What I can't believe is the lack of responsibility smg
Posted By: agree on 2006-07-01
In Reply to: Where did work ethic go? - JM
people take for their jobs, hours and work in general. I work with people who apparently are their sole mode of transportation for their family and they just breeze in and out at will after taking grandpa, grandma, wife, children to all of their assorted appointments. Then, THEY have their own personal appointments or medical problems that must be worked around. The only thing they seem to be on time for is their paycheck.
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Doesn't matter. That's no excuse for their lack of responsibility
for something so important. One or more states will get them sooner or later and it will bite THEM right where they need for it to bite. They know the law and it is their choice not to do the proper thing and because it is, they will have to pay at some point.
MT responsibility versus Supervisor's responsibility
I was hired in to work on an account and have met my 12,000 lines per pay period well before my 3 month deadline,however, I am being hounded daily by my supervisor. My supervisor is a male and is very intimidating. He is constantly emailing me saying I am not doing enough and I am lagging behind and If I could just do a little bit more each day because he do not want to mess up with this account.
My question is if I am doing 12,000 per pay and the account is still lagging behind, is it not the responsibility of the supervisor to hire someone else on this account and am I responsible in some way for not producing more?
Thanks,
No, Paul, you are not. Left last year due to lack of work, but not lack of respect. It's a shame
I liked 'em a lot.
Because I know it is my responsibility to help out as well. sm
People still get sick on weekends. If doctors and nurses took your attitude, I guess the hospitals would just shut their doors on the weekends and sick people can just wait until Monday. I grew up in the medical field, so I realize that working weekends is just part of the deal. Working at home, it is not such a big deal anyway. It is not like the old days, getting up and putting on the heels and hose and commuting across town. And I get a weekend differential, so that helps a little bit.
I hope you are working for a clinic and not shuffling the burden of the weekend work solely to your coworkers. That just seems selfish, IMO.
And you have yet to take responsibility
for backing TranSCAM. I am far from bitter. I have a great job which I love. Because I love this profession so much, I am not going to lead others down the primrose path with nonsense like TranSCAM. How about taking some responsibility?
TAT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY..sm
Although we usually hear about it when the poop is about to hit the fan. TAT is pretty much out of our hands...we don't distribute the work... all we can do is transcribe it in a timely manner once we receive the job. It's THEIR show, baby, although everyone does try to pass the buck to the MTs.
Then you definitely have a responsibility to report
these incidents. That is theft. They are stealing money from your company by getting paid for hours not worked. I don't think I would even grant them the courtesy of telling them that you're reporting them. They obvioulsy know what they are doing is wrong, not to mention illegal, and they don't seem to care. They've picked you as a patsy and you need to stand up for yourself. Forward the next IM you get from them. I would not forward your supervisor any of the previous ones, but keep them just in case. Your supervisor may not be too happy with you for not saying something sooner. If you continue to let them do this, you're just as guilty as them.
It is not the MTs responsibility to FIND sm
the work. Either the owner or a supervisor should be informing the MT that there are other accts to type and facilitate typing on those accounts.
Not my responsibility to develop their country
It stands to reason if they built their own hospitals, which they could easily staff with all the Indian ESL dictators we currently struggle with (while we hand them the moneymaking easy ones on a silver platter), they then could do their own transcription for their own healthcare providers. Why the heck won't big business invest in building them some of their own hospitals? Because this is about profit, NOT altrusim for our fellow man!
Maybe you're going to retire in a couple of years, so you don't really care about the future of this industry. But if not, when you lose your current job to outsourcing, will you still deny there's a problem? Or will you take another job for less pay, again and again, until the industry completely leaves this country - then will you realize there's a problem? When you are forced out of this industry, and find the competition for other types of work is harder than it used to be, will you see a problem then?
Its not just this industry being outsourced. I grew up in Michigan! Its turning into a ghost state due to loss of jobs to outsourcing. That's an example of an entire state being affected, and its only one of many in the rust belt. But I guess you don't know anybody there, so you'd rather sympathize with someone halfway across the world. It is not ok to undevelop our country in order to develop others. Maybe when our homeless shelters overflow and our streets are full of beggars, and every undeveloped company has cable TV and McDonalds on every corner, we'll quit being in denial at what we are allowing to happen under our very noses. But by then it'll be too late for us to reverse this trend of trying to raise the rest of the world's standards at the expense of our own.
My state has it writtin in their code whose responsibility it is. It is the employer.
I just refused to do it as an employee. After the second year and my written explanation of why I did not do it (being as the employer refused), they sent me back a refund of late fees and told me that they had found many employees in Virginia with the employer I am speaking of and would be going after the company in question. How long it takes them is another story. I hope they get them because they deserve it.
It might not be the law in every state, but it is in mine. It is clear and on their books. I provided the company with that law and they paid no attention.
