I learned a lot about MTSO from her post..not a job for me every..I'm definitley a worker bee.
Posted By: agreed on 2006-01-07
In Reply to: the MTSO has a right to post here. - we dont have to agree.
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the MTSO has a right to post here.
I love the fact that we can post on this forum confidentially. Although we may not think it is professional for an MTSO to come and express their feelings…they are entitled to it. Sometimes people just need to vent whether we agree with it or not. Maybe they have no one else to talk to. I would never bash any company that I have ever worked for other than the *lack of work*. I have worked for very professional companies. I guess I have been lucky. My bosses have been very vocal. If I make an error I get feedback right away. I am an MT and I am very proud of who I work for, as I know if they have a problem with me or my work they would come straight to me about it.
Maybe that is what this MTSO should do. It has to be difficult having someone bash their company. You just need to take the posts lightly. People are going to say things no matter what. You just never know who is posting what, which is the benefit and crappy thing about an anonymous board.
You have people who love to  and people who love to  . Only way for anyone to truly know anything about a company is to try em out for themselves.
THIS IS A POST OF AN MTSO...s/m
an MT would never write this.
I have heard that clients pay up to 18cpl.
When and how did they reduce their pay????
OOPS! SOrry, that post above should say from MTSO not MTSO2! :) nm
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Great post! Keeps us all grounded on what the MTSo has to put up with.
As an MT, IC for years, I have never had to rely on anyone but myself and am grateful for that. There will always be a place for me in this field as an IC, as I stick to commitment. Keeping my word is important to me.
I have thought about venturing out and hiring a few MT's to help when my workload gets busy, but after trying it once realized I do not have the patience. Thank goodness for the MTSO who has the patience.
Good luck with your new hires.
As I *said* in my post body, it IS awful that at MTSO cm
would not pay. I agreed with you on that. If you want me to grow some guts, as you say, sorry. Throwing the term demonic around when forewarning someone is just a little unnerving. Perhaps I was just not ready to envision demons and evil first thing in the morning. LOL
As I said before, I do agree with you that this person should definitely be held accountable for her actions. It is sad that our profession has come to this. I hope your friend gets her money back 100 times over and that this MTSO is put out of business as soon as possible.
So obvious "Not KS". Why would another MTSO post
in a thread about another MTSO? So full of BS. We're not stupid; just underpaid.
From above post. Oops, meant my MTSO support
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See post below about noncompliant MTSO - this pretty much sums up Midwest - nm
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It's posted right on their website under Tech. Requiremts. Not the first MTSO I've seen post t
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How can I get along with my co-worker.
I swear, I usually get along with most people but this one is trying my nerves. This lady did not get along with the other transcriptionists. She claimed they made too much noise, their hand lotion smelled (even though it was unscented), they shook the cubicle too much, always a complaint. So what the boss do? She moves me and the this whinny lady to a little office all to our own. I wasn’t complaining. Anyway, the only thing I hear out of this office lady is either bragging about herself or putting one of the other Transcriptionist down. She does put atmosphere in our office. I had to get up and go pee. She gives me a dirty look. I say “what.” Then she says I have this psychiatric disorder that I have to get up and down too much. Another complaint she had about the other office girls, they were in an out of the office too much, never sat still.
Then, she starts complaining about this ESL she was transcribing for. He is horrible, he needs to go back where he came from blah blah blah, I just chuckled a little. SHE says “ITS NOT FUNNY, in-house employee.” Then she starts in on how her neighbor in her apartment complex was making too much noise with his girlfriend last night. I chuckled. ITS NOT FUNNY, in-house employee. She had to walk further to her apartment. I said why, she said “OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE HAD MY PARKING PLACE hospital employee.” Then she slammed something on her desk and went to typing. I am sorry, I don’t know how to deal with this. 
We usually have lunch together, although lately I have managed to back out. She will embarrass me. She happened to know “Dr. Bones” (orthopedist) receptionist who was having lunch with his mom and pop. She told mom and dad Bones that she transcribes for Bones and that Bones gets his left and right mixed up. I don’t know why but that embarrasses me. I don’t think she should be telling people that. She will also stop docs in the hallway and talk about their dictation that we don’t have time for them flipping through papers, chewing gum or stuff like that. Gosh, I wished one of them would put her in her place. Thanks for letting me vent.
Tto the IRS worker
Thank you. I have had a 40-year career in this business, have always played fair with my boss, with employees (when I had them) and with the IRS. I just have no patience with people who try to either work off the books or to cheat their employees. I say, good for the IRS! I hope you get them!
Maybe we had the same co-worker? LOL!!!
When I was training in-house to be an MT, we had a woman who had worked there for many years. The hospital had just gotten new printers, HUGE contraptions with this big heavy plastic 'silencing' hood on huge hinges.
