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The pay is always on time, but the paycheck continues to dwindle, so makes it easier for TT to pay their MT's, for sure. 

It is so depressing that TT mgmt/lead/sups/tech/in-house clerks, etc. have absolutely no LOW PAYCHECKS. 

They have VERY MUCH OVERHIRED; however, they are losing MT's at about the same rate, but they don't care, because there are newbies that will work for practically nothing to get a start, and all they have to do is make a phone call to TT and they are hired !@!

I for one would not want to be an MTSO.  I know that they have to be thick-skinned, but it has to be horrible to be called out by name and have horrible things said about you.

I think that there are too many small companies out there with many more problems than Keystrokes has ever had except maybe in the beginning but as they are not known, you do not hear about them.

I know that she wants Keystrokes to be a personal service and her transcriptionists and clients appreciate this, but it is a fine line to walk.  In the 4 years that I have worked for the company, I have had a lot of personal contact with her because I call her.  We all have her phone number and she makes time if you need her.  When you talk to her, she makes time and does not rush you and really listens to suggestions.

I am afraid that with all the negative all the time, that Keystrokes will become like the other services, and that is not what I want to see.  Lee is a wonderful person to work for, and unless you have walked in her shoes, you should not criticize.  She is obviously doing something right with the growth and the happy employees but it is impossible to please everyone all of the time.

The biggest criticism that I can make about Keystrokes is that she hangs on to people too long, always listening to the sob story and feeling sorry for everyone that comes to her with a problem.  There are plenty of employees that stayed past their usefulness, including both of the last two HR managers and a few cherry-pickers on my account.

I, for one, would rather work for someone that is caring and involved, than be a number somewhere.  If there are growing pains and changes, I just ride them out.  As long as any company continues to grow, they will have changes, otherwise they would not grow and improve.  I really think the major bumps in the road are behind Keystrokes, and having talked to Lee in the past, I am in for the long haul.

I hope you don't actually base your decision on this board.  Use your own intellengence and if you can actually talk to someone who has worked for both companies, I wouldn't just believe someone who says "hands down."

Weigh the pros and cons from both companies and then make your decision.

I accepted a new position with TT for 0.085 per line!  I currently have a position for 0.10 per line, but struggle to get 1200-1300 lines per day!  I have been able to easily get 2000 lines a day with other positions and I really need to get 2000 lines a day.  Is this possible at TT?

The incentives and differentials at TT are much, much better than my current position.  The PTO deal is also better by being paid your average hourly wage instead of a flat hourly rate which is really low!  Insurance, thankfully, is not an issue for me due to my husband having coverage.   Both places do not pay headers or footers.

Do you think I made the right decision?  I am just a little worried that I will only be able to get that same line count at TT and with a lower wage, actually be making less!  Any opinions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Hi, I have been offered a position with a company doing acute care.  This is a 60% voice recognition account and the remaining straight typing.  The pay is 5 cpl for the editing and 10 cpl for typing.  I have been an MT for 16 years, doing straight typing.  How much of a learning curve does this voice recognition require and am I set in my ways too much to even consider it?  It seems the industry is moving more in that direction, so I guess I need to get my feet wet at some point.  She said they use EScription.  Anything you can tell me about this would be very helpful as I have yet to sign contracts and all that.  Thanks for your time.

I have been working hourly for QA since last year and it's nice, but the hours dropped from 40 hours to 20 hours so having to look elsewhere.  Now faced with a rough decision, offered VR at a better than average rate and when I did that part time, I did around 4000 lines per day, but I get awfully weary doing total read throughs.  Offered hourly at another place for only editing and no total read throughs, BUT it's a shift I don't like to work and straight hours instead of a split shift (my legs get awfully tired).  I have to make this decision pretty quickly and I'm down to flipping a coin!!!

I definitely prefer QA to MT because my hands just can't take it anymore, not after nearly 20 years.

on which company I should go with by Monday!  HELP!  I'm looking for long-term work, have over 14 years in the acute care, do not want to make a mistake like I did with MQ, no shuffling around to 15 different different places a day! 

Thanks so much for your Honest opinions! 

Just my point of view - I have a 3-year-old daughter and I absolutely treasure the fact that I'm home with her, despite the fact that my pay is so lousy. I would not change that even for the chance to be a multi-millionaire. I say look into your heart and try to see it through your children's eyes. Personally, for me, regardless of the financial struggle I have to deal with, money will never be more important than the well-being and happiness of my child. Even if she turns out screwed up, at least it will be from my influence, not outside influences. Especially while they are so very young....

I hope you'll find my post helpful! Wish you the best...

The at-home MT's jobs are going fast with no work and constant low work, so you will eventually have no paycheck at all.  Don't let those newbies/youngsters who have children at home who like to babysit their children while working influence their way.  They can work in their PJ's and have hubby income for 2nd source.  They have no worries. 

In-house MUCH better -- excellent benefits, better dictators, etc.  I would not hesitate a minute on putting in my resume and as quickly as possible.  Take away some of the stress of working at home for these greedy MTSO's.

8 cpl seems to be the going rate for 8 years experience.  However, at one of the nationals, if I worked odd hours of the night, produced over 2000 lines an 8 hr shift I could get paid more than 10 cpl.