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I'm glad you never run out of work..you must be typing (sm)

Posted By: Another Ohio MT on 2008-01-13
In Reply to: I have worked at MQ for about 9 years and have never run out of work. sm - MTatMQ

a specialty other than ERs.  I ran out of work quite often over 8 years but could usually make it up later in the week or in the evenings.  MQ also lost several different ER accounts that I typed so that was another reason for no work. Starting in January 2006 after they introduced their rewards pay scale, through July there were days when I typed 3-4 reports when I signed on and then the rest of the day had little or no reports.  I constantly asked for  more work but MQ told me they had no more ER accounts.  I did other basic 4 types but ran out of those as well. I even asked for a Radiology account because I had done Radiology for a local hospital several years earlier.  I wish things had been different for me at MQ because they were always flexible with me and I had good benefits there. I planned on staying there for the rest of my career.  That was why it took me so long to leave, I thought things would pick up and get better.  I'm glad some people still like it there and have plenty of work.  I wish that had been the case with me.




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anyone work for D&L Typing Service?

Do they seem to have alot of accounts?  Is pay still low?


anyone work for D&L Typing Service lately?
Looking for new info on this company.  They had recent adds
So what would you suggest? Typing ER work
xx
Is work at MDI SR or straight typing?
nm
I work VR work and there is NOT enough. I am typing 9/10ths of my day. sm
With the work flows are down across the board.  Now is not really the time to tell anyone to come work for TT.
Please work on your typing skills - your post has so
flexible, not flexable Spheris, not Spheirs MedQuist, cap the Q appreciated, not appriciated Also, it would be, ... with flexible hours (for those sleepless nights). ... I think if you will have difficulty finding and holding a job with those kinds of mistakes.
I work at KS and I don't even make that straight typing. :( nm

Shouldn't you get to work? They need you typing, b'cuz they have lost all
xxx
I work at DRC now and would be glad

respond via e-mail.  Been burned severely on these boards before and don't wish to go through that again. 


I'm glad you have work
They told me to be patient after four days of no work. Patience doesn't pay my bills!
Be glad, there is no work here. nm
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I'm glad someone is getting work.

I've been on since about 8 a.m. and now it is 12:45 p.m. and I have a total of 221 lines. 


Glad you have so much work. I
came from TRS, work in 2 platforms, have never been offered work in any of the Transcend platforms and when asked for another account was told no!  Have had not enough work available for a while now. 
I was told I should be glad to work for 6 cpl w/ 5 yrs exp
I told her to off this job to someone in India.

Her response was she had people glad to work for 6 cpl with ONLY 5 YRS EXPERIENCE.

She should be able to afford ONLY 9 CPL . You would think anyway.

lol
Glad to know I'm not the only one struggling to get work -- sad. nm
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I am glad I work at OSi. Never been happier.(nm)
nm
Yep. That's why I am glad I work at home. Yet
we have echos of in-house right here, and it sounds very familiar. Ahh, like the old days at the water cooler. Not! LOL.
meant arrogant and including. Typing too fast! Gotta get to work! :)
xx
Thank you! I am glad to hear that there is clinic work with SM

Wait .. that came out wrong. I'm not glad you don't have work .. just relieved I'm not alo
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I work 40 hours a week. I'm glad you're
back to making good money, but I don't feel that I-chart is ripping me off. If I did, I wouldn't stay.
I am glad I work on VR but what kind of line count
are you trying to get. What do you want to make, $ wise or line wise?
I no longer work there … kinda glad now. Sorry to see the changes that have happened. nm

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And we're glad you left too. Plenty of work for the rest of us. nm
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I am glad to hear that a lot of money can be made with MT work. This gives me hope for the future.
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I am so glad, so very glad that finally I have reached
the age that if we are low on work, I just take off. No problem at all and love the extra day or so off. I now have worked since the 70s and finally made to retirement age, get SS plus other retirement money coming in and thank the good Lord do not have to worry about if there is work or not. BTW, when I worked inhouse never ran out of work ever, only when transferring out to company do they run out of work. If I had to raise a family now I would most certainly cross train on other accts at my place but only have 1 that I work on, by choice.
Are you on straight typing or VR/typing?
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I also work for 8 cents a line. I left a job typing OPs for 10-11 cents sm
to take a clinic job. I made an average of $17-18 an hour with OPs, now make $16-17 an hour, but the work is easier on me. I do not call that poor pay. I type 200+ lines an hour. True, it isn't the $26-27 an hour I was making 10 years ago at a hospital, but that's gone for good. I have excellent skills, make better than 99% on QA at any company I have worked for, and some of those have been very demanding.

I'm afraid the people that are expecting to make $20-30 an hour in MT are going to be disappointed. A few can still make that amount, but for the average good transcriptionist, the pay is much more likely to run $15-20. Benefits are pretty much gone. However, I feel that what I'm making is considerably above what I could make in another field, unless I decide to teach, which I will not do. Still, I make more than I would at Walmart or Burger King, or even a secretarial job. It's my choice. Good luck to you.
Thanks! I'm glad to hear that, I didn't think anyone used it anymore! I'm glad to hear so
I'll definitely check them out!
Keep typing, my a__.
Good company to work for.  Been here 10 years and not birthing out babies.  Thank you very much.
D&L Typing
Does anyone have any info about D&L Typing?  They have offered me some work, but I have never heard of them before.  TIA
D&L Typing
I just started with them about a 2 weeks ago.  Yes, they have tons of work--I have turned away several different things from them.  As far as the pay, it depends on what acct you are doing, but it is rather low.
D&L Typing
I am not sure if they have accts that pay 9 or 10 cpl--that is something you will have to ask them.  As far as the direct deposit, I don't believe they do, their website says that checks get mailed to you twice a month.  Hope this helps :)
Does anyone know anything about D&L Typing?

