People used to just bash MQ, but look at what is

happening now at almost all these big companies.  They are sending our work out of the country. 

If there is anyone out there who may have the right connections (you know what I mean), please, please do what you can to help. 

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are happy, they are either management or causing flames.

There are a lot of good companies out there, but this is like anything else:  If you have a good experience, you are happy.  If you have a bad experience, or perceive something as a bad experience, you yell and scream and ram it down the throats of everyone around you? 

We are all entitled to our opinions, good and bad, but people that come to this board for real answers are never going to be able to find them as both the nay say'ers and the yay say'ers get out of hand.

I work for Keystrokes.  I have for a few years.  I am happy there and hate to see the bad posts, knowing that there are very few that feel that way.  There are over 200 of us that are happy and have been there for a little while.  It is disheartening to see that one of the biggest companies that really tries to do well by their employees has such bad press at times, and that the ones who do the bad-mouthing either:

1) Have not been there in a long time.

2)  Were not hired.

3)  Were let go.

Yes, they hire often, but they need to advertise, recruit and hire to staff new accounts or they would not be able to get and keep the account.  Yes, people leave companies and move to others.  This industry in general seems to see a lot of job movement, in house and with services.  Yes, they had a recent change in management of ONE PERSON ONLY, the one who did the hiring, but companies go through changes all the time, in and out of healthcare.  WHO CARES?  They tried to make it better by sending out an email to all resumes in that person's office.  I saw the email as someone from another company received it, knew I work for KS, and wanted to know if I am happy there.  I thought the email was good.  They had a lot of calls to make, and those calls do not last for 30 seconds.  I talked to the owner when I was hired and we talked for 45 minutes as I had a lot of questions.  Yes, they said that they would make the calls in a few days but obviously it took longer than they expected.  Again, WHO CARES?  If they were say they were going  to call you and did not, maybe they ran out of time or maybe they JUST WERE NOT THAT INTO YOU.  Just because you put in a resume, it does not mean that they are going to hire you.  Maybe a lot of applicants were excited and called them or kept emailing asking for a call, but there are only so many hours in a day.  There are a lot of maybe's and a lot of things that you have no control over, and a lot of things that they have no control over.

It could be that you are the best Transcriptionist in the world, and they lost out.

It could be that the positions were filled by the time that they got to you in the pile.  It happens.  So many people want 1st shift, Mon through Fri, no ESL, no equipment, no this, no that, specific this, specific that.  There is not an endless supply of every type of account, every shift. 

The big question here is:  Why do you care so much that felt it necessary to come to a public board and bash a company that you know nothing about?  How about we stick to bashing those with no work, that send the work to India, who do not pay their employees, who offer 3cpl, who have ugly QA, who cheat on line counts?  THOSE are the companies that DESERVE to be bashed. 

You might ask why I am taking the time to write this.  It's simple.  I feel that the hateful people bring out the worst in all of us, and that poison spreads.  Yes, I feel passionately about this, but it is only because I do not think it is fair to bash a company that you do not work for.  They should thank their Lucky Stars that they did NOT get to some of the calls for the truly spiteful people out there, because a few months down the line, they would be here screaming about something else.  Now he or she can move on to the next company that they want to try to bash.  You don't hurt the companies when you do this, as they are not here, but you do insult those of us that like working for Keystrokes or whatever company is the flavor-of-the-month to be bashed.

good.  I don't work for KS, never have and have absolutely no desire to ever work for them, but I have worked for one really bad company.   I have 18 years' experience and was the QA manager so I have skills and I'm very good at what I do, but the company was horrible and told all kind of lies to entice me to work for them.  I don't post on here to bash the company, but if someone asks about the company I will give my honest opinion.  What about companies like XXXX or whatever they call themselves now.  They are a scam and what if when someone comes here to ask about them all that is posted are good posts (of course there would never be any).  

I personally feel that all the MTSO and management posts from KS are enough to keep me from wanting to be a part of KS. 

others do when faced with no work.  Do you ask management for more accounts?  Do you just ride it out and hope that indeed new accounts sign on and you can make a living before the wolf gets too close to the door?  Do you go and look for another job (or 2) to supplement your income and then work like crazy when things pick up?  In a perfect world, I suppose I would have a nice little nest egg built up and could just enjoy the lull times, but unfortunately that is not the case, and I was just curious as to how others handle it.  I do not have a husband to fall back on as a secondary source of income/support, so it can get kind of scary at times.  My instinct tells me to just work another job or two.  I may not have a life, but at least I will not be on the street. 

Thanks for your input.

need to keep from naming names.  I thought it was an informative bit of information, but when you name names, then posts are way out of line. 

I would really like to see a truly professional way of talking about a company.  I don't care what board you go to, somehow people just do not want to play nice when it comes to talking about people.  If those people could learn to be a little more professional and stop posting names to their wrath or anger, then that will be the day I can say I am proud to be in this profession.  When I see those types of things, it makes my skin crawl.  If it were me being talked about, I would be livid.  I certainly understand why the posts were deleted. 

nm

the OSi management person is who is in here doing damage control/cheerleading under the name "Happy OSI-er"??

Is it PD, MB, Flossie, or one of the lower level cronies that they put up to it?  My guess is that it's Flossie, but it could be any of them.

Could they be any more transparent?

Thanks for the info. 

Lisa

I am not pro-MT or pro-MTSO.  I am a person who tries to treat people fairly and wants to be treated fairly myself. 

To the person who got fired:  Why in heaven's name would a company keep someone who makes errors, apparently consistently, takes off at the last minute and has problems?  The bottom line is THEIR credibility suffers for your actions and they are a business.  I'm sure everyone is sorry your are having problems in your life but come on!  How long is someone supposed to wait around until you get your life together?  You really expected that?  You said, they knew I was having problems and that things would turn around?  Say what???!!!!

Like I said, sorry you are having problems in your life but the world still goes on.  The place you worked for very well could have said they don't want work produced by you.  Why would they?  By your own admission, there were errors, glaring enough that the MTSO and the place you typed for couldn't take a chance with you anymore. 

This is what's wrong with the world today.  Everyone wants not just a second chance, but a 3rd, 4th, etc.  Let me say that no one can put up with mistake after mistake in a MEDICAL report.  It just can't happen, no matter what the reason.  While I'd be upset if this happened to me, I'd realize it was my own fault and take responsibility for it.  Why blame the company for your actions?  Get your act together and if you are as good as you think you are, you will surely find something else. 

make this observation about V.  I have known and worked with her and have followed her career and she is one of the best MTs, QA persons, knows-about-the-MT-business world people I've known (and I've known her for 10 years).  I also know she has solid backing from a number (not just 1 or 2) of well-known MTSOs and she would not have that if these allegations were true.  I doubt those who put her down will find jobs with several of those MTSOs because of their loyalty to her.  Her dedication to this profession cannot be questioned unless it is by someone who comes across poorly, IMO.

wages only pay what the market will bear. If no one will work for 6-7 cpl, you won't see ads for that. However, I will tell you there are plenty of experienced people with good skills who are willing to work for that. But you don't have to...at least as long as you can get better!

Joy is her name.  I am very disappointed that people do hardworking MTs like this.

This URL posted for this company would be a good item to send to the PA Labor Board to show them how another state handled the IC status and determined that ICs qualified as employees.  Here's the URL again and hopefully helpful for the D&L folks, too.      Thank you for posting this URL.

LINK/URL: http://www.courts.mo.gov/courts/pubopinions.nsf/0/7421262d80c0991286256c91006e39f2?OpenDocument