I hope that's true, might make me feel a little better...
Posted By: ExMQ on 2009-05-17
In Reply to: Sure the doctors know if it is VR or straight.... - .
Even if they are being charged less, the rates companies are paying MTs to do VR is grossly unfair. There is no way it takes half the time to do VR as compared to regular. You still have to listen to the whole dictation. Maybe 65-70% would be fair, not 50%.
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Hope you feel better now
You obviously are since you are so vehemently defending this abomination.
You are the type of MT who makes a bad name for all of us.
You call yourself a REAL MT when you defend cherry picking. I say you are the pathetic baby!
I do hope that makes you feel better....
though painting and plumbing is quite different than what I do.
Ugh .. sorry to hear about the migraine. Hope you feel better soon. sm
I work for a decent company and am relatively happy, although it is IC work, and I do not really feel like I am treated like an IC. I basically am anchored to my desk morning, noon, and night so I can be there ... but then again, it is not like George Clooney is banging on my door to whisk me away anywhere, so most days I am thankful just to have a job. I did get a promising lead for a company that pays 2 cpl more than what I make now, but I will know more on Tuesday. Still ... the selling cheap crap gig is very appealing. I've never gone crabbing but that sounds good too. 
What a hateful post. Hope your rant made you feel better. nm
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Very true. I would think and hope the forum would be open to all (m)
MDIers leaving, planning to leave, and not sure what the heck to do, and those waiting it out to see what happens. We could all compare notes, give insight when able, be supportive, etc. I hope there's a way to effectively do this privately.
I don't know that it is true, I haven't asked, don't feel
like they would tell me if true. I haven't figured out the company name yet, still trying and I doubt seriously the offshoring company would tell us who their clients are. There is a ton of work, so I don't see offshoring (if it is happening) is affecting me. They have one account that is very difficult and they are unable to keep MTs on that account and maybe that account is being offshored, as it is mostly ME dictators anyway.
I know for a fact that QT management does monitor the boards and I feel like they need to address the concerns or they are going to find themselves in a bad situation.
I feel if it sounds too good to be true,
there usually is a catch..susan
True! I just hope the wrong person doesn't
get banned in error.
Hopefully, this will make you feel better. SM
I have been an IC for years. Not making a bad line rate, but not great. Yes, I have a more flexible schedule than an employee, but still have 24 hour TAT. Here's what stinks - I can't even take a long weekend off during the summer (either Friday or Monday) without my paycheck taking a hit. So, in my case, having a holiday off without pay is the norm for me. Employee vs. IC - both have their pros and cons.
It did make me feel better, thank you.
better, and would help our industry - and I use that word lightly, is if some MTs would chin up, step to the plate, and stop applying over and over and over to deplorable companies and keeping these MTSOs rich and able to continue their less than stellar business ethics. You gotta be kidding me! Its the posters on here, who will post right at the end of an page-long thread full of nothing but valid negative issues with the same MTSOs over and over and over - no work, nasty management, nasty QA, no communication, no paychecks, no work, no work, schedule demands when IC status, no work, no work, lying recruiters, no pay, no pay, NO PAY? No work. Then some MT pops in the thread, or pulls it to the top, and says, well other than the few negatives mentioned of late, what do ya think??? Should I? I just don't know what to think, yada, yada. That's the stupidity that drives me crazy. It wastes this whole board, when it could be a valid source of info for MTs on the job hunt. And why should any of us bother a second of our time giving objective reviews of a company, providing full details of our experience, good or bad, only to so obviously be ignored by these types of posts? That's why so many MTs don't even waste their time anymore giving reviews. Oh, yeah, other than the fact that obviously currently you can't get a timely paycheck, such-and-such company must be GREAT. Sure, go for it. Its stuff like this that make this whole forum lack credibility or professionalism, and lets these stupid MTSOs continue to play their tricks and lie to all of us MTs. You don't even see how this hurts us. If a company didn't pay MTs on time, shame on them. NO excuse. And there were a boat load of other JLG issues that were shared, so not a single thing here, and then its OK for MTs to now APPLY to fill the slots of those who probably just left because of poor conditions? This is what is perpetuating this cycle of third-world treatment of MTs. But, yeah, you're right, its me.
no one can make you feel sm
worthless if you don't allow them to. As far as isolation, did you not choose to work at home?
MQ screwed their employees by manipulating the lines SEVERAL years ago. Same people working several years ago are still complaining today. Get out and find another job.
I am an MT just like you and the rest and have been for years. Again the whining and complaining does not change a doggone thing. It is what it is.
