The American QA is out the door too. they are using their MEs from India
Posted By: Former SPI on 2007-08-30
In Reply to: RUN!!! - Gloria Brown
to do the QA on the foreign based MT and the MEs suck just as bad as the MTs do.
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One of the reasons the work is sent to India at night is because very few MTs will work past 6 p.m. I work a split shift and am shocked at how many MTs will only work between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mon-Fri (not 12 hours but only hours between those.) Even when they are hired for one weekend day which is the way it is supposed to be now for new hires they don't show up on their weekend day and there are very few of us who work past 6 p.m. If American MTs want the work they have to work all shifts. If you are new in a company you get the crappy shifts and days until you work your way up after being their for awhile. That's they way it is in corporate America-why do MTs think its not they way for them?
Hey, I have India-American friends
They came here and became Americans, so please don't call them dot-heads. The difference in them is that they live here and observe the same standards we do and have to pay bills at the same rates do. I have no problem with them.
I understand the anger, but the real anger shouldn't be at them, but at our own countrymen who advocate it and sell out their own people. There's a fine line between profit and sleaze and shamless greed, and they've crossed it. Some hospitals are strongly against it and they need to start investigating and prosecuting those who trick them, IMO. There are security risks regardless how well software is made. Patient names, dictated S.S. numbers, etc. It's creepy, if you ask me. Anyone can jot the stuff down and they would not be accountable to an American court.
As long as Americans tolerate it, it will continue. Most aren't even aware of it and when you tell them, they're shocked and angry.
Heartland was started in India and American MTs should
Valuable lesson learned. Never go to work for a company that is based on offshoring because they'll simply pull the rug out from under you. I don't mean to sound heartless and I wish I had jobs to offer all the American MTs but I don't.
However, Mr. Ormond said the firm's transcription business started in India, and the company tried to bring it to the United States but it wasn't profitable. -- from the article.
Those of us in the business a long time knew where their center of business was located from the beginning.
It's less an American co with branch in India, than an Indian
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American Indian vs a person in India. nm
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Let me sum it up for you, 80% of work is done in India, they just laid off a bunch of American
QA people, some of which were hired only a few months before they were fired, and they just now fired a lot of their upper management. Something is in the wind at Focus and it smells like crap! Don't work there. If you do decide to ignore the warnings, don't believe anything they tell you! They lie to you right up until they call and fire you.
Why in the world are American MTs working for India who treat you so disrespectfully?
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Looks American but isnt. All MT work done in India. Hosps in IL dont know. Bound to fall.
This is all part of the cost-saving plan..first, send your American MTs work to India so we sit here
with nothing and then manipulate the way the lines are counted. Sounds like cost cutting at our expense to me.
Two of us out the door ! .... sm
I did it ! And so did another MT who worked on the same account. We sent our resumes out a few weeks ago without saying a word. We both got "several" offers from companies with good reputations. We were hired by different companies but with pretty much the same positives. My company is a mid-sized MTSO, USA all the way, have accounts that have no interest in VR (first time I ever said thank God for ESL's) and treat their MTs with respect. Hey, I'll take it! No company is perfect (neither am I). It'll take some time to get adjusted. But at least I know I'm not slaving away only to have a knife plunged in my back. Read all these posts over and over until your frustration turns to anger. You deserve better. Go for it!
I'm on my way out the door
I just started a new job this week and can't believe the difference. MQ treats you like a slave and it's only getting worse. I've worked for MQ for 10 years and the last 2-3 years have been all downhill.
I, too, though rely on my income (it's not monopoly money), which is why I'm still with them but part-time and soon to be PT flex. I just wanted to make sure my new job is the right job for me and to give myself a chance to get my line count up.
As for the new company, better pay, straight transcription, 1 account which is loaded, and less supervision. No E-time - I hate that thing.
I never really thought about looking for another job until the last year or so and didn't realize there were so many options. Having done 5 years of acute care at the Q has been well worth the effort.
Go ahead - take the plunge! Send your resumes out and, like the other poster said, research your companies to find what you are looking for. Not everyone has the same needs (for me, I don't need benefits, just good pay and flexibility). There's a company out there that's right for you and you'll find it in no time! 
