My personal advice to you
Posted By: Happy MQer on 2005-09-27
In Reply to: how long to make $$$ - JanieB
Don't give up!
Since you are just beginning there are many factors that are probably preventing you from doing more lines. For example, do you look up words and/or medications frequently? If so, for obvious reasons, this will slow you down. Second, if you are not quite used to DQS, then that too, can slow you down. Also, take into consideration how many words you type a minute. Everyone is different. Some people can type 65-70, while others, can type 80-90 and that can also effect what you make. It also depends on your accounts you are on. There is no doubt when I type for ER accounts and use their standards, I get more lines - bigtime!
Like I said, just don't give up. We all started out slower and have only gotten better. You will improve with time!
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Good advice, and advice that I'm giving real thought to ...
If I had known that they offshored before I accepted employment with them I never would have gone there to work. I've been here long enough now though to not want to lose my benefits.
Still ... making a DECENT PAYCHECK and making a living without being stressed out over the type of work that I'm doing is just as important as good benefits.
you took this quite personal
you are really sticking up for MQ here, I don't understand your anger at this poster
Nothing personal
Just responding to a condescending post. You're also way off about ''major quality issues''so the LOL is on you--Sure hope you're more accurate in your QA duties.
Not personal
Of course our anger is directed towards the companies and not toward any worker trying to make a living. This is an emotional topic, but we have a right to make a living too. These companies started in the USA, benefited from Americans and then decided to go overseas not to provide a better service but just to make more money. And not only are jobs are affected but also the loss in tax revenues.
Sorry, but personal or not
You have set a double standard by saying keep the personal remarks out of it when you opened it by making IMHO a snide remark about MTs who want to keep American jobs in America by working at times that non-Americans workers normally cover. In the middle of an otherwise very well handled discussion by those affected by the merger, IMHO I do not believe you did service to Transcend by having made the remark you did. Even other Transcenders have posted that it did not prove useful to cover other shifts and had difficulty finding enough work.
Indeed you have a right to your opinion, but if it is respect and support you are looking for, perhaps consideration to what you have to offer would get different results.
No. I have 2 personal systems --
one desktop and one laptop. I can do whatever I want with those systems.
My personal experience has been...SM
I've been there via Total eMed for over 6 years now. I have never been out of work for any longer than I chose to be.
I also never have had a problem meeting minimum, even if I did change accounts a couple of times within the period. It's not that difficult if you've got the basic entries in your expander.
Good experience with supes overall. They've allowed me to change my schedule and flex whenever I needed to. Benefits and HR teams very helpful.
Co-workers are THE BEST! Helpful and willing to share tips and information.
Pay is on time, benefits are reasonable, and they are working to improve with MT input.
Of course a large national won't make everybody happy and it's not the right fit for everyone, but if you must have benefits, you could do far worse than Spheris.
Personal names. How would you like to see your own name
trashed on this forum? If not, maybe you shouldn't do it to this man, either.
my personal protest
In honor of my fellow MTs who are soon to be exHeartlanders I, personally, am not going to buy a thing on Friday, July 7, 2006--- nothing, not a gallon of gas, not groceries, not an ice cream cone-- not anything. I'm sure that no one will notice but I hope you will join me anyway.
I think this is outrageous. It seems to me that if Heartland conglomerate laid off 1 top executive one $71 million salary would make a nice little lump in their profit margin instead of laying off 151 MTs!! How outrageous is that! Today, in the minds of politicians America is corporate America, working Americans are just a souless, faceless mass. What's it going to take to change their minds... a revolution?
that's why I would never EVER use my personal equip for any
that's what you get for using your own stuff.
Just my own personal opinion but - sm
I think that the child labor laws that have been put in place in the last 10-15 years has a LOT to do with horrible work ethic youngsters have today.
When I was growing up (I'm 38 now,) my parents put me to work. I wasn't really contributing to the household bills but I certainly was responsible for purchasing my own clothing and paying for any of my personal expenses. I was 12 the first year I bought my own school clothes.
I knew what it meant to work, how to save my money, and how to tell the difference between wants and needs fairly early on.
