Pay on time or many times a day early.
Posted By: Another happy TT'er on 2006-12-21
In Reply to: TransTech - what are they like to work for? s/m - Diane
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pay has always been on time or early, no direct deposit as of yet though. sm
pay has been correct. as far as accts and ESLs, i was told about 25% on my acct but i would say it is more like 50/50. you can through the system view prior reports, etc. system is different than i have worked on, but wasn't hard to learn. one biggy for me is that it doesn't use autocorrect as it isn't word based and i had a lot added in autocorrect but ShortHand is compatible. i have been treated really well, very nice people to work for. only thing i don't really like is you are an IC but have to give a schedule since it is acute care. ins can be obtained though even though IC and not bad rates.
I'm new to Keystrokes and the pay has been early or on time. Can't complain about that! nm
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I have one full-time job and 2 part-time jobs. It can be tricky at times, sm
but at least I now have plenty of work always. I have some big financial goals, and right now that seems to be the only way to accomplish it. I can't see any reason why it would not be legal -- why would you say that? I am cheating no one, except myself (out of sleep and a social life). Fortunately, I am single with no children or anything. I cannot imagine doing this if I had a family. At least my dogige understands. 
Is no one going to mention that we got paid two days early this time?
'Cause we did :)
IC only, direct deposit always on time, or early. Fast QA feedback. sm
Pay is based on 65-char line, spaces included. Caring and very available staff. Lots of work.
How many times do I have to reply??? lol Third time.
Trust me I do work for the money regardless of what account I am on. I am tired of writing this just to reply to that one response I got lol. I is not showing up on the thread. HERE I GO AGAIN....
Producing: I produce extremly high lines counts without the help of a progam such as IT and I get surpising remarks on it such as I bow down before you from coworkers which is one example. So, I think I am doing well in that regard. I consitently produce 160-170 lines an hour and always improving little by little, again, all without the help of a program.
QA: My QA has not dropped below 99% in quite some time and consistently is 100% on a pretty regular basis with 5 being pulled almost daily with so many lines I produce (I work overtime constantly).
Lastly: I am referring to jumping through hoops because that is exactly what it is. I am not talking about being put on a harder account to improve myself and my skills which would be great. I know and have spoken to a level 2 (with 17 years experience in acute care) who works 5 different accounts a day consistently and rarely gets her primary account and only for a whopping 7.5 cpl. I could make that just by staying where I am at level 1 there. I know also this is true becaue I enquired on how to get to the next step because I foolishly thought I was ready, haha haha. Boy was I wrong. I would have to learn 2 different accounts and 1 backup and any other account that would need me. That already sounds to me like I would be losing money.
Finally: I thought that just by being great where I am would constitute some kind of gratitude or reward without jumping through hoops. I am sure there is such a thing of a company thinking you are doing a great job and people actually get raisees for doing the same thing they have always done. Just not this profession I guess.
Thanks for all the great advice other than the advice that I was working less and wanted more and with no goals of wanting to be anything more. Trust me I could work no harder for them and I will continue to do so until I find something that recognizes what a great job I do and even then I will keep them part time. I love the people there and even my account, but I refuse to be told I am not working hard enough.
PS: I tested for Transcend with a hard account and the recruiter quoted I passed every test and did great. But, the down side was they only offered me 7 cpl which is more than I make now only by 0.5 cnts and it would not be worth switching for that and it is also a lot more than I got hired in at Spheris, so I think that proves I have grown with such little experience and have a nack for the field.
You all are great and give great advice. Thanks for all the replies. This had better go through this time. I cannot write this for a 4th time.
I worked there 3 different times; EVERY time
That's the truth.
There are times when someone is with a company a very short time but they are obviously sm
management material, especially if they have been management somewhere else in the past. I have never had anyone as a manager and am looking into that but it is difficult to figure out what and how to pay this person, what their duties will be and what kind of hours I need help during. I have had 15 of the same MTs for over 5 years and while they are all good MTs, they either do not want to be or would not make good managers, but someone I hired just 3 weeks ago is someone I am considering based on her experience and what she has proven to me in this short time.
In other industries, it is called the Fast Track to Management or Climbing the Corporate Ladder Quickly. Why should MT be any different?
The only time I work OT, they offer 1-1/2 times my line rate which is OT pay IMO. sm
I rarely, rarely work OT though as I have kids in sports and a husband who works strange hours.
