I have talked to MANY DSG workers who are badly treated. I chose to move on when I had enough!
Posted By: just the truth on 2006-07-17
In Reply to: yea, me too . . . - mn
Feel sorry for those who are miserable and stay anyway.
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Treated badly? Wow! That narrows it down
LOLOL
Although I feel very badly for your friend,
if, as a business owner, she did not have the insight to copyright her company's name, that name was up for grabs!! The new company did not steal her name - she didn't own it !!
Was it ethical - probably not in the emotional sense, but business-wise it was totally legal. The repercussions the original company owner subsequently suffered were her own doings for lack of research when establishing her own company!
Before even working at home and considering marketing myself as an IC, I read and researched, chose a name for myself, and had it copywritten!!
I'm sorry, but I can't imagine someone actually establishing a company in existence for 10 yrs. that did not realize the repercussions that they would encounter in the future had they not copywritten their company's name !!
It's sad how badly new job postings have dropped
And those that are getting posted are mostly for places with really bad reputations and/or companies that don't respond to emails.
I feel your pain. I was mislead about TT very badly.
There were nothing but praises and I was new to this board and all boards in general. So, after watching for a long time and asking questions etc. I took the job at TT. I stayed for a while but in the meantime I went broke, question myself, because of all the praises continuing here. It took me over 1 year to find 2 good jobs to have (to make up for money lost and I will never be brok again) to replace that awful one. Believe it or not the 2 jobs I have, 1 is highly praised here, but I only keep it part/time because it isn't all that; and the main job where I make the big money is most times trashed here. Probably in the big job the upper management does not come on the board and put false praises. Actually there are very few responses but some are negative, probably from disgruntled workers. I still come here because I like to see what is going on with MTs and the MT world, but I have to say I agree with you 100% about companies using PR falsely to lead people down a bad path on this board. I do not blame the board admin. There is the post about not making decisions based on posts here, no doubt they figured it out and they also stopped the paid sponsors so that they did not have to pull negative posts as in the past. This is an anon board, so really you have to use care, as in life, and seek out real-life references as well. I am with you, though and the lying will be stopped if Karma is at all true.
As your accounts move to India, they move you to another account. NM
NM
You may have to move on to move ahead (sm)
One way to look at what you are doing right now is more training only you are being paid for it; once you have a year or two under your belt as experience, you may be able to command a higher wage someplace else. It's funny, a place will pay more for someone with 2 years' experience than they will pay someone who has worked for them for 2 years! Go figure.
Why I chose MT....
plain and simple I wanted to be home for my children...I worked in-house before I worked at home and am so glad to be working at home...the pros definitely outway the cons....My husband works in sales/delivery and his bennies are awesome..only pays about 30.00 a week for the 4 of us...I am able to work part-time right now because of him...will eventually go back to full-time and more money when my baby is a bit older, only 12 weeks old now...
not sure who you chose but...
Webmedx was wonderful...I worked for them before having my children and absolutely loved them...I needed to cut hours way back so I resigned but I hope to go back as soon as my kids are older.
No they can't just no you can chose to say no to
You are working for them so the client is their client and not yours, hence they can say when they want the work done, but you can say no, I won't do it then. So then, they look for someone else. Unfortunate, but true especially in this profession. Setting hours goes against my grain as an IC. I stay away from those types of positions. Set hours/days, etc. are for employees not ICs, but you can chose not to take their offer.
You should of chose a better
husband if you wanted to be SAHM, plain and simple. Don't play the women's libber's. Where do you live, Utah?
Why do you think because you chose to
work 3rd shift that everyone should? Should we not have a choice? Why force your own choices on everyone else? Should we all freak on you because you say you don't work weekends? It's the same thing... Live and let live....
If was YOU who chose to take on those duties. sm
And it is YOU who decided to take on these duties. If all owners of transcription companies, big and small, would demand higher pay from clients, and not try to undercut each other, they could pay higher wages. And don't moan about then jobs would be offshored. If clients had to get these jobs straight from overseas with no US editing, offshoring would stop immediately.
