Don't understand your logic....Sour grapes = unprofessionalism, incompetence, outsourcing
Posted By: and that is the reason for the revolving door on 2005-10-17
In Reply to: Is anyone happy... - With OSI?
A true professional MT will refuse to work under such conditions.
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DIT -- Beware of their incompetence and unprofessionalism
Just in case anyone has applied or is thinking of applying with DIT, here is what happened today.
I sent my resume in response to the ad on the job board here at MT Stars. I received an immediate reply from Bill Baker and an inquiry asking me if I would take a test. I replied that I would. I took the test (which had an error in one of the questions, by the way!:)) and received the results with glowing comments along with an invitation to interview with the owner, Hadi Dani, by phone. I sent back my acceptance along with information on one of the answers on my test which was marked wrong. The answer I gave was correct, but rather than just saying that, I gave a detailed explanation of why it was correct (it was a grammatical question). (I missed two questions, total, including the one which was really correct.). Bill Baker wrote back to me that he does not have time to argue with anyone and that Word 2003 says that their answer is correct and that Word 2003 is the software of choice for their customers. That's just priceless! Rather than confirming my information with a QA person, he just dismissed me entirely. It's astonishing how unprofessional some companies can be! You would think they would want to know the correct term! I even offered to show him the error on the test itself so that could be corrected, too. But I guess he would rather think he is infallible! Anyway, this experience combined with all of the information I saw here at this board regarding DIT's tendency to bounce paychecks, makes me know that I wouldn't waste my time with this company anyway! I guess it's safe to assume that my phone interview is off! 
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No sour grapes here...
Not to be disrespectful, but you must have worked for them when it was ran w/o Transcend...because it changed, believe me. Since I have been there, they have gone through at least four acct. mgrs. for their radiology. And I have sent, on several accounts, documented proof, with times of dictation, release, assignment, etc., and nothing was ever done. And as far as my performance, the only reason I am still with MDI is because of my pay, which reflects my experience and the fact that I have yet to have a report rejected or sent back for an error...I assure you there is no mud slinging here. I have documentation to back up every accusation made. I do not work on the account Rhonda is currently working because I refuse to work w/ her, not because I was booted, as you put. As far as the misery goes, it DID move on--to other accounts where I did not have to work w/ RJ.
No sour grapes here???
Having been the administrator of one of the largest radiology transcription programs on the east coast, I am having trouble understanding why you and your husband, with such a demonstrative level of professionalism and success in your area of expertise would be so put off by someone simply expressing their happiness with their work. Doesn't seem to make sense in my experience. Happy,successful people normally seek out and support happy and successful people. Toxic people, on the other hand, tend to seek out and support toxic people. Good luck in that life long endeavor.
Re: Sour grapes
That was a very interesting post by Mr. Rooster. I couldn't agree more.
Stop being a cry baby and grow up. Your anonymous post was seriously undermining and nasty and your complaints have fallen on deaf ears for a reason. My guess is they are inaccurate. You mention you have documentation, etc. It is obvious, your complaints are not credible.
Sour grapes, about having a better job?
Maybe I do not get your drift, but we all came out from under a thumb held so tightly we could hardly breathe to go on to better jobs, no constant harassment, no one breathing down our necks, no changing of the rules day after day, no picky-picky about the work, tell me exactly where the sour grapes come in because I have no clue as to what you are talking about...
Could this be sour grapes? h-m-m-m
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Perhaps it's sour grapes?
I am a TL at Transcend and know a little history about some of the MLS listed in this thread. Transcend is a great company run by people who want to do right by their employees and their customers. Applicants, please consider that these MLS making posts had a role in their demise with the company. There are always two sides to every story.
Sour grapes?
Did you have a high percentage of reports going to QA? If not, then you can intelligently guess what the lines would be. This is one of the most fair-minded and supportive services I've ever worked for, and I've worked for many of the services out there.
Sounds to me like sour grapes because you can't cut it. I'm
They pay a diffential for more difficult accounts. I haven't seen any junk yet. Double dipping? What do you mean by that? What's your definition of double-dipping?
sounds like sour grapes to me
JMO
Sounds like sour grapes. nm
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I smell sour grapes. This is a lie. They do not oursource
I've been an at-home MT since 1990, and was in-house for 12 years before that.