On day she was in a hurry to snatch something off the printer and the hinges were still tight from being new.
She lost patience VERY quickly, grabbed the entire plastic silencing hood off the printer, and threw it across the room.
I was temporarily a bit frightened, but everyone in the room started laughing so I figured it was par for the course for her.
Just to be on the safe side, though, I tried to stay out of her way when she was near anything heavy or sharp.
Ah, those were the days...I laugh about it even now!!!
I have always been an early worker but now..sm
there is NO work and when it does come in it seems everyone is waiting like me to grab it and then there is NO work as there were only a few reports. I addressed these concerns only to be told I needed to be more flexible.
NIGHT WORKER
Thank you for the clarification. It is apparent that one of two scenarios is happening here. You are either charging too little of your client, undercutting all competition, or you are keeping too much of the profits for yourself!!
Since you have direct contact with this client, why not train them to train the horrible, ESL, fast-talking dictator!!
BTW, I work the night shift, so the time I spend here is my own time, as if that is any of your business.
To hard worker
I was looking for the same thing and found it at Landmark. They have very high standards, are kind and decent people and best of all, they leave you alone to get your work done. In short, they treat their MTs with respect and like we are actually adults. I recommend them!
Can I e-mail a Transtech worker?
Can someone who works at Transtech post here so I can e-mail some questions that I don't want to ask on the board?
grow up weekend worker nm
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Absolutely. Worker drones. However with this
These worker drones have Rah Rah capabilities. Most stay silent though and take it. The minority speak out and get dumped on. Sounds like some kind of controlling atmosphere and if so, there must be something to hide. I don't know, but I won't be a drone, for nobody nowhere, no matter how great people say they are!
Never met the offending office worker
Thanks for the reply. I don't know why she would alter my reports unless she is jealous that I work at home and she doesn't. That can be a big reason for lots of people to try to undermine those of us smart enough and trained enough to work from home. I do have any attorney who is interested in taking it on contingency and he mentioned about the HIPAA violation element. Still pondering whether to make a big splash in this small town.
That sure is a RUDE way to treat a co-worker.
Actions like that usually do.
Possible at Webmedx for very fast worker. NM
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I would say yes - the worker agreed to the terms.
When hired and by continuing their voluntary working, the worker is agreeing to the terms.
That's disgusting, 1000 US worker versus 600
that I gave Transcend the boot a few years back during their difficult times. They were awful to work for, and now I know why. This was all hush hush back then and still now. We're not supposed to have the intelligence to read the newspapers, let alone find the news. Backstabbers for sure, and one of the biggest games in town, when they always screamed they would never do this to us. Yeah, right. Go Transcend India!! And they don't even have the guts to call us US MTs - we're domestics.
Assimilate? What are we worker drones. Next thing you know
will only be given time to regenerate at the hive before we continue to assimilate others and continue to do the Queen's bidding. Is this perfection?
If you're a hard worker and a valuable MT, then yes it is
I have been there for 4 years and if I have ever had a problem (which is very rare), it has always been fixed RIGHT away.
I think your comparison is ridiculous and insulting. Try getting a farm worker's job and you'
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Someones credit has absolutely nothing to do with how good a worker they are.
There are more people now days that have low credit scores compared to those that do not. A lot of different scenarios can put you with bad credit like major medical bills.
I don't think people should be judged on their work habits by something that may be beyond their control.
I learned something...sm
I doubt that had anything to do with why I didn't get the job but I had no idea it was shoo-in instead of shoe-in. I had to go look it up and read the story behind the phrase. Thanks!
Learned this way sm
I used to work part-time for a service in my former life. When I came in at 9:00 AM the 8:00 AM shift had already taken all the jobs and left the worst of the worst for me. Through much blood, sweat and tears, I became used to these horrible accents one by one and later in life became one of the best in town and had a waiting list of clients. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Let them be lazy, they'll never be good doing this, just getting by by the seat of their pants.
I finally learned
after three months of lies and late paychecks I quit. Great docs, but if you can't get your money, it doesn't really matter. Don't do it!
No, just an ex employee that learned
And, they won't can you because they need all the help they can get since they are set on lying, stealing, and cheating their current employees.
Sorry to hear that you have not moved on yet, you really need to before they ruin you as an MT.
Boy, I'll tell you what I learned with my .... sm
last few QA situations, and I hate it, boy do I hate it, but I found it's best to just keep it to yourself. It doesn't do any good to complain, just got me on their crap list. They nitpicked me so bad I finally quit. They showed me whose boss.
