I know there is no dream job...but I was just looking over the posts (sm)
Posted By: Kay V on 2008-02-06
In Reply to: There is no such thing as a dream job - the dream MT
and was referring to one down below from another ex-MQer who said they found their dream job. I realize I'm looking for something that doesn't really exist.
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Who said it was a dream job?
I'm one who freely criticizes MTSOs when they deserve it and the downside(s) of the job. MY ORIGINAL post was merely to state what I realized one day when I had to actually GO OUT into the real world and deal with some of the things most people have to deal with EVERY day...
It made me stop and think: Ok, you better start being more grateful for YOUR job... (because I'd go completely bonkers if I had to work at most any job outside the house now).
Dream on
My dream has always been to
sell shells for a gift shop on the beach. Actually, if you move to Nassau in the Bahamas, you will probably make tons selling stuff to tourists from the cruise ships. I know we threw a lot of cash (mostly my whole paycheck MTing that week, so you know how low I make these days) for beaded hair for my daughter, a necklace for her, and 2 shark tooth necklaces for my sons. Man o man. To retire to the islands and make a mint. Though, the grass (or sand) is always greener (or tan) on the other side, however it may be. LOL.
Dream on
NM
My dream job....sm
I would like see an MT left with the work/account they are comfortable with. Currently work on 4 different accounts, which actually equals out to about 7 or 8 different facilities and all have different acct specs and then can't seem to get anywhere with a line count because I have to check acct specs every stinking report to see how they do things. I also agree with the VBC. Spaces should be paid, period. We have to put them in, they should be paid. I do also refer employee over IC. Also, agree with differential for working weekends. I, personally, am sick to death of working weekends (but still do it), but if extra pay was offered, there may not need to be such a dire need for all MTs to have to work them. Even rotating weekends would be better than every weekend. I also think the platform should be productive, nothing with 15 different screens/windows to jump back and forth on. Consistent QA; i.e. one QA says do this and then another QA says that's wrong, do it this way. That is so frustrating!!! About pay, I think it should depend on the account, i.e. all clinic notes, all easy dictators, then 7.5 or 8 cents would be fine, but if you're doing all ESLs and doing difficult reports in a difficult field, i.e. transplant, or hematology/oncology, then I think pay should be higher. Well that's my 2 cents. Keep the board updated. There are plenty of MTs looking for jobs, I'm sure you would have no problem filling positions.
MT dream....
Fair pay, but like GP, would be willing to take 8 cpl or even 7 cpl to help a decent MTSO get started. Consistent dictators. Too many times we get lumped into accounts where we don't get the same doctors but maybe once every other month and it's hard to get them down pat that way. Again, like a previous poster, matching us up with our strong suits. Mine are clinic and psych. I prefer those over OP notes. I actually hate doing OP yet get stuck with them all the time. Actually, all the points that GP posted are all ones I'd agree with. At this stage in the game though, I think that communication is key. I'm fortunate to have a great Team Lead where I work, but I've had jobs where you never hear back to a question or a request. I wish y'all luck and let us know how it goes. I bet you'll get a lot of people wanting to sign up! Oh, if you make testing a requirement...don't use MTTest, it's horrible. And remember too that a lot of great MTs don't test well. I've found that out before and even I am guilty of freezing on testing. Consider a probationary period in lieu of testing.
Dream job
Small business is the driving force for all economic recoveries. Good luck with your endeavor.
I would like a flexible schedule with lines to be done in a specific time frame no set schedule. Extra pay for weekends, holidays, second and third shift, rotating weekends, the extra difficult dictators.
Make part time available, I am unable to work full time any more but part time work is doable and willing to work a rotating weekend.
Quit rewarding the cherry pickers and the work hogs. Platform easy to learn, do not be a slave to BOS, do not turn down people without experience in large facilities. Small facilities have strict requirements also even though the variety of specialities is limited.
Dictators need to be trained on dictating system used by faciliites and must have decent sound quality.
Support staff willing to help with all problems. QA be helpful and explain why something is incorrect. Dictation testing must have good sound quality.
Would like to be contacted if you get your dream up and running.
Are you kidding? This is my dream job!
And yes, I could be doing something else. I have a bachelor's degree and a number of year of management experience in health care and business. I've been an MT for 2 years now and LOVE it. I am NOT struggling, and my company has treated me very well, thank you. This is the best job I've ever had, actually - a perfect fit for me, and I love working at home. If I had to make 50K + to support my family, I would go do something else, but I make a reasonably good income, have benefits, have all the pluses of working at home, and love what I do. Nothing personal, but working for the government would be my idea of a nightmare. Just goes to show, to each his own!