Amphion is the BEST, MOST PROFESSIONAL, and FAIR company I've ever worked for.
Whoever is trying to make them look bad on here is lying, and I suspect it's one of the people from "another company" that DOES SUCK trying to bring down an honest reputable company because they're jealous that they don't have the character and professionalism that Amphion has.
no sour grapes here. I have a new job and love it. Just telling the truth is all.Just because some
Why dont you just lay off. Sour grapes because you weren't hired?
Sounds like it to me.
People make a lot of stuff up (sour grapes?)
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I have been there 4 years and there are many happy MTs. Call the office, not the sour grapes on thi
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No sour grapes. They DO outsource to Trinidad. Openly on the net. Research it and you will see.
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It's just logic.
Just in the first 2 words in your sentence it's obvious that it takes more to edit than to type. Typing "so you" takes 6 Keystrokes (including the space). Editing will take a keystroke to get to that point in the text, 2 keystrokes (ctrl, shift + arrow, arrow) to highlight the 2 words, a keystroke to delete them, and then the 6 keystrokes to retype the correct words.
my logic/sm
$0.09/65
1200 lines (8 hr day/down time/slow time/Jan-Mar no work/average)
$108.00 $/day
$540.00 $/wk
$28,080.00 $/yr
-$12,000.00 health ins yr (my cost)
$16,080.00
-$1,080.00 2 wk off no pd vac/PDO
$15,000.00
-$1,200.00 op costs (comp/peripherals/paper/fax/toner/LD)
$13,800.00
-$1,380.00 minus taxes @ 10%
$12,420.00 NET (for all my bills and fun times)
Even if you are an employee with benefits at $0.9/65, you still have to supply everything -$1,200.00 op costs (comp/peripherals/paper/fax/toner/LD)
Yeah, logic says you should go with
the company that only 40% of the employees seem to be happy with, judging by posts.
Seriously, I've worked for both, and I'd never go back to the Q.
I'm not sure I exactly follow the logic
To me it's much easier to remember that I get paid every other Friday, and if I didn't get paid last Friday, I will this week. Perhaps it's my advancing age, but I have an easier time remembering that if I watched Project Runway last night, it might be payday today than remembering the current date and calculating when the 15th or 30th is unless it's a 31 day month (it takes time to run through 30 days has November, April, June and September...) As far as consistency in pay, assuming the work has been there and I've fulfilled my obligation, it's easier for me to figure 10 (or whatever) days in a pay period than it is to look at a calender and figure how many actual work days there are between the 16th and 30th (or 31st or 28th). Plus, a lot of us have specific days off that we take care of things. Some of us really do live paycheck to paycheck, so shopping by necessity has to wait until the eagle flies. If you paycheck comes on a Tuesday, conceivably it might be rough being able to get away to do that shopping with the hours we're forced to spend in front of the computer these days.
Of course, everybody is different and I think it's also a lot in what you get used to. If you're used to getting a paycheck every 2 weeks, it's tough to suddenly have to extend that out over anywhere from a 1 to several days.
NOTE: I wish they'd stop calling that button QUICK reply because I sure as heck can't do that.
The logic for incentive pay.
The reasoning for incentive pay is to do something that most people don't want to do which may entail some sacrifice (above and beyond merely working!), that may be hazardous in some way, or when there is more of a need.
For parents, especially during the school year, this is their chance for quality, non-stress time; if their child is in athletics on any level, there frequently are activities on the weekend. If you're single and/or social, this is when most people date, activities happen at clubs, sporting events, etc. Obviously if you work weekends you could find someone else that also works weekends, but then you're dependent on them having your same schedule, and the opportunities for 'social' events through the week are limited. Scientific data confirms the importance of bonding and social interaction, and a work schedule that limits is detrimental to our mental health and emotional well-being.
In addition, as far as third shift goes, our circadian rhythms are set up to sleep in the dark, wake in the sunlight. Working a shift that forces the body to go counter to those natural rhythms has been shown to be stressful to the body.
In addition, as companies frequently cite a need for these shifts to be covered, an incentive may motivate for someone who doesn't have the above issues to work it.
Sorry this got so long.
Your logic is circuitous and not logical at all sm
What does scamming (because basically you ARE scamming multiple companies out of their hard earned money, by being dishonest about your intentions) multiple employers on your part, have to do at all with some companies that overhire??? What, you punish everyone for the sins of a few?
