I left MQ for OS in August
Posted By: PAMT~MDM on 2007-11-23
In Reply to: Opti-Script - CrazyTyper
Couldn't be happier! I started out at a higher rate than I was making at MQ after 3 years. I have 1 account and 1 secondary. You can actually contact QA if you have a question. If I have a question for my supervisor, I hear back from her in less than hour. Sometimes in a matter of minutes. I like my job again, and even DH commented earlier this fall about the change in my attitude.
I got a phone call last week from MQ asking if I was interested in coming back. Uh, noooo. And no I don't want to hear about all the wonderful changes you made.
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Left MQ in August...still getting e-mails. (nm)
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CEO hasn't left yet, she's leaving in August. Co's are bought and sold all the time and I
think this is that big a deal.
end of august, NM
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I am waiting until 1 August
and if it is still this low, I am asking for another account.
I started with Keystrokes at the end of August (sm)
and I like it...very nice people to work for and very helpful..
When I applied in August, he said they use only in-house staff. nm
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It's quite low, too. Check posts here from back in August. sm
Posts from August said editing was 1.5-2 cpl and there were comments that pay wasn't on time. I've never heard any positives about this MTSO, so if I were you, I'd keep looking.
No India? Most of the work goes there. I quit last August SM
could not make any money there.
Email said conference calls would happen in August. nm
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Medware..There hasn't been anything on this board since August 2007...(sm)
Does anyone who works for Medware care to share their opinion about the company in regards to steady work, flexible schedules, platform, benefits, etc.? You can e-mail me if you wish. TIA.
They offered me 9.5 cents a line in August of 2007
I don't think that is very low.
August 2008 we were sold to CBAY after the announcement in May.
Check it out. As for me, I'm still here, still loving it, doing great, always get my account, making 10 cpl. I'll stay until I get fired.
To any Spheris employees, I quit in August and would like a copy SM
of my YTD earnings. I have called HR but they never return my call. I forgot how to access the online ADP. Can anyone give me a phone number to call, payroll number or something so I can call and get a copy of my earnings? Thanks.
The formal QA department is new only started last August. Before that, it was up to the lead MT'
to do QA. That obviously did not work for them and they started a QA department.
Ortho has only done formal QA reviews.
Radiology does QA reviews but internally and only comes to the MT's if there is a problem, otherwise tells them they are doing well.
After 8 years in the business, I start buying presents in August, cause I know the slow period SM
is coming around the holidays. :-)
Not to say we dont all starve and Im not totally stressed out come December, but at least Ive got my gifts :-)
On the MTIA website, those entries are dated July/August 2006! Now, in 2008, if you write your...
congressman in support S. 810 or H.R. 1653, you are supporting an act governing federal grants for scientific research or abstinence teaching in federally funded sex education programs,
And, I'm not saying I don't support those two issues. I'm just saying it has nothing to do with outsourcing. In order of effect real change, we must at least sound like we know what we are talking about. Writing our congressman in support of a two year old bill that no longer exists or writing out congressman about outsourcing and reference bills that have nothing to do with outsourcing, makes us all look like uninformed weiners!
Has anyone ever left Keystrokes and gone back? I left a few months ago and realize that I made a
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It is as simple as filling out a form. I did it when I left an MTSO and when I left sm
a non-MT position at a company years ago.
What company? I did not know that any of them offer 401K anymore.
Do you work in-house here? I applied last August & was told in-house only and they weren't
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I sent them an email back in August and never heard back sm
Is this company on Long Island? I checked out their website and even tried calling once. Were you successful in contacting them? All i know is that the company is owned by some doctors.
may I ask why you left? nm
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I would keep looking. I left after a
month because of the very low and convoluted pay scale, as well as the fact that I was never kept on an account long enough to build up any speed. Unless things have changed, you'll waste a lot of time looking up information that other services provide. They're nice people and they paid on time, but I didn't see enough earning potential so I moved on. BTW, I had 15 years of experience at that time and 99+% QA scores.
When I left
I was told by my PS that if I went with another company, MQ would one day buy it and then fire any MQ working there who had left MQ for that company. At the time it seemed like an empty threat, but who knows?
