If you're a hard worker and a valuable MT, then yes it is
Posted By: KSMT4 on 2009-05-31
In Reply to: AGREE!!! - annon
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.
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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!
"Taking up valuable time of MTSO." You're digging deep now!
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You're right - have never worked this hard.
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Maybe they're wondering if it's really hard to hit, so lower? NM
More valuable
More valuable to them but they don't probably don't pay you any more than if you just did ops, therefore, not as much income for you, but they get the work covered. Transcription is going down the tubes fast - a normal thinking person would want you to do what you would be most productive at, for employee retention purposes and for their income also. I refuse to do everything because I lose money and if they don't want to give me the work type I am best at, then I don't accept a position with that company.
Don't know if valuable, but they have been
discussed several times the last couple of weeks. Do a Ctl F search.
are ALL valuable
To whom?
Because someone who is one-specialty oriented, types 60 wpm is not as valuable (speaking in employee terms) as someone who can do whatever you throw at them and do it in half the time.
I feel every HUMAN is valuable but not every human can or should be an MT.
valuable (irreplaceable)
I've been an MT only 9 years. On my full-time job, I do more work types (and very well according to my evals) than 4 people who have been working for the same hospital as I have been ranging from 22 to 25 years in seniority (I am the baby of the group)--2 because they were allowed to cherrypick what they wanted to do for a long time ago. However, these 2 can fly through OP, ER, and Ortho and I cannot. Do I believe they can be replaced? Hell, yeah--but so can I. Because we are unionized, we all make $23/h (with another raise coming in June) plus incentive and have all the same great benes. Of course it used to tick me off that so and so are praised for what they do (because they are valuable in those areas), but because I CHOSE to stay where I am, forever comparing my pay to others is, unfortunately, not going to make things better especially in times like this. Besides, I personally prefer to do work types I am most productive in anyway so I can hit my incentive quicker (fair is fair right?).
So what if employers EXPECT this-and-that from you--that's a given. But, they KNOW they will not get 100% every shift, from every MT, every single time. There is NO perfect MT. None, whatsoever. I don't care how many years of experience you have. I've seen it many times even before I became an MT myself. I am an IC for my second job, which pays 11 cpl including all headers/spaces (and it's an acutal IC position-no schedule, no minimum at all).
For a long time, I have not complained about so and so making as much as I am--it's a kill fight (even for a lot of jobs). I am a single mom, but I have good jobs, I can pay my bills, and I can feed my family (and I live in one of the most high-cost-of-living states).
To finally sum it up, ALL hardworking MTs feel they deserve more than what they are being paid AND they should. Unfortunately, many MTs (including me) do not see it happening, Hence, they either move on to another field of work, make due what they have because they love the MT field and its benefits (or lack of), or, for some reason, find a reason/excuse NOT to move on and just compare and complain (go figure).
As far as an MT being valuable (irreplaceable), I've seen very productive, hardworking MTs with a lot of experience move on to other things and being replaced with other MTs with less experience but do just as well. I've seen really good employee MTs being replaced by vendor MTs because of offshoring/outsourcing. In your last paragraph, you have valuable (irreplaceable). As any job,valuable can be replaced (especially in this field) and that is a fact of life as well.
Merry X-Mas and HNY.
Thanks for the valuable feedback.
The day I decided to give up and move on (exactly 2 weeks after I applied), I got a call from Debbie who was very apologetic. Because of all the positive things I've heard about TT, I gratefully accepted the offer.
All of you should stop working immediately so that they can see how valuable
you are. Let them work it out then.
NEWS FLASH: Everyone's time is valuable these days - SM
even a lowly transcriptionist's time. Working at home does not make it less so - in fact I'm finding the opposite is true in my case, since I have to work so many more hours to make 1/2 the pay I made as an inhouse MT.
The very least a recruiter (or anyone else, for that matter!) can do is show a little respect and if unable to keep an apointment, at least let the prospective employee know, don't just leave them hanging. If a company doesn't treat employees with respect, how do they expect the same in return from their MTs? Totally does NOT make sense.
Beats me. It does hurt their valuable employees when they log on to 0 jobs.
I have 4 accounts, a 98.9 quality rating, and I am sure it is hard to plan workflow, but I'm tired of it. It seems cyclic; it has happened a few times a year for the past 3 years. Hopefully, when the new accts start, this will stop. Guess I'll just ask for a 5th account.
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.
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?
I think your comparison is ridiculous and insulting. Try getting a farm worker's job and you'
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I learned a lot about MTSO from her post..not a job for me every..I'm definitley a worker bee.
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.
lmao!! yeah maybe I'm the recruiter...suggesting that my co-worker is the problem. yeah that make
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Hope you're enjoying those slave wages you're earning.
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So you guys feel you're getting paid what you're worth with VR?
I'm not trying to be snarky. I've never done VR, so I'm trying to understand.
You're happy with your paycheck with VR? Do you find the files to be as bad as the original post implied?
So you're telling me, basically, they're bad news?
They offered me 0.095/line and you know - it sounded too good to be true, but I SWEAR the recruiter told me they do not outsource. Oh brother... I just wish they'd be honest. I really don't know what to do.
