Dsauverwald doesn't strike me as an MT anyway...
Posted By: odd on 2009-10-06
In Reply to: who asks for other employee rate?, nobody. - .
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dsauverwald went back and repread.
My skill was not in question at all. Actually said was very impressed with resume experience and testing, so you are dead wrong there. It was me that turned down, remember. I was offered the job.
Your company ONLY has 35% ESL, so don't give me that bull either, most others are way way up there 70, 80%, 90% ESLs. You been sitting easy too long I suspect, don't know what is out there.
Listing SP next to a word here on the forum is not like MTing a report, you are trying to arrogant I suspect and elevate yourself to others. If it was really true, you don't need to do that if secure in who you are. Well, I AM secure.
Know what I call unprofessional is when recruiters sit and ask you questions that are clearly on the resume, what OS, pedal, what version of Word, what spell check software, expander, internet connection DSL. Considerable time was spent trying to incorporate all possible questions and was a total waste of time. She did not look, apparently (during the interview at least)
Again 8 cents base pay for ability to do all worktypes, all medical/surgical specialities, very high level, big bed facilities (teaching) etc. Just too low.
the end
Going on strike?
I didn't know about going on strike. One post said she cried and kissed a**. Well, she got the job. LOL LOL
Strike
See what happens when people have had enough. They strike and paralyze a city like New York.
Our shoes were made for walking, after union, MTA stop talkin. Today's New York Daily News Headlines.
Gotta love New York. They certainly know how to get their point across.
Transcriptionists should unite and stop putting up with low pay, payroll issues, and attitudes.
Strike
I too am very disgusted with this whole concept!! Basically, if us US MTs do not get together and do something then we too are allowing it to go on. It would be nice if our AAMT could get on the bandwagon and start advocating for the US MTs, instead of making company's that do this the Employer of the year!! I am not a member of the AAMT and will not be one as I feel they support these companies. It is a shame we do not have an organization that does something for US MTs. I think the future of medical transcription has a very grim future right now. This has to be turned around, and we have to figure out a way to make companies like Spheris pay for what they are doing to the industry and to us. Hey Spheris MT's A STRIKE would sure make this company think twice about underpaying all their MTs. Quit working for a few days and let them start paying penalties for late work. Maybe it will make them think about the way they treat their employees. I know it is hard for some to afford to do this, it would be for me. But the benefits you may get in the long run would give a return worth while!! Worried about loosing your job, well, sounds like layoff is coming soon anyway!! Organize something for yourselves to protect your future for the good of all MTs. All MTs should seriously think about this. We just cannot let this go on...We all have to demand better wages!!
On strike, perhaps?
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Are you going to pay my bills while strike is on?
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Well, I did go on strike, and it is working
I am thinking about turning the Transcend job down and just keep getting dough off e bay. I am getting 200 bucks or so every 3 days, and until I find a company or MTSO that does not bait and switch, at least I am getting cash in. I have half a mind to let the recruiter know about what I am hearing about Transcend, but I think I'll say nothing and just return the foot pedal they are sending refused back to them in the mail. That's it. I have had it with the bait and switch. I know no company is perfect, but this time in my life and in our business, seems there is little if anywhere that will give an experienced MT some room to breathe, and a fair shake. BTW: If any MTSO is out there which is willing to let a good MT contract with a flexible schedule and fair work and line count feel free to e mail. Otherwise, I have finally done it. Decided to go 100% E bay. Pays a little more than minimum wage for my time and effort, but at least it isn't minimum wage and bait and switch!
Didn't mean to strike a nerve.
or voicewriter to work for Keystrokes by the recruiter. I just left a big company in Wisconsin. I couldn't get over 900 lines a day because of filling in their DI screen and here it's Christmas. Gimme a break.
STRIKE THAT! A recruiter emailed me
That makes me feel better. Thanks Keystrokes!!
We need to start a strike fund
If we could get organized and that is a big IF and find a trustee to watch the money, I wonder what would happen if we all contributed a certain amount to a strike fund so that we could all walk off the job for a period of time and not worry about the money we would lose. Just a thought.
its one thing for the MTA to strike - they will not lose their jobs
to INDIA!!! But transcriptionists will and HAVE lost their jobs to India and the Philipines and now more recently, to Trinidad
Single strike day? Gimme a date, and I'm THERE!
My husband has been on STRIKE for almost four months and we are barely getting by!! The union made
big promises and all I can say is we have lost our job! We are struggling to get by! If you go on strike and do WITHOUT you will see what I mean!