The profession has gone to he!! in a handbasket literally but it didnt happen overnight.
Sorry but I don't get the victim mentality. Maybe we are victims in the sense that our work has gone over to India or wherever but so have a lot of other jobs in this country not only MTs. It is a crime that it has happened this way. But whining and complaining about hours and dictators, weekends and holidays is going to do no good. That is part of the job and always has been. If you are fortunate enough to find a decent MT job you better be prepared to work weekends and holidays etc or you will be passed over for someone else.
Plain and simple, call it what you want, say I am screaming and have a bad attitude. I don't care. You cannot change the profession from what it is. My opinion is that all the whining done by MTs about the hours, the days, etc. etc has helped outsource our jobs to India.
I know many many experienced MTs who still have good jobs with companies and are not going through all this . They are also not whining and complaining either.
I hope they keep posting. They're showing everyone their true colors. :) nm
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Just trying to make you feel a little more loved. LOL
:)
Geez...how did that make you feel?
I haven't had a company not let me work out my two weeks yet. I think I'd be irritated if I got a response like that!
I hope DSG doesn't make the change
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I do. I hope you find something to make you happy and
that is something you can depend on. Whether in this business or not. I wish that for us all!
It is only right that a higher level MT should make more but I feel I can tell anyone I want
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That is wonderful news. I hope the changes stick and the new office manager is a true asset to the
owner. She is a lovely woman and I wish her much success. I just might check them out again. Thanks for the information.
70% - mine is a little higher than that. Hope they don't realize it and make me pay back. nm
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Dont they make you feel like a child with the threatening emails?
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now I know you ARE definitely crazy..no further responses will be made to make you feel good about y
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Well, I fall above the average I guess. Would rather not post as not to make others feel bad or thin
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If your facts are true, make them public. You've nothing to lose and everything to gain.
How can you be putting your head on the chopping block when you are anonymous here?
Details have not been given in your posts. Please show us ALL the details.
Why would you be putting your head on the block by pointing out supposed anomalies in the raise structure?
Any recruiter can give out that information because it's the same for everyone. Any MLS can go to the website and see it. I have it here in front of me. I would like to see you defend your statements, because I'm not seeing the proof here.
Why would you be putting your head on the block regarding incentives?
Any recruiter can give out that information, if it exists. That information also can be seen in the job boards and on the website, as it's public knowledge. I sure don't see any out there, nor have I for months.
Why would you be putting your head on the block regarding enticements?
You say they are readily viewed on job boards, but yet you can't give details. Any recruiter can give that information, too, as they post the ads on the boards. They can also be seen on the website. However, looking back over a lot of weeks of posts on various boards, I don't see one "enticement," so we're going to need YOU to point them out to us.
If the enticement is the pay structure, then you're benefitting the same as everyone else. If the enticement is the ads, well, you get the same opportunity for shift differentials, the same CMT pay, the same benefits, the same production incentives, don't you? What don't you get that you deserve?
Also in regard to enticements, I've got to ask for clarification on a statement you made:
"...look at past and future ads on MT Jobs, etc."
Do you have details on what the company is offering in the future? If so, let us all in on it so people who don't work at Transcend know what to wait for.
Finally, no one should need to email you, because all of YOUR information should be made public IF IT EXISTS, and you shouldn't fear making it public, IF IT'S TRUE. Having people email simply allows you to privately promote your version without having to publically defend the truth of of your claims.
If you can't back up your claims, then please concentrate on making the best out of your own situation, okay? It's not right to make statements that can't be supported with facts. It doesn't help the company and it doesn't help you. If you're a loyal employee you should be trying to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. Maybe you could offer your assistance on the quality council.
Thanks for the info! Do you *feel* like you make more with a gross line v. character line? (nm)
I feel the same way...I love working for Keystrokes and feel blessed that I have such a wonderful jo
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How do you know list is true? I can make a list,
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Glad that's true for you for 8 years. Not true for many. I love the company, but I do run out of
as do many others. Wish I were as fortunate as you.
I feel the same way. I'm irritable because I feel
and that my years of experience overall, and past few years of busting my @$$ for them hasn't been appreciated or noticed in the least.
We're all just cogs in the wheel.
Not necessarily true. That is not a true test of skill.
Do you know how many people get others to take tests for them? It happens and it happens more often than you might think. The only skill that shows anyway is that you can do it.