A good employer will follow the law and have state tax laws in place. I have never had a problem with any other employer from that state, just them.
Sweet Pete Bayou MT. Part of your responsibility as an MT
is to look up unfamiliar terminology, doctor's names, etc. and MAKE A NOTE OF IT, so you don't have to look it up again. All I can say is good luck with your career as an MT.
I am not familiar with this company, but your post showed so much ownership and responsibility, so v
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Agree..with IC status, equip. is your responsibility; employee status - you should SM
not have to pay out-of-pocket for use of their equipment. I would never work employee status for a company who required me to purchase or lease their equipment. The only thing I would find acceptable is to have a small security deposit taken out of paycheck when starting with a company. This will protect the company from those few who might abuse the equipment.
I think maybe this was a lack of SM
foresight on the part of the company but it wouldn't make me too nervous. People who sign on to work anything other than M-F shifts usually have to work during the day when they start anyway because that is when the office/account mgr and IT support are more easily available. For them to tell you that you could have your first day on a Sunday night is odd--it probably just didn't register with whoever gave you your start date.
Now I know just where you lack - in
intelligence. I was thrown off the other forum because of the person you speak of. You definitely are barking up the wrong tree with that name. Why in the world if I were *** would I be working for such a pitiful salary, as you seem to think, when she is supposedly a recruiter? Would she not make much more than me, just a regular MTer? It just does not make sense to me that anyone who happens to love their job cannot possibly just love it to be loving it- they have to be in management. What in the world is wrong with you guys? I work part- my husband is in a union- my father gave me lots of money and that is why I don’t have to spend my life transcribing 24/7. I am in my mid 60s, have no kids to raise, don’t have to beg for a job, could retire tomorrow if I liked. Quit being such a hater.
Could be because of total lack of sm
professionalism and loyalty to those she worked with if indeed that is true. All I ever heard from her was talking about others behind their back. I never met anyone other than from one other one there who went long ago that did that and it is the worst case of management I have ever known.
LACK OF WORK ALWAYS
I've started looking for a new job - never enough work -I bet it is going to the new center in India.
Lack of work
Anyone out of work at FutureNet?
Lack of Response
In my case, I have 15+ years of experience and the test was a breeze so I do not think that was the case. If so, then either way it was not a fit, but my point is why work for a company that shows such a lack of professionalism. I certainly do not think I deserve to be considered for every job, but I absolutely do deserve the consideration of a response after making the effort to apply for a position and take the test.
There is ALWAYS lack fo work there...
Then MANDATORY OVERTIME when there is work.
The lack of work got you too huh? nm
No lack of work!!!!
If you are running out of work, then you need to discuss your work types with your Account Lead/Supervisor. Sometimes there is a lack of work in the morngings 6 a.m. to noon Eastern time, but there is always work available on the second shift and third shifts. If you want to work, there is work. If you are scheduled to work that day and nothing down loads, leave your Word Client up, and the jobs will download as they are available. Be flexible on your hours, try some different work types, ask for an additional backup account. There is work if you want it. I have never been completely without work for an entire day and it is rare that I do not make line counts. NO, I AM NOT MANAGEMENT, I AM AN MT THE SAME AS YOU ARE.
No lack of work with me either sm
and I work days on that nightmare account that everyone hates. Come work with me! I'll gladly share! No complaining here. 
I have never seen such a lack of communication
within a company. It would be easier on management and keep the MTs working if there were better communication and being able to put it in one place would be a win/win situation I would think. I've learned to not hold my breath for things to happen though.
lack of communication
is usually a good indication there is soemthing you do not want others to know.
lack of work
I am not getting enough work and need a second job. Some of you work for more than one company. How do you coordinate your hours between two or more companies when you don't know what hours you are going to be out of work on your primary job?
lack of work
Thanks for the suggestions. When I started this job there was plenty of work. My mold is that there is not enough work now, but knowing that when I change, my line count and income will plunge until I get up to speed. That's my hesitance of leaving. Don't want to get hungry. When we trained for transcription, nobody mentioned that aspect. I've noticed by the threads I read that a lot of you generally switch jobs until you find accounts you can make money on.
Lack of work
Okay, OSi -- I don't normally bash a company publicly, but you've pushed me to my limit. I am tired of having no work, or very little, with no explanation whatsoever from the powers that be. A little honesty would go a long way. You do realize that your employees are depending on their jobs for an actual paycheck -- they don't just work for the heck of it, right?!
What happened to a company owned by former MTs who understand us?! Where are you guys now, and how would you feel if you were in our situation? When your offshoring practices come back to bite you in the rear (and they will), just remember that you made your bed and you are the ones who will have to lie in it!
