What do you consider small or big? nm
Posted By: curious on 2006-03-29
In Reply to: Agree. TH is on the small side. nm - THer
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NOT everyone, some are too small for
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Small co
Milner Transcription - Atlanta, Ga
About 50 MTs
If you need one (very small fee)
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Yes for a very small fee
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Yes for a very small fee that is
Probably a really small co OR the sm
recruiter is temporarily assuming job duties for an account supervisor while they look for someone or maybe a leave.
Put your questions here and we can tell you.
Small MTSO
I am a small MTSO and I have two part timers that work for me. I try to allow them to make a good living but there are costs of running a business. I do the pick up and deliveries, I print, I buy the paper, toners, etc. I do the invoicing. I do the customer service. I do the QA, etc. So when I make 2 to 3 cents a line, that is sometimes barely $5 to $7 an hour after gas, paper, etc. I keep my line charge reasonable -- 0.11 to 0.12 and that allows me to pay 0.8 cents per line. But if my gals use their brains to use word expanders, templates, etc. they can make $16 to $24 an hour (200 to 300 lines per hour) which to me is fair. I pay them on time often first and sometimes wait for the check to come in. But you guys we do not make a lot when subcontracting out. But if a document is 400 lines I make $8 to $12 for the report and that is before all my expenses. So we are not jiving any of you.
Small companies
Please list the names of some small companies. I need to get out of a big national but don't know where to turn. Thanx.
To Small MTSO
No suggestions here except to keep up the great work and appreciation for your team.
I agree, don't waste your time on the ignorant's on this board that think everyone is out to screw the MT...it's a sad fact, but there are some who just have such blackened lenses to see through. It sounds like you really appreciate your team and there are more employers out there like you, really there are.
OR - sm = small message; nm = no msg NM
nm
oh by the way.....*S* small message...sm
did YOU write the acronym book? HAHAHAHAHAHA -
Well, I've online over 10 years and on boards/forums and SM means small message versus NM meaning no message versus LM meaning long message.
To each his or her own *S* It's not etched in blood.....*S* Hope you have a better 2006. *S*
Not small, not huge. When I was there it had 350+ MTs.
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wow, this is a pretty small
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Three small accounts that I do by myself..sm
I do not do any type of billing for the accounts, just do the work like regular work that I download from the company...so I think that would be a good reason for a raise. But, I don't want to say anything to make them think twice otherwise because these accounts that I have are really good. Does that make sense?
Must be a small company
It is a small company. Sorry if you're not impressed with my work. It works for me. I could do over 1,000 if I wanted to, but this suits me. I have another part time job that supplies me with income also.
and that is only a small part of the
problems they have. Communication is nil, rude people to deal with, and total chaos.
Small companies not for me
I have worked for both and I think that small companies are very, very particular. Not that that is a bad thing, but ZERO room for error (everyone knows perfection is impossible 100% of the time). So if you can QA at 100% every single time with a national, a small company would be perfect for you. In all of my experience my lowest QA score was a 99.2 with nationals. Small company just made me feel extremely inadequate. That is one thing about communication with a small company, you can start feeling attacked for very (and I mean very) minor things.
HTH.
Not MDI-MD - they are a small company
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small company
has anyone ever left a national company to work for a small company? just wondering if its a good choice to make.
small companies
Anyone give out some names of small good companies?
Small national
Try - www.milnertranscriptionservices.com
maybe ... small MTSOs can go either way .. sm
pay small because they are small ... or pay well, and say they appreciate quality work, and joke with you about other MTs they have on their payroll ..... and then you realize they are probably making the same remarks about you behind your back too.
TO: Small MTSO
see above post, it got posted in the wrong spot somehow.
small companies
Sorry about being so vague. I'm looking for smaller national companies - probably 100-200 MTs (?)
Small MTSOs that I know are not
The only reason they use subs is that the client needs more work done than they can physically do themselves. Most small MTSOs did not start out wanting to be an MTSO at all, but just having their own accounts. Then there is too much work and they have to use subs. And most of the line count is forwarded on to the subcontractor, not kept as profit for the MTSO.
I am just such a small MTSO and I make more money when I don't have subs because I can spend my time typing instead of listening to blanks, setting up templates, explaining format, etc., doing payroll, etc.
They do some ASR but a very small percentage, something like less than 10%
of all their work is ASR. I am not sure what the pay for it, as I only do straight transcription.
They do pay shift differentials. I think it's a half cent for second shift and a penny for third shift.
They are wonderful people to work with and for. Everyone I have ever spoken to has treated me well. Even the President of the co. has been wonderful to me and will take my call anytime I need to speak with her (which has only been twice).
I would go for it. I am so glad I did.
Its a small world
I just put in my application this morning at Webmedx. I had to go to a doctor's appointment and when I got home I had a message from a recruiter there. I think it is the same recruiter that I talked to 2 years ago with another company. They said I did not score high enough on the test to sign on with that that particular company. The person said I did fine actually until I got to the ESL portion and it looked too much like swish cheese. I wonder what the chances are that they remember that.
A small company usually can't
afford to lose the people they have, so you might want to speak to your manager about this and see what, if anything, can be done. It can be as easy as removing the MT's ability to reject the jobs they don't want to do. Great way to kill morale.
