I find it interesting that this owner is constantly exposed as a slow to nonpayer with previous
Posted By: luvmting on 2007-04-15
In Reply to: See posts quite frequently here, - Junie
bankruptcy issues and people still go to work for her.. Things that make you go hmmmm. I mean if this were a single incident with a disgruntled worker I could understand, but when GROVES of people complain, she is still able to recruit people. I do not get that. I personally turned her out because the pay was too low for me, but apparently for some, ANY payment on time or at all would be acceptable. People need to take a stand and quit. When she is unable to fulfill her obligations as she leaves her employees struggling to do, maybe she'd get her stuff together. 
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I find this post funny. If a company advertises constantly, posters question if they are losing peo
3 weeks, since 5/24, there are posts that question if they are growing. Who cares if a company is growing or not as long as they have enough work for their MTs. I started PT with KS two weeks ago and will be going FT 7/10 after my long-awaited and much-needed vacation. They have treated me very well and have plenty of work if the account I work on is any indication. I also came to them on the recommendation of several MT friends who work there, all of whom are very happy and have been for a while.
If you want to work for a particular company, your best bet is to contact them. I have read in several publications that more jobs are filled before advertising than after the fact.
Give them a call, especially if you like/love radiology!
I find that interesting as the CEO
of Transtech headed up an OTC (Overshore Transcription Company) for years. Better hold on tight to your jobs!
Find it interesting that.....
so many MTs have left this company for a lot of the same reasons, but they keep loosing MTs and never seem to be hiring on the job board for the MANY MTs they have lost. Strange.....wonder who is typing all the work for them? Must be sending it somewhere in my eyes. Just my thoughts.
I find it interesting...
We are isolated and I find it interesting the threads where people go back and forth. If you really do not like it here, I'd suggest staying away.
This is a board for venting, sharing experiences with companies, and also sharing life experiences.
It's not such a bad place. If you like mushy mushy lovey lovey try the other boards. What you'll find there though is people not responding at all which tells me that no one has anything nice to say.
I do not frequent the other boards because they are boring. This board has action and truth.
Take it with a grain of salt or move on... CHEERS!
What I find interesting is....
You received an email regarding your resignation and wishing you good luck in your endeavors.
Well, normally when someone reads an email and wishes to respond, they just use the 'reply' option.
Obviously using the 'reply' option on that email would not have worked, because it was to a bogus email address designed to look like yours.
Sounds like somehow the boss knew to create a new email document acknowledging that bogus resignation, because would have never received that 'resignation' acknowledgement email had she just replied to the original email.
I'd get an attorney. I believe you have them by the gonads.
I find this very interesting...
If you go to this site (ftp://ftp.klasresearch.com/klasrpt_MTSO_2007.pdf) and look on page 290 (Win/Loss) you will find the quotes below.
Two questions come to mind: (1) Was this not exactly what the fuss was all about and (2) is this the same Transtech?
We really didn't get to make a selection. Dictaphone offered either Transtech or an MTSO that did work offshore; the second choice wasn't an option on our end.
We did not select TransTech. We went with Dictaphone. We had selected another vendor and shortly after going live it was no longer in use. Dictaphone assigned us to TransTech.
We selected TransTech because they are contracted by Dictaphone.
I find this interesting. I am getting ready to be in the same position. sm
I have only worked from home as an IC but have recently accepted a position, because of health insurance and benefits, as an employee. My thoughts are running scared because I, too, am afraid of the set schedule that I must work. But working as an employee is supposed to be giving me assurity of steady workflow which my old company almost took me to the poor house! I am like you, would give it a month and then compare. Then be tempted to stay with my old job because of it was like a good worn shoe to me. But I liked what the other poster said about give it 3-6 months. Makes sense. And maybe I won't be so hasty.
I hope you make it with the employee position because, even though I don't personally know your circumstance, I know that employee with benefits is much, much more beneficial than just an IC. Good luck!!!!
Hmmm but interesting....will the attorney actually be able to find out WHO is posting?
I thought this board was secure and identities were not revealed????
