I'm unclear as to what this response has to do with My Opinion's post.
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and you have to have 6 months minimum of nutritional and exercise counseling before consideration for payment.
And... I have a right to post MY opinion
of any posts here as well. There is nothing 'angry' about what I posted. Not once did I say that recruiters, owners, etc... do not have a right to post here. I stated that those who come here and post and get into back and forths and arguments with MTs are unprofessional and that such actions reflect poorly on the company for which they work or own. This is my opinion and I am entitled to post it here.
opinion post
That is, without a doubt, exactly correct.
Thanks, I will call and ask. Sorry I blither and was unclear. nm
You are not a professional and by far, your post was not an opinion
It is apparent that you possibly are one of those MTs that has to jump around from company to company.
Is ok for OP to post her opinion just as it is okey
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i appreciate your response and post but....
take it to email and more personally than to expose it publicly on an internet bulletin board.
This would show some (quote) CLASS (/quote).
Here's my response to your post....sm
1. If you've been gone 7 months why do you care? How do you know who the supposed troublemakers were if there were any?
2. Since you've been gone a while you haven't seen the communications to the employees, therefore it's unfair of you to judge anything about what the company has done since you left and is doing in the future.
3. The company was open and honest about this experiment with offshore labor - didn't try to hide it like other companies have done. They could have not said anything, done it, and the transcriptionists wouldn't have known for months.
4. Experimenting and doing are 2 different things - and just because something is being explored doesn't mean it will be a done deal.
5. The company fought considering using offshore labor but with the government not caring about it across the US or federal labor it's hard for anyone to fight it permanently - see the administrator for MTStars comments. IT's not just transcription getting hit by offshore competition. It's other jobs as well. Ford is closing plants due to offshore competition. Kraft is closing plants. Other companies are doing the same thing and moving jobs overseas. Stinks doesn't it? But until we citizens of the US start insisting on stiff tariffs to anyone using labor outside of the US the trend will continue, especially since the lawmakers don't give a crud (probably due to payoffs).
6. If you're really making all of the money you're claiming then good for you - especially if you're not working extra hours. Be happy for yourself and don't knock another company. It makes you look bad. One person's dream job is another person's disaster. I'm sure that where-ever you're working now has people who say bad things about it.
Response to: Where did my post go?
Your post was deleted twice. You cannot mention account names on this site.
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In response to your post
No and re-read my post - I sent an email to payroll with my banking information and asked them to Fed-Ex my check directly to the bank -- yes, I am having a payroll deduction for this, but it is because for the branch of my bank it is 3 hours away.
JLG is NOT the only company that does this as FutureNet does it as well as far as no DD and mailing or sending checks.
I really don't know why the post below is in response to
my post. I have no complaints about CardioScribes. I just wanted to let the original poster know that I did receive my line count report and she would also receive hers. I am very happy at CardioScribes. I had some issues in the beginning, but my team lead and Tonya went out of their way to address my issues, which are no longer issues. In other words, they took care of me and did everything in their power to make me happy and that I am....HAPPY!
I think the post above you was in response to:
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Please post your response
Please be sure to publicize the IRS response you get. That way, these companies will get the idea this is wrong and can't dispute it. Plus, we'd all like to know too. If the answer is out there enough, the MTSOs will have to abide by it.
In response to your post
I had the same thing -- hired by companies -- DD thing and if not immediate a paper check -- then for some reason it didn't work either way, I have never had a problem with identity theft on the part of an employer even after leaving for several months -- I just think that if it did happen, the bank could trace it and the MTSO employee who tried to do it would be in deep poop
In response to your post
Most of the companies that I have worked for in the past had a built in method of counting lines. I was told by the person who supervised me at the company to just take the character count iwth lines and spaces in Microsoft Word and divide by 65 which is what I did. When the line count came back from the hospital with them using Sylcount, by their methods, I had been shorted approximately 1,000 lines. I am being compensated by the company for those lines. I then proceeded the other day to download both Practicount and Sylcount, however for some reason, I could not get a line count. With Sylcount, it was a trial version, and I found out via the grapevine that with a trial version, it would not count the lines. I then received a liscened copy of Practicount, from the company; however, again for some reason, it would not count the lines. As to the other issue involved, because of a family emergency with my current landlord, I am having to find another place to rent. Right now, my search is limited to weekends and this was explained to both the supervisor and the owner of the company but to no avail.
