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Please don't call me naive...you don't know me

Posted By: anon on 2008-05-22
In Reply to: Don't be so naive... - MQEX

I was just making an addition to what I've been reading. That's why I put I just read... jeesh


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How naive you are
Unethical practices effect all of us MTs!!! The higher management wages for not a decent days work, the lower wages for us lowly MTs. Anyone who does not work on production can get away with anything working remotely. Does that not make sense to you??? Companies do not care? Oh I think they very much do care. You are obviously defending your own poor work ethic.
You are very naive.
nm
Don't be so naive...
at least look around for another job in case what people think is going to happen happens.
How naive.
Ask the people living in Gaza if they would agree with you. As the 4 million Iraqis in exile. Ask some Holocaust survivors.

You've got an awful lot of growing up to do.
Wow. Naive. nm
  
you are very naive (but in a nice way)

The Indians who are poor WILL REMAIN SO and will not get a job as an MT.  There is no concept of Welfare in India either.  They will starve on the side of the road while the Indians with offshored jobs buy more clothes, cellphones, cars, etc.


The reason is that it is very difficult to get a PRIMARY EDUCATION in India.  Most Indians are TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY ILLITERATE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, LET ALONE ENGLISH.  To send your kid to primary schools that will actually teach them something, costs money and the poor in India don't have it.  It is the opposite of our country, which has a free education up to high school for all.  Then we have to pay for college ourselves.  In India, the colleges are free or very cheap, but the primary education is hard to get.


The person who is taking a job as an MT in India is NOT a poor soul crying thanks to the heavens that s/he can now feed their children.  Much to the contrary.  The people getting the MT jobs over there are of the upper middle class.  They are overeducated and underemployed and end up doing MT because they can't live off their parents forever OR they are older and want to slow down.  In India, MTs get paid either 1/2 or 1/3 of what call center workers get.  It is considered lowly to be an MT (strictly a typist one step above the office peon and yes there is a job category in India called a peon) and the call center workers are called executives.  MTs in India are failures in their chosen fields and/or could not hack it at a call center.


How do I know all this?  EASY.  I have family in INDIA.  I have seen the classified ads for jobs there.  They are so desperate for MTs that they will train anyone for free.  Notice in the USA they only want EXPERIENCED MTs and then the companies cry about how THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH MTs.  Crying with a loaf under each arm.


In short, sending MT jobs in India does nothing for the poor except possibly make a household servant job (pay is usually equivalent to $US 25 a MONTH) available.


Please: you're either very new or very naive
nm
OK say she was naive like her team

Please tell us exactly what emails you are referring to that TOLD us our jobs are GONE!?!   I've been RIGHT HERE trying to get work and answers - you must have been part of the golden inner circle that GOT answers - not me!


So you are embarrassed. You are also extremely naive.
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with all due respect, your response is somewhat naive..sm
how easy do you think it is for a company to say our MTs are all U.S. based? Sweetness, it's called the internet. I can't believe some buy into this. If I were a doctor and assured that my dictation was being typed by all U.S. MT's, do you think I would buy that - no. Especially when they can hire overseas MTs and pay them half the wages. Pleae get with reality here. Have a great evening! Also, DRC has no say so now; remember, they were bought out.
No, Amphion takes what they can get, the naive MTs.
nm
Wow, you are a naive little thing, aren't you?

Yes, I am sure TT will get it all straightened out.  It has all been just a bad dream.  We will all wake up and this silly VR CRAP will have been just a nightmare.  They won't be trying to RIP US OFF while trying to sweet talk us at the same time (sounds like some guys I've dated!). 


About that gift...  Not to sound 2 years old but, really, what else do we get in this biz?  MT Week is about the only thing left and TT just ignored it.  Nice.  Very nice...  TT Management, you can take that sweetie crap and...  well, you get the picture. 


Now, you go back to watching the Disney network.  They have nice stories too that always have happy endings.  Seems like something you can handle. 


a little naive to think the 'suits' don't come here wouldn't you say? nm
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"NN" means 'NOT NAIVE'
NM
Can you spell naive? See if you can answer this question..
What do you suppose happens once these people are trained to do YOUR job at less than HALF of what YOU ARE making?

get it yet?

and no, most of the time there are not plenty of jobs to go around.

I cannot believe anyone is this naive - you have an agenda perhaps?
In the dark, naive, have blinders on. ER is going down fast. nm
no msg.
You are correct: A naive person. Better jobs out there.
nm
If you think I'M a bully you're incredibly naive
There's nothing remotely bullying about my post. I stated my opinion. You post on here asking for opinions and I gave you one. It just wasn't the self-serving opinion you were seeking assuring you that you did the right thing.

Yes, perhaps you did the right thing for you by turning that job down; but if you're so happy where you're at, why are you wasting the time of MTSOs and perhaps pushing other MTs out of the running so they can spin their wheels with you? Also, about 98% of these posts on the job seekers board indicate when a weekend day will be required; you should have known going in when you applied apparently just out of curiosity that a weekend day would be required.

