What you said in your post, in a nutshell,
Posted By: describes how MTSO's cheat the MT. (SM) on 2009-05-14
In Reply to: I've been doing VR for several months. - my experience with VR
<< So I'm making less money in my usual shift. This means I work extra hours to make up the difference. So, I lose and someone else wins. >>
This is how they continue to squeeze every dime out of MTs (every drop of blood from us turnips!) They give us high production and quality requirements. Then they make it so we can't meet those requirements in normal 8-hour shift. So the majority of us are working anywhere from 2-4 hours overtime almost every single day, and not being paid for it. If you try to call them out on it, they just say Then focus more. Type faster. Don't take breaks, with a wink and a nod to their fellow MTSOs, who all do the same thing.
If the work can't be done in the allotted time, then it's too much work for the allotted time. We know it. They know it. And it's about time labor regulators in the US were made aware of it, as well.
MTs used to be respected. MTSOs (a long, long time ago) used to be at least somewhat respectable. Those days are gone. Greedy people got their hands on the MT profession, knew they could get rich off of it (at our expense), and then they have the gall to pay less for editing VR, when like you say, our fingers may not be 100% engaged, but our brains most surely are.
If this were happening in any other field, whistles would have been blown long ago. But in the shady field of medical transcription service organizations, it's business-as-usual for the shysters and the unscrupulous. They all belong in the same cellblock as Bernie Madoff.
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In a nutshell? no. NM
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but in a nutshell
for me, they made the job a complete headache, with multi-multi accounts, all with very different account specifics, making it increasingly difficult to maintain good line counts; and all the while, took away more and more of the benefits that i started with. that's just the 2 main layers.
in a nutshell........sm
this lady has a habit of hiring when there is NOT enough work to go around. You have to pretty much sit there and watch to see if ANY jobs come in......they may trickle in at 2 or 5 at a time.....and that may be all you get. when i was there, the most i got in a day were about 10 short clinic notes. then after u start doing something else....she emails you or calls and says there's 2 jobs in there. My friend made $6 the first paycheck.
this is NOT a job to consider for full time for anyone. she is nice, but bugs you to death during the day. In other words, when i was there i was told i would have LOTS OF WORK....never happend and I hung in there for about a month. I have NO idea why she is always hiring.
That's it in a nutshell!
Thanks cj!
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In a nutshell..........
There will be a change in VR software which should boost our production so greatly that the Web decided to cut our line rate for VR.
Coming soon to an MTSO near you.............
You've got it in a nutshell
What you say is so true, coming from one who KNOWS, believe me. It is a situation that the team leader has no control over. You have customers screaming on the one hand and MTs on the other and there is no happy medium, at least consistently.
Nutshell: She wanted them to have SM
someone else work the portion of the schedule she didn't like and give her the hours she wanted, but instead they found someone who could work the entire schedule they had available and passed her by.
I think you summed it up in a nutshell
or have contact with multiple companies do run into the same people over time. I've been online for 10 years and I know certain people based on their postings and others I worked with through the same company and we all parted ways for our own reasons but kept in touch after moving on. Some of these people of MTSOs, some are recruiters, some are QA managers, etc. People do tend to know who is who and talk about people. Gossip is human nature and so is just keeping up with who is doing what where is part of human nature.
You've said it in a nutshell. I for one SM
am tired of working like a dog for this company in the hope that I might be recognized with even a tiny raise, only to figure out finally that they just don't give them at all.
I am tired of them pushing a CMT on me. When they cut our ISR pay, are they going to pay for the ENTIRE CMT exam fee? We certainly won't be making enough money to pay 1/2 ourselves. I am tired of yearly increases in health insurance AND less coverage, more money out of my pocket.
Yes, I want to know how much the executives (and there are tons of them) have returned to the company in the way of salary.
WMX, you are pushing a lot of us to leave. You know you are. We know you read here. I'm sure that will give you the excuse you need to use your slave labor at the school to type for you.
FYI: M-Tec is now getting a horrible reputation, what have you done to that school?
In a nutshell, that's what's wrong with our entire
economy! 'Way too many chiefs, and not enough Indians'. ('Native-Americans', I guess I should say, NOT the eastern variety!)
Too many people in management, and not enough people who actually do the work. Just like AIG, which is currently paying bonuses to its less-than-useless CEOs for doing absolutely NOTHING, you know the MT companies are giving raises and bonuses to the managers, recruiters, executives, etc., all the while trying to justify offering the MTs that actually produce the finished product in the service that they sell, lower and lower wages, which are not only ridiculous, they're no longer enough to live on.
The hospital I used to work at was the same - it was all about their image, and the fluff, and they achieved that fluff by grinding their workers into the dirt.
How about this? In a nutshell, which companies DO NOT outsource OFFshore?
My post should say the post above not the post below, Sheryl's post to be specific. nm
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It's a "fishing" post. Same post a few days ago with numerous errors
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You are not allowed to post their link on this site. Post
will be removed. It was up last night and post got removed.
