Give a girl a break...

Why aren't people allowed to speak here without always getting chewed up and spit out and told what a dumb u&^^%$$#@@*** they are?  Ask some questions. Offer a similar experience.  Hey person with head cut off, how might we support you, or did you just need to vent?  I just had a few days of that, put me into a tailspin.  I'm unfortunately not in a place to be able to ride with it. Lovely, nice company, however.  It was temporary and my mind was put to ease.  I just WISH I had the liberty to ride it; unfortunately, I just can't right now.  So, problem solved for me, but I hear you loud and clear.  I rather get tired of being married to this thing 20 hours/day.  I'd scale tall buildings for these nice people, but mortgages are mortgages..hang in there.  It really doesn't mean your're an ungrateful jerk if you fret over no income.  Why do forums make people so cranky?  I think I'm going to do a study on the sociology of the virtual community.  It's interesting.

• NO work -- running out of work this week! Anybody else? - How do they fall?
  • Out of all of you that are complaining about no work, how many work extra - when there's a ton to be done? Hmm?
    • I participate in that vicious cycle - oldMT
    • I feel the same way (sm) - nm
    • I feel the same way and it's good to hear - A voice of reason
  • some will disagree...but SM - wlm
    • Give a girl a break... - debbie
    • I know that when my company has MTs who produce - me
    • I have both quality and quantity - 99% QA, so not the case here
  • Medware right? - NM
  • Does this happen often? - MT4eight
  • Who are you referring to that has no work?? - Curious
    • This is happening at Transtech Houston - Transtech -- no work
      • Is this happening on your primary, as well as your back up - celestialmls
        • I doubt it - that would make too much sense. - Happy TT'er
      • The "powers" that be watch this board so you will have a ton of TT MTs coming on here to say t - Curious
        • I know which acct you are talking about but (sm) - Please don't call me management
        • TT running out of work - TT112 (not a "powers that be)
          • always - OOW
            • Well then, maybe this is the problem - TT112 (not a "powers that be)
          • Amen! Yeah, work was low Tues morning, - Misha
          • Part-time MT getting full-time work ?????? - Transtech MT
            • i'm partime and have never ran out of work... - me
        • Ad on this board is for 20 MT's, but we have no work - Transtech -- no work
          • I think you are all nuts (there is work) - TT'er
            • I would appreciate your not calling me **nuts** - Out of work TT MT'er
              • By "account" I'm guessing you only have one? - celestialmls
                • No, myself, I just don't have one account with TT, - 3 accounts at least and all dry
                  • If you mean the 3 that are all together, that counts as ONE. - nm
                  • They have offered backup accounts. - Me
                    • Amen to that, sista! - TT112 (not a "powers that be)
                  • Again, have you tried contact TT regarding - celestialmls
                • Exactly - I have several - never run out. - Happy TT'er
              • Just hate whining and complaining when there are backup accts with plenty - Ok, I apologize - you're not nuts
          • They're hiring for the next round - not curious
          • No work reply - Lucy
            • over hiring - anon
              • Oh, for Pete's sake - Did you ever hear of keeping in TAT?
              • Unemployment line for me . . . can't pay bills off of air . . . n/m - Transtech -- no work
                • Be glad you aren't in construction, where - Oy
                  • You forgot to mention construction downturns - TT112 (not a "powers that be)
                    • Sounds like a bunch of excuses to me - anon
                      • Yep, life is tough all over. NM - TT112 (not a "powers that be)
                      • Anyone who has worked for more than one company can - They're all the same
                • Uh...Buh-bye - - nm

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I know a whole lot more hard working, LOYAL, honest, go-the-extra-mile transcriptionists  then I do companies who truely appreciate them.  It is not the work ethic of the general TX that has caused the rates to go down.  It is greed on the part of the company.  I have now been with SEVEN different companies in the past 3 years as an IC and have never done the things you suggest.  What I get is days without work or days that I am expected to work 24 hours, late/no paycheck, awful and ridiculous platforms, doctor switching games, etc.

I'd gladly still be with the first company I ever worked for if they'd just pay......

Ya know, I must be cranky today, but...some posts below really got my dander up! MTs are asking for referrals about companies, and someone actually posts that the company is GREAT - I believe GREAT is the adjective. Then inside message says something to the effect of:  I'm a new hire, too, and I hear the work will be picking up soon. PICKING UP SOON!!  This is after several MTs claim no work, which is what we all-too-often hear with these companies. Hiring and WORK SHOULD BE PICKING UP SOON!! And the poster closes by saying how NICE everyone is. That he/she doesn't mind lack of work cause they are NICE. Grrrrrrrrrrrr...

