I think if you look carefully at the bottom of most apps, you give
Posted By: permission for credit and background checks. sm on 2008-09-03
In Reply to: Working at bank one thing, but MT? Not justified, IMO. - Also, I've never had to submit to this..sm
I have not filled out a single application in years that didn't request permission for a credit check. Scary, huh?
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Normally very fast hiring process; however, they are flooded with apps right now. nm
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6 apps, 4 offers, 1 "interested" but too late, and 1 No-Show
I'm going to be carrying 2 part-time jobs that don't quite add up to 40 hours. I'm hoping I can handle the increase in hours physically. The new one will be IC status, and if it works out that I can get production equivalent to the 2 jobs from that 1 job, then I MIGHT leave the first job.
From what I saw in my whole 5 days of job-hunting, there are literally DOZENS of services looking for MTs right now, and they are offering a range of jobs - good, bad, and ugly.
I'll report back in a month or two to the rest of your question because I can't tell yet how the new company will be to work for.
Think carefully about it because sm
you really are going to be ill when you see the work that is typed every day. It is much easier and less stressful to be responsible for your own report. At least if you are typing or doing VR, you can have some pride in your work. The only people you'll see in QA are the lazy ones who have no pride and no longer care.
Read carefully
Am I bitter? Nope, I have a very good job with an excellent MTSO. Pay good and on time, plenty of work.
HOWEVER...
Read these boards lately, and actually absorbed their contents? How many MTs do you see on here DESPERATE to find work, at any cost? They can't even get an acknowledgement to their resumes and their posts scream of their desperation. MTs on the verge of evication. MTs wondering where their next meal will come from. MTs getting their benefits cut because they cannot make lines due to lack of work.
That, my fellow MT, is where MY compassion lies. Not for some second-income, I don't need to work at all and I'm turning down jobs that don't fit my schedule. What a slap in the face to our fellow MTs are who struggling to survive!
Where is YOUR mind? Where is YOUR heart?
I'm guessing you're probably one of those providing a secondary income to your family for 'extras' and NOT the sole provider as so many of us are, otherwise your compassion would perhaps go in the same direction my compassion goes.
Read that MQ board? Talk about a heartbreaker. Those women are applying everywhere and having no luck; they're trapped. IMO, THAT is reason for sympathy and heartfelt sorrow. Not someone with a self-professed great job taking up the valuable time of MTSOs who weed through applications for candidates only to find she really isn't interested anyway.
Perhaps you need to look in your own little Christian-based glass house before you start tossing stones.
I suspect the bitterness lies within YOU.
I don't either. I read the email carefully.
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read the posting carefully...sm
I specifically put an end date to accepting applications because seems like I get them for the rest of my life. Also anyone who sends one after my applications close gets put on my junk mail list and I never see 'em again. That's what they get for not following directions.
If you read what I wrote more carefully
you would see that I said it is fine as long as they tell you up front. Which they don't. Which means it isn't fine.
In other words, I was being a little sarcastic :)
If you read her post carefully...
She does indeed indicate they employ about 25 ILPs that do this for 'price point' reasons and apparently the client is in agrement.
Absolutely - listen carefully!
Though not at Transcend, I have just recently been a victim of exactly the sequence of events and circumstances posted above. It was sooo hard to keep my mouth shut, with a lead sending condescending, negative, accusatory, power-hungry, and just plain idiotic e-mails. Just couldn't do it, wanting to have my side/opinion/defense known to all the blind CC's - management. The power went to her head, and it was like being assaulted through e-mail on a daily basis. When I made a suggestion, it was rudely shot down immediately.
I wish I had though, because it was my demise. It also was a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation, though, so I really still don't know what I could have done differently. You have to respect yourself, you know?
Anyway, to the posters who said just keep doing a good job -- that doesn't really matter anymore. There is no work ethic anymore. There are plenty in line waiting for your job. There is no one to help us. We are at their mercy.
And to the suggestion, if you don't have resolution, go higher -- YEAH, RIGHT!!! Management just LOVES that! Look where it got me!! That absolutely does not work anymore - so please, please just follow the rules and keep your mouth shut about everything!
Read their contract VERY carefully if you proceed. nm
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If I were the company, I'd pick my battles more carefully.
