Sorry - I guess we're getting to be like the Indians - we don't understand what we read
Posted By: duuuh on 2005-11-09
In Reply to: dag you people can't read - DUH .. she said "wish you could make enough"
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Sorry. You're right. I guess I should have read that message more closely.
Guess you didn't understand it.
Seymour already works there, hence the mention of one of their clients who obviously is heavy ESL, despite the fact that the recruiter advertises no ESLs. Maybe she means that one particular account, but I can't see placing all new hires on that one account. Silly me, that's what they do with ALL new hires and that's why they're running out of work all the time until everyone quits and then all the cheerleaders come on the board talking about how much work they have. Well, duh....could it be cuz nobody's there anymore?
I guess I don't understand either. As for holidays, I CHOOSE to work them sm
my kids are grown and gone. They like to come for Thanksgiving, but not Christmas. I have a choice, sit around and pout over it Christmas Day, or work...knowing that what I am doing means another woman who has little ones at home can be with them. I feel like I am making a difference.
I am working July 4th, always have. I'll work Labor Day too, no big deal, although it falls on my Monday off and I won't get comp time, however, I am going to treat myself a nice meal out that week so I don't feel put upon.
I feel EXTREMELY lucky to have a full time job with benefits, regardless of working holidays, a part time job where they don't care when or how much I do (though I try for 500 to 750 a day even though their full time is only 800), and I have been offered a PT QA position in addition to these. I can eat and pay our $4+ a gallon gas. I can pay my bills and most importantly, I can be saving a huge amount of money in case something changes economically and it will.
Grow up and understand this is part of this industry. People don't take holidays off from being sick, injured or dying.
Then I guess you don't know how to read. (sm)
It says in my original post that I DID (past tense) work for them.
I did move on and have a great job. The reason I am contributing to this thread is that I have personal experience dealing with this company and the fact that it has been going on for a long time.
Guess I should have read this post first, huh ;-)
Can you be more specific as to what you need to know about a C-phone? I'll help if I can 
I think I understand what you're (sm)
asking, but I'm not sure you understand the terminology. FTP means file transfer protocol. It just refers to a particular method of transfer. It has nothing to do with platforms or anything else, it's just one way to transfer files from computer to computer. It has nothing to do with when or on what schedule you might get sent work. Think of it like picking up tapes. Your "tape" is transferred to the FTP server. When you get around to logging on to the FTP server, your "tape" is there waiting for you. You download it and log off. Then you do whatever it is you have to do during the day while you get your "tape" done. Then you transfer the finished product back to the FTP server. It's not like a platform where you have to log on and stay logged on while you do your work. Hope this helps.
I understand what you're saying.
Hope I didn't come across as being nasty. But what I meant was IT'S ALL AN ILLUSION. Just because the AAMT says that someone is a CMT, doesn't mean they are. Yes, I know it's their test and their credential.......because they have called it so. But we don't have to accept that as our reality. They don't make the rules for us all. You know what we should do? We should ALL call ourselves CMTs! That would take the sizzle out the AAMT so fast, they wouldn't know what hit them! We can call ourselves anything we want--and there's not a darned thing the AAMT can do about it. It's a free country, and they don't OWN those three words. Just a thought.
I understand what you're saying,
but if I couldn't see it, I couldn't use it to pay my bills (but wound up feeling stressed, knowing that I would have to come up with the money at some point to pay my taxes). Either way, once I saw what I cleared when working for them, I couldn't afford to pay my bills. I didn't stay with them very long. I found a good company (not one of the ones that are always advertising for MTs). They pay a good line rate and take out all my taxes. I can actually earn a decent living again, and I have no problem paying my bills.
From some of the posts on this board, though, I'm very glad I got out when I did.
I understand what you're up against, but....
When they set your hours, they are supposed to make you an employee and withhold taxes. If you are paying your own taxes as an IC, then they could be held responsible for all the time they have not withheld your taxes in so far as they have made you set a schedule. It is a shame that companies do this, but it is against the law according to the IRS. There is a fine line, however. Read up on it and you'll see on the IRS site that they can tell you that they want the work back in a certain amount of time, but cannot for example tell you to do it between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., etc. If they are doing this and putting you on a time clock, then you are not an IC, you are an employee. I guess if you wanted to you could fight it or else just stick to your schedule. I would, however, raise the question to your company that since you have to work a set schedule is there any way to make you an employee in according with the IRS standards. If you love your job and this doesn't bother you then let it go. They'll get caught up with eventually because they'll try this with the wrong IC. 
I think you're right. I never did understand why -
hospitals scream bloody murder at the mere thought of setting up MTs at home...('Too expensive!' 'Too much software to purchase'! etc.) Yet they're willing to pay through the nose for VR equipment. It seems like the suits always fall for the shiny new gadgets that they think carry a 'wow' factor, that they can boast to their colleagues about at that next big medical conference.
LOL, guess I didn't read where it said subject (sm)
See, I'm just too dang stressed. Oh well, just don't sell my address, I get enough spam as it is and never read it.
