Holy $&@! No wonder it is not cost effective to do VR. I make double that sm
Posted By: Nurse Diesel on 2008-06-26
In Reply to: To Mtgurl - SGSer
for VR/ASR at WMX.
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VR is not cost effective for MTs
I agreed to a certain amount for standard transcription and a certain amount for editing. You need twice the amount of minutes for editing to make what you need but the minutes aren't there. In any event, it is not worth it. I say look for another MT job that doesn't use VR or find another profession.
How it is cost effective -- see inside
Why would any company care how long it takes for an MT to complete their work if they are paying by the line typed? I just posted that I would try and find the Advance article, but I believe it said that offshore MTs are only 25% productive as US based transcriptionists. I doubt that Transcend would risk lying on their SEC documents. There are many companies out there that send much more to India.
Bottom line, I am not sure why all of this is being brought up now and by people who state they do not even work at Transcend. I have a close knit team and we are all happy at Transcend. I never said they were perfect, and I am sure there are companies out there that compare, but it's a great fit for me.
The insurance cost is double for Transcend but insurance probably doesn't factor in for her.
I have heard more good things about Axolotl than Transcend, although it seems Axolotl may be less flexible with your schedule and someone told me that QA was pretty strict, which should not matter either if you have worked for a hospital and know what your QA score is.
Why would it cost to make a complaint? -sm
If they start charging, no one will ever make any complaints.
Maybe they want to make sure people double check their spelling.
If you are not sure of how they are spelled, you really should look them up.
They are well known brands and easy to look up.
I believe it i was effective June 1st.
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ADP/ MW, yes, but not effective till February.
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... which is a pretty effective way of shutting people up,
An email would've been a better use of our time. Plus then we could just delete it.
So what should she have said oh holy one?
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holy cow!
so many of you who responded woke up on the wrong side of the bed today - or are you always this nasty? She is asking a question on how many of you do work every weekend and how you do it. She turned down the job so why are you so quick to crucify her? To the OP, there are still companies out there that do not require a commitment to every weekend and some that require no weekend commitment and even some that require no commitment to any set hours, like a true IC should be. I know because I work for one. It took me some time and research to find the company that met my needs, but they are out there. Keep looking; you will find the one that is right for you, too. If this one doesn't offer what you want, you did the right thing in turning them down. Stick to your priorities and good luck to you.
Holy Guacamole!
That's rather pricey! Is their pay scale such that insurance is in fact affordable? Not being sarcastic... just curious!
Holy moly! Thanks for that!
I hope you don't mind if I use it my own self! There are a lot of questions in there I would NEVER have thought to ask.
You might want to ask about shift differential for evenings/nights/weekends, holiday pay, OT pay, whether OT is ever available and/or is OT ever mandatory. I don't like ASR so I'd ask something about whether they were moving towards more ASR. I can't think of anything else ATM.... Thank you for the great ideas!!
HOLY MOLY
I had no idea. WOW!
holy smokes .. shoot me!
I talk to people daily about transcription and I could not agree with you more .. what a sad state for professionalism. You could be in the cellar transcribing in your undies, but I do not need to know this and most of the hard working MTs out there who daily do make a difference are offended by the visual. Working remotely is not a given, but it is a boon to people with children, with disabilities, with limited access to a strong job market. It does not mean that you do not take what you do seriously and that you give it your best. I am so fortunate where I am to have a great team of people who work hard, turn around good work, keep their end of the bargain we make, and appreciate that they have a great situation and respect themselves for having achieved a great account, good pay, good feedback and employee status with good rates and benefits that are very affordable. My intention is to keep it that way and thank heavens mostly I have my wits about me and choose carefully and well. Our MTs are professionals and we thank our lucky starts for them each and every day. The interesting thing is that I think that a recommendation for someone to come to work with you is the most sincere form of flattery and while we add to our ranks, I am getting so many referrals from our own MTs.
Personally, I would raise holy
bloody blue .. but I have to agree that with automation today there is no excuse for not having direct deposit. Then, to have to pay for it to be late .. I would be a mental case! UPS rides the men, apparently they are not the tightest ship in the business any longer. The Christmas rush was never an excuse before, it was when they shone .. lousy service seems to have an intrusive and pervasive effect on everything these days. As for him being offended .. after 35 years there is nothing you could say that he has not said himself .. often! Merry Christmas .. I am so sorry they failed you.