And better still, I'd try harder avoid the conflict by treating my employees like human beings. Happy, well-compensated employees are less likely to post negative comments than unhappy ones who feel wronged or cheated.
I don't think you can have it both ways. You can't continually kick your workers around, and then expect them to keep on licking your hand. Sooner or later, they're gonna bite.
Bayou, why don't you read more carefully. I was correcting my OWN typo ! WOW !
Get a life !
"warned" by someone who won't give facts or sign her name. Give me a break! nm
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Nationals give at least a week to learn program. Give
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They used to give out $25 Amex cheques -- give them time. :-) nm
Why don't you just go to the bottom
about Transcend, also many more if you search the archives. Nothing has changed since 4 days ago.
there is more down the bottom...sm
dated 10/8 starting with Lynn. Apparently SS is claiming they told this supposed Lynn person to post and see what other people say. Is that right? For all we know, Lynn is someone from SS. It's causing chaos.
IMO, the bottom line
after seeing all the negative posts must be Amphion (for no weekends unless you want them) and MDI-MD (for good Bayshore software). Would most people agree?
If you go to the bottom of any page
there will be page # at the bottom. If on page 1 click on page 2 to see the newest of the posts that have scrolled off. You can then do a Ctl F to do a search. I don't know how sensitive the search is, by I've seen it Cymed and CyMed.
Usually they had a sticker on the bottom to tell
you what model # they are. The majority of the foot pedals are Infinity brand and made in various offshore countries.
If you know what platform they work on you can advertise that, and also the # of pins, or if USB, serial port or game port.
At the bottom of the post, it should say
reply by e-mail Click on that and type a couple of words and send it and it will get to me. :)
Look towards the bottom of the page...
there a few comments. Also try a search using MDI-MD, might turn up more comments that way. I've been interested in them, too, but last time I applied, they were only hiring for C-phone account and needed unlimited long distance. I wonder if they will be going to internet only in the future, as I think they have some accounts that are internet. Anyone know?
It's all about the bottom dollar
Who's going to buy all those cheap products when the peons have no jobs and thus no money. I fear things are going to get a whole lot worse before they get better.
Bottom line...
Amphion employs the best of the best...if you can't cut it, they cut you loose...simple.
I would bet my bottom dollar you are
under 50! It is really funny because I hear these young starlets talking about how they would never have a face lift. I guess not in your 20-50 age range.
Not individually yet, but at the bottom of the - sm
post they did say the order in which people would go:
(8) The stepwise reduction in workforce will be based on the following:
- all independent contractors will be terminated;
- all MTs who produce less than 200,000 KS in a pay period will get their notice imminently;
- all very recent hires will get their notice on or around November 12th;
- MTs who produced less than full time Keystrokes are potentially subject to notice at or around November 12th.
That seems like more notice than most places give.
bottom line
Take the 8.5 job.
You get healthcare.
You get 50% of your soc. sec. paid.
Bottom line: You have to look out for yourself,
!
Probably if you go to the bottom of this page...
and just go by the page numbers you should find some recent stuff.
Right idea, but 8.5 cpl is far too low. Bottom
I say 'and up' because with 30 years' experience, Im only making 9.5 cpl, and am starving on it. 10 cpl should be newbie pay. Dont forget how close 8.5 cpl is to 70s wages. This is the 21st century, and we're working for 19th century wages.
No, but the bottom of the barrel after - sm
In-house MTs picked out the few okay dictators. Now all my accounts seem to be is garbage ESLs right off the boat who scream, snort, whisper, and seem to speak in their native tongue while they bang the phone around, shuffle through papers, eat, talk to the staff around them. 
Bottom line....
When Americans leave this country, or when work is sent outside of this country, they/it should accept the fact that things may not go they way they hoped. Another example is Lisa Ling's sister. American officials do not have the right to go into another country and try to make them change their laws just because the victim or person on the bad end of the stick is an American.
The Thai ppl are handling Carradine's case just as they would for their own people. Just because their country does not conduct CSI-type investigations does not mean that American officials can just barge into their country and make them do this or that.
