I don't personally know anyone s/m

who works on escription, they all seem to work on different platforms and some of the things they tell me they correct just blows my mind.  Most of them seem to have to put in headings or take them out and correct the numbering patterns in addition to making all kinds of really STUPID corrections.  Here is a good example one of my friends sent me this morning:

VR:  He will be given deep gentleman hospitalization. 

Dictated:  He will be given Epogen during the hospitalization.

So from what you say, I would say that it won't be long until MTs are really obsolete.  

• Question for webbies - anon
  • I find it varies widely by dictator - Another WMT
  • Maybe this will help - skeptiwebber
  • editing VR...sm - Webber
    • doing VR: Sure, you put your headphones on,..sm - lara
      • Well of course I use my headphones (sm) - anon
        • I understand completely what you mean. I am in the same boat....sm - lara
          • My opinion is a lot depends on the platform - Mrs.M.
            • I suspect you are correct about - gourdpainter
              • GP - - Mrs.M.
                • I don't personally know anyone s/m - gourdpainter
                  • I really get the idea you would love MTing go out of business - Same ole, same ole
          • The only way you can be doing - Angie
            • It is very possible to get huge lines on VR - VR here
              • who is going to clean up the bad ESLs' VR reports? I ..sm - lara
                • Our ESLs on VR are absolutely - VR here
                  • Wow, you surely are a lucky girl! Please tell me the VR system,..sm - lara
                    • I thought exactly like everyone else did before starting - VR here
                      • I PREFER VR to straight. I really like it. The BAD angle...sm - lara
                        • Tell MTSO et al, 400-500 lph MT is the exception - that proves the rule, which is most MTs SM
                          • same here, right....nm - lara
                        • To me that is just like someone saying - VR here
                          • MTSO will try to convince you YOU are the only 1 - not making those types of lines. Any gripes, SM
                            • But then they posted everyone's production, and - Another WMT
                            • I can do a whole bunch of lines but - My take
                            • I agree totally......nm - lara
                    • ESLs and VR - gourdpainter
                      • VR of ESLs can be weird. SM - MissIndigo
                        • If it works on ESLs - gourdpainter
                        • You will not be able to explain to some - Loving VR
                          • Well, I HAVE worked on it for over a year now........ - sm
                            • I directed comments to never worked on VR and those retired - Loving VR
            • VR is example of great sale pitch, not way of - keeping MTs down. ALthough, this could be SM
              • True, VR could be a success for the MTs if VR salespeople - lara
                • Becuase it is a business with $$ as bottom line. - You be MTSO and be as "fair" as you want. nm
                  • so, do the MTs always have to be the guinea p**s?..nm - lara
                    • Heavens, no. They are free to leave at any time. - Only need be a guinea porcine if they allow SM
                      • leave whereto? To another profession? Because...sm - lara
                        • Broaden your thought process. Leave to whereever, - they want. MT or other profession. Their SM
                          • 'Broaden your thought process?' I will not 'broaden'..sm - lara
                            • That is not what I meant at all! Meant broaden to - not limit to thinking leave to another MTSO. SM
                              • Whaaat? Are you sure this is English? Your sentences are a word salad. What do you mean?....nm - lara
                          • Trying out the VR systems sold to clients..sm - lara
                            • If YOU think you are a G.P. then YOU can leave. - Who cares if I think it is G.P. working. It SM
                              • Who are you anyways? I am lara. What is G.P? I stop this discussion before it gets 'ugly.' B - lara
                                • G.P. = guinea porcine. (Didnt think that would be - difficult concept) Again, if MT thinks she is SM
                                  • if all US MTs who cannot do 600 lph for 3 cpl, then all what's left - lara
                                    • ..if all US MTs who cannot do 600 lph leave, then all what's left are ..sm - lara

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The QA people don't know you other than how they see your work. They can't possibly like you or dislike you.   I have found that most people who are very busy (I have been one of them) when they are sending e mails or messages along those lines, just don't have the time to pretty it up.  When you don't hear tonal inflections from someone speaking it's very hard to interpret how a statement is truly intended.  It's also very easy to take something in a way that it was not intended at all.

Ignore the perceived tone and focus on the content.  Keep every e mail as backup.  Make the corrections that they want you to make.  Now if they are being contradictory with themselves, that's one thing, but if they're just being picky . . . . . that's their job.

wants to listen to YOUR ignorance, either. Maybe you should also stay in the seat that's best suited to you, and you know which one that is.

