I bet Keystrokes is sooo glad they posted their benefits! LOL

• Keystrokes announces 2006 benefits package sm - Keystrokes Management Team
  • OMG! That is an awful benefit plan! Are you kidding me? You contribute nothing to the - SueEllen
    • Pretty Bad - Me
    • It is 1 day for extended family, 3 days for immediate. - MT
    • no one asked you to work for them, did they? lol - ...
      • um, actually they were asking MTs to take a look at them - with the implication they wanted to hire
        • I took a look - me
      • I bet Keystrokes is sooo glad they posted their benefits! LOL - NervousNelly
        • Actually I think the opposite happened from the "attacks" - I think more are looking at them and
        • I would rather know upfront than have to ask :) nm - KS Rad MT
          • but what did that original message allow you to "know" up front? - lots of details left out
  • Wondering about the 401k match - how much - is the match? Also,
    • I am FT clinic if that helps! We need a few more - KS MT
      • Actually I have done acute care for many years but - thinking maybe I should switch. nm
  • Is Keystrokes the beneficiary for the life insurance they pay for? - Nannieboo
    • LOL. No. I had to choose my own beneficiary. Are there companies sm - KS MT
  • How is pay at KS? Incentives? nm - Wondering
  • Can't believe you call those benefits - Sheesh
    • Wow is all I can say - Agree Sheesh
      • Not that great, if you ask me - me too
      • I get no benefits where I work and I do 1500-1700 rad reports a pay period. sm - Don't agree Sheesh
        • PS - I make top $$ - You are a joke
          • I am not on a 100+ MD account. nm - Who's a Joke
            • do the math - You are a joke
        • 20-25 reports an hour LOL - You are a joke
  • Here is what you save because I work from home - the least you could do is reciprocate
    • Amen and AHMEN and thank you. nm - workerbee
    • Good post - Whew
    • Yea, you left out the fact that nobody is forcing you to work where you do...find a better job if - you don't like the one you have
      • A lot of people here are thinking I am - unhappy about where I work which is another
        • I think you are both saying the same thing. Why beat each other up? nm - Lurker
    • Yes, you left out the fact that you don't know what you're talking about. sm - KS Manager
      • Wow! That was well written!!! - Busy MT'ing
        • Are you being sarcastic or serious? I thought it was a good post. nm - curious
          • Serious. I said that it was well written and - Busy MT'ing
            • I think we are all over-sensitive :) nm - OP
              • Please don't tell me how sensitive to be after you - jumped down my throat and mgmt is
                • I don't think she was talking to you. Geez. - Busy MT'ing
      • Not to flame but telling me I don't - know what I'm talking about isn't the point
        • I should clarify that I am an employee, not an owner. sm - KeystrokesManager
          • Hmm, wonder what the owner will say - when your retort is read? Again,
      • That post was not a whine. It was just stating facts. sm - KS Manager
    • Don't generalize. You do not know what KS does or - KS MT
  • Benefits don't sound that great to me. - me
    • In this day and age, any benefits are good to - MQr
      • saying any benefits is good is devaluing yourself - and if your employer doesn't provide the income
  • Good news to hear! At least some companies are - QA3
    • Keystrokes offer - mystical
      • Employee pays ALL? - idontknowaboutthat
        • It does not say ALL. It says employees pay. Just like in a hospital. - Keystrokes Team Lead
      • Wondered the same thing myself. - Mgt please advise sm
        • Right now, I pay 100% but it is only sm - Not Mgmt but Employee
          • The company should pay its share.. - still2much
          • You should clarify with the office. If you are paying $172 a month, - KS Team Lead
            • If $300/mo for single that is a ripoff and - single or family
              • Well you should share with the rest of us then. - My husband has insurance through
              • Can you share where you get this insurance? sm - Not OP
                • I called 6 agencies from my local yellow - Call local insurance agencies
                  • You can purchase that insurance online. Just go to their website. You sm - passing through
                    • insurance - prufread
      • Don't apply there then, what can I tell you. - happy
        • good come back don't ya get tired of all the - lol
  • Well, this is a significant upgrade from SM - another MT
  • Sounds good - aa

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As I continue to read many negative posts about companies...not just TTS, but others as well....I am becoming concerned that a company can unjustly have their reputation suffer because of one or two disgruntled people.  I now take what I read on this company board with a grain of salt. 