I too am on my way out the door...
switched from part time to part time flex, got another job making 3.5 cents more per line with a fabulous account and a great platform. Who could ask for more?
Was with MQ for over 7 years, and am not happy with the direction the company is heading.
Don't let the door hit ya on the way out.....nm
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Don't let the door hit ya on your way out.
Maybe you could go down to South America and b*tch at those people for working for a dollar a day.
Hey, if we take up a collection can we ship you to India? I'm sure there are some of you people (as you like to call us) who are doing whatever work they can get a hold of to feed their children. Maybe you can cruise down in your gas-guzzler - ya know - since you don't have a job and all - and remind them how stupid they are for working for a living.
Yeah. That'd be great.
Revolving door?
Does Heartland have a revolving door? In the past few months on this board, I've read about people being fired, including their president.
Uhhh...Just don't go next door....;)
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Its a revolving door
There ad is always up for MT's.
If it seems like a revolving door, SM
I'm sure it is. As far as wanting your boss available to you...for what? I'm not sure I understand the need for that. You log on when it's time to begin your shift, you do the work that comes to you and you log off. When I worked for them, I might have talked to my supervisor once every couple of months or so. My quality stats came in the mail, my check was direct deposited and I had no need to discuss anything with the supervisor.
revolving door. NM
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I'd be out the door in a heartbeat.
I see that open door
Yeah, I'll just get in line behind 10 former teammates that just got the ax, all the MDI'ers looking for a new gig, and locally, the 450 people whose plant just closed. Once I get through that crowd, I can then compete with my current teammates who are also looking for a second job/replacement job because they are eyeying the open door too, in between competing with one another for work.
Once I claw my way through the desperate crowd of job seekers and into another job, I can wait a year or so, run across the same scenario at the next company, and start looking for work again when their work pool mysteriously dries up.
Or I could just blow my brains out and avoid repeating this loathesome, demoralizing cycle for the next 20 years until I'm retirement age. Thanks for helping me ponder my options.
India, Michael. The MT world is going to India. Wonder why? nm
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Does anyone know why MB was shown the door at Interpro? nm
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Uh, not too many people because the door didn't
All that is left are the newbies who don't know any better. They meekly wonder why they don't have any work to do but don't have enough experience to work for a real company so they twiddle their thumbs while their work is sent overseas. Nobody in their right mind would be happy there unless they have trampled on people on the way to the top.
I think they still have revolving door management.
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Thanks for this. I feel like if I could get my foot in the door,
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Heartland in the US was just a ruse to get them in the door...sm
I have watched the company for a long time. They took over the Kansas City Accounts and also Hawaii accounts I used to work saying they were an American Company because they are stationed here and offered us QA jobs to train the Indians (I think not). It was just a matter of time before they trained enough of them and had enough clients they would move it all over there. What is sick about this is that most Americans do not know their social security numbers and personal information are going in the middle of the terrorist lands!
Anyone know how to get a foot in the door @ TransTech
I have read a lot of great things about them, and would love to know if anyone knows how to get a foot in the door. I just went to their site and submitted an application, but haven't done the testing yet.
I have over 5 years of MT experience, and am sick and tired of working for crappy companies that have late paychecks and run out of work! :( I want to get somewhere and get comfortable!
Webmedxr laying by the door
looking out the window....waiting for work...waiting for work....waiting for work...
My company was practically next door to JLG. They
stopped our 401K, then stopped our direct deposit, then they lost all their big accounts and we all lost our jobs.
I'm definitely groping for the Exit door!
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All your jobs have come knockin on your door? You
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was treated like dirt... and shoved out the door. don't do it.
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years ago that was pretty much the only way to get an MT job to get your foot in the door - sm
I noticed that there are a few temp agencies in Tampa that are looking for transcriptionists. Keep in mind that the pay may be lower because the agency needs to be paid through the client. So if the client is paying $18/hour to the agency, then you may only be getting $10-11/hour. If you did any paperwork with the temp agency, i.e. filling out an application or tested with them, and then you decide you do not want to take the assignment, you cannot go to the client and say that you are a Transcriptionist and you will do the work for X-amount of dollars/hour. If the temp agency finds out, then they can sue you - noncompete-type of suit.