After I read it, too late, but I did post my opinion about it so I
am no longer ill. I am one who will speak up about my beliefs as well as those of the people I know.
Have a good day.
I like the post and wanted to express MY opinion, just as you
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And a great opinion! Good post. nm
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I think it may have been in response to the post just below from Wanda....
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the post was removed and my response
I worked for them, if you do clinic, ask about demographics, as you need to find the schedule, then find the name and MRN, go back, fill in all demo screens, takes a lot of time, for a 2 minute note, is a waste, you won't get a lot of lines that way. My QA was good, supervisor was not. University accounts have a lot of different dictators. They pay on time.
Response to your post re: Wireless
Just a bit confused regarding your post and wireless. You mentioned that TT said it was not acceptable. Are you referring to a wireless router set up, where for example you are getting a signal off of someone else's wireless connection or are you referring to an air card through a cell phone provider?
The reason I ask is that I live in town and can hook up through my landlady's wireless router, however, the signal is not very strong and I have had problems with connecting through the VPN at times and staying connected. I also have a USB wireless air card, which I purchased through Sprint when I lived in a rural area and could not get either cable or DSL for a period of time. Spint, Verizon and many of the other cell phone carriers now have USB wireless air cards which you just plug into a free USB port on your computer. The biggest problem with this kind of card is that you have to be in relatively close proximity to a cell phone tower in order to be able to get any kind of speed for your uploads and downloads.
Also, with an air card, you have to commit to so many years, and you may have to pay for the card. I was lucky enough to get my air card through Sprint for free (Normally around $200 I think) and I pay $60 a month for unlimited internet service.
There are MANY companies out there that allow this kind of a setup. The company that I am working for now allows this, as well as FutureNet. Most of the time, if you explain the situation of having an air card to your technical person, there are ways of getting the program to work. Hope this helps.
In response to Janets post
Janet, in response to your question -- you work 5 days a week, if your schedule falls on a weekend or a holiday -- yes, you are EXPECTED to work -- holidays are a bit lax -- I am NOT taking it out on you personally, but HOSPITALS operate 24/7 and 365 days a year -- my daughter is a nurse and does not get holidays off unless she schedules way in advance (and she is just a year into her career) -- I get soooo tired of I don't want to work weekends, I don't want to work holidays that I could scream -- I know you took the job to be with your kids but think of how business would be otherwise - when I was growing up, stores used to be TOTALLY closed on Sunday -- this is no longer the case -- bet the grocery checkers and everyone else dosent gripe about working weekends or holidays -- Ithis is a career and you have to take the good with the bad.
I normally get up in the morning, have my coffee check email do checking of my system and hit the ground running -- sometimes I have good days and sometimes I have awful days, but I have been in this profession for over 30 years and if I have had to had a holiday off, move et cetra I have scheduled it ahead of time either that too, holidays do not necessarily have to be celebrated on THAT PARTICULAR day.
Off my soapbox
Then why was posted in response to MY post? - sm
Am I supposed to know it's for the OP?? And I'm quite relaxed and chilled out. Maybe you're the one who needs to relax and giving orders. 
and if you click on that post asking, you will see response under.
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I recall your post. You did not get a response and it was YOU
who were very rude and downright nasty. My goodness, you have no insight whatsoever.
The answer to your question would have taken a great deal of time to answer, perhaps others did not want to get into it.
I decided NOPE after I read your post, though never did find initial post question.
Not sure, but I come across people who literally expect adoption papers to be taken out and get angry when this does not come about.
I think ya all DO have a
hip aw rooon the shoulder, just don't have the energy or inclination to bother. Sorry.
Inside is the quote; not the red. The red in my post is my own personal opinion.
