LOL, it figures YOU would rear your head
Posted By: TTer on 2009-07-28
In Reply to: Well, go back to work and quit trying to stir the pot. - Sick of it.
I'll get to work as soon as my shift starts.
I wouldn't want to start earlier than scheduled and 'steal' any of YOUR work, lololololol!!!!!!
Have a lovely green-tinged day, oh jealous one.
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Dont' let the envy rear its ugly head of yours.
Credibility my REAR
You don't have to have a CMT to be a good MT. It's all about the MONEY. They could care less about anything else or they wouldn't ship the US work to people who cannot speak English!!!!!
You want to talk about CREDIBILITY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Okay. I will. Thanks for kicking my rear out once and for all
And if you are management, just to let you know, you will get my resignation in a week or so. I know, you will be glad to see me go, so I won't let the door hit me on the way out... Thanks for being so supportive of my decision to quit.
Precyse in my rear-view mirror........................
No problem. Feels good to get is off my chest. Don't mind sharing the good, bad and ugly of the job search and its results. With a little luck, I will bag one by the weekend or first of next week. Will follow up on the company board.
I am placing high priority on an hourly wage + benefits position. So much of the pressure would be eliminated and to a certain extent I would accept slightly less $ to get it. They are rare to be sure but not impossible to find with a little persistence.
The jury is still out on the do they still exit query. Over the past 31 years the general progression from good-to-bad followed a gentle and gradual downward slope, punctuated with two major deep dives in my recollection. The first was in the late 80s to early 90s when MTSOs had been around for a few years but were still relatively young. They did not seem to comprehend the concept of employee benefits. IC was their answer and full-employee status all but vanished. This began to turn around in a noticeable way in the late 90s, a full DECADE later. The second and deepest dive is this ASR jolt. We will all end up squaring off with it sooner or later. Generally speaking, small-to-medium size organizations who are competitive in terms of benefit and wages seem to be the most likely place to find a little peace...but meticulous research on those is imperative. I will not rule out anything for the moment. I plan send resumes to as many MTSO companies as possible, even the ones with the bad reps posted on this board, in an attempt to get a phone call PRIOR to what can be the labor-intensive testing phase of the process. I am interested in comparing the various recruiting strategies and offers. I have a copy/fax/scanner on my desk so that really helps in being able to cover a lot of territory.
I also think I will try to edge on out into the general transcription scene just to see what it looks like. Government jobs may be a possiblity as well....they can't age discriminate.
During search, I have found it useful to keep daily notes, tracking the process, contact info, the substance of the conversations, my gut reaction and the time factors. Will post again in a day or 2. Thanks for your interest.
I'll second that....I really don't care about all that crap. No skin off my rear.
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go over the supers head to the head of operations. sm
Any STM that does not reply to her people is a jerk and the head of operations needs to know.
Is this OSI? Figures
They will promote anybody if they are a friend.
it figures
Is that the only thing people come on this board, to insult and correct other peoples English/grammar skills? I was making a point, I did not write my posting to get my writing skills graded by you. I am not a journalism major. The company sucks, they are a bunch of sexually frustrated snotty bitches that hate thier job and its obvious to me. Its also obvious to me who you are.
Figures
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Figures....
Probably an intimidation strategy to try to stop MTs from warning each other about the company. Sounds like she operates very similar to the postings I've read about Toth.
Can you block her from your email? I probably just wouldn't even bother to open anything from her, since she obviously doesn't have anything of interest to say.
That figures
I finally find a company I like working for with decent dictators and they are laying people off. I haven't even been with Breitner a year so I have no seniority. I thought they were getting new accounts but I guess I better start looking again.
That figures
They actually called me to work for them. I took the test and passed. Then never heard back from them despite me calling to get voicemail and emailing with no response. But just the other day they called me, SURPRISE !!! and we could not work out a schedule for me to work. Every schedule I gave them would not work because I need to work a split shift on Sunday and different times during the week. I've been in MT for 5 years and I never had an experience like that before with scheduling. Now that don't have work, seems its the trend nowadays. I'll keep working part time where I'm at now with NO WORK or all VR in the poor house until I figure out about going back to school or hopefull I can find a halfway decent job and get out of MT altogether.
Your figures
I think there is something wrong in the figures you give:
You said: I make .075 cpl. New ISR rate for me 0.46875 (less than 5 cpl). 11001 lines at my current rate = $1045.09 ---- 11001 lines at my new ISR rate = $735.69
The change in the new ISR rate is off your base line rate, not your current ISR rate. I can't get this to look anywhere close to what I figured for my own pay, and I used similar numbers for lines.
