This board has always been full of volunteers of info.

• tt tech - gobble
  • How's the audio quality with TT? nm - Another interested party
    • If you say anything good about this company, the trolls want to knock you down,but..Sound is fine - Not a plant
      • Thanks. Trolls are easy to spot (and ignore). ;) nm - Another interested party
  • Interesting that all those bashing TT have never worked there and those praising - TTer
    • just asking - gobble
    • No one is bashing, just giving opinions from what they have heard. - No
      • Opinions based on hearsay are unreliable. nm - nm
  • Since all the yammering, here's the down side of TT sm - TTMTer2
    • Yes you can - go on Transnet playback rate - TTMT4
      • slow down - ttecher too
        • transnet (sm) - nm
          • playrate - ttecher2
            • If you tried moving the arrow over and it doesn't work , contact support. They will help you. - nm
      • Thank you! - TTMTer2
        • I should have said click "more". I guess you have figured it out, and you are most welcome. - TTMT4
  • Considered this company first, but now - not for me
    • Sorry you feel that way. I guess it is hard to believe that a company sm - LTMT
    • This board has always been full of volunteers of info. - You are paranoid, lol :)
    • Wow, aren't we cynical! - Me
      • I agree with other posters that there is something - Skeptic2
        • Your loss. - Me
          • I'm not bitter at all. And I love my company and my - Skeptic2
            • Well make sure you don't rave about them - Me
              • You do have a reading comprehension problem. - What?
            • Glad you love your company. Hope you stay there - LOL - nm
              • I thought we were all here to help each other with information? That is just NASTY. - why LOL?
                • If a person is happy at their job, what's wrong with wishing them well by having them stay there? - nm
                • Isn't the nastiness and hatred unreal? And - Skeptic2
                  • The above poster wasn't me. I'm the LOL from above. Two separate posters - haha - nm
        • Isn't is a sad commentary on the MLS world when - celestialmls
          • Not everybody likes to job hop. We have every right sm - No, it isn't
            • Gee, I only make negative comments about companies I've actually worked for - Me
            • Are you sure we're talking about the same - celestialmls
              • Transtech, right? Yes they charge for equipment. I have seen sm - same company
                • No, they no longer charge for equipment for FT and the incentive schedule has - TTer
                  • they do still charge for FT employees within the Last few months - no name
                  • Charge for equipment - hillbillymt
                  • Nothing venomous. My information is new, not outdated. sm - You are taking it way too personally
        • LOL. Whatever. - TTMT3
          • I'm with you - TTMT3- LOL -more work for us! (sm) - TTMT4
            • How much per month are you making, - equipment fees? - if you are LYBO
              • I don't lease mine - I have my own computer - but NYOB - (sm) - TTMT4 - Still LMBO
                • If you can't name numbers, it is not that good, obviously. - ha, ha to you too
                  • I would think you would know, pay should never be discussed with anyone - not very professional. - TTMT4 - Still LMBO
                    • That is just silly. People discuss pay all the time. - LOL
                      • People discuss line rates, yes, but pay, I still say is not professional - me
                • OOPS - meant NOYB or MYOB (sm) - TTMT4 - Still LMBO
                  • If you want to diss TT then just don't work for them. - TTMTer2
                    • That is honestly a silly comment now on top of the - Skeptic2
                      • you just don't discuss pay. Ranges maybe, but not actual pay (sm) - nm
                        • Debate is one thing, and posting is one thing, - Unreal
                          • Sorry to burst your bubble, but (sm) - nm
    • I had the same impression. Plus their line rate and incentive sm - jj
      • Believe me, one can make decent money at TransTech. - celestialmls
    • I understand your feelings, but let me give you - old seasoned MT
      • One more thing. The one thing that - old seasoned MT
    • I think you are wrong (sm) - nm
  • support/technical dept is great. i use mine so i think that is just a personal choice and don't - TTecher
    • I use mine too, but the tech helps me when I need it - doesn't matter - nm
      • I do too, and they helped me recently - Me

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and donations from non-medical office equipment suppliers who are not threatened by unions, and want no part of the workings - they get a tax write-off, we get our supplies to get the word out.

NO ONE IS PAID.  NO MEMBERS WILL BE CHARGED FEES AS LONG AS WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS FROM NON-CONFLICT OF INTEREST SOURCES. 

STOP RANTING ABOUT UNIONS MAKING MONEY.  THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CASH INVOLVED HERE.  IT IS A TRADEOFF - DONATIONS FROM BUSINESSES FOR CHARITY TAX WRITE-OFFS FOR THE BUSINESSES, AND MTs VOLUNTEERING TIME TO SEND LETTERS, WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES TO DONATE OFFICE SUPPLIES, AND TO CALL, VISIT AND WRITE TO SENATORS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE.  THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDING AFTER JANUARY, 2009.

YOU ARE PROTESTING FAR TOO MUCH TO BE AN MT.