I need a company with good benefits like health insurance, life insurance, pay increases, and retirement.  Keystrokes sounds like a good company, but I do not know their benefits.

Does Keystroke offer affordable health insurance for husband and wife?

Keystrokes has finalized the benefits package for full time employees and has received great feedback from our MTs.

We wanted to share these so that you get them straight from the source rather than in rumors and heresay.

To be FT, you must produce a minimum of 12,000 lines (acute care), 1200 reports (radiology) or a combination of the two.

After 90 days, all FT employees are eligible for:

2 sick days, 2 floating paid holidays, rate x 1.5 for holidays worked, 3 days bereavement pay for immediate family, 1 day bereavement pay for extended family, 401k plan (with vesting schedule for match), health insurance (paid by employee) and life insurance (paid by company), direct deposit.

After one year, FT employees are eligible for 5 days PTO.  After three years, FT employees are eligible for 10 days PTO and after ten years, FT employees are eligible for 15 days PTO.

After years of changes due to growth, we have deemed 2006 a change-free year and have put in place many surprise perks for our MTs for this coming year. 

We value our transcriptionists - both employees and ICs and want to make Keystrokes the employer of choice. 

Give us a look ... you will like what you see.  No more awkward growing pains; instead you will be treated with the professional respect you deserve while enjoying a personal touch!

Thank you to all who have helped mold the company into what it is today - we could not do it without the support of our transcriptionists, customers and supporters.  We even thank the critics - their criticism allows us to improve :)

Happy Holidays !

i.e., with STRAIGHT typing and not being able to make lines/minimum wage... I'm sure there must be something to it.  All these MTs can't be making it up!

Since anything even remotely resembling English has gone the way of ($$$ for MTSOs) VR ... all that seems to be left is transcription that is rejected by VR ... all that's left for the dedicated, experienced MTs is GARBAGE ... it's not the LACK OF WORK ... it's the TYPE OF WORK the straight typing MTs are reduced to.  So, off your high horse and start doing 8 hours' worth of this crap (actual 14-16 hours required) to get FT lines in .. and then tell us we're not cutting it! 

About typos, doesn't anyone know the difference between the usage of NO AND KNOW?

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.

The service owner fees are posted in a UnionNow post (below), but here they are again:

SERVICE OWNERS CHARGE:

$0.115 - $0.25 per line for full transcription of acute care on 24/7 accounts

$2.75 - $7.65 per report for full transcription of pathology, lab, specialty operative notes, plain film and interventional radiology

$0.097 - $0.125 per line for VR editing

OF THAT MONEY, MTs ARE RECEIVING

$0.85 - $1.25 per report full transcription

$0.06 - $0.115 per line full transcription

$0.035 - $0.06 per line for VR editing

AS OUR PRODUCTION BRINGS THE MONEY IN, WE DESERVE A LARGER CHUNK OF THE PROFITS - OFFICE STAFF CAN BE TRIMMED INSTEAD OF THE PRODUCTION STAFF.  IF A RECEPTIONIST MISSES A DAY OF WORK, ANYONE CAN ANSWER THE PHONE IN HER PLACE.  IF AN MT NEEDS A DAY OR SO OFF, PATIENT CARE CAN SUFFER BECAUSE AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF A HEALTH CARE TEAM IS UNAVAILABLE.

WE ARE STILL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE HEALTH CARE PICTURE.  DO NOT SELL YOURSELVES SHORT.

IF YOU ARE AGAINST UNIONS OR INITIATIVES, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BUT BEG THAT YOU RESEARCH, SPEAK TO OTHERS, EDUCATE YOURSELVES ABOUT WORKERS UNITED.  WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE HERE; THEY'VE TAKEN ALMOST EVERYTHING FROM US. 

WE PROPOSE:

$1.25 PER REPORT TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs

$0.10 PER LINE TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs

$0.075 PER VR LINE EDITED IN THE U.S.A. BY U.S. MTs

small companies but another service owner told me that she heard that Keystrokes sold to Transcend.  Is this true? 

I posted this down below but meant to post it as a new thread.  Before I apply with them, I would like to know as I left Transcend a few months ago and do NOT want to get back into that mess.