:)


D&L Typing

They do have lots of work, they hire IC's only, and for themost part the people there are great.


They have issues, can't get into it here, but if you want steady work, they do have it.


Just keep your eyes and hears open, as with any company.


Any D&L Typing MTs out there get their
If they send out the checks on Tuesday, shouldn't you get it Wednesday or will it be Thursday?
d&l typing
I tried archives - but search keeps setting to main board and can't get company board. Anyway - I have had problems and wanted to see if anyone out there has too. - I will keep trying the search
JUST FOR TYPING WHAT?
What are you talking about?
D&L Typing

Web site for them is medicalreport.com.  They hire often, some say they don't pay on time, some say they pay low, some say the staff is bad.  Others say the opposite.  I would say search but with the initials, nothing comes up. I say beware of any potential new client' as an IC.  Hard to tell with this one because no one comments frequently like they do the other companies here - maybe they aren't known like I know them.  I can tell you they like to fish, so you may get other responses here - all part of a fishing expedition. Like many of the other posts regarding them.  They try to catch their ICs talking about them - like they could ever be confirmed.


I have nothing nice to say about them, to any question you may ask. so to be fair, you should wait for other comments for both sides.


Med Typing
Anybody know anything about Med Typing Service out of New York?  Thanks for any info!
Don't you have typing to do?

You must just be an unemployer loser as someone down below stated .


you know how when you are typing sm
the keys sound different? The only way I know how to describe it is like way back when I was learning to type, you can just hear the difference when you hit a wrong key. Now that is coming from someone who learned to type in the 60s! haha.

I don't know how to explain it. Maybe somebody else can, but when you are typing, don't you kind of hear the flow and know when you have a typo?

Somebody help me explain!
I saw one ad that was 5 cpl TYPING
I was completely flabbergasted!

I hope, hope, hope they got ZERO responses, but I have the feeling a SAHM or some other newb applied.

I need to stop coming to this board. It is depressing.
Did you see that they have a typing...sm
speed test on their site? I was tempted to take it but they asked for too much identifying information.
actually, the typing speed...
is not as important as learning to use an expander to do the work for you.  This is the REAL key.  I type perhaps 300+ words a minute using mine.
And like I said, if you weren't typing SM

the stuff, they'd have nothing to come back to you with.  And how did they get angry with you anyway?  Did you respond to their feedback with negativity and not take responsibility for knowing your account or the basics of transcription?


From knowing many people with your type of attitude over the years, 9 times out of 10 they are people who have the same problems at every job, don't take feedback well, think they are right all of the time and just generally cause problems.  Instead of taking responsibility for your part in doing a job, you lay blame on your supervisors, other employees, etc. 


copy typing
What exactly is copy typing? Just curious. Thanks
What's wrong with typing something right
the first time? My informal posts are indicative of my work quality, which is nearly error-free. I find it very hard to believe that some of these people who claim to have 99-100% QA and a nack for MT are being honest with themselves when they can't even spell simple English words. An occasional typo is one thing, but rampant grammar and spelling errors gives the impression that the person is either a lousy MT or a bored nonMT trying to start a flame war. If someone has to go back and proof every report to that extent, I don't see how they're making any money at all. Maybe that's the real reason behind wanting a higher line rate. The focus needs to be on quality, not quantity.

Excuse me for being honest. I don't nitpick at simple typos, but I'm tired of amateurs who think they have the nack ranting about deserving as much money as those of us who can do any report or ESL. How were any of you helping the original poster by telling her to demand more money and quit one MT company for another when she's obviously not ready yet?
try D&L typing service
I worked for them and they are closed on weekends so what they send you on Friday gives you all weekend to toggle it. Some of their work is also 48 hour turnaround time but depends on account. They pay on time also but no direct deposit.
I have D&L typing info

I worked for them for 3 years but part time.  The good thing is you are set up with your own doctors so you have the same dictators constantly.  They do pay on time but the cpl is not real high and depends on each doctor so you can be paid a different rate for each.  Need anymore info let me know.  What did they offer you for work?


D&L typing comment
I saw this post and was concerned for you.  I worked for them from 2000 to 2003 and never had a problem with paychecks, however the owner was controlling it all at that time and every other thurs or fri she would send the paychecks out snail mail.  They would get all data together on tues and wed to my knowledge then they would promptly go out and I never had a problem.  She owner told me she would always welcome me back if I wanted to and even provide my accounts back to me but I have since learned I was ignored by the staff and not rehired.  I believe she never found out I was available.  I see a problem now that you mention this as I think there are many new turn over of employees in that office since I have worked there so they just don't care.  I bet the owner would not like to hear that.  I would call and ask for Donna - the owner or John her husband.  They should be aware of this.  I think her help is not doing her a favor.  Maybe I am lucky for that staff to have ignored my request for rehire back in December.  I would appreciate feedback on your situation in the future as I still was considering calling.