Medware please read message before glowing reply
Posted By: just wonderin on 2005-10-30
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I've seen glowly replies everytime anyone asks about Medware, but on looking into it I find a few things to be not so great and am wondering why everyone who replies says they're wonderful?
First, top line rate 0.085 cpl doesn't seem really that great to me for someone with quite a few years experience in acute care.
Second, incentive pay only has one tier, so essentially anyone who can produce 150 lines per hour gets the same pay. It seems like 150 lph should be able to done by even a newbie.
Third, the way to get a raise is to leave transcription (become an Editor sounds like).
Fourth, they obviously offshore!
Last, insurance while lower than some is still not really good.
With all these added up ... how does Medware still end up being AAMT top employer twice in the last five years and why does everyone on here rave about them?
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sorry, there is a message in above reply NM
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To MO MT- your reply to me yesterday; please read
Hi,
You answered my post yesterday with a little information about SFG facility. Could you please email me privately. I am in SW Missouri. Thanks
Has anyone here ever read the message board
It's pretty interesting in that some posts have been made in regard to stocks being valuable based on the MTs. One even said that As long as there is cash in the bank and transcriptionists transcribing it remains a viable opportunity. I wonder if they know all the problems with keeping transcriptionists transcribing there. I also wonder if that post came from Transcend management.
Read sixth message down!!
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They do offshore, read message below.
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Daphne, please read my message to you
I take great offense at your post!!! I am a perfectionist in my field. I have excellent grammatical skills. However, when I post on this board, I do not expect for my message to be edited by others. We all make typos, transpose letters, leave off letters, etc., when posting! If you cannot handle reading these posts, perhaps you should not do so. IMHO.
read sticky message "embracing..." on
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Sorry about that... didn't read the full message!
You can block your e-mail so no one can contact you privately; some people like to be contacted via e-mail, others do not. I am not sure how to do that, but contact the moderator.
Even if you had posted the article, that is fine; I love working for a company that is the #1 publicly traded company in Georgia. Mr. Gerdes just sent out an e-mail stating that we also were ranked highly in Forbes. With all of the horrible economic news, I am glad I work for a stable company. It's not for everyone though - to each his/her own.
Sorry. You're right. I guess I should have read that message more closely.
Glowing recommendation
Thank you IndianaMT. I will do as you suggest and submit resume. Wish me luck.
Used to always get glowing reviews, but that has changed.
But it's kind of sad. Quick growth can create difficult times for small companies, I think.
Probably part of why they get such glowing responses.
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whups - sorry, reply to wrong "who wants to be" reply
if I only had a brain...
Again, sorry to BTDT.
How can a message be confidential if it posted on a public message board? nm
sm small message or see message...geesh..nm
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please don't put nm or call yourself nm if you have a message - nm means no message -sm
nm means no message. sm means see message. if you call yourself nm, then people might not click to read the rest of your post.
just trying to help.
ps. if the money is there, why does that particular person's balance say zero?
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.
I can't give you the name of the message board, but it is not a free message board (HINT). There
Monitor, I hope this post is okay.
um, only 1 harsh reply; the other 3 were in reply to the 1
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But that could be Leave a Message or Little Message! LOL
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Congrats! :) SM = see message. NM (no message)
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.
She's giving work TO Medware, or is Medware giving work to her company? Medware has no work. nm
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I suppose someone could twist the post I put on the company forum as tattling. However, I dont see how. My post simply asked what the posts on MT stars were about. I really don't think I need to "alert" anyone to anything as millions of MTs come to this forum daily. Also, as some disgruntled ex-Transcenders said, their words not mine, Larry scans these boards regularly himself.
Another thing, I at least tried to go to the source and find out some information about what the OP was saying about unfair treatment, unfair pay and such between newbies and long-termers at Transcend. I wanted to know what the person was talking about since she wasnt going to explain herself. At least, I took it where it belonged in the first place, the company. Of course, there was never a reply as that person isn't able to post using her name.
Thank you for your post trying to divert the attention on to me instead of the issue at hand. If you are leaving or have left, why are still bothered by what I say?
My reply to your reply to my reply, lol
Michelle,
All I meant was that we could BOTH could be construed as troublemakers, depends on how you look at it.
You could also look at it that you were confronting people there at the company and trying to get them to talk about these things where you think it belongs.
There's a history, here, Michelle, that you're not aware of about why people won't talk about certain things on that forum, and you're not sure if they've already TRIED talking to management about it and got nowhere, you assume too much.
