There are clicks. Too many companies on the net that it matters though. nm
Posted By: ermt on 2006-04-25
In Reply to: Anyone know first-hand about a black list shared by - MT recruiters? Have only heard a rumor. nm
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Clicks?
Do you mean cliques? I am confused. Not trying to be a grammarcop (heaven forbid) here or anything like that, I am just confused about what CLICKS means in the context of your message. Thanks! :)
clicks, cliques..who cares..nm
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No not that it matters
But the QT tech office with the office help is off Race Track Road, have been there personally, the address on the checks on East Lake is a small office complex, someone else from QT told me it is the office of the accountant.
It's not the cpl that matters (sm);
it's what you can make per hour. I'd rather work on an account at 8 cpl where I'm paid for everything and easily do 350-400 lph than be given 9.5 cpl but struggle do to 150 lph.
Unfortunately, there's no quick way to judge an account's productivity. One has to work at it for a couple weeks.
Good way to judge account: what is average lines/min dictation? 10+ is decent.
It's HOW they tell you that matters,
but to be fair, QA in general is often a mismanaged part of the picture...
It's not enough to just to HAVE a QA department, you have to make it work WITH the MTs in cyberspace - Team effort versus playing the GOTCHA! game.
I don't know if this matters or not
(probably it does) but the recruiter who helped me also works as an MT for the company. She was able to provide lots of details that most recruiters can't and she had a true understanding of my situation and my needs. We talked for quite a while and I felt like she was being straight with me.
Like anything else, it's the fit that matters
Just like people, some relationships work and some don't. It's called choice.
Only experience matters....
and even though I was impressed with the Atlanta office it was really Florida that I was interested in.
I don't think I said sex/love had anything to do with anything. So I'm laughing at your response. I'm just dissappointed at the financial picture and it doesn't look good. High turnover in the corporate office is not a good sign.
Forgive me if I implied anything, a mind has the freedom to wander, I don't know why Tara said that, maybe she had an off morning? Maybe his personality was cute? I don't really know why the comment, but it is funny and odd. Not what I was expecting either.
They are the best company for ME and that is all that matters. sm
I love the account I am on and make the amount that I need to make and want to make. I know my check is correct and it is in my bank when it is supposed to be. I am treated with respect and have a good rapport with my lead. I know that I am fortunate, especially as the other companies I worked at prior to Keystrokes were missing at least one of those important ingredients for me.
I have found that they are the best out there, but that is my opinion.
What I hate about these boards is that those who have bad things to say act as though those of us with good things to say are recruiters or managers or crazy or lying. What gives them the right to say that they are right, and I am wrong? We may just have had different experiences. The ones that bother me the most are the people who jump all over you when they have never worked at the place they are working. I contacted three nay-sayers when I was interviewing with Keystrokes two years ago, and ALL OF THEM told me that they had never actually worked there. UGH.
Of course the recruiter matters
They are your first impression of the company. If the recruiter is not honest, it is very likely the rest of the company will be the same.
I personally interviewed with them in the past and the recruiter was very shady. I asked her if I would be paid for templates and she stated she didn't know what I was talking about. I asked her if she could find out for me, but I never did get a straight answer. I received an offer, which I declined. An MT friend of mine decided to accept an offer with them right around the same time and she ended up leaving within a few weeks. She said the recruiter made promises which the company did not keep. She was promised a certain report type and would receive 8 or 9 reports in 1 day...definitely not enough to keep anyone busy. Anyway, I am glad I turned them down. I knew right away by the recruiter's attitude that it wouldn't work for me, and my friend confirmed that with her experience.
I don't think it really matters! Too twisted at
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I think you have to use their equipment, if that matters at all. I prefer my own. nm
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Think they are an Indian run company if that matters to you.
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Any info about Transcription Matters?
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not that it matters, but I'm thinking maybe it wasn't
a reputable site. I've never seen catastrophe spelled with a y. I could be wrong, but we all know you have to be careful when it comes to these sites, and I don't think there are 2 spellings.