Blackswan, I had to re-read my post. Guess who
You got it, Medquist! Isn't that unbelievably coincidental that many of us went down the tubes while working so hard for them? Wonder how many of us there are, who have gone bankrupt while gainfully employed with the Squid?
I understand. I don't think you're understanding
the thread from below that I am referring to. We are all new hires and understand that we can only transcribe 5 jobs a day. I agree and understand completely. But several of the MTs posting below are very upset, as they do not have the work to even complete the 5 jobs a day. They are apparently being told there is no work on various accounts. That is what is freaking me out. I understand the logic and reasoning behind 5 jobs maximum while training, but I do not understand that those in training have no work to get just 5 jobs. That does not bode well for the future.
Whoops....Guess I should of proof read that! Been a long day.
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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.
I guess if you're suited to
work on a less than adequate platform and like to run out of work all the time Chronicle is a good match for someone.
LET'S GUESS, YOU'RE 2ND SHIFT..RIGHT?--nm
Umm - let me guess - you're NOT the only source
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Yeah, I guess you're right sm
I shouldn't have used the 'sweat shop' analogy. It's just that the last company I worked for were notorious for 'line skimming.' There was that and now this. It just seems like how low can it go. I've been ouf of the industry for two years. I guess most of you have had a chance to digest these changes.
You're right though - ANY work is better than NO work at all. I guess that's the price we pay to work at home typing medical records.
What's a girl gotta do to earn an honest pay for an honest living, these days! :)
Not an O but I guess they're dime/dozen. nm
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Hehe.. you're right. And I guess in some cases
Except maybe 'screwed' or 'raped' might be a better description.
Oh, I read correctly. Apparently you're sm
not seeing the point - you accepted .075 cpl. YES, I understand clinic notes. You don't place much value on your skill apparently.
Please go back and read "No, you're way off..."
and then read my reply to No. This was not a response to your post, so please simmer down. I was saying regardless of what the man-owners of the company are, we were just sweat shop labor and they never communicated with us anyway.
Read that post below on hospitals? They're definitely good for great bennies! nm
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It has nothing to do with Indians
It has to do with any MT of any nationality that will accept to work for peanuts. We had that saying IN-HOUSE back in the day before anyone had heard of off-shoring. Please don't try to look for racist meanings when there are none. What the saying means is that if you pay little enough, you will get a worker (no matter the nationality) who has the knowledge and abilities of a monkey. I have known plenty of that variety right here in the good old US of A.
I think that's because you don't have to pay the Indians to sign on - sm
and yes, I am being sarcastic!! :)
The Idots are the Indians.
What about editing the Indians?
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indians editing
THat is not true.... we QA editors never get Indian work, and some companied they get edited twice India and then final editing in US, and it is still crappy.
I'm sure the Indians who devised it, will not
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Indians...Are they really that good?
if you like working for Indians you will like it.
all Indian all the time.
Indians = monkeys?
Regardless of how I feel about Indian outsourcing, that's a snide remark.
GIVE IT TO THE INDIANS
You are so right. And to take it further I have to say, we as MTs let this happen. Granted, it was the old frog in the pot situation, but the water is boiling now and it's time to JUMP OUT! MTs as a whole simply need to REFUSE to put up with all this cra...nonsense.
I only work my own accounts, as well as some work for a wonderful, small service owner. I tried Spheris and Transolutions a few years back only to experience all the horrors lamented on these boards, and quit both of them in a matter of 2 or 3 weeks. Life's too short to be miserable and broke. You're not making any money anyway!!!!! Have you ever figured out your hourly wage? Especially when you're sitting there all hours just hoping some work will come in! This has been going on for so long, it's pretty clear that it's not going to change, so LET THE INDIANS HAVE IT!!!
Unbelievable! The Indians
can't even MT very well, much less do QA!!! What's this business coming to...
I'd rather edit Indians than VR because sm
I did that and made a lot more money on it than VR. They actually get all the words right except our slang.
Blame it on the Indians! LOL ! Like everything else! LOL..nm
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Well, they better have lots of Indians, as I don't
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Kentucky Indians. nm
How can you NOT KNOW you were training Indians?
The dialect did not give it away? The lack of knowledge of the English language was not telling?
COME ON!
Does it matter if it is being RAN or RUN by Indians..same outcome
Get over it..
not sure of the exact # but there are more Indians than Americans
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Of course we are the goldstars - just as the Indians are with their own kind, etc.
Ya gotta think global though.
Mostly Indians. I've never seen anything good
posted above them.
Let the Indians work holidays for OSI
$*#@^%
Why are you making Indians scapegoats SM
for United States greed? My company has more MTs in India than in the United States. The list of US hospitals that prefer the company send reports to India is shocking and makes me sick. But India is doing more to bring business to their country than we are to ours. Whose fault is that? It sure as heck is not the Indians.
Working for Indians is a pain.........sm
They are rude and they love to talk down to you, especially women....they think they know every damn think about everything and don't know squat.
Indian men are A holes!
But "Kentucky-based" Indians …. nm
I had a BAD experience with working with Indians...nm
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So if Transcend uses Indians for weekends,
they have Monday through Friday only positions available for US employees?
What is Cbay. Do they hire MTs. I thought only Indians.
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