The only good thing about OSI is when you give them your notice that you are leaving!
Posted By: Former OSI'r and glad to be! on 2005-10-17
In Reply to: Is anyone happy... - With OSI?
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I would just give my 2-week notice, state the reason you are leaving.
Sorry to hear your troubles.
Notice is a courtesy, not a rule and they don't give you notice when they fire you
Giving a 2-week notice is common courtesy, and in most all my jobs, I have given them that courtesy; however, a company never gives someone notice when they are firing them. In my opinion, if a company does not treat their employees right, they do not deserve to get any notice at all.
As a matter of fact, I just left a company without notice. I felt horrible about doing it to my team but not to the company. While they never messed up on my pay, I was under constant stress. They treated several other people horribly and also changed all the terms of my employment contract within months of hiring me, which was going to cost me $800 a paycheck. I am the major breadwinner for a family of five and couldn't hang around a second longer losing that kind of money.
The only reason you would not want to quit without notice is if you want to use them as a reference and/or want the chance to go back to them in the future. I was advised by a recruiter that you should never put anything on your resume that is less than a year, so you really don't want to use them as a reference anyway, and you certainly don't want to go back to them.
Messing with someone's money is a big NO-NO, especially when they are costing you $400 for a second time. Heck no, I wouldn't give these people notice. There are some great companies out there hiring right now.
Feel free to contact me by email if you would like some more detailed information about the companies I narrowed my search down to. I was very sceptical about trusting another company with the bad luck I've had (just as you have) in the last few years, but I think I finally found somewhere I can be happy at for a long, long time (of course only time will tell, but I'm feeling very optimistic).
:) Best of luck to you!
I wasn't there long enough, put in a 2-week notice but ended up leaving early, footpedal and last
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leaving was the best thing I did...
I had a great 2 years, until they grew and took on a huge influx of Medquist MTs only to adapt a lot of their ethics...I too as the poster below had to work way too hard to get even minimum lines, was working probably 10 hours a day, started on voice recognition which killed my line count because I guess I was not a favorite or something because no matter how I tried I could not make enough money.
I originally thought they were the best and really referenced and searched, but now I have found another company and (for the time being I guess) they are really the best.
I actually enjoy transcribing again just like when I started some 14 years ago. It is a pleasure to work and my paychecks are even a bit more than I used to make 14 years ago, which come on nowadays is pretty good! I was bringing home a little over $500 in TWO weeks with WMX, CAN YOU IMAGINE?? Oh my gosh, haha, what a dope I was. Just did not want to accept the fact they had changed so much...
In the beginning they were so pro-employee, and by the time I left it was one excuse after another about (like below) how we should be just lucky to have our jobs because they were considering outsourcing overseas and were even doing a study, blah blah blah -
If you are a wickedly fast, no-homelife type of producer, you would probably do well; but if you have a life outside of MT I suggestive you keep searching because you will have to kick and scratch and claw your way to getting lines, in my humble opinion...
How much notice did you have to give? sm
Was it a full two weeks, or did you just quit and start looking?
I never said I was not going to give my notice. sm
I have another position and when I am sure it is going to work out, I will give my notice then. Although generally I try to be more than fair and give a month's notice if I leave a company, I do not feel that I owe them more than 2 weeks. I'm sure there are others who feel as I do. I just spoke out about it, so now according to the one poster I look bad. Well, boo hoo ... she doesn't like me ... how will I ever live (ha).
I'd give 2 weeks notice...
Have known several people who quit that office and never were told just to pack it in now.
Wow. Didn't they give you any notice? nm
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That's how I looked at it...give notice of WHAT, exactly?
It's not like there was any work to do anyway, and I figured they already had other MTs doing our work anyway.
I feel I gave them more courtesy than they gave us when our work inexplicably disappeared.
Do what you need to do for YOU. No point putting off starting a job that actually has work to sit there for another 80 hours not earning anything at MDI, IMHO.
Good luck to you!
OK, if this is your co policy, then tell the people who give notice. You
cost them money if they have no job so if they are professional and give you what normally is a 2-week notice (considered to be professional), then you should let them know that. Tell them no notice is needed if you need to quit...put it on paper.
That would be awful! Wait to give notice.
If QA only gave you 2-3 jobs daily till off full QA, you may never get off QA before you'd be forced to look for another job anyway. If that initial time isn't paid time, you're out whatever money you would have made at your current job during that time. Keep something to fall back on, it's safer.
Give a 2-week notice, but work less
therefore, you will not be out of much money if they indeed do not pay you. Also, if you leave, be well informed that you probably will not make what you are making now at any other company right off the bat. You said you have been at this place for years, so you will have to build up your income again and pay. Sad to say, but they probably have people who can do the job at less money now and are willing to sacrifice a good employee to have a bigger cut of the pay that they can get cheaper. I wish you the best, but I do not think it is personal. I believe it is business and you generate too much income away from them. Good luck and I hope you find another good home.
I think it is very respectful to give 2 weeks notice.
So, I give that respect to the employer who has shown me respect. Respect is earned, not demanded. I also believe that 2 weeks notice used to be the professional norm and a courtesy to help the employer hire and train a replacement. I don't think management has the same courtesy for its employees any more and notice to employees about companies shutting down or downsizing is generally not given anymore. There are the exceptions, but again, it is how respectful your employer is.