Holy never-saw-that-one-coming Batman!
Whoever you are anon....thanks for sharing that. I honestly had no idea and it really makes me sad. Looks like our grand formage needs his hiney paddled. So totally not behavior becoming of any company in this day and age.
Holy McMollee! Unreal! nm
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Holy Cow!!!! Are you serious??? What is wrong with people??
Are you sure it wasn't in New Mexico, although not much different clientele. Wow.. I'd be moving on and telling them to lose my number.
Holy crap - one heck of a cut . sm
One of the reasons I first went with WMX was the 35 hour work week for FT with bennies. They stopped that.
The health insurance was decent, but if you chose to use it and had the option of another policy available you had to pay a penalty/fine or whatever they call it.
The ASR rate was better than other companies - now they fixed that.
I guess they will do away with our 12 hour windows next. Though I understand now everyone even has those.
I was disgruntled when I worked for MQ, but they did cut our wages in a more gradual manner.
This is a HUGE percentage and right here going into the holiday season. --
We are all going to have to hit it harder to make any money at all. You think work is short now --- just wait.
My, aren't we the Holy One. Talk about judgemental and
condescending. What makes you think you know c_p about everything? I didn't *settle* for anything, honeybunch.
Holy cow..$900..they obviously are not contributing to their employee's insurance.
That is just outrageous and one of the worst I have heard being offered. At that rate, they can go get their own plans for half the price. I had applied but never mind..I pay $360 a month now for family insurance and 9.5 cpl..so forget them..
Holy Cow -- all 3 of my accounts have work. One even OT. The secondary (sm)
one had been particularly low for weeks now and today there is a massive quantity. I wonder if maybe that hospital was trying out another service and just sending us a small amount. Whatever the reason, the work, at least for now has picked up greatly.
We are having KFC for supper so I can get in there and get a few of those OT lines while they last.
Hope everyone else is having good luck with their accounts also.
Holy crap, that's awful. This has all be enlightening. I'm doing more reserach,
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Holy Smokes! That is high. That is what I was quoted for private ins.
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Holy Brown Stuff. Is that reliable info? (nm)
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Jewish high holy days begin at sundown tonight.
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my name is double ?
thats my name. pls use another name.
Sorry double ?
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You have to pay double....sm
The employer share and the employee share.
I pay quarterly.
Now this is a double duh....
I get a QA every 3 months. There are a lot of doubting people here. I can hardly wait until most are put over on some crapola VR program and then they can really complain. I love mine, plan on sticking with it and well, just figure out for yourself on the split. Just say half and half. HA!
Double ditto
I work for SS as well and couldn't agree with you more. This is the first company that has sent out nasty e-mails regarding taking MTs pay away. They are so unprofessional.
Always double check your
And then check it again.
sorry about double post
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OK. Double wow. Same newbie here doing well.
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double dipper
Sounds like a yummie dip cone!! LOL But! Hey I know of some managers that do it - and get away with it. And we wonder why these transcription companies can't or won't pay their MTs well, its cause they are being robbed blindly by their trusted management. Shame shame.....
Double Dippers! Wow!
I just wanted to bring up the thread from below as its getting buried down there. OH MY GOSH!! I had no idea that this was going on, but it sure does explain a LOT of what has been going on and I haven't been able to figure it out. Wow! That's about all I can come up with. I definitely know of at least 1 or 2 QA staff who must be doing that for sure - they are just never there - hammer out the jobs by simply filling in a blank for any question, and churn thru the jobs, paying attention to none. Yet one can never really contact them. They must have rows of computers set up on their desks! Or lots of KVM switches, on top of lots of nerve. Yep, these cheaters are definitely ruining it for the rest of us. Double dipping would never even have crossed my mind, but it sure does explain lots of weird situations.
Double Dipping
not only does it happen but then company overstaffs and makes it easier for the DDs to continue. They are just always swamped with work, and nobody is the wiser, but I know! Its disgusting!
double dipping
I know when I previously worked for a company out of NJ, the recruiter who hired and trained me and maybe was my supervisor--no one ever gave me a straight answer on that one--also had her own company and was advertising on the other board for people for her own company and offering higher pay! How crazy was that?? Consequently, besides what seemed to me to be an unethical situation, I could never get an answer to a question because she never had time! And it seemed like I would never know what I had done incorrectly until I did it, and then QA would be VERY unhappy. Needless to say, I didn't stay there very long.
