediocre - controlling - anal retentive - who don't have the capacity to engage in ideas so resort to red penciling everyone in life they disagree with - it's a particular ugliness people with unhappy lives and small minds are prone to..
I then urged you to get a life with a capital L - meaning disabuse yourself of the notion that other humans are here for you to correct and put down and make judgments about - in your case misjudgments. The life little L big L
or hope little H big H or any number of variations is a simple basic literary device introduced to most college freshmen in writing 101 class, maybe you were absent that day..
I too find it hard to believe there is an MT with 100% consistently for 5 years, but still I can at least envision how that could be - same account easy account good dictators thorough familiarity with the account…and maybe even a QA staff that had a good sense of priority as to what was important and not - after 11 years it could definitely be possible - but there was no such possibility in your mind - just slam and hammer and get out the trusty old red pencil…why didn't you ask her a few questions before you hammered her? I am not making a judgment but something tells me you might not be a very nice person…I have edited and managed in this profession and know how to get outstanding performances from MTs and others that they never thought they could achieve, maybe she was lucky enough to get one of those editors, ever think about that?
But as for my post, you don't know me or my QA scores or years of experience or education or anything and based on a 20 word post you judged me to be not too bright…or - judged me to be another one - a perfect MT I think you termed it. I don't in any way consider myself a perfect MT, have gotten quite a few 100% QAs, and probably will again, and have gotten lots that weren't 100% - but there was nothing in my post about any of that…you just made your holier than thou judgments about me because I factually pointed out how you had red penned someone's post rather than engage them…Maybe if you were a little more refined, educated sophisticated you would have picked up the nuance of my post, understood the subtlety I had put there - and considered it - instead of taking your red pen to it…
Again I urge you..
GET A LIFE!!!
PS You made a few grammatical errors in your post…better get out the red pen.
Ah, but you miss my meaning.
If she does not know that a lot is two separate words, I can only imagine the other kinds of errors that she makes. That is so very basic. I am not jealous of someone who does not know that a lot is two separate words. I am not QA and I don't work for TT and I am not policing anything. I am just really, really tired of the seeing ALOT and other inexcusable errors from people as they are bragging about their awesome quality-oriented companies that hired them. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is tired of it.
You still miss the point...
the poster said it would be one SMALL report for 2-3 months...it did not say 4-40 page report, but ONE SMALL report per day. My point is who wants to do one SMALL report per day for months before finally getting the big stuff, if at all!!!!!???
Miss Webster
Fast should not be your focus if you want to inrease productivity. How much anatomy do you know? Pharmacology? How much real scientific background do you have? Speed is only incidental. Yes, I keyboard very rapidly, but what helps me is education, not speed. Focus on building a proper knowledge base and the rest will come, it really will.
Miss Piggy
I look at ESLs as my job security. I am on a high (90%) ESL account that apparently nobody else seems to like. Goody for me. There is work any time of the day or night I want to sign on. ESLs are not so bad--once you get the hang of it, they are not any worse (and sometimes better) than the good old US of A mushmouths who are too lazy to move their lips.
I miss the days of
Word and FTP - simple and fast. All they've managed to throughout the years is slow us down, complicate our job, and cut our pay.
I think the weird platforms started so the suits and supervisors could track things easier, and they just don't care how much slower/more difficult it is for MTs.
You miss the point
SOME doctors really have come to realize what a valuable asset their medical transcriptionists really were. A compliment, I feel, is always nice whether or not it does any good. I, for one, generally appreciate someone saying something nice.
As for change, why my grandmother would be turning in her grave probably about now at the changes in the world. She was born in 1880 and passed in 1961. She moved from Tennessee to Arkansas in a covered wagon. Can you imagine? As for me, I've seen plenty of change. I did my first MTing on a manual typewriter. That is where you had to use a lever to return the carriage at the end of every sentence. I have transitioned pretty well through the years but I will be da**ed if I will do this highly stressful job for $10 or less average per hour and that was where it had dropped with straight typing in the last few months I worked at it. I have no doubt that in time MTs will be totally obsolete. All the female members of my family worked or are still working in MT, I trained them myself. I advised all of them to start looking for a new occupation several years ago. Did they listen? No. Two are single, of them one gave up completely and is checking in a grocery store and taking courses in photography; one is working part-time doing MT (when there is work, which she says is rare) and is working as a management trainee for a restaurant chain. Two are still doing MT but both have husbands who earn a very good income and have benefits such as medical insurance. I wouldn't recommend even to my worst enemy that they get into MT now.
Maybe I got way off topic here but I still feel passionately for those of you still doing MT and suffering for lack of work, decreasing pay and no affordable medical insurance let alone a vacation or any time off. So....if I strayed from the topic, please forgive me.
ANd you may well miss out. As evidenced by others
it most certainly can afford one a decent living. You just gotta know how to work it.
Wahhh... I miss it too.
Not one day has gone by that I don't say ''I miss the old MQ''
I loved my old account, could do 2000 lines a day, made mega money, and that abruptly stopped in 2006.
