It is time to read the writing on the wall and get out NOW!
Posted By: MT225 on 2006-10-25
In Reply to: QT curioser and curioser - Patterson
They are going down and real fast!
Anybody into scrapbooking?(LOL).
Get out while you can. Major changes on the way.
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I saw the writing on the wall a long time ago. Sorry for those who stuck around!! sm
I sure hope you find something soon......my heart goes out to you. Lesson learned, I suppose. When people show you who they really are....believe it.
Writing on the wall
I think its time for us all to think about different careers...the writing is on the wall. In NY state every hospital and doctor has to be on EMR by 2008...and I'm sure more states will follow.
The writing is on the wall
If you truly believe what you say, then don't stay another minute. Run, FOR-REST run!
I saw the writing on the wall a month or so ago
When my primary was consistently out of work I hesitated to go to take work from my secondary accts because that would take away from THEIR lines. I got a rather snippy email from my liason saying that of course I should gobble up secondary work, that's what they are there for. But the work was all gone by the time I got to that point. Can't win for losing. I agree w/previous poster; the more accts you cross-train on the more the work is going, going, gone.
I saw the writing on the wall and got out sooner after the buy out SM
It made me sick to see TransHealth become WMX! I loved, loved, LOVED working for TransHealth. I thought management were good people. They even flew their QA staff to TN for Christmas parties, but then that last one was when they announced the buy out. It was disappointing, but at least I got nice weekend trip out of the deal and a few good meals!
I miss the old TransHealth. I would give my I-teeth to find a company and job like that one again.
I feel for you ex-TH-ers who have weathered the WMX storm only to now take pay cuts. It sucks!
Read today's letter by **** - it specifically DOES SAY in writing sm
that this will not happen.
The handwriting is on the wall
Granted, some people aren't being affected YET. But they will be. I understand people want to hang on to the benfits that come from longevity, and won't leave until things get too hot for them personally. But reading the situations of those miserable folks on the forums there should be a wakeup call, and the forums are the tip of the iceberg. There were at least 6 teammates of mine who were as miserable as I was, and none of them ever posted on the forums about anything. The sad thing about the forums is many of the people there are desperately seeking help from each other, as they cannot get answers OR help from tech support or their supes.
If you would take the time to read
my post. You will see that I have worked as an Editor for a US company. I left at my own will. The fact is...many US MT's have a very poor work ethic and can't be relyed upon to work their shift. Period. Many of you are job hopping flakes who can't transcribe your way out of a bag.
If you would take the time to read the
you would see that she is asking what they pay. She wants to know what they pay because they had the lowest rate (charge to a client).
Perhaps you should take the time to read
My interpretation of them is that is GP being sued. I don't recall any posts signed with that moniker, no matter who wrote them, denigrating TT. This is totally unjust, IMO.
P.S. I don't work for TT, and now I can say with certainty I never will.
I would be surprised if they did not at least come on here and read what is being said from time to
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REad slowly this time, okay?
Like I posted, I realize that not all in-house hospital jobs are the same.. . . . . . waiting for it to digest - hello?? So, again, you purport to have the position that because where you worked, they didn't have ALL the specialties, we are liars? First of all, not every MT at every hospital will have exposure to all specialties - it's impossible. We are speaking to the more common specialties - my goodness! I certainly wouldn't consider myself an expert in dentistry but did do consultations many times from them consulting - geez!
for the last time, if you read the posts and
had your listening ears on; there was NO NEED FOR ANYONE TO REPLY.
Thanks. I felt like bashing my head against a wall
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that should read...slowly accruing PTO time
Focus likes to get these little holes in the wall and then kill them.
look at STP and oh heck, what is that other one that wanted me - Lartech - that's just 2 of them.
Wall Street Journal article, October 2004
A friend sent this to me. UCSF heard from an overseas MT who had not been paid that if she did not receive the $$ owed her she would publish the reports on the internet. There was a lot of followup to this which I will not go into here, but why wouldn't this sort of thing still be possible.
Later that year there was a report of a group of MTs in Bangladesh who tried to force a change in their local management by threatening to make transcribed documents public.
After that California was supposedly looking at a bill to disallow sending confidential medical reports overseas as they are not bound by HIPPA. Never heard what came of that.
I still tell these stories to anyone considering sending work abroad. I just wish some of them overseas would be stupid enough to actually pull a few stunts like that and then see how much work we lose.
oh geez "always... all the time" I should read what I wrote before I post. sigh
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Frequent turnover, offshore big time. Read the archives, lots of info on them. nm
Thank you very much - I have nothing in writing! ty
Thanks again - I appreciate the information.
If you have it in writing that they pay a certain
way and they don't, you can fight them over it. When I was with MQ, I got a fat check for $1000 because on one of my accounts I was not being paid correctly. They had to go back to day #1 and pay me the difference. It takes a lot of pushing, but if you can prove your case they have no recourse in situations like that.
None of that is in writing, though. There is SM
no policy that I can find saying this. An STM should not be making promises that may not be kept. Unless that is in writing (and it is not), we CAN lose our benefits because they don't provide enough work.
Sorry, I was writing to fed up.
Ah, Atlanta. Lived there, as has the rest of the world it seems.
Remember when in the hospital, nurses, ward clerks, medical records personnel used to complain about not being able to read the doctor's writing. How did they fix that? Can anyone say EMR?
Keep protesting. The jobs keep disappearing and then we'll be left with what? I will put up with the ESL. And yes, we left sticky notes and the docs took offense. They said it's part of your job, deal with it.
