My sister dropped her insurance. sm
Posted By: mlstoo on 2009-08-13
In Reply to: The insurance does stink... - Frustrated MT
It was costing her $350.00 a month for one person. She pays for her office visits in cash and gets a discount because she is under the income level. Same if she goes to the hospital. She gets a poverty discount. I think it is about 20%. Go figure.
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No. They dropped me to PT because
to their needs but it wasn't me it was the other girl on the account. Anyway they dropped me to PT, she quit, and now they expect me do to the account on a FT basis without giving my FT status or my benefits back.
They dropped the ball with me, too (sm)
I persisted a lot longer than I normally would because I really needed a job and had heard good things about them. I kept on them for weeks, and did eventually get hired. I was with them for quite a while but had to quit because I needed benefits. Still the best MT company I've run across. One account that doesn't run out of work. That makes a lot of difference.
Dropped you an email
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So is this all QA or just those on the dropped accts?
Just wondering!
Job postings have dropped because
we are in a depression. Yes, I said a depression. No one on television will say the D word for fear of scaring people, but do your homework. Our country's economy is tanking rapidly.
Someone said 30 straight dropped to 20 VR - sm
There's a thread downstream here about that. But I make 35 now. That's why I want VR to self destruct.
Dropped Accounts sm
How often have you worked for a company and they lost a huge account and you were fired? I am really getting tired of this career and really need to find another one soon before I go nutters. Company keeps screaming about TAT and hours and keeps threatening that they will fire us or the hospital will terminate the account. We rarely get any positive feedback, individual or otherwise, and when we do get one kudo, its always followed by a BUT..
Anyway, should I be worried.. Should I have another job just in case. I am an IC and get my lines and rarely work other than the schedule I gave but I can't be without a paycheck. We are barely getting by now.
Nope, I dropped OSi for another company.
BUT, I bet you are doing OSi's dirty work....LMAO!! Good luck...you are going to need it!
You are right. Even Bill Gates dropped
the whole idea of VR, saying that it could not be perfected enough to be profitable for the software company who manufactures it. You are also right in that if something inferior is sold to someone and it doesn't work properly, they won't even think of using it again. In my experience, the C-phone worked the best and even WP5.1 for speed and from my point of view for making the most money. I also used to use Mac and found it to be very fast and efficient.
When they dropped 's from eponyms they lost...sm
what little respect they have. Many doctors think transcriptionists are stupid if they type things like Alzheimer Disease instead of Alzheimer's Disease.
My accounts were not dropped. They were still going strong nm
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Glad I dropped her a line
It turns out she lost my email and she was happy I wrote. I'm really glad. She's a great person to work for.
It's sad how badly new job postings have dropped
And those that are getting posted are mostly for places with really bad reputations and/or companies that don't respond to emails.
My line count has dropped due to CPL
I get taxes and insurance taken out of my check but my income went way down when cpl went down. At 11,000 lines of regular transcription at 8 cents a line my take home was around $800 (before taxes/insurance). When speech rec came out and we were not given a choice of regular transcription or speech recognition the CPL went down to 4 cents a line. Now my check is $500 (before taxes/insurance). It makes a big difference!!
sorry "most" of the time - dropped my sentence. nm
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Ha! This is what dropped into my pool of its own accord. It was a "pocket" and that happens s
I am NO ONE'S PET.
I didn't drop, the computer dropped a "k" but as a professional
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They weren't good for me. Their Mosaic plan dropped my pay down to an unacceptable rate, so I
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You said it sister
Honey..just go get yourself a job in house somewhere so you can get paid by the hour even when the census is low. This happens everywhere this time of year.EVERYWHERE..I'VE been doing this crap for 30 plus years...EVERYWEHRE honey! and dont give me no &_^)* about spelling because off time I don't worry about it
right on, sister!
i think you made excellent points in an intelligent way!
I must say the thing that bothers me is when I see a post that says, Hey, has anyone heard of ______? and in reply, you get anonymous responses like, STAY AWAY! or RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN! or HORRIBLE, EVEN WORSE THAN ______!!!!!
What I would prefer to see is Run as fast as you can BECAUSE _________ i.e. didn't pay on time, run out of work every day, all the accounts suck, etc. I think this correlates directly with the points you made. As hard as it is to believe, some people with family obligations, mental health issues, drug and alcohol problems don't always mind if they run out of work an hour or two before their shift is over, especially the people who are manic and did 2000 lines in 3 hours. So those people might be interested in a job that runs out of work, know what I mean?
To me, that is bashing, just where you see THEY SUCK, RUN AWAY!!!! It doesn't address the differences between companies and MTs like you so astutely mention.
You said it sister. There is nothing
It actually makes you more accessible to new accounts. If people see your face, they know you and will usually spread the word. 
Right on sister!
She must have told the truth.
I'm with you, sister, but
there will always be SOMEONE who undercuts or is willing to accept less. That's why we are in the predicament we are in. Fortunately for me, I don't do MT FT anymore and am not dependent upon it as an income.
Others will do whatever they have to do to pay the bills. They haven't come to the realization they can make more at McDonald's versus accepting the insultiningly low pay of 6-7 cpl for an experienced & highly skilled MT. 
You said it, sister!!!
Great post. What's that old saying, the only fear is fear itself? I haven't had much coffee yet this am, so my brain isn't quite fully functional.
To the OP, I can't speak for MDI, but I do work for Landmark on a clinic account. They have been great to work for. Clinic work being what it is, there have been a couple of moments where the work slowed down - around the Christmas Holidays and then about 2 weeks ago when apparently half the staff was out sick. I had a lot of really hoarse dictators the next week. I also was able to catch up all my lines over the weekend when two of the docs started catching up on 4 months worth of dictation, so I didn't end up being that short after all.
