I am still really amazed about that MT who bashed the co this week for being fired because of her
Posted By: sm on 2006-01-07
In Reply to: I agree with MTSO though... - Long time MT....
poor quality! You rarely see an MTSO fire an MT because of poor quality (boy would I love to see it having seen some of the poor quality that is sent to the facilities) because there are some who are just given so many chances that they do not deserve. They need to be weeded out and continue to be weeded out and for one to publicly come on here and bash an MTSO for doing what they had to do really has stuck in my mind.
I still think MTSOs really need to be a cut above the MTs when it comes to going off but yes I do understand that sometimes they just have to say something.
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There was someone on here this week complaining of being fired from a co and on another board
there was an MTSO who openly posted about that as well as other issues that apparently that MTSO had.
Wrong. The person who was fired this week was from Keystrokes. I just got an email
from someone asking if was me posting here tonight, so I came to look. I agree with a lot that the poster has to say but I post my name when I post. Anyone who knows me or of me knows this. I do not have to post behind anonymous names nor do I.
I do disagree with some of what this poster says though and will take a moment to tell her/him something: You chose to run a service and knew or should have known what you were getting into. If you are doing all that, you should either hire more people or hire different people. The best move I ever made as a service owner was learning to delegate and hiring the right people including Human Resources, Accounting, Operations, QA, Recruiting and IS. (The second best move I ever made was to stop letting the posts on the MTStars and others affect me). Best advice I could give a service owner is to cough up the money for a good staff; it is worth it in the long wrong although hard in the short term.
While not everyone agrees with me or likes me or wants to work with Keystrokes, I do not feel a need to hide behind the anonymous nature of these boards and would rather have people know where I stand than wonder.
You would also know that I value our transcriptionists and know that as a company, Keystrokes constantly tries to improve. If you know me at all or anything about Keystrokes, you would also know that our rates are going up not down and we do not undercut prices to beat our competitors.
If anyone has anything to say to me directly, please use my email. I do not visit here often anymore and do not plan on starting again as it gets a bit addicting :)
Don't let it get to you. Every day it is a new company that is being bashed. sm
Those of us who are happy at Keystrokes know we have a good thing going. Those who either didn't cut it, were never hired or continue to job hop are never going to be happy anywhere or if they are, it is for a short time and they come on here and bash the company they went to.
One of the posters on here is someone that I know well and she used to post positive things about how she left MQ for KS, left KS to go back to MQ, left MQ again to go to KS and now complains that they did not give her a good account. Would you? Personally, I would make someone who leaves and comes back prove themself. I just listen to her vent when we talk and move on, knowing that the next time we talk, it will be to vent about the new company she went to. And so it continues ...
Please tell me where I have constantly bashed
Axolotl. Do you have me confused with someone else?
I will probably be bashed by the naysayers,
but I'll answer anyway. I work Sun-Thu on 1 account at MDI. I am committed to 800 lpd but my account is always needing extra help. This Saturday alone, my day off mind you, I got in an extra 800 lines. Now before I am accused of stealing other people's lines, we were asked to work extra on the account to keep it in turnaround time. My hours vary from day to day - but since I'm only committed to 800 lpd, I can usually get them in in under 4 hours. I generally work an hour in the morning (9-10), 2 hours in the afternoon (1-3) and 1 hour in the evening usually after 9 or 10. No weird graveyard hours or anything.
I guess your experience at MDI would really depend on the account you get. I guess I must be one of the lucky ones because my experience with MDI has been great thus far. I hope it continues. For those who are hitting a rough spot, I hope it smooths out.
I really don't have anything negative to say about MDI. For that, I'll be bashed on this board, but that's okay because I've got tough skin.
That post bashed 7 companies, and
went on to say the good companies never get mentioned. Well whose fault is that? I'm working for one of the 7 due to word of mouth. If you had posted about a better company, maybe I'd have applied there. But do you actually know what these better companies are? Instead of bashing companies, you should be praising the good ones. Now that would be helpful!
Otherwise it sounds like you're just telling fairy tales.
I was amazed also about...sm
the MT who stated she did make many errors. As we all know, in our field we have to be particular in what we do. And, everyone, I mean EVERYONE makes mistakes...we just have to watch them and try to prevent them and do the best we can. But it does go both ways: MTSOs need to work hard for us to provide us with plenty of work, half-way decent benefits and also respect us because we are what is keeping your business going after all. It is a two-way street and we all have to realize that we cannot have one without the other! 
I'm always amazed (sm)
that whenever they offer a bonus like that and the work is so far behind, somehow it almost never fails, everyone pitches in, even if it just for a few hours, and the work somehow gets done. They have been a great company to work for, and I think a lot of it has to do with morale and actually wanting to help out, not just $$.
I'm AMAZED that
Amazed would take the time out of his/her busy life to post something like this. You know, I hesitate to even post on here anymore because of all the snippy comments like this one. I have to wonder how many hours it took you to come up with such a witty answer. Not that it is any of your business, but I wanted to be semi prepared for my phone interview, which is Friday, about which direction I wanted to go as far as part time, flex part time, etc., but thanks for your most helpful input. The next time I need someone to state the obvious, I will be sure call upon you.
