I agree, I fought the no-offshore fight
Posted By: TypinHappy on 2008-12-22
In Reply to: Tell 'em sister... - offshore or not
And all it got me was broke! I don't care as long as I have a job. I know their quality is bad. I know there are some accounts that can't EVER be sent offshore and those are the ones I'll work on. On another note, now days when people want to talk to me about the jobs in other area being sent offshore, I tell them I don't care. No one really cared when my jobs was sent offshore a few years ago and I just about lost everything I had, so the only thing I really care about now is whether or not I have a job. Not meaning to be bitter or mean, that's just the way I feel. Happy Holidays!
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Amen but you can't fight when they offshore to mts fo .03 a line rate
see my above post..and help me
Amen but you can't fight when they offshore to mts fo .03 a line rate
see my above post..and help me
When I worked in a hospital, we all fought
for ER dictation, so much that we were assigned days. Love ER. There are a lot of runny noses, etc., but the docs normally say the same thing over and over, so you can get lots of macros to increase your line counts significantly.
Battle was fought and lost years ago. nm
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they are not going down without a fight
Which may be a good thing for those still working for them, no word on payroll yet - anybody got news on whether they stepped in &*&* and are able to pay their payroll yet?
I heard they did layoff some in house but to screw with them they noted last date of work as one year ago to delay compensation.
Just all around bad if you ask me.
Those who work there, should be careful - not sure I would continue.
Who, exactly, are you going to fight?
What, you plan on showing up at doctors' offices and hospitals screaming, Pay me more, pay me more! Good luck with that. Don't be surprised if they call the police.
Please, *Fight the fight* sm
Some people are always gonna be hurtful and mean, others are becoming that way due to the stress of this entire situation for such an extended period of time, and yet others are always gonna be idiots...
NEVER stop trying to help those who appreciate it and need it. I appreciate it and need it and if you have helped just me, then it was totally worth the cause.
PLEASE IGNORE THE STUPIDITY AND HELP THE REST OF US!!!! I truly appreciate you and remember, for every 1 person you help, you get back more than twice the rewards! :)
D&L another way to fight back
send email to the pocono mountain chamber of commerce - they are active members. they can be found on line - I think anyone who does a disservice to their industry and their local region should be reported.
Flood every agency you can with complaints and get these people out of business if they are doing what everyone reports them to be doing. I am so glad I do not work there. I will stick to complaining about low wages and cranky office workers - at least I get paid
You are crazy, I am out of here, fight with sb else!...nm
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Those things go to the strong, who FIGHT for them.
and tell themselves how 'lucky' they are to have a job at all. I sometimes can't believe how brainwashed so many MTs are.
You could fight it if that company had to pay a hefty
that in turn actually made it more cost-effective to hire American. Let's face it - those people don't understand anything but money, and how much they can make. If it costs them more to hire Indians than Americans, then they're going to use offshoring as a backup, not as a FIRST CHOICE.
I applaud your tenacity to fight
this. Don't get me wrong...I am an IC who has also gotten really irate at MTSOs who have continually wanted to have their cake and eat it too. You may be right about your taxes. It may be beneficial to you in the end and you may even get a refund. However, if you have claimed office in the home, etc., you will end up owing your share of taxes (well, come to think of it, once you deduct the self-employment tax you may still come out ahead). Since you have been with the same company only a year, it will not affect you that much. I have been working as an IC for the same company for 14 years and in the early years it was very flexible and accommodating to me to take time off for vacations and for my kids' activities but things have certainly changed from the perspective of MTSOs skirting the law for their own benefit and pocketbooks. Let us know how your fight goes and good luck
We have to unite and fight back before other MTSOs
In my non-attorney opinion (I am NOT and never have been an attorney or paralegal and I am NOT giving legal advice) and knowing that Transtech will be reading this, I, for one, will give you any support you need. Their case is not worth your time, but you are stuck with it. Since I know that some attorneys can nickel and dime a client to death, here are some things you might want to have with you when you visit your attorney. (I realize you may already be in the process of compiling this information and I do not mean to be presumptuous, I just want to help. I know when my brain is processing a million things, I sometimes forget some basic ones and am thankful when someone reminds me. Please take this as an offer of help.)
1. Copies of ALL your posts from May of 2009 to July 29, 2009.
2. Copies of all the posts for the other five user names alleged by TransTech from May of 2009 to July 9, 2009, especially the one they referenced about the “CEO.” You may have to contact MTStars to see if you can get them to confirm that your e-mail is not connected to those posts.
3. Copies of all the POSITIVE posts about working at TransTech.
With regard to TransTech’s statement: “These defamatory posts have affected TransTech’s reputation in the industry and have damaged it financially as well as by causing prospective employees not to pursue job opportunities with TransTech.”
1. Print out as many negative posts about other MTSOs (MQ, Webmedx, Spheris, Focus), especially if there are any from the other five user names that they allege in the lawsuit.
2. See if maybe MTStars would allow you to run a petition to disprove TransTech’s statement “…by causing prospective employees not to pursue job opportunities with TransTech.” Any Medical Transcriptionist/Editor Job Seeker who reads ANY post (on MTStars or any other Board) knows that, beyond a shadow of a doubt, there are lovers and haters. There are as many cheerleaders as there are detractors. Every Job Seeker knows to take anything posted with a grain of salt and we all know that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I, for one, am currently looking for employment and I, for one, would sign a petition stating that nothing I read on MTStars, pro or con, influences my decision as to whether or not I would apply at TransTech (or any other MTSO for that matter) if they advertise a job opening. If you can get 50 or 100 other Medical Transcriptionists to sign a petition stating that your posts had no influence on them as far as pursuing job opportunities, that part of TransTech’s allegations would be proven to be without merit.