It's a foot in the door. I don't blame them for grabbing it up
I started out the same way, making .05 per line about 4 years ago now. It was my foot in the door. I was on full QA for about a week, quickly went to .06 per line, then .07, and then changed to an account that was .08, in less than a year. I've since moved on from that company, and I think I'm doing pretty well for myself now, but I wouldn't be here if I hadn't taken the opportunity when it came along.
NOW it is time to close the barn door???
They are falling like a house of cards! What else can we expect? We put our faith in some people who had no idea what direction to take. Most of them were at the end of their careers to boot and, in my opinion, not really motivated to do a lot of real good. Their major concern seemed to be flying all over the country spreading gossip on the dues money I was paying them and accomplishing NOTHING. Is offshoring their fault entirely? No, but what did they do to prevent it until very recently? I gave up my membership and CMT 4 years ago. Good riddance!
You have to show a picture proving you have a door?? sm
Man, that is really getting picky. I would fail that requirement, I'm sure a lot of us would! Sounds like they are TRYING to make it impossible for you to continue with them.
revolving door. can't survive. don't bother. nm
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Switching jobs is an opportunity, the door to better
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When one door closes, another opens, several others if you are brave.
There are very few mean MTs actually.
R.H.Occupant-the sad thing is the door is standing
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revolving door is too slow a term - your head would
spin right off your head with the number of employees they go through! Practically every week I was getting emails about management changes and replacements. It was very uncomfortable. I worked for them for seven months and it was not a good experience.
It seems like a like of companies have a revolving door. I am starting to wonder if it is the compa
Maybe there are a lot of transcriptionists who move around a lot, making it seem like the companies are at fault.
I MEANT, "out the DOOR". (Although changing 'out'
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Wow .. if I could do 2000-2500 lph, I'd be living next door to the Rockefellers. nm :-)
MDI owners email, said door open for emails sm.
So did anybody take her invitation to email her? Curious. I am not an MDIer but have been following the posts. see original post pasted below.
MDI-MD MT on 2009-07-29
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I am hoping that all MTs for MDI got the email sent out this morning by MDI's owner. She is trying to keep us all informed and reassured. I have read posts over the past few weeks that MTs are out of work or really low in work. I, too, have experienced the same thing. Ask for more work in another account or specialty, even if it means going back on QA to cross train into something new. She says the work is abundant so we have to find out where. She also is going to hire 40-50 more MTs for new accounts starting in 30-60 days. Jump in early and see if perhaps you could share in some of these new accounts. I plan to do just that. She says her door is open for emails, so let's email her personally and skip your TL, as they may not know all the details yet. Good luck everyone and hang in there! |
Also...do you have to clock out any time you leave the computer, i.e. to answer the door, go to the
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But wouldn't that also open the door for MTs to get in trouble for lying about companies? sm
There are lots of dubious posts out there by MTs who are sure they know the truth but maybe they stretch things too b/c they had a bad experience; maybe they were legitimately let go and now have it in for someone. Anyway, I don't think there is any legal coverage on this site or any other b/c (as stated) it is an anonymous forum.
Basically take everything with a grain of salt!
offshore to India, it's OFFSHORE (off shore), not outsource to India.
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An American
Your right - I posted and I am American. Read the book - The Worls is Really Flat - grow up. This is a busines that Sally Struthers advertises to unemployed people in the middle of the day - Learn to be a medical Transcriptionist ...
I believe that rasism is bad. The people on this site are off balance. They believe that ONLY Americans can do this work. They believe that because someone was born in another country - they are a lesser person. How sad and small - it is the very thing that will kill the business for Americans. MTSOs understand that they provide a great living for people in India. Indian companies provide health insurance, paid time offf, transporation to and from work, and free meals. Do American MTSOs provide ANY of this?
all american
meant appreciate that, oops 
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