Check if you are figuring correctly. It may not make you feel all that much better, but who knows... Maybe it's not as bad as you thought.
That figures. I just resigned from MD-IT 1.5 wks ago. nm
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Who figures out the difficulty premium
see in the packet about difficulty premium and pay, but is every single dictator being assessed and listened to somehow and who is determining the difficulty?
No where in the post did I say that the figures were IDEAL.
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My figures exactly, and I have to work longer to achieve
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About money, line rate is one thing, but hourly figures are another sm
Traditional: 8.5 cents per line. Top out at 225. $19.25 an hour.
Speech: 4.5 cents per line. Top out at 500. $22.50 an hour.
I split between the two and right now, that is running $700 a week or $36K a year. Not a huge salary, I know, but more than I made 10 years ago.
Could I push harder? Sure, but I don't need the money because I have structured my life so that I only need 1/2 my income to live on and I live alone. I like the part about not being exhausted on my days off, about being able to give up a terrible PT job, and having time to paint AND be able to have expensive, high-quality art supplies.
I am happy as a clam and I do not think that VR will take my job!!!! My only worry right now is that my painting is taking off with art shows, commissions and internet sales. I won't be able to work full time as an MT if this keeps up, and I know it will. I love being an MT and when it ends in favor of my artwork, I will be joyous over one and very much saddened over the other. It is and has been a wonderful career for me.
About money, line rate is one thing, but hourly figures are another sm
Traditional: 8.5 cents per line. Top out at 225. $19.25 an hour.
Speech: 4.5 cents per line. Top out at 500. $22.50 an hour.
I split between the two and right now, that is running $700 a week or $36K a year. Not a huge salary, I know, but more than I made 10 years ago.
Could I push harder? Sure, but I don't need the money because I have structured my life so that I only need 1/2 my income to live on and I live alone. I like the part about not being exhausted on my days off, about being able to give up a terrible PT job, and having time to paint AND be able to have expensive, high-quality art supplies.
I am happy as a clam and I do not think that VR will take my job!!!! My only worry right now is that my painting is taking off with art shows, commissions and internet sales. I won't be able to work full time as an MT if this keeps up, and I know it will. I love being an MT and when it ends in favor of my artwork, I will be joyous over one and very much saddened over the other. It is and has been a wonderful career for me.
Im in NJ. Figures its Comcast related. I absolutey HATE Comcast!
Its working now though.... yippee... Is yours?
If you like ESL, head on.
Good luck.
So sorry - I wish the head of QA at my co.
.
Right over her head.
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I would go over STM's head, I do not SM
think you were told the truth at all.
thank you, it went over my head, but do you think
we would all lose our jobs if we go ahead with something like this - all MTSOs have to do is do 100% overseas outsourcing rather than 50% or whatever they do now.
in other words, what the union even told my partner at his job at their last contract negotiation, you can just all be replaced...
what happens then because I am not young enough to really do through that in my life right now...
can you tell us more
You hit it on the head, and while I am
at it, NEVER download an upgrade to that platform for at least 2 months. The fixes have more errors and problems than the original program.
Just goes to show, like my father told me, never buy your own building for a business. You fall in love with it because you own it, but when you need to change or move to keep up with the times, you are stuck with something that is dead-end. Seems Transcend put all their eggs in one basket with that lousy program and expect everyone else to fall in love with it the way they have. It certainly takes more time than any program I have ever seen to complete the demographic data part and of course you are not paid for that. Then you get the stop signs, the lost jobs, server error, and on and on and on. Good thing those Indians love it since that is probably 50% or more of their work force by now.
I think you ought to go over their head!
I've done MT and QA and there's a way to give constructive criticism and there is a way NOT to. There's no excuse to be rude or to talk to an MT as if they are a child or a moron! If it just happened once, I might advise you to chalk it up to them just having a bad day and taking it out on you, but from your comments, it sounds habitual. I hope you can get it worked out. Save their emails so you can show it to whoever is above them to back yourself up!
If you have to, go over their head
Being complicit with cherry-pickers in my opinion is favoritism and is wrong. Go to the CEO if you have to. A team lead who lets cherry-pickers get away with it is even worse.
