Um, yes. Gather round and let me tell you a story...

I was hired by Focus in QA, paid hourly. I sat around for three weeks and no one contacted me about loading software, training, etc. I emailed the person who was supposed to do my training and was told I haven't forgot about you. I promise we will get together tomorrow. Tomorrow would come and she wouldn't call. Meanwhile, I'm not getting paid. Finally, I emailed the head of HR and cc'd one of the VPs in the U.S. office. I was told my supervisor was very sweet, but she didn't know what she was talking about when she said I would start immediately. My supervisor then told me that she would sign off on any hours I put in the timeclock system. For three months, I timed in and sat at my PC and waited for training that never came. At the end of the third month, I took matters into my own hands and called the IT department directly, bugged them with email after email, and they installed the software on my PC. I then emailed the tech department a list of accounts I wanted access to and it was given to me. I started training myself only to be called up and fired.

Fired from a job I never actually started! It was the most infuriating experience I have ever had with an MTSO. I have never seen so much disorganization, outright lying, and complete disregard for their employees than I have seen with Focus. I am not just talking about myself here. I am also talking about a number of employees that had been with them much longer than I who had been unceremoniously fired after being hired to build a U.S. based QA dream team.

I won't go into all the empty promises that were made. That's another bedtime story for another night.

My advice, if you have another job, hang on to it. If you don't, starting looking.

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Which offshore out of those? I want to go with a big company for a few reasons, but I do not want MQ or Spheris. I'm also just curious. It seems like they are very big and the rest are much smaller. Am I right or just assuming? Which company or companies do you think are growing and will catch them or close? Are there any out there that have that potential? I would love to get in for chance for advancement but not ground level because I want stability. Easy to know what I want, hard to articulate it clearly. I have read previous posts, tried to research other sources and want to put together a good list for myself.

lines and a half, but usually there is no work. They usually clear out the work before the holiday so there is no 1-1/2 line pay remaining. Transtech names 6 holidays each year, but the MT takes those holidays off WITHOUT pay.

I am sure the office staff and all other non-MT staff take off WITHOUT pay, too, aren't you???? LOL

Which MT companies DO pay an MT for holidays. I don't consider a day a HOLIDAY unless it is PAID. They can call it 6 holdays, but have to take off without pay . . . . just another day, i.e, get sick -- NO PAY.

I received the same letter and I have no qualms whatsoever about posting what it said because I've already consulted an attorney regarding it and know that I can't be held accountable regarding internal corporate privacy issues because I no longer work for them. I'd like to know if this is a tactic that Transcend is using to either intimidate those who have left or try to cover their own behinds from future lawsuits.

The letter that I received had a release that said: ""Based upon the above, you hereby release, for yourself and all people who may act on your behalf, Transcend, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, and agents from all claims or causes of action, arising from or relating to your employment with Transcend, including, but not limited to, any such claims or causes of action arising under any Federal or State law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1965 and 1991 or the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as amended."

Several people I have spoken to received this same letter and were asked to sign the same waiver. I have no intention of signing this, and in fact, the attorney that I consulted found it very interesting that they would need to be released from any future actions and told me to keep my eye out for future class action lawsuits. So, yes, there is WAY more to this than is being said, but it isn't on the part of the MLSs. You may be happy working under those circumstances, but don't bash the ones that aren't/weren't and try to make it look like they're the ones hiding something. If the MLSs were the ones in the wrong, you can bet Transcend would have had their attorneys on it in a New York minute, but instead it's the other way around. They feel that they have to have ex-employees sign papers to release THEM from lawsuits. Why?

Manor Care Inc., the nation's largest nursing-home operator, reported yesterday that its first-quarter profit dropped 39 percent, largely because of accounting for stock rights given to many of its workers.

This month, many companies will begin accounting quarterly for costs of stock options for executives.

But Manor Care said only a small portion of the $11 million accounting hit for employee stock in the quarter was related to options. The majority of the one-time charge involved stock awards for non-executives.

The firm also said it is getting out of the medical-transcription business, resulting in an additional accounting charge of $7 million. It said it is in discussions with third parties to evaluate alternatives for that business segment.

Manor Care reported profit of $24.5 million, or 30 cents a share, for the first quarter, after one-time charges. That compared with $40.4 million, or 46 cents a share, in first-quarter 2005. The firm also said its revenues in this year's first quarter totaled $869.3 million, down slightly from $879.2 million a year ago.

Excluding the one-time charges, the firm earned 51 cents a share, a penny above the consensus of analysts polled by Reuters' Estimates.

Several analysts said Manor Care did well despite significant cuts in Medicare-reimbursement rates.

Despite the one-time charges, First-quarter operating performance was particularly strong, Paul Ormond, chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement. He noted that occupancy rose to 90 percent, the firm's highest in more than a decade.

Geoffrey Meyers, Manor Care's chief financial officer, that Manor Care decided to leave medical transcription because it had not been consistently profitable.

The company's shares closed at $43.41, up 16 cents, in New York Stock Exchange trading.

Manor Care reported in its proxy statement this month in advance of its May 9 shareholder meeting that five top executives made about $19 million from exercising stock options in 2005 and were granted new stock options worth an estimated $9 million.

The company declared a cash dividend of 16 cents a share yesterday, payable May 26 to holders of record May 12.

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I had to purchase a C-phone - $150 (used). switch cable providers to get unlimited long distance ($40 a month higher) which includes installation fees, not to mention the hassle of coordinating that. I already had an Expander program or that would have been another $100. And then I start on an account where there was no way to go above 100 lines an hour. Believe it or not; as you wish. It happened to me also.

I, like so many others, thought this would be my dream job and eagerly took a course and unwisely left my 40,000 a year job to go headfirst into MTing, and am still trying to make enough to survive. My husband is a physician, so I thought it would be okay to take a paycut until I learned the ropes. I became obsessed with doing more to earn more, and he started to resent the time I was spending on the computer and not understanding what it takes to be an MT, even though he is a physician/dictator and should know the skills involved and the learning curve.

My husband and I are now separated and I am still struggling to make ends meet, now with even less security. I have moved in with my mom because there is no way I could afford to pay rent, but still have a car payment and credit card bills. I am beginning to think my husband was right and I have made a big mistake. I still love this field and would do it for years, but as a second job. I am now looking for other employment since I am physically and mentally exhausted and wondering how I got here.

Anybody read the Rochester (NY) Business Journal from 7/22 story on Execuscribe???

Interesting story from court records on company's history of fraud convictions. She SHOULD be "giving back to community" as she squeaked by jail time and/or community service on a technicality.

I know all of the facts around what happened with CorTmedical a few months ago. One of their clients did not pay them as scheduled and a few checks didnt clear because of this. It was a very unfortunate circumstance but the key principals and owners of that company paid back every cent plus any fees those employees suffered as promised. is was simply a bad time but everyone that i know that works for that company loves working for them. they are honest, compassionate and they treat there MTs and QA's extremely well. The are also growing very fast and are increasing they cpl rates to their workers by the month.

all they cut is hourly QC SWATs who were too busy sucking the company dry with overtime and doing now work good for Focus, Im personally glad being a regular MT that they are gaining more business best company I have ever worked for

***Mr. Liptak: Please refrain from pretending to be an MT. You are the Sr. Director of Recruitment at Focus and posing as many different posters (MTs, at that) here. Enough of this charade. Cher/Moderator***