I don't think it's so much a lack of foresight
on the MTSO's part as much as it is the fact that if they submit a bid that's too high the hospitals/clinics will go with another company simply because the price is lower.
lack of work
If that is the case then I will not be there long. I only give a company a week as far as keeping me busy and I mean during the day, not midnight!! During holidays I have always had work as well. On interviews a couple of times and also on reading the posts here people mention that it is normal in this business to have slow periods and not to expect as much work during those times. Say what?? I am not talking about an employer only saying this but the MTs as well and they accept it and go without work!! I am not saying the hospital dictations don’t fluctuate because they do but if a company is managed properly, a company who cares about their MTs will for one not over hire and secondly for holidays they will have the right amount of people slotted for vacation in order for the people who are left working to be kept busy. I mean it is never a perfect science in this business, that’s impossible, but a company should operate in a way that is organized with the MT in mind instead of feast or famine!! Also if TOT is running behind then it’s bonus time!! Wouldn’t that be more cost effective anyway?? I guess not for the companies that are ran that way. Wouldn’t you want your MTs to be happy so the turnover is low or instead do you look at us as expendable? I don’t know about these big MTSOs these days. What it boils down to is I do not have the patience or time for companies that will not allow me to make a good living because that immediately tells me that they do not care about their MTs. I know usually in just a few days whether I want to stay or not. There are other reasons I will not stay as well, the usual complaints such as a bad platform, horrible account, being unorganized, etc.
It sounds like maybe that is how MDI operates or maybe they lost an account or two. Well that couldn’t be the case if they just hired me along with the other gal who posted before me and obviously there are others. That tells me that possibly some accounts are overstaffed and others aren’t so I will mention to her tomorrow that I need an account that is understaffed.
The problem right now is I am stuck because of the health insurance issue. I had to take the job because I was on Cobra at the time and ever since my line counts have dropped. I had never experienced what other MTs were complaining about with their experiences. Well now I know!! Where I work now I use ExText which I love and the account is good. It is their line counting methods that have made my line counts drop. I know how many lines I do an hour which range 325-375 on every account I have ever done for different companies yet I cannot achieve that here so I know darn well I am being scammed especially considering I have already used this platform before and made my 350+ lines so it is blatantly obvious.
So because of that I am not only going to be PT for MDI, or whoever it ends up being, but I am also looking for another employee position so I can get out of here. I see some people on the posts say they love working at this company and knock the ones who say negative remarks for different reasons but also about the line counts. I just don't get how they could love it there when I have a good account and platform and there are some nasty accounts there, so why am I struggling and they aren’t? Maybe it is not that I am struggling but that they have never done more than 1200 lines in 8 hours and are happy and used to that so it works for them. I am assuming but that is all I can come up with.
That is why I have been so frustrated in the past 2 years finding a good company to work for. I think it is because I am wasting my time putting resumes out to these larger companies. I need to work for small to mid-sized companies again but I need insurance. I do know that some have insurance but it is a rip-off. My husband’s is too expensive too. Well enough complaining. I refuse to give up and settle though!! Off to bed for yet another low production day.
No lack of work here...
I guess the choices some of us make are better than others. And, no, I do not work for a national. Maybe I will have to some day, and believe me when that day comes, I won't wait until I can't feed my kids to try and find that job. I'll be looking as soon as I think I'm in trouble, and I won't be posting on here for a pity party either.
Lack of communication? sm
What, exactly, do you want them to communicate to you that they have not already? They have sent emails and posted newsletters with the latest developments and they are holding a teleconference to discuss those developments.
Did it ever occur to you that not every worker is privy to all the internal workings of a company, not just in medical transcription but in most brick and mortar companies as well? We have a job to do at Webmedx, and that job is to transcribe accurate medical reports in a timely manner.... Period! Our job is not to concern ourselves with the latest acquisitions, mergers, or other business/financial developments that may or may not occur. They have people who are paid to do that, so we should do what we are paid to do.
If Webmedx is that intolerable to you, you might consider changing something you are able to change as I suggested below, or if you cannot or will not do that, then perhaps it is time for you to find some place where you would be happier.
your lack of education
with regard to the profession and how businesses are run seems to make it difficult for you to understand the big picture here.
I've been in this field for a very long time and it's people who think screw the rest, I'm in it for me (this is the impression I take away from your responses) that have made it possible for a service owner (a position I also once held) to offer crap pay, no benefits, high expectations.
If you are an IC and allow yourself to be treated as an employee, you can also be creating issues with the IRS, and if your employer is found to be using ICs as employees and not paying appropriately, they can incur significant fines.
Downside is, yes, an MTSO then has the right to decline to employ you. But if MTs would refuse this type of treatment, the offers might be more in line with what's a fair earned wage.
Also noticed the lack of
work out of a Chicago company but as it is a p/t job and not my main account, I can live with it for the time being.
I wonder also if MTs who had left the field because they were fed up, for many reasons, are now returning due to the economy. Seems that companies have more MTs replying to their ads than they know what to do with! Sadly that does not make it a good market for the MT.
