I'm assuming she freezes on the phone with a pop spelling and abbrvn quiz. nm

• Testing - Need to Know
  • Softscript - multiple choice only, I believe. - nm
    • that explains - figures
  • medquist...ha!!! I did not even take a test. - lilworried
  • I know nothing. Why wouldn't you want to do a transcription test? - No
    • I'm assuming she freezes on the phone with a pop spelling and abbrvn quiz. nm - wanderer
      • As a recruiter, I hate giving these as much as... - sm
        • After just having my first, I can say.... - BTDT!

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I enjoyed taking it, may take the job if they offer, I need to get some additional memory in my computer but that should not be too difficult, about $35 for another 256MB.

First off, I agree with you about what type of company is the best bet for good pay, steady work flow, etc.  Small American-MT-only company that doesn't overhire. That's where I am now.

Secondly, the post previous to yours contains the incorrect assumption that those of us who are happy are only happy because we didn't experience the good old days.  I made between 30 and 35,000 for quite a number of years working about 5-hour days.  Thankfully I was able to have my babies and get them out of diapers during that time.  I was with that very, very small local company for about 13 years, then we lost the account.  (Ironically, the account was lost to the company that I'm so happy with now.)  The next 2 years I had an awesome account at MQ, M-F 8-5.  My bring-home was 1600-1800 every 2 weeks.  Then they started with their downhill decline and overhired for the account, which had been perfectly staffed, and I began running out of work all the time.  I floundered for a couple of years, trying new companies right and left and at times working 3 different jobs to be certain I would not run out of work.  The stress was ridiculous and no, I was not happy.

Now I am working for my original local company about 4-5 hours a day (they just asked me to go to full-time, but I can't) and about 5 hours a day for the small national that has been such a great fit for me.  I don't like working 50 hours a week, but I'll make over $60,000 this year.  My oldest starts college in the fall, so I can't slack off now.  My only scheduled time off is Friday morning (I work 2nd shift for the local company) and all day Saturday.  

I am actually making less per hour than I did 10 years ago, down from about $30 to $25 and hour, but after all I have been through the past 3-4 years, I'll take what I have right now and call myself blessed.  I'll be the first to say it is not easy finding a good company because it sure took me a while.  But it is not impossible. 

If you are unhappy, keep looking!  Don't give up!  If my situation changes and I lose my account or my QA starts getting nutty or I have to take a pay cut, I'll start looking all over again, too.  I sure hope I can stay put for awhile, but nothing is certain in this profession. 

Blessings upon us all.   

about only that I probably did read it at some point.  But I feel the same as you as far as caring about the drama.  There's drama all over this board everywhere you look.

My point is that we don't need to take sides.  It's not something we need to be involved with and yes people may decide they don't want to work for that company but they can also decide they don't want to work for a company because they don't pay for spaces.  It's one in the same in my eyes.  Not every situation suits each person.

Trust me when I say that posters will think twice when responding to company info requests.  They will think long and hard before posting.  So, in essence, TT got exactly what they wanted if in fact they really did sue this poster.  They got us awake here on this board and to watch our P's and Q's...  Have a great day!

Of course we want to support our fellow MT but not at the expense of our own jobs.  We try to help one another and then the bashing begins but who is to say that someone working for one company thinks they are spectacular and someone else didn't truly have that bad experience?  I've seen where people beg others to state the company name where it is so great so they can apply, too.  Then all of a sudden a company is accused of overhiring.  TT had a great reputation here, and now all of this has sent things spiraling on the basis of one poster's experience, just one poster has caused all of these threads to be neverending and we don't even know that poster or if anything she says is true or false now do we? 

You are assuming that I am taking a side, and that's your assumption just from reading my post.  There's a lot to be desired in assuming. 

Companies have the right to look at posts and post here all they want as several have done.  This is a public forum. 

As a matter of fact, I could be gourdpainter for all you know...  see what I mean?  It's one of those things where we take what we read with a grain of salt. 

the reports that aren't edited are the "garbage" dictations.  I currently edit on an account that has switched to editing and we have dictators that are new to the hospital that aren't on editing yet - and they talk just fine.... and we have 1 dictator who dictates very well but isn't on editing but has been at the hospital for a long time because this dictator has a PA that oftentimes dictates on their ID# and the voice profiles get confused about who is talking when this happens. 

I also know people that edit at other companies that say that not all of the reports are on editing for these types of reasons - so to presume that if a dictation isn't being presented in a draft is because it's a lousy dictator is untrue.  I've also seen some real bad dictators go through the drafts with excellent draft quality - and fot those types of reports you NEVER hear a Transcriptionist complain "but I didn't have to listen to Dr. XYZ yap at 75 miles per hour - the system did it for me and I got paid anyway!"

With a good dictator that knows what he/she wants to say and says it, without all the ...uh....ah....mmmm.....ah.....ugh, ad nauseum... rudely shuffles papers while you're waiting for the next sound ... without the courtesy of shutting the machine off while they steal even more of your time....yes, without all this inconsiderate behavior on the part of dictators...the above equation would probably be correct.

If anyone wanst to get through to me while I'm working, they have my cell phone number.

And, as I said, some accounts are using wav files -- no doubt soon all of the accounts will convert.  Hope so ... would make it easier (less expensive) to work when traveling.  :-)

Lots of good companies out there -- hope you find one that fits :)

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