Sorry, but I'll leave you to your God and your family and your ability to pick and choose 'wonderful' job offers.

I'm just glad another MT will get a shot at this job who realizes people do indeed need reports transcribed on the weekend, and I certainly hope your God is on standby if a loved one ever needs a critical care transport and all reports transcribed and ready to go, because if the staff is a bunch of MTs refusing to work weekends, it could be a real inconvenience to have to wait until Monday for the official transcribed documents to be completed and faxed.

I'm done here...
Save a penny post is not slanderous. Not only are you naive,
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New, naive, desperate, carpal tunnel, slow transcriptionists... I don't know.
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Yes, call waiting works. I also have call forwarding from my home line
NM
You can call it greed, I call it feeling like
I am back in the 80s with the money I am pulling in. SS, retirement check and my paycheck, cha-ching. Not planning on taking it with me, never. Love to travel and have 4 places planned for this year. High maintenance lady here. Ta-Ta.
Call them......
Since the Warminster office is being absorbed into the Northeast Region, the only ones who can answer that question for you is the Warminster office itself. I've worked for them for years and have plenty of work - my accounts haven't gone anywhere.
Yes. I get what they call
a tiered incentive on my checks and then get quarterly bonuses to boot. I was quite impressed actually. I started at 8.75 cpl and can earn up to 2 cpl incentive plus the bonuses.

We got Labor day incentives too...$40 for the first 800 lines and $20 for every 400 lines after that.

It may all fall apart but right now I'm happy.

If you truly cannot call, perhaps
it is time to find work with another MTSO/company? That way when one is slow, you will have another as a backup? This is, of course, assuming you are an IC. If you are an employee having communications issues where you cannot even call your employer, I would start looking elsewhere.
I could call and say
I could call and say I I couldn't work that day if I was sick or if my daughter was sick, things like that, but I've never done that with the exception of a few weeks ago when my husband had open heart surgery and I ended up not working for 3 days.
I could call and say
But the point is I would never do that. I have to have a very good reason why I wouldn't work.
Why not just CALL them?
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of course call
but I would take this as a warning: If they don't follow up *before* they actually hire you...
So should I call them? (nt)
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I had a guy call me to tell me he was going to
his MTs are earning money, but he would not tell me his company name. I did not answer the phone. That really made me nervous. I will not be giving my # out again.
Call and ask.
x
When I tried to call...
I got the message about the number being disconnected, so I emailed and got called back from another number.
You can call them and ask.
nm
Really not sure, but I would just call them and ask.
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Why not just call them?
If I get no work on an account, the first thing I do is call to make sure there is no technical reason for the lack of work. (like maybe I was fired? (locked out?) :))
I would call in and

talk to them.  There is certainly plenty of work and they don't want you to be unhappy.


 


I got the call too
I am concerned because this company does offshore and I looked at their website briefly and they are apparently looking to acquire more companies.
Definitely would call now!!
nm
Call them!!!
I was afraid to pester the company I tested with, too, but after waiting 8 days I called yesterday and got hired.  If you want the job, pursue it!
they call you once and then
you never hear from them again!
I did call...sm
I was told the hospital was low on work today. I agree about communication being horrible.
I just got a call from them....
Yes, Synthescribe showed up on my caller ID and they are all the same people!!!! Makes me wonder what is going on.....
Why not call
And ask them yourself?  Maybe you can switch to a shift they are advertising for, or you can get more work on another account.  Seems to me, that your supervisor would know better than anyone on this board.  I don't plan to work there, but that is what I would do if I were out of work and they were hiring...Just IMO. Otherwise, best to assume they have their reasons and if you don't want to call and ask, well I have no other advice except to say I don't see why you will get any answers here unless of course your question is rhetorical. Good luck whatever happens!
Do call them.
Carol Gilbert is such a nice person and though I have not worked for her I have had dealings with her over the years. She is terrific. I think you would be happy you did get in touch with the company. Good luck.
Call them
I left them a few months ago. I had my refund in about 10 days. If it's been 3 weeks, that's too long - something got snagged up. Call HR or your old supv and let them know the situation - they are excellent about that sort of thing.
Why don't you call them and ask them?
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Please call them
Whoever answers the phone will either answer any questions or direct you to someone who can. They are very, very busy with new accounts coming on board but will not mind helping you at all.
Yes call them
I was an IC for a hospital for two tax years - the first year (while I was still working there) I had to go directly to the personnel office after numerous calls to my supervisor, and then tell them how much I made so they could type one up by hand!  The second year (after I moved out of state), I had to call the supe twice to get it.  I had the feeling that if I had never asked for a 1099 they never would have reported it to the IRS, but since I was a good do-bee and had paid in my taxes quarterly as I should, I needed that 1099 to get any of it back!
I had gotten a call from....
The Impact Center, and I haven't been with that company for months now.  Isn't communication grand?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I still get E-mail too....go figure!
Can't you call them?
This is a great example why it is so important to include a telephone number on your resume!!