Little to no work was the main reason.
Posted By: me on 2007-12-27
In Reply to: May I ask why you left Webmedx? nm - Minding your Business
I kept asking for backup accounts and for weeks couldn't get any, despite there being several accounts with OT on them. Talked with upper management and finally got 2 backup accounts, neither of which had any work on them. I was getting tops 20 hours a week and that was having to sit in front of the computer for 12 hour stints and check every 5 minutes to see if a report came in. I was working 7 days a week and trying all shifts to get in lines, so it wasn't a matter of me not making an effort.
Enterprise has lots of bugs in it and despite promises that the most current update would take care of the problem it never did. I would lose jobs, the system would freeze up and I had to reboot. All the while you are clocked in so your line count goes to heck. The system was so slow most days that I would sit a minute in between reports, which affects your line count because you're on the clock and not being productive. They have nice incentives but because of the above there was no way to reach them.
They denied overhiring, but they did way overhire and they lost several good MTs about the same time I left because there wasn't enough work. Lots of people were frustrated and posted on the boards here and then we were reprimanded for doing so. The internal boards were so heavily monitored that anything the least bit negative was deleted. Talking to my STM was like banging my head against a brick wall, so basically there was nowhere to go. We also got several e-mails with the threat of having to go to India and I wasn't going to have that dangled in front of me all the time. I was doing my part.
I cried every single day I was there I hated it so much.
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I have heard they will have three main offices. Is there a reason Amherst is so short of work. What
is it they are trying to accomplish. They must be losing MTs if there is no work. No the new ASR rate is not out yet. If it goes low you will see an exodus off ASR I guess so that will mean more MTs on the regular work. It will be a big shock for some of them to see what that is like now.
The main reason for continuous job postings
nm
That was the main reason I left. It still is horrible. nt
The main reason I stayed with MQ through all the BS over the last years was the flexibility and that
will be gone. I worked more than 40 hours and so that will be gone as will the statutory bonus and to top this all off I got transferred to Amherst. Well talk about sucky.
Sound files still bad, main reason I left. nm
You hit the nail on the head! Main reason why MT went to production pay.IMO nm
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I believe the main problem is how much work
I think if we didn't at the very least have flexible schedules, so we could try working in different time slots depending on workload, we'd REALLY be up a creek. When I hired on where I work, I was supposed to work from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. But most days, the work doesn't start to come in out here on the west coast until after 12 noon, thanks to India snapping up the night's dictation, and the east coast snapping up the early morning's. So like it or not, I've had to become a swing and/or graveyard person. I hate it, but my only other choice would be even less in my paychecks than I'm getting now. I've gone from being a morning-person who used to get up around 5:00 a.m., to a person who sleeps until noon, and is up all night.
Does anyone work for the Buffalo office of MQ and how do you like it. Do you get one main to mostly
work on or how are things managed there.
No, not enough work.... that is the reason why
I am looking to leave. We have been out of work for over a month now! Also, back in November. Also, back in August, etc. My sup is nice. No complaints about Quality. Equipment is okay (big-time old monitor). Platform leaves a lot to be desired - SUPER slow and locks frequently. Pay is decent WHEN THERE IS WORK!
That TT is getting all the work now for some reason or another ! n/m
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The reason there is little to no work
A practice of a few of my fellow MTSO owners, particularly the large MTSOs, as well as employers in general these days.
They do behind-the-scenes deals with businesses related to MT, such as MT schools and MT equipment/software dealers, to benefit financially, if not save themselves, including sending work from US-based employees directly to overseas divisions and operations, without informing the US employees. Can’t blame them for looking out for their financial interests! CAN blame them for 1) sending work overseas when there are well qualified MTs right here in the States, and 2) not communicating with their employees. You MT employees who are out of work for longer than a day and do not have another gig need to file for unemployment, period. I know it can be complicated for MTs to get unemployment, but if you signed up for FT work and don’t get to work FT, you get unemployment. I guarantee that filing for unemployment is something us MTSO owners, or any employer for that matter, does not want to deal with. But get ready - you may find that your work will increase, but most likely you will be given the bad dictators (they send the good ones to the overseas folks who won't work for X amount of money to transcribe the bad dictators).
No I don't know - but that is the big reason why I don't take work from them anymore -
They would just send a check in the mail and nothing else - I wanted a breakdown, I got nothing. What the heck???
The reason there is low work/no work during the week is because so many of YOU at TT want
TO WORK BANKER's HOURS and DAYS and NOTHING ELSE !! Poor baby . . .
The reason Transcend is offshoring is because no one here wants to work for them! nm
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There is a good reason why we work on production . . .
and that reason is production is the only way we will make money. You don't get raises with wage pay and you're basically locked in with no chance to increase your earnings.
YEP...Just want I suspected as the reason we have very little work OVERHIRING
They repeatedly hire yet we have hardly any work. Course, I suppose it could be the revolving door as the cause.