You are welcome, I chose IC at Medware
as I do not need the insurance. Plus I have always been an IC and I feel more comfortable with that than being an employee, not only at Medware but at other places. I stay busy at Medware so they definately have the work. It's what works best for me right now.
Why I chose transcription..
First off, I do not have a spouse or a significant other.
I went back to a local college to take a transcription course for a few reasons. First, I was working for a credit reporting agency for $5.00 an hour (15 years ago), and to put it bluntly, found out I just could not deal working with the public, especially in the setting where a good percentage of the people you deal with are irate. One of my coworkers mentioned medical transcription, and it sounded perfect for me. I could sit in my own little corner, do my work, and be left alone for the most part. Plus, where I live it is super cheap to live and I was making a lot more money than I did before, allowing me to save up and have a down payment for my house. I had the opportunity back then to type nothing but ERs and I took full advantage of it, working 6 days a week, and there was never a shortage of work.
It was never my choice to work at home. I do miss the interaction with and meeting new people through work. Now I never see an ER note, the work keeps getting tougher with more ESL's, and the pay is going down along with the benefits. Also, someone in India is now typing my favorite account.
I chose transcription
because I loved the medical field (worked at 2 hospitals in the admissions department), but was tired of the politics at work, and having to work with 20+ hormonal, gossipy women in one department.  I also wanted something with less patient contact - it was heartbreaking getting to know someone who came in every day for radiation treatments or something similar, and finding out that they only had 2 weeks to live or something. It was awful! SO, I started looking into transcription as something I could do from home - which is perfect for me too, because now I can work all day by myself (with my dogs to keep me company). I don't mind working at home all day without people contact - I almost prefer it that way. I have become a less stressed person for it.
My DH worked as a truck driver/heavy equipment operator before, but needed to find something less stressful on his body. He had built me a massage table for my birthday after we first got married (almost 8 years ago), and then took a course in massage at the local college. He loved it, and decided that was what he wanted to do full-time; so he went to school for it, and now he has his own business as a massage therapist. As he is self-employed, he doesn't get any benefits, so we have individual insurance coverage for both of us. I am actually going to be working for a new company soon that does offer some benefits, so I will at least be covered under group coverage. He will continue with the individual coverage, as it is cheaper.
why I chose transcription
I actually swore I would never do transcription after going through a tech school for Medical Secretary diploma. Hated it. Only job I could find was transcription. I actually left the field for a few years to work at a bank. But then, when I had to take that beautiful baby daughter of mine to a sitter 45 hours a week, I decided to come back to transcription (never left it COMPLETELY, always Filled in), so I could be home with our kids. It was important to both my husband and I, but could not handle it financially without me working. I would not trade it for the world, as I have seen my kids through everything. I know my children, they know me, they know they can come to me. I am there every morning and every afternoon . . . would not miss these memories for the world. It got REALLY tought at times, but well worth it. It's all about the children.
glad I chose JLG over KS
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Landmark vs MDI...which do I chose?
Landmark only does transcription which is a positive IMO. I would be doing only operative notes (which is my favorite work type) and would be an IC so my schedule would be flexible. No required line count per day. The only thing holding me back is I'm afraid of running out of work (I'm coming from MQ where I have a cesspool to chose from and rarely run out). I would be working on Bayscribe. I could also work 4 days a week (I'm part-time).
I also have an interview next week with MDI. For some reason I have a sense with them it's more secure. Maybe because I see more posts about them and that they are a larger company?
Thanks!
I'm really surprised they chose you
I've read your posts about TT and they seem rather rational and benign. I wonder why they would choose you over, say, that one who posts on here in all caps saying they are 'stealing' her lines and other rants which could be construed as libelous if she has no proof of her claims.
I'm sitting here kind of shaking my head wondering why they picked you, unless you were the most easily identifiable.
Is anyone else named in the suit, or is it just you?
If you need benefits, you chose correctly.
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I chose to stick with Clinic.....sm
because, in my experience, they are almost always closed or at least very, very slow on holidays.