To those of you who did respond, you've answered a lot of questions I had, and I sincerely thank you.
I am always amazed at
how many people say they do not get paid by their MTSO! Not sure if they are the same companies (we know there are at least 3 from your experience).
Seems to me we should be able to give the names so no one wastes their time getting hired by them!
I think you should try some lawsuits and get those late fees covered!!
And would you be amazed to know that most MTs
have now just topped out at 7 to 8 cpl, while the newbies make 9 cpl on clinics, yet they experts struggle with the difficult ESLs, being paid less. That is exactly what the problem is, and you've nailed it but don't even realize it. Why should I 30 years into my career make the same as a newbie who doesn't know a boil from a blepharoplasty. That is what we are talking about - wages comparable to experience, fair wages, fair benefits, etc. This is so much more than MTs whining. We have valid problems in our industry, not to mention that the work is being offshored right out from under our hardworking feet, and some of us are trying to brainstorm a SOLUTION. What is so disgusting to you about that? You don't want to participate - fine. You don't believe in any of our causes? Fine. Either things continue as they are now, status quo, and you'll never notice, or things will deteriorate as they are, and you'll be out a job, or imagine - things might improve and you could benefit from change for the better. How hard is that to swallow?
I agree! Too busy to be on here and too disgunted with being bashed to want to open myself up sm
to that anymore. Happy at Keystrokes, that's all I need to say.
They won't. It is common for a company to be bashed into the ground once it seems people are hap
I knew it was going to happen once I saw the positive posts about Keystrokes. Some people obviously get sick thrills from stirring the pot.
I hope they're happy now. I am sure Keystrokes will miss out on some great MTs because they won't apply due to the posts that have been put the last few days.
Can't anyone accept that there really is a good company out there?
Email me for details. Don't feel like getting bashed on here today!
NM
but a great post - my company gets bashed all the time too.
nm
Nope. We just get sick and tired of our company getting bashed
at every turn. We love this place and have run out of patience with posters like this who clearly have no idea what they are talking about.
Have you never lost your patience?
i am constantly amazed
at how MW can make such a good impression on new employees, but then they are good at doing that. you have not worked for these people long enough to see how they really are, obviously!
I am amazed by how many ungrateful MTs there are
posting on this board! People complaining about making 9 cents a line on clinic notes??!!! Ranting about 9 cents a line with only 3 years experience! Wanting to form a union now? Come on, people!!! After a few months doing this work, most MTs can do 200 lph. At 9 cents, that's $18 per hour! Work on your speed and your expander, type 250 lph and you can give yourself a raise to $22.50/hr! Can anyone else tell me what other field out there can you make that kind of money after a short home study course with no college required???? And on top of that, work in the comfort of your own home??? Americans are so spoiled!!! That's part of the problem with this country right now! We want, want, want as much as we can get, get, get for as little effort possible. That's the American way, and look at the economic mess we're in now!!
That's just my two cents... take it for what it's worth.
I am always amazed to read what others put here about TTS
I think without a doubt that there must be something terribly wrong with anyone who writes a post like you. I have worked for TTS for about 2 years or better now and never have 1 single, solitary problem with them. No one has attitude with me. People let me work independently. I have no one to micromanage. I have no one breathing down my neck. I have no dominating person and God only knows, would never put up with a person with threatening behavior. I for the life of me just do not believe your posts. I never run into what you are describing. This has been a place that I am truly happy with and hope to be there for as long as I can.
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 don't work for TT. I'm just amazed at your lack
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I don't even work there and am amazed at the bashing here. sm
From everything I can tell, there are only a handful of good companies to work for of the bigger ones yet I see a lot of negative, bashing posts for these same company that stink of one or two people with chips on their shoulders.
From all accounts, I think that the few that are good, including Webmedx, Keystrokes and MDI-MD, want experienced MTs who produce quality reports and do what they commit to doing in the time they commit to completely their days. Not too much to ask, but there are handful of people here at MTStars that feel like everyone is out to get them.
My advice to all of you that complain about QA departments and strict companies: Brush up on your skills, learn from your corrections, work your shifts OR GET A NEW JOB IN A DIFFERENT LINE OF WORK.
You all give professional MTs a bad name.
Their verbal test was not hard at all. I was amazed
really that it was as easy as it was because when she said she was giving a phone test, I panicked. I received a job offer a day later and gladly accepted it as they sound like a very nice company.
I am just totally amazed at this what some people think is fair for us!!
You want us to go on assistance?, in a profession that takes 5 years to get good enough to do this at home, that is 1 past a college degree, and many, many wonderful transcriptionists listening, listening, until we could hear it too, and not having to have our nose in books constantly, it takes at least 5 years, I have heard that over and over when I trained in a hospital, girls telling me to hang in there, major mark at 5 years. Now you think with all that if I don't make enough to pay my rent, buy groceries, utilitieI (and sometimes not much more), that there is assistance out there for me when I work my buns off and my nose is not in books constantly anymore, but you think that counts for nothing. What a stupid, stupid remark to make for hard working transcriptionists with years in this profession to make a remark like that to bow to the people who are living like kings and we need to get assistance. Why don't we give a break to the patient's whom we do their reports? The hospital that provides a place for the doctors to dictate (I am sure if they get a break it will be through us). Maybe you think we should get an outside job so we can contribute more to the nationals who are getting vulgarly rich off transcriptionn. Sheesh, I am constantly amazed at stupidity in this profession, if it is one anymore.
