Reasons to NOT be grateful
Posted By: SC on 2007-10-19
In Reply to: REASONS to be grateful for MT work - Scribbles
1. No longer treated as professionals.
2. Just got offered 14.00 to 16.00 per hour to write a transcription training program for company in India. (yea, for that amount... it is not going to happen).
3. I truly feel SOME MTs do not take the work as seriously as it was several years ago so therefore the more need for QA (added cost for companies)
4. People that work at home do not work the schedule they agree to. (this is a job).
5. I can't be grateful for not having to purchase clothes for work. I still have to have clothing to wear and that same clothing is what I can work in.
6. More and nmore people look at this job as a way to take care of young children at home. i.e avoid the cost of daycare, etc. Please!! It is still a job!! You have to work!
7. Absolute thing worst about working at home..... there is no difference from being at work and at home.
Sorry for the typos, but I am so tired of seeing/reading how great it is to work from home. It would be great if people took it seriously, but they do not!
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REASONS to be grateful for MT work
OK, I've posted my share of be-atchy comments about this work and/or certain MTSOs :) but the other day I actually had to get up at 7:00 a.m. to drive 40 minutes for an appointment.
It made me realize how spoiled I am :) doing this work. In general, MTs don't have to:
Spend tons of $ on clothing for work - my favorite work outfit is a long T-shirt or shift.
Spend tons of $ on gas to GET to work.
Navigate the roads from H___; stop and go traffic/ school buses, and crazy people behind the wheel.
TALK to people. when you don't feel like it.
Just some random thoughts...
Be grateful you even have a job. nm
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Why should I be grateful for something that gives me no joy? sm
Do you tell the woman in the loveless marriage to be grateful she has a husband?
Just totally inappropriate thing for you to say when you have no idea what my situation is. MY MT job IS boring!
"and for that, I grateful...and you ...sm
nitpick and totally tear apart an MT who, you say, is otherwise outstanding but puts a hyphen where an apostrophe should be? It's attitudes like yours that p--- us off, not constructive criticism.
be grateful you actually have overtime
I'd give anything to be paid for overtime at my job - I get the same base hourly rate, regardless of how many hours I work, so be happy you have the opportunity to make extra instead of complaining about it.
Yes, you can be grateful for your paycheck.
If your job is so boring then quit and see how quickly you wish you had it back. Boring or not, it can pay the bills. I'm sure there are 10 people waiting to take your boring job.
After 10.3 minutes of her, I was GRATEFUL for the ESL doc (NM)
:-)
I definitely feel grateful for a job.
I don't know how it is everywhere, but here in our small town the economy is definitely affecting the medical community. We only have one small hospital (75 beds). Last year, they laid off over 50 employees. That is a lot for this small hospital. I have been watching the job ads for them for the last few years (hoping for an MT position someday) and they normally have anywhere from 20-30 ads. This week there are 5. It is not looking good. Glad to have my job, even if I sometimes have to sit here just waiting for work. Least I have work. I do hope things turn around soon, but until then I am hanging on.
You should be grateful for, and consider, any applicants you get, cutesy or not. Do you really sm
think you are going to get professional experience MTs applying in this day and age? LOL. I think not. But still, you need to publish the name of the company and provide a website, if you expect any qualified applicants.
OH MY.. how about GRATEFUL..not grated.. I need MORE COFFEE. LOL NM
Am I the only person who is simply grateful sm
to be employed? Wow. I don't understand why so many people feel entitled to a bonus. Back in the day, yes, it was much more common to get a gift or a bonus (esp if you worked for a smaller company) but now, with the economy as it is? I'm just happy to have a good, stable job. Count your blessings and don't envy what you don't have.
So you are one of those GRATEFUL FOR A PAYCHECK person...
who will continue to allow MTSOs to lower our pay whenever they wish. You say you have two jobs. Wouldn't it be nice to have just one job where you make a decent living and not have to rely on two jobs to pay the bills? MT has come down to this - basically forcing you to work extended hours and multiple jobs just to make a paycheck to pay the bills. I'm not talking about making millions here, I'm talking just about PAYING THE BILLS. To keep silent and be grateful for the little that we have as MTs instead of rocking the boat is the same as signing the death sentence on the future of our industry.
I'm grateful for MT Stars but wonder if staff or mgmnt
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I am grateful - for professional, mature, experienced applicants.
I'm not responsible for the voice recognition craze. Go blow somewhere else about that!
Doesn't matter whether you like it or not, the MT has to get past ME in order to get the job!