I did too, but left them behind and
if you want to email me I will tell you about my experience. I do not like the idea of posting negative things on this board, as everyone finds a company to be different for them. If interested, I will be glad to share.
I tell you why I left
Did you notice on Spantel the time difference? You could be working in the evening yet the system would show it was the next day? I was told about that when I was hired, yet I was constantly hearing from my manager about not having enough lines and there they were, credited for the next day. They lost paperwork constantly as well and I had to work an entire month before getting paid because somebody lost the paperwork I filled out.
I'd check my lines and see a list of jobs that showed 0 lines...yet go back in later and some would be there. It was very very inconsistent.
LOL - that's why I left!!
That is why I left
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will anybody be left?
OMG, I know how you feel. My position was also outsourced after 20 years. I currently work for a national; but I feel there is no job security. So, I plan to go back to school and get out of transcription. This is not a profession that I would advise anybody to get into.
I left because sm
My lead just WOULD NOT leave me alone. I don't mind working 40 hours a week or even a few more, but when I have a day off, I want it to be a day off. She was constantly emailing and saying Critical Status on _____ Account and she would call me on my days off and ask me to work. Now, I know some people welcome the extra work, but I am very fortunate to be in the position where I have a husband who makes a good salary and yes, I need a full-time job but I do not need overtime and I do not want to work seven days a week.
If the pay had been better, I would have just learned to be thick-skinned and ignore her when she kept bugging me, but the pay wasn't that great and I got an offer from some local doctors to do their overflow work and then found a second part-time job with a local MTSO and said bye-bye Keystrokes. Now I have weekends off and can basically set my own hours. Just call me Happy Camper.
I left OSi and went to SPi
I left OSi because my account coordinator changed about 3 times within a month then found the same thing happening at SPi. Now the word is out that another OSi account manager or maybe even 2 are leaving. This just gets old. I am very happily employed at Keystrokes now.
Thank you all. I like to see how much I have left to do. (nm)
actually not as many as you think have left
You're just speculating though!
I left also
more than once. Their new policy states that cannot be rehired for a year. If leave more than once may be 2 yrs before rehired. I know, they won't rehire me either. I gave them a little less than 2 wks. Luck of the draw I guess. Grass is not always greener on other side of track. Hang in there. There is still work out there, may not be with them, but you will not starve. I don't think you will anyway. :)
That is exactly why I have left the
MT world because it seems MOST of companies do not care about the MT, just themselves. I know it takes money to run a business, but why cheat on the MT's livelihood??? Anyway, I just got sick of the crap, and I found it to be totally
Unacceptable. That is my cents per line worth.
I left
because the line counting method jips you IMO. If you are not on Extext you may be fine. Wonderful people but I could not make my line count goals with them...
Been there- left
I agree about the statement that there are a few good team management players, but the one that did QA for me was horrible. Would send e-mails in CAPS. I felt that to be very unprofessional on her part. Filling in demographics was the pits. Not a money maker for me either. I left after the CAPPED e-mail. I would stay away from this company. Sound quality was bad as well. Posting my personal opinion.
I left the Q in Dec
and am now a HAPPY Keystroker!! Good luck, what account do you have?? 
Left QT
Fortunately I left QT when If first heard the rumors, several months before they closed, LAJ was nice enough to allow me to continue to work part time so the transition was not too bad, except it was a big drop from gross back to characters. I too left and went to WMX but only stayed about a month and then moved on, have been at the current company 6 months and a lot like QT, one account pretty much, very basic account instructions, 12 hour window, I still miss QT but am happy now with benefits.
Has anyone left MQ and still
Getting their E-mail??
Had it and left - sm
I went with my cable company...no cap. Unlimited really means unlimited. For me, cable was cheaper, faster and much more reliable.
Just left there and sm
I couldn't get out quick enough. They promise endless work and that turned out to be a great big bust. They constantly run out of work. The QA dept is ok or I should say there is at least one person in the QA dept I dealt with that is good. The other I can't say for certain she even knew what she was doing as I received some really iffy feedback from her that I had to question. The platform IS Apex and it stinks pure and simple. It is nonproductive and slow as all get out. I also think the line counts are not what they should be but there is no way to verify that as it's all done internally within the platform. If you're looking for production and to make money I'd recommend you running the other way. There are so many other opportunities out there. Good luck to you though.