Doesn't apply if your OSI account doesn't use Ichart.
It is the Ichart only for OSi where you are cheated.
TT doesn't pay for spaces or ExText doesn't
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That doesn't fly - KS doesn't offshore
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He doesn't trust VR, or doesn't trust his MT to train it correctly?
Or perhaps his MT(s) has/have been filling his head with horror stories about VR and how it is a lawsuit waiting to happen?
Personally, I don't see any reason an M.D. would not trust a VR program, unless he's seen the products of a report edited by a less than competent MT who didn't do their editing job appropriately.
okay, that doesn't really help. I really need to know
the major city that is near you, how far away it is, and also put the next major city to you. For instance, if you live in kissmee, florida, you would put Orlando about 30 minutes away and Tampa about 45 minutes to one hour away.
TH doesn't. nm
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It doesn't mean anything now though.
I don't care if I got anything, but if it didn't come until all the posts about not getting even a card, it just doesn't mean anything.
for CMT...CMT really doesn't mean....sm
a heck of a lot, as I know plenty of CMTs who make errors (just like any MT who sometimes does), errors like typing Port-A-Cath as Porta-Cath. For decades, *CMT* yielded NOTHING extra $$-wise. Today that is changing a tad.
It doesn't get better than this! NM
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And if you think she doesn't already know, I
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It doesn't seem so to me. SM
I was told that my account would be 50-60% ESL, but I don't find them too difficult. As well, there are lots of normals to look back on for help if needed.
It doesn't take me any
extra time. I just write down the job numbers while they are downloading. If I was having to actually take time out of work, I don't know that I would do it!
It may well be, but it sure doesn't sit well.
Doesn't matter to me either way, I'm not staying.
MQ doesn't either.
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Maybe she doesn't have the exp in ...sm
the area they are advertising on the job boards. Maybe she doesn't have the years of exp they want. There could be many reasons why she hasn't obtained another job. Maybe she wanted to give this one a fair chance. Who knows?
doesn't have anything to do with that..
how many companies state a minimum and overhire so you end up not making your lines? It does not mean Synernet does not do the same thing. Have you worked for them? Do you know this for sure?
This doesn't add up...
I read the article. It states, We have 1,000 domestic transcribers and 600 in India. Now, why do they need 600 transcriptionists in India if only 15% of the work is being sent to India? So, it takes 600 Indian MTs to complete 15% of Transcend's work and 1,000 American MTs to complete 85%. Either the Indian MTs are very, very slow (and how is that cost effective and how does that affect turnaround time and quality) or they are sending more than 15% of the work to India. Take your pick  .
That says a lot about you then, doesn't it.
Why on earth would you find entertainment in MTs taking a pay cut to do VR and being low on work, etc. Sigh.
From the looks of that ad, it doesn't appear that
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I believe and to anyone who doesn't sm
she tells the truth here. It's so sad that they are doing this to us. Those who stay will probably be people who are the 2nd income in the home, not the main breadwinner.
You mean she doesn't post her name (nm)
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That doesn't mean it was sold...
there are many reasons why the accounts/offices are going through closure/moving.
If contracts are not renewed, then not only will the account be finished but if that is a significant percentage of work for that office MQ may choose to merge that office with another for cost savings.
All I know to believe is what they have told me.
Well that doesn't say much about the company
You've been there 4 months and have 5 accounts already????? That tells people that they run out of work consistently otherwise you would be working on 1 account and have a backup, maybe 2. I've been there years and didn't even get my secondary account for almost 6 months because the work was so heavy on my primary account. Things have changed. The turnaround is so great they have to continually overhire. The only thing I have to say is think about why you were hired at 10 cpl. You're training the VR that is going to be cutting that 10 cpl to 5.5 cpl. If you're happy earning 5.5 cpl doing FULL editing that's great. Maybe you weren't there when the CEO was saying that the people who do really well on editing are not high producers in typing and vice versa. Those who have a hard time doubling their lines in editing are the ones producing 350-400 lines an hour in typing. There's no way they can make 700 lines per hour doing FULL editing. So if you're doing great in editing, you're not that great in typing...you're average. If you're a high producer in typing, let's see how happy you'll be when making 5.5 cpl for producing the same amount of work.
This company doesn't try either
They have not responded to their employees directly ... instead they put their comments anonymously on this board.
Best pay, doesn't always mean the best company. sm
You could make $0.18 cpl doing ESLs all day long and run out of work. That being said, how much would you make really if you can't do ESLs or there is no work available.
