I have spoken to the owner previously - sm
Posted By: jill on 2008-10-18
In Reply to: Anyone hear of Erie Transcription out of Pennsylvania? - countrygirl
Very nice owner, company seemed stable. I did not end up working for her but I would have had other circumstances not come into play.
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Owner previously worked for MQ
Need I say more
Spoken like a good owner.
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my training pay was previously
$10/hr and it stayed there until my production exceeded that amount. I think its unreasonable to be paid on production from day 1, as there is always a learning curve (new equipment, new doctors, new acct specifics).
As stated previously....
This is an anonymous board. Anyone can come here and post under any name. That is not a clue that this is the 'real' person.
As I said before, your posts come across as very snarky. I am being honest with you. You may want to work on your communication skills. Communicating online is different than communicating face to face.
You mentioned 'bitter MTs.' I am not one of the 'bitter MTs' that you speak of. I have a great job (not with MDI). The company I work for is not even mentioned on this board, and there is a reason for that  . Yes, there are 'bitter MTs' who post here. And you know why they are bitter? Because they are dealing with companies who do not have any respect for their MTs. Now, I know you are going to carry on about how MDI appreciaties their MTs. Well, I hope that's true. Instead of trying to address their gripe here, I hope you are addressing it individually with the MTs who actually work for MDI.
I worked there previously as well.....
Everything the above poster said is pretty much right on. The QA is really irritating, there are two of them and one is extremely nice and helpful and the other one does correct punctuation that shouldn't even be corrected. The format is in Word and the Word punctuation will say it is correct and after the QA corrects it, Word will actually say that is wrong, but QA will say her way is right. I have even spent time searching for the puncutation rules that maybe she goes by and never any luck. QA is a little inconsistent as well, such as they do things a certain way for a while and with no notice, it is changed and you are marked off for that. Other than that.........I never even spoke to the owner of the company in the whole 2 years that I worked there, the only issue I had was lack of work more often than not.
I have to agree. I had previously turned down 8 cpl but now...
I see where I went wrong. I passed on 8 cpl on an account with NO ESL because I thought 9.5 cpl sounded better. What I did not realize was that 70% of my account would be ESL so I now see that I could have made a lot more taking the 8 cpl. You are slowed down so much with ESL so I agree that you should factor all of that in before you turn down a job.
If anybody has worked there previously can you please email me? sm
This would fit me well, but I have read a few negative remarks.
As stated previously, do the search. It's all there...nm
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Would work for JLG before Transcend, having worked at both previously. nm
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Can I ask who you worked for previously. It may have been on one of the accounts or companies I
worked for..When I went to work for that one and ended up making $9 an hour, I was so disappointed because I figured since I was a high producer at my other job and made big money plus I had experience and needed no training on the platform I was sure I would be doing well. I am more convinced than ever that they fix the line counts. They have to or there would not be the huge difference. Of note also was that the low paying one was the easiest. The account was a walk in the park so I really thought I'd make a great living as the other job was a lot of ESL etc. Boy, was I in for a shock.
Same here as I posted previously. Check archives here.
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QTers - post previously true
Thank you to whoever had courage to post about QT losing their large account, for all I know their only account at this point. I had for months heard rumors of the work going to outsourcing and now our latest check sure looks like an Indian had signed it. So figured work would always be light and would have to supplement. But thanks to kindness of a stranger posting where the account is going, I won't miss a beat with a paycheck and with an account I have worked on for a long time. So if those of you were doubting whether it was true, it is true and I believe they are still hiring for more positions at the company that starts with W. Good luck to everybody. How could such a good company go down the pooper so fast?
Anyone work for Transcription Connection in Ohio? I worked there previously & am wondering
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I worked for them previously. Very good, growing co., wonderful MTSO, average pay but lots of work.
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Spoken for someone who knows..
Like I said, I could see maybe 20% to 25% but not 40%. I am just shocked and disappointed with Transcend because they know that it is no where near 40%.
Have you spoken with anyone about this?
I think the account specifics come directly from the client, but unsure with this company. Any company with multiple accounts will have varying specifics. As an oldMT I would have thought you would know this. You sound as upset as Experienced MT. Why DO you stay? Did they make you take the benefits?
Have spoken to STM
And was told cannot have more than 3 accounts, which is what I have. Unfortunately, this situation has made me start applying again, which is truly sad because they are a great company - just over, over, overhire. If we are slow and out in September, what will the holidays bring.
You might have spoken with
a gentleman named Don Johnson, who is also a recruiter. He is very kind as well.
If you like to be spoken to like
supervised by people that have no transcription experience then go for it. I knew by my second month they were in over their heads. They have the worst platform and dictators but I think that's all they are capable of getting. I lasted just over 60 days and knew that was enough for me. They also have QA people who are not even MTs by the looks of it.
Have you spoken to your supervisor
Just curious. You've spent time in training...have you tried to see if the issue can be resolved?
I have spoken with her in the past and she was
What did she say or do that was so rude and unprofessional?
Spoken by one of the pickers....