*** We started using the Enterprise Express Speech System in late October of 2007 and have already seen a 500 percent increase in speech-recognized drafted
reports. While just 20 members of our team of 300 transcriptionists
are using the system now, we plan to expand its use significantly. In
only 60 days we've seen dramatic productivity climbs and our team
loves the system. ****
Jo..I e-mailed you a response about your original post....(nm)
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Do you think you get a better response to post your resume on here or answer ads on here. Which one
seems to give the best result.
With all the negative posts in response to a positive post, I am
surprised that anyone posts anything here.
I do not work for Keystrokes but I like to see what is out there, and the benefits they are offered, if coupled with a decent line rate and steady work load, are better than most I have seen.
Gone are the days of fully-paid pension plans. Gone are the days of three weeks' vacation. Employers cannot afford these, and not just in transcription.
If you aren't interested or do not like something, just ignore the post. You obviously were interested or you would not have read it.
Can't we cut back on the nasty posts on this board? If it does not concern you, don't criticize.
If you are not looking for a new position, don't gripe about ones that are being offered. If you are looking and a company's line rates, benefits or perks don't meet your personal requirements, why cut that company down? Just move on and good luck finding what you are looking for.
I agree with the poster about being mad at the entire industry, but I still love my career choice. It has been a good fit for me and has allowed me to live a nice lifestyle.
If I wasn't happy, I'd move on to another career.
good post, but in response to 'why apply if you don't want the job'....
This is only my opinion. If I am considering taking on a new account, I will send my resume' out to a few companies, and see what offers come in. If it takes one company a day or two to make an offer and another company a week, I may not be available in a week.
Not sure if you think it is proper to send out a resume to just one company, and cross fingers hoping they will call with a decent offer. I, for one, prefer to interview the company, not have the company interview me.
Hope this sheds some insight on why you may not receive a call back from those who submit their resume'. You may be taking too long to get back to them.
did anyone get a response from the original poster? this post is just fishy, especially since they
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Hear, hear! Read My Opinion's opinion.
Regarding Wondering's question, the company I work for is investing strongly in upgrading its MTs' and editors' skill levels (exactly what this says about need for us for ten years down the road I can't say). This morning I found an e-mail saying they would pay every one of us to attend an on-line class on making Expander macros to increase our productivity. Amazingly, I have to assume many employees were choosing not to attend the unpaid ones they had been offering...
My post should say the post above not the post below, Sheryl's post to be specific. nm
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opinion
 Best company to work for as an IC. I have been with them for 4 years. I could not imagine working anywhere else! Management is great! Never has a paycheck been late. Growing by leaps and bounds!
Opinion
I've been at SS for 1 year now and am making decent at MT'ing. If you get a decent account and learn the ESLs you can make good $ - but watch out for the newbies- its hard and they change the rules constantly. There are new people making more than the old people and doing less for the money, management changes on a daily basis, and you never know who to write to because they don't send out updates or answer questions anyway.
Opinion
I would wonder if it wouldn't be illegal for a company to use such a program (on your personal PC) unless they provide you with some sort of privacy agreement for you to sign stating that they possibily could be monitoring your Keystrokes while logged into their software. I don't see how they could do this legally without first notifying you that they have the potential to do this. Without such notification, especially on your own PC, I would say this is illegal to do such a thing. But that's my opinion. I may be wrong.
In my opinion I like it better. nm
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just my opinion
i think they're e.mail's are rude "big'hurry."
Opinion
This is simply the opinion of the person who wrote it. That does not mean you don't have the intelligence to make an informed decision. Obvious the person who wrote this had problems with 2 different companies. That particular person may have problems with any company they work for.
When you read these posts, keep in mind that if everyone agreed with all of these posts there would not be a transcription company in business anywhere.
I do not know about OSi but SoftScript has treated me well, as will most nationals if you give them your best effort. They want to hire good MTs and expect quality work. Give them that and you will be compensated fairly and treated well.
Likewise...this is simply my opinion. Take it or leave it. 
Opinion
Forget company #3. The problems you mention are valid. Try another one.
As far as QA, it depend. You don't have the flexibility as much as being an MT. One thing I myself kind of miss.
If your getting tired of typing all day, QA is better.