It's the double-dippers (you know who you are) SM
Who have more than 1 hourly QA job and are juggling the companies during the same hours. It's all well and good for people to say that QA should be paid hourly (and I agree) but when you have people out there who will take advantage and get 2 jobs at $15 an hour during the same hours this is what happens.
You might double check this...
In the 3 states I have lived in, they did not charge to change your phone number if you were changing it due to harassment. And this certainly sounds like harassment!! I can't imagine being called that much by a company I don't work for, telemarketers are bad enough, but at least they have to stop at a certain time of night. Caller ID was the greatest invention ever, I don't answer unless I know who it is and that I want to talk to them. Good luck to you.
Double with eScription
Yes, with eScription, I am able to double my lines compared with typing. I am actually doing a bit more than doubling.
I see a lot of double dipping at
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I have more than double your experience and sm
I make 8.5 base rate, but actually 9.5 because of incentives. YES I think right now you are a bit off you want 9 cents or better base rate. Because so many places are now making you an employee, paying a portion of your taxes, providing medical insurance and PTO...well those aren't free. Sure, you earn them because the MTs are the only workers who generate all the income of a company, but there is only so much after the cost of equipment, the monthly per MT platform costs, the cost of support staff, with which to pay the MT. When you further decrease that pie by paying benefits, it means line rates go down.
If you go IC, which is getting harder and harder to find, you could probably get 9 cents a line all right, but no benefits and you pay all your own taxes. I was an IC for years and I never got to a point where the taxes didn't still kill me. Your situation is different and you'd have to access that for yourself.
Line rates aren't everything. I was making 9 cpl IC last year and my gross was $35K. I took a job with a base of 8.5, good incentives, and my part of my health insurance is tiny, BUT I will make about $42K this year AND have benefits, although the line rate is technically less. Oh, and that $35K was working 1 full time job and 1 half time job all year (a lot of hours) and the $42K will be made at 1 job with many fewer hours.
double standard
Since you're so knowledgeable about how to treat people and what's insensitive you surely know that you came off looking like the bigger jerk with your condescending, bullying way of making your point. There are ways of educating people without making them feel bad about something that was unintentional to start with. I don't know if you actually have a double standard or are just a bully, but I have much more respect for the OP as a person since she admitted her mistake and apologized and you still wouldn't let it go. You may be an expert on PC, but it seems a little phony when you present it in such a hateful way. Grow up.
I can double my lines with VR and
I average around $20 or above an hour but this is an account I have been on for years. I have to have the audio as fast as it will go and that is some fast editing in order to make. Probably with incentive and per hour not as much as in the past but I like VR very much.
Double Amen!
No matter what they tell you...they do NOT give raises..EVER!
Somebody needs to double check
The laws that apply to someone who is an EMPLOYEE may not apply to someone who is a STATUTORY EMPLOYEE, which are two distinctly different classifications. I'll contact TPTB and see what I can find out.
No cost here either
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cost...
For medical and dental it is around $85 biweekly. SGS is also the only company I know of that allows contractors to have medical and dental, around $110 biweekly, as long as you meet 9600 lines minimum biweekly, which is pretty low these days.
how much did YOU cost THEM?
If the FOB belongs to the hospital, why in this world would you not want to do the right thing and send it back even if it means going out of your way (although it is crystal clear here that this would be against your nature) to do right by the hospital?
I could never, ever do something that could cause an MTSO to lose a client and if you chose to follow the road you are on that is what could happen. It doesn't belong to you. It has security codes on it. The hospital is upset. The MTSO is upset. You are upset. Crimy!! God save the MT profession from crabby, nothing-better-to-do-with-their time old timers like you!!!!!!
Do you think that you are so special that you were the only one who lost money on trying to get you started up? People in the hospital were helping. People at the MTSO were helping. You were sitting around waiting, not helping and you continue not to help.
Send it back all ready and be done with it!!!!!!
Because they are a pain in the A double SS up there. I wish they would take their 1 hour TAT and
stick it. Sick to death of them.
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