I hope to god you don't come to work where I work. We don't need your kind.
It was the sound of logic going over your head.
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To follow that logic one step further,
then why is Transcend trying so hard on this board to convince everyone they are not the anti-Christ? If they were that good, everyone would be beating a path to their door and they wouldn't have to be defending themselves to the degree we are seeing...
but correct me if I'm wrong...
A blindly written defense regardless of logic
I don't know how many, but just because 1 or a few are having a bad time doesn't mean they are lying no matter how small of a percentage they comprise. I never said they are all sister MTs sharing the good word. I said this is a place also for MTs to share and support each other when they feel they are in a bad spot, not just share the good word on a company...sometimes there are problems and they want support anonymously. There were 2 posters specifically that had intelligent well-worded concerns they voiced (and I believe one said at the risk of being bashed even)...that seems scared to me and they seemed to be real concerns, asking if it was just them or were others having the same problem. Their posts didn't come across at all as company bashing. And who are you? Do you know the poster, Carlotta either? or are you her? How do you know what she does or doesn't do or who she can weed or cannot weed out unless you are her posting under different names as you accuse others of doing? & she didn't say come to me IF...it was much harsher and dismissive than that. But I tell you what, I've actually got better things to do at this point than argue because people are going to believe what they want to about any company regardless of what is said. It is just sad to see people come here for support and then have to fear being weeded out because they sought honest advice and help and find their boss coming after them on here seeking to find out who they are and calling them liars. So, I respectfully disagree with you. The whole tone of her post, to me, proved more than discounted what she set out to prove/discount by writing it. have a good night!
For a great radiology program, you want Fusion RIS (formerly RIS Logic)
https://www.merge.com/estore/software.aspx
Now THAT'S a nice, quick, simple radiology program that you can use ShortHand with and WinScribe or whatever waveplayer. Ahhhhhhh!
your post lacks logic and makes no sense, whatsoever..sm
What is the REAL message in her post?
That her grammar is awful.
Don't let this sour you on this profession. sm
There are great companies out there and horrible ones. What was horrible for you might be a good fit for someone else.
Grapes of Wrath
Read Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. I realize today I just became a dustbowl evicted - farm worker. Lets all pick peaches while there are peaches to pick, then move on down the road in our jalopies.
Grapes of Wrath, 1940.....sm
Grapes of Wrath' 1940
Excerpt
'.....The family settles in a shack and picks peaches for five cents a box, earning barely enough to feed the family......'
has anyone else get late paychecks from Meridian or is the negative just from one sour pus
I really would like to know before accepting a position with them.
I would like someone besides the poster from below to answer please.
what do mean outsourcing?
TT does not outsource??? I am not sure what you mean? They are awesome to work for, I second everything the prior poster posted. Nothing venture, nothing gained. TransTech is AWESOME!
Outsourcing
Amen to that! I say--American jobs for American workers!
IF they are outsourcing, where is there
so much work. I don't know 100% that they aren't but am 99.9% sure they aren't. Money $$ don't make sense either. Most MTs are IC, so no benefits, tons of work and if they are outsourcing money should be more.
What about outsourcing?
I work in a very large medical center, and our institution is going to complete outsourcing with EMR, bypassing VR technology altogether. That way, they get rid of all in-house transcription (including academic and research), save costs on benefits, salaries, etc., and supposedly streamline the whole process. Quality, sadly, does not matter. Typos do not matter. If the document looks like a second grader typed it, it does not matter. From my experience, the outsourced dictation reads like someone from another country transcribed it, but they do get all of the medical words right; it's the English that suffers. The bottom line, though, is physicians don't care. They really don't.
Outsourcing? how do you know
How can an MT know if a company outsources? Does anyone know if MDI-Florida does? Thanks.
If you are serious about Outsourcing
I am ready to do your job. contact transonica@transonica.com
Outsourcing
I know that Cymed used to outsource, supposedly only a small amount to the Philippines. The work load seems to have really dropped in the last 6 months on the accounts I work on. I can't help but wonder if SR or more outsourcing is responsible. Does anyone actually know what is going on with them?
