In my case I am aggressively looking...
Posted By: sm on 2008-10-20
In Reply to: Why continue working for them then? - question
Speaking for myself, it doesn't make sense to leave one job until another one comes along. So far the ones responding are no better than the one I have.
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I think if you test well they will consider you on a case by case basis without the full 5 years.
I would definitely contact them anyway.
they may be willing to make considerations on a case-by-case basis s/m
I have a couple of situations that make 8 hours straight not possible for me, and when I hired on with the company I was with who recently merged with Transcend, they worked with me to find ways that would help me be productive without hindering my physical and personal limitations.
I am not going to list specifics, but I was very impressed at how willing they were to help me and they told me that they are willing to make considerations on a case by case basis.
Well if that's the case..what about OSI? (sm)
Everybody now knows and they have admitted to outsourcing overseas...so why are they allowed to post of that's the rule of the boards?
In case you still need to know. sm
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in this case, it is just a Name and nothing else..sm
have seen her post before under that name. It does not mean she is necessarily a newbie or a wannabe anything. in my opinion.
this has been in my case,
however, it may not be the same for all hires. In fact, i've wondered if you are really talking about the same company with the sun-thu or tue-sat schedule. No such requirements were put on me. Is this MDI out of Maryland? All we were expected to schedule when I was hired was any 2 weekend days per month. There has been no daily/weekly line quota. The best bet, as always, is to talk to the recruiter and see what they say.
Not the case
No work is definitely not the case. I personally have not taken a day off in 3 weeks because of OT (not complaining, need to $ anyway), so lack of work is not a problem. There is no problem as far as I am concerned. If you have such a problem there, go somewhere that suits you better. Try MQ!
just in case...
They get in a bind?? I don't know, but I get so many emails wagging the finger about how flexing was okay yesterday when the work was low (meaning nonexistant for many of us), but today we are building up, so if you have time to make up, do it now! And then if 3 days on down the road a bonus comes up, you don't qualify because you don't have your hours/lines in. So confusing...and somewhat unreasonable when you are a real person with a real family and other comittments besides being chained to your desk for a paycheck!! And please do not bash, I have a total of 6 backup accounts.
Not the case at all.
Why is it when someone disagrees they are one of the chosen? I think this is absurd. I listened and do follow the rules and when I take my work I do it and then return for more .. the weekend is usually when those who do not follow rules throw their work back and the rules are set up specifically so that you know when you can go and pick any work that is available and not have to worry about preferred and selected and whatever. After 20+ years in this business I have learned that worrying about what everyone else is doing or has for work has never helped me one iota. Any service that does clinic work has a slow day and does it not make sense that if practices are closed on weekends that Monday is going to be a slow start with low work volume? And, for the record, I was promised nothing, asked for the rules and follow them and work my schedule and extra is asked. I do what is there for me and I don't think of myself as working only for certain dictators. I do it all. Some I like better than others but as an IC I understand how the work flow goes and pretty much it is the same from one place to the next.
Additionally, I have another part-time job to pick up the slack. A little planning on your part might be in order. At tax time you would be glad to find it to your favor not to have just one client as an IC.
If that's the case...
I would ask to have 1 account removed where there is no work and be put on an account that has work.
But, there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to have more than 3 accounts.
The latter case, likely. It's also...sm
happened to me too many times to count. We are routed several jobs at once, usually 3 or so. I can usually see the next job(s) in the queue.... and sometimes know by the doc's number who the dictator is. But when I try to load the next job, all of a sudden it'll disappear and usually replaced by crap work, ESLs, etc. It usually occurs during certain shifts, if I need to work off of my regular shift. The lead MTs in my co. do the distributing of work but theyalso have to get their own lines in.... so you know they're not keeping the s - - - jobs, ESLs for themselves. I've decided that the next time this happens, I'll just contact the particular sup.MT and ask what's up? Where was my work? AND CC THE E-MAIL TO THEIR OWN SUPERVISOR. i'll bet it'll stop quick!
in this case
pb doesn't mean peanut butter
If that is the case for you sm
then YAY you! There are at least 2 of us right here who had the same issue, so for you to be adamant that we did not, is just plain silly. I'd say if you are not experiencing what we are talking about, then this conversation DOES NOT pertain to you. Save yourself the stress and go about enjoying your IC position however you want to take it!