Man, I worked for them for a while but was so disgusted by the cherry picking (amoung other things) that I threw in the towel. I even heard some girls get up at 3 in the morning to download the easy docs. This is supposed to be against company rules but the company does not seem to really care. It was not a good fit for me but might be for you!!
On way to cherry pick is to whine about hard doctors and get assigned the easier docs which leaves the rest of us with what? Hard. Thanks.
That was the most well-spoken argument for
I agree 100%, as well. I know some people think that unions brought down the Big 3 automakers, but that's not so. Even their most well-paid line workers with the best bennies don't come anywhere close to what the Fat-Cats up in their designer-furniture-appointed, corner top-floor offices were (and still are) getting. For mismanagement. They aren't building the cars America wants, so they're buying Toyotas, Nissans and Hyundais instead.
When I tell people who are not in this business what an MT has to know before anyone will consider hiring her (or him), both medically and computer-literacy-wise, and then what they're expected to work for, their jaws hit the floor.
I was inhouse for many many years, but was eventually forced out, as although no one will admit to it yet, that office is job-by-job sending its work outside, and will most likely have nothing but a skeleton crew of workflow managers left before the end of next year. They couldnt be honest about it, either. They drove the top-rated, older MTs out with abusive treatment that actually made some workers physically ill. Others left an office that they realized to be a dead-end road.
So these days, many of us are working at home because that's all that's left of MT. Which is the best thing that could've happened to the most unscrupulous of the MTSO's, as not only do they not have the overhead of having to house a officeful of MTs, but they now have an 'invisible' workforce that has little to no contact with their coworkers, and often little to no contact with the office (unless of course, heaven forbid, they make an error).
I think lots of MTs know we need a spokesperson in our behalf, as we are basically an isolated bunch, swept under the rug by the healthcare industry and MTSOs alike. What unions have brought to workers like us in the past has been a VOICE. That's something few, if any MTs have these days.
I also think that after talking about this for years, thinking about it, being told it can't happen, but wishing that somehow MTs could be unionized, with our country's new leadership and thorough shaking-out of business-as-usual for the banking, stock, and auto industries, the time has finally come.
If ever an industry needed regulating, it's ours. And we're all but powerless to do anything as individuals; we have to join together for the strength to stand up to the unfair treatment we've endured for so long. We need a VOICE, and that's what unions are - they are the worker's VOICE.
We need more attention focused on the healthcare and insurance industries in this country, and that in turn may start the ball rolling in terms of bringing MT and substandard pay into public and legislative view.
I think people need to know that those of us interested in unionizing aren't talking about being over-paid, or over-compensated in any way, shape or form for what we do. All we want is a fair shake.... a decent day's pay for an honest day's work.
I'm willing to bet many of the nay-sayers on this board are possibly MTSO trolls. Those who are 'grateful' for their lousy 6 cpl jobs, or who say that it's all we deserve, are most likely the same types who think that when a woman is raped, it's her own fault.
And that's exactly what's happend to the MT industry. Gang-rape by AAMT in the beginning, and now by AHDI. By wealthy business-types who buy an MTSO not because they give a darn about healthcare, or their workers, or even know anything about medical transcription, but just because it's a good 'investment' -- to buy low and sell high, and make even more money.
(As for norma rae below, who says 'It's not 1970'; well, actually in a lot of ways it IS 1970. Do you make much more than you did in 1970? (I sure don't). Less, perhaps? Are we in a recession? Yup. Are we fighting a pointless war abroad? Yup. And are women treated as less-than-human in the workplace? Yup.
Yeah, nowadays they can't legally make sexist comments to us, force us to sit in a cigarette-smoke-filled office all day, or ask us to make coffee. But they're still sticking it to us wage-wise. Why? Because they CAN. Because we LET them. Because even in the 21st Century, many woman still believe they're 'lucky to have a job - ANY job' - and will grovel and lick the feet of anyone who tosses them a few cents and a scrap of meat. Or rapes them and tells them they 'want it'.
If ever there was a ripe opportunity to get a medical transcription union going, it's NOW. As this dismal year finally draws to a close, I hope lots of you will reflect on how much you know, and how long and how much work it took you to learn it. Reflect on how many hours you sit in front of that computer. 10 hours? 12? 14? 18 hours a day? All so that you can make that line-quota you're expected to be able to produce in 8 hours? How much overtime SHOULD you have been earning, but didn't get paid? How many of you have a poor healthcare package, or no healthcare at all? How many of you lost any hope whatsoever of being to retire - not just later, like 70, 80, or 90, but EVER? If we're going to have to work the rest of our lives to pay for all our country's 'bailouts', it would be nice if there were half a chance that our jobs will:
a) Still be here 10-20 years from now, and
b) Pay enough to be able to live on.
Flo the Fertility Queen has spoken
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Spoken like a true new hire.
Believe me, things will change soon. Let us know how you're doing in a year.
Spoken like a true blue
You hang in there, sleep well at night?
