It was an email from Lisa, says Happy Holidays in the subject line. nm
Posted By: LTMT on 2005-12-28
In Reply to: What newsletter? I never have received a newsletter and have been there nearly 3 years! nm - anon
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Can't we flood Oprah's email or something and get Lisa Ling to do a spotlight story on the
offshoring of all these American jobs when so many people are unemployed in this crappy economy? I think most people really aren't aware of it. Whenever I mention it to someone I know, that their medical records are being sent to India and MTs are losing jobs, they have NO idea. And that includes every doctor I've ever mentioned it to. The doctors are appalled. I think most really are clueless that this could be happening to their dictation. If they only KNEW, they might demand it stop.
Was it just today or when? Nothing in my email regarding this subject. nm
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Okay should be !!! not ??? in my subject line there.
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And I word posts so will fit in subject line and not
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Just resend it. In subject line put RESUME
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Me, too, in the Subject Line. Said it was being sent to the recruiter, but haven't heard. :(
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You get quicker replies if you put company name in subject line
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I get double line pay on holidays
usually not much work, cuz we focus on clinic work, but we do get double line rate on the major holidays.
Normal line rate on holidays, sorry to be the bearer of bad news. nm
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Transcend pays 3 cents per line on holidays, plus sends a handwritten card to all
employees. I have worked for many companies and I have never seen a company that cares as much as Transcend.
E-mail me if you'd like more information.
I will be happy to help you also, just email me.
Got email?? Be happy to talk with ya. nm
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yes:I'd be more than happy to help you with that; please email me if interested.
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Sure, be happy to, but I see no email address? Am I missing it? nm
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Happy Friday email LOL No $$$$$ made all week !! !!
How in the world could mgmt put out an email titled Happy Friday when we have had NO WORK for weeks and weeks now. We can always look forward to such emails on Friday.
Same ole stuff about new accounts coming onboard between now and December, but what about PAYING OUR BILLS IN THE MEANTIME. We have been LOW to NOW WORK for a VERY LONG time now. Going deeper and deeper in a hole financially. How is your paycheck, mgmt????
Can the happy MT at Stat-Med post a contact email for them? The 2 on their website don't work. An
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Would a current TransHealth MT (preferably a happy one LOL) pls email me to answer some questions?
 email above
sorry dont give out my email address but happy to answer questions here
What I mean is, to be paid for holidays, even if you dont work. Major holidays.
Sorry. What I mean is, to be paid for holidays, even if you dont work. Major holidays.
Very few MTSOs pay for holidays. Some give you 6 days you can use for holidays or regular PTO, but
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Are you happy with the ASR line rate?
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Bottom line, if you are happy with paycheck, you are okay. If not,
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That is good pay for low line rate. I would be happy with that! nm
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Add that 4 cents on to my line rate and I'd be plenty happy while I'm doing these ESLs all day
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Thanks Lisa.
I get paranoid that I am not prepared. I also train Friday. I am paranoid about that too. I don't have any site notes, account specifics nothing to look over yet. I like to take time to look over those things before I type. They say they are only going to pay me for the phone call and that is it.
Lisa
Thanks a lot Lisa :) I don't know many transcriptionists that I can communicate with so it's nice that I can get on here and vent with people that actually understand these types of situations. I will definitely keep you posted. Thanks so much!!
I'm with you, Lisa
Love my job and hate to think these naysayers and negative thinkers are my coworkers. Hope they quit NOW. We need positive people. Life is way too short to have so much anger built up and take it out on others.
Thank you Lisa
You gave wonderful advice and I am glad for all of this information. It is good to hear from another MT with Transcend, and how they feel about all of the changes. I used to work for Transcend many years ago, and I liked the company. They truly are trying to make the transition as easy as possible for all of us. Thanks again!
Lisa, do you work there?
like you know about it.
Holidays - Is there any company who pays holidays?
Are there companies (like in the old days) who pay you for Christmas, NY, Thanksgiving, etc., MAJOR HOLIDAYS?
Did a Lisa or Jenni contact you? nm
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If the owners name is Lisa please see message
She is a really nice person, runs a great company and pay is always on time. Wish I would have stayed working for her. Probably one of the only jobs I regret not sticking with.
Lisa Thelen - who does she work for?
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RE: The Lisa thread... read this
I applied for a position with Transform. Sent my resume a week or two ago. This morning, my email program told me that my email was deleted before even being read. And the email was sent to Lisa.
I agree Lisa is a CROC
but watch out for CROCS. They have big teeth and they bite.
TT sent out email saying CTRL i function is 7-12% higher than paid-for line counts,
so you would need to deduct 7-12% off function of CTRL I.
Per TT email regarding this subject, the headers and footers average between 7-12% of a document . . . Conversely, if you are transcribing a two to three line report/addendum, the header and footer may be as much as 50% or greater.
So, it is true that if we transcribe short reports, we are given the pleasure of transcribing almost FREE for TT !!!
This is about as clear as we MT's can get from TT regarding this line counting issue.
Lisa and other corporate "hacks". You really outdid yourself on this one.
Been reading and watching a lot, but your posts are definitely the best I have ever seen as far as being totally inaccurate and misleading.
My first statement is that if Transcend is so ashamed of outsourcing/offshoring why do they do it. They need to be upfront about what they are doing and quit telling these lies. They do not just offshore work because there is no available help. They offshore work because it is cheaper. Too many nights I see 20 to 50 reports go flying off my screen while I work and I am left with nothing to do for the rest of my shift. If anyone cared about me and my having enough work, this would not be happening.
