Some accounts (ortho) have assigned doctors. I am sure that seniority plays a part in the process.

• Keystrokes line count - see msg - buysmt
  • No one gets 3000 line a day! - me
    • Not the average - ksmt
    • Is this consistent 3000 lines per day - or off and on?
    • WAY! The closest I have come is 2700 but I do know a couple of ladies that have hit 3000. nm - anon
    • Well, I do, and have the pay stubs to prove it. - Jo
      • How do you do this Jo? In an 8 hour period? I believe you, just want to know How! - Moving on
        • This is in an 8-hour shift - Jo
          • I am happy for you in this day and age when companies want all the profits themselves, thanks Keystr - Moving on
          • Most of us do not have much template work. - sm
      • No way...nm - anonyme
        • Why don't you believe her? (sm) - MIMT
          • Thank you! - Jo
          • She may not be lying - but it is not typical or usual. nm - not typical
            • me - me
              • Big difference between 2000 and 3000 lines per shift. - nm
          • When I worked for Keystrokes, I NEVER had enough work to make - me
        • Congrats! That is great for you! - me
    • I agree! - grand.delusions
      • normal? - me
        • You probably won't be there long. They are coming down on people who are under 200 lph. It happ - BTDT
          • so, you are saying if a person is not typing 1600 lines, KS is coming down on them??? - right!
            • Don't say no one warned you. They are doing away with part-time MTs. Heard it directly from th - BTDT
              • doing away with part time? sm - crispycritterMT
              • Are you replying to me? - grand.delusions
                • Exactly! - sm
                • Sounds like you are on the same account - bj
              • what?? - sm
  • It would be nice to know what the - "average" line count is..
    • I usually average anywhere between 2500-3000 lines per shift - ER MT
      • You must have the same ER account as Jo. - dmt - nm
        • in my first year of MT at a national - templates
      • This is not the norm. - sm
        • whew....testy :0( - nm
        • Did I ever say this was the norm? I think NOT - ER MT
        • Thank you! The average is supposed to - bj
      • Been there, done that - this is management or recruiting talking.. nm - not truthful
        • I just emailed you. - nm
  • Your probably not doing anything wrong. - mt
    • that should be "you're" - mt
  • I wasn't able to switch from awful accts, either, so I didn't - stay. All is NOT rosy at KS. Some are lucky. NM
    • How much notice did you have to give? sm - buysmt
    • Tried KS too..radMT...the worst speaking... - Typer2007
      • One doctor? They deal with thousands. They have more than one account. Jeesh again. nm - TiredMT
        • You don't need to be so defensive...geez! - Typer2007
  • Honestly, don't believe everything you read - on this board. Take with grain of salt.
    • this must be a Keystroke representative... - the 2nd post below this is true - N/M
      • I mean the 3rd post below this is true. - N/M
  • are you doing clinic, hospital, or ER? - N/M
    • hospital, no pool, just take what's there. nm - buysmt
  • I have 2 accounts - KSMT
    • I would say you got very lucky! nm - Never have had that kinda luck before.
  • my 1st day, w/no paid train, KS tried to give me 2 ESLs because, in her words,- - all other docs belonged to other MTs; n/m
    • Demir D??? - s/l you got
    • What account was this for (initials?) - KSMT
      • initials not allowed; yes, it happened. - - N/M
        • ?? company board, can talk about specific companies by name (nm) - pat
          • She asking for initials for specific "account" not company. - mt
        • Some accounts (ortho) have assigned doctors. I am sure that seniority plays a part in the process. - NN
          • I worked RAD there once and started 1st shift. n/m - anon
            • I still work there, started on 1st and have always been on 1st. Maybe it is what is open when you a - RADMT2
          • I've not found that to be the case. - PoP
            • I did not mean that is what they are doing. I was just making a comment in general. sm - NN
              • Getting the worst shift and worst work are two different things... - mt
                • No one is stuck with the worst. The work is not pooled like MQ. It is by account and FIFO. nm - TiredMT
                • Regarding shift assignments, POV is everything! - LOOP De LOOP
              • apples, oranges, prunes...oh my! n/m - anon
                • Why is it that there is always someone that has to be nasty. Every company, every opinion. Geesh. - No one is safe to post here
                  • Whuh? - PoP
                    • That post was supposed to be on another thread but it seems to apply everywhere! nm - No one is safe to post here
                  • You are so right - KSMT2
                    • oh'm'God, it means one thing (fruit) can be many things. - anon
                    • FACTS? - LOOP De LOOP

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minutes per day do you get from your doctor(s)?  After you get used to account specs, is it pretty easy to get the work done in 8 hours?  Also, are there a lot of ESLs, because I'm terrible with ESLs.  (Are they clinic notes, op notes, consults, or all of the above?)

