What works for one person, may not work for you. You have
Posted By: to do your own research/leg work. nm on 2007-05-08
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Another person who works nights, hello!
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It does work, you do not need to "make" it work.. it works in all word based programs.
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What works for one does not always work for
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I don't work for TTS, I don't know anyone who works for TTS....
I can't speak for the rest of you, but these posts don't influence any opinion I might form about TTS, just my opinion that this poster is perhaps a couple of eggs short of an omelette.
Poster, if you are trying to convince people that TTS is an inferior/unfair/unjust MTSO, the only thing you're convincing me of is that you need serious help....ASAP.
I work with a transcriptionist at our hospital who works for
them part time and she said they are just awful, but she needs the money so bad and no other company returned her call. She said she has a hard time with the voices, ESL and difficulty hearing the account.
TT works for me - plenty of work, no offshoring.
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Looking for the person that went to work for
How is everything going there?
You all have a point. I forget how this at-home thing works. I used to work in-house at a hospital.
and... we got paid extra for working holidays and even weekends and evenings. I am new to this at-home thing and it's pretty disappointing. I think I'm back to the hospital..
So the person who stated she was out of work was not
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To the person who wants to work for free
I have been a successful MT for three decades. I suggest that you: 1. Not work for free. People get what they pay for and besides, you are undermining hardworking MTs by this ill-conceived plan. Life is difficult enough for working MTs without being undercut by their own, or at least by a wannabe. 2. You need to learn basic proofreading skills. If you cannot proofread and eliminate the errors from your on-line ad for yourself, how will you proof the work I sub out to you? Why should I trust you with my clients' work? How you proof anything is how you proof everything. Not being critical, just trying to offer a helpful and practical view. Compete honestly in the marketplace, pay your dues, earn your place and don't give away the professionalism you are trying to develop. Good luck to you.
It does not matter who you work for, a true QA person
who is worth their weight in gold, will NOT take a position that pays any other way than by the hour. It does not matter if it is regular QA or ASR, there is no difference. I have seen ASR where you have to retype the entire report; of course that also means that you have to take out what is already there. If you are a QA specialist and have 100% listen, many blanks (I see them in every report), difficult dictators (which is no problem with me but is with the MTs), there is no way on earth you will make a wage if you are paid on production and these companies that do this, do not give a hoot about quality and they also do not give a hoot about their QA people.
Advice: Go over your lead. Go to the next person up. There is work there. sm
I would call the office and talk to Karyn or Becky. Your lead might not be conveying the message for some reason. Sometimes they are too busy, sometimes they don't want to share someone. Just call. That's the only way to make it happen, and you will be glad you did!
I think this is the same person who complained about this before and she doesn't even work there
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Anger eats at a person and does not solve anything. You must be a joy to work with. sm
I also work for Keystrokes and based on a company-wide email that went out last night from the CEO, the OP will get some resolution. I personally love working there and that email just adds to my job satisfaction. I have made suggestions in the past that have sparked some changes, unlike the other big national I spent many years with. I like being heard, or at least listened to, and I feel that the owners and managers of Keystrokes really do have the best interest of the transcriptionists in mind.
Before I get blasted for this post, let me add that this is my personal experience and personal opinion. I know that not everyone has the same experience at every company and wish you all happiness in the company or companies that you work for.
Can you tell me how many hours a part time person is allowed to work. Does it specify that at all.
I didnt quite understand that 8, 16 and 24 hour thing. I thought part time as long as you cut off before the full time hours you can work them.
Aren't you a positive person? I suppose you work in the office at HIS. lol nm
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I think it is one person. I had a few print outs from a few weeks ago and this person even capital
I have had a positive one. I have been with Keystrokes for 3 months and am very happy.
I printed them to show my manager but she told me that there are few bitter people out there and no one can do anything about them. My manager said that everyone can tell that it is the same few over and over again, for Keystrokes and a few other companies as well. Time to move on Ms. Anon. I cannot think why a company would go through the trouble of getting IDs and getting you installed just to ignore you after that. Doesn't make sense, does it? Are you sure that't the whole truth? You keep saying truth but it sounds fishy.
Exactly what I'm talking about RUDE! You are a very unhappy person. A happy person does not
respond in such a way! This is the reason SS has such a bad name.
