Thanks for the vote of confidence. It still would have been

them to have said while I was spending $500 to get a new computer

in order to type their work, that they probably would not have SE

in a couple of months, and just rent a computer until I could move over

to Employee status.

But you know what, when I was an employee they made it impossible to

make the lines in order to be an employee because I mostly crap and was

working 12 hours to get 1000 lines (and I know I can do acute care as

I have done this work for 20 years and had just left a hospital acute care setting where I had no problem making 1200 lines a day.

I'm just about ready to dump this whole thing.  But thanks for your

reply.  I'm still steamed that in dozens of phone calls my supervisor

couldn't have shared any of this with me.  That's what she's there for.

• Does MQ have STATUTORY EMPLOYEES anymore under new plan - ??????????????????
  • why do so many MQ transcriptionists - MQ maybe
    • Here is the deal - Happy MQer
      • Thank You! - MQ maybe
        • Good luck - Happy MQer
  • don't they provide equipment...sm - MQer2
    • MQ charges $50/computer - $15/wave pedal - and rarely have - enough reports
  • you seem frantic - before you jump off the deep end
    • Thanks for the vote of confidence. It still would have been - more decent of

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Do you seriously expect answers to that many questions?  If this was a paid survey - maybe.  I'll give you a general answer to the gist of your line of questioning.

Why do most of us work?  MONEY.  I'm willing to stick with any job as long as my bills get paid.  It is not to my benefit to keep changing jobs and going through the hassles of learning new software and platforms, and starting out again with no seniority and tiny PTO accumulations.  IMO, transcriptionists job hop mainly because companies overhire and make glowing promises.  Some things I can put up with - the rising costs of insurance, new company policies, requesting me to change my schedule for the good of all.  I will grumble, but I will stay.  If and when I cannot pay my bills due to CONSISTENT lack of work, or being forced into new platforms where it is impossible to make any money, I will move on to the next company.

Meanwhile I am constantly looking for ways that I personally can improve my production and be the best that I can be, and I don't blame the company if my own personal issues cause my productivity to suffer.  Given the option I would stick with my current job forever AS IT IS TODAY.  But clients come and go (yet nobody carries on about THEIR turnover), the industry constantly comes up with new standards that rip off the MT, company policies go into effect that whittle away paychecks by reducing line bonuses, glitchy new software is introduced that reduces productivity, new off clock demands that require us to donate unpaid hours, etc.  If the companies weren't constantly throwing curveballs like these that for some are the final straw, less MTs would on the move.

I have not been an MT all my career life, and if and when I cannot make a living being an MT, I will go back to coding or find another genre.  Yes, working at home has spoiled me rotten and I would really mourn if I had to give it up, but realistically I realize it is a possiblily.  It is a hassle to change fields, but I am not afraid because I have portable clerical skills that will always be in demand somewhere, and know I am capable of learning whatever I must to get the job done and keep the paychecks coming.

type.  I've been doing it for years.  I only re-read reports that the dictator is extremely nonsensical, can't put a sentence together to save his/her life, or if the dctator just seems like they don't know what they are doing.  But other than that, I feel pretty confident that I put out accurate reports.  I generally get 99-100% on my QA evals and I'm one the high producers in my department.

I've trained many a Transcriptionist who double, triple, even quadruple check everything they type because they just don't trust themselves.  If you are a newbie, I can understand not trusting yourself yet, but generally if you've been doing this for more than 2 years, you should know what you're doing and you should trust yourself.  If you don't, then you're in the wrong business.  Unfortunately, we are in a profession were we are expected to be both accurate and productive.  If you have a problem achieving both, then again you're in the wrong profession. 

Maybe you're not aware of the situation of the whole company and they may be hiring based on future plans.  If someone has received an offer, that's their business and you might not be aware of all things transpiring behind the scenes. If someone got an offer, maybe they should go for it based on other stats on the company. 

They have a courteous staff at every level.  They offer a lot of support including matching new hires with experienced SoftScript MTs AND a real-time SS MT on messenger to answer sticky questions as you work.  They pay promptly.  They have a page full of contacts for every problem you can imagine, and my emails have always been answered promptly.  If you run out of work, you can email them and be put on another account within an hour.  They have classes so that you can train upwards.  The platform is simple to use.  There is a help page for every aspect of your MT work from the platform to lists of towns near the clincs you transcribe for.  They are constantly making small improvements to help MTs.  They are in regular email contact but they do not hassle you while you work.  And, their line rate is competitive for a national.  They even have a fun bonus program, and they write and say thank you (and to some of us, that does matter.) 

Perhaps the old SoftScript was different, but the current SoftScript gets an A+ from me. 

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