I quit twice. Both times for the same reason...low/no work. nm
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At least she gave you a real reason and not just "seasonal" low work. n.m
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Right, I'm Enterprise. On our side, vacations aren't the reason for 0 work.
Good luck to us all.
I have heard other people comment on lack of work and have left for that reason. How much of an
issue can this be. Also, is the sound on these accounts poor. That is the other problems I have heard people comment on. I was really looking for uptodate comments. How bad are these issues at present. I dont want to leave one company with no work problems and go to another one with the same problem. I cant be available 24/7 to get work with having a family.
I have heard other people comment on lack of work and have left for that reason. How much of an
issue can this be. Also, is the sound on these accounts poor. That is the other problems I have heard people comment on. I was really looking for uptodate comments. How bad are these issues at present. I dont want to leave one company with no work problems and go to another one with the same problem. I cant be available 24/7 to get work with having a family.
I guess this explains part of the reason we keep running out of work. My office lost a lot of huge
accounts in the past year.
You can be fired for any reason or no reason at all.
No one HAS to employ you. No one MUST keep you in employment.
As an IC, your unemployment isn't coming from the account of your contracts! It comes from YOUR tax payments!
They already are, and that seems to be the main
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How do I get down to the main
typing screen from the demo section without having to tab through a gazillion times? I don't want to use my mouse. I cannot find anything in the instructions on this. I love this program though. I never thought I would say that about an internet-based platform. I copy from Word though because the screen is ridiculously small. My brain would be fried by the end of the day. Another problem I need to figure out is does anyone know how to import your Word dictionary into the thing? That part really bugs me. I just want to click the submit button and move on! It is going to take years to add everything from scratch.
javascript:editor_insertHTML('text','');
They most certainly do lie. When my main
account would go days to a week at a time with no work I asked for another account. I was told about this wonderful account with a great platform, how productive it was and the MTs just loved it. BS. It was Meditech and it isn't productive and I have yet to meet an MT who loves in. Some get used to it, but no one loves it.
On the main board. nm
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I also saw on the main board where Liz
from MDI said they pay ULD for FT MTs, they have never paid for mine nor have they offered!
PR is my main one and the other 2 are back ups, which I
help out on when they get out of control (mainly Shasta). Ask for secondary and third accounts. They will be happy to put you on them.
also on main board
http://www.aamt.org/scriptcontent/Downloads/AAMTMETRICS.doc
why don't you put this on the main board
??
look on the main board (sm)
Employer offering to pay 17 cpl, 11 cpl for psych...now thats what i'm talking about! Cut and dry, show me the money honey. Too bad I don't know what a C-phone is or i'd jump on it like stink on poo.
Please: Main board. NM
Goldbird
Take a look on the main board
going from bad to worse -
That seems to be the main problem. sm
I have ten years experience as a Transcriptionist and type 90 wpm but only in 5-6 specialties. I've never done cardio, ortho, oncology, OB. In addition, its been a month and I'm STILL getting new docs for the first time. There are about 50 total and they load randomly, not even one specialty per day or batched together at a time. I've haven't even heard half of them yet so back to square one I go to read/research their little quirks each time a new guy rolls in. Too much to learn and not enough training time invested for such a large account IMO.
Even with the main 4, not every hospital
The hospital I was at had no psych unit and did not offer oncology or pediatric services. So what's that tell ya? HELLO back to you!
Try on the main board.
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look on the main board
I saw a post on the main board from someone who works for this company and really likes it. It is about midway down I think in the posts where it talks about MTs always looking for better jobs.
I should have said main board, not
company board..brain hasn't had enough caffeine today. Sorry abour that
The main thing
is they treat me as an equal and leave me alone to do my job. Their management team and also QA and Support are also very reponsive and never demeaning in any way. I love it at TT. Good benefits too.
I think the main problem is there are
literally 100s of MTs out there looking for new jobs. I left MQ 1-1/2 years ago and had 3 job offers within 5 days of putting out my resume. Now, everyone is out there looking and the MTSOs have probably 100s of candidates apply for 1 job opening. So glad I left MQ when I did and actually ahd the opportunity to pick and choose myself a position that fit my needs.
Main board 8-26-08
I just did a search on the Main Board and on 8-26-08 there was someone else that noticed lower editing counts but felt it had to do with possible moving to offshore, but that is not the case that I am aware of here, but she also found others that this happened to. I really am questioning this software program. I know on another transcribing program (Medi-something) they can make your line length anything they want, show your line count as one thing and then actually make it something different that you do not know about. That is because I was a manager and saw the director's capabilities. Well, hmm, interesting...
See main board--more posts there..NM
nm
See the explanation on the main board.
Do you have just one main accounts or multiple. Thanks.
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main acct is usually enough in my experience, but have others...
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Please see response on main form (nm)
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I should probably move this to the main board - nm
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That is one of the main reasons I turned down
a position with them. I'm not willing to punch a time clock.
The main thing to understand about
TRS' pay scale is that it's low. We all work to earn a living. If you can't make one there, go. Good luck to you.
Yes. There is a post on the Main board regarding this. (SM)
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