Pay on time, direct deposit, incentive bonus, nice management but at times workload can be a problem
requiring several accounts to stay busy.
A lot of times, if they need extra help, they will over 1-1/2 times our regular rate. sm
This is the equivalent of OT but you get it even if you have not done 40 hours already. I have also received AmerExp gift cards a few times for incentives offered. I think it depends on the account.
I do know for sure that they are working on an incentive program but I have no details and not even sure if they are still looking at it.
I do know for sure that I make more $$ with Keystrokes than I have ever made anywhere else.
Yes, a day early!!!
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Sorry about that, it's still early...nm
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I have always been an early worker but now..sm
there is NO work and when it does come in it seems everyone is waiting like me to grab it and then there is NO work as there were only a few reports. I addressed these concerns only to be told I needed to be more flexible.
I was asking who the one who paid early is! nm
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To early riser
This is exactly who the posts are talking about. Gosh, wonder if this is the only 1 who apparently does this time after time because most seem to know who it is.
whoops, go FOR it, too early
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They release you from QA early because they
to review the reports correctly. It is sad. You get what you pay for. Plus you can type all you want from the first day with no regard to quality and I wonder how many slip through without going through QA first?
Retiring early...
First, how do you know the year I was born?? I have already checked with Social Security, and I can retire at the age of 62, 66 or 70 (according to my year of birth). In addition, I have checked with my financial advisor/stock broker, and he advises me that, yes it would benefit me if I wait until I am 66, as I would get more money, but I do not HAVE to wait until then. Furthermore, he explained the whole scenario if I work while I am drawing SS. I can work, but I cannot make over 14,130/year. Whatever amount I do make over that, they will deduct it from my SS. This money is put aside for me (so to speak). Then, when I reach age 66, I will then be distributed any monies (on my SS check) that I made over and above that 14,130/year, over the rest of my lifetime. So I will kind of get a raise. If you go to the SS website it explains all of this. So, the question is, do I want to continue typing my brains out; I don't think so. I will probably retire at 64-65 and do something enjoyable with my life, but it won't have anything to do with typing, guaranteed! 
I agree - get on early - get leftovers (sm)
the name of the game. If I get somebody bad and it's almost time for me to quit for the day, I hang up too.
Deventure pays early.
Pay day is Friday but my DD is there every Thursday. :-)
Here's the secret to retiring early --
Not taking SSI and Spheris (of course) doesn't have retirement pay.
What I did was work my behind off for 20 years, invested wisely, and will be retiring at 46. In a custom-built home sitting on 78 acres in a ski community. So, heck yeah, with that carrot in front of me I can put up with a dog of a job for seven more months. I encourage everyone on this board to work towards a GOAL, and not just slave away paycheck to paycheck.
Of course, I started in the heydey when a good MT brought home 60K without breaking a sweat, and I've refused to work for less over the years. Wouldn't have been possible if I'd settled for the paltry sum the companies are pawning off of newbies now adays.
I wish you as much success and looming happiness!!
The last InstantText I used was a very early version, so SM
I can't speak to that any more, but just wanted to stay that ShortHand is excellent and I also love it. But it is a very sophisticated program with a whole bunch of bells and whistles that you can use or not use as you choose.
Same here..I've been trying since early Friday..(sm)
I'll call Monday if I can't get in by then. It's never been down this long before.
..and yes I made a typo up there. It is early. :-P
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I have said it for years! Back in the early
90s when my employer tried to do a business meeting with us then and did not say a word about the variable fonts, I asked the question because I do that. I think to ask when I know the outcome is the bottom line. I knew true type fonts were variable and could produce double the amount of characters on a line depending on the font. So, I asked the question in front of all their employees...so what do you do when you are transcribing more per line Mr X...is that such a deal for we MTs? I did the math on how much more we would be transcribing per line and as opposed to the 60 characters we are getting paid to do now with our standard pitch font, the change of fonts can reap as much as 123 characters per line. That's basically how I phrased the question. He evaded the question and then on the elevator leaving the room (that was a full elevator), said to me X...you WOULD have been the one to ask that question! He lost most his employees within two months. They think you don't know to ask, but I think still the older MTs are wise to this so they do ask, but someone new into the field might not know about the gross line situation.
My guess is M-F. early mornings. nm
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Woke up to no work early this a.m.
So, it's slow already, and this is the last payperiod before Christmas. How are you doing on this payperiod with your company?