Just did a mapquest and JLG is off Race Track Rd, not that is matters, but.... nt
Almighty computer matters - not MT or quality
My primary is going to VR this week. Here are my instructions:
We don't care about BOS rules any more. It will only confuse the computer. If the doc starts a sentence with a number, its OK now. Verbatim, verbatim, verbatim.
We don't care about demographics any more. That's the price the hospital pays for switching to VR. I'm no longer paid to be concerned about HIPAA violations, and my ability to do so has just been removed.
We don't care about cleaning up the sentences any more, so we won't worry about tense agreement, pleural agreement, a vs an, etc. My job now is to train the computer to make me obsolete. My only interest should be to make sure the computer typed exactly what the doc said. EXACTLY - if he said there is multiple lesions, that's what the corrected report needs to say. If I change is to are, the poor computer will get confused, and its what matters.
See, before they were paying me to fix the garbled mess they dictated, and know what they meant and make it so. Now they're paying me less to train their computer. The computer is all that matters here. Not what's right and wrong IMO.
OK, I'm not an MT any more. I'm a computer trainer, and so are the docs that prefer it over me. Everyone agrees I'm worth less pay in this capacity. The docs will be directly in charge of fixing their own mistakes (yeah, provided they even NOTICE them). I may, out of the kindness of my heart, put a note on a report with a glaring doctor error, but its not required or expected of me any more, and I'm certainly not being paid to fix it and in fact must now train myself not to do so, for the sake of the computer's learning curve.
I think I understand. Garbage in, garbage out. My job is simply to make sure the computer PERFECTLY understands the garbage coming in, and when it does, I will have no job any more. I can simply trust that the docs (who are smart, important college graduates) won't speak any more errors, and not concern myself if they do, as I have relinquished my MT status and MT pay for the glory of making less money to help a machine hasten my obsolesence. Ain't progress great?
Very heavy Indian affilitation and tech support, if that matters to ya. nm
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Font size matters for gross line, so do margins
less lines because more fits on a line. First person asked how a gross line compares to 65 chars. If it's 12 font with 1 margins, it's about 1-1/2 to 2x 65 char line count, i.e., 7 cents per gross line would be around 8.5 to 9 cents per 65 char.
They told us in the Monday Morning Matters, they are already starting to train people...nm
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It matters more on the company than the method. Go with a company that does a lot of sm
radiology or it won't matter because you won't have a big check no matter what. Ask them how many radiology accounts they have, if they are overflow or complete department, how long they have had them and do you get a back-up account.
There are very few out there that have good radiology accounts. Stick with the ones that do. I am with Keystrokes for that reason after going with 4 others that kept running out of work.
In his ad, he's asking for Word Perfect, not Word, if that matters. nm
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TransTech and Medware, are these companies considered large, medium-sized or small companies? (sm)
TIA
Yikes.. That is only inline with companies like Focus and such. "Real" companies pay their MTs
decent rate. I make over 5 cpl editing. So, if I got that slap in the face, I'd be outta there.
Do the research...most companies, and not just MT companies, do not pay for maternity leave...
we get time off but not paid...and I really don't even understand the point of you posting this...
How do you know which companies are Nationals and which are smaller companies.
Is there a list somewhere? I'm new to this.
By "most of the companies", I meant MORE than MT companies.
clarification
Sten-Tel is the platform. Different companies use it, pay and how companies run are different. nm
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Nobody said MT companies were not for profit companies. (sm)....
As MTs we are an important segment of what it takes for the company to thrive, but we are still just part of the whole structure.
Not trying to be argumentative, just think sometimes we get that "I'm the quarterback" attitude and forget that we can't get anywhere without our line men.
Companies that outsource to other companies?
Anyone know of any reliable companies that will outsource to American companies and pay a decent line rate? I am amazed at what the companies charge and then want to offer in this business anymore.
2 companies with that name. Was this the NJ job? nm
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I have been through a lot of companies and
they are all the same. I just found that out not too long ago. I am with a company now that everyone cheers about. They are just the same as everyone else. Nothing to cheer about IMO. This business has gone downhill fast. Sad.
