I have been watching this KS bashing and hope that it never happens to sm

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Funny story - several companies watch this board and feel they can use the information posted as a slander suit against those doing the posting.  Funny thing is, all posting would have to be proven inaccurate and if they are not the companies spoken about, then why would they worry if it were them.  If it is them, then they would also have to prove it was not true.  Be careful posting, there are several who monitor and act as if they are one of you.  As you all know the signon information, including what some feel are initials are usually an acronym or petname. You could be mistaken for someone else.

Most should probably spend their time making sure they keep their nose clean and their people happy.  Not only do they drive us crazy in our professional lives, they have nothing better to do then to reach into our personal lives as well. 

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minutes slowly dwindle.  Last meeting we had, we voiced our concerns about losing our work and Transcend/MDI outsourcing overseas, only to be told that administration is happy that TAT is being met and so they are going to continue to send work to MDI on a daily basis and we don't believe they are sending OUR work overseas.

My hospital is a prime account to be sent overseas, a medium-sized community hospital, three (count 'em, three) ESL who aren't hard to do at all with the resting being very good, very American dictators, easy to understand.  No way would a service give this account to an American MT who could stand to make a good pay check doing this account.

I think the next step is to get rid of us all and send everything out.  If that happens, that's it for me, I'm getting out of transcription all together.  I know I definitely won't go to MDI for a job, like they would put me on this account where I could pull in 2000+ lines a day.

I've worked too hard all these years to be treated like my knowledge, skills, and education doesn't matter and to be paid peanuts for these skills I have worked hard to acquire, improve, and maintain.

I'm just really bummed today.  My job future isn't looking too good right now.  I hope I'm wrong. 

No, I do not work for OSi however, as a medical Transcriptionist with 20+ years of experience and QA experience -- I have seen and heard it all -- "I cant work weekends because I want a 9 to 5 job, I want to make 100,000 a year because that is what the ads promise  -- I think that I can stay home with toddlers, and post on these boards all day"  Truth be told, it's a hard profession  -- the doctors names are not given, if you work for a compay in one state and live in another, you have to do the research  -- these advertisements that are on television promise a wonderful salary, BUT.... you have to work your butt off to get that salary  -- I have, as many of the OLDER and SEASONED MTs have seen a change in the "work ethiic"  You want to be able to have your cake and eat it too  -- MT is NOT an 8-5 Monday-Friday job -- I work for two services and am STILL barely able to make ends meet  - its not India, its not the Phillipines or anywhere else -- its learning the English language and THINKING for yourself once in a while -- "gee I can't find this or that" well, its a sad statement on our society, because when I learned to spell, I learned with phonics -- another thing that I had an advantage with in this field was that I sang from grade school and college and if I didnt "understand the translation" then I was lost  -- its NOT only typing -- its getting off boards like this and LEARNING something instead of "griping and complaining"

Sorry just my quarters worth after a 15 hour day

I kinda do that a lot.  Therapist says it's bad for me, detrimental to my self-esteem, yada yada yada...but I dig it.        

by supervisors is not about the transcription quality at all, you know, what we were hired and paid (albeit poorly) to do... it's about the B.S. demographic crap, et.al, ad nauseum, stuff that is not our job in the first place, but the hospital's.  T

The MTSOs are so paranoid about losing an account that they're constantly BROWN-NOSING the client hospitals AT OUR EXPENSE

.  And we've been putting up with it.

I work for Precyse and I haven't seen anyone give glowing reports on this board (not like TT or KS, anyway!).  But, it doesn't bother me a bit if someone has something less than positive to say about the company - it's not a personal reflection on me.  I make a good living, take the good with the bad (if you're an MT, you know what I mean), and have the flexibility I need to raise a 9-year-old.  I bought a house 2 years ago and a car last year - and I'm a single mom with no child support.  BTW, Precyse honors mature (and I don't necessarily mean old!), responsible MTs who don't need a lot of hand-holding.  That's one of the things I agree with from previous posters.  And I definitely prefer it, rather than constant IMs or emails (how in the world are you supposed to get your work done?).

Wait a sec - I got off track there.  I don't consider it bashing a company if you had a negative experience there.  Please share your experience with others wanting to reseach jobs.  If there's a trend developing in a company or in the industry, this is where you'll see it - but only if people are honest.  What I do call bashing is when someone starts attacking the poor person who is trying to report a negative experience.  (Or when the spell-check police are on duty.  HELLO??!!  Chat rooms, instant messaging, and text messaging are considered informal conversations - NOT legal documents.)

Wait a sec - I got off track there - again.  Anyway, my advise is....find a good company that YOU like and don't worry about anyone else.

AGain, they wouldn't be hiring if the pay was not so darned low!  I heard they are very nice.  I have not personally worked for them, but people want replies whether they are good or bad, and even the moderators say to not take everything you read on here to heart. 

If people want to apply and be paid that low rate, then go ahead. 

If Mary H is so honest and ready to help, why didn't she answer the pay rate question?  It's a fair question that deserves a fair answer. 

There is no problem with tooting your own horn, but when someone goes quiet all of a sudden when the subject of pay rate comes up, it just sends a message that the pay is probably very low. 

Some people are not worried about nice management because that's not what pays the bills.