I agree. There is a reason why companies ask this question - SM
Posted By: ERMT on 2007-12-28
In Reply to: Yes, you are being out of line. - Your name says it all
Most good companies will ask you this question so that they can place you an account that is a good match for you and one that you will enjoy. Why does this irritate you??? You should be happy that they want to make sure to match you up with a good account. Would you rather they not ask and place you on an account that you hate? I would get over it.
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Yes, I agree, and this is also the reason
why the whole MTing profession is going down the drain.
Jumping directly and immediately - without actual on-the-job-training - from school graduate into the very competitive and fast-paced real workforce is overwhelming for newbies.
I mean you have NO reason to complain about MW when there are companies like MQ-nm
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I think that attitudes like yours are the reason companies are looking elsewhere. sm
You work from home to be with your family and not be treated like you are in an office? Give me a break. Act like an employee who deserves to get perks and maybe you'll be treated better. Follow your shifts (not signing in 2 hours late and ending early) and you won't get a mean email. You sound like a high school student with their first job. Where is your work ethic? I do not agree with te work going to other companies, but they seem to want to work while a lot of U.S. MT's do a lot of whining and complaining. No wonder they want to replace us. Less headaches and hassles for them. They want to make money.
We've chased our jobs away. Not all of us, but those of us with attitudes like the above poster.
Am I angry? You bet. Do your job and they will have reason to look elsewhere. The rest of us who work our shifts when we are supposed to shouldn't have to suffer because of attitudes of others, but those attitudes seem to be the majority.
It's quality is NOT the reason those companies...sm
chose to use MTs from your country - IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEAP AND SO ARE YOU!
Companies only slammed when there's a reason.
Check back to the archives a couple years ago, when it was DRC, and you'll find little written about them. That's usually the case on these forums. If the company treats its employees well and pays well, people are too busy working and being happy with their job to be posting here. Also, the former version of Acusis, DRC, was a smaller company with real people at the helm, not avian creatures and robots, like now.
No doubt there are probably people who've never known anything else, who would be content with that situation, but I daresay most of us aren't.
Agree, but all the more reason for these hospitals (sm)
to clean up their acts wherever they can, i.e., banning cell phone dictating!
This attitude is the reason that many companies give nothing at all. sm
I worked for a company that gave a small bonus about 5 years ago. So many MTs complained about the size that the owner decided to never do anything again. I know of a few other owners that feel the same way.
I only have 10 employees, but I cannot afford a large bonus, so I am not giving anything at all. Believe it or not, most MTSOs do not make millions, live in mansions and eat bon-bons while their employees do all the work. There are times that my employees make more than I do. Not whining. Just stating facts.
I agree. I think the reason why people crab about not
just as with many other companies, TT has trouble trying to hire for overnight, 2nd, 3rd shifts, and weekends. People want day, so TT hires them for day. But it is a 24-hour 7 day business and the docs generally dictate in the afternoon or late evening for the work they did that day and for the preadmissions for the next day, or emergencies. A long time ago when I worked in house I realized that working a different shift than everyone else would benefit me pay-wise, and work-wise, and now since I am at home, TT has worked with me to have a great schedule. Why great? I am flexible enough to work when other people are not willing to work, and TT appreciates that so in return they allow me to split my time working so I do have time to be with my family. The MTs who want day and only day, no weekends, etc. I am not blaming them, but that is where the work is eaten up by everyone else not willing to flex. Any company whether IC, SE, or Employee will have the same problem. Sorry such a long note, but I have not run out of work at the odd hours, and I don't believe that I will.
I agree.. from what I see here a lot of places are slow. That is no reason to quit..
I believe MDI-FL values its MTs and are trying to get things worked out so everyone is happy, but as we all know, you cannot make everyone happy all the time.
I'm guessing the reason these companies won't put their names is afraid they will get bashed.
I'm not sure why else they wouldn't be proud enough to put their company name. Pretty sad..
I agree with you, but do most companies look the other way?
