Thanks, GothMT. My heart says it is the right thing

• I'm just curious, if any of you are supposed to be paid on a certain date sm - still searching
  • If it is any consolation, I work at CS too, and I asked Rahul if we would sm - LTMT
    • Hey LTMT: Was wondering if you still recommend - any other place you have worked.
      • Hey, nice to hear from you again. I would say Encompass is a very good sm - LTMT
        • Thanks for sharing your information LTMT! - The other MT you were talking to a while back.
          • Good luck to you in your new posiiton -- I'm sure you'll love MDI. :-) nm - LTMT
          • Congrats... - GothMT
            • Thanks, GothMT. My heart says it is the right thing - The other MT etc.
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I haven't a clue what you are talking about.

I think a really positive thing to do because there is so much discontent and distrust and distress in this field - at least 90% of it warranted - would be to start a space or maybe even another forum here on MT STARS for something like How To Get Free or Back To the Light or who knows what - just a place to post and network and throw out ideas and experiences and tips of how to get out of this field and start again - or like someone else wrote -  use some of our skills but in other ways we might never have thought of on our own...

What makes you think think I am suddenly trying to fix it?  You must have a pretty hard life, or maybe too good of one to have that kind of heart.  This isn't new, this is something I have been working on for some time.  And, you know, I could tell you about the fire and the parents and all that, but you don't deserve it!!!!

with all of you MDI-MD/Transcenders.  I've never worked for either company but I know the drill.  Anyone remember ddi, Inc.?

Now is the time to act.  Contact your representatives in Congress.  HAVE YOUR SAY.  I did and I actually got a phone call the other day from Washington DC regarding a letter I had written a short time previously. 

Now is the time to stop the offshoring and I believe it is also time to trim the fat in health care and one good place to start is putting transcription back in the medical facilities where it belongs.  In short, cut out the suit's fat paychecks. 

Don't waste your time ranting here it MIGHT get you sued.    TAKE ACTION.

If you stand up for what's right it'll be alright.  What goes around comes around.  I believe that.

This merger should be of interest to all MT's.  I have never worked for either service, but I have been following the discussions to see how my fellow MTs are being treated by their companies, as well as other company discussions.  It could happen to any of us that work for MTSO's and has happened with a couple services I worked for.  Nobody is stopping anyone from starting new topics.  Just bypass the ones you are not interested in.  Don't you realize that this may be the only networking avenue these MTs have open to them right now?  Count your blessings if you work for a company that doesn't offshore.  Thankfully, mine doesn't.

If people had paid attention back in the 1970s and 1980s when our manufacturing base started eroding, jobs going to other countries, maybe we wouldn't be in such a sad state of affairs. Offshoring is nothing new, just new to medical transcription.  Millions of Americans (mostly blue collar) have lost their jobs to offshoring in the past 4 decades, but few paid attention because it wasn't their problem. 

This merger should be of interest to all MT's.  I have never worked for either service, but I have been following the discussions to see how my fellow MTs are being treated by their companies, as well as other company discussions.  It could happen to any of us that work for MTSO's and has happened with a couple services I worked for.  Nobody is stopping anyone from starting new topics.  Just bypass the ones you are not interested in.  Don't you realize that this may be the only networking avenue these MTs have open to them right now?  Count your blessings if you work for a company that doesn't offshore.  Thankfully, mine doesn't.

If people had paid attention back in the 1970s and 1980s when our manufacturing base started eroding, jobs going to other countries, maybe we wouldn't be in such a sad state of affairs. Offshoring is nothing new, just new to medical transcription.  Millions of Americans (mostly blue collar) have lost their jobs to offshoring in the past 4 decades, but few paid attention because it wasn't their problem. 

How is it to work there?  Are you able to get the lines and make decent money in an 8-hr day with it being 75-char line?  That seems like a really long line.

TIA

I am one of those unfortunate souls who lives paycheck to paycheck, and it would only take one or two disasters to send me spiraling.  Of course, right now I am working 3 jobs, so I hope to build a little safety net, but this is not about me ... I feel bad for you.

Maybe you should try getting on with a company that pays weekly -- that should get you the money you need quicker.  Off the top of my head, the only company I know that pays weekly is New England Medical Transcription.  They used to just use Word with an FTP transfer of work, but I think that has changed.  Still, probably the setup would not take long.  Or, if you are really desperate, perhaps you could try a temp agency for something.  I think they pay weekly, although the people working there do not get near what the temp agency does .. sigh.  

I'm sure things will start picking up for you.  Perhaps if you explain your situation to your creditors and such, they will understand and give you a break.  Everyone knows about the devastation in Texas and surely would be sympathetic. 

Regardless, I'm sending lots of positive thoughts your way.  Good luck! 

nm

Do you know anything about Medical Transcription Services out of Texas. They hire graduates of Andrews and other schools.  Thank you.

You never said how many lines you type an hour-- over 350 to 400 typing and 600 editing??

DIDN'T THINK SO--you don't know what you are talking about in regards to the problems a lot of us are having because it is probably better for you.  Even the Transcend CEO said it would be better for the SLOWER MTs.  I guess you are one of those I take it.  If you EVER get your line count up and then have it snatched away, then maybe you will understand what we are talking about, but right now you are clueless sweetie!!!....LOL

I find it particularly pathetic that someone at Transcend is so willing to put my name out there, yet doesnt post their name.  I am sure that you are one to get on here and complain and whine about how you hate Transcend and are so unhappy and trash the place while hiding in secrecy.  Why not post your complaints on the forum?  To afraid?  It really burns me that someone could drag me into this thread while being a coward and not post their own name. 

We all will make this profession or what used to be a profession what it is today.

We are selling a service.  If I hired an attorney, I would not ask him for a psychological test or a credit report.  I wouldn't ask a contractor that was doing some work in the backyard for a credit report.

When companies ask me for too much for too little, I blow them off.  They are already taking a lot of your pay.  For them to want you to be an IC, you pay for your own equipment and internet service, you give them an hourly schedule when you are supposed to be an IC, they want 3 references, etc., and now they want a psycological test?  Ask a contract attorney or contractor for that, they'd probably hang up the phone in your ear.

Yes, I want to hire you as my attorney, but I want to see a credit report, want to know exactly what hours you will be working and you will need to take a psychological test.  All this and I will pay you $10.00 an hour.

I think it is nonsense and they are not treating us like professionals and with the respect that we deserve.  And with that, good luck ladies and gents! 

The same thing happened to me.  Got a call yesterday stating that I started the testing, but never finished and they would like me to work with them.  The reason I didn't finish it is that I got a pop-up screen that said I didn't have enough experience, but the caller yesterday said they stress the 2-year experience heavily and I don't have 2 years yet.