Lack of work
I also checked with supervisor about my account possibly being in Chartnet to explain the lack of work and was told when my account moves over then I move over, so this obviously is not the case. I don't know what is going on, but this is very unusual except around holidays.
Lack of work
I also checked with supervisor about my account possibly being in Chartnet to explain the lack of work and was told when my account moves over then I move over, so this obviously is not the case. I don't know what is going on, but this is very unusual except around holidays. This week is also the beginning of the new bimonthly pay, the same day as the lack of work started. Coincidence?
Lack of work
Sigh.....I'm another MedScribe MT who has not been able to get my lines this week. I have never had this problem before.
Their lack of ability to think outside the box & actually
Lack of Respect from MDI
This is really so sad! Why are they lying and being so secretive? I have no respect for them any longer. The past respect is just that: Passed respect. It works both ways. HOW DO THEY EXPECT PEOPLE TO LIVE? Better to be honest about their situation, whatever that is, than this. And regarding the emails never answered, no answer IS an answer and the message is that you and your email are not important enough for them to pay attention to. Shameless behavior on their part and no sing-song email from the owner can discount the fact that they are blatantly giving the shaft to loyal employees.
Lack of work @ MDI
I've really tried to be patient and understanding but lately I'm rightly pi$$ed off. Why do the secondaries get to take work from my primary??  I always hesitated and didn't take work from my secondary accounts so as to not take work from the MTs who had that as a primary. Yesterday and now I have NO WORK. I was told yesterday, *oh, I guess the secondaries did the work* when I asked why I didn't have any jobs. Guess I'll have to look for a filler job ASAP. 
lack of work @MDI
Is this the same company as MD-IT???
Amherst and lack of work
How do you deal with it?? You try to get someone at the office to listen to you and then you start the endless list of 5 or 6 accounts that you bounce around it, trying to meet your line quota in fear that they may take away your insurance and now that the MT's from yet another office closing have been transferred there, I somehow do not know if this will even end. If MT's are out of work, why does the hiring continue?????? Or as someone has said, are they trying to get rid of the higher paid MT's, afterall MQ did say in their SEC report that they expected thier revenue to continue to decline with the loss of accounts and with new accounts coming in at a lower rate due to competition. One of the MT's that was transferred with me to Amherst, actually we have been transferred twice since the closing of our office, has started to do some ASR and was wondering if her pay scale was going to change. Her supervisor made a comment, "I don't think your rate will change, I will let you now" , has anyone had their rate change since doing ASR?????
Does anyone know how many offices MQ had 2 years ago and how many they have now?? Just curious as this was one of the things mentioned in the SEC filing ---about more offices closing--are they going for the Big Four--I was surprised to see that the Atlanta office was closing as I always thought that was one of the Big Four
Heartland - Lack of Work
Just wanted to share my frustration with HIS and the lack of work! Any other HIS MTs having the same issue? I can't seem to make any money!!!
Your ESL or lack thereof depends
on what account you are on. I have almost all ESLs, static on the line, not as clear as it could be. I had a problem with Beyond TXT today and lost a report, never got it back. Still waiting to hear from IT. On the other hand, the support and help on the phone with the trainers and team leader is just great. I did 3 reports in 3 hours because of tech problems. If it does not get better I will leave, but not because of ESLs, I am used to those. I hired on at a higher line rate because I offered to do an account heavy in ESLs.
She probably means the lack of work.
Always had a ton of work to make up, but never had any work to make it up with...always got e-mails telling me everything looked good, BUT I needed to get my line counts...it was literally impossible for me on my account and my supervisor never got in touch with me when I e-mailed multiple times about getting other accounts. Got multiple e-mails about how good I was doing and just regular company e-mails daily, but never anything about another account. I got frustrated with never going over $300 every two weeks working 25 hours a week. 
Other than that everything was great about the company. No complaints other than that. Would still be there if that wasn't the case.
Bumped to MT due to lack of work!!
I used to be an Editor for Sten-Tel, but due to lack of work that needs editing, I have now been bumped down to an MT making very little compared to what I had been....SO LAME!!!!
maybe - there was lack of work when I was there 4 months ago
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Have you communited with your mgr about the lack of work? sm
I have 3 accounts and rarely sit and wait. If you think yours are overstaffed, communicate and get a better fit? Sometimes platform is slow but from what I hear, most MTs do okay or well with it. I do.
Lack of any response, either here or email (sm)
speaks volumes to me, especially if you aren't even employed with them. Some folks just love to slander just for scuz and that's too bad.
I don't work for TT. I'm just amazed at your lack
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If you can't get your lines because of lack of work what
good is it going to do to pay a bonus based on lines produced. I'm not dumb enough to be fooled by that ploy.
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