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oh I agree, the BAD companies seem to be sm
The companies that put you through the ringer and waste all your time, some how end up being the crappy ones to work for, micromanaging, superior attitudes, low pay, emails all day long addressed to everyone, wasting more and more time.
I agree about some companies getting the accounts
quite a bit of companies gobbling each other up. Whenever there is a management change, there is also employee turnover as procedures are changed. Sometimes it is a matter of MTs not working out with one company and moving on to a better fit at another company and sometimes it is because MTs are being asked to leave because they just don't fit where they chose to go. I don't agree totally with your statement about good for MTs as while there may be jobs being offered, the industry itself is offering less to the MTs they wish to employee/retain, which also leads to dissatisfaction and increased turnover. It's an ugly cycle IMHO.
Agree that most companies don't care - sm
about your problems, they just look at the bottom line and if the work is getting done or not. I had a similar experience with a different national. Mom was ill too, I was already PT but was not meeting quota, partly due to traveling to help out my dad and to see my mom, also due to no work when I logged on. I did talk to them about my situation and despite being told they understood and were fine with it, they canned me about 2 months into my mom's illness since I was not producing enough. So much for being understanding. I was doing the best I could in the circumstances. I understand their position, but don't say that it is okay and then fire you because you are not meeting quota (after they said it was okay not to). They were not shorthanded so it was not a question of keeping up with TAT, they had too many people and we were all fighting over the scraps as it was. I was not heart-broken to leave, it was their loss and I am glad to be away from all their crazy rules. I just went on to work more for my backup job in the long run.(I always work 2 to cover my butt).
I agree. There are no perfect companies out there....
But....I feel MDI is a great company to work for. If you have to nit pick every little thing, I don't think you will ever be happy no matter where you work. And by the way, it sure doesn't take much time at all to look up docs on the roster. Question....what do you do if you don't know a drug name?? Do you look it up, use the internet or just leave a blank??? In my eyes, it's all the same. Research to produce a good product is all the same.
Agree. Sometimes I think these companies are just getting jobs done for free. (NM)
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I agree on all fronts! Same experience, but 3 different companies. All
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I agree.. It seems to me that some companies may "make up" names because they know they have t
one to post here. Can't anyone get more creative than putting Nintendon's XBox and Game Cube together LOL.. I believe the rapper is Ice T but I'm not for sure. I'd have to ask my teenagers.
Have to agree. Tax time hits companies, too.
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I Sooo Agree...some HR Recruiters/companies
do not realize how much a waste of time it is for them and the potential employee/IC to go on with an endless hiring process of repeating application questions, testing, etc...possibly only to find out that they do not pay enough, or some other major item that is not unacceptable to one of the parties. I have had some time-waster interviews, and I do not like to feel I've wasted my time any more than the recruiter does.
I agree, but it is what it is.....the companies don't care about anything but TAT and lines, line
Unfortunately, it all boils down to the bottom line, money.
I believe a "thank you" is warranted in many cases, but don't hold your breath for one.
It is sad, very sad.
I agree. Big companies are killing the American dream
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I agree - speak up. Most companies / supervisors want to hear sm
what their MTs want, to make them happy - or at least mine does!
I agree.. Too many companies treat employees unfairly and feel they can get away with it.
Too many MTs would have just turned the other cheek, chocking it up to a bad experience and moved on, which is what I probably would have done, but the buck has to stop somewhere. Good for that MT...
You can be fired for any reason or no reason at all.
No one HAS to employ you. No one MUST keep you in employment.
As an IC, your unemployment isn't coming from the account of your contracts! It comes from YOUR tax payments!
Maybe there's a reason for that.
I find it hard to believe that it's just a coincidence that so many people are having so many problems with so many different companies for it to be just the fault of the ones you call complainers. A lot of people really do something about, but it's still a big upheaval in their lives and I don't hold it against them just for looking for someone to share it with.