Not the OP, but they're supposed to take out all the other taxes as you're an employee with th
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No, they're not losing money....they're gaining!
If a company charges their clients by the line, I'm sure that line rate does not go down even though the MTs pay does.
ASR pays about 2/3 normal line rate to its MTs. Their ultimate goal is to have the MTs do twice as much work. Therefore, the client is getting their work faster, but paying their normal rate, while corporate gets that money and the MTs get the lower line rate.
Whether the newbies want to realize it or not, MTSOs have not increased MTs' salaries in the past 10 years. They still start out at the same pay as the last century!
This used to be a very lucrative profession. Nowadays, most MTs are considered to be paid at the poverty level. You don't believe me, look it up!
Hey, you're in luck then. They're hiring! (nm)
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If they're in Nebraska, they're www.medigrafix.com nm
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If you're an IC, you pay all your taxes. Otherwise you're an SE or employee. nm
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If you're PT you're required to work
8 of your hours in one weekend day. There's no extra pay for it though.
The face we're wising up is exactly why they're
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We're not 'so scared' of it. We're trying to help
you to not make a huge mistake, but I guess you're determined to learn the hard way, so good luck with that.
If you're in the 37% tax bracket, you're making over
100K per year. Quit complaining.
Hard to say...
In my experience, one minute of dictation is roughly equivalent to 10 lines of transcription, so, approximately 180 minutes of dictation, and figuring an average length of a report at around 3 minutes, that's probably around 60 reports.
Hard to say
what the situation is. It is fairly common to have times here and there where there is no work in this business due to many different things. The company may have over hired and don't have enough work. Do you work on clinic or acute care. If clinic and you work on only one account, is it possible a doctor is out of town? There could be many different reasons, although I think it is somewhat strange that they can predict that there will be no work at all for you for several days (this might make me a little suspicious). Might not hurt to try to find another part-time position to fill in the gaps.
it is hard
to say that our profession is not going to exist. I see a high demand for experienced MTs. If you look on the occupational outlook handbook, it even says that there is going to be greater than average demand for MTs. I copied and pasted below what it says.
Contracting out transcription work overseas and advancements in speech recognition technology are not expected to significantly reduce the need for well-trained medical transcriptionists. Outsourcing transcription work abroad—to countries such as India, Pakistan, Philippines, and the Caribbean—has grown more popular as transmitting confidential health information over the Internet has become more secure; however, the demand for overseas transcription services is expected only to supplement the demand for well-trained domestic medical transcriptionists. In addition, reports transcribed by overseas medical transcription services usually require editing for accuracy by domestic medical transcriptionists before they meet domestic quality standards. Speech-recognition technology allows physicians and other health professionals to dictate medical reports to a computer that immediately creates an electronic document. In spite of the advances in this technology, the software has been slow to grasp and analyze the human voice and the English language, and the medical vernacular with all its diversity. As a result, there will continue to be a need for skilled medical transcriptionists to identify and appropriately edit the inevitable errors created by speech recognition systems, and to create a final document.
JLG hard?
If you thought the JLG phone test was hard, you are in for a rude awakening in the MT field. They are standard questions you would know if you have any experience.
Trying hard
I'm trying to like Amphion, but the platform is awful. If I could ever get the chance to type, I could really get a good line count, but the filling in the DI screen and constant looking up physicians is killing me. I kept track over one hour, and I had to look up 14 doctors' names and numbers and cc them. And this is going into a separate window and then coming back to the chart, not using just a keystroke to look them up. I love the dictators. They're very clear, and the supervisors are adequate, not overly helpful, but pretty nice. Right now, I'm struggling to make $10 an hour.
Yes, hard at first but
you get used to it. I dropped 2 cents a line, but the company part of the taxes worked out equally. At least I don't have to pay in the quarterly taxes anymore! Not as much freedom but if you are with a good company it helps.
Not that hard
I do the acute care on 2 accounts. What I find with Keystrokes is the accounts I do are not 50/50 ESL. I don't mind ESLs but something is fishy with other companies I have worked for when I get over 50% ESL. I am not making a good living. I can't do it with 90% ESLs and I have 17 years experience.
I am now making a GOOD living and enjoy going to work every day. I have ESLs but they are the average ESLs, not every other dictation and the accent so thick I despair.
I have some hard dictators but I am making a good living and I haven't for over 5 years. I am also not the fastest typist but I am picky, and I am still making a good living. I work on Ex-Text and the Control I is not blocked. That being the case I can check constantly if I want. I am averagin between 1500 and 1700 lines if I turn the TV off, concentrate and work. Like I said, I am not the fastest typist, but I can live with those lines.
Don't be too hard on yourself, we
spend a lot of time researching words/equipment, looking up CC docs, checking old reports to get proper dictation, etc. You have to figure that in.
It really is hard to believe...
I have been gone now for at least a month, and I cant believe how unaffected my life has been. I mean, I wouldnt leave MQ because I was afraid that I would have to start all over again and worry more about income, etc., etc. Well, stupid me, I shoulda, shoulda, ad. infinitum...
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