See MT30+ post below...Think I understand now her issues
Posted By: with not landing a job. on 2009-03-21
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Likely this is her attitude even when talking to recruiters.
There's a fine line between confidence and arrogance, and I think this poster just illustrated that very well for all of us.
MT30+, I hope you find something in life to make you happy.
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you have it so WRONG MT30+ LISTEN UP MT30........sm
I am older than you are. I do not have little kids. I've been working as an MT since 1977.
I can tell you have an attitude and are just ready to fight with everyone.
I don't know you but I don't like you. You have a real chip on your shoulder and you come on this board every day looking to puff yourself up as an OLDER AND more experienced MT. Well I was born in 1951 lady and I can tell you this. This business is not going down hill because of moms wanting to work from home, this business is going down hill because of the greed of the MTSO and the cheapness of the doctors and the willingness of MTs to put up with it.
Why don't you go get a job where you can vent your frustrations instead of on this board where people are trying to help each other?
There was a post about payment issues back in February. nm
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Trying to understand your post.
This is what bothers me about posts like yours. If a person posts a problem they're having, why does it mean that they're not supportive of their employer or not happy? They're just having a problem! If you have a problem with your husband leaving the toilet seat up and you tell your sister that he is driving you crazy with it, does it mean you're not happy or supportive of your husband? Don't you ever have any problems in your life that you talk about with other people?? Another thing that ticks me off is that posters like you think that a person talking about their problem IS the problem. You said it yourself when you said It's better to be part of the solution than part of the problem. There are NEVER any solutions if you don't recognize a problem. That's just burying your head, and you won't find any solutions where you just buried it. The only way you will find solutions is through discussion.
I understand your post.
And, for the record, I do not disagree with you. What I was pointing out to this MT was that if she is trying to get experience in editing then she might want to consider any offer to do so to build her experience for a job down the road that she can move into and be paid her worth. I can only assume that she will have something else, perhaps some transcription, that she can do to make some money. Then, she may be able to do this and not think of the loss of salary. We don't know her situation and I was speaking in a generality.
I understand your post...
Psych transcription is all you do. You do not do hospital or clinic or any medical transcription.
Let's just say that you have completed a course in medical transcription...
Then you need to find someone who hires a newbie....
Let's just say you do that....
If you can transcribed 1000 lines a day (which may be a bit high for a newbie, I am not sure) and if you found someone who would pay you 5 cents per line, you would make $50 dollars a day, which is $250 a week, which is 13K a year.
Say you found someone who would pay you, a newbie in the field, 7 cents per line. At 1000 lines a day, you would make $70 a day, $350 a week, or $18,200 a year.
I really do not know if this would be possible for a newbie. I doubt it.
Maybe others will post their opinions.
I would keep my day job, and try to break into the medical field on my own time, so to speak. Especially since your family needs your income at the level it is at.
Good luck.
I really do not understand your post
I have been doing this for years but what is a grunt?
Trying hard to understand your post, and you
could very well be on the QA staff at OSi. OR could also be management. Trust me, there are many people who have a lot to say about the insanity at OSi.
I don't understand your post. Why don't you get paid
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You certainly do not understand what my post is all about. The capitalizations
and exclamation marks in my post are not unnecessary, as there are MTs who cannot differentiate when to use PLURAL and when to use PLEURAL.
Comprende?!
Don't understand your post. I hope you're not sm
faulting the MTs who are stuck with dialup because DSL/broadband is not offered in their areas.
You are SO right, MT30+
These people who are buying into this VR myth have to be newbies, any of us who have been around for over 30 years, KNOW what we used to make in the past.
VR is a cruel way to undercut MTs' salaries and also to get rid of MTs altogether. The ones on here who believe in VR are in for a rude awakening when they get their programs trained and lose their jobs.
But the MTSOs feed off of this ignorance and that is how they are getting rich off of naive MTs.
We can't tell them anything, though, so save your breath. They'll just have to find out the hard way.
Hey MT30+ - How's that new job of yours?
I know you were so excited to get started. It sounded good.
To MT30+
It's seems weird, like I have gone back in time or something. One account, same doctors, good pay, no BS from QA, and very supportive management. They even paid me $12 an hour plus production during training. The account was way out of TAT. No one seemed to care, but then I got an e mail from the owner of the company thanking me for my hard work and bringing it back to within 24 hours. You don't find this anymore. First thing I asked when they hired me was if they were going to sell out anytime soon. Don't think so. I hope this will last until my retirement. The client has already been with the company for more than 6 years, so I hope they don't decide to offshore for a cheaper rate. No stress, back to making a decent living, and lovin life! Good luck to you. Once you get past the new platform stuff it will be a breeze.