I am not a hateful person but that person screamed at me for 45 minutes. sm
She said all transcriptionists are idiots.
Just wanna work in Word - need company that works in WORD! nm
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The platform is Word. Their program works with Word but does not change how Word works. nm
The benefits just changed the first part of this month. I don't have them but I remember them being reasonabl for a single person. Family and spouse was not reasonable in any way (in my opinion).
Probably someone who works on...sm
a variety of (or all) accounts and interchanges regularly to help with backlog. I previously worked for a company and they called it something else but basically the job description was someone who could work on any account at any given time and worked on accounts as needed (no specific primary/secondary, etc.). The place were I worked paid these MTs a higher rate.
yep, works well. nm
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Here is how it works
Review resumes as they come in. Separate into two piles. Immediately respond to all unqualified MTs with a simple email. Even if it is 100, it will take about an hour - no need to respond to follow ups to those, if any. Next, reply to qualified MTs with a simple email telling them resume was received and the next step and to email you when that step is completed. This may take a couple of days, tops! Everybody deserves a response, even those not qualified. It is called professional courtesy. Please. All recruiters do is recruit. It's not that difficult!
I know someone who works for them
From what I understand she is very happy there. If you have the experience, you probably can ask for 9 or 10 per line. They will negotiate with you. They are a growing company, management is nice and helpful, but a little slow getting everything off the ground, it took a bit of patience on her part to actually be up and working. They do outsource but never has run out of work.
What works for me is this:
1. I tell people who know I work from home that I am not to be disturbed unless someone dies or the house catches on fire, NO exceptions, NONE.
2. I screen every call and NEVER answer the phone until I am finished for the day. I also pick up any messages at that time. If the school needs to call you, can they call on another line? If you answer the phone every time it rings or even listen to the messages you will never get any typing done, trust me. :-) I have found VERY few phone calls are true emergencies.
3. Explain as best you can that you are paid on production and when your fanny is not in your chair you are making nothing at all, so you can you borrow some money when your bills come due?
The bottom line is that if you do not treat this as a *real* job then no one will respect your wishes. If you had a job outside of the home and were on the phone all day long or had people dropping by to visit all day I sure bet you would be fired! It really is tough to put your foot down, but you can do it!!!
Who works for TTS currently?
I have been offered a VR editing job with TTS and would like to here from people who currently work for them. Yes, I did see the postings further down on the board about TTS and that is why I want to hear from current TTS VR editors.
What I want to know is how many lines do you get a day and many of those lines are actually VR lines and not typing lines? Also, how many lines do TTS require their MTs to have a day? Do you use a 9-pin foot pedal with the sticker on the bottom that reads IN-DB9? Do you have dial up internet connections? Lastly, do you feel that you are making more money with VR editing and saving your hands/wrists/arms too?
Thanks
IN MT
Anyone who works for
TransTech - Will we get paid before or after the holiday, since our pay date is 5/28? 
I know someone who works there....
and she is NOT very happy. She is definitely looking elsewhere. They must be pretty hard up for MTs since I keep getting a recruiting postcard from them in the mail almost every month!
They will - it's in the works
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no, that's not how it works.
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MS Works
Your company should provide you with technical support to help you. ...Good luck!
NO one works there
Indian based company and have no clue when called office as it just rings and seems no one works in US at all. And even if work I hear they dont have good Management at all
works well for me.nm
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you must be one of the MTs that works
instead of running out here to post.
That works, too.
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They may have something in the works, but right now there
isn't enough work. They have lost several people recently due to the lack of work and still there isn't enough work. I like the company, so I'm not bashing them, but if there is a lot of work it isn't showing in our updates we get 3 times a day and I'm running out of work every day. If we're on 15 minutes past our shift we are asked to get off, doesn't matter if we haven't been able to get our lines.
There is one account that is particularly difficult and I think that has caused some people to leave, but even that account is running out of work on a daily basis.
Is that how it works?
Name the pay you want and you shall have it? Clients will pay whatever they can get away with paying. What MTSO in their right mind would to to their clients and say By the way, we plan to charge a whole lot more than the other MTSOs because our MTs demand higher pay. Don't you think the client would just go elsewhere?