Ok if you are happy with spoken "well done" but I
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I have not spoken to them. Just wondering about them. Thanks for the info. nm
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Yeah, probably spoken from the mouth...sm
of someone who has never suffered ONE SINGLE hardship in her pampered life. Put yourself in someone else's shoes. Some of you on this board........you may have it made and do not NEED this job as your sole income. some of you have probably NEVER had a hardship or anything happen to you. If you are fortunate to have never known hunger, poverty, etc.........good for you.
For some of you, this job is just a hobby, for MORE it is something we do because we HAVE TO WORK AND HAVE TO MAKE MONEY, PAY BILLS, EAT, AND ALL the other things that we need just to LIVE.........
Spoken like a true MTSO! nm
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No truer words have been spoken and you know
of the wheel of domestic violence... except it's our bread and butter doing it to us... domestic violence signs: Isolate, control money, make person think they are crazy... etc. Look it up you can find it on any website anywhere... and then the victim eventually loses themself and thinks the perpetrator is correct, she/he is the one who is a loser and nuts, so they will do anything including apologize for the situation... it is a control tactic, and this industry is employing it is many instances... I wish there were a way we could stop this and have it become professional again. If it were an industry dominated by male workers, I bet it would never have happened, just my 2 c.
Spoken like a true MTSO. I like my job, but
I have the right to choose one that has the shift I want and the pay I want. Why on earth do some have a problem with that?! I'm not attacking them because they want to work 3-11 or whatever. Geez, people. Live and let live. You handle your career & choose the shift you want and let others do the same.
Spoken like a true boss.
This is why the morale of the American worker is the way it is. Not caring what their workers are suffering considered a perk...what a novel concept.
I have spoken with her too. She sounds very nice
and SOUNDS legit. I've talked to a lot of trans people over the years, and a lot of times there's one person as the main IC for bigger contracts, like hospitals. We'll see I guess!
Spoken like a true suit.
Please don't jump ship, it's scary out there, and be grateful we didn't cut your pay even more! I think anyone unhappy about receiving a pay cut & having to do more lines on this horrible VR to make up for it deserves to be upset right now. Many of the smaller companies have tried VR and decided to do away with it, so I don't agree that's it's going to be an across-the-board thing of the future. The quality it spits out is horrible, which in turn endangers the patients, just like offshoring.
Spoken like a true paranoid underachiever.
How ridiculous.
I have spoken with different companies from the MT Jobs web site and all
have said they are giving priority to the Heartland employees that have been displaced over someone just window shopping.
They could apply with any of these companies and just put HEARTLAND EMPLOYEE in the subject line and get considered before anyone and they really do not need AAMT's help or a matchmaker company. They can do it themselves. AAMT is one of the reason why they don't have jobs.
Spoken like a true blue manager
Ahh loyalty..... what a wonderful quality. Defend to the end will we UNTIL the table turns on you!
BRAVO, well spoken. (clapping and cheering) nm
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Spoken (written) from painful experience...
The pattern seems to be no matter what they offer you today, what you sign on for and what you think you have agreed upon with them, everything from line rate to accout, will be changed - in the near future - with you getting the worst of the deal. check the archives...much much bad news. PLEASE BE CAREFUL...AND WISE.
Spoken like a true corporate sell-out.
Spoken like true management plant!
:-(
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!
Absolutely! The more voices that are spoken, the more voices will be heard.
I am not stopping here. I will keep on with this issue long after Heartland Information Services digs it's own grave and is buried in it!
Hmm, wonder what the owner will say
no flame, but I would not tolerate that kind of off loading in a public forum from someone on my management team. Please remember I was responding to horn tooting that was short on information and left an impression that huh, I could do better elsewhere in addition to feeling insulted at the lack of decent benefits. There was no mention of UC contribution, STD or LTD, employer paying part of the health insurance premiums.
I said what I said mostly to make the point. If you want to sell me, do a good job the first time or you sink yourself and I won't look at you twice. There was little in the original post to sway me in your favor and the Jeckle/Hyde posting afterwards warns me of good day/bad day tangents.
As I said, best of luck to your company.
Are you the owner of
Why not just post the email address of the 'administrator'. Are you just trying to draw traffic to your forums and away from the forums here.
Seems to me, if you are really seeking MTs you'd just post like the other companies do on the Job board.
it USED to mean owner (sm)
back when most MT services were little and there was a real owner. Now that there are so many huge multinationals with no owner to take personal responsibility for the service, it's sort of transmogrified to mean organization, but that's redundant.
Just take it as meaning a service. Once again, AAMT, worthless as ever, ruins the language.
no changes that i know of. Same owner.
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and this is the new owner
 My god you people are so gullable. That picture could have come from anyones kitchen!!!
How do you know? Are you the owner?
They are obviously losing something if there's no work. Have you been with them since they started or something? Do you know of every account MDI has or what? How can you make a blanket statement like that?
I can't believe people sit frustrated about no work and don't move on; that's just plain silly. There are tons of companies hiring; get on with it already! Come on show your stuff to a company that will appreciate you and not OVERHIRE!
Owner? sm
I thought someone named Tracy owned Net-Med?
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