Wow, it isn't just in my head
Thanks for saying exactly what I have been through the last several years with that company. They are trying to start the games up again, and I am sooo tired of playing them. I really do just want to work and get paid a decently for it, but they make that impossible. Of course to hear someone there tell it, I should be producing 600-plus lph like she does at the same company...
Never head of them, but....SM
DSL is high speed, so they definitely don't sound to knowledgeable! LOL
You hit the nail on the head. They get what they pay for!!
I will all come back to haunt them!
Head in sand?
Well let me know when the line stealing law suit pans out for you. It sounds like you are doing fine where ever you are now. I hope nobody ever tries stealing lines from me.
If that happened to me I would quit too because that would be the only reason I could think of that a company would take my lines. They must not want me to continue working for them.
Thanks for signing your post by the way.
What are we looking at?? Just a head on a soapbox??
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You hit the nail on the head
Unfortunately for the remote MTs, a lot of areas around the country hire very few, if none at all, in-house MTs anymore. Most of the work is done by services. It seems that everyone is trying to cut down their own overhead. The hospitals/clinics by outsourcing to services, and the services by cutting rates and benefits. It all trickles down to the MT who takes the brunt of the cuts, but who is also expected to give back the most. It's really no wonder the morale in this profession is so low. That alone will affect the ability to hire skilled, experienced (more than 10 years) MTs. Maybe I'm alone in my thinking, but it seems like it will breed a whole new generation of MTs that will hold the idea that they will give what they get. And in a way, I can't blame them.
Oh come ON! She lied her head off. sm
She lied on the boards right up to the minute the electronic e-mail came out that said she had sold the business. Good gracious, some people have a short memory. And when she was in the process of selling, she was send out e-mails saying how sick she was of all her MTs and talked about their K-Mart clothes and Kathie Lee hair. I remember those e-mails being posted. Pretty bad. LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE.
You hit the nail exactly on the head!
I did write in my contract not to ever call into my system with a cell phone. The dictation was as clear as a bell. Now I am working for another service that sucks, garbled doctors putting their phones on the desk while they shuffle through films.... gads....
Get your head out of the sand,,,,
We all know what is meant by an off shore man, just like an off shore company. And the problem I see, is these offshore men think they can come to our country and treat us women like they treat the women from their homeland. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Treat us with respect and consideration, not like paid slaves who are just here to serve you. The offshore men I have had business dealing with are lying manipulators. The only ones that have any morals are the ones that came here as small children and grew up here. When did your DH come to this country? Was he born and/or raised here or did he come here after he was grown up? Either way, I am sure you have experienced the same thing watching, if not DH, then other men from his family.
Head spinning
I am pullling my hair out trying to figure out pros and cons of the numerous companies that are out there. I have read through numerous posts and have found them very helpful.
But, I have a few questions:
Has anyone heard of NorthWest Mediscript? I think it is local to my area (Pacific Northwest).
I hear LOTS of good info on Transhealth. Anyone have anything to add to this?
I have seen very little comments regarding Webmedx or Windrix. Any thoughts or comments?
Basically on these companies what is your opinion on how you have been treated? Did you have plenty of work? How did you like the platforms? Were they flexible in terms of hours? Were you bounced around from account to account and doctor to doctor or were you allowed to stick with a certain few and familiarize yourself with them so that you could become proficient at them?
Feel free to email me with any info. Any pro or con would be greatly appreciated.
I think I will soon be taking the plunge and diving in and just start contacting companies that I have narrowed it down to.
I tell you what, the mass of choices makes my head spin.
You hit the nail on the head (sm)
about the location factor. If I lived in Kentucky or something, this would be decent pay. But I don't, I live in San Francisco. Of course, the answer that comes immediately to mind is, Then move! But I've lived here forever, and this is where my life is. I have many friends who left SF for other parts of the country, including CO, TX, NY, MI, GA, etc., and they were all miserable and came back. Once you've lived in SF, it's hard to leave because this place is so unique. Unfortunately, too many other people feel the same way, and housing is insane. The cheapest you can get is maybe a run-down studio condo, and that will run you about $300,000. A house? Forget it - half a million to 3/4 of a million. A friend who is currently house-hunting just looked at a place for a half-mil. that had rats in the kitchen and on the back porch, and mold on the ceiling.
ANYWAY, yes - I forgot to include in my original post that I wish MT companies would adjust salary for location, but then they'd probably never want to hire people who live in CA!
You hit the nail on the head...
we MTs work longer and longer hours for far less money. Nowadays, if I pay my rent, phone bill and car insurance, I'm left with about $20 to eat on for TWO WEEKS. I stopped heating my apt., and I guess the next thing to go will be my health insurance.
