I hope they do not end up 'acquring' Keystrokes.
Posted By: NM on 2009-03-30
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I hope they do not end up 'acquring' Keystrokes.
Try Keystrokes out of Bolingbrook, Illinois. Hope this helps!
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I honestly hope you will have a good experience with Keystrokes
I'm sure that not all the supervisors were as hyper as the one I had - she drove me crazy, wanting me to work practically 24/7. The last couple of months I was there, during a 63-day period, I only had 3 real days off where I didn't work at least a couple of hours which ended up turning into five or six. Add that to working 10-12 hours during my 8-hour work days, and I just plain got burnt out.
But that was only one particular client (if you would like the name, please email me). I am sure there were other clients that she could have given me, but she kept assuring me that this was the best client she had.
So I would just say make sure your lead is 1) looking out foryou and 2) telling you the truth (the third time I caught mine in a lie, I quit).
Good luck!
Ugh .. I hope Keystrokes doesn't sell, but no guarantees nowadays. :( nm
Did Keystrokes sell to Transcend? I thought Keystrokes was buying up companies sm
but I heard from another service owner that they sold out to Transcend. Anyone know if that happened?
keystrokes ad..can someone tell keystrokes their banner ad needs a hyphen...quality-minded
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Did Keystrokes sell to Transcend? I thought Keystrokes was buying sm
small companies but another service owner told me that she heard that Keystrokes sold to Transcend. Is this true?
I posted this down below but meant to post it as a new thread. Before I apply with them, I would like to know as I left Transcend a few months ago and do NOT want to get back into that mess.
Not only that, but I would MUCH rather work for Keystrokes than Spheris as Keystrokes doesn't
Only Keystrokes. Worked at MQ until I came to Keystrokes. Started at sm
Keystrokes PT, liked what I saw and experienced, gave notice to MQ and went FT. Have not look back since. I had previously worked at 2 hospitals, for MDI, Transcend and MRC until bought by MQ. I plan on retiring here as long as they stay as they are.
No, Not with Keystrokes, visiting friend and using her pc, she got job with Keystrokes
I forgot to change the Name. I do not think Keystrokes is hiring anymore now. Would like some info about Diskriter though.
Ditto, Keystrokes is a wonderful company with wonderful people! I love working for Keystrokes!
I am just not making enough money. They are a great company though, just ask for a back up account.
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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I would hope
that a physician would read over their dictation. I mean aren't they liable for anything that is wrong in the medical record? Sheesh!
Hope?
Ok, thanks to all of you who gave me information regarding decent online MT companies. however, of all the recommendations, none of them appear to hire new grads.
be honest with me, am i pretty much doomed to working for a bad company for 2-5 years until I gain enough experience to be hired by a decent company?
..this does not seem promising :(
I hope not, but
I think some of the clients are going to dump them anyway(especially a big one who has been burned before by off-shoring) once they are no longer all U.S.-based. I think they probably expect this. It seems that many of DRC's MTs have been around a long time, many come from hospitals and also have MT management experience or former small MT company owners (or both). So we know multiple facets of the business. It occurred to me that if I were still in a hospital sending out the work that it would be a hard sell to keep a company that went from U.S.-based only to one that had previously been India-based only. I would probably dump them.
I'm not sure Acusis fully realizes the percentage of Americans who are highly offended and even disgusted by this off-shoring transcription craze. DCR previously appealed to those exact people.
I do think they will try to get us to sign something to agree not to work for the facilities that dump them, which may further cause an exodus to other companies who have similar accounts or will be getting those accounts.
I'm (still) waiting for the questions to be answered from the webcast.
I simply cannot quit right now. I have a backup plan but it's not workable yet. I wish it were. Things not only have to remain the same, but actually be better or I'm ending my long career as a MT, period. It's down to the last straw on the camel's back for me.
There is Hope
I am been an MT for two years now. When I finished school (a crappy course I might add), I started at 8 cpl. In three months I went up to 10 cpl. About one year later, I got sick of the cherrypickers and work stealers and quit. I found another account where they pay 16.25 cpl...no joke. I also got a second account (so I have two now). The second account pays $2.00 per report and you don't get reports over 2 minutes long. I know this is not the norm and want to acknowledge how fortunate I am. (I am an excellent MT, however. It is not strictly luck). I earn between $8,000-$10,000 per month now. As a single Mom and no other income, I couldn't be happier.
I hope you are right, but - sm
I turned them down for that position and a few months later asked what they had open and they offered me THE SAME one again. Too weird for me, thanks. And the people who hate Meditech far outweigh the ones who like it, I am afraid.
OSi MT's - there is hope!
Ask your friends. Send your resumes. Apply on line. You WILL get offers. You WILL get paid for working on holidays. You WILL be appreciated. I got out last year before this latest debacle. I left because of pathetic management in general and numerous other reasons. I have NEVER looked back. My base pay at my new company started a little lower, but the incentives have me making more than I EVER did at OSi. I was also one of the 100% supporters and eventually learned that basically every nasty thing said about OSi turned out to be true! Get out now before you are stuck working the upcoming holidays for nothing. Other companies are hiring! Get out before all their positions are filled because OSi MT's are leaving in droves. My good OSi friends and I went with OptiScript, Keystrokes, Diskriter and WEBMEDX. Good Luck!
There is hope at SPi!!
Guys, things have been bad at SPi, but there is HOPE! My manager informed me today that Chris Lally is back in ops! He's back as regional manager, so things should start looking up. Hang in there...
