I sure hope they manage it better than
Posted By: Transhealth did sm on 2007-11-05
In Reply to: Webmedx buys Transhealth. - webber
Honestly, they went through in-house staff faster than I changed my socks. Hire and fire was their motto for both in-house and remote transcriptionists. And talk about micromanage, well, that was a whole nuther story....
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How you manage the 2 ??
Spose it could be ez to edit some and then type some back and forth. So youre actually making two salaries, sounds like a fantastic idea!
How did you manage that?
Just curious. I work 1 weekend day, prefer having a day off during the week, but doesn't seem fair that others have to work weekends, and you don't.
You would have to gross over $400 a day M-F. How exactly do you manage this?
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If they are great, that must mean they manage well,
and if they manage well, I'm thinking they won't over-hire just because loads of resumes come in.
For $50K a year, I'd bet you'd manage a lot more
than a couple of accounts! I know several MT supes, and they are run ragged! And they don't make anything near $50K, so I am kind of skeptical about that quote. I would bet more in the $30K range. And the logic the companies use for the pay cut from MTing? That's its a guaranteed pay rather than production. I have never heard of an MT supe making that much!
Hey if anyone can MANAGE three jobs
I wouldn't want to manage in this profession if it was the last job on earth. I'd go on public assistance first! This profession has made a turn for the worse. So, I think it is pretty sad that someone needs three jobs to stay afloat. I guess I have a different perspective on things, but I am just an MT and have never managed anyone or anything other than my household! 
Can I manage this delicately?
I am an hourly QA at a company and because I am a high producer with a lot of bang for the buck I am given very little leeway for time off. I generally don't pay attention to what other people do and mind my own business. The problem is that a couple of my coworkers will send me IMs saying they are taking breaks, aren't feeling well and are leaving for an hour or two, their internet service is about to go out because of weather, pretend to lose internet connection if a stat comes in from an account they don't like, and on and on (yet they remain on private IMs). They do not notify our supervisor and I am left holding the bag. Our supervisor has no idea this is going on. Is there any possible way that I can do something about this other than finding another job? I am not a snoop and don't throw people under the bus, but this is so unfair.
Who's going to manage their accts sm
while they're gone? I already have enough trouble having to press this and press that to get through their phone menu when I have a simple question. I'm glad they felt they need to give their STMs a trip, that must be where our Christmas gift went.
When the work load is low how to you still manage to
You're here just like the rest of us. Are you one of those that manages to work in addition to your 8 hour shift to get it when the work is low?
I manage to get almost 20,000 lines per pay period typing.
if you really must know.
Any IC's who are single parents- How do you manage financially?
I want to try IC'ing but afraid to take the plunge!
I am a single parent of 2 and manage just fine as a SE, sm.
There is no special trick to it but I suggest before you do to write out a budget and make sure you are going to make enough to pay all your bills including a weekly amount for gas and groceries and have plenty of extra money for those unexpected expenses. Also, remember as an IC or SE there is no insurance benefits so you have to be prepared for that for you and your kids. You can do it!!!
There are companies that manage to make it work. OTI, for example. nm
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Doesn't matter how many companies you work for. I'd like to know how you manage to do this???
What kind of work do you transcribe?
How many hours a day do you work?
What kind of line rate do you get from the companies you work for?
How many lines you do an hour?
Do you work as an IC or employee?
I'm very interested in hearing how you manage 100,000/year.
Maybe due to the people that manage Amherst. I think MQ would be a lot better off finding new people
up there with all the problems you hear about that office. Seems like something is very very wrong there.
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.
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.
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