I woke up at 1 a.m. and stayed until 7 a.m. to find 2 reports for me. Not a good way to start off the week. Wondering what your company will do for you and your family this Christmas paycheck.
BTW: When this MT worked inhouse at a hospital eons ago, there was always a holiday bonus for the Christmas paycheck, and it was never less than 1,000.00. Paid for Christmas and more. Now that they have outsourced, guess what this MT is getting? 40.00 until the end of the week for food money for a family of 5. 
Ho ho ho. Happy Holidays. Hope you will fare better!
don't yell, I know I screwed up....too early..lol..nm
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Any of you MT's up early this a.m . and trying to work, but got disconnected from VPN and cannot
logged back in to work?? Don't know if it is a server problem or what, but cannot log back into VPN.
Too early for me, I meant VR at my place
does not just have specific persons on, and the weekends are loaded with ESLs dictating and not on VR, basically 1 discharge summary after another. My place just does not have the easiest put on VR. I could really rake in the moola if that were the case.
MedQuist used to be Medifax in early 90s
Unless there's another company with same name.
Delete extra "not", too early! nm
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No work at MDI-FL. Starving. What a waste of day getting up early for nothing.
This gets old. It has been like this for a week. I wonder how long people are supposed to hang out and do nothing.
They had an ad here in early June 2006. Did anyone start with them? nm
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my check was there on Friday, it usually is on Thursday which is early
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yeah - got my paycheck 4 days early
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You pop in a thread from early today, give your
and then claim you weren't doing that, and have to get the dig in that you're not complaining, and off to happy land you return. Bye! I'm not complaining either, no skin off my nose, but I have empathy and compassion for those with no work. Buh bye, justme.
I haven't been paid yet at ALL, much less 2 days early! sm
And last time was on the 8th, not the 7th (and yes, I know the 7th was a Sunday). I have been paid as late as the 10th, and since the line count didn't go in until late Thursday night, I sincerely doubt I will be paid this time until the 23rd.
I'm glad you're such a great cheerleader for the company, but I haven't been paid early in EONS.
I forget which of the early posts on this subject
it was, but one of them made me think it was possibly a misunderstanding, that the pay cuts would be either for radiology or for the move to VR. Am I wrong? I'm getting weary of the job jerking my emotions around.
DD is usually 1 day early. If holiday falls on payday DD may be a day late, but
never more than that. S/L company could be having $$ issues is problems with DD.
MEANT to type NOT paying for SPACES....TOO EARLY.NM
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Early on in the thread, a poster told the OP she should just suck it up and do the job.
Sounds like this is the suck it up poster trying to back out of what she said.
What season is THAT? Late spring/early summer? .. sm
or the figment of some MTSO's imagination or latest line of BS??
Any TransTech unable to get into Dictaphone WordClient early this a.m.?????
Unable to work due to system being down. IDC3 down.
There seems to be one problem after another of recent -- either no work, low work or systems problems.
Don't you hate waking up early on weekend to find NJA. (sm)
One thing good about it, it allows you the opportunity to flex some. I went back to bed for another hour. What the heck!!! Then when I got up I had 2, yep 2, reports to do. Waiting again.
This is the last day of payperiod and I think many of us were having to try and get our lines/hours in this weekend to finish up the payperiod.
Hope we all make it. Good luck to one and all.
I start a PT gig in a little over a week. Don't think Christmas would be very plentiful for the children if I didn't.
Axolotl and Spheris supposedly start insurance early, too. nm
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Started early 2004 and left late 2006..nm
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I know of many Teamster union workers who retired at an early age, i.e. 57 yo and have a HUGE
retirement check for the rest of their life. It is a great organization. There may be strikes, but usually get it resolved in a reasonable amount of time and with MUCH better PAY and BENEFITS.
Only from my experience with union workers.
Nice people, can be low on work especially in the early part of the week SM
Be warned, they don't pay for normal reports.
From of the tone of these posts, perhaps an early morning drink would be in order. sm
I'm not saying I do not sympathize with the no-work situation. I have been gone from TT for almost 2 years now, and it happened back then (without the holiday as an excuse) and will continue to happen will be my prediction. Being called sweetie and told you rock doesn't butter the bread.
You have the right idea, though ... relax, enjoy the holiday. I plan an afternoon on the patio relaxing with a friend and some margaritas ... hold the omelet and bring on the guacamole. 
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