We are actually more than a transcriptionist. We are specialists in our field and we are supposed to know some things regarding anatomy and physiology as a working base. That's how we can judge if a physician dictates something in accurately and many do because they can't pronounce or just are not thinking. That's why our skills of basic knowledge come into play and that means basic knowledge of body parts. If our job was just to sit there and type without thinking about what we are transcribing, then all patients are in trouble and this is just based on what I see as a QA person.
It's more than just knowing how to transcribe and some of the companies have discovered how to know what your basic knowledge is based on what you have picked up with your experience by utilizing your references etc. Hopefully that utilization of your references has taught you something that does stick in your head.
Beliefs like yours are just so far off base. You have to know what you are doing. It's not just about being able to listen and type. Base knowledge is a very important thing and the services have to find a way to know that knowledge base that is there in your head.
I doubt you will make enough money in 5 hours a week to make
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I make 4 cents a line, work part and make
over $500 a week on part.
Great post! I make 0.085 at Keystrokes and make more than at any sm
other company in the last 5 years. Why? Because there is always work for me. I love starting work each day, knowing that the company I work for appreciates me and has plenty of work. Transtech and Keystrokes sound very similar; those of us that work for either can count our blessings that we are not part of the cesspool or huge corporate mess that makes up the biggest few companies. We do not have to worry about our jobs getting sent overseas and we see a future in this business!!!
This may be true... and that is philisophically true, but
and pay bills while being screwed? This is what I think the OP is scared of... I certainly agree and honestly think it is unfair to put people in this precarious position... on one hand be grateful you still have your job, or a job, and on the other, immediately there will possibly be a cut in pay, for which you may have to give up your home, or medicine or reduce your budget for food. I don't know if I am the only one, but I think the OP still has a good head on her shoulders and that may be the problem...at least for employers out there who are switching to VR.. and their employees
Yeah, but we don't make what docs make. nm
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But we don't even make what in-house make.
It would be different if we made the same as the in-house MTs. In a lot of cases, most of the people working in-house make much more including benefits than we do at home as full-time employees. That's where I think the unfairness comes in. The in-house employees don't all work every single weekend. Most of them rotate at a much higher salary and much better benefits. The MTs at home are expected to fill in for the in-house for less money, less benefits and give more and more back in the form of weekends and holidays. Most remote MTs only receive benefits contingent on production, and even then they're not nearly as good as in-house benefits. How is that equal in the healthcare team perspective?
you might want to make sure you don't make yourself look like an IDOT before you go any further.
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I make $1.10 per report and make much more sm
than by the line. Day by day it varies and goes back and forth, but over a long period, it is better by the report. Make sure they pay links though; this is key.
Do Shapin MTs really only make 6 cpl and QAs make 1.5 cpl?
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Why can't you make money with all OPs? I do all OPs and make
good money. I'm not with WebMedX though.
I'm happy with what I make. I still make more than if I went anywhere else and hardly noone in th
biz gives raises so I feel blessed that I make a lot more than most, raise or no raise.
And always make sure you don't make line
counts that amount to anything. They always place you with impossible ESLs as soon as you start making decent money.
Hope this fan ain't
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hope not
I certainly hope 20 hours per week requirement will not be part of the new rules. I think a line count requirement should be sufficient.
hope not!
I hope not, I need to work 50+ hours for them to make ends meet, otherwise I will have to get another job. Is it okay to work for two companies??
I would hope someone would
do the same for me if asked.
I hope I do not have a bad
experience with them. That is why I am only going PT and if it does not work out, I will still have my old job to fall back on.
Let's hope so!
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Well I hope..
The facilities start to catch this and crack down on the companies. My part time company wants ALL reports looked over. We don't penalize for sending blanks to me and I do a quick read over everything (except for a few MTs who do not require this). I worked in Escription and what I saw on there was SCARY!!!
I hope this is better.
I worked for an offshore owned company where it was all about quantity. Company even kept a HORRIBLE MT just because she cranked out the lines. Didn't matter her quality was crap and was considered a joke by middle managment. India did most typing but with US edit. Typists changed regularly so it wasn't like they learned to do better. Quality would improve slightly and then would notice, after couple of months, that quality was crap again so we knew we were dealing with a new batch of typists. Even so, the push was always on to get the jobs off US edit and send Indian work straight to client. Of course, the clients never knew they were not getting US editing anymore, as they got no price reduction when they no longer had that level of work being done on their jobs. The problem is the facilities accept the crap work so why should the companies change. It took a while but I finally found a US owned company where quality matters. Now one of the first questions I would ask a prospective employer is if they are US owned.
We can hope so, anyway! nm
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I am like that too, so I hope you are right! nm
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