MT30+
How big is their company? Do you have someone to report to? At my company we have someone called a liaison or we can always call operations and get a real person in case of an emergency. Don't they give you someone to call in case of emergency? If I were in your shoes, I would call them every single day until they got so sick of me they sent me what I needed. Don't know what else to say except good luck to you.
MT30+
That is a bummer. I hope that you will find a different company where things work out better for you. I would much prefer smaller companies (used to work for the Q) but if they are too small, that is a whole different set than with a huge corporation.....(sigh). Again, good luck.
MT30+
I agree with you. I bet you and I are the same vintage. So many younger MTs (and I do not mean to paint them all with the same broad brush) are very me-focused. Sure, MTSOs can ask for anything they want; ICs are free to say no and not work for them. That's hwo the free market economy works. I have turned down lots of IC jobs for one reason or another. I don't get to tell the MTSO how to run their business; they don't get to tell me what to do, but if I don't fit the profile of what they want, they will find someone else who does.
MT30+
I agree with you. I bet you and I are the same vintage. So many younger MTs (and I do not mean to paint them all with the same broad brush) are very me-focused. Sure, MTSOs can ask for anything they want; ICs are free to say no and not work for them. That's hwo the free market economy works. I have turned down lots of IC jobs for one reason or another. I don't get to tell the MTSO how to run their business; they don't get to tell me what to do, but if I don't fit the profile of what they want, they will find someone else who does.
this is not MT30+ but I know who that was sm
who worked for Landmark and she didn't get paid either! Im telling you they are doing this to get their really behind accounts caught up. What better way to do it. Get 15 or 20 MTs to do (just example) 10 reports a piece. Tick them off, they quit, don't pay them, VOILA free work!
Im not talking about people they have hired to do certain accounts all the time etc. But not everything is the same and lots of these accounts are dialed right into the hospital system because they are overflow. You get absolutely no guidance as to hwo these accounts are done, account specifics, nothing! They don't answer your questions either.. My experience was the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.
MT30+, can you say where you are now
where the work has dried up? Trying to figure out from the postings here if any company has enough work these days... Thx!
MT30+....
I believe MT30+ indicated in a few of her posts that she didn't have enough work where she is right now, so they probably aren't hiring right now.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, MT30+...
MT30+
MT, I really have nothing to offer except to tell you how very sorry I am that this happened to you. Good luck on your interview tomorrow. I wish I could be there and I would good you a nice dinner. Hang in there and have courage.
MT30+
Whoops, I mean COOK you a good dinner. Have worked a double shift and am beat. I am sorry. Anyway, I wish you all the best!
MT30+
BIG CONGRATULATIONS AND A HUG! They are lucky to have you! Best of luck to you!
MT30+
Believe me I know what you mean.
MT30+, You are being confused,
I believe, by Confused, with another poster. Check out Whew on the main board. I think you may be two different people but Confused has confused the situation and believes you are one in the same. Shame to start a war if this is what happened. Anyway, congratulations on your new job. I hope it works out well for you.
MT30 only posted once.
You need to quit drinking at your desk..LOL
I'm in a great mood. Glad another useless person who calls herself an MT is ready to fly the coop. More work for me!!
The above comment is for MT30+....nm
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Amen MT30+
Very well said.
Well MT30 wasn't that a gem reply
Good thing you work at home, such hatefullness. Sound like a wunder.. fullll person
Another useless person who calls herself an MT others do not have to work with. Recognize your partial phrase.
for MT30+: Sorry, but this was then, now is now...We cannot set the clock back....sm
Modern technology ist to be blamed for the downfall of the medical transcription industry done by MTs.
As already seen in many cases, modern technology makes people obsolete and machines are replacing us.
MT30" Are you kidding me? How old fashioned are you? ...sm
If you are telecommuting, this is just ridiculous.
Nowadays everything is done online, except for the ones who are still stuck in the stone ages.
Even training on a software is done online.
If I work for a company situated in California and I am living in New York, I am not going to take a plane and fly there to be trained on a company software.
The 'meetings' and 'trainings' are all online.
But you have to take into consideration the time difference acc. to the time zones.
Or is it possible that I am missing something here, is the industry going backwards?
MT30 having a bad day i think... very grumpy today
JUST PLAIN SOUR and looking for an argument
OMG MT30+ you are completely twisting everything
When on earth did I say NO MT should work a weekend. I work them now! Just not every weekend. I worked in a hospital for 15 years and rotated weekends. I have worked for this company for 5 and work one weekend a month (voluntarily). I have done my duty. You are absolutely out of your mind if you have come up with that idea that I stated no MT should work a weekend. We all do and and we all have. I have chosen not to work EVERY WEEKEND> You are truly delusional and making crap up about what I said. Totally twisted. I don't give a crap if you work weekends. I don't give a crap if this is 24/7/365 industry. Work everyone single one of those hours, see if I care. Why do you care that I choose not to work a mandatory weekend day every month. Why do you have to bash me because of it. My point and I will say it ONE MORE TIME and never again.... I don't have to, so I won't. Its a choice for all of us. I never whined. I never accused, I never judged. What is with your attitude? I am totally just shocked that you call yourself a professional.