Transcend has publically stated that they use offshoring because it is cheaper - not because there is a lack of available help. They said they would not take work away from the domestics; but I guess my status is so low that I am not even considered a domestic. And your statement below that they would not use offshore if there was enough domestic help is completely absurd.
You and those other Fony ADHI people who have that stupid F after your name - those of you who think you are more important and better educated than the doctors - need to face reality. You picked up the phone after 'your public meeting and called Larry'. Who do you think you are? The most important person in the world? You are a brown-noser, trying to get settled into management by hobnobbing with the bigwigs. Did you ever stop to think that Larry might have far more important things to do than to chit-chat with you? Well, I guess it worked, you dug your way into a team lead position didn't you. And with that position you know just like everyone else knows that offshoring is not going away no matter how many state-side MLS there are in the company. You have just lost every ounce of credibility you may have had.
And how can you say that offshoring was your biggest objection to this merger. You obviously came over with TRS and they have a school in Barbados so even more work can be offshored. Did you object to them having offshore associates?
Lisa, its time for you baby ostriches to grow up and pull your head out of the sand and face reality. We do not believe you or anyone else that is trying to pass off these type of statements as true, just like we do not believe that we can make anywhere close to what we made with straight transcription by doing that VR stuff, especially with the problem-riddled platform that Transcend uses.
Things might settle down a little faster if you would just be honest.
Lisa, if you're name is not on the list in the link inside,
Here is a listing of all CMTs.
http://www.aamt.org/scriptcontent/cmts.cfm
While we are on the subject...
I received an email last night from a company that I had sent my resume to back in February - this was just an invitation to take the test. I was polite, though, when I emailed her back to say that I had already started a new job.
OH, WELL, I TRIED TO PUT A SUBJECT
LINE IN THAT MADE SENSE, AND WHEN I DELETED SOMETHING, I COULD NOT SEE THAT TWO WORDS WERE INVERTED BEFORE POSTING IT! Sorry. Some transcriptionist, huh??? 
On subject
I think it was also stated in the posts about Jennifer that she was walked through the training several times and just did not understand it. She said herself she was not computer savvy. I think the responses to her were that she needed to be able to get it down relatively quickly and not need extensive hand holding as an IC, not that the MTSO wasn't willing to train her. The post by the trainer showed that they were willing to train her and did so. She apparently just could not grasp it.
my take on the subject sm.
After reading all the replies to fatcat's post, I agree with the general consensus - would NOT recommend the MT field to anyone at this point. Being an MT for 10 years, I've seen lots of changes, especially over the past 5 years, but I can't imagine the changes that the 20+ year veterans have seen, but really appreciate their posts and insight. WOW is all I can say. Yes, my pay has decreased over the years and there are definitely more ESLs than ever. I'm having to work longer hours and harder to make what I made years ago and I literally feel like I'm going backwards. What used to be a lucrative and enjoyable profession is no longer. Just plain SAD. I truly believe my experience is the only thing keeping me afloat at this point. If I was a new MT in today's day and age, I would throw in the towel and find something else. It's just not worth it. I'm hanging in like the rest of you, but it's a real shame what has happened to this profession.
The subject of having less MTs?
I have been doing VR for some years now. At first it was really, really good and now it has regressed. If it continues to be as much work now to correct, you will not lose MTs like this- if that is why VR was designed in the first place. Takes so much time with all the corrections, do not see where that much faster.
Since the subject came up
will someone please enlighten me........when I went to school in the past century, we were taught, I have a bicycle for SALE or I want to SELL my bicycle. When did it become proper to say, I have a bicycle for SELL. ?????? Did they change the rules while I was sleeping? I see ads all the time saying, For SELL. What the hey??? IMO it sounds retarded.
subject to change..lol
I worked for a large national for an entire week, getting only one report per day, but one of them was really really bad. The patient had allergies listed and then the same medications listed in "medications." The family history had the father 2 different ages and dying of 2 different disorders, and it went on and on. I sent it to QA with a description of all of the obvious and potentially dangerous errors and was told "it is verbatim and not our problem." Scuse me...that could be somebody's grandma laying there about to be given a medication that could or could not be deadly due to an allergy!!
Back to the subject
Can I just ask for answers to my question? I have 19+ years experience in Internal Medicine and don't want to work for a large company. I just wanted to know if there are any small companies or MTSO's that might need help with an Internal Medicine account. Thank you!!
while we are on the subject of Spheris
I applied for a job with them 8 months ago. A recruiter called the next day and left a message on the machine. I had called the recruiter back and left a message on her machine saying that I had decided to stay with the hospital I was working for because they were talking about sending me back home. 8 months later they are still looking into it. I don't know whether to call Spheris back, I still have the recruiter's number or re-apply on-line.  I am so new to this job hunting thing.
I have heard good and bad about Spheris. The clocking in and out thing wouldn't bother me. Do they require you to work weekends?
I just have ten words on the subject....
July sucked for the MT. It was so slow everywhere.
Different subject, but similar ...
I was disappointed that I could not make
tp's play out as - the patient's.
So now I type tpjs instead, and it plays out as - the patient's.
off subject - Extext
I use Extext and get paid for everything -- ADT, cc, headers, footers. It is not the software, it is whoever sets up the counts.
IMO, no off subject. Very true.
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