Good Idea. You are smart to wait. nm
Posted By: Current Webber on 2008-06-17
In Reply to: Sometimes I wonder... - dr
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Any info or Smart Med, good or bad? nm
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For someone not trying to be a smart A, you did a pretty good job of it anyway. sm
Showing that they care means not ignoring my requests for a third account. I have worked other places and had up to 4 accounts and when work was low, I was still able to make 2000 lines a day by bouncing back and forth between all of them.
Sending me an email ackowledging that volume is low, that the servers have down, etc., is all very nice as far as keeping me informed, but it does not pay my bills.
I wasn't asking for sympathy, but I also wasn't asking for your meanspirited retort. I merely vented here a bit, thinking (mistakenly) that I was among peers who would understand the panic that I feel.
Thank you! I noticed that smart MTs with good grammar are on my side...nm
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Good idea!
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good idea
I am good...six years experience, good accuracy....I'll take your advice...I haven't signed anything yet..thanks! Are you happy there? They want to send me to St. Louis office.
Good idea, this is what I have done too smn
with the same point being made, waste of valuable time I ask wha is the lowest to ghe highest line rate, period. I can tell right there whether or not I will take test etc. Some want 6 reports and this takes a lot of time. More and more must turn down these low low rates and it will start to turn around the slave labor, below federal poverty level ($24,000 a year) Good grief it is down to 4 cents a line offers made, I bet India MT make more than that.
Good idea, and then you too
 could be an independant contractor
Good idea
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Good idea!
I do have caller ID and I might give that a try! At least it might annoy them enough to stop calling!
That's a good idea...
... if you feel like you're bugging the bosses (collect questions). I've never felt sheepish about sending off questions. If the answers indicated they were bothered, I would do what you do, but that never happens. I get the same response the others do -- very quick response. If the responder doesn't know the answer, they find someone who does. The left hand even seems to know what the right hand is doing. Tech support is fantastic and quick to respond as well. Otherwise, they leave me alone, which I appreciate very much. Just let me work, I say. I have an excellent rapport with the folks. Two years and looking forward to a bunch more.
Good idea, maybe they will do that. - nm
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Good idea! TY...nm
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Good idea, so sad though
Well, I'm still hoping there are good companies out there that pay for experience, or at least have manners to get back to you after you take their test and put in the effort. Thanks for the suggestion. I may have to hang up my keyboard soon!
Good idea...
I am a black-white type of personality so I always either worked for one company or another; never two at one time. I may try this. You know what they say about desperate times and desperate measures, right? Thanks.
Not a good idea
Was promised a raise for months...never happened...and then CUT!
Got a good idea for this.
When someone asks about doing this job just ask if they have ever talked to a place where they might do business and they have to talk to someone who speaks with a foreign accent, could they understand everything they were saying. If the answer is no, just tell them that is what you hear mostly all day long. That should put the conversation to rest.
Thank you! Good idea about the IM. I certainly....sm
understand the need to have a grip on production and turn around and I never minded when called and asked if I could pitch in a little extra. I also didn't mind when work got a little slow and I could take some time off. That was the old days. This is now.
Good idea. Does anyone know (see msg)
Anyone know how to set this up or willing to do? I was able to set up one on FB that is secret - meaning it will not show up in your profile and will not show up on a search and you can only be invited by administrator, which means the administrator (at this second, on this group I set up, would be me, but I don't think FB is for everyone, a lot of people avoid it)... so whoever moderates a yahoo list or something like this would be faced that we don't know each other and may allow others on who we would prefer not be there. Ideas on how to go about this so that only MDI MTs who need and want to give support to one another would be allowed onto such a list or group?
good idea
I just posted 2 different ones for AHK and Instant Text. Then you can know my secret identity. Lol. Productivity Talk is also a great place for ideas on Auto Hot Key. That's too bad about Instant Text. I know it is rather pricey.
Good idea - don't. She was with OSi for several years
obviously a wrong move... she didn't know how her new boss is-- that she gets rid of anyone who knows more than her which of course is most people. Damn shame but heck she already has 2 other jobs and 3 more offers which should say something for her.
Thanks for the responses. Good idea!! nm
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That is not a good idea. What if there is an emergency?
What if someone in your family has an emergency and needs to reach you?
Would it be a good idea to reapply to
Keystrokes. Got an e mail from Keystrokes looking for MTs. This is the second I got in a couple of months where they stated they were hiring. By the way, I am an acute care Transcriptionist with lots of years in the business.
Here's the deal: I worked for them briefly,very briefly last winter. But it was too difficult having several jobs and could not keep it with another full time job, so I had to leave. Now, have an IC job, but keep running out of work. Don't need benefits, husband provides them, so that is no longer an issue.
Last spring, wanted to go back working there, but was too afraid that there was some kind of list of MTs who quit and won't be hired again. So, I did not try.