So, over the years I decided I wanted a M-F schedule with holidays off. That's why I stick with Clinic notes.
Good luck!
Well there are other MTs who just applied that have said they have to clock in and out and chose
not to get into that so not sure why some do and some dont. Maybe different recruiters. Cant answer that.
Have any of you MDI employees lost your job or chose.. sm
to leave since they switched some accounts to VR? I was thinking of applying but unsure now after reading about the VR switch on some accounts. I wondered how many employees are affected by it and whether or not to consider applying as I am only interested in straight transcription and not VR.
well if you chose to work for a company sm
where you had to find your own replacement that was your choice. This poster did not and she should not be treated like that.
You sound like you are bitter because of your situation. Don't push it off on this poster. Folks like you are the kind that run these companies that treat people like this. I ahve worked in-house with folks like you and that is why I got out of in-house years and years ago! Never regretted it and have made a good living all these years.
sorry...if I chose not to take the benefits as I don't need them. Never heard back. nm
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OK - your other post said you chose this account because of the challenge
nm
A job is not an afterthought to me. I had a FT MT job before my children and CHOSE to work PT so I
can enjoy them. I think anyone with children can understand that. I do take my job seriously and work and am a high producer. I enjoy my job but I also enjoy my other FT job, which is my children!
I'm still not over the way they treated me
I am excellent and highly experienced and I was given voice recordings that were re recorded and impossible to hear, I was yelled at. I'd rather scrub toilets than work for them. They were like the sweatshops of olden days, but mostly I resent the way I was treated and not appreciated at all... a no blanks account. It's been quite a while and I still cringe to think of them.
Treated like IC
No, I'm treated like an IC now, work whatever hours I want. I've enjoyed working for Focus, I like my primary account a lot - not too many ESLs. I just don't want to be forced to be employee status.
Sorry you were treated that way
I have been with the company quite awhile, and while they are generally nice, they do tend to push a bit and can be short on empathy. They do pay on time and have decent benefits, but the TR platform is designed to make more money for the company (I'm certain), as that silly drop down menu for headers slows you down. The supervisors are generally nice, but all business. Very Sorry about your father.
any QT workers
frequent this board. How is pay, benefits, work load. Still owned by Tampa couple?
MDI-MD workers, can you tell me
if they accept dial-up connections or satellite? Don't find it on their website. thanks.
This year they chose one that really is a good company to work for. nm
nm
YES! Exactly! If we want to be treated like mature
Have a little integrity.
I am surprised you were treated this way after only ONE day of being ill.
:+
HA! Totally! That is exactly how she treated me!
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ICs treated like employees
I absolutely agree. I've turned down several IC jobs this year simply because the contract made it sound too much like an employee situation. One company even referred to themselves as the employer and me as the IC.
I also don't like being treated like rented equipment when an employee. I can't believe my own high level of gullibility in being drawn into situations that never turn out as good as the prospective employer made them sound.
There is one company that I work for as an IC. They said that they want 20 hours per week, but I've never received any complaints when I've only worked 10 hours. Also, they do send out SOS emails, but I only read their emails (separate email address just for them) when I'm actually working. I've repeatedly thanked them for keeping me informed of the status of the account on my days off.
Unfortunately, I have no real solutions to offer. But, as a relative newbie to this career, I am still shocked at the way that MTs have allowed companies and/or dictators to abuse them with bad dictations, for one thing. The way it goes is that we stress and strain and send to QA, ask for samples, etc, when IMHO the report should go back to the sender to be fixed, period. Also, IMHO, every report should be proofread for accuracy before any signatures are placed on it. Whether proofread or not, the dictator should assume full responsibility for the accuracy of the report; electronic signatures are not good. My opinion.
And MTs don't stay if they don't like how they are treated.