Ability to dream
Haven't lost it yet but getting really close :)
I found my dream job after being with MQ for 12
years. No weekends, no phone calls, plus we have holiday pay. It is a smaller MTSO but I am much happier. Money is about the same, but no ASR and I can pretty well work my own schedule, no set hours.
There is no such thing as a dream job
We all have to take responsibility for ourselves and determine what our needs are and find the company that can meet those needs. Companies change all the time, not just in the MT world, and so do MTs' needs change. Sometimes, you have to decide whether to stick with something and make it work or find something that suits your current needs better. 
Sad to start a new dream job only to
be starting your second week and there's no work available. They told me the account they were putting me had a lack of MTs and they were only hiring two of us to help catch up. I guess the two of us were really, really good (or something) because the account is completely caught up and now I've got nothing to do. 
Sad to start dream job
Does this company start with a W by any chance?
dream on! Seriously if a company sm
did that, they would never have any openings anyway!
Let's dream and dialogue about this
I think this is possible... and exciting. This is an awesome bunch of highly skilled and loyal MTs, as we all know (and were told so often). So. I don't know where to go with it, but I'm willing to be a focal point to get a dialogue going. Contact me off board when you have time. Worst case? We dream of something much better than what just happened these last few days as we all pick up the pieces and determine what is the best course for each of us.
You sound like a dream boss!
I'd be very interested in applying for employment with your company. Please advise how I might do that. 
Christmas Past - dream on
.... Just wanted to share what was done at a hospital I worked at in the good old days when I was a young one ..
Hospital gave each employee $300.00 to $500.00 dollars each as a bonus. You got a turkey for your family. AND, the grandest catered Christmas party at a local exclusive private club with dancing all night!!! Can you believe that?!?
Yes, you are living in a dream world, but you might get 11 cpl
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You're in a dream world, hon.
MT companies, on the whole, do not cheat MTs. There are a few who do not deal ethically and a few who are transcting business illegally but on the whole, MT companies do not cheat MTs.
That is as ridiculous of a statement as it is to say all MTs are cheaters and poor quality risks and they should just fire all of them and go completely to voice recognition and offshore! Not true, right?!
If an MT cannot produce enough work to make minimum wage (or even less than $10 hourly in my opinion), chances are this isn't the most productive work for that person.
However, with this being the free US of A, you are free to sit here and make nothing if ya want! So, go ahead.
Please stop with the let's band together fantasy. It really sounds like a spoiled child trying to bully the whole neighborhood into submission of their personal vendetta.
Where did all the ex-MQers get their dream jobs? (sm)
I left the Q after many years to go to a highly praised company on this board and I'm in the same boat I was at MQ...no work. Things were okay for about a year but now the honeymoon is over. I've been in the biz over 20 years and thought I would work for MQ until I retired. Now I find myself in the position of having to look yet again for another company and believe them when they promise me steady work on my accounts. I'm beginning to believe such a place doesn't exist anymore.
I can only dream of using a DOS-based system
again. Loved WP51 and had great production. I hate the mouse. Anything that takes your hands off the keyboard slows you down.
I agree. Big companies are killing the American dream
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New technology and 1/2 the pay .. you're the stuff MTSOs dream about. nm
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Agree on the dream world. Here's a short list of places that have
A Better Type - new company? Out of Washington, has an ad on the other jobs board. Alphabest - up to 11, must use Bytescribe or a specific foot pedal. Ascend - on whatever account used MediTech Direct. B-I-G Enterprises - possible 9 to 11. Digital Transcription - Arkansas, Olympus software only. (People are testing here now and saying the test is atrocious.) First Choice - 10 to 11 on weekends, use FTP and Word, no software. Get Back Jack - need own LD and Cphone. Paladin Retrieval - 10 to 11 on weekends, need own LD and Lanier. Superior Global (not Global out of Texas) - 9 to 11 cpl on weekends. WebMedX - possible 10 to 11 on weekends or nights or maybe a combination? Don't know if this is situational based on experience or across the board.............NM
Posts from April said everyone gets 8.5 cpl/newbie or experienced. Recent posts said
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A few posts about them about 3/4 of the way down this page between the DSG & Diskriter posts. nm
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There have been several posts about the WI
one about MTs not getting paid. That would be all I needed to know.
Just because someone posts...sm
something positive about a company it doesn't mean they're in management. Think about it this way - if people were really as unhappy as they claim on these boards with any company they're working for then they'd be out getting another job - because whining here isn't going to change a thing. Remember that one person's opinion doesn't represent everyone that works at any place - regardless of the industry. The only way people effectively complain is by talking to management along with ideas to solve whatever problems they're complaining about. That's true anywhere - regardless of whether you work at the local grocery store, bank, this industry or any type of job.