I agree! I guess we are supposed to be so grateful to be home...sm
we are expected to sequester ourselves in a room when our loved ones are home from their day shifts! It's bad enough we are supposed to work for low line rates with no benefits, etc. This profession has become a joke!
Several reasons
They don't pay extra to work on holidays. There is no shift differential. They send the good jobs to India. You have to work like a horse to make any money. They can't keep a QA manager. I don't know what all is up but didn't stick around to find out. I'll stop at that.
I think you are right. I think there are other reasons, as well. SM
I think they see MTs with loads of experience and they just get it in their heads to show them up. I do agree. If it is a great job, stick with it, smile and write happy happy e-mails. They don't hear what we mutter under our breaths!
Maybe she is here for other reasons such as
keeping up on the industry, seeing what other companies do right or wrong, seeing what the hot topics are in MT-World, learning about new technology.
Give me a break. I have no idea who this woman is but as someone who has been falsely accused of the same thing in the past, I feel for her.
There is so much ugliness and pettiness and overall negativity on this board that the reasons for reading it have changed for me. I now read it like looking at gossip rags in line at the grocery store ... interesting and entertaining but probably less than 10% true.
That is one of the reasons I'm still SM
where I am. The operative reports usually go to people who have been there a while. I know, because I had to work my way up and it wasn't easy.
Some companies might hire you for just ops, but there are some like yourself, who don't want to do anything else and don't like sharing! :)
My concession is doing preops. Then I do the same patient's op report!
Ask to try that, ops plus preops, maybe H&P. Just as long as no discharge summaries.
Yes, you are right, mainly for tax reasons if you are an IC nm
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Same here for the same reasons..sm
Hands down I prefer a small MTSO. I can actually earn a real paycheck with a small MTSO. Same reasons. No large pools. These are ridiculous. How in haytees do they expect us to keep up? Good luck! :) No much in way of bennies, but I learned a long time ago you can do just as well with your independent health insurance. THis was my case anyway.
Two reasons.
1. I'm sure Linda would appreciate you not sharing her client information, not that I give a hoot about what she thinks really.
2. It is against the TOS of this site to do so.
A few reasons....
First and foremost lack of work consistently. I know that everyone is slow now, blah, blah. But this isn't the only time it has happened. Then, the fact that they are hiring currently is annoying. My supe constantly puts OT out for my account and just can't seem to understand why the next week we have no work! Finally, I have asked more than 4 times for a secondary and have yet to get one. I am told that I will get one of these new accounts coming on everytime, and then the time comes and I don't get that as my secondary. Since my primary is one of the company's biggest - they don't like to give many of us secondaries so we can concentrate just on the primary! However, my options of other companies are limited. I need a company to provide a computer and has semi-flexible schedules. A sign-on bonus would be nice too!
Three reasons
1. Most of their MTs are newbies. They have a newbie mentoring program.
2. They skim nearly 20% off line counts to allow for headers regardless of header size. You can type for a full 8 hours and barely break 1000 sometimes.
3. With their new holiday policies and management and QA revolving door, the MTs are a revolving door as well and they are doing everything in their power to entice new MTs. When 2 managers and 1 trainer go back to MTing in a matter of months there is a problem.
Add this to my reasons s/m
for getting out of the MT business. They do not like for the MTs to communicate. Wonder why that is? We're suppose to be team players but we don't know what team we're on much less who our team mates are.
Two reasons ...
When I started with them, I was not given a schedule. I was not asked to work a schedule. It's just been in the past month that I've been told that we are expected to be available on the computer from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
If I am not available and/or I am not frequently turning in reports during that time, I get telephone calls or incessant IM messages.
As you can understand, this is thoroughly irritating - especially when I have believed ALL ALONG that MY TIME IS MY TIME.
Secondly, I knew NOTHING about any of the other IC qualifiers until last Friday when I was doing research. I had, ignorantly, gone by the things people said on the board (that a contract meant that what they were doing was legal, that the only thing that you need to do to qualify as an IC is to work your own hours and schedule, and that things like working on their software doesn't count).
The IRS can question me all they want. Those are all legitimate reasons ... plus one more.
No doubt the IRS takes into account the courage it takes to expose something like this. No doubt, they're happier that you do it than that you just decided to stay scared and quiet.
Please, feel free to ask more. I feel 100% justified in what I'm doing. And if I don't do it now, no one ever will.
And laws will continue to be broken, and our wages will continue to fall or stagnate, and our profession will continue - unimpeded - to go down the toilet.
Not that I think I'm going to save MT. Haha. But at least I'll have gone out fighting for fairness.
