Sounds like push come to shove.
Posted By: Fingers on 2009-06-01
In Reply to: I did not settle - MissionimpossibleMT
And I am glad you shoved back. I wish more MTs would start doing that. When an MT (like myself) has to sit at a computer from 6:30 a.m. until 5:00, 8:00, and sometimes 11:00 just to make a living, and sometimes just to meet the minimum, it is push come to shove time. I stood up to my employer about this and I was laid off. I simply refused to do it anymore. I would not take PTO when there was no work. That PTO was earned by ME to use as I pleased. We were told to clock in and out, in and out as work was available. I checked with the Labor Board in their state, who said it was like asking a sales clerk to clock out if there were no customers in the store. They have the right to change your shift, but not make you keep clocking in and out for hours on end, month after month. I told my AM I wanted third party involvement because this was going to stop. I told them to give me work or let me go. They let me go, paying a nice severance, my PTO, and cooperated with my unemployment income until I found a new job. It took 2 weeks, I make more money, and the work is quite steady. I too do not recommend issuing ultimatums unless you are ready for the consequences. I wanted my life back and it has actually taken me a couple of months to let the stress go, and I wish I had done it sooner.
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Escription - Push push push then.....nothing
I am becoming increasingly frustrated at how these companies that do Escription or any other VR program for that matter, take on new accounts that are backlogged and they push and push you to get on there and get it caught up. Then when everyone is humming along, all of a sudden, no work. How can anybody make a living with this kind of abuse?
Interpro does that too - shove it thru
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Guess we should tell Ronnie to shove it
and *never mind about acknowledging medical transcriptionists*
I hardly call an email acknowledgement having hands out and gimme, gimme, gimme, little exaggeration, huh?
Sheesh, lighten up. Happy MT week anyway! :)
There's not a push for VBC.
Phoenix MedCom I believe was one of the companies that tried it, and they're back to paying a regular 65-character line. The only reason anyone would change to VBC at this point is to try to weasel a bigger profit. We are on computers with line counting software, so all you do is enter your parameters. It's not beneficial in anyway to set it up to NOT count spaces. This whole thing is just silly and yet another way MTSOs are trying to pull one over. Luckily, the reputable ones are not even DISCUSSING this horrible idea.
Please don't try to push transcription for MW.
First of all, you must be new. It is impossible to get the lines because the work does run out each day. Now, why would I want to transcribe for MW at 8-1/4 cents per line? Do you think MW is the only place there is to work? There are still companies out there where quality does still matter!
I have enjoyed working for MW up to this point and I have one of the best supervisors going, but I have more respect for myself then to continue to stay here and work for $8 per hour, cleaning up trash, and running out of work so that it is impossible to get the incentive.
Just push tab instead of using mouse. NM
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Exactly. Why the sudden push to VR?
Unless the company is in financial trouble. We never know because they never tell us anything. This is the only place we can ever find out information.
Whatever it is, I suspect it is time to move on...
That's what QA is for. No one is allowed to push
nm
Its counterproductive to push VR
What are they thinking? They push VR, they sell VR. Client was happy with the status quo, and so were the MTs, but now the client gets to thinking, and they research VR on their own, and they buy Powerscribe, the docs do their own editing and presto, they no longer need Webmedx at all. Smart move guys! Brilliant!
How about concentrating on recruiting and KEEPING clients for a change, instead of this obsession with productivity? If all the clients leave due to getting sold on VR, typing nothing really fast cannot be very profitable.
That's why we need to push HARD to tax offshoring.
True, but why should anyone have to push themself
to earn the cruddy half of a half of a half a cent 'incentives' you think are so wonderful just so they can start earning the cpl their experience should be paid from the start.
WMX is a joke with their offers. I turned them down after hearing I passed their level 4 and ESL tests and was only being offered 7 cpl to work their hardest accounts.
I'll stick with my part time job at FN for 10 cpl for every line I type and not worry about being micro-managed.
Experienced MTs should stop selling themselves short by accepting such low offers attached to glorified incentives. There are places out there that offer better cpl to start.
I don't push like I did years ago - I usually get about 1300-1400 (sm)
If I push, I can get about 1600.
Transtech has straight typing but do push for VR
nm
it was NEMT and I didn't push anyone out of the running
DUH!
Based on my past experience, I think they will push everyone...
to be employees so they can lower your cpl rate. Once the company I worked for started pushing employee status, they made it miserable for those of us who wouldn't take the 2 CPL pay cut to be an employee, i.e., not mailing out checks and saying if we were employees, we could have direct deposit, etc.
Doesn't AHDI also push E&O insurance?
Sounds to me like they are just trying to make more money off the MTs.
I agree with the other poster that it is the corporations that get sued, not the employees. Why spend a lot of money suing someone that doesn't have a dime to their name (the MT)? You don't. You go after the corporation with the large pockets.
The day the first MT gets sued over something like this is the day I get out. Why would any of us risk our financial future for a job that pays squat?
