Response to Heartland Employees (5/10/2006)

• Heartland Layoffs - MsAnonnie Mouse
  • generalizing - brady
    • Yep. It's the greed of the suits and the greed of the - stockholders nm
      • so why not buy a few shares and make money off them anyway? - According to reports, their stock is skyrocketing
    • generalizing - Beth
  • Heartland Layoffs - OP
    • Response to Heartland Employees (5/10/2006) - stradecat
      • prior response - stradecat
    • Looking from the opposite side of the fence - you make me sick
  • Heartland - Sadsack
    • I totally agree - Amber
    • I worked on site for many years. I've been doing this for 10 years... sm - You are WRONG.
  • I work nights for Heartland. Overnights. sm - Excuse me?
  • Actually, I can see your point AND the opposing point - of others on this board. Good post. NM
    • layoffs - been there

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For any MTs who have been laid off from Heartland or anywhere else, you might want to look into the WARN Act at the Department of Labor web site, www.dol.gov.  There might be resources available to help you.

They'll have to drag me out of there. I plan to stay forever.

I've never been happier. Make my lines every week, lots of bennies and lots of incentives.  Take the job. You'll never regret it.

I feel very disappointed about the loss of some benefits, rate increases for others and I also wonder with the all the other changes that the company isn't what it used to be and how it can feel it offers something unique or is different from other MTSOs.  It seems to be joining the ranks of well, nobody else gives you this/that, so don't expect it here either.

Of course, after only 4 months of having cable, they raised their rates without giving me more channels, better service, quality, etc, so I'm trying to see the balance on all sides (it's hard, though). Is it just the cost of living?  I don't pretend to know the answers but it is getting harder and harder to stay in this profession.

The people I spoke to on the phone and by e-mail were very pleasant, the job sounded great.  I chose another MTSO but was left with a very good impression of this company.  They did work in WP5.1, at least in September of 2006.  Good luck to you. 

I'd like to know anything good or bad as well.  They called and have scheduled an interview but I'd like to hear from y'all on this one

So the AAMT is naming their employer of the year.  One year, after Mag Mutual had been bragging that title up for all it was worth, I called the AAMT and asked exactly how many submissions they got and how much competition the big employer of the year received.  I was working for Mag as an MT and found it to be my worst experience so far.  The woman on the other end of the phone laughed and said there is very, very little competition.  I think there were something like 3 or 4 submissions.

Just wanting the MTs out there to not leap when you hear the results.  Please inquire with the AAMT as to how many applicants were considered.  Know that AAMT Employer of the Year does NOT mean it'll necessarily be a good place to be an MT. 

Any feed, good and/or not so good is appreciated.  I'm trying to weight out the pros and cons. 

Thanks!!

That post was not so flattering, painting the owner in a not-so-pretty light.  Anyone work for them currently?  Any info would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Keystrokes has finalized the benefits package for full time employees and has received great feedback from our MTs.

We wanted to share these so that you get them straight from the source rather than in rumors and heresay.

To be FT, you must produce a minimum of 12,000 lines (acute care), 1200 reports (radiology) or a combination of the two.

After 90 days, all FT employees are eligible for:

2 sick days, 2 floating paid holidays, rate x 1.5 for holidays worked, 3 days bereavement pay for immediate family, 1 day bereavement pay for extended family, 401k plan (with vesting schedule for match), health insurance (paid by employee) and life insurance (paid by company), direct deposit.

After one year, FT employees are eligible for 5 days PTO.  After three years, FT employees are eligible for 10 days PTO and after ten years, FT employees are eligible for 15 days PTO.

After years of changes due to growth, we have deemed 2006 a change-free year and have put in place many surprise perks for our MTs for this coming year. 

We value our transcriptionists - both employees and ICs and want to make Keystrokes the employer of choice. 

Give us a look ... you will like what you see.  No more awkward growing pains; instead you will be treated with the professional respect you deserve while enjoying a personal touch!

Thank you to all who have helped mold the company into what it is today - we could not do it without the support of our transcriptionists, customers and supporters.  We even thank the critics - their criticism allows us to improve :)

Happy Holidays !

congressman in support S. 810 or H.R. 1653, you are supporting an act governing federal grants for scientific research or abstinence teaching in federally funded sex education programs,

And, I'm not saying I don't support those two issues.  I'm just saying it has nothing to do with outsourcing.  In order of effect real change, we must at least sound like we know what we are talking about.  Writing our congressman in support of a two year old bill that no longer exists or writing out congressman about outsourcing and reference bills that have nothing to do with outsourcing, makes us all look like uninformed weiners!

TAKE EVERYONES ADVICE, DON'T GO THERE - BEEN THERE - WORST EVER.