The reason they are doing this
like the other person said is to be more competitive with the market but what they are actually doing is lining the pockets of the big shots they just hired with the savings they don't have to pay their employees. Goodbye!
The reason I'm asking sm
I just wondered what it would take to make that kind of money per line.
I have close to 20 years experience in acute care and I was not offered even close to that, with only a half cent raise after the 2 week period, which still does not get me to what you are getting. How many years have you been with them?
Reason for U
Here is a reason, the owner of Omniscribe goes back on her word. She will tell you one thing, then do another when the mood suites her with no thought to you as an MT whatsoever. Is that a good reason for ya? BTW do u work for her? Why do you need a reason when someone tells you to beware of a company? Isn't that reason enough?
Exactly!! And that is the reason
work is being offshored!! People crazy enough to accept something ridiculous as 4 cpl!!
Some MTs will try to think of any reason why they just are
not hired. They totally overlook the actual problem, that being themselves! I guess they need an excuse so why not make up something called a black list? That's as good a reason as any to deny that you just lack the qualifications of some companies or just are not a good MT.
Any reason...
Yes, I believe you're right there. It is always easier to blame the other guy than to be accountable for our own shortcomings. The reality is that there ARE some good companies out there, not all are bad, and yet it seems they all take the heat with things like this. I find that unfortunate and would hope that any recruiter of those good companies would weed those folks out in the interview process.
For what reason?
Have you not returned equipment? Do you still have a foot pedal, computer, etc.? What else in the world would there be to bother you about?
This is the reason why (m)
it's impossible to get any real info here. You can't be honest unless you have only good things to say. I also would not be shocked to learn that people from the companies themselves post some of these questions just to see what kind of responses they get, then axe the people who respond in a way they don't like.
Because there's no reason..sm
..for the OP to want/need to know anything personal about us, let alone our SO. And it doesn't matter why WE decided to get into the field. Everybody has their own reasons, the way I see it, and why I went into it or why you went into it may be different than why he/she goes into it, so what difference does it make really. That was the way I took it. Seems very personal, just in terms of the asking about your SO part and the benefits. I tend to think it's MTSOs trying to find out info on us and why maybe they don't need to offer us benefits. Just being paranoid maybe, but you never can be too cautious these days.
Yup....that's the reason I went with them! (nm)
The reason I am an MT- sm
I have done this for 25+ years. If I was choosing a career at this point, I don't know if I would choose MT - it has changed drastically in my lifetime. However, I would like to tell you why it is chosen and why we do continue.
When I first started doing this, I had no clue regarding the enormous amount of information I would be required to learn. I did not know that it would be an ongoing and never-ending process of learning. I just thought it would be cool to type medical reports and wondered how hard it could be to listen to someone talk and type what they said! When I started getting a clue it became a challenge. I was already hooked, learning new things every day, feeling important because I had doctors talking into my ears, and knowing things about health/medicine that I had not known before. After a few years of striving to learn medical terminolog and hours and of hours of research in books and online trying to make sense of what I was hearing, I decided I had invested too much time/effort to do anything else.
For every medical report that is typed, someone behind the keys has had to learn terminology, lab values, physiology, anatomy, medications, proper style/grammar, and do it all quickly.
It is not the companies or the nickel/dime antics they play that keep us doing this. It is a geniune love for what we do - at least for me. I don't feel superior because of the knowlege I have gained over 25 years; however, I have worked hard to learn the things that make me a good medical transcriptionist. I am happy with my job/life because I choose to be. I could complain about the companies, MTSOs, etc., but I have worked at other jobs and had complaints. If it was not a job, I would not get a paycheck.
I love the field. I enjoy typing medical reports. I enjoy the research. I am good at what I do. By the way, if you ever find yourself on the receiving end of our work (in a hospital bed), think of your chart as the medical transcriptionist's gift to you - hopefully it will be typed by an experienced MT who stayed in the profession and knows how to do it right. 
ITA and my #2 reason I'm looking for another job. nm
I know the reason...
