Inquiring minds are a terrible thing to waste so here
Posted By: is some non-confidential information on 2009-09-06
In Reply to: So, what is the latest news on the lawsuit? - Lydia McBurney
For inquiring minds, I do not think any of the following information is confidential, since it is on the court website for anyone to look at, but I found it fascinating and think some of you may also.
The Transtech case has been transferred to Federal Court, US District Court in Texas, because of two or more different states being involved (TT is in Texas, Defendant is in another state, and the five Jane Does can be anywhere in the world).
This information can be publically obtained on the Federal Court Website – PACER.
While I was there, I checked out some of the other Libel/Slander cases that had Closed or Settled to see what the timeline was and how they were settled. They ranged anywhere from 3 to 6 months, from date of filing with the Federal Court to date of closure.
I found it curious that on most other filings where the Defendant was not known, they used JOHN Doe, but TT used JANE Doe, assuming that everyone who posted on the MTStars was a female. Or maybe, all TT hires are females?
There were two other cases that really interested me.
One was for a Travelscream Technologies who filed suit against John Doe, Defendant. It was filed on 10-15-2008 and closed on 01-20-2009. They were asking $100 million against John Doe because of comments posted on two website. Apparently John Doe posted: (1) Tranvelscream is just the latest scam by a group of con artists… (3) Beware of Traveloscream.
The Plaintiff had to DISMISS the case because THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHO JOHN DOE WAS!!!!!
But left it open to refile if they could ever identify the person.
The other was for a Beauty Signature Group who filed suit against another company. The complaint was not on file so I could not read what the allegations where. The suit was filed on 04-16-2008 and was Settled on 08-12-2008. Again, the Settlement papers were not filed, so I do not know what the outcome was, but some of the other cases only wanted retractions and no more posting of remarks by the Defendants, so there may not have been any actual money involved, except for court costs, etc.
So, this could all be over by Christmas.
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inquiring minds want to know.
Does anyone know anything about Transform?
you are right, a terrible, terrible thing it is.sm
but I won't complain too much after having made over 50,000 last year.
That's a terrible thing for her to do!
Some people.....
Isn't it terrible? Yet the sad thing is when MTs
then MTSOs get used to it and treat us all like that. I know there is a famous company on here who is supposed to be great to work for, but they have a huge problem with getting you up and running - like weeks and weeks sometimes without any work, getting passwords, or tech issues or whatever excuse. I would never in a million years put up with that - if I have a start date, that's the start date right down to the hour. There is absolutely no excuses from either side for even an hour delay. Yet supposedly these MTs sit there like sheep and wait for weeks? Or months? Knowing their emails are being read? I thought it was a troll post, but was sadder to see it must be a true poster. So sad.
Oh no, offshor't'ing is a terrible thing
no message.
For the curious minds
starting out either at 8.5 or 9. depends on your exp.
LOL---You know what they say about brilliant minds:-) nm
Old minds think alike.
I was just looking at their website this morning and wondering the same thing.
I am interested in PT to supplement the job I have now. Are there any benefits for PT? Do they have an IC status?
I, too, can get my required lines in 5 hours. Do they consider FT/PT status by hours or lines?
Thanks for any info!!
Great minds think alike!
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great minds think alike....
although I will say I really don't feel I am doing this to benefit myself while hurting someone else.
I think the phrase *cess pool* just means work that one is not used to doing and is difficult for that person to do. My work might be someone else's cess pool, so there are some who might be glad they don't see my accounts. They also might be glad that I sign off when their primary (my cess pool) pops up in my que.
I would thank anyone who signed off their cess pool if it happened to be my primary.
I love how no one is griping about how cheap MQ is while this generous bonus is being offered. If they keep it up on Thanksgiving, I will be more amazed.
I love my job at the Q, and my PS loves me for all my hard work. If anyone here wants to call it cherry picking, go ahead but it's an ignorant assumption!
answer what they want to -- dodge other important emails in our minds nm
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inquiring
can anyone here give feedbacks with Archivus company? thanks in advance
still inquiring
Yes, I am referring to Archivus in North Carolina. Do you have any inputs abt them?
inquiring
How would one contact Lou Dobbs at CNN?
