Didn't that TransTech email about them going to Vegas and us POOR MT's paying for that trip ju
Posted By: TT MT broke on 2009-07-04
In Reply to: WE CAN ALWAYS DO A BIT OF TRAVELING ..SM - Tarheel MT
rub us struggling MT's when she sent out that email to us. She didn't say how many went to LV -- just bye . . . we're off!
Enjoy the light of the Dictaphone flashlight begging for a job for you, while we enjoy the lights of Vegas !
YUK ! Totally irritated this TT MT. Sickening, in fact.
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Business trip to Vegas makes absolute sense
I agree with the above poster. Management told us in an e-mail that the new accounts coming aboard were clients who pursued TT. Being that TT has a major account in Las Vegas, ... now another potential client in the same area. I have seen this happen many times with services I have worked for. It is called word of mouth and not that unusual to get clients this way.
I didn't particularly think it was poor taste - just not funny
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The communicatin at TransTech seems poor. They
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No, I said I didn't know what they were paying currently
Not what I made, which to be precise was 7 cents a line....I didn't want to post the exact amount because things could have changed. I'm only trying to provide information to the person who asked.
Dictaphone is paying her, not TransTech
She's on a new account that is starting two weeks later than planned; it's Dictaphone's fault. Transtech is NOT paying her. Dictaphone itself is paying her. TransTech is VERY fair.
typos are one thing (inadvertent), but poor grammar is a poor reflection and demonstrates lack..
of knowledge. In this profession, if you lack proper grammar knowledge, you should expect to receive comments from those MTs who take pride in producing top quality work. Just my opinion, but I think it is quite embarrassing to see inproper use of the english command from those who profess to be MTs. There's a difference between typing a message here and having a slip of the finger and just not knowing proper word forms and spelling. I see grammer quite often, dependible etc. I truly do no believe these are simple typos, sorry.
Didn't get an email, and they
Meanwhile, it is time to submit a timesheet and I have no idea where to send it or how to set it up. I think I have been plenty patient.
I didn't get that email. n/m
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The trainer didn't email you?
My trainer sent me an email letting me know that my computer would be arriving and to confirm when my training would start.
In the email, she gave me my user ID and password to log onto the computer. This is so I could set it up and make sure the internet was working properly before calling the specified number.
Maybe they don't do that with everyone? I don't know.
Interesting, my email didn't say anything about . .
the date the contract expired, just that it was prior to acquisition (which would not be 18 months), and did not use the term half of their business, was worded differently.
Didn't you get the email explaining this
situation? To me the email was made it very clear about the error...I realize that change can make a person panic but I think TT MTs are safe, the company followed up very quickly on the matter and seem to have it under control. Relax
I didn't see any email, yesterday?
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I tried the email again and it didn't work, so
I'll just post it here. Maybe if you email me it might be easier.
Hi Fatcat,
I'm trying this email again and hope that it gets to you. I'm an IC at MDI too and I have 2 accounts that both have no work today. I've been considering taking on another job part-time, but most of the ads are for full-time or for ICs where they set a schedule for you.
I just wanted to ask you if you know of companies that will hire ICs part-time and allow for a flexible schedule? Also, how do you juggle the second IC position when most require a Saturday or Sunday and that's when most of the MDI work comes in? I'm so afraid of taking on a second job and then finding I'm over my head.
Didn't get your email - Unless you weren't talking to me.
In that case, nevermind :)
Didn't you just LOVE the latest TT email?
Congratulating us for getting all the work caught up last night and pointing out we weren't EVEN OFFERED A BONUS. Nice. Yes, those of us at TT are so desparate for work that when it finally shows up, we don't need a bonus to work our fingers to the bone and those in Management crow about it.
Made me throw up a bit in my mouth.
OK after the email I just got from Transtech
They are growing and growing and adding new accounts and adding new accounts and NOW they decide to cut back the hours you can talk to a person to 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. and have to page them after that? What kind of company does that? This is crazy. A company grows and office hours are cut back. That makes no sense. Why don't they hire somebody to answer the phone then? You know they are still in the office after 12. They just don't want to be bothered with phone calls. They already say don't email unless absolutely necessary and it doesn't do any good anyway because they don't answer unless you keep sending the same email. I need communication with a company. Ridiculous. I'm leaving.