SERVICE OWNERS CHARGE:

$0.115 - $0.25 per line for full transcription of acute care on 24/7 accounts

$2.75 - $7.65 per report for full transcription of pathology, lab, specialty operative notes, plain film and interventional radiology

$0.097 - $0.125 per line for VR editing

OF THAT MONEY, MTS ARE RECEIVING

$0.85 - $1.25 per report full transcription

$0.06 - $0.115 per line full transcription

$0.035 - $0.06 per line for VR editing

AS OUR PRODUCTION BRINGS THE MONEY IN, WE DESERVE A LARGER CHUNK OF THE PROFITS - OFFICE STAFF CAN BE TRIMMED INSTEAD OF THE PRODUCTION STAFF.  IF A RECEPTIONIST MISSES A DAY OF WORK, ANYONE CAN ANSWER THE PHONE IN HER PLACE.  IF AN MT NEEDS A DAY OR SO OFF, PATIENT CARE CAN SUFFER BECAUSE AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF A HEALTH CARE TEAM IS UNAVAILABLE.

WE ARE STILL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE HEALTH CARE PICTURE.  DO NOT SELL YOURSELVES SHORT.

IF YOU ARE AGAINST UNIONS OR INITIATIVES, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BUT BEG THAT YOU RESEARCH, SPEAK TO OTHERS, EDUCATE YOURSELVES ABOUT WORKERS UNITED.

WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE HERE; THEY'VE TAKEN ALMOST EVERYTHING FROM US. 

WE PROPOSE:

$1.25 PER REPORT TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs

$0.10 PER LINE TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs

$0.075 PER VR LINE EDITED IN THE U.S.A. BY U.S. MTs

Why are we willing to take less?  Health care is a thriving 24/7 industry here in the U.S. as long as we continue to vote against socialized medicine, government run healthcare programs (excepting Medicaid and Medicare).

We are spoken of in corporate meetings as UNITS, LINES PER HOUR, we do not have names to those earning $100K + per year, handing down crumbs to us.  We are deliverables, grunts, spoken of as too socially inept to work outside of our homes (we have witnessed these discussions).

As many other U.S. corporations are doing, drastically reducing corporate and management salaries, and paring redundancies will help the service owners to pay us those few pennies more per line, per report, that would give us the pride, the motivation, the enthusiasm we used to have for our trade.

Individually, we are each in this for ourselves - that is the very definition of capitalism in a democracy - WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?  When the payoff is bigger, results are usually bigger, as well.

Don't be ashamed to know that you, me, all of us - we deserve more respect and better wages.  We deserve not to be threatened and ridiculed, as it is against the law to do this to ANY employee in the USA. 

It is called a Union for lack of a better term - we do not have time to sit down and negotiate for years with the business owners. If we were to do that, we would remain at the bargaining table long after they've retired in Hawaii.

We need to work together, at least for now, in order to individually receive the respect and the pay that we deserve.

o

I simply don't understand why MTs post all these negative things about a company but will not divulge the name of the company or even give us a hint!  What are you afraid of?!?!!?  They are already screwing MTs over and probably you too if you're angry enough to post!  You can post anonymously, that's the beauty of this particular site.  No one need know who you are.

I, personally, keep a list of MTSOs and things I've heard about them.  God knows I've been through enough bad MTSOs, I want to save other MTs the heartache of going through the same crap I've gone through!

Besides the best way to get these MTSOs to change is to post their name on a PUBLIC forum.  Word of mouth can be a powerful thing!

Here is a list of companies I have worked for and the problems I have had, starting with the most recent:

JLG --> paid payroll practices, LATE pay checks, and discontinuation of direct deposit.

Focus Infomatics -->  they offshore the majority of their work, they lie about offshoring the majority of their work, they lie to their employees about pay, hours, and job status and breach contracts left and right.

TransHealth -->  I have nothing bad to say about them.  Pay always on time, people nice (they have since been bought by Webmedx).

Precyse Solutions -->  Nothing horrible to report.  If I recall, they didn't pay for templates, but they told you that up front.

Medquist --> horrible people in supervisory positions, very cliquish company, bad dictators on all my accounts!

Webmedx -->  The account I was on was completely and utterly horrible!  Other than that, nice people, very organized.

Accutype --> complete embecil in charge (when I worked for them) who knew nothing about transcription or the needs of MT, again very cliquey with friends giving friends the best work.

Diskriter --> ran out of work frequently

I also worked for several small MTSOs that were either bought or went out of business, and I will say it usually was the smallest MTSO that I enjoyed working for the most.  I did work as an IC for a company out of Arizona doing radiology a few years ago for a while (I can't remember the name, but I don't think they are around anymore).  Also I worked as an IC for Administrative Advantage out of Pennsylvania were pretty decent, easy accounts and easy to make money, used DropChute to deliver dictation and reports back and forth and you just typed in one big docment per dictator in Word.  Simple, straight forward, and always on time.  If you ran out of work, they would try to put you somewhere else, but never made any promises.  I like honesty and they were honest.

See how easy that was.  You try!

the first page of the Company board will be removed to open up space for other companies to post.  Enjoy the new Medquist board set up for you.

Thank you,

Administrator

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