There are plenty of people at Transcend who have been on the new platform for several months now and they love it. Instead of basiclly calling them liars or presuming they're in management why not get on the internal forum and ask them about their experiences in learning the new system. The same would be true at any company.
Do you believe everything in these posts?!
People can write ANYTHING on here. There are some really hateful MTs who just want to cause problems and make others miserable.
I wouldn't take anything on this board for gospel truth, period! It's fun reading and sometimes can make you think about something but I would NEVER use it as reference or as a guide for my thinking about MQ or any other company! Please don't be upset by posts by God-only-knows-who with who-knows truth to them!
see the other posts
where it is explained. Pt in a nutshell is anything under 39 scheduled hours. Now you have to decide, do i committ to 8, 16 or 24 hour weekschedule?? Floating around when you want to is no more. But it doesn't say what to do ifyou sign up for 16 and want to do 20. You have to ask them that. It does specify that OT is more than 40 hours a week.
oh. ok. thanx. someone else posts as you
on MQ board and posts as if they work for them too, blasting everyone. just curious. thanx.
I can't believe the posts below,
the poster is just venting. A good stress relief. Why so irritable with each other.
There are still posts
If you archive there are still posts about them on here so I am not sure about what you meant by that. I do think they discourage from posting on boards but if it is anonymous no way they would know who did it. They want you to take things up with them directly but getting communication from them sometimes is like pulling teeth.
This is regarding those posts below....
I don't see what all the fuss is about, I heard back from them today and I'm all set to go! There was about a two period where I didn't hear from them either and it turned out that they were moving from one office to another. I say just be patient and persistent.
Not JLG but there were some posts further down or
now maybe on second page regarding their platform. You might want to either scroll down or go over to the second page
posts
I always look through this board's posts when I am looking for a position. I have mostly found it to be helpful. There are a few occasions when I have read posts by an angry poster to let others know about their experience and I think that is very, very important, but would like the anger and rant left out. I have noticed that more positives and defending comments appear to be from from recruiters and others in management than from MTs.
That much??!!?? LOL! See below posts.
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Where did the QT posts go?
It is funny that a company that has nothing to hide is removing posts. Why are these being removed?
I have been following your posts and...
i think you made a wise decision. you can email if you want.
where did those posts go
I came out to review the old posts on TT line count and they were all gone. What happened to them?
see posts below
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There have been several posts about them
the last month - all bad. They are an Indian run company. I don't remember the other details, but there was not one good comment about them.
Why do all of the OSI posts
Other company posts are not removed. What, are people not allowed to know what OSI's record is? This is simply not fair to people in need of a job and fall for the OSi promise only to be taken by them. Please explain to everyone the reason for the post removal. Thank you.
and i e/m'd them already re the posts.
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old posts
I know how to do a search, but my question is WHY???? Why do you feel it was pertinent to my question, which you did not answer. I was asking about an ongoing monthly charge and not a deposit.
There were posts saying
management was not liking the yahoo group too much although someone said management was posting.  Maybe it's locked.
And I keep seeing posts about how they pay
so well - Ha. Their accounts are horrible and at 7 cpl you'll starve or go crazy.
Sorry, I'm still not sure which posts they are. sm
If none of those conditions were present, then perhaps it was just a server error.
If that is the case, there's not much we can do about it, so please do post them again.
Does anybody who posts on here ever have
a company they would just like to stay with for the long-term? This is a question which has been bugging me lately about these company and main board forums.
I personally worked for a hospital for many years, which downsized. Went through 2 years working for a service which fooled with my line count and benefits, and when I left there last year, I had a hard very year with services in one way or another not keeping promises. Now I have finally found a position where I can say I plan to just stay put. No it is not perfect. Yes, the work runs low. But there has to come a time to put that resume to rest.
Is there anybody else out there who is deciding to do the same? I am not looking for pollyanna answers. Just another line of questioning on this board got me to thinking.
We are always complaining about how bad the pay is, how things are outsourced, how things are not the way they used to be in this business. I agree with all those things. But I say I still have a job where as many are jobless in our country today. I say I still have the ability to pay my bills. No we don't eat out anymore. But with this job I don't pay for daycare, I can participate in school field trips, and I can take a nap now and then without any penalty to my career. I also don't worry about gas prices.
Post negative comments here if you wish. Put in good ones. I just want to see if I am the only one on this board in the last 6 months at least who has finally decided to count blessings and keep my job and quit looking!
See my posts below nm
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I have seen several posts that are quite
negative, however, I think it must be the account and/or manager you have. I work there and love my job once again. Good communication, 1 account, flexible.
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