NO probs for me except when I push on wrong pedal and can't figure out why no one is speaking, lo
:l
not to mention, this feels like a push to make this just a part-time
job because it seems to be happening already. My partner drives a school bus and they do that to the drivers, they only allow them to work so-many hours a week, with absolutely NO benefits, other than the few the union has gotten them, and the bit higher pay scale. My partner also has had the union fight for his job many times especially when new managers would come in and right away want to 'clean house', get rid of the higher paid, senior drivers. It costs him 37 dollars a month though for 10 months and that is a drag too but in the long run, he does have some protection and the union is only as strong as its members. they are also in bed with management most of the time but these managers are usually nasty, aggressive, and would rather just hire their friends and family, and that is one thing I appreciate the union for, if nothing else...
you have to have an advocate - someone has to have our best interest in mind if we are ever to keep our jobs...
sure sounds swell. Sounds like 2350 ln/day @ 4 cents/ln=$90./day
in order to figure how many line needs to be produced to make $500 per pay period. ie, how many lines an hour needed per 8 hour day --at your rate.
So say $450 a week would be $90 a day.
For example, if making 4 cents a line,need 2,250 lines a day, 281 an HOUR (to listen through and edit) to make this great wage of $90. a day FOR ALL THIS SAME SKILL, TO KEEP UPDATED WITH CHANGING MEDICAL COMMUNITY. nope Better at Jack-in-Box Pass it up.
Sounds like it and it sounds like you must tell them when they will be and no change them. Wonder
what you do when there is no work. Well, there will be a lot of problems with this whole plan if they dont get things straightened out with this no work situation.
Sounds like I'm the same age as you!
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Sounds like she was trying to -sm
make you quit - probably because they overhired and have too many people. She probably thought she could bully you out the door and have one less person to have to deal with. I wonder if she treats others like that too.
I bet so. Sure sounds like them!!
nm
Sounds like
MedQuist
SM - Sounds like you...
must know this owner pretty well to be bashing him this way. How is it you have come to such an opinion? Did you work in an office with him? I would be very anxious to hear more of your scholarly declarations such as the answer to ending world hunger and obtaining world peace? Please, tell us more oh "wise" one....
exactly what I was trying to say! It sounds like they sm
are on the right track! Good luck to them.
That sounds exactly like OSi.
nm
sounds like mq
There is always someone telling everyone what excellent accounts they have, perfect sound, TONS of work....hmmmm....well, I guess it's nice that SOMEBODY is going to be able to pay the rent cause it sure ain't me.
Sounds about right, maybe even a little low. nm
nm
Sounds low to me (sm)
 I made $3.00 page several years ago. With wages lowering each and every day for the MTs, maybe someone else would like to share their thoughts. Good luck!
It sounds like they are not
very technical-savvy if they need MTs to come in for training! I'd be looking elsewhere.
They can only say no, but it sounds like they can't...
...afford to lose you. YOU are in the catbird seat. Ask for the raise. Really. Do it, and best of luck.
Sounds like BTS in MA. sm
They will take 6 weeks to send you a paycheck for 2 weeks pay, trim 30% off your line counts to supposedly cover headers/footers, and stiff you for your last check if you leave. Leave while you are ahead if it is them.
wow. Sounds like you been there, done that. Thanks for
This sounds like a
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Sounds like she might need some
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Sounds like
Sounds like a really nice gift. Mine must have gotten lost in the mail LOL
Sounds like
it might be what they call a vacation -- I wouldn't know really though, haven't had one in so long.
Sounds like...
the company I work for now meets those criteria. Email me if you'd like.
This sounds exactly like the what the
well trained office staff is supposed to say to negativity about the company. I worked for TC for awhile and learned the ins and outs. If you don't mind being overworked, underpaid, all the cherrypicking going on and don't question anything then this is a great company to work for. Not to mention if you are on the CEOs good side and work in the office you get paid trips to Disneyland for your whole family, and can give the MTs as much grief as you want and nothing is said. But if you do mind all this stuff, then as the first poster said run as fast as you can.
Sounds like....
.....Focus
OMG! Sounds just like MQ! lol
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Sounds just like what my sm
husband has through work only the deductible is 1000.00 for in network, 2000.00 out of network. No payout until deductible is met,except for office visits. Unfortunately, only one of my doctors is in his network. None of my specialists are. And, the PPO network is very restricted. But we do have prescriptions. It used to be John Deere Healthcare. Now it is United Healthcare.
It sounds rather -
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Thank you...that sounds better!
I could definitely live with that! I'm glad I asked more questions. Is Carlotta nice to talk to? That's who I would be speaking with and she seems nice. Do you get samples or are able to see old reports for the ESLs or any difficult dictator? That helps a lot, too. Thank you!
sounds like maybe........
 the police should get involved in this case. Too bad I do not know her, or I would definitely think about getting her and that other lady SOME jail time! Would serve them right, and then throw away the key!
Sounds like one to me
nm
Sounds like
the same company I tried before this one, trained 1 days, worked 2 days, both with no work and quit.
It sounds like
somebody already figured the lines to be subtracted at 133 . . . is that gross lines from the original counting method? If so, then you would need to figure it based on 65-char so as not to cheat yourself. It could be quite a difference, especially when considering the weekly or monthly amount.
Also, if it were me I would tell them that my 65-character count line rate is higher than my gross lines rate (by at least 2 cpl), and that that is standard practice, which it is.
This sounds more like something
The button mashing and burping sound sort of childish. JMO.
Sounds like...
Sounds like the same one I worked for. Trust me, don't walk, but RUN away from these people. She does everyone the same way.
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