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Same here. I pulled my monitor closer sm

Posted By: mlstoo on 2007-09-13
In Reply to: Ex-Text question, please. If you have to keep it at 100% (sm) - Me

Now I see that teeny print fine.




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I actually moved the monitor closer
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Closer to 9 cpl
if you test well and have acute care experience.  Plus an incentive at 12,000 lines per pay period.  That is as an employee with full benefits.  I have been with Medware for over 6 years, they are a good company.
That is a Google ad, it is not an MTStars banner. Take a closer look.
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10 seconds = 1.5 lines closer to reality...nm
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On closer research, this does appear to be VTS they were talking about further down the page.

Sounds like a nightmare. I'd give them a thumbs down.


I should have read the plan closer. Didn't know about the PTO restriction. Thanks.
Figures..
Sick of it too. Bait and switch, always happens. Will look at my contract closer too. nm
nm
I could be wrong, but they can only monitor you...
when you are connected via their VPN.  Then whatever surfing you do can be tracked.  But if you are not logged onto their VPN and you are using your own internet connection, then they can't see you at all.  Then again, who knows what technology is available out there and what companies are capable of.
How do we contact the board monitor to have one of
   
RE: How do we contact the board monitor to have one of
On the left of this page, after MT Birthdays, there is Monitor Board, try posting there.
One word, they do not monitor their workload
Simple thing to do, then everyone would have enough work, but they refuse. You will never have enough work, they do not care, they just want the work done. You are just a number, they will promise you the moon, and definitely not come through.
The companies don't own these boards nor monitor them. nm
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There's no time clock but the leads monitor who is on and who isn't. sm
The account I am on has very strict shifts because of being radiology. I have heard that others are more flexible.
No account has pulled out. They have a 100%
retention rate of accounts for the past 3 years.
I believe you, too. You couldn't have pulled that out of a hat. nm
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Be sure and get back to us after the rug gets pulled
It WILL happen, you know.
It's just a matter of when, not if.
This industry is headed towards a monopoly and total control by just a couple obscenely large MTSOs. We already know the aspirations of those companies is to dominate the entire MT field.
The way they'll accomplish that is by crushing all the little guys.
I work on a lap top. I plug in an external monitor and keyboard at home, and
nm
monitor, please see this message that includes a personal email addy.
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They were pulled into Warminster and some may now be in New York.
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let's see how long it takes for THIS to get pulled

we have actually been told in the past to not post about them -- it's THAT BAD.  Womanizing horrible ignorant piece of crap company that doesn't give a rip about you.  If you like being treated like an idiot -- go for it!


 


Yes, Teresa and Beth pulled that one in!
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I pulled eve/night so that I could get work...sm
NADA NADA. Left after my 2-week training.
Oh yes...I pulled 25 echos in a row this morning
even though the work is always routed evenly to all MTs at my company.  Right.
Sounds like the trick MQ pulled
several years ago and enriched themselves immeasurably, leaving MTs in the lurch. (I know two who had to go bankrupt.) Were they punished? But Noooooo! Were they rich beyond their wildest dreams? Yeeeees.
The music industry has pulled this a few times, and
has it helped their image? NO

Has it stopped free file-sharing? NOT AT ALL.

Has the industry recovered yet from that mistake? NO.

The music industry is still afloat because they had to CHANGE THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS.

Who knows - maybe this un-American bully-company might be starting the wheels rolling in that direction for MT, as well.
I'm sure this will be pulled but I need to say that MTSOs are treated a lot worse than MTs someti

WE take the risk to run a company.  WE get accounts to keep people busy.  WE pay more to our MTs than ourselves.  WE have to keep up on transcription, drugs, equipment, grammar rules, individual accounts, individual doctor preferences, business practices, tax laws, employment laws, etc.


WE have to pay for QA for MTs that do not know how to look up a word or phrase.  WE have to pay to hire and then be burned.  WE have to pay bank fees, lawyers, accountants, clerical staff, etc.  WE have to put on a smile for customers who don't deserve it because we don't want to lose an account because then our MTs would not have any work.  WE have to put up with crap from MTs who have every excuse in the book from mysterious illnesses to mysterious DSL/phone/electric outages. 


WE get bashed if someone is let go because their work is not up to par or if an account goes to voice recognition or goes with a company in India to save a buck.


WE get bashed if someone is hired and does not work out.


WE get bashed for requiring people to provide equipment, phones, etc OR we get bashed for providing all that but paying too low.


Take a look in the mirror.  If you have what it takes to get your own accounts, invoice, file all tax/employment/sales paperwork with your state and the federal government, can wait to pay your bills until the account has paid you, discount invoices for TAT that your employees do not meet or quality that is not perfect, deal with customers that nickel and dime you to death, give up time off because no one can cover for you, give up holidays so that your employees can spend time with their families, give up hot meals as someone always seems to drop the ball as the day goes on, negotiate to keep customers as each contract expires in an industry where prices are going down not up, then do it.


If you can do better than us, be my guest. 


Yes, some big wigs at some of the huge companies make a lot of money, but for the most part, most MTSOs make a good living, not great.  If I put my hours end to end, I put in the equivalent of two full time jobs.  If I worked two full time jobs for someone else, I would make more than I do running a service.


Before you b**tch and moan about the company you work for any more, ask yourself this question --- why are you still in this field?  The answers are easy --- it is a good field, MTs make excellent money for working at home, most without master's degrees or doctorates, there is some flexibility, opportunity to advance, ability to learn something every day, satisfaction knowing that an accurately transcribed report can make someone's treatment more effective or save a life (rather than having inaccurate medical records) and much, much more. 


The average teacher starts in the 20s, the average accountant in the 30s, the average computer person in the 30s.  We have potentially unlimited income and start in the 20s and move up rapidly.  Several MTs in our company topped 100k this year.  They would never have that opportunity in a different field.


We need to stop bashing each other.  It is not MTSOs vs MTs.  It should be working together as a team.  Teams that don't play well together do not succeed.


I live in CT. I pulled up the hospital list for my state
If you have any leads, feel free to send me an e-mail.  TY!
I pulled a report I did today. I get paid 65 characters.

At 65 characters it was 110 lines and at 55 it was 130.   If the 65 is employee status and there are other benefits that would be the one I would choose.  If you don't have benefits it would probably be 6 of one and half-dozen of the other.  


Sorry couldn't be more helpful.  Having to make a decision too.  One job pays more per line but no benefits, no bonuses.  The other job pays a little bit less but has incentives and good benefits.   Sounds like a no brainer but it is still hard to decide. 


I would look at how productive you could be.  I know you probably don't have any idea if you aren't familiar with the account.  I'd also look at the stability of the company.  There are no guarantees, but if there is a mom and pop company, versus a 300+ MT company, that may play a factor.  Check the boards on both companies (I'm assuming it is 2 different companies but maybe it is just pay scale difference) and see what others have said about them.  Tons of ESLs, hard to make lines, very inflexible with schedule, etc.  


You can take job #1, but there is no law that says you are there for the next 2 years and maybe job #2 will still be willing to hire you.  


 


When nm guessed correctly, the moderator pulled that post too.
She guessed with a line from Romeo and Juliet without giving a name and that post was pulled too.
Looks like the original post got pulled, too. Too many of us looking for "the" place to work,
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Funny about sending work out to India. I was curious and pulled up their
website, it says they NEVER send work outside the U.S.
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Because the girls that monitor the accounts in the office were told the accounts either go on DQS or
move on. All accounts to be with MQ must be on DQS and no more different platforms. ONE ONLY DQS. They can send more work overseas then.