Child labor laws were put in place to protect BUT they have also hurt us. I think they should be re-examined.
By the time a kid is legally old enough to work in our state (16 years old,) the years have past when you can instill good work ethic in a young mind.
No wonder the kids expect to have everything handed to them. They are used to it and can't handle it when their support is taken away.
Any wonder why so many 20-somethings and early 30-somethings are going back home to sponge off mom and dad? Any wonder why so many of those same people are dumping their kids off on mom and dad to raise? Nope!
Sounds personal
 You must have some major quality issues
don't have personal experience with
in an earlier post, they said something like the lines would be longer than usual (meaning smaller margins/fonts), and they only pay $1.50/page. I would want to ask about what the length of the lines and the average length (or lines) per report to make sure the pay is fair.
Say there are 10 lines at 65 characters per line per report, that is 15 cpl; but if the font and margins fit 90 characters per line, then it is not such a good deal.
And how many trained MTs have done phone interviews? Seems they would be advertising to a different work pool. I kinda wonder if they know what they're doing.
personal experience...
Very, very nice people, very conscientious. Platform all right, but line counts seemed to take longer to make for me. Had to have unlim. LD and that was the big problem for me. I also spent a lot of time dialing into accounts looking for work. Good QA, good tech support. Wish it was all via Internet. I also did not want to be responsible for my taxes (just lazy, I guess!). DId like the flexible scheduling. If you want to be IC and don't mind the LD, it's a great place.
I don't have personal experience
with Apex, although I hear it's pretty cool. My account is still on DOS and I have absolutely no problem with that. We have DOS and internet accounts, so I would recommend them to anyone who doesn't have access to high speed internet. I've been there over 4 years and do quite well. There's a new pay structure in place recently as well. They're worth checking into. I do work a lot of OT but I don't mind since I'm a single mom. The money is good, and I work extra when my baby is with her dad. It works for me.
Just personal experience, that's all.
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No personal experience with either though
Keystrokes would be my choice based on what I have read on the boards.
No personal experience, but..sm
I work for MQ and posted a frustrated post a week or so ago and received a private email from an MT who had left MQ recently and went to JLG and she loves it there.
I talked with them 10 or so years ago when MQ bought out my company and they seemed nice and I would have taken the position, but just had too much on my plate at the time to move jobs - and then MQ got better for me, so I stayed.
Ready to leave again now and after getting that email from a fellow co-worker, I think I'd try JLG.
From personal experience
From personal experience with over 20 years of acute care and moving to radiology, I think it is easier for an acute care MT to move to say radiology or pathology than it is to go the other way. Radiology and path can be challenging as well, but I think what really slows me down with acute care is the drugs and all the labs. Not that I'm not familiar with the terminology, but just because the numbers for me anyway, slow me down. I think it can be OVERWHELMING to transition from radiology to AC. I say this with some certainty because I have worked for companies when I have been responsible for training radiology MTs to do acute care and training acute care MTs to do radiology. I just think it's an easier transition TO radiology FROM AC, not the other way. I hope you will be able to hang in there and stick it out. Sounds to me like the recruiter doesn't really understand what each job entails. Unfortunately, the recruiters rarely understand what our job entails. I'd talk to your direct supervisor rather than the recruiter if that's an option.
It is my personal favorite by far! nm
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I can only tell you my personal experience sm
which I did. Anything else would be gossip. I was not an MT with them so cannot speak from an MT standpoint. ESLs were not bad - but things have changed drastically since then - found out later they did overflow for Medquist and not sure now which accounts are really theirs.
Personal Choice
While I understand the sentiment of your rant, the reality is you're blaming someone else for your choices. If you want to be a REAL IC, then ditch the middle man, go get your own accounts and deal with the client directly. Explain to them that you only want to work when you feel like it, or that you only want good dictators, or that you can only type if your family has nothing else on the schedule. Pay your own taxes. Carry your own weight.
Yes, there are many companies treating MTs like employees and calling them ICs..... but they COULD NOT do this if MTs didn't CHOOSE to work through a middle man.
