I think you need to read your memo again.
Posted By: 3rd World wages on 2006-03-13
In Reply to: You read the memo wrong - Not the same
The very first thing it says is, Offshore editors are paid $8 per hour and it goes on to describe the new pay structure for us US editors/reviewers exactly. So, that tells me that we are getting the same wage as them. I am not sure how you got that all turned around.
Maybe a mistake was made and this memo was not supposed to go out to us US employees describing India wages. BUT, now the cat is out of the bag!! 
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You read the memo wrong
The memo read pay for reviewing of offshore work will be paid at..... It does not mean that we are paid the same as those offshore. My pay has not changed since this went into effect. We were all offered the option to transcribe if we did not like the base rate plus incentive. I for one do like it, but if you do not, why do you not transcribe instead of review? It is an option that was offered. Just a suggestion that may work better for you.
Nevermind, I should have read the whole memo about update. Duh... nm
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LP VBC Memo - sm
I'm not sure why she (LM) bothers to send these out or even to come here and defend herself or her company. You people are dense, denser than old glass doorknobs.
She clearly explains what a VBC is and also states that LP is not using this method of counting. However, she has an opportunity to bid on an account that is requesting VBC and she was also looking for some feedback from any of her ICs who may already be using this method. She explains that there is an 18% difference in counting totals.
She is explaining that this is the new industry wave so to speak and we should all be aware so we can plan accordingly or have a better understanding, kind of like when we went from gross to 65 character method or even switching from WP to Word.
Ya know, LP and LM are not perfect. I've worked there on an off for the last 15 years, but come on she was not dropping a huge bomb on anyone, cutting pay rates, etc. She was actually trying to be helfpul and informative as well as gather some information for future use. I'm sure she garnered useful information - some of her ICs are challenged in reading comprehension.
Got that memo, did not say anything about account
I know about the e mail asking if people were interested in speech editing, but it did not say what account. If the one says that account is having glitches, and you were interested, I would ask my supervisor if I were you to see the progress. Those of us who were not interested have not heard any further or what accounts are on that speech track. Perhaps some tests or things we don't transcribe are going Speech. I am sure if the account were going totally speech they would have let us know by now. If you talk to your sup and get an answer, please let us know. Tx.
No memo. You'll only know for sure if
you are on the team that gets a new account. One did start in the middle of July but runs as dry as all the rest of their accounts. You'll only notice on the Community Page if you know all the accounts and see something new. They don't care if you have no work. The TAT is to their advantage.
Lee Perfect VBC memo
Does anyone work for LP and get this VBC memo today? If so, can someone please explain to me what it means? I already asked the owner and she said REREAD THE MEMO. I don't know if she wants us to take a pay cut or to add an account.......TIA!!!!!!!!!
Lee Perfect VBC memo
Thanks :(( It was not making sense to me....
Lee Perfect VBC memo
Thanks for the support! Feeling better for it!!!!!!
Lee Perfect VBC memo
The owner wrote to me with this message ..... there is no paycut. No new accounts., If you do not care to know about VBC ok, in the future many transcription services will be using it. Not ours.
Lee Perfect VBC memo
I am the mentally challenged old glass doorknob! lol
No one can feel worse about it than me but I needed some clarification. I wish I could have understood what she wanted to say but I did not...there were others who did not either...I was not bashing her or the company. I love my job there BUT I needed help understanding the memo. Thank you for the info. It was clear as a bell.
I think the accidental memo proves a whole of it goes
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It almost looks like a memo she got and didn't make it into an ad.
I was also wondering about that $7000, is that per month, per pay period, maybe per year? 
so then why did she send the memo?? sounds strange to me. nm
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The solution center's memo of an upgrade to the system SM
in the next couple of weeks (not on company computer right now so don't remember exact date) includes release notes that says the issue of the platform freezing will be corrected. I hope this fixes some of my own problems.
The memo is 7 am to midnight. So for third shift no coverage on pager.
And for the weekend, no paging really unless their system is down, not ours. Actually, that's less stressful because if we are down we just e mail and forget about it. Of course downtime would help that is paid downtime.
This e mail does not bug me. But, I do have to say I have become increasingly depressed over this job lately and I am not usually this way. I have a feeling I am not alone in my depressed feeling, I just wish I knew why I felt this way. Things looked so good 2 weeks ago... I agree with the aarrg above. Double arrgg for me to.
