Thanks for replying, guys...
Posted By: cindyoh on 2009-03-30
In Reply to: me too! - Angel
At least you asked more more questions than I did. Maybe if I knew somebody in Jersey, ha-ha. I would not have minded driving to the next town if that was required; did that back in the day. Oh well. Maybe if I was 20 and up for an adventure, but guess I'm getting too old for this stuff.
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Thank you everyone for replying.
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Thank you for replying.
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Thanks for replying - 43/50 is not bad at all!
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Thanks for replying
I thought I had seen something about low work after hiring a while back, but that seems okay now? I think I had talked with someone back at the end of last year there but never went any further. Are they IC status only? How's the platform to work on? Do you have to load a bunch of stuff on your computer and do you need special pedal? Thanks for your help! I'm thinking about contacting them again to see what they have available. 
Thank you mg for replying. sm
I am glad that it can remain IC status. Would you be able to share whether or not you have to use a pedal they give you or if the USB wav pedal 5 is compatible with the way you would get their audio? Or would you know if this depends on the account? I am just curious to know if I could use what I already have as opposed to having to install another foot pedal. Thanks again for your feedback regarding the IC status.  I greatly appreciate it.
Thanks you for replying.
Thanks for replying .... sm
Thanks, I decided to not go with them and stay where I am at....
I see. Thanks for replying. NM
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Are you replying to me?
I don't work part time; I work full time. I would love to make 200 lines an hour, but I can't. There are no templates that can be used for these letters, and I have to look up the doctors' addresses on the internet for the letters, which I don't get paid for.
I guess you're telling me I'm in danger of losing my job, then? Thanks for the warning!
By the way, how many lines an hour would be you be typing without any templates, as I am doing? Just curious.
Thanks for replying!
Thanks for letting me know. I don't feel so alone now. I wish I could afford to take a break. So things slow down for hospital accounts on holidays also? I was just wondering about that and if everyone says, hey, this is a holiday, I'm not going to be sick today. I wish the holiday would soon be over. Need the work if you know what I mean.
Thank you all for replying
You all give such good advice, which is why I like coming here. I've been working all night and I guess I just needed to vent. I really don't want to leave this company, so I will try and tuff it out. I think we've all been there with these types of situations. I've got work finally (probably cuz its the weekend, i'm not even scheduled to work) so I'm going to get back to it before it dries up again. Keep your fingers crossed for me :)
Thanks again for the comments and email.....
Replying to you
by e-mail. I do not think you want to work for this company.
Replying to Looking Too
Isn't giving a 2-week notice rather silly when all you would do is sit in a chair with no work? What did you do?
I don't know whose post you are replying to SM
because I was only on full QA for 2 days (which to me isn't long at all). I am having a pretty good experience with them, sorry yours wasn't the same. As far as the people at the company, if I have a question it gets answered pretty fast and I'm getting paid on time and getting enough work - that's all I require so I'm getting what I need.
thanks for replying - see message
I remember reading somewhere on here about being paid for 74 character lines. Does anyone know how many characters per line, 9 characters per line adds up.
How disappointing! But thanks for replying. nm
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Thanks for replying. Much appreciated.
Thanks for replying even tho u don't work there
Hopefully it won't be much longer and I can find out if I need an expansion program or not because I'm telling you ShortHand is looking pretty good right now, especially for that price.
Thanks so much for the info!
I just felt replying here was enough. I SM
really didn't care to receive an email saying basically the same things. I know she doesn't actually have my email address. I have posted hundreds of times on these boards and this is the first time anyone has done that.
Then stop replying
No one is forcing you to read the posts and respond.
Not Replying To Testers
It would also be nice if you replied to people who take your test, instead of just blowing them away and making them wonder if they passed. Not very good business manners. I had a phone call from you, then you sent the test, and I took lengthy time trying to perfect it, only to be ignored. Even a you didn't pass reply would be better than 0.
BTW: I am the poster who you were replying above to.
Don't you know a single mom is someone who was married but now alone with a child?
All of the replying post is true.
Even if you do meet your line count by the 3rd pay period but don't meet it later because there is no work to transcribe, you still get the nasty grams and phone calls and told to work 24/7 to stay employed. The MTs who don't have this problem are given preference in order to help them make their line counts, thus reducing the work volume of everyone else.