About what time do you get your work and when is it due back?

Are the benefits okay?  How much for medical and dental for employee only?  When do they start?

Thanks for your help! :o)

KS wannabe

I would like to find a company that has a lot of ortho..It's my first love. Any suggestions??

You are only making that "good" money for now while you are TYPING, but this will not be the case with editing.  Transcend is not stupid.  Why do you think they are hiring newbies at 10 cpl?  I have been there for a while and only make 8 cpl and have a lot more experience than a lot of these new hires.  That $ is just to get these people in the door and then cut their pay for editing in the next month or two.  Unless you can edit more than 400 lines an hour, you WILL NOT make more than $16-something an hour.  Anyone typing WILL, I repeat WILL be editing VERY, VERY soon, and management has said themselves that they only expect a certain number of lines to be able to be produced on the new editing platform (400-something), which means that MANAGEMENT only expects that top $ will be around $16-something an hour.  What part of that do you not understand? 

And you are right, I am on here to warn other "seasoned" MTs who are used to making more than $16/hr that Transcend is NOT the place to be.  Now, if you can survive on less pay per hour, then I say go for Transcend.  I believe it will be the place to be for the newbies who are not used to making a whole lot of money.  If that is the case, then they will probably be very happy there.  For me, that just is not the case, and I have a right to share my feelings with everyone if I so choose. 

And as far as being a "current Transcender," you are right.  I need to find something that will work for me, which I am still in the process of doing.  I have put out resumes, took tests, and have had many offers, but I will not allow Transcend to screw my life up anymore by rushing out without choosing a new position that I feel works for me and my family as far as scheduling, etc.  I will work both jobs and just "type" at Transcend for the next week or so until I am "forced" to edit while I continue with my training on my new job and get used to accounts, etc.  Do not mistake my decision to stay for this short while to mean that I either like or respect Transcend and the direction the company is going in VERY SOON!  I still have a family to feed and cannot afford to go without a paycheck at all.  Right now, two paychecks are necessary because of the financial hardship I have had to go through with Transcend with the lack of work and crappy platform over the last few months. 

So, if you can survive there, then good for you.  But there are a lot of people who need more $, and I feel the need to voice my opinion.  I did not initiate this post, someone else did.  I just replied with an honest answer.  I am sorry if it upsets you that I have a different opinion than you.  I could come on here and initiate negative posts about Transcend, but I do not do that.  I do, however, have every right to respond to posts if that is what I choose to do, which it is, so I did, and I will continue IF I WANT TO--SO THERE!!!!!

Any MTs out there been asked to do overtime on a specific account and told this was mandatory and then when the time came to do that account were given something else entirely?  How frustrating is that especially on a Friday afternoon when you would rather not be working anyway!  It is also bad enough that the account they do give you has the worst audio in the world and keeps breaking up. AHHH!!!  Sorry, had to vent.  I have pretty much had it!

That's one reason.  Another reason is that its usually first in first out.  If suzy Q is sick that day, who will do her work?  All of the other employees have their assigned work to do, so where does that leave suzy Q's dictators?  Just out of luck? 

I work from a pool.  I love it.  I can pick and choose or I can sit all morning and take nothing; that's IC.

Now as an employee, assigned dictators could work but what if that dictator is on vacation for two weeks?  Do you get someone else's lines and take work from them?

It should really be first in first out.  I have my own accounts and I guess considered a small MTSO.  I do the work myself though - no subs.  If I had subs, I'd have them do first in first out even if that meant a different dictator every report.  That would be fair for TAT. 

If you want just one particular dictator and then the work runs out for that day, do you then start taking Suzy Q's work or do you sit and wait until tomorrow? 

Do you see how this can get really hairy for an MTSO?  They need the work done within TAT and can't spend that valuable time worrying about whether or not you are familiar, making the best lines for your pocket, etc.  It's not in this business to worry about the MT, the MT worries about themselves and how good their skills are and can perform the job handed to them.

One of the reasons the hospital I worked for outsourced was because they were tired of the work getting backed up when one or the other of us lonely 2 transcriptionists God Forbid needed a vacation day or two or three or maybe a week or two. 

I'm not trying to bash you, I just want you to think about their side of things and how no one would want the mumbler or the ESL, so how is that fair to that person who is assigned that ESL?

I would not have cared so much had I not already worked a FULL month of overtime.  Also, it was radiology which I cannot stand!  If I wanted to do radiology I would have kept my other job.  Not only are these short and do not give lines, they just stink.  Just my opinion.  Sorry all MTs who like doing them, I do not.

and will do the install for you - there will be a link where you hand over control of your computer and they install and test everything so you're ready to go.  Good luck to you!