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It does work around MS word...using your copy of word on your machine,..so you have to have your own spellcheck and Expander or have autocorrect set up

 MT-World is now ATSI - American Transcription Solutions.  Good company, but a lot of turnover in the office.  Lots of work right now.

did they buy an MT school?  I have my thoughts about that.  Mostly that they are trying to get rid of the older (higher paid) transcriptionists.

Whether it is a true town hall meeting, and we get to speak, is yet to be seen.  In the past they told us to mute ourselves, and they just said what they said.

When I first started in this business and on this board, there was never a bad post. Everyone helped everyone with  questions, etc.

Lately, with the economy and the world the way it is, plus the fact that MTs don't get recognition for their GOOD work and, of course, let's not forget the crappy pay, there are a lot of unhappy people out there.

I read an article in the newspaper today that stated in a capitalist nation, greed is good if it serves a purpose; i.e., jobs and prosperity; but if greed gets out of control; i.e., bonuses for the upper echelon and nothing for the true workers, then the role of capitalism is in the toilet. This is what is happening in our nation today and everyone is either worried about their job or trying to stay afloat with all the negativity in the job market and so, the nastiness prevails and turns into the dog-eat-dog world we all fought against a few years ago.

Things will turn around again, but it will take years of trial and error now. Whether it will be good or bad will depend on the attitude of the people and government.

I don't mean to turn this into a political post but I, myself, have been biting my tongue towards some posters and just trying to live my life the best I can. With DH only working 80 days this year and not able to collect unemployment, I am the total breadwinner, so it makes me a little sarcastic and/or mean, but not enough to post nasty messages....YET.

You have to let the negativity go in one ear and out the other and move on.

MTs have become a total joke.  What happened to this profession?  I am so embarrassed to be part of this industry.  Some of you are visualizing managers as drinking brandy and smoking cigars?  Are you imagining them yelling 'let them eat cake too?'   I wish I could tell you how I visualize most work at home MTs, but it might be a little too harsh for such a nice place as this.  

Why on earth would an MTSO who KNOWS they are treating their MTs well and with respect, have any desire to come and visist this or any  other board???  Only one way that my poor humble mind can see and that is because they KNOW they are not treating them well much less with respect and so they MIGHT feel the need to assess how angry their MTs are so they can plan damage control.  I'm sure there are good SMALL MTSOs out there who do treat their employees well but I think they are fewer by the day.

One would think this board is for MTs to share their various experiences and those who are happy should thank God that they have it so good and those who are hurting, well it says a lot about the people who would put them down and pour salt in their wounds.  There but for the grade of God goes you. 

Any info on MT-World, good or bad???  Thanks!

In the perfect MT world, what you say would be so true.  But you know how doctors are.  In the perfect MT world, every doctor would dictate that day's patients, that afternoon. The perfect MT world would not be feast or famine. But come on, we know all too well about the doctor's who only dictate once every couple of days, doing 2-4 days worth of patients in one day.  It would hurt to pay an employee to sit jobless for a couple of days only to have to pay overtime when they were then swamped and playing catch-up.  For the IC, she still gets no pay for that day but when she does end up doing the work, she gets paid for the work she does.  

In the perfect MT world, there would be no fluctuation of jobs.  Through no fault of the MTSO, doctors leave facilities, new doctors come to facilities.  Sometimes, through no fault of the MTSO, whole facilities leave. Then the MTSO finds herself with several ICs and no work for them.  On the other hand, she may get an unexpected bonanza and have a facility hire on with many thousands of lines a month and she finds herself scrambling for qualified MTs. 

I am sure every MTSO would LOOOVE to say I am always going to have X lines available to X MTs every day.  Unfortunately, she has no control over that aspect of the business. 

You will not believe this but I am not an MTSO (but I do play one on TV, lol  j/k).  I have, however, been spending way too much time lately thinking about this industry and how the changes that are happening now are affecting my paycheck. I am also related to a couple of people in management, so I am aware of both sides of the picture.