If you are an IC, you should be presenting a contact TO THE SERVICE (not the other way around) with your rates, you availability, etc. Have you done this?
And being new is not a reason for being under-trained. It means you don't have the skills if you are catching flak. A service is under no obligation to train you. They ASSUME if you are calling yourself an MT that you have the skills that intimates.
And no, I'm not a supervisor for any company, I'm not a service owner, I'm just a grunt who realizes that I'm an adult and a professional and I DO get to decide what the trade-offs are for doing my job.
No personal experience, but...
... I have a friend who works there and DESPERATELY wants to get out. I think she said she's on something like 50 different accounts (!) which is completely untenable because she gets them at random, and there's no WAY anybody can be expected to learn 50 different sets of account instructions, so that slows the production waaaaay down, because she constantly has to look things up.
As always, others' mileage may vary.
Keep the personal remarks to yourself.
You are entitled to your opinion, but so am I entitled to mine, and I am always willing to engage in honest debate about any point. I am also willing to agree to disagree. But making personal wisecracks crosses the line, and does not further the discussion.
As for me being 'untrue,' you don't know the first thing about me, who I am and what I'm made of, so unless you can prove to the world at large that you really DO know me (which you don't), again, keep the personal remarks to yourself.
and YES did have personal conversation with Liz
I was part of a package that Transcend purchased.
I recievied all kinds of welcoming emails etc. It was unfortunate I did not receive emails infroming me my team lead had left, who to contact with problems etc.
My mother was hospitalized shortly after the acquisition. When I called to inform me TL I was told you are expected to produce every day.
At that time in the northeast we were unable to travel due to ice etc. (which incidentally was where my accounts were, which meant VERY little work), so I bought a laptop and camped out in the ICU.
At no point was I ever allowed to take family leave. I was expected to look for work 24 hours a day in case there was a job...........no easy task when dealing with a mother with cancer, a broken hip, Coumadin allergy, aspiration pneumonia, blood loss etc.
My mother went to heaven and I did take some time off for the funeral etc.
When I returned I was told I had made some mistakes (??? no wonder......I did not want to work in an ICU) and it was not a good fit.
And yes, ******** was aware of this.
posting personal info on the net
It's gotten very scary, especially to people who are trying to get a nut case out of their life ie: victims of domestic violence, etc. I live in a large metropolitan area and our county clerk has property records on the internet. All you have to do is type a name in and see if you can find who your looking for.
Our local YWCA where I volunteer has tried to stop this, but he says that the records are available in person, always have been ..well, it takes a person a lot more effort to go down and dredge through them in person...duh. So again people, just be careful.
It is a matter of security not personal. nm
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they supply you with everything - you are not allowed to use your personal
computer for their work. Be forewarned - When you get their equipment, do not play or surf the internet for anything other than work related. They do monitor it. Use your own personal computer for personal emails and surfing outside of work related things.
I just left there for personal reasons but i can tell you-sm
that it is a good company to work for. You set your own schedule and they send you work. The pay is great, as stated by other poster 10 and 11 cents, and you type in your own Word or WP program.
DO NOT POST PERSONAL INFORMATION. (SM)
If you cannot follow the policy of no e-mail addresses, names, or phone numbers, you will be banned.
A Reply By E-Mail service is available when you want to provide an avenue of contact.
Good for you! I'm not telling, either! It's personal! nm
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It unfortunately will be personal when they lose the account. sm
Is there any way to trace where accounts go?
You're exactly right! Oh, and please do not track me down at my personal
Big no-no. No-no.
Keep the flowery stuff for personal.
When you are applying for a position, you want to look as professional as possible. You want the company to know you are the best candidate for the job. It is not the time to be warm and fuzzy. I myself would be concerned if someone presented a flowery resume. I would assume they are too laidback and would be more interested in visiting and such. But if it works for you........
Four Seasons Transcription; anyone with personal (sm)
experience with this company? Is the Vianeta platform easy to use? Did it seem like line counts added up appropriately? Was the company organized and easy to work for? Did you have plenty of work? Sorry for all the questions. I just want to make the ''right'' move. Thank you.