You are you to constantly insult MTs here? This board is for MTs, which you are not, otherwise you wouldn't lose your drawers everytime someone posts something you don't agree with, HMMMMMM???

like I was really part of the health care team then, hearing doctors paged, hearing code blues called and hearing the pounding of the feet of the code blue team as they ran to the patient's room (of course the code blues aren't always on the floor directly above you, but when it is..).

Also, I've had a doctor pull up a chair and sit beside me as I transcribed his report where he mixed up left and right and he went through it with me and corrected himself. 

I dunno, I kinda like the in-hospital atmosphere.  I work at home now, but I do miss it being in the midst of it all. I never had that same feeling working for a service, because you are removed from it all.

a horrible company and the turnover is incredible.  From all the bad stuff posted here there are probably many who don't apply and I've seen at least a couple of MTs who ignored the comments here and applied anyway, only to come back a month later and say we were right and it was a horrible company and everything said here was true.

I saw a company yesterday on the job boards advertising a double bonus.  I have also heard lots of bad on that company. 

I think most of the companies that offer the bonus offshore and I guess need U.S. MTs to handle the crap.  I think many of the companies have weird line counting programs or change their programs so that the MT finds it hard to get lines.  I think many of them have a very boggy platform where the MT spends too much time looking up demographic information instead of transcribing.

I don't understand the bonus thing.  If they paid a decent wage to start with, had a good platform, didn't have 80% ESL dictators, etc. they wouldn't have a problem keeping MTs.  If they can offer the bonus why can't they break that down over a year and pay 1 to 2 cpl more.

I also think many of the companies realize they will not retain MTs because of the various things listed above, so they dangle the bonus, but then they stretch the bonus over months or a year and hope that at least they will have you long enough to get your bonus.

I haven't seen a company yet that has offered a bonus that I would work for under normal circumstances. 

I work for a good company, that pays better than most, pays per gross line, easy platform, etc. but sometimes you just get in a rut and want a change.  I've tested with several companies and been offered positions with each of them, but I felt like my line count would be significantly lower, line rate was lower, so that I would not be coming out ahead with the bonus.

Anyone out there who works for Accu-Script located in Lake Orion, Michigan?

my company will make things not so nice for an MT hoping they'll quit rather than firing them.  If quality continues to be poor, not meeting TAT, etc., then there may not be enough work, only the horrible dictators, etc.   If things are slow and you are a new hire maybe the old-timers are getting the work.   If a new account went VR that might also explain the work load too.   If you are otherwise happy at KS I'd call and be firm in that you need more work. 

I feel like companies should offer some explanation if work is low.  I know they can't give you what they don't have, but if you are a FT MT, there is a reason you are and you have obligations to meet and it isn't fair that they can't provide the work you need and not give you some feedback.    

with some companies.  I hear ya' on the patient demographics.  I do mostly clinic, so schedules are provided to me, so I'm not sure how to help you.  I am surprised you are searching by name and not medical record number or some other number though.

becoming an MT is crazy.  It is one of the worst jobs to have and horrible for your health (sitting all day - horrible on your circulation).  I regret the day I got into it and thankful I have the opportunity to get out of it.  They pay is low unless you are an above average typist and you are responsible for your own taxes.  I hate paying taxes for the luxury of working in my OWN home.  If you get employee status the benefits are horrible.  Any MT that praises this field either types 200+ lpm and/or doesn't mind working 10 hour days including weekends. 

   I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.

HOW RUDE!  It's wonderful that you are able to tell what others are thinking or what they want to do.

Who are YOU to tell an MT to go somewhere else?  The poster has a right to her/his opinion just as much as you do, although she seems to be able to express herself with somewhat more class that you are capable of.

this person posting this information about this company, as well as anyone else posting about any company on this board, good or bad.  There are lots of good and bad companies out there and this is one of a few resources that we, as MTs, have to come and search out information about companies.  That is not to say that you make your final opinion on a company based on a post here but it definitely helps.  In this day and time when most of us are struggling to make ends meet, working on horrible platforms that make it almost impossible to make a decent line count, dealing with horrible audio and horrible dictators, it is at least a bit comforting to know what little bit you have earned you will actually receive. 

To the original poster, I am so sorry that this has happened to you and I wish you the best in obtaining what is owed to you.  Thank you again for this warning.