There is no Medical Transcriptist Union, but that does not mean that the approximately 100,000 Medical Transcriptionists in the United States will not stand up for each other, especially when it comes to Free Speech. We have to show the MTSOs that we do watch each other’s backs and no MTSO can get away with suing an individual Medical Transcriptionist without insulting us all.
I say fight it. I worked for a doctor who fired someone
because she continuously would dispense medical advice including stopping Coumadin and other potentially life-threatening mistakes, yet she qualified for unemployment. They stated the doctor would have to prove gross misconduct. If that wasn't considered misconduct, it must really have to be bad and not meeting production would also not qualify as misconduct. Appeal it, they will have the employer do a phone interview and have to prove their point. Good luck with that. I don't see how they have a leg to stand on but just stick up for yourself. At this point, you have nothing to lose but possibility something to gain. More people should fight back and call them on this supposed misconduct. They are bluffing. Call their bluff!!!
offshore overseas.... not outsource .... correct term is offshore.
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This seems to be pro-offshore board. Messages against offshore often just disappear.
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offshore to India, it's OFFSHORE (off shore), not outsource to India.
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The offshore...
but that's to cover third shift. They have no intention of replacing their whole staff with offshore workers. There are things I don't like about the company but I believe them when they say that. They've been offshoring for years and have plenty of work for those who want to work in the US.
Offshore, offshore, offshore.
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Do you me offshore
Outsource is what hospital do when they send their dictation to a company such as Transcend or OSI.
Offshoring is when they send their dictation to overseas transcriptionists. It is easy to confuse the two.
offshore definitely nm
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They offshore, top pay is around 8.5 cpl.
There have been several complaints the last couple of weeks about lack of work. Benefits are good. Don't know about platform. Check archives, lots about them lately.
Offshore
Diskriter and OSi also offshore.
Rather than have new posters search through tons of archives for answers to this question, maybe a list should be made of all companies that do offshore and posted permanently on the board, with revisions made as new ones come up. Just a suggestion...please no flames!
Yes, they offshore.
They have a facility in India. The fact that they offshore is all over this board. They have purchased several companies. I do not know if one of them is in New Jersey.
Did he tell you they offshore? nm
They offshore.
They both offshore
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They use offshore. sm
I saw this on their website under hospital solutions:
We offer a choice of Domestic or Philippine based medical transcription services with U.S based Quality Assurance specialists, and 24-hour or STAT file turnaround.
They offshore too.
It's offshore
I never thought the academic and research would go offshore too, but I was wrong.
With a pay cut like that...they might as well offshore.
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Offshore sm
Medware, Focus Infomatics and OSI send work offshore. Don't know about the other one.
and it's no wonder MT is going offshore with
makes an MT work under these conditions!
They offshore. Very low pay.
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I think you mean that they offshore.
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They offshore. They don't pay very well.
They've changed the way they pay recently, which I think is a bit strange, but seems an attempt to make it seem like you are making more than you are.
No but they do offshore
They finally admitted it after denying it for years. I am looking for another job for a lot of reasons. One reason is the extra work without pay, and they do offshore on one of my accounts so I have to hop around to find work to do. I am tired of it. The other poster is correct-- they do not seem to care about the MTs.
Yes they do offshore
Yes, they offshore
They offshore, pay low.
I think two people who work there speak English.
Well they do offshore of course
They go give mentees a chance and spend the rest of their time figuring out ways to screw the rest of the MT's out of lines and money.
It's definitely the big O that is sent offshore
because I had to QA them.
Yes, they now offshore sm
They have what they call Precyse International now in India I believe.
It was a pretty great place to work, but as soon as they started to offshore, things changed quite quickly. They sent the good work away to Precyse International, at least on the accounts I worked on anyway. That is why I left.
They do offshore!
Yep, they do, I work for them and I do know this for a fact.
How do you know they offshore?
Their recruiter told me they don't. Specifically, I asked if that was how they got their name and was told Yes. But WHY are they ALWAYS advertising?
yes they offshore, otherwise not bad
they pay on time, pay rate is 6.5/9, insurance isn't great, but my supervisor and QA are good, they have incentives and overall are decent.
They offshore..nm
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AND they don't offshore!!
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They offshore, but don't really want you to know that. They
also slipped that the best dictators are offshored while the garbage is left for US MTs to do. The recruiter told me that I was lucky that an account that almost never has any openings because all the MTs love it and don't leave had an opening. After she mentioned the name I knew she was full of BS because I had worked on the account when I worked at YOG and I knew how difficult the account was. When I talked to the team leader she told me what a difficult account it was and that they couldn't keep MTs on it because it was so difficult.
The recruiter and the team leader IM'd the entire time I was talking to them, which I felt was very distracting and unprofessional.
I turned down the position so can't give you any specifics, but they sure did leave a bad taste in my mouth and I would never recommend them.
Offshore
Wonder where there QA is located. Oh, yeah, we got to fix those errors for peanuts per line.
PROBABLY DONE OFFSHORE!!!
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I don't know if they currently offshore, but
they have in the past. They lost so many accounts due to the poor quality of the offshore work. Positions are IC only and no direct deposit. I don't know how much work there is with Rad account, but there isn't much work otherwise.
I wouldn't recommend QT until they can prove themselves again. You can go back through the archives and read past posts about all the issues the last few months. There are still lots of hard feelings and lots of good MTs still struggling trying to find positions with decent companies.
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