What companies, if any,
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. . . hire and actually promote professionals who have forgotten more than many MTs know, have years and years of experience, work when needed, don't rock the boat, and produce excellent work? At my company, the editors and managers usually have just a few years of experience as an MT, if any, and many have no management experience. Some managers have never even seen a typed document. That doesn't make sense. What companies give one a chance to actually grow with them? Any of them? How do the promotions go to those who took an on-line class and have been an MT for 2 years? Kudos to anyone who could answer this . . . Bewildered
He said that some companies do that, but
usually when they do there is a reason for it, so told me to keep an eye out for future class action lawsuits or that sometimes they use it as a means to withhold severance pay, etc. IMO - basically it's a CYA letter. Atty agreed. But again, IMO, why be worried about a CYA letter if you have nothing to CYA for? Any company that wants ex-employees to sign a release from future lawsuits is definitely not up for nomination for Employer of the Year, that's for sure and just one more bit of proof that it isn't the MLSs at fault. I'm not concerned about it, but I'm sure as heck not signing it either. I just think it's hilarious that a few Transcend groupies come out of the woodwork ready to blame the MLSs that left as if they weren't the GOOD transcriptionists and that's why they left. Seems to me if they weren't any good they wouldn't be able to get hired anywhere and so would want to stay put where they know they have a sure thing.
Some Companies...
Charge you per report for their useless template. What a rip off...
QA Companies
Anyone who works as a QA; I am curious as to what you think of the company you work for? Good or bad. Looking for a new QA position and would like some information on the companies. Thanks.
Here are some companies
First Choice Medical
QT Medical
JLG - some accounts still on WP.
TeleType
That is all I know of right now.
Good luck.
Some Companies Pay Less
Some companies, especially small ones, lure you in by starting you at less and tell you that once you're off probation in a couple of weeks your line rate will be raised a couple of cents. Months later, despite quality work and that pitch-in attitude during backlog periods, you're still making 6 cents a line. A lot of good begging does....What a joke these companies are...........
Any companies out there?
with:
1. ENT, cardiology, family practice or internal medicine work.
2. Require a minimum line count of 500 lines a day with the option to do more.
3. Word based with a 24-hour TAT and have direct deposit with assigned docs/accounts?
Are there any companies out there using DQS except MQ? (sm)
If I were going to try to work 2 companies at the same time until I could decide I thought it would be easier if they used the same program. This old dog is getting too old to learn too many new tricks at once.
That would be companies. If you
want to make it in this biz, you have to learn to spell!
Are any companies besides MQ using VR right
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Not sure of any companies (sm)
I've worked on it for hospitals. I am not aware of any MTSO's that use it.
companies
Diskriter has some ChartScript accounts. A lot of hospitals use ChartScript also. I used it with my in-house job. Very productive platform.
None of the companies do! That's the name of the
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There are probably less than 5 companies
(and that is probably stretching it) that don't offshore. I've interviewed with probably 8 companies the last 6 months, all either offshored or had less to offer me than QT. I immediately turned down all the companies that offshored (that I knew did anyway) and all the others I turned down because it would have been a significant cut in pay. We have a no frills lifestyle as it is so there isn't room to take a cut in pay.
With all the companies looking for MTs
I don't understand why you are thinking unemployment. I think you have to be unemployed xx days before you are eligible anyway.
Which companies use - sm
ftp sites?
Thanks!
Not all companies
are like that. That is unreasonable. We do not expect that of our employees. If you work both Sat and Sun you have 2 days off during the week.
MT companies, do any of you......
 have MT work available that does not entail heavy ESL dictators, like every single report? I cannot make an adequate living on those types of dictators day after day into the night, and sometimes even into the next day. I have 5 years experience with a lot of experience.
Just trying to understand what they want put down as far as their dictations is very, very tough, and I am losing my health as a result of having to kill my ears, straining to hear them, and trying to understand what they are saying at all. I have no problem with some ESL, but I am having a very tough time with every single report being dicated this way by ESLs.
If you have a low ESL ratio, would you please contact me?
I desperately need work. I am an excellent worker, and have no money for my bills.
I would really appreciate hearing from you. Thanks.
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They are two different companies
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