What is wrong with a good MT knowing what she is worth and expecting to be compensated
Posted By: accordingly? nm Know thy worth. on 2006-01-22
In Reply to: If you had an attitude that she should be falling all over herself to hire you...... - Me
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I don't think anything is wrong with knowing you are good...
But saying companies are falling all over themselves for her to work for them - sounds like a job hopper or someone who can't be satisfied for so many companies to be falling all over themselves begging her to work. She must be applying at plenty of places, huh? It just had an extremely arrogant tone, that's all. It doesn't bother me at all that jobs are offered quite readily. I'm a good MT also and get great audit scores every time. I love where I work and have no intention of leaving, but if I did apply somewhere else and they were supposed to call me back and didn't I wouldn't start bashing the company. People are busy, and when you are trying to take care of hundreds of transcriptionists, some things tend to slip your mind. Get a grip!!
i proofed a few reports from a filapino and i was shocked at the good quality. wasn't expecting
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I tried several other companies, good ones, but it was like regressing in time! Not worth it!
You won't be shuffling thru papers, trying to find doctors names, etc. Its a fast platform. I never realized how much I loved it til I tried "greener pastures", which sure were not greener! Felt like the horse with my head stuck thru the fence, but luckily I got back in my own pasture! There's no place like home, there's no place like home...Good luck to you!!
WWWaah. I used to make good money til the health problems hit, now it seems hardly worth my time!
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OT is compensated!
Why do you say it should be compensated? It is. You are paid at time and a half for OT hours, which means good money. Trans complain about lack of work and then complain about too much work! If you don't want to run out of work when it's a slow time, then step up and work a little extra when it's busy.
No joke! You should be compensated
to respond in a nice way! I would let you great team lead know that you are really plugging for them so your team lead can maybe get you a kicker!! LOL 
Something like being compensated for my time,
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How do you get compensated for fixing these?
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Don't you think that quality should be compensated?
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I have been compensated in the past
by extra for certain dictators and raise for being willing to work harder accounts, but had to ask, they usually won't offer :)
Most leads are compensated for the extra duties.....
like answering emails and watching TATs, etc. There is no OT, and no huge salary, and leads are expected to reach quota like everyone else. I would know, I work there, and I am a lead. We don't cheerypick, and work is first in/first out unless work has to be assigned for a particular platform. Geez!
haha! Good one... no you got it wrong sm
I typed 200 lines an hour easily.........not slow. You sound like a salaried TTS'er or the owner. That's why there are always mixed reviews. The relatives and people with skin in the game post positive information.
Good god - what is wrong with all these MTSO people?
The more accounts of abuse, lies, bait-and-switch, harrassment, intimidation, and other downright skullduggery these outfits pull on their employees, the more obvious it becomes that the MT business as a whole is descending full-tilt back into the Dark Ages. Next will come the floggings and beheadings.
Same here. I too was expecting (sm)
the 12 foot binder full of paperwork. It really is simplified and also allows you to have many secondaries that you can jump into with ease if need be. When you happen to be in that specific client's report, you just hit a hot key combination and up will come the information for that account - all the formatting, in many times a sample of that particular dictator, etc. It really does remove a lot of the clutter. I think you'll find it to be a welcome change.
Am I expecting too much or am I
This MT has lots of years of experience and has sent out resumes the past couple of weeks in answer to jobs posted here and elsewhere. I am an SE and looking to supplement my income. In the past whenever I would send a resume, I would get at least an automatic reply: We have received your resume, and will be reviewing it shortly, or something like that. Now, I get no response whatsoever. There could be the sounds of crickets in the background.
Could there be something with my e mail? My resume has always done well for me, and even with my added 1 job in the last year. And it isn't like I am applying to jobs which are not looking for people. I apply to the types of positions they seek, and I have lots of experience.
Finally, my question to you is this. I have been offered a job with an American company but they do offshore. I initially said that when I found out they off-shored I had to decline, personal policy of working for USA only. If I get no responses to my resumes now, should I go to the other job which off-shores in spite of my feelings on the subject? Would feeding a family and having money for the holidays be more important than my stance on offshoring versus all USA?
Thanks in advance for your replies to the above. This MT is really kind of confused, I realize there is a recession, but seems like employers are acting kind of strange... maybe it is me! 
I did not get anything and was no EXPECTING anything (sm)
and that is okay with me. People should not EXPECT gifts. Although my boss did send us a letter stating how grateful she was and it was very sincere. I work for a wonderful company and they are great people.
That's what I'm expecting. nm
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Be about like expecting them
to vote in term limits. Anybody see that happening?
WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! We turn down work because so many hospitals are sm
calling wanting a company that keeps work in the USA. The trend was stronger a few years ago before it all came to light about poor quality, the woman in Pakistan who threatened to post medical records on the web, 911, etc. There are hospitals who look for US-only and they are the MAJORITY not the minority. Definitely seeing the tide turn on offshore from an MTSO perspective, both MTs and customers!!!!!
Ms. Manners would say expecting to be thanked for
offputting and not the norm in society. If someone gives you a compliment, you say, thank you, and smile graciously. If you expect the person who gave you the compliment to thank you for saying thank you...you might was well climb on a merry-go-round because the two of you will be doing nothing the rest of the day but thanking each you.
Thank you! No, thank you! No, don't thank me, thank you! No, no, don't thank me, thank you!...
get the picture?
not expecting them to do it, just want to hear the response! lol
Realize not all of these questions are going to have a response I'd like to have, but I do what to know what the alternative answers are. :-)
Yes, I think you're right about expecting downhill with them.
I've been attempting QA with them and not only is the software slow with numerous problems for QA, but the reports I'm getting to QA basically need to be redone. I find it hard to believe that an MT actually typed some of the sloppy, full of error reports I've seen, and 4 cpl is not enough money to sit around redoing every report. I'm afraid I'm finished with this place.
Wow, expecting a gift. CHILDREN expect gifts. Maybe..
your gift is the fact that you have a job during this current economic crisis. If you get something, fine; if not, are you going to quit? You still have 4 days to wait by your mailbox for your gift, if you should get one.
Wasnt expecting anything but got a nice box of chocolates and a card
I shared my chocolates with neighbors because Lordy, Lord, I do not need to be looking at a nice box of chocolates all day, because I wouldnt be looking at it all day - know what I mean? :}
I didn't say anything about expecting ... I just asked a simple question. sm
I have worked long enough at the company to know their practices so was just surprised, that is all. It is nice of you to chime in with your veiled criticism, though. It is no big deal. I just found out last night that I need new tires for my car, and waiting 1 more day to have that done won't kill me.
There ARE troublemakers on this board, but I was not stirring up trouble. I just know that things have slipped through the cracks sometime and was just checking. The faster I get it solved, the faster I get paid.
No matter what, I hope you have a good day and everyone treats you better than you treat them.
God forbid the poor poster made a mistake by posting on the wrong board!! Good grief!
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Give me one too! Imagine the nerve of them expecting you to work your shift.
LOL
Who is expecting a bonus/card/gift from employer this year or (sm)
plans to send card/gift/etc. to their employer?
I thought a card to my supervisor (if she is still there) from MQ would be appropriate. Actually that is the only person I have contact with anymore. For all the years I have worked at MQ, someone, either supervisor/area manager, etc. has sent a card. Hope it continues. Miss the personal touch of working in an office sometimes.
My second job I don't know exactly how many are in the office, but thought sending a group food type gift if shipping alone isn't a killer. Haven't been with them long, but they are so sweet, I bet they also send out cards and bet they are personally signed and not just printed.
Is that the same one from L&H?. Probably, knowing Teresa.
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I, too, am interested in knowing more about this.....
TIA
Nothing to do with knowing a specialty...SM
It's the sloppy, lazy dictators we MTs have to pick up the slack for. If you can't understand it, it doesn't matter how well you know your subject. 
i'd be interested in knowing that too
thanks
I'd be interested in knowing, too.
I'm looking for a 2nd job, and it would be nice to find something that would be hitting in between the other job when things are getting really tight.
Not knowing the specifics
I can think of a lot of reasons why, although I'm not involved in any way in this specific circumstance. If the client has become too difficult to work with- impossible turn-around times, dictators with too my individualized preferences, nit-picking (yes, they do it on the hospital end, too), and an unwillingness to pay the requested rate, I can see where it would be just as easy to not renew the contract. If the MTSO knows it has new account(s) coming on or that it has enough work for the staff it has, it could easily let a difficult account go. Much the same way some transcriptionists will take easier accounts that pay less but they can type more, I would assume MTSOs make the same choices.
I would be interested in knowing
I love Emdat
Thanks in advance
if you don't mind not knowing what's around the corner -
and you don't know when you're next assignment is going to be, 1 month, 2 months, etc. then go ahead and apply, but there have been too many negative things about Kforce said, and I should have listened and took note.