Actually, you should be MORE amazed at the fact that the majority of our profession has been
outsourced and to add insult to injury, we are expected to survive on what is practially tantamount to Third World wages? Not only that, but as a MT for the last 25+ years, I am livid about the fact that our medical information is in the hands of individuals outside of this country not to mention SS#, etc. IMO that particular issue among others I have listed should be a legitimate cause for concern....
Not a KS employee just amazed at the conclusions that people on here jump to. I work for a
small MTSO and hope that they are never mentioned here. I would hate to see someone I know attacked so constantly. I feel sorry for service owners that are not MQ or that big.
Just took a test today for a company and I am amazed how rusty I am after not testing for years and
years. I had to really think about things again. I guess after you test enough you get used to it. That is the first one I took in about 13 years. I just more or less did it to see how it was. Should be interesting to see how it went because I really dont want to work for the company I just wanted to take the test. A lot of tricky questions in it.
Great post and very true! I read these today and was amazed that someone's first thought was pay
I agree that circumstances can make loans necessary but the OP sounded more like she uses these on a regular basis. No I'll have to learn to budget for the difference, just oh no, now I need to go to Payday Loans and pay 400% interest.
We have the potential to earn what we need to, although sometimes lately it is harder and harder.
Good for all of you. Wish I had seen these earlier.
p.s. Can someone call and tell my BIL to grow up too?
Full time with Transtech is both. 40 hours per week and 5500 lines per week.
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I so wholeheartedly agree with you. Don't work for KS but work for SS - another company bashed
Works GREAT for me and I love SS. I never really care what the negatives are as I have found they are usually people that can't make their lines, don't work the hours they commit to or just overall do not care!
Nope .. email on 1/18 promised "within the next week." Here we are, 1 week later and no info.
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The minimum is 5500 per week, NOT 6600 per week. I think you made a typo. :)
NM
i clear over 800 a week, 40/week; 30+ year experience. (nm)
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I get my paycheck every week - that is enough for me! Happy MT week everybody! nm
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I got laid off for MT Week. Happy MT Week to me!
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Good last week - Slow this week.
I hope this is not an indication of things to come. I am getting 1,200 lines a day but it is taking me all day to do it. We seem to be out of work from 9-12 every day this week. Hope things pick up after Labor Day.
They probably fired your sorry self!
mm
Oh? Fired again? nm
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I do believe that if you are fired
but if you leave willingly, you cannot collect. Good luck.
I have NEVER EVER EVER been fired from a job
But maybe you have. I was just stating something and you felt the need to jump down my throat and on my back and stomp all over it. Who are you? Diskriter management maybe?
How about the AC that was just fired
because she would not be a rat? Your AC, other ACs and those in management will be there as long as there is an OSi. They cannot get positions any place else. One AC left, tried for months to get work, could not, so went back. Also, after reading your many goofy posts here, you should count your blessings and make OSi your home. Who knows, one day you may be a director.
Probably been fired from all - LOL
nm
What AC got fired at OSI?
Yep. I got fired too. sm
The guy was a real jerk.
Yes. I was one of them fired. sm
The guy who did it was a pompous sounding ass while the HR lady cried while she was on with us.
I can see why you got fired - MT
Very unprofessional
Usually when someone is fired SM
from any job, there's the story they tell everybody about why and then there is the truth. I know for a fact there is some step-by-step procedure they go by for quality problems and they give lots of chances to attain the 98%, including the full review of work with full feedback, just like when you started.
If she didn't go through all that, then it's likely she didn't work her schedule correctly and they really are not putting up with people who abuse the schedules.
Anyone can be fired for anything at any
time. Being an IC you have less protection from that than a FT employee. All she has to say is that she has enough FT'ers or coverage or whatever and doesn't need you any more.
Fired
You have my support. It is very frustrating to have deal with difficult employers. As much as I like being an MT, I feel 90% of the time in this business, it is a very THANKLESS job. You never get appreciation for what you do, only criticized from anything from your boss having a bad day, doing too much work, not doing enough, or even silly, petty things. Not only do we have to know a lot to do this job, but make ourselves available for our employers at a moment's notice, be willing to pick up the slack of other MTs not doing their jobs, and be thick skinned to put up with negative comments, ignorant, nasty bosses, etc. It's just unfair for people to be so cold-hearted in this business. You know, what goes around comes around.
Good luck to you!
If she fired you
in a tantrum and then reHIRED you within an hour, you most probably meet employee criteria, and she, most likely, is bipolar.
let go vs fired
If you are fired, at least in the past, you were not eligible for unemployment. I was told they were not firing me, just letting me go. So you decide.
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