I completely agree with you MT30, I do
remember that happening as well and remember that a lot of the women that went came back rather quickly because of the working conditions that were there, what they were expected to wear, act, etc.
Like you, I consider this to be a slap in the face and could not believe it was allowed to be posted. I've been an MT for 24 years and again, I believe now I have seen everything.
Ouch! I agree with MT30+
Maybe you have never been in a position where you HAD to take a job at 6 cpl but you shouldn't call those you have a disgrace to the profession. The profession may evolve into what some consider a disgrace but for the most part, I don't think it's the MTs fault.
I totally agree MT30 is an MTSO and a bad one probably... one that makes you work sm
for pennies and on Christmas and every weekend even if your kid has a soccer game.
Again, what issues ............
You are the one who asked me to get a grip just because I pointed out that Transcend had a 74% revenue increase this last quarter and accused me of being a "MDI cheerleader", which I am not. How can my pointing out that Transcend “ain’t doing so bad” financially make you so defensive?
You are the one who said that MDI had issues that Transcend needed to “Fix” or you were leaving MDI, and now you are saying your experience has not been bad, but there are issues with management. Again, I ask, what issues?
I don’t think my post was assumptive in any way, merely factual from my standpoint. I would certainly not assume that everyone has had the experience I have had with MDI. I am sure, especially from some of the post I have seen on this board, that there are a number of MTs who have issues with MDI, I was just stating I am not one of them.
You got issues? Deal with them or find another job! It is as simple as that.
My issues ( ignored)
First off, I like my accounts. I do. That's why I'm still there.
However, the QA people I've worked with have MUCH to be desired.
On my monthly reviews, the QA person scores me, but don't even give the sentence, much less the entire report, to give context on the errors. They only give me the word I presumably used incorrectly. The WORST error I made was not putting a capital letter in the middle of a word, i.e. BuSpar. Though other errors were even more minor, there is no way to refute or explain that if it's only a word, is there? I've asked for context, asked for an explanation. Zero response. I've stopped asking.
I've also repeatedly asked for instruction on how to do something right that I'm presumably repeatedly doing wrong because it doesn't match the stated convoluted format. It's only a matter of learning the keystroke, and I can't find the answer. No response despite repeated requests.
There are discrepancies between account instructions say and what the QA person insists you do, which are completely opposite of one another. Asked which is correct? No response. So, when I'm dinged for this on the next QA review, I certainly won't get a response THERE, either, will I?
Errors are counted off that are so completely and unbelievably miniscule that no medical professional would even begin think they are wrong because, in truth, the aren't (he was seen 1 time versus he was seen one time). But because Amphion has its little oddities it's wrong. DING~
And being wrong means that you are kept out of the money. I've always passed my monthly QA at over 99%, but that just isn't quite enough to get to you making more than a tenth of a cent more per line. It's a bit like needing to be an MT Stepford wife in order to win.
I will stay there for now, but I'm no longer as enamoured as I once was. I think top management is okay, but they ought to take a close look at some of the people who are running their ship in their name.
I usually don't post here, but I certainly can't take my whining to management. The bell would toll, and it would toll for me. Maybe one of their people will read this and pass it along.
Serious issues that had nothing to do with
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TTS issues
I previously worked for TTS. She has recently just started her own company to provide employee status. prior to that she was a company that was subletting work from other companies. In the beginning the work was great and the pay was never late, but then she had issues. Decided to pay when she wanted to pay. From what I understand things with that issue have gotten better there, but make sure to stay on top of it.
TTS Pay issues
IMO - Linda will NEVER have this 100% perfected and I would warn anybody to stay away!
I have never had these issues
When I first started a month ago, I was provided with a TON of information. I printed it all out and have a binder with pages and pages of physician's names, spellings of cities in the area my hospital is in, and even sample reports for each of the doctors on my account. Also, if I have ever had to email my lead with any questions, she has always gotten right back to me in a timely fashion.
Pay issues...
