Never would. BUT I am not an MTSO. I work as an employee for a company and I see everything sm
Posted By: SC on 2007-10-19
In Reply to: Ahhh, MTSO'er - CeeCee
that I mentioned in my first post routinely. I don't mean to include all by no means, but don't try to make this out as a dream job. It has already been done and that is just one of of the reasons we are in the sad state we are in.
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Absolutely not! I work for the best MTSO. I am have been so blessed to work for the small company I
I will share this about the MTSO I work for. I called her late last Wednesday night after Church and told her I was compelled to help out with Hurricaine Katrina in some way and an opportunity arose for a small group from my Church to go to Louisianna this coming week. Would she be able to cover my work. She told me no problem without any hesitation and even donated money for the trip.
And I am sure there are plenty of good companies out there to work for. To compare us to migrant workers is just not right.
Let me know if you pursue this company. I would like to work for a MN company as an employee?
Let me know! Thanks!
As an employee, the MTSO is responsible.
It is their responsibility to make sure their employees are performing to standards. As a good MT, you try to do the best you can with each and every report, but the responsibility ultimately rests on the MTSO.
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This is for big company, not MTSO.
Tons of people and tons of work from what we were told. That is why I could not see the point. I wanted backup accounts when work was low, but could see no sense in switching from one hospital in one part of the country to another and from one work type to another all day long when work was plentiful.
Wonder if the same MTSO still owns that company.....nm
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Yes, right company. MTSO told me so
herself. The offshoring is fairly new, maybe 3 months or so. I did QA on some of the files.
The bid has nothing to do with consistancy of work. MTSO cannot control how cosistant work is.
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A company/MTSO can offer an IC a job working certain hours
that they need coverage, and it's up to the IC to agree to working those hours, or not take the job.
If you hired an IC to repair your roof, would you want him working daylight hours, or since he's an IC can he work on the roof from midnite to 8 a.m. if he wants?
P.S. - I am an employee with this company
and they have NO benefits package yet. I've been told for months that they are working on one. I also was told you get PTO if you type 1100 per day. Got news for ya.....it's impossible unless you work a couple weekends a month, which I will NOT do. I found the job on this website, now when they need MTs they advertise elsewhere. Shhhhh, guess it's a secret. I'm making 0.085 cents/line and they are advertising elsewhere for .12 cents per line. Nice eh?
I'm hoping they fire me so I can collect unemployment.
As an employee every company does not
provide your computer, which you have to have to do the job, every company doesn't provide a C-phone or foot pedal, which you have to have to do the job, they don't reimburse your internet, which is most cases you need to do your job.
In my case I had DSL, a land line as required by DSL, but which I rarely used and then I needed ULD once I was hired by KS. I tried to go through my ISP, but they never could get it to work and I was tired of dealing with India. I switched from DSL to cable internet and then I got digital phone through my internet provider. Making the switch from land line to digital phone saves me $10/mo on my phone bill and switching from DSL to cable for six months I'm saving $15/mo on my internet expenses and will only save $5 after that 6 months.
I don't see that I'm out anything as I came out better, but having an additional expense of $25/mo in order to be able to work at home is hardly a financial burden and I don't feel it is unreasonable. You can always claim it on taxes. Keystrokes clearly puts in their ad what equipment you need and if you need a C-phone they also state you will need ULD. If an MT doesn't want to deal with that then there are other companies.
If you are an employee of a company that provides
please mention the company so I can apply. Thanks!
can you tell us which state or company? Are you an employee or IC? sm
I know that a certain company in NY was investigated a few years back because of treating ICs like employees.
I hope it is not the company I work for as I am finally happy after being miserable for the last 3 years and 50 jobs.
As an IC I let the MTSO where I work
know when I can work on a day to day basis. I have no committment for # of lines or hours each week/pay period. If I can work, I let them know how much work I can take (they assign it). Sometimes I work 7 days straight, sometimes I take a week off, sometiesm I work every other day, just WHENEVER I want. If there is no work, then I don't work. This is, I believe, what a true IC job is.
If the pay is truly 7 or 7.5 cpl, as an MTSO it seems odd you would work for such. sm
It is quite noble for you to work outside your service so that others in your company can have work -- I applaud you for your selflessness and consideration to those depending on you -- but ultimately, all of us, no matter how much we care about others, we have to take care of ourselves. Unless you live in some place that has an incredibly low cost of living, and I cannot imagine where that would even be anymore, I cannot think that such a low wage would provide enough for you.
