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and I appreciate your sharing that insight.  Even on this site less than a year ago, the head of one of the largest offshoring MTSOs posted a message directly to me to begin dialog on this board.  The problem was that I never designated myself as the spokesperson for anyone else here on this board and was beaten about the ears rather soundly for being what others considered disrespectful towards him.  No one *got* what it was I was saying.  He is a board member of AHIMA.  He is a millionaire.  You would have thought he was god in person the way others thought we should treat him with a higher degree of respect.  I don't respect someone advocating the investment of developing land, facilities, training, and employment of more than 5000 Indians and offering some of the lowest pay in the industry in these United States.

There is a small to midsize national that has a nonorganization policy in its employee handbook.  That is just one that I know of, and I can predict that will begin to become the norm now that AHIMA and AAMT have gotten federal monies beginning to flow for education and internships for MTs...with the largest interest of these monies going to same said millionaires.  They don't want to hear how some of need food stamps, Medicaid and housing subsidies to get by on what we make in today's US-MT-less-than-friendly environment.  They blame us, not what they have done.  What is even more sad is that we have allowed it to happen by turning blind eyes.

If we want to make an impact and have a voice, each and every US MT needs to be selective about the MTSOs we choice to work for, what our wage should be, the benefits we want and decline to accept what is not acceptable.  Unfortunately because we are so splintered, we cannot collectively form a picket line and hold posters and chant.  Heck, we can't even do that in the online environment as long as there are MTs who think the millionaires deserve to be treated with respect they have NOT earned - IMHO.

I stand behind what I say, but there is only so much I can do personally.  It is up to each US MT and the new MTs coming into this business don't support this philosophy because they don't know what we do – we have to teach those who are willing to listen.

Milton's Red Stapler

people to work with, and I have been happy for the most part.  They use Wordscript, which is a Word-based platform and very easy to use.  Pay periods end the 15th and the last of the month, paid by direct deposit.  There is no set pay day, but generally I am paid within a week to 10 days of the end of the pay period. 

Good luck with whatever you decide. 

and there were several long reports to type, yet I never received the courtesy of a response.  They were great guns at first, sending me info about the company, telling me how impressive my resume is, etc., and after the written test, I heard back immediately, but then, after investing several hours into their written test .. *poof* .. nada.  I don't know that I aced it, but after 25+ years of being an MT, I didn't think I did so awful that it would not even merit a reply.   Such is life ...

On the flip side, I do realize that companies receive 100s of applications when they run an ad, and so I try to be patient and realize that I can just be lost in the shuffle somtimes.  I perhaps am not aggressive enough, because I do not email or call if they drop the ball.  There are lots of other companies out there.  

change or growth.  What I was talking about was the continuous posting by the same people, over and over again, that is vague and destructive.  This is not just about Keystrokes, this is about the posts for other companies as well.

I think that not every MT is a good fit for every company, and not every company is good fit for every MT.  If this were the case, there would be very little job searching or hiring going on, only if someone retired or left the field or entered the field.

It is the outright lying that is so horrible.  Keystrokes is a transcription company which means that we have the normal ups and downs that every company has in terms of slow and busy periods.  We have been very fortunate to have very little down time due to busy and also new accounts. 

If there are check problems, they are resolved.  We all wish there were no problems and this is the biggest topic at manager meetings, but human error comes into play here as well.  We have a new time recording system that should eliminate that, if the information is entered correctly from the MT. 

If there are tough dictators on the account, it is not the fault of the company.  It is the fault of the hospital that has them on staff, but you have to take the good with the bad.

If there are QA complaints, it is usually that the leads are too strict.  The owners have said that they would rather be known for being too picky than too lenient, thus having accounts say the work is not up to standard. 

If there is a reliability problem, it just might not be a good fit.

I know that if I were to take over recruiting and hiring (which I absolutely want NOTHING to do with), I would not take job hoppers.  However, I have been told that you have to look at the hopping and why it has happened.  A lot could be poor choices.  That's why I will never be in charge of hiring, but I can control the MT QA and reliability once they are on my account.

I have figured out a way to pay my bills with such **old, wornout** words

HAVE NOT figured out a way to pay my bills with . . .

1.  All dictators sound like Patrick Stewart, calm and perfect speech.

2.  The company pays a minimum of 12 cents per line, of course spaces included.

3.  All management staff were transcriptionists for at least 10 years.

4.  20-year-old Buffy is not assigned as my account manager, just because she's somebody's wife in the company  (and she's so dumb she thinks car horns need fluid). 

5.  Quick and responsive QA people who provide samples and are not menopausal, in a bad relationship, or on a power trip.

6.  The company provides me a wonderful leather chair with heat and massage.

7.  The turnaround time is 72 hours on all reports.

8.  The CEO looks like Johnny Depp and comes to my house for one-on-one training.

9.  We all head to Hawaii at least once a year for work relationship training.

10.  They actually have a wonderful retirement program that will allow me more than a shanty house with outdoor plumbing.

Am I asking too much?

Can anyone tell me anything about Lee Perfect Transcription?  Thanks

I sent my resume to Lee Perfect responding to their ad on the Job Board here...they e-mailed me back with a test that included a zillion questions regarding everything from A-Zand another test on the usual medical stuff.  Does anyone know if it is worth going through all the hoops?  Are they good to work for and how about their cpl rate, is that good or not so good.  Not sure I want to go through all this before knowing the answers to my questions.

TIA

I am interested in hearing from current MTs who work for Lee Perfect.  How are they to work for and would like to know if you are able to get good line counts with EMDAT, and if so, how long does it take for you to become productive.  I am especially interested in hearing from hem/onc transcriptionists and what they think of these accounts.  Thanks so much for your time.