They also just completely changed their insurance, reduccing benefits and raising the employee portion with only about a 10-day notice.
I am replying about the over hire comment.
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Thank you for replying...how long did you work for them?
Let me get this right...if you had typed the report, but it went to QA with a blank, then you didn't get paid for the entire report that you typed? Is this the norm at most companies? Doesn't seem fair to me. 
Not the poster you're replying to, but she is RIGHT
VR is way worse than editing as it has been in the past. With editing in the past, you'd take a report transcribed by an MT, a REAL person who did their best with it, and edit that report. No prob.
With VR, you take a report finished by voice recognition, a MESS of a report, not done by a REAL MT who did their best! It's a pile of garbage, a big bag of jumble left for the Editor to sort through and fix ---- a bigger job, a worse job, and on top of THAT, they're paying us HALF of what we usually get paid, not taking into consideration any long-time work experience, skills, knowledge of the MTs.
If you don't understand any of this, then I just don't know about you....
They're not replying to email right now. Hmmm....nm
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No she's not. She's obviiously replying to a post by DB and bringing to top. nm
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I was replying to packrat. I am not sure why it posted under yours. I did not say Hawaii because
who would ever leave Hawaii??? You have a beautiful place to live, and from what I have read, a healthier place to live.
Where would I be without my husband's income? Living in a smaller house, just fine. I married for love and we worked together to get to the point we are now without help from anyone.
I would never, ever criticize you or lecture you and am not talking down to anyone. Packrat just struck me wrong. So many MT's complain that they cannot make money because of a, b or c but never do anything about it. That's all. I did not mean to insult you in any way.
My ending is plenty happy, but it is hopefully 50 years away. I have a great husband, a warm roof over our head and enough food to feed my family and keep us in clothes with a little extra to vacation each year to that place you are lucky enough to call home!
I agree about wishing I had found transcription when my children were younger. I love what I do and am fortunate enough to be good at it and work for someone that has enough work to keep me busy.
If someone is struggling, I will be the first to lend a hand, but to rant and rave about how MOST women don't need to work is just plain BS.
Hey, guys!
I'm glad you're here, I find that guys can sometimes tend to be a little less emotional and more objective than girls (please no flames, just MHO!). And specialties...I love path, too, but have only ever been able to do it in-house. I've been doing Onc for many, many years and love it absolutely, but it's not that easy to find at-home. I have a fabulous account now, but I work for the apparently doomed MQ, so now what? RadGuy, was it only money that motivated your stay? Do you think your account will stay with MQ? PathGuy, have you thought about tapping into more vet stuff? Will they pay better or the same?
Glad you guys are here...
OncGirl
Thanks guys
I took my time and used my reference materials that I have and thought I did pretty well. Guess not. There were a few questions I did not know the answer to so I guessed, but would never do that on a report. It was very disappointing.
I wish I knew what questions I got wrong. Almost like QA'ing the test would have been helpful to learn from that.
I will keep trying because I am still looking for job. Not happy where I am right now.
Hi Guys!
Well, I think I am still in shock, but the panic has been hitting hard today. I just found out this morning that one of my kids looks like he will be facing surgery on both of his eyes in July! Great timing, huh! I am just worn out! Last week took its toll both physically and emotionally.
I hope everyone finds jobs (the right one for you!) quickly!
Take care of yourselves!
How about these guys?
Any info on Aero Transcription in Maryland or U.S. Transcription in Iowa? TIA
If I were you guys (sm)
I would start looking. I know you reach a comfort level where you are, but TRUST ME, there are reputable companies out there (I work for one) and believe me, you are better off leaving now, before things crash down on you just when you start feeling comfortable again. Good MT's can still find work in this country, and they are paid in dollars, not rupees.
thanks guys -- could
you e-mail the account name or some specific hint so I if apply I can be forewarned? Thanks.
Thanks guys...
your help is sooo appreciated. From the frying pan into the fire is not a good thing.
Thanks again!!!
P.
Hey thanks guys
<3
As good as it feels tho to be able to feel hopeful about the future, I guess the pessimist in me wont feel truly elated until I've started my new job and quit my old one. But hell I'm happy regardless LOL It's just such a huge load off my worried mind !
Thanks again and I hope to be in close correspondence with any present and future Transcenders, maybe we can help each other out at times :D
Thanks to both you guys.