Everyone is looking for something different in a company. My suggestion is to write down what it is you are looking for, line rate, steady work flow, schedule, pay periods, etc and seek it out.
Good luck to you.
Stop saying that just because someone doesn't
share your opinion they must not get the reports you do, must not get the dicators you do, must not be an MT, must not...must not...must not.
Some have a different aptitude for this work. Others have a different OUTLOOK on the work and on life.
You're not the only MT there. You're not the only one with your outlook. Just because someone works at MQ, however, does NOT mean that they MUST feel like you, get the same work you do, etc. I get difficult dictators and reports a LOT but I don't complain about it. It's part of the job.
I really hope you can find something you are comfortable and satisfied with. I wish you all the luck. Please work ardently at doing so.
Doesn't matter
They won't have the work anyway! They just want to keep EVERYBODY on standby constantly.
She doesn't. That is the beauty of it!
She is sick in the head and likes to pretend that she knows everything. That's what everyone on this board does.
It doesn't matter anyway
We don't have any work now, so no work later will be no surprise. Have been working for 3 hours and have been able to "snag" only two reports. 
A company that doesn't ...sm
test? CMT, 16 years experience including transcriptionist, QA, supervisor/trainer. Tired of all the companies that use mttest before they will even talk to you which takes up my time - only to find they don't pay very well! Are there any companies that wave the testing if you have the experience and great references?
How would you know the hospital doesn't know?? sm
Unless you are literally involved in the contract agreement between Diskriter and the hospital, how in the WORLD would you know what the hospital does and does not know. If you are an MT, you would have no idea because we are not involved in those discussions. They do not hide the fact that they offshore, in fact are pretty up front about it. They contract witih an offshore company, know because I was told by upper management when I asked. They only hire domestic MTs themselves. Little work goes to the offshore company or they wouldn't have so many domestic MTs working OT like crazy.
Why the government doesn't come down on them...sm
Because the government, which was formerly assumed to be the people of the United States, but is now Corporate America only, doesn't have a stake in us, only big business. It is for this same reason that they allow illegal aliens to work all over America without consequnce to the employers who hire them. They make more than they would in their home countries, and a whole lot less than they should in the U.S., but companies want cheap labor and the US Dept. of Labor is there to help them get it. We who sell ourselves in the once respected MT profession for too little wages, at too long hours, without defending our rights to overtime and a fair wage, have just made the sacrifices of so many people who fought and died for those rights, martyrs to a lost cause. Shame on us. I don't work for Food, or Insurance, I work for a decent living wage, and if I can't make it working for one of these Nationial MT Sweat Shops, I quit. I don't blame myself because I know what I am capable of. I have had terrible sound quality, stupid and slow work platforms, unresponsive supervisors, account switching up to 4 in one day, nit-picking QA that I have had to prove wrong (and did) to keep my QA at 100%, and no pay for problems that were their fault. I quit them all. Although I may be Peeing in the wind, I will continue to uphold my standards, and make them uphold the Labor Laws of America. PTC I think we would all be better off it the likes of the poster below who said they did not want overtime because the government just took in taxes would leave the profession. It is hard to believe someone could be so stupid, and if they are truly an MT, then I would be ashamed to be seen with them. I would stake my life on the fact that this poster is a female, because men are not so foolish as to think that after the government takes out their 30% to 40%, the remaining 60-70% isn't worth having. Give me a break!!!
Doesn't cost the MT anything, though from my
experience you can do as good, if not better on your own. They actually contacted me (probably from my resume posted on a couple of job boards) and I tried them thinking that maybe they had companies that didn't advertise and that probably paid well considering they were using a third party company to hire/screen, but the company they referred me to was one that frequently advertises here and the pay was average.
Doesn't seem too important to get especially
if you have to get CEU's and renew. I already do that as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I don't need the additional expense and there doesn't seem to be a financial benefit.
Thanks for all your responses.
Who doesn't anymore?
Fact of life. More Editor positions now available, less typing, hourly salaries.
Can you be more specific? This doesn't help at all. nm
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Just because she was nice with you doesn't
Great if you had a good experience with her.
And yes, she would benefit by helping you with JLG's website - SHE WORKS FOR THEM! LOL
Just because they OFFER doesn't mean they will ACTUALLY PAY
Check out the company history, many on this forum reportedly offer the great sign-on bonus, but only to get you to apply there. This happened to me and 2 of my friends, we met all their qualifications, but keep they never paid up on their bonuses! Good luck.
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