Hope at SPi
I disagree with you. the only way SPi could get better would be if someone on top of the hierarchy started listening to the account managers who really really have good ideas, and even some of the regional managers. They need to get rid of this useless op manager who is sabotaging the company and unless they do something really quick there will be so many lawsuits filed and unfair labor practices that they will sink faster than the Titanic.
I hope so. sm
I sent my resume off day before yesterday. I received a response that it looked great and they would call me in the morning, that was yesterday, still waiting. That's okay, I would rather go with AX -- how long does it take to get a response from AXL after you submit resume?
I sure hope so!
I can't take this much longer! Not only financially, but mentally. I'm going crazy not being able to work. I'm used to putting in 10-12-hour days, 6-7 days a week because I usually have so much work on my accounts, and now nothing!
Just hope it gets better
5 reports a day is not much. They finally gave me the okay to 5 more45 minutes before quitting time. 
I hope none of you....
...hold your breath. I was with them for years and for a time was immune to the cycles but I saw them come and go, and believe you me, it cycles good, kinda good, bad, really, really bad, BAD, people hired, people fired, people asked to come back...people let go...etc., etc. I know what I'm talking about.
I wish it were different but it's not, and I wouldn't wish this company on anyone, and if you're still there after all they've done, then you know what I mean, and you will soon see......same ol' same ol'. Just wait. Not being negative, just realistic and truthful.
I sure hope you are right...
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Wonder if it's who I think it is. Hope so
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I sure hope so...
This will blow the minds of MTs who all along thought they were ICs when in fact they were really employees. Nevermind TAT, it plays no role. I work for a company that is truly IC. No quotas, no set schedule. I did, however, contract with them (MTSO = my client) that I would get the work done in 24 hours from the time of dictation. They set nothing other than they would like the work back within 24 hours. If I cannot work on any particular day of course if I can I give notice out of courtesy, but I do not have to report to work each day. As far as I'm concerned each individual voice file is a job that I've agreed to transcribe.
Any company demanding and/or requiring you transcribe a certain amount of lines each day is in fact employing you and not contracting with you. If a company is having you hang on IM while they monitor you all day, that is employee not IC. If a company assigns you work, that is an employee not an IC. An IC chooses when they work and how much work they do.
P/S: Most ICs have more than one client. I have 3 and 1 of the 3 is an online MTSO. They are my client not my employer. I am self-employed and I make the rules, not the other way around.
I hope you are not on the
same account as me as this is the 5th day with no work. Yesterday they sent out an email saying that all accounts were low so it does not sound like it is one platform. I work on two different ones. I don't think the platform is the issue. There just is no work.
I think you would get more information from the person who says she has OT. Get that account and you might be okay.
Good luck.
I hope so!
If she doesn't, I would tell her to call Superior Global and request the money from them since she was working on their accounts. That will get TTD on the ball!!! Or at least tell TTD that she is going to call Superior. You don't mess with peoples pay!
hope it's soon
I too am OOW first time in a long time
I hope they do
I think I am on the same account. I love it and I just wish it did not run out on Saturday nights. It would be great if TT gets more of their work.
I hope we all do too... and I hope that you sm
really mean that and not being sarcastic as it sounded.
Thank you. I have hope now...
It just took me so long to decide that I really do need to find a different job. I did my research (tons of it!), got the backbone to do to apply, and wham, this email came in. I was stunned... Hopes dashed... Glad to see it was sent to others, but more glad to see that people actually have received the job offers after it! Thank you for your input!
I hope it was the one I had (sm)
on ChartMatrix. I learned more from the manual.
I think UR right! We MTs should hope like
or we'll be the next ones to be crowding the ER's and leaving the state to pay our expenses.
So then there is no hope for you
MTs for the most part are a very intelligent group but there are some who can't see the handwriting on the wall if it is 10 feet tall!! Those like you I can't work up much sympathy for.
Been with Keystrokes staying with Keystrokes
I was there for the promises and guess what Keystrokes is making good on those promises.
I get vacation time, 401K, and even AFLAC. My pay is great, always on time as well as accurate.
I have my main account and have been given back up accounts for which I have been fully trained and am comfortable typing on. I have great leads, great tech support and plenty of work.
Am I biased??? Yes I am biased. I am grateful everyday that I was given the opportunity to work for Keystrokes and their team. I am grateful that my company's owner is a fellow Transcriptionist that goes home at the end of the day and works like the rest of us so she knows what a hard job I have and I know that she is working to make things better for me because unlike other companies I have worked for she understands what it is I do.
Please accept my apologies that you were unhappy with Keystrokes and chose to move on before all of the promises came to fruition but don't begrudge those of us that stayed loyal and are now reaping the benefits of a GREAT COMPANY WITH GREAT BENEFITS, LOTS OF WORK AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE GREAT THINGS TO COME!
I just want to say Thank you Lee, Jeff, Becky, Karyn, Martha, Annette, Paul and everybody else in the office for all that you do.
Keystrokes does not go by keystrokes, we go by lines. sm
1200 lines per day comes out to 150 lines per hour. Most transcriptionists are able to do 200-250 lines per hour, so this is not unrealistic, nor is it unreasonable. The hospital that I used to work at prior to coming to Keystrokes had a minimum of 185 lines per hour. The service I worked for prior to Keystrokes had a minimum of 200 lines per hour.
hope ya got two of those hats...sm
cuz I agree with the other poster. I love working for MQ...sorry if this offends you!
hope it works out
but if you were offered chance to work on other accounts, what is the problem? You are going to have slow periods with ANY company, and at least your now-previous employer had enough accounts to offer you something else...in any event, hope you find bliss at new place.
I hope you have more work than most have been seeing lately.
I would hope it would come from an insider......
It sucks when companies hire from the outside.
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