That is only the case...
if it is absolutely impossible to have the report transcribed in an emergency setting, but that is the exception, not the rule. That is why there is a need for STAT MTs. It's a fact. Transcribed reports are needed on weekends. That's just the way it is.
This has ALWAYS been the case. More so now than
.
Not so in my case
Been there 2 years, did not test, but had 20+ years experience. I don't believe they hire PT, but could be wrong. Monday mornings are a bit slow early, but usually picks up pretty quickly. My line rate was fairly good, and their incentive program (the more lines you do, the more you get paid per line back to line 1) is great. No one is happy with VR as far as pay anywhere, but I do believe there is no choice anymore, everyone will have to eventually do it. It is not fair what is being done to MTs because of VR. Yes, I do transcribe it faster, not twice as fast, which is what I would have to do to earn my normal line rate. Lastly, I am a happy TTer, and do not feel like I work for next to nothing. If I did, I would go elsewhere.
Not true in my case.
I do not feel I should be used to gain experience. I have had ton of job offers. Also, when I received work back from QA, it was just horrid. The QA was not helping me at all. It was not good and often wrong grammar was in my reports by the QA people, and the AAMT book of style was not even used, even though they said that was the guideline. I want to be a better MT, not a sloppy MT. I was trained by an excellent school and no what to look for. Believe me when I say, I only had one page of guidelines to follow for all my accounts. My other job have a book of what to use and not to use. I want to be an excellent MT and train for my CMT exam in 2 years. I would be sloppy if I stayed at MQ. The reports QA sent back were just out of this world. I need to move on and learn. I am with a smaller company now. I will stay and get my experience in, just not at MQ.
Hey, get off my case. I like Lee and Keystrokes.
However, I don't think it's right to make excuses for hiring people and failing to follow through on the oral contract. THAT was my point that YOU missed.
I know exactly what you're saying, but in this case -
this is what our hospital wants. It's not that we need people inhouse. They get to make the choice. Our hospital does not want to hire people in 10 different states and all over the country. The hospital has great benefits, vacation, sick leave, incentives, etc.
Good for you, it just is not the case with everyone
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Is this person a nut case or what? As
unprofessional as anyone I've ever seen.
the log in is case sensitive - sm
You might try changing the way you log in. I believe it should be ALL caps. That could be the problem with logging in. Can't help with the rest, don't know why they wouldn't be returning calls.
and in my case, they have made NO
contributions to my MetLife account this year. Hope this is only my problem, just wanted to make others aware it was happening to me.
I thought that was the case, but I had to ask because
seems like the majority do alot of bitching and moaning about not being paid enough.
Not always true. In my case SM
the MTSO that did our overflow work first did discharge summaries, then they got the consults, then the H&Ps. They didn't have to do the crappy doctors, we had to. We had to do all the vascular and cardiac stuff. We did not get the good work, they did. And you know what? It turned out they got it ALL and we were all kicked to the curb.
Oh well in that case they should definitely call OSI
That is great...wish it was the case for some of us
I loved the platform and the work, but I gotta eat and three weeks of next to know money and not being able to get a return response when asking what is going on was enough. The lack of communication was the problem I had.
She is a nut case! I would stay away but
everyone has different experiences. She always has an opening and say that is because she is very difficult to work with.
Did you mean $860 a month?? Wow.. if that is the case..
How do people make any money to live on besides just having medical insurance. Obviously, we have to have the insurance but we also need to eat...Dang...
If that is the case, I would get out fast!
I left Cymed shortly after SPI bought them out. They are HORRIBLE people to work for, not to mention incompetent!
P.S. In case you missed it...
I appreciated the information you posted, but I wasn't looking for someone to do this for me.
My style? What really is your problem? I was trying to gauge INTEREST, not pawn off the research...
why don't you put down your dukes for a second and reconsider the (mistaken) analysis you made of my posts.
Uh-oh! I figured that was the case
Thank you for the info!  Just not what I was hoping to hear. 
You would think that would be the case but that is not their style, unfortunately
it's sad really because I have a few friends that still work there and they are great MTs who are not appreciated for their own loyalty to the company...