Memo specifically said upgrade would address the platform freezing up.
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No, we got a small Valentine's gift that looks like a paper weight/ memo holder??
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I read all read all the threads in the "companies" section
of another board, MT Chat, and Googled each one that got positive reviews. If they had a website and a way to apply online, I did so. And that was how I got hired at TRS. They were not advertising at the time. By sheer coincidence I applied to Transcend just before I applied to TRS, and they were not interested in what I had to offer at the time. And now they've got me anyway, since they bought TRS. Interesting how things work out sometimes.
Companies with negative reviews, or company queries that got only a terse I sent you a PM reply, I passed over.
I read your post. What do you want me to re-read?
and it seems those are your posts, too, so things just didn't add up and seemed inconsistent. If a place dropped me down to p.r.n. at 7 cpl or whatever and I already had another job where I could get 1000-1500 lines, I wouldn't give the first place a second thought so just couldn't figure out why anyone else would.
To Before You Read This
Girl... you are absolutely right on target and now even after I read your comments, I never knew OSi outsourced. That to me is a SLAP in the face. And you are right about the promotions. I have applied for different jobs and told they were already taken. when they have a job available, they KNOW ahead of time who they are going to hire. and you are right about the "welcoming thing, saying welcome so and so, when we didn't know there was a job available Now that I know they ship work overseas, I am totally OUTTA here. And you are right again, you are NOT paid extra fo holidays, weekends, or shift differentials.
OSI........LOL....... read on.....
OSi will promise you the world if they want you bad enough. Then once they get you, the promises are null and void. I see where they are finally following through on their annual raises that they promised years ago that no one ever got....and FINALLY, a holiday incentive? Wow, they must really be desperate.......I worked for OSi for many years, gave them my all and got nothing in return except heartache in the end.........do what you want, but just be looking over your shoulder every inch of the way and get EVERYTHING in writing!
Don't believe everything you read. sm
Most are staying with MQ.
Did you read where it said
39 hour 7 day work week?? Does this mean we are being forced to work weekends? I only browsed through mine.
Don't believe all you read....
I had never even heard of MTStars when I was looking for my first at-home MT job. I would have never accepted the position I currently hold. Every time someone tries to encourage others to apply at "my company" the negative banter that follows only does more harm than good. Just wanted all to know you can't believe even half of what you read on here. Mostly just ex-employees of wonderful companies that couldn't quite make the cut.
Sorry, that should read SM above
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I can't read it.
In fact, I can't read any posts regarding Transcend. First time I heard of Yahoo even having a message board about them. If you can still access it, could you please copy and paste it and email it to me? I'm very interested in this, concerning the constant turnover & turmoil with that company. Thanks. 
I cant read it either. NM
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Read above! Read below. Just read!
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Please read....
This topic has come up before and this concerns me as well. I saved a post I did on this board a while back. It's edited a little but the message is the same. Here it is.
I've worked in many pathology departments, referral labs, and the like. And I'm here to tell you that there isn't a single pathologist that I have met that is willing to go with VR let alone outsource their dictation. NOTHING will convince me otherwise. As for radiology, I am seeing too much of it being outsourced to ever believe it will go totally VR. Besides, VR is an absolute joke! Y'know that old phrase? Garbage in/Garbage out? Well, there are many docs who have already found out that's just how VR works. Just TRY, and I mean just TRY and take out the human element out of the picture (meaning the transcriptionist) and you will have reports coming back that are even worse than what is coming back from India!!!!! A question here....a very serious one......don't you think that if VR was more effective in transcribing reports that all the companies outsourcing overseas would go with VR before they did that? Something to think about. I've been around since 1990 in this field and they have been saying that VR was going to replace transcriptionists back then. Well, here we are 15 years later and quite frankly, VR hasn't even made it past first base yet. The doctors, the naysayers if you will, the big companies, etc. will be trying to find anyway they can to save money, cut costs and so on and the bottom line is, it will NEVER HAPPEN. The Transcriptionist is here to stay. There is absolutely no way you can take the human element out of this picture and have the absolute best quality reports/charts/medical information system on the planet....PERIOD.