New job. Got a wierd QA. Just let it go. I don't want to get on anybody's list again! It'll pass. Let em go pick on somebody else. I know it shouldn't be this way, but seems like that's the truth in the way it is.
Hope this makes sense - pizza's here and I'm flying here! :)
I have learned over the years
that if the going payscale for 95% of businesses is X and there is one that pays Xx2 There is ALWAYS a reason. It does not make good business to pay twice the going rate unless you are trying to overcome some HUGE draw-back. Think some about it. Do you pay a babysitter $20 for an hour if you can get one for $8 -- unless you have baby gozdilla - THEN you pay $20 for an hour.
I learned today why/how they can say that...sm
Wherever a company's payroll division is based is where they can say their business is based. Hence, the MA office does their payroll/HR, so that is how they can say they're a US-based company, no matter where the rest of their work is done. Furthermore, yes, the people that I talk to, no matter where THEY themselves are sitting, are trained to say, Yes, WE are in Massachusetts because (loophole here) they say WE and are referencing the company. Most people (me) just assume they are talking about themselves specifically. I fell for it. My mom explained all this to me today, being a manager of a financial institution. :(
I've learned ...
... that the service always blames the ISP and the ISP always blames the service, and I even talked with Dictaphone directly who told me it's the ISP and what they have to do to fix it. I've learned that using a VPN connection causes problems, as well as the Linksys router and automatic fire walls. I've been 'round and 'round and 'round about this on both ends. I gave up and just told ANYone to fix it so it's usable. And they did. I THINK it was my ISP who insisted I get rid of the Linksys, they disabled a firewall and did some managing on their end. I get disconnected only occasionally -- not enough to get excited over.
Lesson learned!!!
Thanks
Lesson learned
The main thing I learned is that I won't be asking any more questions on this board, that's for sure.
Learned hard w/VS
I and many, many other seasoned MTs have learned a HARD lesson trying to work with VS. Very unethical. Not a good sign when the CEO uses vulgar language to curse MTs for something not done in-house at the Company's location - no where near the responsibility of the MT - The MT doesn't even have access to the servers in the Company office. Good luck to anyone who thinks they can handle it! A definite NO if I were asked should I apply by another MT. Apparently, this is the general consensus.
One thing I have learned is that
there are too many negative people on this board lately. They are so unhappy and try to make everyone else unhappy. Take everything with a grain of salt. It's unsettling to most, but then again, those that post nasty messages usually do so to rile everybody else up.
If you are talking about companies, posters do have the right to post if they feel they are wronged, but a lot of times others will rip you apart if you contradict their posts.
I was a part of this board since the 1990s and everyone used to be so nice. Not so great anymore. I usually read but do not post often for that very reason. Heck, it's gotten to the point where they try to correct your spelling if you don't do it first.
We learned to type in the same era
but other than that thing that used to happen on the old strike-arm typewriters where several keys would jam up together, I cannot remember hearing a difference in the sound of various keys. When the Selectric ''ball'' came out, that problem was resolved. You must have much better ears than I do!
I learned the hard way that when someone is so hateful like
this is because they are in the wrong and can't accept it and have to blame everyone and the brother for it. Sounds like OSi and she deserve each other.
One thing I learned from nationals is that sm
you never get the same response twice to the same question. Best thing to do is to ask each person the same darned questions, take names, and write down the responses and repeat them back. When you get an inconsistency, bring it up then in a very nice way. Many times a company's staff is scattered in different buildings, sometimes even in different states so they all have different information.
It's going to be a while before more companies get their programs tweaked to adjust to Vista, so it's best to get yourself a nice new or refurbished computer with XP on it. As you see from other posts, it's very possible. Maybe you can find one locally at a little tech shop.
Relax. This will eventually work itself out. You just have to go step by step. Never mind the people hassling you here. There are more of the helpful ones than the negative ones.
You will get through this. I agree, though, computer hassles are soooooo stressful!
Oops-correction, s/b learned!
Need more coffee! 
Agreed. I have learned my lesson.
I've learned that when I hear:
'You won't notice any difference, except things will be even better' whether it's about a change in ownership, a switch to VR, top management change, etc., my resume should start circulating. Three times I have given a company the benefit of the doubt and adopted a 'wait and see' attitude. I've been assured that the new situation will be a worker's paradise, that they've got my back, are looking out for me, that I am the backbone of the company. I've waited, I've seen, and now I will no longer do this.
when docs give mtso a check, then mtso pays you?
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And the team leaders learned the same tricks
from them. Learned fast not to believe them or trust them, either - they all learned how to talk out of both sides of their mouths.
I had my longtime pt time job and learned 2 new pt jobs.
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Amen! I learned to just ignore all the naysayers on here..(nm)
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I agree. Have people not learned its always slow after a holiday?!
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