No work is not the case
I know first hand that there is plenty of work to go around at Transcend. If you run out on one account, you switch to another. If you still run low you let management know and they will set you up with more work.
I know this because I was not happy on the account I was on and all I had to do was ask and I have been flooded with new accounts to work on.
Not true in my case
The company I work for is the most ethical American-only MT company I have ever seen. No off shoring in this case. The economy is the culprit here. Read below and you will see how others are experiencing the same with low work loads.
not in my case on either count.
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Oh...okay..then...with your case at rest...
we won't have to read any more of such ridiculous babble.
Not true in my case
I have been very happy since I've been there (almost 2 years). I get both great and difficult dictators, but that is part of the job. As far as micromanaging, maybe there was a reason they were micromanaging you? Not so here.
In this case the client knows EXACTLY what is going on
In this case the client was the one who bought the eScription program and forced MDI's hand. They told MDI either you can be our service at this new VR at a reduced rate or we will get someone else. If MDI had said no I'd probably already be out of a job since the account is a large-volume group of hospitals and there is no way the other MDI accounts could absorb that many MTs.
I don't think you'll have a case at all. sm
An e-mail is not a contract.
Even contracts can be broken, ended, rewritten, renegotiated.
Bottom line is that anyone can initiate and make changes: Employers and employees. No one is bound or obligated to stay with what starts out in a job or contract.
Your ability to be flexible in such times not only means work days/times when the work is there but also to keep your debt low, your eggs in more than one basket and the ability to move on psychologically when a situation is not working for you.
A case in point on VR
My local hospital went to VR last year and they are using all in-house MTs. I have an elderly friend who had pacemaker placed emergently after a vasovagal episode last Christmas. He asked if I would peruse his medical records from that hospital. So as I'm going over the records, I am noticing mistakes that you would not see on a hand typed report. Lots of them. Not only that but they refer to something out of the ER called a T-system which was not included in his record. So part of the ER report is somewhere else. But to the point about overlooking mistakes that VR makes versus hand typing: There is something about overlooking mistakes that VR makes that get missed by editors and I don't know what it is either. Anyway, good point you made about that.
That is true in my case as well...
I have Humana insurance that I purchased through ehealthinsurance. I pay $81 per month for myself and 1 child. I have received discounts on all services through the plan. I just make sure that I use a clinic/hospital/lab that contracts with Humana. My plan has $0 copay, too. I just receive services, leave the office paying nothing, then I get a bill in the mail after several weeks/months with discounts reflected and amount owed after discounts.
if that is the case, then we cannot complain when
work goes overseas. If clients pay for inferior work, they may as well pay less huh? integrity, integrity, integrity.
Just in case you missed the archives
nm
in my case, eventually found out
yeah, she wanted the easy stuff, even though she was making money, she wanted to add to her income and took all my easy jobs
I've not found that to be the case.
In fact, most companies I've worked with do everything they can to make a new MT feel welcomed and that they are going to be successful. Why would a company start a new person with the worst of the work? Doesn't make any sense. I ran a service for 11 years and would never have treated a new MT like that!
Jest - just in case you missed it above.
You work hard for your money! You go girl! It's a dang shame that as professional women and mothers this forum has become overpopulated by bitter, burned-out, hateful, and I mean ugly to the bone venomous MTs who never have a kind word to say. IMHO, some of y'all need to get off your arses and get out of the house to socialize or find employment where you can relearn how to interact nicely with others. It's easy to hide behind a made up name and spout snide remarks off into cyberspace, because you know you'd be fired or have your arse kicked if you actually had the nads to talk to people face to face like you do here.
Seriously, if being confined to the house, alone all day has reduced you to this, a counselor may be your answer.
If that's the case, bravo for her for standing up
for her beliefs. I took a stand on mine when I quit a former job. All the best to her if that's the case.
You want to at least put initials just in case someone has information.
I'm not sure about using names on here but I know they have when people are nonpayers. Why should they be kept private when they scam people
That was not my case. I was very open-minded
and hopeful that things would work out. I based my decisions soley on my experience and not the experience of others, but like I said AL is good because I'm in a much better place now.
In case you haven't noticed,
offshore MTs are not welcome on this board. You steal our jobs, do crappy transcription, and make the industry look bad. We don't need or want your opinion on it.
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