Inquiring about your job
Do you make more than $20.00 per hour at your new job, what where you making when you left transcription, were you doing VR or straight?
Inquiring about ALL TYPE INC sm
Was wondering if anyone had good or bad comments regarding this company? Would sure appreciate feedback either way ASAP as I am considering applying. If possible, please put "all type" in subject line if emailing me. TIA
You are inquiring about MedScribe
and yes, they have the 12-hour window for acute care MTs however that is for full-time positions only, not for part time. Hope that helps.
If you are inquiring because of that job being offered, consider this.
The ad says there are 25 lines per page. If you divide 1.25 by 25, you'd be making 0.05 per line. I don't think that is reasonable even if the voice system is very audible.
To the MTSOs inquiring on this thread...
I wouldn't worry about what these negative posts say, for many reasons:
... It could easily be just 1 or 2 people who have a bee in their bonnet today; no one knows the true number of posters here
... It could easily be people who are not even MTs but friends/families of MTs or just bored poots looking to cause trouble
... No one, hear me, no one makes any MT work for any company. They are free to leave, are they not?
... I have not had the experiences with MTSOs that these people are talking about; in fact, quite the opposite so I think this is just a group who are probably not even mediocre at this
... Not one of these posters knows what it takes to run an MT business. I do. I had one and it was very successful. They don't know the incredible competition out there. They don't want the full responsibility.
... They are not willing to sign their God-given name to anything. They come here in absolute cowardice and sling their words around but if you ask them to pony up facts and ask who they are talking about and their own ID...nadda. Nadda.
I've done this work a long time, MTSOs. I've even been one. There are always going to be a few low-barrel companies but every line of work has that. For the most part, I see MTSOs on the up-and-up, offering good pay for good work. If an MT is an excellent worker (i.e., keeps the schedule, does the production and has the quality), most MTSOs will do what it takes to keep them.
... Everyone has a price and theirs is too high, in my opinion.
Now, all the naysayers can fire away. Said my opinion. :)
There is nothing wrong with inquiring here for information on a company. sm
A lot of useful information is exchanged here regarding other MT's experiences.
Fast Chart, TAe software? Inquiring MT needs to know......
I am thinking about signing on with them, but need to know exactly what TAe software is? More specifically, I am hoping that it does not ruin my Windows XP and my MS Word 2002 already in my computer. My understanding is that it is a stand-alone software, maybe proprietary? It is made by Arrendale Associates is all I really know. Is is user-friendly?
Thanks for any information on this.
I would call or drop an email inquiring.
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What a waste...
I have been with FN since 2005, started with a good account but lost it back in November of 2007 and have been struggling for work ever since. It was over 5 months before they gave me another account (the new SC account) and I still can't meet quota. They are all excuses if they answer you at all. They won't answer emails or phone calls. I hate the thought of having to look for another company but I'm going to be on the street if something doesn't happen soon, and you are all right...they really just don't care, they'll hire more.
DSG IS TERRIBLE!!!
That is terrible.
No one should get 2 cpl.
Wow! That is terrible
That's a LOT of money. Too bad. Maybe you can sell the company and at least get some money.
That's terrible
That's terrible. I agree that's what it is but did they come out and admit they were sending the jobs to India?
Did they say people were layed off on the spot or did they give people a few weeks/days until their last day?
Was a severence package offered? Something.
How could they do this just before the holidays.
Terrible!
Glad I didn't get hired! I did a testcall and they never got back to me. I did have to pay the bill for the hour conference call that ended up being a Canada number...that should have tipped me off.
That is terrible! Do you want to be
treated that way or worse on a job? Sounds like a stressful situation you might be getting into. It is admirable you would give 2w/notice, and any company not expecting you to do that is suspect to begin with.. there are other jobs out there, you just might want to keep looking...not telling you what to do but rather than let them ruin my day, and later my life, I personally look for a place who treat people with respect during and after the hiring process. Good Luck to you!
Terrible sm
The platform was terrible. Too many specifics on the demographics.
