If you are thinking of going to work for OSi

The OSi policy change has been discussed a lot lately on this board but if you decide to work for OSi anyway be sure to wait until after the holidays are over.  Here's why.

You will not be paid any extra for working on the holidays for 6 months after you are hired.  There is a 6 months waiting period.

After that - in order to be paid extra for working on holidays you will have to maintain at least 98% on QA for the previous 6 months. 

You cannot be on 100% QA for any reason during the previous 6 months. 

You will have to make your line quota for 6 out of the 8 previous pay periods, and if work is low or you take PTO or anything else TOO BAD.

You can't take any time off for 2 WEEKS prior to the holiday. 

You must work as scheduled the day before and the day after the holiday.

You must type at least 1000 lines the day BEFORE the holiday.  If work is low (as it always is around the holidays) TOO BAD.

You must type at least 1000 lines the day OF the holiday.  If work is low (as it always is around the holidays) TOO BAD.

Sorry to keep bringing this up but it is mainly to tell anyone thinking of going to work for OSi that if you signed on right now for a Sunday - Thursday schedule you would have to work this Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with no extra holiday pay simply because you have not been there for 6 months.  If you signed up for Tuesday through Saturday you would have Christmas Eve off but nothing else.  The same schedule obviously goes for New Year's.

BTW you are monitored by OSi's very own instant message system.  It is mandatory that you are signed on to this so you can be at their disposal.  So you WILL work the holiday for EIGHT HOURS even if there is no work.  You WILL be glued to your computer so you can play the instant message game even if you have no work.

This is just the latest jewel from OSi and probably comes from the fact that their new money partner has Indian interests.  OSi has always offshored to India, and with the new partner this will only get worse.

People have been warned time and again on this board but there were so many supporters of OSi that the posts would end up being removed by the board administrator because it would get ugly. 

Guess what?  OSi's supporters are leaving now with egg on their face myself included.  Are there enough MT jobs to go around for everyone who is leaving OSi along with all the other MTs?  Who knows?  Whether you are a current employee or potential OSi employee better make your move now to another company or find another line of work.

Truthfully - from an ex-OSi supporter who is now desperately looking for another job and I sure hope I find one before the holidays.  I don't care about my good standing or promotions or tenure at OSi any more.  I just want OUT - RIGHT NOW.

• If you are thinking of going to work for OSi - Just a reminder
  • Don't blame you for wanting out. All - this stuff BITES!!! nm Big Time

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I've been an MT for about 20 years - 7 years with MQ.  I used to do on average about 300+ lines per hour on my primary and made a pretty decent living.  With ASR, I've gone down to an average of about 239 lines per hour.  Plus, they pay us about a penny a line less on ASR after you do a 60-day trial.  I tried quitting the ASR, but if you do that, all you get is the really crappy dictation, so the ASR becomes the lesser of two evils. 

My theory is that, since the ASR system apparently learns as we make corrections, that MQ is going to keeping sending it to us while we teach the system.  Then, when the ASR system has learned all it can and is doing perfect work, they'll ship all the work to India and pay them (the Indian ME's) 2 cents a line to edit it. 

If I were you and I were making a decent living doing regular transcription with a high line rate, I would not consider ASR.  I think the only ones who make any money at the MT's who did not produce huge amounts to begin with!! 

I would NEVER recommend MQ.  They're all about the bottom line and I guarantee, MQ ASR will be going to India -- just give the machine enough time to learn. 

I heard back from a position I applied for.  The person is asking me about what I want in an MTSO & I thought I'd share: 

No micromanagement.  I will work the hours I say I will work and if I’m doing so, leave me alone.

I don’t want to hear about everyone else’s mistakes in a nasty e-mail where you threaten to dock everyone’s pay.  Address the issue with the individual.

No demanding I work overtime & then being unwilling to pay extra.  If you ask me in a civilized manner I will see what I can do to help.

No new and creative ways to rip the MT off.  I don’t care about your VBCs.  I want to be paid for my time and typing – including templates and spaces.

A company which pays on time.

Low ESL, while I can do ESL it doesn’t mean I should have to do so continuously because everyone else has cherry-picked or they just can’t do it – they need the practice, I don’t.  While it’s true I can make money on ESLs because they tend to say the same thing over and over, when they don’t, they are a royal pain in the @ss.

Pay equal to my experience level.

State of the art equipment – No DOS!  No cumbersome software wasting MY time looking up patient demographics.

I think I might prefer ER or clinic, I can make more money with those than with op notes, even though they pay less per line.

A company that DOES send positive e-mails and keeps its MTs up-to-date with feedback from the accounts and abreast of latest terms.

It's really difficult to move from one platform to another at this company.  It's almost impossible, actually.  There must be a lot more to it than we know.  Maybe their profit is somehow connected to all MTs on one platform staying on that platform regardless of whether or not they have work?  I know it sounds really stupid, though.

Since everyone is an employee, and US Labor laws should still apply, I wonder if any of the MTs who lost work on EditScript, who they won't move to Dictaphone, have bothered to file with unemployment for reduction of work.  I think the unemployment office calls this partial unemployment or something like that.

Just don't.  If you think you are bored out of your gourd, treated like a factory worker and unappreciated now while you're doing MT, becoming a QA person is worse.

The QA jobs are production-based in some form also, even the hourly jobs.  You are expected to do XX amount of jobs per hour or per day and be on the system at XX:XX and off at XX:XX.  Believe me.  You'll see the same people sending their work to you to fix or do EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.  It's really a thankless job and at least with MT, you are the master of your own ship, you are responsible for your own work, lines and jobs.  It's just something to think about.

Do they hire only employees or are there IC/SE possibilities as well?

What platform do they use?  Did you get to set your own hours/days?

You said they started you at a decent line rate, was it more than 9 cpl and are you an employee or IC/SE?  I know that the line rate is affected by this.

Thanks.

misconception. 

I keep informed about all the companies, who does what, IC versus employee.  I am a well-informed potential employee.  I am very good at what I do and I will only work for the best.  In my thinking the KS post wasn't the best of the best.  Perhaps I spoke out of turn by believing others should think more highly of themselves and their value as employees.  I've been in every position one could work in the transcription and health care industry and this seemed somewhat demeaning not just to my own value but the value of MTs as a whole. 

As it turns out now, they offer more than they orginally posted but would you have gotten that information if teeth weren't pulled?  If you want it, you CAN have it.  Why do MTs have to settle for crumbs when the crumbs keep getting smaller?  There ARE companies with better benefits out there.  How KS treats their people, well, I certainly cannot speak to that but in the last few days the company I take pride in working for has taken quite a beating on this web site and they treat me extremely well. 

And the point is...I reciprocate.  I want to be considered one of the best MTs where I work and I often go above and beyond.  It is mutually reciprocative and it sure ain't for crumbs.

I have other offers but I love the platform and the account.  I have not had work for almost a week straight and before that about 2 months of little work.  I am just wondering if everyone else out there is ready to move on.  We get SOS messages when there are 5 jobs on the system, on a holiday, stating everyone wanted work....well here it is.  Hardly.  I have 4 accounts and they are all dry.  Is this everyone's experience???????

I work every sunday now, and I would really like my weekends free.  I also don't like the software too much, and I have to pay LD.

Thanks for all the info you gave me.