In writing
Yes, I have the originally E-mail that sums up the whole deal. I did contact an attorney today and it looks promising for me, per our telephone conversation. I have a consultation with him Monday morning to see what my options are. Will keep you posted on the outcome, although you nor anyone else will probably run into something like this in your lives. Nobody has heard of this situation! As soon as it is safe to, I will definitely reveal the name of the company. Holds true for the old saying, If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. In the long run, you're gonna get screwed!
writing congress
Good idea.
maybe freelance writing?
You tell it like it is, mamacarolina. Let us know if this letter is published -- or even acknowledged. If you're burnt out on med trans, maybe you should consider journalism?
I would ask and get in writing from the company SM
that you can work a split shift, but it is likely they will want you to commit to specific times for the split and you have to work that---that part is not flexible. If you say you will work 7 am-11 am and 4 pm-8 pm you had better be on there working during those times, in other words.
Maybe the offshore MTs are writing the ads now too. nm
Make sure you get everything in writing.
The answers change to the exact opposite every 24 hours.
What are you writing, a book
x
and what country are you writing from?
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Well, with your writing skills.....
They're probably happy to be rid of you  .
Why not ask for this IN WRITING up front?... SM
However, most of what you get in writing from MTSOs is (have you ever read a rental lease drawn up by LL/mgmt?) almost always in THEIR favor, whether it's an IC contract or employee agreement. Ever notice how they hedge on where it comes to pay rate? Mine states only compensation.... on an agreed-upon rate. Still, you could probably negotiate items that are important to you and not negotiable, like in your case, no typing, specific pay rate, hours, schedules. If they refuse to state these in writing, don't count on being able to negotiate them later.
Try writing all that to the people you sm
are contracted with. Nothing will change, but it's better than posting it on some board where it really won't get any notice.
Wow! Thank you for writing this. This is very important
Yes, I do depend on a paycheck being timely and so do my bill collectors. My rent cannot be late either. And I have a small child to feed. Thanks for letting me know the history of this! Now back to the drawing-board for my job search :).
You know, I noticed they never put it in writing
It was always written to make up the missed work or adjust your schedule. Nothing about when to make it up. When there would be work. You could spend hours and hours day and night waiting to make up that work but they would never comment about it in writing.
Creative writing at its best
I have NEVER read such unmitigated untruths (polite way of saying lies).
At least you had the courage to sign your name-----I would be afraid (and ashamed).
Does MQ in Monrovia pay for spaces - do you have this ans in writing?
?
ask PLENTY of questions and get it in writing
Ask questions like: Why has there been a big administrative turnover in the last 2 months? Why are all the people who have been there forever leaving or already gone? Why have all the former department heads stepped down to lesser positions? Why aren't editors able to track their line count? Just as a word of advice: Don't quit looking for something better. I LOVED the people that I worked with before and they were wonderful to me. They were REAL people. They cared! I can't say that about the new management!!! Just BE CAREFUL and watch your back!
AWESOME! Very creative writing.
Just wish it would happen. I do believe that management should take a pay cut also! There is no reason that they should not have to do more work for less pay like the rest of us. After all, this is a very tough economy we are dealing with and we have to keep the clients happy. That is our number 1 priority!
Some people don't like the truth, I love to shout it out LOUD.
To the other poster who keeps bashing the original poster.... anyone can obtain an account. That is the easy work. The hard part is keeping them, and I believe that is the job of the MT.
Who from management of OSI keeps writing in to pump themselves up to look great?
Did OSi hire somewhat to sit and post on MTStars all day good things so that people would apply there? This company kills me!
Perhaps writing the letter boosted her self-esteem, which
obviously she felt was lacking due to the reasons expressed in her note. Writing something down, such as in a diary, can do wonders to boost the self-esteem. Re-read her post; honor, (dignity), self-esteem. I don't blame anyone, especially oldtimers, being p'od about being offered a piddlin wage after decades of hard work employed as a MT. It is belittling to accept the wages that are being offered now. I'm glad she wrote it and got it off her chest. HOPEFULLY, she is feeling much better about herself. NO JOB is worth become depressed over; which is where I think this poster was headed if she had not expressed her feelings in writing, and on a board such as this. I applaud her.
Well, I put in writing mine has to be when I see a doctor or hospital.
Yep, took my daughter to the ER last week and told them that the record MUST stay in the U.S., be transcribed by an American citizen (inhouse) or only to a company that employs only American citizens, and they better darn well note that in the chart. They do. I do this every time I go to a doctor, hospital or any medical center. I tell them if they have no such option, I'll transcribe my own records, which always gets a chuckle.
I'm all for writing our congressmen about offshoring medical info, but...
These are old bills introduced to the 109th congress in 2005. I wish people would get their information straight. It just makes us all look like idiots if we write to congress refering bills that don't exist anymore or we are actually referencing current bills that have nothing to do with protecting privacy and offshoring medical info!
The company does if you contact them about the job. I like to inquire before writing things off nm
at first impressions.
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.
A few days ago, there were messages they were bouncing checks, writing bad checks, etc. Search the A
x
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.
I'm lookin for part-time work (about 3-4 hrs daily) after 13 years of full-time, anyone know of a
company that is hiring flexible part-time? I'm starting a career in real estate but don't want to totally quit transcription, but I think most places require 25 hours a week and I cant work weekends, as real estate sales are the biggest on the weekend with open houses and people off work to shows homes to. If you know of a place I'd sure appreciate the info. Thanks!
MDI-Maryland is an excellent company, pay on time all the time, great line rate.
I left also because I went out and got my own client(s).
They are very nice people.
The only negative I can think of were the e-mails from the owner say work, work, work, we are out of TAT.
Other than that, which is very minor, it was a good experience.
Not what I was told; 3500/wk part-time & 6000 wk/full-time. nm
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