I guess a lot of us ARE angry -- why wouldn't we be? Wages have gone down to a pittance. Companies advertise they want the best MTs with scads of experience, then offer us a wage that even a newbie should turn down. And perhaps we are all a bit cynical/hardened about the posts on here, because there HAVE been scams with management/leads double posting, misleading, etc. In 1983, I made 10 cents per GROSS line ... now here we are. I think mostly I am scared. I am 50 years old ... where will I be 10 or even 5 years from now? I read an article online where dumpster diving was becoming quite the vogue, but I shudder to think that is what is next.
Best company with higest cpl employee status
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Great company and they pay employee insurance. nm
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Anyone work for a small MTSO?
Compared to larger companies?
Why pay on time if MTs will work for an MTSO..
...withtout a fuss and deliver on time? Of course, this is completely wrong and unethical but how some folks think. Even if you made a fuss, they'd probably just get someone else who made less of a fuss. They will pay on time when 1) they can't get any more qualified MTs to work for them (word gets out), and or 2) paying late starts affecting their bottom line (MTs hit them with late fees) Just IMO...
Poll: Is your MTSO low on work (please name it).
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HOW TO SELECT AN MTSO TO WORK FOR?
Here are some observations
Helpful suggestions:
1. Ensure there will be sufficient work available. If an MTSO does not enough work you will not make enough income.
2. Ensure the MTSO offers IC/1099, IC/W2 and Employee/W2 wage options.
3. Make sure you are trained and allowed to work on multiple accounts.
4. Make sure your scheduling and shifts are properly established.
5. During the interview and test period find out details about the platforms. Do not accept a position if you believe the platforms is
difficult avoid excepting the position.
6. Production count should be simple AAMT 65 character lines including spaces and control characters. All other methods will
reduce your earnings.
Avoid the following:
1. Experience of others may not apply to you. Negative posts on forums about any MTSO represents less than 5% MTSO staff. This means 95% of others are happily working. Make your own decision.
2. Do not evaluate an MTSO if they off shore. As long as you have sufficient work off shoring should not matter to you.
3. Do not go for MTSO who may offer bonus or benefits or other goodies if the work load is less than consistent, you will not earn enough.
Hope you find this post useful 
Beware of any MTSO who gets their work from...sm
Superior Global.....Seems to be a trend with SG and smaller MTSOs....and putting a DISHONEST MTSO together with SG....that is just a hot mess!!!
A company is not required to supply anything to an employee. The problem sm
is when ICs are supplied with equipment; they cannot be supplied with anything or they are employees.
Other professions need to have their own equipment, references, etc. This is not just in transcription.
I work for a mid-sized MTSO and have 24-hr TAT, its great!
Just how do you think an MTSO will be able to calculate this into the work needing to be done?
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Transtech just may be sending some of our work to that other MTSO again, and maybe
that small MTSO that they sometimes use to help them out offshores and that is why we MT's at Transtech suddenly have an abundance of work this week -- asking for extra help this week -- quite a new thing with TT. With the India cables being cut, putting those India MT's out of work, it makes me wonder if that service that TT sometimes uses to do our work maybe offshores.
Just thinking. Keep those India cables DOWN/CUT !!!!! We U.S. MT's need the work kept here in the U.S.
I work right for the client.......not the MTSO. I am an IC for a hospital. nm
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I work for MTSO and know the hospital acct
I work on is a big one, just do not know how many MTs that on this particular account. When you say you correct only erroneous text I am not really sure what you mean by this. I correct everything I see that is an error so can you explain further as far as erroneous. Do you read the entire report as it goes or ?
She is definitely an employee. This company in Georgia has 150+ employees. Forty hour
work week is one thing but having them get very upset when you are working 50-60 hours and be nasty when the account is still behind but saying no overtime, no way is a very different thing. I advised her ask the department to check out this company and out get out of there anyway.
I have a friend working in a hospital and she is looking for a company from home as an employee.
Would anyone care to recommend a good company?
The MTSO I work for does too. It actually makes me feel more secure sm
in knowing that they must be doing something right to live in a huge new house, drive Jaguars and Hummers and go on nice vacations. They've been around a while and it is nice to know that things are going well. I think that if my MTSO was broke all the time, it would be a sign that he/she did not have a good business sense and I would be worried that the company would be broke all the time too.
I also know that I am not the only one who feels this way. The owners do not flaunt it or rub our noses in it; instead, they have made improvements in the company at the same rate.