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An IC can only be treated as an employee if she
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Treated best during the recruitment
I would say, 95% of the time, whenever I've interviewed and accepted a new job, looking back, I would not that the best treatment I ever received from anyone in that company was during the recruitment process. It was the same with my two late husbands. During the dating and engagement period, they treated me the best that I was ever treated. After I made the commitment to them, they didn't try as hard to be so nice. So, if the recruitment process is anything but tolerable, I can generally expect that the rest of my experience with that company will be worse. I'm sure there are exceptions, but this scenario has been true for me most frequently.
Workers' Comp, IC @ MQ
Have any IC's ever filed a WC claim against MQ? If so, what was the course and/or outcome?
They are looking for workers -- but NO WORK
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First of all, the auto workers SM
have been protected from the realities of the world for decades now. I have contact with them daily-you should hear them cry and complain over having to pay $4 a pay period to cover their family's health insurance. Co-pay for a Rx went up from $2 to $5? Oh, the complaining about what a raw deal they get.
These people all have cottages to summer in, multiple vehicles for business, leisure and sports and the rest of us have slaved. No company EVER promised to take care of its employees for life. We MTs have known that for years and now these people also can find this out.
To All happy IC workers..
Are you satisfied as an IC and not having benefits because you have another job that pays benefits or are dependents of someone how has medical benefits?
I think that off-shore workers
You just summed that up for me. I am glad you told the truth in that you like using slaves to transcribe who are none the wiser.
As an IC, I choose my own hours, days, lines, etc. You as an MTSO consider that whining, when it is the law.
So if you sleep at night knowing you are abusing and mistreating offshore workers, then good for you! It actually just proves you have no heart.
Another point I'd like to make is that if you need subs to make you money, you must be a horrible Transcriptionist yourself.
Any doctor that old me he doesn't care who types, when, and how would be off of my list of good doctors and I wouldn't waste my time. That doctor obviously doesn't care about people but only his own pocket and that would include you as the MTSO. That same doctor that told you he/she doesn't care will drop you as an MTSO in a minute when he/she finds a better deal.
Always remember, we reap what we sow. Try and have a good day, master!
Any Oracle workers here?
Am I the only one at Oracle (OTI) that constantly and consistently runs out of work? I'm not just talking about the usual holiday lull, I mean pretty much everyday? Because I do. I don't think I've had a paycheck yet that's been over 400 dollars. I'm on three accounts (count em '3') and there's still hardly ever enough work. I keep asking my QA ppl to put me on yet another account and they say there aren't anymore openings but then I get emails from them saying how the workload is heavy in this account, heavy in that account... etc.
Why why why is this so hard? Any advice? Anybody?
My request for workers
Apparently all of you who are so disgusted with my posting are so busy that you have time to be on this chat board. I, am quite busy and do not have time to filter through hundreds of resumes, which I have received in the past from a posting. Therefore I was upfront and honest about what I needed and what I would pay. NO, this is not subcontracted work, this is a full fledged hospital account, if it is any of your business. Spend time working not running other people down that you know nothing about.
netmed workers
I tested for the company called Net Med Transcription and was just wondering if anyone out there works for them and if they like, dislike them?
C&C Transcription does pay it's workers
Please don't confuse CC Transcription with C&C Transcription, they are two totally separate companies. Also C&C Transcription does NOT offer direct deposit.
Marie
It's just one more way of cheating workers.
Wrong. Companies chose to or not to offshore work, nobody makes them. sm
My company does not offshore work, absolutely will not. We've actually gained/kept accounts assuring clients that we do not. We have many clients, cutting edge technology for both customer and employee, a healthy growth rate and a high MT retention rate. It's not impossible to have a successful USA-only based company. Sadly that may not be the norm anymore, but it's a choice MTSO/CEOs (whatever they may be) make and in my opinion maybe cutting some of the bottom line and offshoring is being done in place of producing a high quality of work that keeps a customer happy and not looking around for other service options. Subsequently I think these companies then suffer inferior work further because they are paying less and/or maybe have contractural obligations. Personally I'd like to think they'd still prefer high quality to low prices and inferior product. I have to wonder if these offshore companies are losing just as many accounts because of their product. I just know I am glad I work for a company who doesn't outsource, doesn't plan to, and has every intention to remain successful because quality does count.
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