I agree with one thing you say. With almost any company right now, unless you marry the job and
Posted By: PAMT on 2009-04-27
In Reply to: TTD and FOCUS - Anon
 work 24/7 and jump through hoops, dont expect to get the best or be treated the best. They are always looking for the new to use and abuse and thus the circle keeps going. We all burn out being used and abused and they know that so they keep adding new MTs to use and abuse. That is a fact in MT today. I dont specifically know anything about these 2 companies but it is the same at the 2 places I currently work PT. Exact same situation. I have stopped jumping and I dont plan to do that anymore because in many cases, you still go down with the ship when they get an urge to overhire in these larger companies. They dont sit there and pick and choose. You just go down with the rest. Small companies may fiddle more with that but not the larger ones.
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Marry smart! nm
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Marry for money
I always made my own way. I'm one of those dumb, independent women who does not need a man to support me. Good thing too, since the 1st one died unexpectedly at a young age. I wouldn't recommend marrying for money as a good solution. What if you get old and he runs off with a younger chick? Nope...I'd rather work in a house of ill repute before I'd marry a man I didn't love. Well.........maybe I should say past tense. I don't believe I could get hired in one of those places now. LOL
I gotta get out more often, marry some money. NM
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Just marry a guy who has a great income, that was my solution, who wants to work that hard!!
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I agree with some of this, especially the assistance thing
I just heard in my state of New Jersey, someone qualified for low income housing and/or some other hand outs because they made less than 50,000 a year - that's right less than 50,000 is now basically considered low income! So, at least in this state, if a family is not making closer to 100,000 you are pretty much hurting. The average couple I know do make around that much and none of us are living all that great. Is it similar in other states? Really curious.
Have to agree with FBI thing...see inside
My brother-in-law is an engineer at Lockheed-Martin. He is part of a group making equipment for the U.S. government. They went to EVERYBODY before this, including neighbors and old friends. We live in a very small town, so the neighbors found it funny yet interesting. It happens in every business if you're working in any type of capacity with the government.
the only "school" thing I agree with is sm
the fact that we need GOOD schools. There use to be a shortage of MTs and now there is a shortage of well-taught MTs. The schools saw this profession as a cash-cow and advertised as they did. They got all the suckers who wanted to do this to just work from home, took their money, taught them very little and it has spiraled down from there.
Now we have influx of MTs who expect it all now, high wages, best hours, best accounts, etc. etc. Only way you do that is through years of experience not when you first start out.
The only thing I don't agree with is that the posts from management
would keep me from there. I think they are small enough to be personal. I think they will learn as they grow though to not react so strongly that this too shall pass. I know that a friend of mine who works there is a lead Transcriptionist now and is learning to be a manager as she goes, so not all of them are bought like at MQ and Spheris and the like. I think they are all transcriptionists who have been promoted from what I understand which might explain a lot of why they feel they have to defend the company.
Glad you agree but disagree on one thing sm
This is far from a socialist country. Oh trust me, I have many lawyers in my family and you can sue a company who won't hire you if you have disability. These companies are treading a thin wire.
How would someone like it even if they simply had an abortion on their record and a company didn't like that!
Agree. How rude to use that ASSume thing,
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agree with absolutely every thing said, and double on the rude staff...nm
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The thing about this company (sm)
is that they keep their accounts fully staffed. It is not unusual to be transcribing reports that are an hour or two old. Unlike the company where I was before, they were a day or 2 behind - always - yes, there was plenty of work, but customers were not happy. They lost mucho accounts for that very reason. When the work is so caught up as it is at TT most of the time, a slow patch is much more noticeable more quickly. As far as the LV acct goes, maybe another person whose acct is slow because of weather is typing that as a backup. Most people don't just sit around and wait for work without asking for another account, unless they can afford to. They are keeping their clients satisfied, which is what they are in business for. This will not last.
One thing I can say, the company I
work for has excellent communication. E-mails are answered 99% of the time within 30 minutes, and if marked priority within 5 minutes.
I worked for this company. The one thing they do have
Maybe you should ask for backup accounts, more than 1. They never run out of work, at least they didn't when I worked there 6 months ago. On the other hand, they have been hiring a lot lately. Can't hurt to ask for a backup.
Same thing happened to me. Distrustful Company
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I envy you. 5 years ago at my company I would have said the same thing
Now they are using such unfriendly software, can't fix any of the problems, it seems, and I'm seriously thinking of moving on. The owner hires her friends, and I really don't think anyone is qualified. JMO, of course.
Going through the same thing. Wondered if you are working for the same company..
Can you give us a clue who you are talking about. I think it is who I also work for if their name just has initials. If it is, then I will tell you what a big part is...they are overhiring for the wrong accounts and acting desperate on other accounts. Ridiculous. Someone does not know how to organize the work flow.