Outsourcing
I have worked with docs in a very large city since I was 18, and I am well into my 40s. I know most all of them. I have had many discussions with physicians about outsourcing. I have even convinced a couple to drop the companies that did the work because of the outsourcing. I for one am proud of the American MTs. Those who do not do their job should not have the jobs. There is a simple solution.
outsourcing
Not unrealistic at all. If you don't do your job well you should not have that job.
Outsourcing
Yes, wait until you wake up one morning and your account is low on work, and then you discover that the nice reports you formely had are sent outside the US. They won't tell you that, but all you have to do is do a little research and you will find out for yourself. Doesn't take a dummy........
outsourcing
MT is not the only thing outsourced. Consider this - your medical information is now seen all over the world, and confidentiality is out the window - they have no law like we do here. As an American I should be able to demand that my medical information be kept in the US. The government sends money - we do not need t send our work load - no matter what the job. and Venezuela can keep their oil too - have you seen the commercials - and then read up on who this guy is - Give me a break - USA only for me. And do not preach to me about how there is always a part of my American made car, clothing etc made overseas, I know, I do not like it at all - and if at all possible I do my best as an American to stay within our borders. Quality or not - my medical records should stay here, not overseas where they could be seen and posted where ever. Yes MTs should get the pay - yes MT should be qualified - and we should all do our best to be sure of it, but low pay or better quality aside - I am American and want my information to stay safe.
Last point - the majority of identify theft arises overseas, so what do we do - given them even more information to steal that too.
No thanks
Outsourcing
I worry about the outsouring and SS# going outside of the US too. Why make it easy for someone to steal your ID? What are these people thinking? I have spoken to a lawyer friend about it. He and his wife had no idea this was happening. I think we need legal people to put the pressure on the people currently in office. Most of them do not even realize this is going on.
Yep, me too before outsourcing
am doing exactly the same work now as I did in the 90s for the same place, only difference is no pay plus incentive at the hospital and VR. This was the 2nd time I have been outsourced doing this work and just did not want to start all over again. My choice really because now I can work the part-time and not have to live on my salary alone.
Outsourcing
You guys started it. This has been bugging me for the last month or so. How do we get it out to the public that their information is probably being sent to India. There is no HIPPA and the Homeland Security aspect is a joke. I stopped going to my physical therapist when she started telling me the junk they get back from India. I explained my side and my particular therapist now transcribes her own reports, faster, and now correct. I always ask my doctors who transcribes for them, most agree with me on the Homeland Security violation and use local companies. I bet the general public would have a heart attack if they knew in whose hands their personal information is.... Ideas we need to get this out there. Would help professionalize our careers and maybe we could get a decent wage in return.
outsourcing
something similar to this happened in calif. when someone received a ticket (I think) the info was sent out of the country to be processed for court. When the public found out, it was a big deal, was even on the news and in the papers. there was such an outcry that that policy was changed and info is no longer being sent out of the country.
Outsourcing
As scary as outsourcing of medical records is, I have a way bigger problem with all of our financial information floating all over the place to other countries. The reality is we have put all of our private information (SS#, bank account #, etc.) into the hands of people whom we have no legal recourse against if they chose to steal our identity. I think it is a major trainwreck waiting to happen. Of course, the CEOs who are getting big bonuses and rewarded for all the American jobs they have cut think otherwise.
Outsourcing
So, what steps could we take as employees to get help on the lack of work because it is going to India. Should we call our senators. This does not seem right, It is against HIPPA laws. I bet those people are not signing anything about privacy. And also they dont care. Remember when some government agency's SSN were lost because some employee took them home on a disk and they supposedly got stolen. Anything could happen with some of this information.
Outsourcing
I was thinking of trying to get it onto AM conservative radio but the little time I have to call I can never get through. Someone also told me about the tax returns being sent overseas. What the heck is that about don't we pay enough to the IRS. I'm a big believer in the Fair Tax. No income tax just a 23% on what you spend would cut the IRS out entirely. Some jobs need to be outsourced but nothing that has personal information like that. I don't want my information going overseas, working on getting rid of the credit cards now for the same reason someone mentioned every time I call I get an foreigner, my hearing is not as great as it used to be so it makes it twice as hard to understand. My banking is at an employee credit union so I think they are relatively safe. What is happening to the good ole USA and English
outsourcing
You might feel differently when you're booted out of a job because your accounts are outsourced overseas.
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