Receiving this e mail from them makes me think I would like another crack at this company. What are your thoughts? Do you think this e mail I just got from them is a mass mailing or a true invite to come back. If so, I would definitely be interested.
I don't want to make a fool out of myself if this was a mass mailing of past resumes and then I get my hopes up and am not hired.
Sorry such a long post. Just hard to describe quandry. Any suggestions well appreciated. Thanks!
That's not a good idea SallieAnn
Nobody in the USA should work for that, not even babysitters. There are jobs out there that pay way better.
I have a pretty good idea but
let the brilliant Millie from below answer that. She's your TT gal.
good idea...I agree...but didn't they have one once? nm
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sound likes a good idea
and I do not believe it is just one MT...surely the company has at least a couple skilled MTs. TAT is the name of the game and is what keeps every one having work.
I never ever discuss pay of any kind, just not a good idea
because what one person gets paid may not be the same as another and it can cause hurt feelings and problems. I will tell you that the downtime pay is the same as vacation pay - LOL.
Not only is it not a good idea to save reports
to show quality, it is ILLEGAL. If you don't know the content of HIPAA, you should not be MTing.
may be good now, wait until they Global your account, too. I left there long ago, happy I did. nm
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I had no idea, I thought Medware was one of the good guys.
Guess I won't be applying with them after all.
To those already with them, I hope you can all agree to not assist offshore typists to take jobs from US MTs.
Transcend offshores, so I have a pretty good idea...
where the 40-50 reports are disappearing during *your* night (*their* day shift).
DSG supposedly doesn't offshore, so darned if I know why we keep running out of work, though I'm guessing just plain old overhiring; no doubt of displaced MTs from other offshoring companies, so it affects everybody, regardless of whether the MTSO actually offshores or not.
i don't know if saving your reports to show quality is a good idea
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I saw this posted some time ago and thought then, hmmm, not a good idea
You were outraged and it was very apparent as you spoke then of they knew who you were and you really spoke your mind. I know we are supposed to have freedom of speech but having said this it was like you did not care if someone came after you and now, well seems like that has happened. I am not saying it is right but sometimes good to keep thoughts to yourself, especially now since you have heard from the state. You said you are flattered. I would never been flattered to have someone sue me. Seems like you bit off more than you can chew.
You have no idea what you are talking about. My income tax return says I am making a good living
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Thanks for the advice. The idea of clinic work sounds good, but I do feel comfortable with acute ...
care. I have a lot of experience with operative notes, DS, consults, radiology etc.. but I am not that thrilled with ESLs. It is just harder to make money on them. I think I will look into clinic work. It was only the lack of work that was bothering me about these companies and mismanaging the accounts they did have, broken promises, and just getting the runaround.. over everything from benefits to work.
I think you are very smart.......
I too started out making pennies 15 years ago. I wanted it bad enough though, so I took the job to learn what I didn't learn in school. 15 years later, I am confident in my knowledge and have no trouble getting a job. I have many offeres, and I decide who I want to work for. You too will get there. The fact that you are not expecting it all in the beginning says a lot. I sincerely wish you well.
Smart Med
Anybody know anything about Smart Med Transcription Company?
Smart Med LP
Hello friends, has anyone ever heard of or worked for SmartMed, LP, or I think they used to be called esmartmed. They seem quite nice just putting out feelers.
Thanks again
Smart Med
Can anyone tell me about Smart Med?
Wow - she must be SMART! :)
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Not trying to be a Smart A here, but (sm)
maybe by explaining about the new account coming on? If they didn't care, they needn't have bothered. Did you maybe want them to pretend they're doctors and dictate a few reports for you?
YOU were smart!
My experience with All Type revealed a very unprofessional, dismissive and even childish management. Apparently its easier to loose good people (and maybe accounts, too?) than to treat them with a modicum of respect.
Smart
It is nice to see there are some smart MTs out there.
I don't think it is smart s/m
There is life after MT. If you're retirement age, don't need to work and work anyway, that's kinda like greed doncha think? Come to think of it I don't believe I ever saw an armored car following a hearse.
There, no there is a smart transcriptionist
Keep running away from SS.
Smart choice. nm
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That is a very smart move...
Perhaps that would be a better strategy for me.
Left Smart Med LP
I left there quite awhile back when it started to go bad. It was a great company years ago. Then they started becoming very disorganized. No one knew who did what, and usually no one did anything to help with problems. They always said they would get back to you but most times no one did. Became a very bad place to work, in my opinion.
Even if there is one, most people are smart enough to
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More than one smart-source. sm
The smart-sourcing involves more than one hospital. It is a good fit for me. I had to try a couple of places and a DR smart source account is an excellent fit for me. There are not mutiple recruiters either, and to suggest the recruiter comes on this board as an MT is comical, to me. I think she might be busy DOING HER JOB. Try it.
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