Christmas bonus? Not sure if we will get one. Do I care? Not really. I am greatful to be working steadily with a good wage and a good future.
I used to work for a defunct GA MTSO that did the same thing. I always went straight to the bank and
The other thing to watch out for these companies who constantly bounce checks is that there may be other illegal stuff going on behind the scenes, such as not paying appropriate employee withholding taxes or health insurance premiums. My old MTSO never did send my Social Security contributions to the Feds for over a year. It's part of why I stay with the big nationals. They have their problems but I know my paycheck is always okay.
Anyone pay less than $800 a month for family insurance?? I work for a small MTSO
and it's not like I make a ton anyway, but the insurance is so high for my family. I feel like I'm just working for the insurance. My husband is self-employed so he obviously doesnt have insurance through his job to provide this so it is up to me and I'm dying here. Any suggestions? We have tried individual plans but it is a fortune for high deductible and yucky coverage. I need to maybe find a larger company to work for where the benefits are a little better.
I have to agree. My MTSO has had a lot of days recently of slow to no work but there is no way I'
jump from the frying pan into the fire. I can't afford to take a chance. Thanks for sharing your situation.
yeah and the MTSO still charging full price for the work
Most physicians/hospitals don't even know they're dictating into VR so still paying full-on transcription prices while the nationals/MTSOs cut the MT's salary in half. Nice huh?
I totally agree MT30 is an MTSO and a bad one probably... one that makes you work sm
for pennies and on Christmas and every weekend even if your kid has a soccer game.
how do we work it? Easy answer - work for another company. That happened with the company
I was working for. I would wake up at 4 a.m. AND ON THE WEEKENDS TOO because they needed "coverage" supposedly and I would sit until 9:30 or noon without any work. Sorry, but my rent of $1450/month could not be paid with only $57/day. So I got another job and when I got the equipment and everything, then I quit for the other employer.
when docs give mtso a check, then mtso pays you?
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Will this be for IC or employee work? nm
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This is IC work, right, not employee? Thx. nm
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I have 3 but I work as an employee
Dont you need benefits? That is the only difference between ic and employee.
I work as an employee........
so I work a set schedule, but my supervisor is VERY flexible when I need it, and I was able to choose my hours. I also found the insurance to be MORE THAN reasonable considering to get it on my own with my family of 6 it would cost us OVER $1350/month. I also believe you should give a position more than 2 to 3 months before stating you had a negative experience. It takes that long to get used to all the dictators, especially an acute care account, which I am on (Dictaphone), with hundreds of doctors. Again, I can ONLY speak of MY experience with Medware, and it has been an AWESOME one, and I plan on being there for YEARS to come! JMO
You can work FT as an IC. You need employee or SE
status.
Yeah, be careful. I worked for MTSO that "said" they paid for spaces. I had to work really S
hard for my lines. Took a second job part-time with hospital, same platform (EXText), same font size, etc. and did the same amount of lines in half the time. Decided to look closer at the MTSO and found out they weren't counting spaces. I confronted them and all of sudden. Got lots of apologies and will add to your next paycheck. Long story short, never happened and I never had any work after that.
There are a lot of unscrupulous MTSOs out there. They lie, cheat, and steal!
regarding hospital employee work - sm
again, as posted previously, it really depends on what state you live in. What state do you live in??? There are quite a few hospitals that although they do not advertise, they do hire transcriptionists from around the state.
As for Diskriter, and any company for that matter, please do not believe everything you read on this board. It reads like the National Enquirer for Transcription. For every good thing a poster might say about a company, there will be five people (or who knows, maybe it's the same poster over and over again), saying bad things.
Just because one company is not a good fit for a few transcriptionists, does not mean that every Transcriptionist should run. Sometimes these are really bad transcriptionists that were let go, or maybe they are great transcriptionists that were dealt a lousy deal by the transcription service.
Are you the same unhappy employee with no work?
What's up with all the slamming.. People say negative things but never back it up with any proof or clear up what they mean.
Wrong- employee only. No SE work at all
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Statutory employee. Work when you want
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Employee status does not work 4 me
What type of work and IC or employee? nm
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How does assigned work = employee?
I have my own clients. All that work would be considered assigned work; there is no one else to do it but me. And as for the MTSO I work for (and the individual docs, for that matter,) it does not matter what they assign me to do, they just cannot dictate how I get it done or the hours I work, right? I want to be totally clear on my understanding of this. Thanks.
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