The people at Landmark have been great and QA is wonderful - really easy to work with.
you go sister
You reminded me to be nice - you are darn right-- you just don't know what may be going on in a person's life and we don't need to add more _rap to it. Great comment.
wasnt this Lee's sister in law?
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My sister wants to go into transcription.....
Does anybody have any recommendation on a good school --- I don't care to hear the negative - just the good stuff.
Thanks!
Amen sister!...nm
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Amen, sister...sm
I hear ya sister
This is a rough profession. Everyone gets so excited when they hear we work from home, but don't know about the difficulty we can have achieving stability and peace of mind!
My sister is an RN and makes sm
She has the associates degree.... She makes $27.50 hr base pay she has been a nurse for about 3 maybe 4 years..... hope that helps
Amen sister
You said it.
AMEN SISTER
Totally agree with you. I love Transcend.
AMEN SISTER!!
I am scheduled 7-12 and will probably be hanging around for a couple of jobs here and there since everyone took advantage of the extra $$$$ leaving me with hardly any jobs and those jobs are my secondary LOL
Don't know about your sister, but try it yourself, then comment.
Don't know about your sister, try it yourself, then comment.
do you do my sister and brother-in-law
really don't know what company it is - she says it is local - they are in Ottumwa.
Amen sister
xxx
My sister works there....sm
She absolutely loves the Cornerstone platform, loves it, loves it! It's MT friendly I guess, and she loves it. Yes, I say loves it so much because I think she said it about 50 times in one minute while she was talking about it! lol Once she got used to it, she...you guessed it...loved it. (hehe) :) She said her production is really good on it.
Amen sister - you said it all NM
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You tell 'em sister....
Cuz I'm just a grinch and have poverty of the soul because I didn't provide comfort and joy as what some perceive to be what the OP wanted. Pity party is what she wanted and yes at this point I'm beating a dead horse, which is maybe what I'll call myself now.
As for the OP, I guess he got off her a$$ and finally made that call since according to all of the posters that supposedly support her claim she worked 24 hours in one day to get her lines in. Now that deserves pity!
I stand by what I say, and I mean what I say. If the OP wanted pats on the back and awwww so sorry, then so be it. What I said is true when there's no work I don't sit on my a$$ and wait at all hours of the night and day, I look for another job. Fortunately, I haven't had to do that.
And yes, NY MT is correct in that everyone wants their cake and eat it too. What took the OP so long to make that call and get those back up accounts? It took for me to shake her up! But you all got her back now, so she'll be just fine!
Tell 'em sister...
if the money in the paycheck is green, it will spend.
Furthermore, no one knows who off shores or not. There could be companies that say they do not off shore, but they do. How would we know? I say if the pants fit right, keep them on and walk around like you own the place instead of worrying about something that is not in our control.
Furthermore, just because a company advertises no off shore applicants does not necessarily mean they do not off shore. It just means they also hire US MTs.
AMEN SISTER!!!
:) Stand up for yourselves!!! We are not mice!!! :)
Amen, Sister!!
This whole argument is just beyond ridiculous. I can not believe ANYONE would try to defend this nonsense.
If it was okay, then MTs would not get written up and fired for doing it. Period. End of argument.
My sister worked for them
out of Greenville, Texas. She liked it, they were dependable with work and paychecks.
My sister is an RN and we make just about the same.
I have much more freedom. I make my own schedule and am left alone to do my work in the comfort of my office. She has to deal with the nasty staff and rude doctors. She is constantly getting told she has to do mandatory overtime because someone called in or the census is up and they need the coverage. Of course, they don't tell her until about an hour or two before her shift is up and she is looking forward to going home. Regardless of if she has plans, she has to stay and work and just cancel everything else. This seems to happen at least once a week. I don't know how nurses with families do it. From what I have seen, nursing is not flexible at all when you work at the hospital. She had to work overnights for the first few years and then work her way to evenings and now is at least finally on a day shift. My sister's job makes her extremely stressed and she dreads going to work most days. I had thought about nursing when she first started because I heard about the good wages, but now that I hear what she is going through, no way. I will stick with MT for now. Sometimes a little extra cash isn't worth it (especially because she is only earning a bit more because of all the OT she has to put in).
My sister is an RN and we make just about the same.
I have much more freedom. I make my own schedule and am left alone to do my work in the comfort of my office. She has to deal with the nasty staff and rude doctors. She is constantly getting told she has to do mandatory overtime because someone called in or the census is up and they need the coverage. Of course, they don't tell her until about an hour or two before her shift is up and she is looking forward to going home. Regardless of if she has plans, she has to stay and work and just cancel everything else. This seems to happen at least once a week. I don't know how nurses with families do it. My sister's job makes her extremely stressed and she dreads going to work most days. I had thought about nursing when she first started because I heard about the good wages, but now that I hear what she is going through, no way. I will stick with MT for now. Sometimes a little extra cash isn't worth it (especially because she is only earning a bit more because of all the OT she has to put in).
AMEN SISTER!! nm
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I'm in your corner, sister MT...
I find the archive search here to be a huge hit-and-miss prospect. Some peope apparently search and are able to find all of the info they want on the first try.
However, I've had several instances where my search on a company I know has been discussed on here and a search will show no info, or either that VERY old info that probably isn't appicable.
I feel your frustration!!!
AMEN SISTER!!!!! nm
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Amen sister!
I don't care who says it or when they say it, cutting a person's wage is NOT doing them a big fat favor! The sky is NOT green and the grass is NOT blue!
Amen, Sister!
It's like any other job in the world, 99% is what YOU make of it. There's good and not so good, but I've worked lots of places that were much worse.
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