WRONG - these companies are not acting properly

• MDI recruiting - frustrated
  • I think you just need to be patient, - gd
  • MDI recuiting - MDI recruiting - good
    • You are being mean to someone and saying how great you are.. check your spelling.. - YIKES.. NOT THE SPELLING PATROL BUT.....
    • This sounds like a - company troll. - nm
    • Excuse me, but I have plenty of experience--- - frustrated
      • I agree that was quite rude - mighty
  • Who or what is Mustafeh? - nm
    • A fictitious name for a job seeker (sm) - GI MT
    • Seriously, what is it? - nm
      • Well, I think some of the posts in this thread - have been erased. - sm
  • Yes, I have worked for several different - A JOB HOPPER
  • Exactly like that. Then, I was interviewd and - offered a position. Then,
  • I have had a similar experience - must be overwhelmed.nm - Similar
  • Same thing happened to me - but don't - worry. please sm
    • MTs for recruiters - DL
      • Many companies are hiring MTs, QA people etc as - sm
  • I see nothing has changed in the last - sm
    • MDI - Belinda
  • Can you clarify which MDI you are referring to, Maryland or Florida? Thanks. - Which one
    • Florida - amazed
  • Instead of only applying with companies that advertise heavily, - Misha

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for explaining about accepting 7 cpl for pay.  Those of us old timers remember when the MTs ruled supreme.  We were in great demand and the demand would often result in a bidding war for our services.  An MT would get an offer of maybe a cent more per line, give notice,  and the company he/she worked for would quickly up the ante.  That was in the days when MTSOs knew that the only commodity they had was their MTs.  We had benefits too, company paid insurance, vacations, sick pay, holidays and no one worked weekends unless they wanted to.  Along came the work-at-home privilege and there went all of the above benefits right out the window. I can't even remember when I last had benefits, back in the late 80s maybe?   Then came the MT schools promising the moon while working at home in your jammies and kicking out 100s of wantabe MTs every week.  So what we have is an over saturated market.  Just look at the jobs board.  There are hundreds and hundreds of views on each and every ad.  It's a jolly wonder anyone ever gets hired.  Years of experience most likely isn't an asset in this day and time either.  If by chance the recruiter actually gets to a resume with 20 or 30 years experience, it wouldn't surprise me if they would pass right on over it for fear that MT might actually ask for and expect a living wage.  Back in the day when we were paid on gross lines one could make a very good living at 6-7 cpl but with a 65-character, no headers, no footers, free demographic typing, etc. there is no way anyone is going to make a living unless they have the best of the best dictators.  I don't know about VR but I don't personally know anyone (and I know a LOT of MTs) who is making a living at 4 cpl.  I believe them, they have no reason to lie to me.  I've done Q.A. which I hate, but being a fast typist, I could type a report faster than I could do a full listen Q.A. so VR would seem about the same to me.

I think that MT may evolve into something different with VR and EMR but I think there will be jobs in the foreseeable future.  Likely those jobs are going to require a college education in the not distant future.  An RN degree might be worth pursuing. The problem is the pay.  Most people need to be able to count on X amount of dollars during a month.  I've said before and I say again, MT needs to go back under the DIRECT control of the hospitals.  With available technology, there is no need for MTSOs anymore.  They used to serve a purpose, not anymore except to provide really good paying jobs for the top brass.  Hospitals could not possibly be saving money by outsourcing their MT and there is certainly no excuse for offshoring when there are AMERICANS begging to work and some will work for almost nothing and with the current trend nothing is what they are going to be working for, 2-3 CPL would not support one person let alone a family. 

I am doing what I can to help as I feel I owe something to those who come along after me but who are far less fortunate.  I'm an old MT with nothing to do but work to try to make life better for others in other areas as well as MT.   I have discussed the issue of MT as it relates to health care costs with my Congressman who happens to be a friend and coincidentally is also a physician.  He has promised to discuss it with another physician colleague and promised to bring this matter up in Congress.  I feel sure he would like to hear other MT stories.  I don't know if it would be proper to post his contact information on this board but if anyone would like to email their story and their thoughts to me I would be more than happy to forward them to him or you can find him by researching for the Representative for the Third District of Arkansas.  Don't forget to write your own Senator and Congressman!  Write and write again until they listen!  I know it is hard to trust anyone these days but I assure you I am trustworthy and I would like to help all of you.  Sometimes one has to stand up and be counted in order to bring about any kind of change for anything.  I could just go away (as some have suggested) and paint my gourds but I really do have a caring heart. 