Now, (still at Q), I can barely get in 1200 lines and at the reduced ASR rate, all you long-timers know how much money I am out.
Boo-hoo. Big hugs to all my fellow TL's!!!!!
Hope I didn't miss anyone, but if I did.....sm
they have a post on the job board.
Good luck !!
As for Miss "Misery wants company"
Maybe one day she'll choke on those sour grapes (or he, whichever the case may be). Her (or his) posts have gotten way past tiresome.
I did miss the threads on this, I'm going there now to read.
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The voting booth? What does that mean? did I miss something?
I'm really going to miss the posters that have left! nm
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miss pitypat is right-could work...sm
The only thing I had was schooling and it was not even all transcription. I hired on as a transcription clerk first, hoping to get my foot in. After 9 months and, being the transcription department was unionized, my boss pretty much had to hire from within first so there was my chance. I was overwhelmed, of course, but I am now into my 6th year. Good luck with the situation.
Thank you miss picky....jeesh!!!
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My guess is you would miss the word sm
companys if it came out of SR, right?
Yeah, I'm going to miss J. Very down-to-earth
Philly might just as well be in another galaxy.
You didn't miss much not going with Deventure.
Whether you have 2 days or 20 years of experience, pay is the same - go wrap your head around that. No raises EVER. Never got the yearly bonus myself and never got a signon bonus. There is some minimal shift differential for second and third but then those shifts include weekends. Got too many accounts too fast and nobody - but nobody - is or was on top of this. Promoting some and leaving vital positions unfilled while hiring to replace them is taking forever. If you have 3 accounts (which is typical and all with different specifics), and in my case with an agreement between myself and HR that I could work outside of your schedule on one that I could build up my line count, they blocked me from my higher producing account while working off my shift, so I would work on their most difficult and less line producing account that was about to TAT and after 2 years of service with them. Did I mention, situation agreed upon with HR and once again, on my own time, outside of my shift? GRRR. Doubt it will take long to replace Deventure job with a more organized and fair company with better pay. But then again, there is always Walmart, and I'm not kidding.
I miss Medware! *cries*
After 2-1/2 years, I left in June. My computer got a crazy virus on it in late April. I had it fixed within 3 days, and when I contacted their IT department, I was told Email me in a week. I'm busy.
Okay. Ugh. So, I emailed the IT guy a week later as requested and I got the same response. Email me in another week. I finally contacted HR and asked them about compensation. It says in their manual that anytime you cannot work due to an issue at the company, you will be compensated. They had *ALWAYS* been so good at that! Well, not this time. I was told that it wasn't a company issue. Umm... yeah, it is. If their company can't re-install my software, which is IT's JOB to do, then it's a company issue as far as I see it. I told HR about how this was making it difficult for me to pay my bills and keep my internet on, but I got a response back saying, sorry you are in a little financial trouble, but this is not our problem.
I resigned the next day.
When I first started working for them, I just adored that company. The VR pay was good back then (it sucks now!) and I just loved my account. I loved how easy communication was and I just adored the people. I loved my team leader so much so, in fact, that I organized a fundraiser and our team raised $250 and bought her a nice gift and some Godiva's. LOL The HR was fantastic (still was pretty decent when I left, minus that mishap :)) and the President had an open-email policy and ALWAYS got back to you. The co-workers were the best I have ever worked with. It was heaven.
Oh, I miss it so much. Will I ever find that again? :) It's just a shame that Medware is going down the drain in so many respects. It's sad to see such a good company go downhill like that.
I worship God everyday. Here's what I miss out on...sm
I miss out on participation in Bible study, which is an awesome learning experience led by a very knowledgeable teacher. I miss out on enjoying fellowship with other believers. I also miss out on the fulfilling my obligation as a Christian parent to make sure that my child hears the Word and has the opportunity to walk the aisle and make her public profession of faith. Thankfully she has already done that because I had her in church EVERY Sunday. I would also miss out on having my daughter involved in the youth ministry. She just turned 13 and I want her to have fun with other Christians in her age group. I could go on and on. I LOVE my church! Like I said, I worship God everyday, but there's something special that comes with physically leaving my house and being with my church family. Hope that helps!
Gonna miss your posts GP sm
I have to agree with you, there are way too many hateful people on this board. I've never seen a bigger bunch of spiteful souls in my life. Sorry to see you go.
Im not the original poster, but I miss being able to see the last msg written SM
like when it was displayed on top. That way if someone had a question on a word or a question in a report it would be viewed by more people. Like me right now stuck on a word. LOL>
Boy, so do I (NJ gal but got to Philly enough to enjoy the cheesesteaks. I miss them
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You miss the point and the irony of your post!
They are mass hiring still and have NO work. The future is the future, and now is now. I certainly think it is unethical at the very least to continue to hire MTs when the ones who are there are scrambling for a job or 2. No matter now nicey-nice they may be, that is NOT nice, no matter how you slice it. They have no right to be hiring with work shortages, unless they state that up front, which, of course, they do not!
You didn't miss much. Their insurance is awful.
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kind of curious - did I miss a post to this or something
Was this a follow up to a question? Do you work there?
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