Does anyone find it interesting how companies want ICs and then give you the schedule you are to
work. I thought by law you are not allowed to set a schedule for an IC. Seems to me they are getting the best of both worlds for a whole lot less because of benefits they are getting out of paying and all the things the government requires.
Here's a Link to an Indian MTSO that you might find interesting
http://mtherald.com/medical-transcription-companies-in-india-a-detailed-list/
I think we must work for the same company. I find it always interesting how they say how great
the workload looks and people are really working hard when the fact is they have overhired and that is why there is no work. Must be DSG right. They are hiring right now. Cant imagine what they are hiring for. Hopefully not the acounts that are already out of work all the time. I wonder what kind of turnover rate they have there.
Do tell. I find it interesting in what some people like and dislike in a company. Could you share
more about your experience...
I don't find it slow at all.
I'm not sure what you find slow. Response time seems satisfactory. I never find myself waiting for it, and I have macros that do all formatting functions so I rarely use any of the cornerstone shortcuts. Anything that can be done with macros should be done with macros. I use IT rather than ShortHand and I can work as fast as I ever have been able to.
Dont you find it interesting that MQ went right on advertising for statutory employees and hiring SE
people certainly having known for a long time that this was coming. I guess they figure a lot of people would not feel like switching companies so they screwed them also now they either become an employee or look again.
A couple hundred U.S. Constantly hiring, but i bet constantly losing them, too. sm
Who knows how many offshore MTs they have at their training center.
Does anyone else find ExText to be slow?
I swear this platform is slowing me down. I have significant delay from uploading one report until the next one loads. Does anyone else have this issue? Is it the server or could it be my PC?
Been using it a while and still find no pros...slow/boggy/yuck
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I find intern dictators are slow, lots of ums and ahs,
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I don't find it slow - I don't have any trouble making my lines - nm
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Slow, does not give line counts, if you accidently send on before done, have to find TL to
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WARNING!!! NONPAYER!!!
The company that posted here a short time ago asking for PT/overflow podiatry work, COMPLETE transcription out of Texas, with the owner named Joanna. I worked for her earlier in the year. Got paid for the first month, but still 2 MONTHS later have yet to be paid for the other 2 weeks I worked. Had emailed about it and was told she hadn't gotten an invoice, which she had. I emailed the invoice AGAIN. Still no check. Emailed her yet again and have yet to recieve any response.
Just wanted to give warning if you are working or considering working for this person. Maybe this is a one-time issue, but I thought I'd pass the information along just in case. I'd hate for anyone else to be stuck high and dry with bills to pay and no check in sight.
I asked once and was told to Run, Run far away.. Nonpayer..
Yucky work, lots of ESL to boot, but that is all I was told. At one point, they had a F rating with the BBB but I'm not sure about that status now.
you are about to be exposed to a week
Once you learn the outdated platform, you won't last long. You'll realize that Spheris is making most of the money, not you. No harm intended. Not good fit for me. You may love it. I trained with a girl who is still there, eight months ago!
I'm ticked that they exposed me and I never worked for them!
It was a good rude awakening to the global information highway, I suppose, if I had to find a bright side to it.
Name of this company/person needs to be exposed.
So other MTs won't even waste their time.
Depends on the account. Work on VR lately has been slow. Just like all companies, we have slow times
Honestly though, I have only had 2-3 times in the past 2 years where it was like the other day...no work... It did pick up later but I just think it's important not to make someone think we're overloaded with work all the time. That would not be fair to them if they end up with high expectations.
No - it is not always slow! Depends on the company and hospital. I have never been slow this time
Slow time is usually in September when everyone is back to work/school from the summer months.
Been doing this 24 years and never slow this time of year. Actually, I am drowning in work - can't keep up.
The email said the owner as she is the owner of the email software package. sm
We got the list from AHDI. If someone does not wish to be on our email list, there is a link to click on at the bottom of those for opting out. We immediately remove those that click the link.
We also have a few mailling going out. Same thing - if you opt out of the email program, we will remove you from all contact.