What small service?
are you talking about? How do you know this?
I think there is 1 small rad but there is ER. Schedules....
You set your schedule but you are expected to be there when you say you are. However, they are great to work around doctor's appointments or other things that may come up. I have never had an issue not being able to get time off for anything.
As far as QA, they expect you to type what is dictated unless of course it is a gross medical error and then you blank and send to QA. You do not get dinged for sending work to QA. You also do not get dinged for punctuation. They do expect high quality.
What small MTSO we could
apply for work there too
Even small MTSOs?
I know all the bigger companies are moving to SR, but what about small MTSO's?
Are they also moving exclusively to SR? I know of very small MTSOs in my local area that still are picking up and delivering tapes. Not that I want to be in the dark ages, just don't want my pay cut in half to be fixing a garbled mess spit out by the machine! MT's at my company who have already moved to SR are finding they are making a lot less money doing it. They get half the pay, but it does NOT take half the time to do the work!
Unless you have small children SM
at home and really don't want to put them in daycare, PLEASE consider a different field. Transcription is drying up in the US. There is no future in it. Find a career that cannot be outsourced.
we're really small
there's no one in the office on the weekends, or after 5 p.m. anyday for that matter. fret not, i'm sure they'll get back to you. VTS is a really small, family owned and operated organization, not a frenzied corporate giant. good luck to ya, you'd like it here!!
sorry - meant JLG not MDI-MD. I think JLG is small not MDI. sm
I also know that they send work overseas (JLG) but the do not advertise this fact. Maybe they are not doing well ??
no VR, yes small (about 130 MLSs)
quaint and cozy... no outsourcing, just slowly growing. we only seem to add on new-hires as we acquire more accounts, so we're never really over-covered. most days, it seems just perfect. maybe sometimes slow on saturdays and holidays, but overall, quota is a breeze to obtain.
Small MTSOs
should not comingle personal and company funds for many reasons, some of them tax reasons, some of them other legal reasons.
Does anyone here have a small account - sm
that pays CASH? (Under-the-table?) Like for last-minute STAT dictation or something? Is it possible to get such a sideline job in this field, or would you have to look outside of medical transcription?
Best of the big and small companies?
Are there companies out there that people really enjoy working for any more?
OSI is not small but the QA manager
She spells words wrong and can't construct a prooper sentence sometimes. She doesn't have to QA reports so we just ignore this.
Only a small percentage...sm
They do not off shore a lot of their work, only when the client specifically requests it. I believe the percentage is like 12 or 16 (can't remember which). They do try to get the clients to keep their transcription here, but if the client is adamant about sending it off shore, that's what they do.
I've been working OT lately due to someone leaving and not being replaced yet. There's always a need for good US-based MTs at Transcend.
Very small world indeed! (sm)
It sounds like you were fortunate to have found such a great friend in one little zip code that's part of this big world. Some of us can go through an entire lifetime and never meet someone with the dignity, kindness, intelligence and grace that you describe. 
Look at small companies
When I changed companies last summer, I applied only to companies that had no VR, as that was why I was leaving my current company. I found quite a few by researching this board, and of course they tended to be smaller companies. They are out there. I would just review the info on this board and make a list.
small typo there -- there ARE n/m
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Look for a small MTSO
like the one who posted above who still values his/her MTs. I guarantee you there is no real shortage of work if you took the greed factor out of the big and greedy MTSOs. They don't give two hoots in the wind about you and they'll offshore, contract with MT schools, whatever it takes to increase their bottom line profit. They couldn't care less if you and your family starve out. By working for a small, and sometimes struggling MTSO, you will help them and yourself. I guarantee you also that you will make more money working for 6 cpl and actually having abundant work rather than working for 15 cpl and sitting in front of a blank screen all day.
The IRS but they are too small fish for
Go to the IRS website. It tells you exactly how to report it.
Keep both for while (small message)
more pay these days usually means slow platform or a lot of ESLs. but you don't know how the new position is yet.
Also - you almost need two as a given these days, the way work flow is. but you can't possibly know the work flow yet.
You need to work them both for a while before you can made an educated decision on what works for you, with you, and around your needs.
What else is new **small hospitals** sm
I'd like to know who the salespeople are at this company. All these small accounts with their picky instructions. Why don't we have even one huge medical facility?
Where I work is for a small
locally owned company that is not large enough to attract the interest of the poachers from offshore. Neither is it large enough to accommodate additional people at this time. Just a few local people doing our work quietly. The point is, I found it, and you can find places like this, too. Hint: Don't look to the big companies. They have no loyalty to their workers. In my book, smaller is better! Doing research is part of being a good MT. And although I make a penny less than the vaunted 11 cpl from MDI, I actually earn more per hour, as I do not have to deal with a constant flurry of ESLs and equipment that is so old and unreliable that it is a headache just to log on each morning.
14.5 cpl National, 16.0 cpl small MTSO
Happy, both accounts are California accounts which is a higher pay!!!!
The big companies and the small MTSOs are
what I avoid. Give me a medium sized company any day. The big companies treat you like a number. It's nothing but corporate B.S. The little MTSOs are always stressing out and you're the only person they have to work for them. Both want you available 24/7 and to sit there doing nothing if there's no work or the system is down.
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