Two reasons ...
When I started with them, I was not given a schedule. I was not asked to work a schedule. It's just been in the past month that I've been told that we are expected to be available on the computer from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
If I am not available and/or I am not frequently turning in reports during that time, I get telephone calls or incessant IM messages.
As you can understand, this is thoroughly irritating - especially when I have believed ALL ALONG that MY TIME IS MY TIME.
Secondly, I knew NOTHING about any of the other IC qualifiers until last Friday when I was doing research. I had, ignorantly, gone by the things people said on the board (that a contract meant that what they were doing was legal, that the only thing that you need to do to qualify as an IC is to work whenever you want, and that things like working on their software doesn't count).
The IRS can question me all they want. Those are all legitimate reasons ... plus one more.
No doubt the IRS takes into account the courage it takes to expose something like this. No doubt, they're happier that you do it than if you just decided to stay scared and quiet.
Please, feel free to ask more. I feel 100% justified in what I'm doing. And if I don't do it now, no one ever will.
And laws will continue to be broken, and our wages will continue to fall or stagnate, and our profession will continue - unimpeded - to go down the toilet.
Not that I think I'm going to save MT. Ha. But at least I'll have gone out fighting for fairness.
I always get a card and for other reasons other than
work reasons, not even gotten that one yet.
Many reasons why there may not be work in QA is because
there are difficult dictators and the MTs are struggling with reports. I feel really lucky that in our system you can actually go in and see how much work is being transcribed by the MT so you do know that work is being done. QA HAS TO BE THERE for when the MT is finished because in more cases than not, the work goes through QA (our clients do not want blanks). It is valuable time not to just the MTSO but to the QA in the respect that those reports have to go to the hospital when QA is done. Luckily, a good MTSO knows that and I work for a good MTSO. We are not overstaffed with QA either, usually one per shift so the workload is on me so yes, if it takes the MT longer to do the reports, sometimes you sit for a while with no work in front of you and the service pays you for that. Believe it or not, that is part of the job and you should be paid for it. Employees have a schedule and I count on that schedule as they count on me. That's my bread and butter and the service's bread and butter also. It does not happen often, but it can and does happen some so it definitely is worth their while to pay that tiny bit it costs them rather than pay penalties.
i am one and have stated my reasons why
this board is mainly for complainers.
if any poster has something good to say about a company, they are practically dismembered by angry mobs of posters.
who even knows how many actually DIFFERENT posters there are? who cares?! lol
i don't see a union ever for MT work. i see aamt watering down their own organization.
i doubt a cmt certification would help much at all, just do it for personal satisfaction.
this field will never be regulated so it won't matter.
jmho
Several reasons to avoid them
You start out great but after a while you may get bounced around on different accounts because they cherry pick to the MTs they like and you get left with harder work.
The owners are paranoid someone might say something negative about them. Ask them about their employee handbook and its contents. You cannot participate in organizing or join an MT union. You cannot communicate anything at all about them either in private email or pubically without the written consent of one of the owners.
You will get bombarded with emails to get work caught up and then even if you are a good producer, you will get the emails that chastise everyone for not being good workers.
QA is arbitrary and you may have to prove you did the right thing when you get your monthly score by providing them copies of their own emails. Of course this makes you look bad and you will be punished for standing up for yourself.
Your mileage may vary.
I can give you a lot of reasons NOT to
I worked for them as an IC for nearly a year, on a newly acquired VERY LARGE account. I very rarely had the same dictator twice, very heavy ESL, and if you don't mind getting about 20 e-mail messages a day ... some contradicting each other from a million different workleaders - go for it! I've been in this business 15+ years and left MQ to go to Transcend - they both stink. Transcend has more work, but just as disorganized as MQ. Keep looking - there are better out there. I'm working IC now for two different MTSOs and love it. Transcend cut a whole bunch of ICs with no notice, nothing - just made their IDs invalid so in essence, they went from working FT one day, to not working at all the next day. TERRIBLE way to do business. Keep looking, this is NOT a good company to work for.
A couple reasons
Their VR software isn't as good as eScription, which is what I really like. It doesn't put in any punctuation unless the doctor dictates it. While you train, you get 2 cpl with a max pay between 3 and 4 cpl after training. It sounded way too labor intensive for that pay.
All the reasons I moved on
Gotta eat and like to actually get in touch with people.
This is one of the reasons I went back
and right away online companies want to know everything about you, all of your identity info. and personal history, where you live and you know nothing about them or even if they are honest enough to pay you. You aren't protected in cyberspace.
good luck with getting your money back.
one of the reasons why I left
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Six reasons why I love OSi...