You're waltzing in here like you have controlling interest (hahaha, no pun intended) in Transcend and think you know how things should go, ignoring that there might be a history of why people are afraid to talk.
Really, though, it's not your job to try force people to answer any of your questions, here or anywhere else.
I applaud your courage to confront people about their claims, but learn when to leave it alone, that there may be a history that you weren't a part of, you weren't there yet, and people just want to commune to share experience and get a reality check.
And I'm sorry, I don't believe your only motivation was to get people talking about these issues where you think they belong.
There are some that have never even heard of this board and your post directed them here and stirred up a flurry of activity and I think you knew it would. So I hate to tell you this, but you've alerted several people to the complaints by bringing them here.
As IF it's any of your business, I have not finished my notice with them, Michelle, and was toiling whether I had done the right thing initially. I'm not about to leave anyone high-and-dry.
Let's see where you are in about three years, Michelle, you're going to be something else to deal with...Transcend better keep you on their good side.
Thanks for the reply (sm)
Do you currently work for them? If so, could you please share a little bit of information about them? Do you know what their line rate is?
Thanks for your help!
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okay you got it...thanks!
Thanks for the reply!
And thank you for your honesty. That is very much appreciated!
REPLY TO Hi LEE. from KS
I AM NOT AFRAID TO POST MY REAL NAME!!
To set the record straight... I posted on here because I spoke from my heart which is the TRUTH about what I think from MY perspective on the companies that I have worked for in the past, just to give someone else some insight.... NO ONE from Keystrokes put me up to this, Not Lee OR Becky... OR not management of any kind, form or shape....
I just wanted to express how I felt about working for Keystrokes as I have worked for MANY nationals out there and anyone can e-mail me OR phone me and I will send you my credentials/resume to let you know this is NOT Lee!!! I think KEYSTROKES ROCKS!! 
Kim Drietz Lake Benton, MN 612-486-9935 I'm not afraid to post my name.. BIG DEAL!! I will get off my  now!!! 
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Thanks for your concern! I will keep that in mind for the future!
Thanks for your reply...NM
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IN REPLY TO TT MT
Not only I have been transcribing since the ice ages but I have been with TT longer than 1 year. I have worked on many platforms and have been paid hourly, salarly, by the minute, by the line, and by characters so I too am familiar with different aspects of different line counts and I have never had a problem with TT before but I do now and now is my concern. I am not trying to badmouth TT because I have no problems with TT I just don't understand my line count and Debbie doesn't understand it either. My only question has been and still is "is there someone out there who have worked with this platform and know how this line count "really" works?" and if that is a question you can answer for me or if there is some kind of formula you have that you can make me understand it since you seem to know that your counts are correct then I would really appreciate it because after all thats all I am asking for.
Reply to $$$
How pathetic can you get? You need your husband's permission to post? My life is great - you need to save your pity for your poor pathetic self....if your husband says it's okay, that is. Adios!
Now that reply is really
Really not worth a reply. This "old hag" bets you're a 20-year-old stud, sitting there in your birthday suit, doing OB/GYN notes and getting your delights. Sheesh, yourself.
Never got a reply
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Thank you for your reply
I appreciate it.
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Could you expand on this? Why should I run and not look back? If I'm going to run, I need more info than that. LOL
Thanks for the reply!
Thanks for taking the time to reply! I am happily awaiting to start training later in the week!
Thanks for the reply.
Thanks for your reply.
I usually ignore most of the nasty comments on here anyway. I haven't found a company who was perfect yet, have you? I think I will apply with them right now.
please reply again
so I can respond via email to give you info to submit resume.
thank you!
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I get the MTjobs newsletter every week usually on Friday and it gives a list of the companies that have posted for the week. Net Dictations was one of the companies listed.
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Yes, I did work for them for a short while. .
Who is EFD? Thanks for your reply
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Actually, this is my first reply to any of this
and I was on a 15 minute break. I'm not unemployed and I'm not angry, I was just pointing out the obvious. You really shouldn't make assumtions.
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Yes, I do, and cannot figure out why. I like the account and the dictators are not that bad...but for some reason cannot get the line count I did on my last oncology account. The recruiter told at interview that they pay for spaces, so it couldn't be that...however, I don't think ExText is that great to work with...especially when pulling up normals...it takes too long to do that!!!!
Thank you for reply. nm
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THANK YOU for that reply!
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