"bad" transcriptionists.  Can't help but wonder how good you are when you can't even form a complete sentence.

I love it when people get on here and criticize others' abilities and talk about bad Transcriptionist when their own posts are so sloppy.  I love the excuse, "I'm not working now."  I try to be literate whether I'm working or not.  I don't have to put on my "literacy hat" when I go to work.  I wear it all the time, and although I certainly understand typos and make my fair share of them, I don't understand how or why someone chooses not to be literate simply because they're not working but suddenly transforms into a competent, literate person when they are working.  I just don't get it.  I guess for some, literacy truly is WORK.

Like I said, everyone makes mistakes.  But the next time you sit up there on your pedestal, criticize others and talk about weeding out "bad" transcriptionists, you might want to proofread your own stuff so it doesn't come back to bite you in the butt.

You are so wrong in your assumption!  Although she is not with us anymore, the records need to be set straight.  Shannon has over 10 years of medical transcription experience and typed on every account we have at MDI.  You may have thought she didn't transcribe but that was because she was too busy typing on other accounts and doing the job she was hired to do which was to manage ALL of the accounts.  So before you begin to drag Shannon into the line of fire, please do your research.  She was hired to do a job which she did very well and she will be sorely missed.

Opinions are always welcome...if they are not shoved down our throats.  You make me choke.

I have worked as an Editor for a US company. I am not the owner of a MT company. I did an excellent job there and left because I chose to leave for a better opportunity. The US company where I worked had MT's call in sick daily, yet the HR person was constantly receiving emails from them about the possibility of a raise. They complained about not having enough work, yet when they were offered the opportunity to work on another account, they refused. I know that there are many quality US MT's who care about the level of quality of the work they produce. Yet there are many who are lazy and do not care about the quality of their work who constantly call in with excuses about why they can't work their shift. And US MT's (many  of them) are constant job hoppers. MTSO's have a responsibility to provide their clients with a product. If they can't count on you to work your shift, you leave them with little choice.

My experience since working for a company who offshores has been totally opposite. These MT's are eager to work. They are meticulous about the quality of every report they produce. They are eager to improve their skills as an MT. They are all educated. It's amazing that they are able to produce work that rivals yours in quality and most often exceeds it when English is not their native language. You may not want to hear this, but the truth is the truth.

feel like they might have thought you would be a high-maintenance MT?  Okay, what I mean by that is this--did you have to call them a lot with technical problems?  Were you able to operate the software without a problem or were you getting stuck in various reports?  Was the work you did get to turn in good?  Meaning no medical terminology errors, etc.? or did you leave a ton of blanks (even if you were just learning the account?

If it makes you feel any better, there have been a number of recent posts stating that Breitner owes some people money, so it is doubtful that you would be getting a regular paycheck with them anyway.

I as a  new MT other than working for one physician in OH.  I had to take what i could get and as single mom of 3 myself one of which was diagnosed ped. bipolar and has been in and out of inpatient and we as a whole family have been through hell getting him the treatment he needs and DESERVES. I as a new MT jumped at the perks that Heartland had to offer adn the fact i have been able to home school my son with me working from home and at the drop of a hate it is all taken away to give jobs those who work for next to nothing. AS someone else said you get what you pay for. Yes it cost more for us than them, but I am sure the quailty of our work far better and better works, means happy clients and more work, which in the long run means profit. take the work overseas and get less quality and you get clients who are made and leave you butt behind. myself i carry the diagnoses of cardiomyopathy, left ventricular dysfunction, GERD, meniere's disease,  and hypertension and I needed Heartland's insurance and many other great perks.

We as AMERICANS need to stop putting up with all of the jobs that we are losing to low paid people over seas.  Big companies are killing the AMERICAN DREAM and we have to put a stop to it as a country.

I don't live in Tennessee (but my old company is based there), so I looked up their law on this, and here is what I found:

Tennessee Wage Regulation Act Title 50-2-101

What is the law concerning payment of final paychecks to employees?

Tennessee employees who are laid off, fired, or who quit must be paid their wages in full at the next regular payday, not to exceed 21 days from the date of their discharge or termination. Wages include vacation time earned by the employee. Claims against an employer for late payment may be filed with the Labor Standards Division. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has the authority to enforce this law. You may review this law at Tennessee Revised Statutes Title 50-2-103(g)

Oh well!  LOL  In the state where I reside, you have to pay your employees on their last day (if they give at least 3 days' notice), otherwise you have to pay them on the next business day!

Have a good weekend everyone!