I DID give my notice, but got talked into staying "until the new accounts came on." nm
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You are right. This is a good way to look at it. I'm not thinking of leaving at all BTW. nm
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A good MT leaving with no burned bridges, will likely
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Most people get lucky and get good accts. I was also one put on an acct that had me leaving para
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Can you give me a hint as to which company? The same thing happens to me too and I am an IC. nm
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good thing it is a temporary thing sm
because people with your attitude don't stay in anything very long anyway. Nobody has to listen to that crap to keep their job.
You don't know me either. you can say old fart all you want (when did 53 get to be old fart....too funny) but at least I am a valuable employee who can get a decent job!
Had the same happen here, heard the same thing, good references and good ....sm
job record will get you better $$$ if you are willing to promote yourself, search like crazy, talk to everyone, etc., but I have never been paid a cent more for CMT, what a waste, and all the years I paid my dues to AAMT, what a joke, they did NOTHING to better our field, just took the money for better conventions, as far as I can see.
I would give them a try, you hear good and bad, but mostly good. nm
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can you tell me why you are leaving WMX. Am thinking of leaving too. nm
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Give me the good points on your MQ offices - sm
No flames! Give me the good points on your MQ office that you work for i.e. leave you alone, great platform, no schedule necessary, nice people, easy to learn, nice work, etc.
Thanks!
Can anyone give info on Sten-Tel? Good or bad? Thanks.
Merry Christmas all!
Can you give specifics? Are the benefits at least any good? nm
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No, she needs to give me a good e-mail address
Applied twice for the job but with email address that bounces.
Maybe their supervisors give them the good stuff on
complain to upper management or HR, you get ignored because the supervisor always covers herself with lies and/or using TAT as the excuse. Sit on that TAT and rotate.
The only good thing I can say about SS is if you
go to work for them you'll not have the experience to know how horrible they are and when you leave you'll realize how horrible they were.
The sound quality is horrific. Some accounts have ESL dictators that are horrendous and I have 20 years' experience and do 85% ESL. Management is a joke. They don't know how to treat MTs. The only reason they offer the mentoring program is they can't get good, experienced MTs to work for them.
Good thing you did!!!!!!!
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I did - not a good thing..
I did radiology. Lots of demographics to populate and training sucked. Not a money maker.
That was really the only good thing going for them. nm
Tested for WebMedX, could anybody give me the good, bad and the ugly on them. NM
Thank you.
Umm, MDI doesn't know who she is by her post so she isn't obligated to give a good exp.
I'm sure MDI doesn't appreciate the lies and people posting like they know something when they don't but I doubt they mind someone posting in their defense re: pure crap posts.
Blanks can be a good thing!
They prove you know what you don't know! Very important in this work. Just be sure that all else you transcribe is right on.
My goal was always for 100% (thanks Scrapper), but really no more than two blanks in say 3-6 reports, and that has landed me lots of offers.
My first test, btw, was with MedQuist. I asked before transcribing the test how the scoring system worked in order to judge when to say when if it got impossible. No harm in asking!
Consider it a good thing they never got back to you..sm
I worked for them for a year. They never answer e-mails or get back to you regarding anything. The platform is great but the sound quality is horrible. They move you from account to account and I always ran out of work. Not the most professional company around.
One good thing about America - sm
if you want a job, you MAY have to conform.
EVERYTHING is being outsourced. If you do not want a job because it hurts your feelings that the people who OWN the cmpanies oursource, then that is just dandy with me. Maybe I'll take your perfect job and be happy with it. Your loss.
Agreed - I think it's a good thing.
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Good thing that have not contact me....
because I will definitely not go back. Do you know what their new company name is?
That's another good thing about TT - they don't bother you (sm)
constantly with emails. I wondered about that when I first started too (3 years ago), but you'll soon come to realize they leave you alone to do your job. If something is wrong, they will let you know. 
...a good thing to have. Really helps! NM
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Good one! I am going to do that exact same thing when I get off.
Perhaps something of this nature would be viable as it is as a letter to the Editor of our local newspapers?
a good thing and stay put, not think! nm
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Sometimes failure is a good thing - sm
I would have to say you need to be looking at this as a blessing because more than likely that is exactly the type of dictation you would be listening to day in, day out. I have 90% really bad ESLs on my accounts that are wearing me out right now. There have GOT to be better accounts out there for us both.
While you are laughing, that might not be a good thing because
I thought I was reading up at the top of this that the pay for VR at TT was 3.5 which is even less than what this person is making. I think at 3.5 or less folks are really going to be unhappy.
Good luck to you and please report back after you're working with them to give us
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Yes, pay on time. We give a 2-week schedule. Accounts pretty good
Good thing you're independent,
Wow, you are scary. It sounds like a good thing for
TransTech that you moved on. Good riddance.
Good thing you are just a recruiter - definitely not a speller - LOL
If those opportunities truly exist in this co., then it will be a good thing. s/m
But I've been around long enough that I've heard this all before, and the statistics are not on our side. And even when the MTs DO see an improvement, it can sometimes take 5-10 years to finally trickle down to them, as they are usually at the bottom of the do-do list. I do sincerely hope that I am wrong, and that this company is truly different. Only time will tell.
I disagree - pooling can be a very good thing indeed sm
Well-created pools can be a blessing to MTs because they prevent cherry-picking, plus they are a boon to the clients who receive ALL their work back in a timely fashion, instead of whatever the MT feels like typing. Now bad pooling (throwing too many doctors into a huge pool) is another thing entirely - that is bad for productivity because there is simply too much variety for an MT to learn any one physician well.
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