I wish we could have some coding system where MTs gave job referrals based on LIFE SITUATIONS. Like how many of us really need the income?? Versus those who obviously don't really need the $$ and don't mind being hired for a job with NO WORK. But the people are nice...Can you imagine? I used to hire people in-house for hospitals - all depts. I can just imagine me HIRING people for work that wasn't really there... Give me a BREAK. Nice...

I do answer posts about which companies are good, who pays on time, etc, if I know the answer so I am not a board troll but a participating member.  Its okay to have an opininon the same as yours but something different and your a flamer.  As for working hours, I was making a general statement as I see it all the time on this board...no one wants to work weekends or past 6 p.m. at the most.  More than the OP jumped on this thread with the me too, no work post...and in my opinion if more people were willing to make sacrifices they would have work but everybody wants to work M-F.  If that's the case then you need to leave your home and work in an office.

I'm working with 3 companies right now and will weed out the crap just like they weed through the MT's.  I do ask the worst case scenario questions and have been lied to over and over again!  I'm doing this to make money and put food on the table and if that means weeding out the B.S. that these companies give you - so be it!  You sound like your from one of the companies I am now working for.  They just started a new account and have NO CLUE what they are doing.  The way things are so out of control I bet they never sat down with the hospital to go over how this project was going to be run - and now they are advertising for ANOTHER NEW ACCOUNT!  I got 2 words for you sister - and it ain't Merry Christmas!

nm

people saying you do crappy work, you can't work your schedule, etc. every time someone leaves a company, voluntarily or involuntarily.

I don't know what adds have to do with anything. 

with your relentless rah-rahing!  Sweety pie, work has been low at TT for months and months...not just now.  Yes, you certainly are newer TT because you as an overhire are taking the work away from those of us who have been in there for the long haul!  Secondly, it has always been my experience that doctors work wayyyyy over 40 hours a week, and someone else mentioned that this low/no work is due to the holiday...what the heck???  July 4 was LAST weekend, with it probably being observed in the work force on FRIDAY...so that is hogwash, absolute hogwash.  When MTs who have been with this company for years say there is low/no work and it is a problem, THEY MEAN IT IS A PROBLEM, not just due to a holiday or low volume period...

I will agree with you on one thing, and that is things are not greener anywhere else right now, so that is probably why we are hanging on with our fingernails where we are at you dumb A.  MT is slowly going down the toilet...but with many of us in all stages of life, choices may be limited as to profession change, and especially with the economy the way it it, so DO NOT be so quick to judge!!!    And don't bother spewing your venom on me, I won't answer. 

Being remote, it makes it easy for someone to mess with your life if you get them angry, especially if they can manipulate line counts and the type of work you get. 

Perhaps that is why most of us don't speak up more, although that is precisely why we should. 

Who's going to be the overseer for this industry, to make sure that all is conducted fairly and within the law?  I don't think anybody outside the industry cares that much.  There are much bigger things to worry about right now, I guess. 

Peace.

You said what I think every day -- afraid to check how many hours I really work, setting up each and every job in a software platform that makes me take my hands off the keyboard every 2 seconds.  It is a waste of my time, but I doubt I could ever return to the world where you dress up every day, get in a car, fix my hair, get my nails done, etc.  I have many regrets about doing this work, but those stated above are not amont them.  My regrets are yours - no raises, no appreciation, and knowing that the big guys travel back and forth for meetings (what a joke in this day and age of online meetings).  If only they split all that money up for us poor

Actually, my BOB - 10+ accounts for which I have 3 primary accounts out of - has standardized client profiles, no need look at client profile for each account or try to remember different rules. All now have the same formatting rules and ADT info requirements and very few dictator-specific differences. I realize that not all service areas have done this yet and not all areas of MQ are managed the same and I probably would not be as happy if I were in one of those, but I stuck it out and they made the changes promised in my area and I am now so much more productive. The accounts are better than I had before MQ as far as number of ESL and other difficult dictators, the ASR reports on average are good and I can more than make up for the 30% cut in pay on them - only get on average 5 or 6 a day though.

I guess it depends on where you end up when hired at MQ how good or bad things are. I have moved around a lot over many years in this business and probably will stay here until retirement if I am able - depending on what happens with CBay and all. I have found the right fit for me with MQ with adequate pay, the schedule I want, plenty of work, reliable paycheck and PTO - a big plus after a stint being IC, and nobody hanging over my shoulder watching my every move. The only time I ever hear from anybody is in answer to a question I have asked and the daily TAT logs from my PS. That is the way I like it, leave me alone to do my thing. I have no reason to leave.

I am glad you found the right place for you, having only one account that is always busy is the best situation to be in. You are lucky because that is not so easy to find anymore.