I bet you believe in the Big Brother theory too!

Posted By: sm on 2005-07-15
In Reply to: Transcend's positive posts stay here cause negatives are deleted! That's the trend! - BTDT

So you are saying that the moderator and administrator of this board specifically search through the posts and delete any negative posts about Transcend? They do this why? Why do they not do this for every other company talked about on this board? Please, add something substantial to the conversation!

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Theory about MT Pay
I personally think MTSO companies ask for raises to the clients and get them - they just aren't passed down to the peons MTs - am sure this is so - i bet your eyeballs would spin if you knew how much they make off of us - the only way we can get decent pay is to unionize - you cant support yourself on MT pay - who are you kidding - it is just to pay a few odds and ends - are there any single parent MTs - i sure doubt it - I guess I feel sad because we are very skilled and this work is not easy but we are just paid peanuts for it.

in theory, being an IC should be different, but...
as we have all pretty much found out, about the only true difference is that ICs don't get benefits, while employees do.

The whole concept that being held to a set in stone quota and a specific schedule automatically means you're an employee is just a fantasy.

Hugs to you and your little boy.

I agree with what you said in theory
We are part of the healthcare team that provides for inpatients and we provide a service that is just as needed as the hands-on care. Unfortunately, we're not always treated in that way by the others in the healthcare team and a lot of times aren't even considered to be part of that team. To them, we're only the typists in the office. Because we work remotely we don't get the same benefits or wages that those in-house get. It seems like management of both the clients and MTSOs want to view us as part of that team and expect us to step up to that plate when it suits them. But yet when it comes to wages and benefits, in their eyes we're all too easily replaced. They're not willing to compromise for us, but expect the compromises to come from us on weekends, holidays, and when the workload is high. If they want us to be part of the team they should treat us as such instead of the oh typist, I forgot something... attitude.

I must disagree with your theory that
MTers who are compensated hourly, rather than by line & incentive, are less productive. I am DEFINITELY in that category, and I do insult the inference. In fact, the majority of my 25+ MT career has been spent being compensated hourly, and to date, there is no administrator that would harp about what she got for what I did. Rather than paying our hard working MTs in puny, pathetic pennies, which is what goes on much to my dismay. After a number of years of service, make it hourly. Show some trust in people people. This career has turned into an absolutely, positively ludicrously uncompensated one. We deserve SO much more.

Your theory shot down

No money to be made here. Volunteer members do the work, and office products have been donated. No paid positions.

So . . . . you have nothing, basically.

In theory I agree with you
The MT will have plenty of time to readjust her checkbook, creditors, etc. But there is a difference between a choice you willingly make by changing jobs and a choice that's foisted upon you due to circumstances out of your control.

And just because change is inevitable does not mean that we have to come on here acting like the Gordon Ramsay's of transcription. OK. You think she's being melodramatic. Shake your head, roll your eyes, and move to the next post. There is no need for the meanness that some posters are exhibiting to people who are already feeling betrayed and afraid of what their future holds. Kicking people when they're down is a bully tactic and not an act of helpful advice.

I was just getting ready to post the same theory
I can imagine that some PSs don't appreciate it when recruiters hire unqualified MTs for a particular position. I'm not saying the OP was unqualified, but if a recruiter has a history of not hiring within job requirements, thereby putting a huge load on the PS, I can see how the PS might not be a happy camper. It's definitely not right of her to take it out on the MT, but that might at least be the reason for such irrational behavior?

My theory...and I hope I'm wrong...sm
Keep in mind this is just based on a previous employer and I have no way of knowing for sure this is what MSJ is doing. My former employer did a big hiring boom (and MSJ has done that; I have been watching the boards). This accomplishes several objectives:

1. It keeps the accounts in tighter TAT.
2. It keeps the MTs logging on when there is work, and therefore on an on-call status and taking whatever is available, with most of the work coming from accounts other than the primary.
3. It keeps the MTs from making the top-tier bonus pay, even though the accounts are in TAT.

This is a win-win situation for the employer and a no-win situation for the MT.

I hope to heaven that is not what MS is doing because if it is, I'm outta here. I put up with that baloney for a year before I left my previous employer and will not put up with it again.

I am really fuming right now but trying to keep myself together, hoping I am making a mountain out of a molehill. We'll see.

I just wish for once, I could work for a company that shoots straight with their employees. I don't think that company exists.

your whole post reeks of theory. Did yiou ever set your
foot outside of the United States of America?
I guess not.

oh brother
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Oh brother

This is sad, when they cannot even spell things correctly in an ad.