These MTSOs who are rapidly sending work to other countries will soon find out that this is not the thing to do. It's just a matter of time before a major breach or misuse of information occurs.
You need to look out for your bottom line (sm)
While the people at MDI are great, that is not going to pay your bills. They created the situation you are in and you should not have to HAVE 2 jobs. I say keep the second job, you just never know WHEN the low work will happen again, and it will.
Bottom line...
If an MT cannot keep up with the demands of the job while maintaining high-quality standards, then they need to find a different profession. If a person feels that at 7 or 8 cpl they will not be able to correct and proofread their reports, then they either need to find a job that pays enough to do that or they need to find a different profession. Is it acceptable for a physcian to slack when it comes to quality because he isn't being paid enough? Is it okay for him/her to begin surgery and leave it half done because he thinks he will not make enough money off of this patient? You see, this is ALL about the patient. It is not about US. We are here to service the patient and create an easy-to-read, accurate document of their encounter. I know for myself, the day I cannot create a high-quality, accurate report is the same day I leave this profession.
If you'll read more carefully you'll see
I was referring to AFTER she's missed out on a job, having a friend do sort of an audit to tell her what what was wrong with her test she submitted -- not cheating.
If you will go to the bottom of this page and go back
you will see a number of very good and informative postings about TH.
It's fair if you want to live off of bottom pay.
Then it is fair. You can make good money by the line but you have to work 24 hours to do it.
No thanks. I have not been in the business 30 years for nothing.
Their pay is bottom of the barrel. You could easily
A recent job search placed them at the bottom in terms of pay and the schedule they assigned me. Move ahead to something better.
Bottom Line at Amphion
I have been reading all of the comments about Amphion and having worked there and done well and also knowing people who haven't done well I think the bottom line is that if you have 10-key skills (if you have to ask what that is you don't have them) you will do well. Slow people and those who don't have 10-key skills will not do well at Amphion. If you are fast and productive you can make a lot of money at Amphion. It is not for everybody and certainly not for slowpokes. Can we just see everybody's side to this drawn out saga and give it a rest now? Thank you.
Don't believe it if they say it. If it means the bottom line,
I think you need to suck it up and learn to do ESLs or you'll be left behind.
Bottom line on anything business is $. They can
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There is a thread at bottom of this page about TT
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If you click on your message, near the bottom you will
see in blue - see related messages or something similar. Click on it and it will show you the most recent posts. You do need to use your own judgement because management posts too and of course their posts are all favorable and basically say the same things, about how the MT wasn't reliable, couldn't do the work, poor quality, etc.
I was viciously attacked a month or so ago. I spoke the truth and the person(s) that posted don't know me to make the statements they did.
I worked for SS and it was the worst place I've ever worked. I won't repeat it here, but it is all well documented in the archives.
well...your bottom line is lower
than I would accept. I currently make 10 cpl and will not go lower than 9.5 for transcription and will not go lower than 5.5 for edit.
Now, someone making 7 cpl currently will say....yeah, I will work for 8 cpl, that is a raise for me.
Also, there are some out there making 3 cpl for edit, if they were offered 4 or 5, they would take it.
How can we set a standard like this?
Bottom Line -- Mgmt always says that
cherry-picking is not allowed and will be dealt with; however, it very rarely is. If management is not going to take care of it, nothing you can do. Just type and go on. This way, you will get up to speed on these dictators and it will not matter in the long run.
MQ - their bottom line pay 2 cpl offshore or pay us NOTHING for ASR -nm
The bottom line is money...
3 cpl for VR...more money in their pockets. On the contrary to some of the replys to my first message...VR does save a ton of money for these hospitals, but these MTSO's know that the MTs can do more lines per hour with VR and hence, lower the pay to 3...so disgusting.
I will join you at the bottom, no jobs for me either..nm
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Waaaay down at the bottom of your screen sm
is a link to Moderators and at the very, very end is a link to contact us. It will take you to adminstration. Scroll all the way down the page and you should see them. Hope this helps!
Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and
go to page 2. There's a list almost at the top of the page. Hope this helps!
If they want rock bottom prices
then why doesn't the hospital contract directly with the MT? Cut out the huge salaries for the suits. No one can convince me that the cost of transcription isn't inflated by outsourcing!!
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