They lost an account and waited until the last minute to tell us. When we kept running out of work, they kept giving excuses like, it's election day, it's martin luther king day, etc.
There are plenty good, honest companies. I would suggest looking elsewhere.
That is terrible.
I hope that doesn't scare you out of trying again; if not with this company another. You probably should call that recruiter and tell someone what happened. They need to know how what that manager is doing to her employees. I doubt that company will get very far with someone like, but I don't know. I would just let someone know what happened. I am sure she has done it to someone else, and will probably do it again.
terrible
I understand companies wanting to keep work in TAT, but why not be honest and just hire thousands of part-timers, because hiring MTs full-time and not having full-time work is dishonest to say the least. A lot of companies are over-hiring and doing just this kind of thing, not just Transcend.
The pay is terrible!
I was offered a position with them a few days ago, and they sent me their pay schedule.
No matter how much experience you have, you apparently start at 0.06/line. I did't even start for that right out of school, but okay. It seems you would have to work there over two years to even get near 8 cents/line.
I need work, but I have 11 years experience, and I can't afford to work for those kind of rates. :(
VR/SR is terrible! sm msg
I do not see VR/SR taking over, even in the next decade. The result from this software is redundant text that needs extensive editing, and I mean extensive! Maybe some day but it will still need editors to fix! Right now, from what I have seen, it is a mess!
Terrible. sm
I never...ever...do less than 16,000 lines a pay period, or an average of 200 lines an hour. Today, I averaged 111 lines an hour. I ended up taking PTO and am also taking it tomorrow, so maybe others' lines will go up tomorrow, at least.
I am on both DVI and Chartnet. I signed in this morning and neither had a single report for almost 90 minutes. After that, it was back and forth constantly with only 1 or 2 here and there. My primary just moved to Chartnet (which is a great program) but at the same time, it has dried up. I have no idea why but I'm not very happy right now, to say the least.
This is terrible
.... because they have US QA's edit them. Pathetic!
Thank you! I won't waste my time!
Don't waste your time
7 cpl is peanuts and not paying headers and footers is just wrong, you might as well be working in retail or answering phones for a living.
Don't waste your time
Don't waste your money. nm
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Don't waste your time
They are very unprofessional people. Don't waste your time.
Don't waste your time
The QA people are not consistent. Don't waste your time.
RE: Don't waste your time
Is that the best you can do? If you did your work properly, then you would not have a problem with quality checks!!!!
Don't waste your time. sm
Been with them for a while. They cheat you on lines. They send out emails then don't follow through on them (regarding pay - I have one stating that from a certain date and ongoing that editors would be 6 cpl for over 1200 lines - Did Not Happen).
Accounts are not that bad. They do have a lot of ESL but most places do. The account specifics are tedious and have been redone and are still tedious if not worse so. This is really bad if you are on several accounts as you waste a lot of time going over them because god forbid you don't put that physical exam in paragraph form like the specifics state.
Very, very, very strict work schedule. Constant threatening emails about getting wrote up if you are not on to work when you are supposed too (yes I know you should be BUT there should be some flexibility as that is one of the big reasons we work from home).
Management leaves a lot to be desired. Can't get a straight answer. One will say this and then lo and behold another one changes it.
Line counting software goes down pretty often too. Of course, then you can't keep up with your lines until it is fixed. Once it is fixed, you will have to check to see if every job went through and most of the time you will find that at least 1 or 2 did not. Then you get to email and email and email and hope they get it straightened out before pay day.
What a waste of the alphabet!!!!
How ridiculous.
Don't waste your time.
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That was my complaint as well. You waste sm
a lot of time filling in demos. I tried it for about 6 months, but I just could not seem to up my count whatsoever due to that. I will say I never had any ESL docs.
Don't waste time here.
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Bad - do not waste your time.
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WASTE OF TIME
Not being paid for the demographics and performing more as a secretary than an MT. I did it for a while but finally got fed up. There are a lot of other positions out there that does not require all of that garbage!!
Waste of time!
They call you once and never get back with you. Dont waste your time.
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