It isn't even run my MTs. The CEO and his brother
are in it for the $$, but have never transcribed a day in their lives and don't have a clue about the business. Unfortunately they hire management who also don't have a clue, despite having some knowledge/experience with MT.

brother!
you forgot to put in there after your long novel, not to toot my own horn or anything. Please, spare us.

OH BROTHER

Someone has something NICE to say for a change about their company and they want to tell the rest of us about and you guys have to act like jerks! Maybe she wanted to tell all about DR and how nice they are. Maybe you guys can't handle the fact that your companies did give you a bonus? I think some people are jealous and are handling it BADLY! You guys only want to hear the bad, negative, gossip about a company. Only then are you happy. What a shame.

Merry Christmas OP and God Bless. Happy B-Day Jesus!

Oh brother....there is always one isn't there. sm
Grow up!

Oh Brother
Here we go again. Float checks. Well, aren't we just little Ms. Perfect. I haven't had a bounced check in 16 years, so don't need to redeem yourself to me. I have a backup account in case my TT DD is not in on time, so I DO have a backup plan. As for communication, TT communicates better than ANY company I have ever worked for in the past. Maybe the lack of communication is on YOUR end. Have you ever thought about picking up a phone and calling THEM if you have a question. WOW...what a concept.

Here's what my brother-in-law said

I said, wow you must do a lot of digging... he said no that's what the Mexicans are for. So you tell me?

We had 3 bids for our landscaping around our pool at our old house. We picked the Mexican business and not only because they were cheaper, but they were smarter and they had better ideas. It took them one day, where others said it would take a week. So please, let's not go there. I would recommend this landscaping business we used to anyone and everyone. They were very professional unlike the pool installers who had to use my bathroom and asked me for soda, yes soda, not water, but they wanted soda!!!!

oh brother
These lines at TT are defintely more difficult to accomplish. Promise.

Oh Brother
YOU must be one of the ones that just wants to work on one slow account. There's plenty of work and a huge amount now. Stop being so lazy and work and passing judgment and saying things that aren't true on a company that you are obviously still with. Or you can always go elsewhere. Yeah, that's the ticket, go somewhere else.

oh brother...
One of my jobs is working for a nephrology clinic for 3 docs. I am the only one who types for them. Sorry, I'm valuable to them. I also do acute care combined with outpatient and rad. I suck at operative reports but love rad. There are others whom I work with love OPs but can't do rad. They are valuable with OPs, I am valuable with rad. Therefore, we are ALL valuable. Heller??

oh brother...nm
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do you do my sister and brother-in-law
really don't know what company it is - she says it is local - they are in Ottumwa.

Oh brother, how unprofessional are they?
Ask to speak to the QA supervisor and collect all the e-mails you are getting with conflicting ways to nit-pick. Show her the e-mails and tell her you are confused. You would be happy to do what they want, but you are being pulled in different directions. If she is not accommodating, look for another job. Who needs that grief?

That would be hear... oh brother...
then here... why did I even get out of bed today? LOL.

Oh brother. No, many MT companies will NOT
be using it because it is a ripoff & a one-third reduction in pay, unless of course you raise the line rate 33% to make it level ground again, and in that case, what on earth would be the point?! Sounds like someone could possibly be laying the groundwork to pocket a 33% bigger profit margin though... A couple of MT companies I know of have tried this in the past & have since gone back to paying a regular 65-char line with spaces.

AMEN SISTER/BROTHER!!! nm

I agree. Whoever is responsible for this crappy platform and at the cost (I believe) of $1 million screwed up royally!!!

Well what is in Oldsmar, just the husband and brother?

The website and checks say the Palm Harbor address.

my brother is right Trust is always earned.
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Brother, read it first before putting out a sad face. nm
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Dont know who died but Oh Brother has my vote.
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You take the Geritol and start typing, Missy. Big brother is watching! They
Can't put up with that kind of bull from my employer!

My husband and his brother have a business with a small office that has 12 people in it.
I do the books for them. The electric bill is over $4000 every month. The lease is $5200. The phones are $3200. The list goes on and on with overhead, not including payroll, totally over $20,000 per month.

I respect that the company I work for has overhead and am grateful that THEY have to deal with it, not me. Otherwise, I would have started on my own.

Oh, brother. You "believe" she handed the phone to someone. Jeeze. You're so credible!
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