Um, no, this isn't how it works. (sm)
Webmedx wouldn't have a great reputation if this were the norm. Obviously, this person isn't telling you the whole story.
How the pay works out to be the same
They do fool some people with that. When the company I worked for went to NO SPACES or VBC, everyone's pay was raised by 2 cent. I have no clue why they would do this unless the client said they did not want to pay for spaces when their rates were increased. It was no big deal to us because it honestly worked out to be the exact same pay with the 2 cent increase. Now if the company says they are going VBC and you do not get an increase.......that's a big fat cut in pay.
I guess that is why some companies think offering 10-12 cpl is very attractive, but it is for VBC, which is really only 8-10 cpl for the MT. If they say 10-12 cpl with spaces, that is what is really attractive.
of course it works.
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How it works
The MTSO is hungry for accounts. They low ball the client and then advertise like crazy to find those MTs gullible or desperate enough to take on the low pay. They usually do find some but the ones with any self respect who can offer quality and quantity won't work for such low wages. Hence the rub.
Hey, if that works for you
But scheduling is one element of control a company forfeits in order to avoid paying benefits, contributing to Social Security, handling tax withholding, etc. Companies that want to have it both ways, avoid all the responsibilities of an employer, but have the sceduling control of an employer, are dishonest. And I think this is indicative of other areas in which the company may not be fair with you. (At least, that's been my experience.)
It's your choice whether to go along with it. If you are happy, great. Those of us who might choose to make an issue of it realize we do this at the risk of losing work. And as long as there are MTs who choose to go along with this policy, there will always be plenty of you to replace us with.
Yes, it works out to be more than 65 cpl, usually. SM
FYI though, this also depends on margins and font size. Font size and margins aren't a factor in 65-chars line but they make a difference in gross line counting. If the margins are set at 1 inch all around and font size is 12, 6 c gross line would be around 8 or 9 c 65-chars line. At least that was my experience in the past when paid on gross line, in the good old days.
You do what works for you.
and this OP should do what works for her.
No. The way my IC job works is that I
tell them when I can work and how much work minute-wise I can take. They assign it to me in the late afternoon (I work FT for another MTSO and work nights for them) and I have until 6 a.m. the next morning to get it in.
hope it works out
but if you were offered chance to work on other accounts, what is the problem? You are going to have slow periods with ANY company, and at least your now-previous employer had enough accounts to offer you something else...in any event, hope you find bliss at new place.
Do you know if InstaText works with it?
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You don't know much about how the industry works, do ya?!
ROFL
Change your schedule monthly? Oh, so the company should have to readjust and possibly hire more for one month just because you want to work different schedule next month and it leaves them without coverage for their clients (which, by the way, PAYS YOUR CHECKS).
You don't want annoying emails all day but you want communication on your accounts? LOL Which is it?!
Tons of work? Gonna take tons of line counts to get it done with tons of commitment on a set schedule to make sure its covered. ??!?!?
An account liason with a real person on the other end...blah, blah, blah. Can't read? Don't wanna read? Soooo, you think the company should take on more overhead to pay someone to sit at the end of the phone and personally tell you what you can and can't do?! LMAO
If all MTs did their work there shouldn't be any on weekends. Hmmmm....LOL I guess those who dictate on weekends are outta luck, huh?! ROFL Make sure they tell clients, "Uhmm, we hope we'll cover you on the weekends but because the MTs may or may not want to cover weekends we might not be able to." Yeah, that will keep clients (again who pay the company so they can PAY YOUR CHECK).
OMG this is all so rich. Just not enough time to continue on here...but you get my drift.
Get over yourself. This is a business just like any other.
Don't like it? Get out. Dream on with the "fantasy" job. Or, wait, wait -- BETTER YET --- Open an MT business yourself and let's all watch you put all these wonderful things in place and see how much business you really get, how many GREAT MTs you get, and how much profit YOU turn!!!
LMAO!!
Could somebody else who works there please post?
I was told that 10c to 11c is reserved for MTs that have been with the company for a long time.
That is not how it works. We can "demand" all we want but there will
be those that undercut to get the contract.
If you can stop the U.S. editing or can tell us how to get it to stop, let me know as I would love to stop it as I agree with you. It's just not going to happen though.
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