LOL... you hit the nail on the head
w/ that! Yep she told me that same phrase hit the ground running. She is a complete fruitcake, believe me. I have all the emails to prove just how inconsistent she is. I am so glad it didn't work out because she has very unrealistic ideals/expectations.
You hit the nail on the head, especially...
when you noted that companies and/or their representatives pose as MTs. I, myself, have been a victim of that. I was very naive and had no idea that grown mature people actually do this. I had inquired about good companies to work for and an employee praised her company up and down, how it was the best job she ever had, would never leave, excellent benefits etc.. She told me to contact her supervisor about this great opportunity. Well, come to find out this great employee and her supervisor a.k.a. recruiter are one and the same, and as far as I know she is still doing that. She gets people sucked in by this praising employee. When I talked to actual employees they stated what a nut job she was etc.. Well, I could not disagree with that as all I could think of is,how could someone do something so deceitful even worse you have to worry WHY they would do that..and I guess it is obvious. If people heard the real truth, then they would not apply there. I think the bottom line is.. at least for me, I take EVERYTHING with a grain of salt. Some people love their jobs and some do not, regardless if the job is good or not. It is all subjective. Some of us have bad days when we are burned out on the profession and do not want to work PERIOD. Others are oblivious and are just happy to be alive so throw them a little extra cash and they are happy. We all come from different backgrounds, personally and professionally. At different times in my life, I would have stressed out about being offered 8 cpl because I needed more money as a single parent. Now, 8 cpl is fine because I am more financially secure. You just have to find your own fit in whatever matters to you..more money or maybe flexibility or perhaps good benefits. We all need something that one company may not be able to accommodate and thus we move on, some more bitter than others.  Sorry for the rambling. I really just wanted to comment on that YES people are deceitful on here so you have to make your own choices and just keep in mind you really do not know whom you are talking to so dont believe everything you hear and there are two sides to every story. I have worked with transcriptionists that were so awful it was unreal. When they were fired, they blamed everyone else and how terrible the supervisor was etc..Those employees no doubt tell everyone who will listen what an awful place to work that is. Yes, I would find them awful too if they expected SOME quality.. NOT..Just goes to show....to each his own perception.
You hit the nail on the head. sm
We ARE working for nothing and who wants to do that if you can make more at Wal-Mart and not have to kill yourself doing it? Not enough qualified MTs, my behind. There are plenty, many have just been forced out of the field by poverty wages that won't feed the family!
No wonder their head of HR resigned.
They are dropping like flies.
Lets see, the recruiter and now head of HR - in a month. two big positions....
I think you hit the nail on the head
too many have MT'ing as a hobby/vanity job...pocket change for the little woman...and no offense to those of you who are lucky enough to have the hubby that pays the bills (boy I wish mine did!!!) but it does create the illusion that this job can be done by anyone and should be paid as such.
Understood - i'd go over her head. SM
I agree that different STMs manage their work differently but I'd sure talk to someone higher up. There's no reason for one MT to run out when others are inundated.
Hit the nail right on the head
They are going to VBC. This not only impacts our line counts but how they calculate our holidays and vacation pay as well.
Waiting to hear from my account manager as to what kind of line rate they are going to be offering me before I make any decisions.
Has anyone had this conversation yet?
My reply went WAY over your head...sm
I know ALL about laughter. Lighten up hun, and
SMILE! It improves your (maybe) face value. hehe
Hit my head and now I am wiser!
I was offered an IC job, which I turned down because as I explained to them, if I am going to commit to over 12,000 per pay, I would like to be an employee. They agreed and asked if I could be an IC for one week and start employment on 06/30. Well, I have been working as an IC for nearly a week for them. I have not seen any employment papers or IC paperwork. I simply turned off their software until further notice. I get the feeling when Monday roll around, it will be a different story and I would have helped them clear up a lot of ESLs and other work that is behind. I will not work anymore for them until I see some kind of paper work. I do not even have a logon ID, have not filled out any kind of paper work, etc.
You hit the nail on the head...
They used to be a great company to work for. Until a few months ago when they got GREEDY. Keep running.
You hit the nail on the head.
They are weeding out anybody no doubt that passed but might be a bit upset when they are told everyone starts out at 8 cpl - no exceptions. Keep looking and you will find a company that thinks experience and good work ethic means something. Good luck.
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