Don't be too skeptical..same thing happens at my company. I think as it nears the end of the pay
period people panic if they are not where they want to be at so it seems like everyone jumps online to get in a much work as they can and it ends up being slim pickens. So, honestly, I don't think the other poster is making excuses. It does happen.
not from Seascript but get that same type of thing from another company. Then
they called me twice asking me to send in paperwork which I couldn't send because their e-mail kept rejecting it. Glad I moved on.
Can you give me a hint as to which company? The same thing happens to me too and I am an IC. nm
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I was thinking the same thing. I'd definitely pass on this company. nm
Every week a different company has bad posts. The funny thing is that sm
it just goes round and round. How about doing something about it rather than arguing back and forth. I think we all can agree that there are good companies and bad companies but that for the most part they are all pretty similar. Slipping through the cracks? It happens. Be the squeaky wheel and call the company. Obviously they need people if they hire. Perhaps your resume was stuck to another or your message not written down correctly. Perhaps you misunderstood something and need to clarify it. Perhaps they misunderstood something and need to clarify it. If you have chosen to work for a company and did your research, then you have to decide after a month or so if it is the right company for you or not. Transcription is a very small world and these service owners talk amongst themselves. They work on making transcription better not how to burn and tick off the next applicant.
Be realistic. These companies all have good and bad points. The really bad ones are obvious with the paychecks that do not arrive for months and those that continuously bounce checks and those that rip off their employees with fraudulent line counts. But the ones that are constantly attacked on here are the ones that have been around for awhile and will continue with or without you. MQ, Spheris, MDI, Transcend, Transolutions, Keystrokes, Heartland, TransHealth, OSI, Precyse and Cymed are going to continue to hire and fire and have happy MTs and MTs that do not like working for them. The truly bad ones like XXXX and SS, to name a few, the ones that only have horrible posts are the ones that will fade away.
I heard it was to be bought by some company out of the Phillipnes or some such thing.
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I agree with this and if any company has more
than one of these problems, I would stay away. I can name a few to stay away from: TransHealth, Spheris, MQ, DSG just to name a very few. Every company I named had at least one of the problems mentioned above, usually more.
agree about her company name.....
it does sound strange: And I Said Yes
Well, excuuuuuuse me if I Just Say No
heh heh heh (Friday yet?)
Agree they are hers not company's
I don't know about elsewhere, but at my last company I was told we were supposed to create our Expanders off the clock so it didn't cut into productivity. You bet your bippy I took them with me - saved them to a file, emailed myself the file, emailed it to my new job, opened them and copied them into my Shorthand. Didn't have to bug tech support about it either. In fact I was encouraged to do so by my new employer. It is NOT stealing when you made them on your own time, it IS your intellectual property, as well as any lists of particular medical terms you have made, etc. You're not taking their program, you're taking YOUR file.
Oh absolutely! I agree 100%. Especially when it comes to my company
the "company who shall not be named"!  Yep, the fabrications that can start flying out on that company are actually funny by the time the flaming thread gets done, but sure must work and scare off a load of MTs, though, actually, by the looks of the new hires, nobody believes them! I think it works against "those" type of posters either way - the extremist cheerleaders and the extremist bashers. They actually do more harm than good for their individual causes, because they sound so NUTS!! 
Yes, I agree. It makes you wonder what this company is really up to.
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Agree. Terrible company
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I agree - the company I work for is doing the same
I wanted to sit down and cry. It was awful and SO BORING!!!! If you find anyone, let me know. This is awful.
I agree that they may not be a legitimate company.
See post my me above in response to internship post.
agree great company
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Agree. Great Company.
Very flexible in scheduling as long as you get your lines in. Pay is always on time. Owner is extremely nice. Good pay. Easy software.
I agree! And only a garbage company......sm
would pay QA less than what they are worth. Unfortunately there are quite a few of those! But there are still some good ones out there (although few) that really do care about quality are willing to pay more than secretary wages.
Agree, they are a good company. sm
Pay is always on time, and the platforms are easy. I do have heavy ESLs in my accounts, and problems with running out of work. I think the accounts that have plenty of work are internet accounts.
I agree it is a strange company
I just have to add my 2 cents. I have often thought of Amphion as strange also. It is very strange to me that a transcription company thinks it is perfectly acceptable to keep their entire crew on mandatory OT for 5 months, really without much explanation at all. They act like this is normal behavior. The final straw for me is that they have made the choice to keep all the MTs on mandatory OT (an hour a day extra almost every day FT and PT employees) and take on NEW accounts. On the team I work on, they took on a new account last week and kept us all on mandatory OT. They are hiring and training people like crazy, but why would a company choose to keep their loyal staff on OT for 5 months and take on new clients instead of giving the new hires a chance to get in, get trained, help us get caught up first? They are a very organized company though and send out a job status report every morning. It shows the new accounts and all. Do they think we won't notice they are choosing taking on new clients over giving their MTs a much needed break?