It used to be that the only abbreviation anything you could use with Lotus was what you could enter in MS-Word...no abbreviation Expander was compatible (for a lot of reasons I'm not going into just now). In any event, there was a compatibility problem with Lotus not counting all the characters expanded by abbreviation programs and the transcription manager was having to go in and manually count the characters to give the MT the proper pay. You can imagine that was a nightmare!
They have finally found a compatible abbreviation program that is fully compatible with Lotus...it is the only one compatible. Good company, honest people...They WANT you to succeed.
The reason for that
is because OSi has a difficult time staffing and then the workload gets way behind. That's also why they offer such a big hiring bonus. Unfortunately most MT's don't stay there long enough to collect it.
I have no reason to lie.
I make copies of my report prior to uploading when they must go to QA. I have been an MT for many years. There have been times when I have left a blank in a sentence and after seeing what QA has done..they deleted the entire sentence. I had no problems whatsoever hearing the other parts of the sentence.
DSG sucks in so many ways it is not even funny. There are no checks and balances in terms of the QA staff. I have no idea what their requirements are but I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THEY HAVE ENTERED RUBBISH IN THE BLANKS!!! Terms that could not be referenced ANYWHERE!
SOOOOOOOO....while you are wasting time reading this board...why don't YOU go work on a plan to do audits of the QA staff. And, since you want to be so informative...what happened to the QA manager who was recently hired and now is gone???????? Huh????
she will want to know the reason
I think your liason will probably be willing to move you to a new primary, but I would guess that they would want to know the reason why you want to move. Just explain it in basic terms in a professional way.
Is this the only reason you
are thinking you might not stay? I am thinking about applying, but I would like some input. It seems like it could be worth waiting for pay if it is stable and on time. It might be a wait for the first check, but after that pay would be twice a month, so it seems like there is something else that you don't like. Is the line rate good? Since you have had a week or so, maybe you could tell me what their dictators are like and if you get put on a bunch of accounts or just one. How about the platform, easy to use or not? Any information would be helpful.
There is no reason to take this job...
There are lots of other jobs out there - apply to those. Check the company board and you'll find reputable companies. I've even applied in the past to companies that weren't advertising but actually did have positions available (just no need for 100's of applicants). There's just no reason to torture yourself with this company.
This is the very reason
that companies overhire to keep their word with their clients regarding TAT. They give the client their word the work will be kept in TAT and then the MTs do not work if they do not feel like it and what is the end result. Same old story of how a few bad apples make everyone pay the price one way or another.
I think the reason
that they had to change it to the 7th and 22nd because we were needing a certain pay date. I know when I first started it was there like the next day, and then it went to two or three days. The more people they added plus the manual counting plus us always worrying is probably what prompted them to saying hey, it's just going to be the 7th and 22nd now.
Plus it does say in our contract they have up to 7 days after the cut off date.
(Maybe our banks should quit screwing around and just let the money go in there as soon as there is a DD, I know that would make things A LOT better! :) )
One reason
My experience with AllType was one of serious email communication problems. Then, when the paperwork was finally sent, it did not reflect the information discussed during the interview. Seemed like it would be a hostile working environment. Just my opinion, but was enough to cause me to call a halt to the process.
One reason
Focus is not the same company that they were 2 years ago. They were sold to Nuance in 2007. They used to be nicer to their current employees, too, but that changed.
Here's one reason why :
In a word: * QA *.
You do a good job. You research. You proofread. You turn out a correctly transcribed medical document.
Then some Editor who is paid a low, per-correction production rate gets hold of your work for *random QA*, and since there's nothing wrong with your work, takes it upon themselves to make changes, so they'll get paid more.
And voila. Now you have a report that's a piece of crap, and you never know it until it goes to the doc, and the doc complains to the MTSO. Then you get called for the *mistake* and docked for it.
There is no reason to tell them you
are working PT for someone else.
There is really no reason to tell your
FT job you work PT for another company. The only conflict would be if your FT company supplied your computer and you used it to work PT for the other company.
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