If you enjoy helping others and answering numerous questions and can see yourself as a mentor and teach people everything you have learned and are adaptable to many kinds of formatting issues, than QA is a good choice.
Sounds like #1 or #2 are your better choices.
Hope this helps!
My own opinion
Keep in mind, to use MQ as a reference in the future, I would depart with them nicely. To just up and leave, in my opinion, is rude.
I realize that many people dislike MQ for various reasons, but I like them and have had a positive experience.
Again, I think it is only appropriate to give 2 weeks regardless of the situation, again solely because you want them to give you a good reference if need be!
Hope all works out!
SM for just an opinion.
I'm certainly not going to tell you it's impossible - if you do a good job on the test, they may decide to take a chance on you.
However, it seems a lot of them nowadays want either 2 years' experience or graduation from one of the Big 3 schools, and I've heard many say they have a tough time getting their foot in the door.
I would talk to your school and see what they recommend, who hires their graduates, letters of recommendation, etc - get whatever assistance you can from them.
Good luck!
Your opinion is just that ...
it is YOUR opinion. I have my own. We don't have to agree!
Kudos to you for 8 years and 7 years' service. ??? I didn't ask that. I asked if you are upset with the companies you leave?
I didn't make this personal -- you did with posting your opinion of Spheris.
I don't think I need an answer to my question; I think I already know.
I hope you enjoy wherever you are at. Enjoy your day!
My opinion
You asked, Did I handle this situation wrong? You stated, I feel like a heel for not giving my best.
My answer: Yes, you handled it wrong. You were not upfront and truthful with YOURSELF, let alone with the company. Once you heard the words about offshoring, you should have made your opinion and position known clearly, definitively, and strongly, not taken the tests, not pretended anything, and made fast work to beat a path to the front door, and not waste your time. Your behavior was passive-aggressive, i.e., you pretended, you were not truthful. You should have taken yourself out for lunch after speaking your mind and standing up for yourself. Next time, do things different and learn from this situation.
That's my opinion!
My opinion...
I've worked for them going on 4 years now and plan on staying. I've worked on the same accounts all 4 years (tough ESLs, but after awhile, you get them all and can get plenty of lines---plus nobody wants your accounts and work is plenty--something I have learned in my 25+ years). The pay is good, it's always accurate and on time, PTO is great, and I love not having someone over my shoulder all the time. I've done my rounds at other nationals and this has been my best experience. Each company is unique, you have to see what works best for you.
My opinion
If this sort of thing keeps up, I would most definitely start looking for another job. There's no excuse for any company to do such a thing. It's not right and highly unfair. The minute I found another job, I'd quit and not even give them notice for doing such a nasty thing!!
Everyone has an opinion and you are welcome
to yours but after 10 years of personal interaction with the woman, knowing her professionally and personally, you are wrong about her only being interested if you can help advance her situation. She is very industrious and hard working and I think all of these negative comments, well, it doesn't matter what I think about them as it will not bring any of you any peace.
My opinion...
Personally, if I was an employer, I would not want to hire someone that was not confident in what they were doing. State the facts about your experience. Let them worry about whether you have enough experience!
KS in my opinion.....sm
In my experience the KS platform is easy to use, my rad account has plenty of work and great communication with team lead. Pay is on time and plenty of opportunity to make money.
Be careful with expressing yourself and getting answers with X-Press. I went through the interview process with X-Press over a year ago, they sent me manuals, ready to start but when I emailed my lead, asking the usual few questions about the company, (basically to ease my mind since the hiring process was SO long and had been told conflicting things) she forwarded it to Mr. David and he in turn accused me of being a trouble maker and of slander! It was all very strange.
and that too is just an opinion and U know
My opinion
I agree with you pretty much, although I have yet to find great trained VR files. The worst is when ESL doing VR..It's just scary. You might as well retype the whole report. Every great once in a while I get a really clean editing job that does not require too much time to clean up, but that is not a lot of the time as I work a lot with ESL who try to do VR. If we cannot understand their English, then how can a machine. My opinion is that no one should do VR editing for less then 4 cpl at any time, or you might as well go work at Starbucks for minimal wage, although I hear their benefits are better than what any of the MT companies offer LOL
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