That's probably why they never called me back once I addressed to them when they called me for rehire if they had straightened out their payroll issues. I told them I would not even consider about coming back unless they pay me on time!!!! Of course they said they have a new payroll department, but after that conversation, I never heard back from them. The company really sounds screwed up in the head. I do not think anybody needs to work for them.
lag issues
Yes, this is definitely a hospital problem. I have had extreme problems with this, but they were supposed to have fixed it on Friday. I worked yesterday and only got kicked out once. I know that KS is working diligently on this. I really don't like this about the Meditech platform, but I do like the fact that it is straight typing. I use PC ShortHand and like that as well. I also think newbies (I've only bee on this acct. a month.) have a learning curve as far as physician and patient names, looking up, etc. Hang in there - I think it will be worth the wait.
I think it was TTS that had pay issues. sm
If you search for TTS, you'll see a few MTs had issues there with pay not being on time. It's possible people are confusing TTS, which I think is Transcription, Technology & Support or something like that, with TT, which stands for TransTech.
They don't pay well and there have been issues in the
past with not getting payment in a timely fashion. You can check the archives for more info.
no issues with pay
i don't know who posts these messages about gant transcriptions, but its very easy to read into the negative remarks and get a bad impression. i have worked for this company for quite some time and have been very happy in doing so. the issue of pay should be addressed with the one writing those checks, not with disgruntled people leaving snide comments when it's likely they are hurt for probably being fired for poor performance or something and want to get back with any digs they can. it's a great company if you give what you expect to receive!
Sorry to say, I am having the same issues
Wow, I feel like you just stepped into my world! I haven't been with them long and I am beginning to notice a lot of inconsistencies in policy just like you mentioned. I thought I was just being overly sensitive. I am trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, but if things don't change soon I will have to leave.
You have serious issues.
Oh no, I am not nasty and rude! I posed a comment like that because it is true! Would you seriously work at this job if you could only do 41 lines per hour? Even 80 lines per hour?
I never mentioned how many lines I type per hour, therefore never *puffing myself up* as you said.
The pay in this profession is certainly not what it used to be but even if the OP was making 13 cpl, at 41 lines per hour, that is only 5.33 an hour! Come on. We are supposed to be here to help other MTs. I am helping her by stating this job is not for her. It is obvious!
Get your panites unbunched and get over yourself!
You have some serious issues.
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VR issues
If you think for 1 minute that VR is making you a plain old typist, you will have a lot to learn. It is not for a newbie because you have to be an excellent Editor to watch each and every word. Now that might not be for you but I happen to love. I was outsourced, did not ask for VR but that was started inhouse at the hospital where I had worked for 12 years. After we had learned (some did not like by the way and left), then we were outsourced to a company in town working at home. You have to know transcription or you WILL not be able to do this. If a physician says he prescribed a patient 750 mg of aspirin 4 times a day would you not question this? A newbie would not know. This can go back and forth and seems like it has. I had an Indian physician the other day and she said food and VR put in foot but you have to know the sentence. When a dictator changes their minds and they do, VR puts in this and that and if NOT an MTer, you would not know what fits. I now have been working for 48 years and frankly I love VR because I work straight through and when dinner is done (my hubby cooks for us) I can sit at my desk (work 12noon to 8 p.m. shift) and eat while I am working. I have been told some at my company make really high salaries (by the way I also straight type because work for the same hospital as when outsourced, now have 19 years working for them) and we have interns and they are on straight typing, never go to VR). When I first started doing VR I asked my daughter (I am very poor at math) how many lines per day on VR would it take to make X amount of money per day and she told me the number I would need and that is what I strive for, some days more, some days less but it averages out to what I need. I work only 4 days a week now, am 66 and I make $500 per week which is what I WANT. I have worked so much in years past that I do not WANT to work full now. In the 80s my salary was close to $60,000 but then we were paid salary, incentive and that went out when outsourced. I do not know what the company wants to pay the people here, Transtech I believe is the name of the place but I heard something about 3.5 cents a line? My last day working was 3245 lines of VR and at my 4 cents that was $129.80 and at 3.5 that would be $113.58. I would not like to do for less than I do now. Some like, some don’t but I really think the big companies sooner or later will go this way and if people jump ship, unless working for say private office, then probably are going to be jumping ship often. When we were outsourced, I had spent from 1974 to 2002 in a hospital setting doing transcription. I had no idea about all the companies out there, we did not work on the internet and I was in my 50s when outsourced. I love the hospital I have worked for (I do not like the influx of all the ESLs and we have loads now there) and I have made enough in years past to retire if I want to. I read other posts on her about companies they work for, such as MQ and the stories are horrible. My job does not bother me, no micromanaging and what is not to like? If I wanted more money, then I would work a full week or even do like I hear others do, work 2 jobs or weeks and weekends. I am just past all that working now. I hope I have answered some of your questions. I love my work, have always worked in the medical field even before learning MTing and just do not think when you get a certain age it means sitting in a rocker all day long.
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