We need transcriptionists for many new accounts and have ads on here and other sites, as well as several magazines. We are going to need over 100 MTs in the next 3 months due to new accounts and more work on existing accounts!
I Don't know why you constantly
get on her and bash Axolotl. You must have some sort of personal grudge.
They are constantly hiring. They also use a
company called Transcription Matchmaker to help with hiring, so while they may not be advertising themselves, they are still hiring. I don't think they are still offering the sign-on bonus, but if they are you need to read the fine print. The majority of the companies that offer sign-on bonuses only pay a percentage over a years' time - so in the long run a decent line rate is better than a sign-on bonus and an average line rate.
OMG you crack me up constantly
Thanks for the laugh!
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!
Please tell me where I have constantly bashed
Axolotl. Do you have me confused with someone else?
They constantly run out of work and
the platform is horrible. You type an 11 minute report and end up with maybe 30-35 lines. The dictators are bottom of the barrel and the voice quality is the worst. I signed on because they were very friendly and seemed nice. I found out the ones in position of authority have no transcription experience. The rules change constantly. QA is alright I suppose but I have to admit I've had some strange reports back recently that I find myself questioning. I asked for a finished copy and I get the blanks I left still blanked and other things that make no sense at all are changed. Overall I'd probably rate them a 2 on a scale of 1-10. I've applied elsewhere and am waiting back to hear and will be leaving soon. I've been there a couple of weeks and already I see the workflow is not steady. I don't know what happened to their claim of lots of work. It's sure not the case. Are you thinking of applying or have you accepted a position with them?
Exactly what I was thinking....constantly on
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Why are they constantly hiring?
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constantly over-hire run don't walk nm
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I mean nothing by it but everyone knows this is a constantly changing industry! nm
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I left after one month. I was constantly
switched between accounts (three times on one Saturday because there was no work). The pay scale is convoluted and low. The staff was nice. Interestingly, I learned that my supervisor quit a few weeks later.
That happened to me constantly at Spheris
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Constantly for the past month or more!!!!!
Those who have work probably work other than a day shift and M-F. There are definitely too MT's on day shift and weekdays. I hate working weekends and nights, too, but sometimes that is when the work is there at Transtech.
This profession is just going down, down, down hill . . .
They called constantly on my days off
Work volumes were so low last year they knew we were desperate - so they called at all hours summoning us for an hour here or there, totally ruined the possibility of having a life. I was full time and was working 7 days a week for less than 30 hours, they took all my PTO to round out my paychecks until it was gone, then expected me to sit by the phone and go bankrupt. Supe was not surprised when I bailed, after 2 months of blowing sunshine about how it would get better soon and it only got worse.
They overhire constantly, worse when they get a new
account. There are some accounts that have tons of work and are frequently on OT, but then there are lots of accounts that run out of work several times a day. Definitely ask for another account, but it might take you several accounts to get your lines and then you've got all those different account specifcis to deal with.
Don't do it. Pay is low. They overhire and work is low constantly.
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DSG constantly runs out of work.
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I agree, who wants to constantly nit-pick with the QA, tit-for-tat!...
'The less contact one has with the QA person the better, believe me, stay 'invisible' as much as you can.
That is why I am looking now for a second job. The place I work for constantly
runs us out of work and of course it is because things are slow but the fact is they overhired so they dont have to worry about TAT and be bothered with it. We dont count I guess.
Did find a Wright Watson Sten-Tel in Austin if their site isn't old. Find 'em with Google. nm
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Previous employee
The pay is HORRIBLE!!!!
previous message said, you have
to go their to train, etc.
I should have said, you have to go there to train, etc. I think that is what the sheesh was about.
I did for about a day at one of my previous jobs. sm
My employer insisted on having it installed even though I already had cable internet. It was SO slow, unbelievably slow. I had to wait for the typing to catch up. If it's the only thing you can get, that's one thing -- but if you can get DSL or cable, don't do ISDN. A couple girls at my previous job still have it out of necessity, but I hated it.
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