The many negatives? You're the only one I've seen bash it. Not every place is for everyone.

• Trying to find contact info for MDI-MD and MDI-FL - Tired
  • MDI-MD hires statutory employees, full or part time. sm - long-time MT
    • Thanks for the info. sm - Tired
      • As a statutory employee, they take out FICA and match it. sm - long-time MT
        • it all sounded great.......until the C-phone part. - lilworried
          • You're really better off anyway. - BELIEVE ME!!
            • Just because you obviously could not make the grade, does not mean others cannot. nm - Another happy MDIer
              • I have no problem making the grade anywhere else. - sm
          • Will most probably need to pay long distance too. - nm
            • Not a big deal ... have unlimited with SBC for $49/month -- for $33+ per hour, it's worth it. :) - long-time MT
              • SBC doesn't allow MTs. Many long distance providers don't anymore because of how many minutes - you go through.
                • Actually, SBC does allow it. I had my line changed to a business line and talked with a sm - long-time MT
                • I'll admit . This is the only thing I don't - sm - MTK
              • Watch out. SBC just sent me a letter saying - sm
                • There's The Neighborhood too -- have you tried it? nm - long-time MT
                • Curious - What is SBC? sm - MTK
              • I don't buy the $33+ an hour crap. - Oh, Please!!
                • I used to make at least that when I was an employee before I became QA. - Why not?
                  • I know it can be done - but not at MDI-MD. This I know for a fact. - nm
                    • How can you know for a fact how much another individual is capable of doing? sm - long-time MT
                      • I've been an MT for over 20 years now. - sm
                        • The many negatives? You're the only one I've seen bash it. Not every place is for everyone. - long-time mt
                        • do you have any theories on why line counts are - low at MDI? (nm)
                          • Theories, sure. - sm
                            • Sounds like someone has a grudge... - NM
                        • Why did you continue to work for MDI... - Wondering
                    • I don't have any problem making at least 30 an hour - mdi-er
                • What a charming individual you are -- thanks, and Merry Christmas to you. :-) nm - long-time MT
                  • I did too long-time MT before MT killed my body and I had to do QA. - me too
                    • Wow ... 400+ lines per hour ... my hat's off to you :-) sm - long-time MT
              • Unfortunately, this isn't available in my area. Who wants to pay LD anyway. - nm
                • I guess I do ... well worth it for business, plus I make tons of LD calls to friends/family. nm - long-time MT
          • I don't have a second phone line ... cable modem for the internet, regular line for my C-phone. - long-time MT
            • C-phone-you don't need two lines - Jill

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a better than average pay, but no one ever says what it is.  If you do QA they need to pay hourly.  When I was QA I was better off retyping the reports.

They use Start/Start and require you to purchase it.  When I worked there they got a $20 discount if you told the company you worked for SoftScript, not sure if still that way.

I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone, but I do still have my foot pedal and software if you're interested.  

through the same thing.  Here is my advice (for what it's worth).  I would not actually quit until you find a new job.  Then, respectfully, let the old company know that although you feel bad about leaving them that you have to give 2 weeks notice because there is just not enough work to pay your bills.  You could also say that if they do not need you due to low work volume that you could quit effective immediately, but that due to professional courtesy you would be happy to complete 2 weeks (something along those lines).  Just be polite about it.  They know that the majority of us work for a living and cannot expect us to continue to work for a company that does not have work. 

Good luck to you!

Chickadee

forget them.  Unless, of course, you like being strug along. 

good.  I don't work for KS, never have and have absolutely no desire to ever work for them, but I have worked for one really bad company.   I have 18 years' experience and was the QA manager so I have skills and I'm very good at what I do, but the company was horrible and told all kind of lies to entice me to work for them.  I don't post on here to bash the company, but if someone asks about the company I will give my honest opinion.  What about companies like XXXX or whatever they call themselves now.  They are a scam and what if when someone comes here to ask about them all that is posted are good posts (of course there would never be any).  

I personally feel that all the MTSO and management posts from KS are enough to keep me from wanting to be a part of KS. 

happening now at almost all these big companies.  They are sending our work out of the country. 