They are all about money and will never say no to a client it seems. They do this without explanation to the MTs, an apology, a bonus or anything. They do say thank you for your dedictation and hard work a lot, but quite honestly, that only goes so far. Yes, they do pay us time and a half for OT, but gosh what about living a life. I have a family!
And by the way ... they expect their work to be perfect as well, even while we are overworked. Their QA is very tight!
Yes indeed, strange company! Amphion does have some good qualities, but in my mind the cons outweigh the pros greatly at this point.
Add me to the list of those from Amphion looking for other employment!
Agree, they are a good company...
Yes, they are a great company to work for, so don't you think they deserve a call instead of this broadcasting? I have been with them for near 3 years. They have always been honest and I don't have to worry one bit that I will receive every dime of my pay.
Please call them, and have the decency to post back that the issue is resolved, at least.
I agree with you!!! I also left a big company for this one and
it's been just a few months and I love it. I don't dread work anymore!!!! No regrets.
I agree on the small company.
I was my happiest when I was with a small company, but then they were acquired by a larger company and so I left. I guess that's the point I was trying to make. Working for a smaller American-owned MT company that doesn't overhire is a hard job to find simply because they don't overhire. The MTs at that company don't want to leave. The problem comes arises when a lot of larger companies pull the tactics mentioned before and then there are many, many MTs doing what you said...looking for another company. That doesn't leave many smaller companies to chose from because most aren't hiring. I think that's where the problem comes in with a lot of people being frustrated with going from company to company only to end up in the same boat a few years (or less) later. There definitely is a downward trend in this field. Some are fortunate to have the good jobs, but it's not the norm anymore like it used to be.
I agree -- if someone does not get paid by a company, that's something we all sm
need to know! As much as some of us may love doing what we do, I doubt any of us want to do it for free. One of the purposes of this board is to network and share such information. I know if someone did not pay me, of course I would go through the legal channels, but I would be screaming my head off here, warning everyone too.
To the OP, sorry this happened to you -- hope you get your money soon.
I agree - Amphion's the best company to work for
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I agree with the posts below, I think it is a good company. SM
You do receive good training on the computer. The whole week of training is on the computer. You will start IMMEDIATELY on production with your account. That is my only complaint.
I agree...I found this company to be very back and forth...
when there is work, everything is great...but when there is no work and you want more, somehow they can't come up with any and make excuses as to the lack of work, et cetera...I moved on and am happy I did... I know people who are happy there so to each their own, this is just my own experience...good luck!!!
Agree - familiarity and comfort with a bad company
Well worth the learning curve. I invested years at MQ too but was becoming physically, emotionally, spiritually ill more and more. I feel like a bird out of prison.
I agree, it's a great company! I have worked
at many places, but Transcend is the best. No company is perfect, but I have been very happy here.
I agree. Keystrokes is a good company that sm
really does care about its employees. I have been there a long time (7 years) so I have seen them grow from small to large. There have been a lot of changes through the years, all positive, and if someone is not there now, they really do not know what is what. This year alone, we have added benefits including PTO that posts quarterly so that you do not have to wait a year, paid life insurance, dental insurance, additional life insurance to purchase and vision insurance. These are in addition to great health insurance that only went up $8 compared to my husband's company that went up $180 per month, Aflac, 401k and other benefits.
Yes, there are a lot of happy people working there but not every company is for every company.
Did they have a lot of problems back 7 years ago, 5 years ago, etc? They did but they worked through them and improved themselves and continue to do so.
I make great money, have steady work with very few exceptions and have great benefits. I was remembered with a card at Christmas, every birthday and with a gift each MT Week. I have received little thank you gifts here and there, get OT pay when asked to work it and do not get bothered as long as I do my job. Their standards are high but their pay is higher than most as well.
THAT is why there are so many happy people at Keystrokes. If the company didn't work out for you or you didn't work out for the company, it may be time to try them again as things are always changing for the better. If you did not work out for them, tell them that you can improve as well. I bet they'd listen and consider that.
Are they perfect? No, but they are as close to a perfect job as I need and want. As long as they keep improving and not making bad changes, I will stay until I retire in 8 years.
I agree, it shows a company has discretion rather than
wise decisions. That is rare in this business.
I sure agree with you about the lousy communication. It seemed to be a company wide
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Agree, but it wasn't the company mentioned in this thread.
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Don't have mine yet either...agree with above post about company going downhill..sm
A constant lack of work since November. One day we are working and then the next day we are told to sign off because of no work and to not sign in until they tell us. In total since November I have missed 17 days due to no work. That is a lot of money for me. Hard to get another job because I need my insurance.
The same here! I agree. They are a great company but the lack of work drove me away.
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