Las Vegas?
I believe that if you worked for them 2 years ago, and no longer are - you are probably safe. Whole point is to be sure you are dealing with decent people, big or small they cane be crooks, embezellers and rats out there. They ask us the questions, and some even check credit reports - we should be just as careful.
In Vegas? nm
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Happy, didn't you work at Transtech? Or
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Someone said Transtech sent out mass Email
saying which shifts and days they are hiring for. Care to share what they said so I will know whether to bug them. If it is not allowed here on this board no problem and I will apply anyway. Thank you.
Aha. That could take a while to call everyone in Las Vegas then.
LOL
Vegas, baby!
I didn't know that. At TransTech we have Stedmans, so I guess they provide it.
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Feel lucky you didn't get a rejection email. I have over 16 years experience
and this is the first test, since the very beginning of my career, that I have not passed. I am stunned. I'm not perfect by any means, but this is the first real rejection. I understood it early in my career, but after all this time, and working the past five years doing acute care for a couple of nationals, I get turned out by this company because I failed the test and they do not even tell you which part. I needed this job, but I guess it's back to the drawing board.
When did you get offer from TransTech? We just got email saying they were NOT hiring . . .
Just wondering how we are going to pay our bills for the next 5-6 months at TT. It has been very tough for a very long time, because of lack of work due to TT overhiring, anticipating new accounts, as all companies do -- HIRE BEFORE THE ACCOUNTS COME ONBOARD and maybe not even get the accounts when that times comes.
My question is when were you offered a job with TransTech?????
I received an email from TransTech stating that they
are about to hire for many positions but just last week I read lots of posts on here about people running out of work. At one time I had been really interested in working for them but this is really confusing and makes me very wary. 
Still looking for Patti who was the former manager of the Las Vegas branch of the
unmentionable company here. Does anyone know the name of the company she is now in charge of or is starting? Thanks.
Information regarding Shapin Transcription in Las Vegas
Does anyone have information (good or bad) regarding this company, specifically for QA? Thanks!
RadGuy...you are a trip! sm
Thanks for the humor.
Business trip?
Why would management go to Vegas on a business trip if Dictaphone makes all the business deals?
But if we can slow it down or trip it up, then
NO way of knowing each MT's life circumstances, or why one may wait for work and another might bail. More things come into play here than 'just being responsible for yourself'. Some of these MTs are responsible for the rest of their family, and are the sole breadwinners. They know how expensive it is to just change jobs. Ever hear that old saying, 'A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush?' For some of us, waiting for what WAS a good-paying job to get better, afer it appears to have slipped a bit, was the wiser way to go. In the future, having read about this issue on MT Stars this past week, I would venture a guess that not many MTs are going to fall for this lie again.
I'm in a similar, though different boat. I, too am looking, but I've jumped from the frying pan into the fire enough times in my life that for now, anyway, I'm better off with my current job and a small paycheck, than I am signing on with another big company at this time. ESPECIALLY since so many ex-MDI'ers are now going to be looking, as well. I'm my sole support, and it would be dumb of me to make a move like that without thinking it through.
So you can't just sit there in your own, obviously-satisfactory situation, and tell everyone they should be just like you. Not everyone IS you. Not everyone has the luxury (nor the impulsiveness) to just bail at the first sign of a blip in the workload. It happens sometimes, in ALL corners of MT. When I read their posts about lack of work, because it happened just as summer was getting underway, I assumed it was the usual summer slowdown I see at my own job. SO you can't go saying these MTs are wrong to blame someone other than themselves. They, like most of the rest of us, are hard-working MTs who were lucky enough, for a while, to have a company they actually felt some loyalty to.
Your post was self-righteous and rude.
You guys are a trip--I never said management...
posts ALL of the positive posts. What I said was that they do post at times. My God--why does people have to be so confrontational. I posted what I know and believe happens SOMETIMES, not every time. Get it?? There is a difference. Everyone needs to stop judging people for their experiences. Like I said before, I enjoy my job at Transcend for the most part, but I do believe that management screens this board very carefully, which (like I said before) is a good thing. At least they know where we are coming from.