Apprecaite knowing this info. Thx. nm
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So you will tell a person to join, knowing they won't
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knowing the VA health system....
and what they did to me as a military widow and what the VA does to our service men and women, I would NEVER work for a VA hospital/ Our military whom are in VA hospitals, are the ones who have gone through the Wellbutrin to stop smoking trials etc -- you will have a patient who one week, his attending is 'Dr. Jones; he goes home and the next week his attending is this one -- also LOTS of ESLs and residents -- the goverment as a GS position 10 years ago only paid $15k per year -- hasnt gone up that much. JMHO
Did you email the company about this? They may have no idea and appreciate knowing what is going on.
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Also, knowledge of AAMT BOS, knowing formatting, being able to
transcribe bad/fast/or foreign dictators, your English grammar, spelling, and punctuationk, attention to detail, computer knowlege in many cases...plus just having the ability to test as fully as doing full-on radiology, op, ds, or whatever reports in any specialty...that would take so long orally. As much as I HATE all those test files, it really proves so much more than just a basic knowledge or your ability to look/Google things up.
Knowing that the only time work is slow is during
is wonderful and I will flex my schedule any time to keep my job at Transtech.
Issuing a check knowing that it will bounce,
is a really silly action. This equals to giving the person a tool to go to the police. If they know that the funds are not available, they should issue a post-dated check.
And I sleep well at night, knowing I have provided
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do you realize how many companies outsource without the client even knowing?..sm
an extremely high number. Do you think they can get away with this..absolutely. They advertise that the are U.S. based and higher some U.S. MT's and the majority of the work goes overseas. Wake up people, it's called business. It may not be proper, but these large companies are cut throat, particularly the overseas companies. They have struck a gold mine and they know it. Sad part is, they will always find U.S. MTs to keep the company afloat. Without the U.S. MT's busting their rears to produce quality work, these companied would fail. Why can't anyone get this? Ladies (and gentlemen), do not work for any transcription company who outsources work out of the country. Otherwise, this buyout situation will continue, and before you know it, there will be virtually no large U.S. transcription companies left. Unfortunately, we will only have ourselves to blame. Don't be an enabler!
I agree, if you went to work knowing full well that the company paid 7 cpl no spaces
why on Earth did you accept the job?
dont misunderstand me...we didnt work knowing we wouldnt get paid
How stupid would that be? We were paid a month behind. So when the 18th came we expected our check for the previous month. So that would be one paycheck. No one willingly works for free. I know i certainly wouldnt have typed as much as i did for her - taken time away from everything/everyone else - if i KNEW she wasn't going to pay me. Seriously, I hope she rots for what she has put me and my family through. I'm not talking about a couple hundred bucks. I'm talking thousands of dollars. Yep, I'm ticked
My mom was a lab tech, so I grew up knowing about working holidays in the medical field sm
so it is no big deal to me. I do not have any children, so I have pretty much always volunteered to work the holidays so that others can be with their families. As someone pointed out, when you work at home for the holiday, you can jump off and on whenever you want, so it does not really feel so much like working. 
Sorry that you are unhappy about it, but unfortunately, people still get sick on the holidays, and part of being in the medical profession is accepting that you will work some holidays.
Hope the New Year brings you lots of things to be happy about.
You are wrong! Here is the ad. I got it too. There are no words spelled wrong and the caps are pa
This is pasted from the bottom of the email blast.
Why are you trying to stir up trouble? Keystrokes does not send ANYTHING offshore.
Here is the email blast from ILHIMA. The KS logo is at the top but does not paste here:
Rapid Turnaround, Guaranteed Accuracy, Measurable Cost Savings, U.S.A. Only, & Personal Service. These are our Five Stars of Excellence Promise. Find out what they can mean for you today. Email Pam.Gingrich@KeystrokesMT.com today!
WHY isn't it worth it?
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For what it's worth ...
I don't know about smaller nationals, but Spheris doesn't pay for those things either. If you run out of work, you can flex your time and make it up. If you don't want to do that and had rather have the time off you are allowed to do so. If you cannot get it made up AND you don't have PTO to pay yourself, then you still file for PTO and it covers you as far as failing to make minimum production -- that way you're not in trouble.
When I first started with TEM (now Spheris), they paid downtime by the hour but cut that out with their new pay plan about a year or more ago.
I don't know of any remote company that pays only on a production basis that would really afford such an offer -- paying downtime for no work. The hospital I used to work for has remote employees but they are all paid by the hour, period (yes, even at home) with incentive that pays out an extra hourly for production. If you are going to be down for 2 hours in a day, you are expected to drive to the hospital and work your day or flex it to a later time or PTO the missing time.
I'm not saying I agree with it or am thrilled about that situation but MQ is not the only company and, in fact, I would think right in line with everyone else.
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