If there is anyone out there who may have the right connections (you know what I mean), please, please do what you can to help. 

others do when faced with no work.  Do you ask management for more accounts?  Do you just ride it out and hope that indeed new accounts sign on and you can make a living before the wolf gets too close to the door?  Do you go and look for another job (or 2) to supplement your income and then work like crazy when things pick up?  In a perfect world, I suppose I would have a nice little nest egg built up and could just enjoy the lull times, but unfortunately that is not the case, and I was just curious as to how others handle it.  I do not have a husband to fall back on as a secondary source of income/support, so it can get kind of scary at times.  My instinct tells me to just work another job or two.  I may not have a life, but at least I will not be on the street. 

Thanks for your input.

are happy, they are either management or causing flames.

There are a lot of good companies out there, but this is like anything else:  If you have a good experience, you are happy.  If you have a bad experience, or perceive something as a bad experience, you yell and scream and ram it down the throats of everyone around you? 

We are all entitled to our opinions, good and bad, but people that come to this board for real answers are never going to be able to find them as both the nay say'ers and the yay say'ers get out of hand.

I work for Keystrokes.  I have for a few years.  I am happy there and hate to see the bad posts, knowing that there are very few that feel that way.  There are over 200 of us that are happy and have been there for a little while.  It is disheartening to see that one of the biggest companies that really tries to do well by their employees has such bad press at times, and that the ones who do the bad-mouthing either:

1) Have not been there in a long time.

2)  Were not hired.

3)  Were let go.

Yes, they hire often, but they need to advertise, recruit and hire to staff new accounts or they would not be able to get and keep the account.  Yes, people leave companies and move to others.  This industry in general seems to see a lot of job movement, in house and with services.  Yes, they had a recent change in management of ONE PERSON ONLY, the one who did the hiring, but companies go through changes all the time, in and out of healthcare.  WHO CARES?  They tried to make it better by sending out an email to all resumes in that person's office.  I saw the email as someone from another company received it, knew I work for KS, and wanted to know if I am happy there.  I thought the email was good.  They had a lot of calls to make, and those calls do not last for 30 seconds.  I talked to the owner when I was hired and we talked for 45 minutes as I had a lot of questions.  Yes, they said that they would make the calls in a few days but obviously it took longer than they expected.  Again, WHO CARES?  If they were say they were going  to call you and did not, maybe they ran out of time or maybe they JUST WERE NOT THAT INTO YOU.  Just because you put in a resume, it does not mean that they are going to hire you.  Maybe a lot of applicants were excited and called them or kept emailing asking for a call, but there are only so many hours in a day.  There are a lot of maybe's and a lot of things that you have no control over, and a lot of things that they have no control over.

It could be that you are the best Transcriptionist in the world, and they lost out.

It could be that the positions were filled by the time that they got to you in the pile.  It happens.  So many people want 1st shift, Mon through Fri, no ESL, no equipment, no this, no that, specific this, specific that.  There is not an endless supply of every type of account, every shift. 

The big question here is:  Why do you care so much that felt it necessary to come to a public board and bash a company that you know nothing about?  How about we stick to bashing those with no work, that send the work to India, who do not pay their employees, who offer 3cpl, who have ugly QA, who cheat on line counts?  THOSE are the companies that DESERVE to be bashed. 

You might ask why I am taking the time to write this.  It's simple.  I feel that the hateful people bring out the worst in all of us, and that poison spreads.  Yes, I feel passionately about this, but it is only because I do not think it is fair to bash a company that you do not work for.  They should thank their Lucky Stars that they did NOT get to some of the calls for the truly spiteful people out there, because a few months down the line, they would be here screaming about something else.  Now he or she can move on to the next company that they want to try to bash.  You don't hurt the companies when you do this, as they are not here, but you do insult those of us that like working for Keystrokes or whatever company is the flavor-of-the-month to be bashed.

I'm just curious why both MDI-FL and MQ get so many negative posts on this board versus the rest of the companies out there?  Is it because these two companies are so large so there are more employees to complain, or is it because they are really just very bad companies to work for? 

I'm considering both companies, but see all of the posts on this board and am a little nervous about making a change.

Positives and negatives?

internet platform for file transfer but audio is through phone line so you have to either rent or provide your own C-phone.  Pros 24 hours to get lines done each day but do have to work 2 weekend days a month and provide a schedule 2 months in advance.  Have heard several accounts are heavily loaded with ESLs.  You work as statuatory, therefore, file your own taxes.