TransTech upper sent out email for blackout on vacation for several days, so only a grain or 2 jobs
available due to some MT's on vacation *probably looking for job*. We are TAT up-to-the-minute, so NOTHING to get excited about at TT.
Same ole grab-it-while-it-is-there workload. LOW, LOW, LOW.
IMO, trip to trade show sure not worth having to
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Don't cash it at your bank; make the trip to THEIRS
THEIR account will be charged, not yours.
The recruiter has to recover from the Hawaii trip. So exhausting! nm
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A company full of people on a power trip!
Absolutely correct, as well as the fact that most people who move up in that company are totally unqualified butt-kissers.
Yep.
I usually shoot off an e-mail when I have to make a quick trip
unless it will take longer than 10 mins or so. I live in a small town so nothing takes much more than 10 mins! They have NEVER micromanaged me and I highly doubt they will ever start unless I start to become some sort of slacker, which I won't.
When I am renting, I am PAYING; when I'm working, THEY are paying ME. sm
Seems I should be running a credit check on the potential employer to see if THEY are responsible with their money, not the other way around.
Poor me?? Really now!
I have seen only one post that you could possibly misconstrue as a "poor me" attitude, and that was from a very close friend of mine who lost her home to a hurricane. She wanted me to go to work for OSi because she thought they had been very considerate of her circumstances (plus she wanted the referral bonus). I will say right now that she is THE strongest woman I know. She does not kiss butt at work or here on this board. She told the truth about her experience with the company. She has not said a word about anything other than OSi's support. She has never met any of the managers and does not participate in garbage gossip of any type on either "side." Does she gush over OSi all the time? No, absolutely not, but she voices her concerns and opinions with them, not on a public board, particularly in order to humiliate another person. I am highly offended that she has been attacked without cause. I used to work with her at a local hospital, and she is a joy to be around and doesn't go around with a hang dog "poor me" demeanor. There is never a dull moment because you never know what she is going to say next. "Poor me" - you don't even know who or what you are talking about. It is time to write something productive on this board instead of jamming it with bulls**t.
Yes, they do, but very poor IT
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Some poor MT will take it though.
That's pretty bad.
LOL!!! Poor pud! ....nm
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Poor pay
I got paid per line during QA but had to submit 10 reports at a time for review and then had to wait around for approval of each set before I was allowed to type again. Sometimes I was idle for 1 to 1-1/2 hours after each set waiting for the go ahead. Needless to say, I lost a lot of money that way.
Not OP either. Just another poor
sap who hired on. I think the statement is correct in that they only do overflow work, too. The account I was on was behind on discharge summaries for 15 days.
It's too bad that you have had such a poor experience - sm
I have never worked for another national so I have had nothing to compare Transcend to but I am happy with my choice and I am not a newbie.
The size of the company is comfortable and the people I work with are great. If I were truly being a cheerleader for the company, I would post my name too. I'm not trying to recruit anyone. I just stated my own personal opinion based on my experience and was curious to know how you came to yours since you posted it.
I just don't understand why the negative posters have to be so nasty. If I was unhappy with a company, I would say why but not bash. That's not my style and I think its playing dirty.
Have I always been happy with them? No. There have been times when I wanted to just give it up but I didn't. I saw it through and have been glad I did every time.
It's my fit though. It obviously wasn't a good fit for you and that's fine too.
poor management
I think someone should write a letter to the corporate office, they really have bad management at MQ, all over the board!
They offshore, they lie to you, very poor
communication, some very difficult acounts, and pay is so-so.
They are a very poor company - NM
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Poor dictations
Many companies seem to be going to voice recognition. The only reports they have to send to us, then, are the poor dictators, the ESL's, etc. Time for a new career.
My experience was poor
No one should take anonymous comments without a huge grain of salt, but this board is great for getting general feeling for a company... Biggest red flag for me is late payment and/or some of the chronic management problems some of the larger services seem to have.
It's a reference tool, no more and no less.
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