Thanks guys
for all the great info. I will let you know how I test.
Can you guys believe this!!!
I am sick and tired of taking these so-called top notch transcription tests with the most difficult grammar questions, BOS-style like questions, abbreviations, what is a plural,etc, and only having an hour to complete the test. I just recently jumped through hoops for a compnay I shall not name. The VP told me I had exactly one hour to complete the all most impossible task. Well, I passed her fricking test. Then, she told me to gear up I had exactly until the end of the day to complete her 4 wave files. I completed them. After all this, she had the nerve to offer me a full-time IC position at 7 cpl. The wave files I heard require more than 7 cpl and why on god's green earth would I take an IC job doing acute care for 7cpl, I would be losing money. Then, she had the nerve to set a schedule for me Monday-Friday starting from 9 am to 5 pm. No thank you. I will keep right on looking. I do not need this stress. I am going in-house. I simply outdone.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Thanks guys
I appreciate the straight dope about this place. We all probably know what to expect with any national company, so we gotta look after ourselves ultimately. Medquist and Transcend have failed me pretty bad so I'm gonna try and do whatever I can (within reason) to make this work.
I'm hopeful.
Thanks again and thanks for the All Caps trick !
Wow! You guys, I'm so sorry! To have to go through this after...
all the drama you had to deal with at Focus. I had a bad feeling things were going south at JLG right before I quit back in July. I can't believe they didn't even offer you MT positions! Well, my opinion is they are going under and they probably didn't have anything to offer you. When I quit, I sent out an resignation email and never got a response. So I just quit working and started my new job earlier and nobody said a word. I thought that was a bad sign.
I was having trouble getting my pay checks when I quit and then right after I quit they sent out the email about not using direct deposit anymore and then I kept reading about all these poor people who were late getting their checks. It just didn't look, sound or smell good at all.
Man, it just goes to show you there isn't a reliable company out there anymore. Used to be when I first started working from home JLG was one of the most reliable companies around with a good reputation.
Well, good luck gals! Drop me an email sometime. It's still the same and use me as a personal reference if you need to. I have nothing but good things to say about all y'all!
Lori
Hey, guys.....
Hey, lighten up!
In the old days -- 20 or so years ago, or maybe as recently as 10 years ago -- those terms were possessive with the apostrophe and the s. It wasn't until recently that the definitive references like Stedman's (or should that be Stedman?) decided to drop it. If you read medical literature, you will see that in most instances the apostrophe s is still used. So it has changed, and a lot of oldtimers (and M.D.s too) still put the apostrophe s at the end.
I prefer the apostrophe s as most docs dictate it that way and that was the way that I was trained to do it many, many moons ago.
Hey - You guys that are IC's
Forgive my total ignorance, but why do you guys choose to be IC's? I have been an MT for very many years, but all I really know about IC it is that you have to pay your own taxes and you do not receive benefit. I am not currently using my medical benefits (hubby's), but are there other perks? Do you make more $$. More flexible scheduling? Do you just like to have your own clients, and more than 1 or 2? I would think having your own client would be more profitable than to do IC work for a company, cutting out the middle profit. I see so many IC positions now but I thought that was to the company's benefit.
Exactly. You guys need to get over it -
lots of companies operate this way - they just tell their workers about it. It's nothing new or earth shaking. Get a grip.
How do you guys know so much info?....sm
I have been working at OSi for almost 2 years and never get any information about anything...other than from this board. I got the email this weekend about the coordinator job and have been wondering since who left...and hoping that it is not mine, who is awesome. I like working there and have had zero problems since the day I started, other than being made to switch to SE from IC, but all this nastiness is starting to worry me too. When I started up with them I could not find a single bad thing about them...now it is all that I see.
Do you guys know of anyone hiring for
If I could find a psych account I would be in heaven.
Thanks guys. Seems as if it is the same thing everywhere.
Thanks to you guys who answered...
on Oracle. Guess I don't know about the platform since I saw some not so favorable reviews on using it and being productive, am trying to figure out what exactly I really need to get started purchasing and I don't think at this point a C-phone would be one I would be willing to purchase. Thanks for the info!!
Anyone out there on JLG and their platform? Thanks!
I declined it. Thanks guys. sm
I just can't survive on $10 less an hour.
Thanks for the info guys :)
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