Wrong! That's just your personal perspective.
I'm very happy there. My manager works with me. I'm making more money this year than the previous years. I have PTO and insurance.
I think it's a great place to be!
not always true - from personal experience -
clients were told that I was editing all their work - I was not.
Personal info from survey's
Oh, it asks enough info and you can count on it collecting your IP address, that is all it takes to find out exactly who you are. This survey may be free - but you can bet her future survey's will cost you to take, and once she has all this data, you can bet your sweet bippy her site to access all of this information is going to be a pay site! She is not interested in improving anything in our field, she is only interested in $$$$$ she can make collecting data and making this data seem like it means something.
Er, make that personal knowledge (nm)
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There must be a personal talent factor to it. SM
So many say they lose money, I'm another who definitely makes more editing, i.e., significantly more than double the line count, but then I'm not a fast typist, so shifting a lot of the emphasis from fingers to reading and editing decisions works for me. Now, if only I had fast fingers, too...
What a Hoot! Yep, I have personal experience with
Bet this thread will get deleted by morning. Heavens, run from a Christian company that plays the Christian card. I have run into two - TRS and Transcend. Both totally lied to me about their plans for offshoring, as in international labor partners! TRS was in the process of actually training their own batch of Trinidad MTs, while Transcend was doing the same thing, all while swearing to me that they would never entertain the idea - America only!! Yep, they didn't entertain the idea, they were doing it at the time of the lie! So guess that might count a wee bit less than a bald face lie?? Now when I hear someone play the Christian card at me as a potential employer, I run. Immediately. The true ones don't have to wear it on their sleeve. They just have integrity and can usually tell someone with similar values.
Personal vent: The head of QA for my co SM
quit. One of the few people in management who knew what they were doing. I feel sick. My company is going down the tubes.
I can't share this with anyone at company, so vented here. Thank you for forum I could use, because I feel ill. Everyone at this company is inexperienced. They have already lost accounts. Now what?
No personal knowledge of this account but (sm)
In the past, I have found that most residents at teaching hospitals are pretty good speakers and dictate painfully long reports. Also, very rarely on ANY hospital, do all the dictators on the doctors' list dictate. If you have a list with 200 names on it, chances are you'll hear about 50 of them - if that.
also .. .t hat is not someone's personal email address
It is the carrier, i.e. just like Yahoo, aol, or hotmail.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS THAT IS POSTED.
Would this apply to personal computers
used for MT work as well? I work on EditScript. If I am waiting for jobs to come in, would the company I'm logged in to be able to track me just because I am logged in to EditScript?
company computer vs. personal
You normally can use the company computer to research anything related to the reports you are transcribing. They will check at some point which websites you visit. You should have received company/computer guidelines regarding surfing the web and what you are allowed/not allowed to do. By using their computer, they can tell you what you are allowed/not allowed to do. I always used my own computer to surf the web whether for research or personal matters to stay out of trouble. Also depending on how good/fast the company computer is, it can slow your work process down immensely. Where I used to work, they would periodically check everything on the computer!
When you use your own computer, I think they can only deternine what else you are doing on your computer aside from your work if you allow them onto your computer. Some companies like to gain access to install their software by their experts. But you can limit their access by only allowing them into your computer after they specifically ask to do so and stating the reasons. If you need to allow them to have access, then sit and watch what they are doing! I believe the only thing they can see through the VPN is how long it takes you to do a report and in which order you do the reports.
Not an overstatement by my personal experience.
Texas and Alabama. Boston was a trip too but, I just couldn't pahk the cah in the right space I guess.
Posting personal information
invites identity theft. It also shows the poster to be extremely naive. I would want to hire someone with a bit more business savvy.
That's pretty far from a personal attack.... have you seen
what they do to 'Gourdpainter' on here? But whatever...
R U speaking from personal experience w/Webmedx?
I was told I could collect UEC ... for several personal reasons
which do not need to be mentioned.. but there ARE exceptions to that .. so anyone that loses their job in this way should at least file.. there are a lot of factors involved. I choose not to do that at this point.. and am pursuing other job options... if I had none.. I would collect UEC
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