When I left
I was making 9.75 cents a line. I would not have stayed if they had offered me nine dollars a line. After I quit, someone from MQ called and asked what it would take get to have me come back. I told them there was not enough money in all the world to entice me to come back.
Then you should have just left it at that
There was no need to even mention anything other than this particular MTSO is a crook. If you didn't want anyone to make comments about your friend then you should not have even brought her up, or how much she is owed.
Your friend has learned a hard and valuable lesson and you get to go on a headhunt. Nice of you to take on the cause, but if her kids are starving I would think a sack of groceries would go a lot further than your ego.
why we left MQ
There are far too many reasons to list here.
left MQ
I left in Jan 08 because my pay was about $600 less a month-- hated my accounts, etc!!! Much better at JLG!!
But what about those of us who have left
And were fall out from it? Are we supposed to try again, or are we black-listed? What is being taken care of about that? Not to be flip, but we did lose out on working at a great place, and had to take the time to go elsewhere, etc. There was fall out, and wondering if there is anything done about the people lost because of the situation which has been taken care of now.
I left there.
The pay was good. If you have a lot of experience, and experience with ESLs, they have some real stinker accounts (you know the kind, hospitals along the coasts where ESLs run rampant). Maybe that's why pay was good and they paid more during training. I don't mind ESLs but a steady diet was just making me mad.
I just left there....
Running out of work was common. When you run out, they expect you to flex and then be johnny-on-the-spot on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday shifts when the work piles up. If it had been an occasional thing, I could understand, but from the beginning of November until I left a few weeks back, it was still a problem. They should rename the company to Precyse No-Jobs-Available Solutions, LLC (with LLC standing for Low Lines coming).
I just left
I started working for them in 2002.. it was my first national. It was in its last days of being called Edix. I started with 7 to 8 cpl (can't remember) - but made good money because there was nearly unlimited overtime on my account, incentives, bonus etc. Also felt appreciated. After 2 years I started making 10 cpl on specials team (working as needed on all team accounts). There were always a lot of changes, especially numerous supervisors, but nothing that bothered me until about 2-3 years ago. The atmosphere became somewhat frantic - that's the word I think of - more nitpicky QA, supervisors seeming very stressed out, and tons of e-mails that interrupted your train of thought. But was still making good money until they changed platform to Cornerstone. I found it cumbersome and pay diminished. Then along came VR and pay diminished further. Then they cut down on specials teams, I got send to another account for 8.3 cpl/5 something for VR. The combination of this particular account, VR, pay cut, and platform did me in. I tried sticking it out and hoped for an improvement but it was very stressful. Had to find something else and now I look forward to going to work again.
Just left SPi
They have the best platform going - Chartnet. They have good benefits and the best PTO I have seen. Pay is so-so. Having said that, in my opinon, this is the type of company that MTs are looking to avoid. I was there when they bought Cymed and just left in March. Had 9 years with the company, 2000 lines per day, 98-100% QA scores. Paid holidays and 4 weeks PTO. I was laid off because they keep losing big accounts and the big ones they keep are being offshored to the Philippines. I can't tell you how many accounts I was on for the last 2 years. Went through about 5-6 account managers (new ones coming from MQ). They expect you to sit at the computer and wait for work, but you have to clock out when there is none. I was sitting at the computer 10-15 hours a day and only getting about 5 hours of typing. They just signed a contract to offshore work for CBay and the Q to the Philippines. Don't know what they are offering, but we actually trained them on an acct with 135 doctors so they could offshore it!
I left there because.....
For one, they give you a copy of their incentive policy and then after you've worked your butt off, your told that it is old and isn't in effect. Another reason, I was typing straight and got an email with some instructions about VR. I asked when this was supposed to happen and was told yesterday. I had several questions and they were NEVER answered. I was told that every account on dictaphone (at every company) was going to VR, I don't think this is true. As for the schedule, I was an IC. I like to start about 7 a.m. and if I wasn't on at 7:15, I'd get a friendly email asking if I planned on working that day. Its a crap company if you ask me. The only positive is that they did pay on time. If you can handle being played around and the psychotic owner and her minions, it might be for you. Hope you find greener pastures ;)
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