Read MSG
Thank you for noticing!! Yes I made typos.. there are LOTS of MTs that make typos on here. As long as Im not doing it on my accounts I don't really care. I DO make this much on ONE account. I charge 12 cpl GROSS. I do have one Transcriptionist who make about 15000/year, so yes deduct this off the 60,000. This is also PRETAX. I really should not have to explain myself. I knew I would get some posts like the ones I got. I will laugh all the way to the bank with my nice FAT checks, while these negative people struggle at their low paying jobs. :)
Happy New Year!!
You do not know how to read do you?
Who said I still worked there?? I specifically said the entire year I worked there. As in PAST TENSE!!!
read above on DRC
read all the notations
Read this:
http://www.mtstars.com/
second paragraph
And also on the main board at the very top read the sticky post embracing offshoring...
did you read it
Hmmm... and what fact did the other person have except to say she would stand by the owner....!!! And someone already working at a company of course what are they going to say? But everyone will find out for themselves. These are just differences of opinions! Simply that. If you don't agree move on. No big deal. And honestly that person is a cheerleader. Goodness sake.
I still have not read what the lie was. What was the lie?
I think the MTs should know what that was.
then don't read about it..everyone has a right
to an opinion.
as said above, if you don't like it, don't read it.
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It is something to read because....
People for some reason did not know how truly open SPi is on their website about their feelings toward US MTs. People were questioning that on this site last week. In case they didn't know...I wanted them to be able to read it for themselves.
Did you read right?
The pricing I read was 17 cpl for gross lines under 2500 lines per month. Most of my accounts do well over 10,000 lines per month which is only 13.5 cpl and that is very fair for large company. I charge 12.5 cpl but I pick up and deliver and print. And at that price it is hard to pay someone 10 cpl to type as you only get 3.5 to (I get 2.5) cover all of your expenses. Unless I read it wrong and if I did then please slap my wrist. Those 4 to 5 cents per line that a MTSO makes has to cover a lot of things and if you have a QA person on top of that then you make very little per line. That is why I stay so small as the more you grow and the more IC's you have the more headaches of coverage, quality and other things. Anyway just had to say what I read was 17 cpl for anything below 2500 lines per month.
I read that too
last week all of the financials were in process. Today, at least according to our daily report, it became official. I sincerely hope that this guy is true to his word, especially considering all, at least to me, the talk from our team saying how this is going to be a good thing and that they have not sold us down the river.
that should read get RID of the changes, sorry. nm
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From what I read
They are probably backed up but I would leave the vet's name and number, telling them the vet will tell them what it is and if it was their product. That might carry more weight. Most likely every sick cat is being called about whether it is the food or not. Don't give up, vet bills are outrageous and they only take cash up front I know - been there - but after 2000.00 my cat lived (not this food crisis but a couple of years ago). Maybe your vet would call them that might carry more weight.
just read this
You must have posted at the same time I did.
This company is paying you when it is convenient for them. In other words, they are in trouble. Why do you want to stay with a company that does not value their employees? You deserve better.
Read the above again. nm
I read it again and (sm)
it sounds to me like you are saying people have to edit offshore, or send it offshore, or whatever you mean to get a paycheck, and what I am saying is there are other companies to work for.
Have you read.........
Everything about them on this page?????
Please read before considering the Q
I left MQ after 14 years of dedicated service. It is a horrid place to work these days imo. There was such a lack of work the last year I was employed and yes, I do all work types and high ESL as I am very experienced. US MT/MEs are given the bottom of the barrel in work and even I had trouble with the dictator's speech barriers. Not just the lack of work but the low pay. Was told I would never get another raise, kept losing supervisors, had to work nights and weekends, unindated with stupid e-mails then no reply when questions asked to supervisors, and on and on. MQ likes to keep their employees in the dark about just about every decision until the last minute. You should check out the MQ Board and you'll see how unhappy so many are. I got out about a month ago and am so happy with my new place. Bottom line - MQ cares out their Indian and Vietnamese employees before their US of A and that was my boiling point! Good luck with your decision.
At least he can read which is more than I can say for the
dunce we have in there now.
That's how I read it too!
Count me in...doesn't hurt to try anyway!
Please read it again.
The ad does not say that you get double pay if you do not work.
Did I read their ad right?
Is this just a medical coding company?
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