1. I love working and being told by my manager to not record my hours. (Overtime is not approved, but please work extra!!)
2. I love being called on my days off.
3. I love being smarter and having more experience in this field than my managers.
4. I love doing QA reviews on the emails from the QA dept.
5. I love requesting a schedule change, having it approved, and then getting screamed at for not working as scheduled.
6. Best of all, now that I don't work there anymore (been gone for 3 mos!) I love the phone calls I still get wondering why I am not working when I am on the schedule. Hey, at least I get a good laugh every once in a while.
Do not work for them...here are the reasons why..sm
I worked for them a few years back and at this time, Christmas, three paydays in a row (all direct deposit too) did not come through. They knew about it before it happened, let checks bounce (which they did pay for) but still did not have the courage to tell any employee until they asked about their missing check. Three times in a row at Christmas! Plus, they had horrible supervisors that were so nosey and started trouble between employees all of the time. They had lost several really good accounts too. They are very unprofessional, like you said. Do not waste your time and effort with them.
1 of the reasons why I quit...
probably the main reason. I got my first check in the mail when my second was supposed to be due. I cannot live like that. Left a couple of months ago.
Exactly. Just one of many reasons why shafting
Yep, the reasons you cite are the
reasons why I left FT MT 2 years ago and I couldn't be happier! It's a GREAT relief to have vacation time, sick pay, go to the doc's without worry, health/dental/vision ins., 401K plan and even the smallest reason of all (but a big deal to me) to be able to TALK to your coworker for a few minutes and not worry that you aren't getting paid for it! SICK of the BS in the MT world. Glad I got out.
Of course, I can't stay totally away, as I'm some sick glutton for punishment I suppose. I need extra income on the weekends and don't really want to leave the house then, so you guessed it - MT (barely) fills the niche.
I just left a service where I was paid 8 cpl and 3 for VR - not worth my while. Starting a new service with higher pay, but being that I've been around the block a few times & have lost my optimism in the Dickensonian (or is that Dickensian?) MT world, I'm a bit skeptical. We will see...
Just put "personal reasons" - that should be enough. sm
So sorry for your loss.
Life is so hard sometimes!!!
Reasons for negativity.
MDI has been my dream transcription job/company to work for....having this job is the reason I got into transcription. After having worked for the large national companies and finally being able to get on with MDI, I thought this is it for me, I found the perfect place to be for me........Those of us that have worked for other companies that have done this same thing, been there, done that, repeating the cycle. I guess I was naive to think it would be different with MDI.
Your 1 & 2 are reasons I left SS. Big
for the discrepency in line cts. And you should be doing character cts. Line different things to different people but a character is a character is a character. And also must know just what a company pays for, headers, footer, spaces, auto poplulated info, etc.
You don't own it either and her reasons are none of your business. Why does she have to answer
there are various reasons as to why companies post over and over again - sm
For instance, I was working with one company that had tons of applicants. However, they were calling back people they fired in the past and offering them jobs. Other companies I have worked with just like to have applicants on file and if one in particular jumps out at them, they will call and test that applicant even though they may not have a "new" account per se.
And of course, there is the old standby reason - no one qualified for the position, so they are reposting it.
I just left there for personal reasons but i can tell you-sm
that it is a good company to work for. You set your own schedule and they send you work. The pay is great, as stated by other poster 10 and 11 cents, and you type in your own Word or WP program.
I still see no good solid reasons as to (sm)
why they are a horrible company. I don't want to jump around anymore and I was offered a job. Is there no work, difficult staff, very difficult accounts, what's the deal?
I posted this before anyone gave any reasons -sm
And... most of what I have read about Amphion on these boards has been pretty decent stuff, not all, but most. I was just a little dismayed and disappointed to see such a negative statement about a company I had just interviewed with.
Several reasons, aptly pointed out by others sm
on prior posts. Do a really good search of the archives here. JLG is a solid company and has lots of work. I don't believe it offshores. Keep your ICQ on or whatever they might be using to keep track of time. There were a couple of QA people who lacked tact and one who was a real troublemaker. Both of these people are now gone, so things might be a lot better. I have a 99-100% QA rating regardless of which company I work for, so this QA issue was totally unnecessary. I had never experienced this before and not since. This was 3 years ago, so things might be better now.
BTW, R is as nice as she appears.
Good luck in your search!!
Lots of reasons. Lie about pay, no work,
no questions answered.
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