Read Spherson's post below, who admits, in the post, they do pay it.
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Peachy, your post is interesting, but my post now is irrelevent but
A few weeks ago I went to my clinic where they had recently implemented EHR or EMR, whichever you call it, and the doctor's back was to me the whole time he and I conversed because his nose was stuck in his laptop. To me, it felt a little more impersonal, but I understand he was doing what he had to do, but it seems like the bedside manner may go to the wayside if the doctors can't even look at you when they are asking you questions or you are speaking to him/her. I know this is relevant to your original post, but just an interesting fact that I had not anticipated. Anyone else experience this?
This is why I NEVER post my cpl. I'll post the range of
what the company pays, but NEVER what I make. I know that I make more than probably 70% of the people there, because they know I produce a client ready report and that I can do anything they throw at me. We don't have levels, but I guess if we did I'd be at the highest level. Telling how much you make isn't so bad, but when people know what company you work for and then what you make that isn't a good combination. The ONLY people I have ever discussed what I make with, are my husband and my MTSO owner. Talking about your salary/pay is enough to get your fired in lots of companies.
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Nothing is closed. Anyone free to post or not post.
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One post was another "run" type of post and the
the recruiter. Once you are in with the company, the recruiter has nothing to do with you or your job. I want specifics about problems with THE JOB, not the recruiter. Specifics such as no or late checks, line counts being messed up, no work, taking bennies away with no explanation. Things that matter, not the recruiter.
everytime you post, where ever you post
unless you go through an anonymizer, your IP address can be traced back to you, even through the guises of this web site. There are web sites you can find on the internet to do this for you, or if you are 18 years old and like to hack, it's an easy enough thing to do.
I post a pay range, DOE; however, most don't post..
I wish some MTs would start thinking about the business aspect of the industry. For example, this is a public site, so go to Google or another search engine and type [the co's name] and per line, and voila! now everyone knows how much you pay your MTs.
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No, after I read a followup yesterday that said there were apologies and answered Michelle, I realized that and someone said to just get back to work and they were right.. even an apology was too much, plus it would look like I was just tagging along after JMO, which is what you are accusing me of now.
I just didn't understand where the posts went, it was odd, and I wanted to reiterate some things (the point I mentioned earlier, about seeing BOTH sides), but I see it really doesn't matter WHAT I say, you've already made up your mind about me and my motivations without even knowing me. Why am I explaining myself to you? I dunno.
It doesn't matter. Good luck to you and don't worry, God will take care of/deal with me, and I ask him to bless you all too.:)
TO POST ABOVE, AT MQ 6 YRS....sm
Would you please e-mail me at jcarros213@aol.com. I "really" need information.
TIA
This post should have gone under OP.
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WHY DOES MY POST
On Greenlight Transcription keep getting erased?! 
WHY DOES MY POST??
mine got erased too..I asked a question about eTransPlus and now it's gone???
Above post
Oh my.....I didn't know Wal-Mart had "greaters". I thought they were greeters! I am sure they are hiring though so you should do well there.
Why don't you sign your posts? Are you also the one that said SoftScript is the worst? Wow....there a lot of worsts out there. Guess we will all starve.
Will you post when you do?
Are you a SS transcriptionist? Will you post your acknowledgement of e-mail?
It gives YOU something to post about right?!
What else would you post about?! LOL
I like your post!!
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To Can't Say: Regarding your post below about
Can you say which recruiter told you that Transcend was buying MQ?
Where did you see this post?
asdf
If you post their name they probably won't get any
resumes. This way they'll probably get a few, but hopefully the MTs will be wise enough to turn them down.
Another good reason not to respond to a blind ad is that it could be the company you are currently working for - or you were working for (LOL).
I appreciate your post...perhaps I used....sm
the wrong word of undercutting, but when I became an MTSO 9+ years ago......a national was charging 13-18 cpl to the client and so I went ONE cent below that, 12 CPL.....and I get the work, have had clients for all this time...and I work for a national part-time....
Thank you for taking the time to type all that....much appreciated!! 
And you might want to post
your message in reply to the correct message. I am not oops.
I have only posted one message in response to this person.
Anyone could post on here and say they are from
Whose to say that poster posing as KS Team Leader or such is not someone specifically out to do KS harm?
For crying out loud, people -- just someone with a mean streak and nothing to do can get on here and cause harm. And the reason they can cause it is because most people on here will believe any post they read.
Now THAT is sad.
sorry about my post above, was
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I think they are trying not to post here except
Still doesn't make any sense at all to come to a public forum and ask these kinds of questions.
I'd be reluctant to hire someone who had no more IQ than to do that.
PS: Just saw the post below, anyone do QA for them?
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Thank you for this post!
Your post is 100% correct--disgraceful disrespect for the MT whose skill, experience, and expertise keep transcription companies in business! Unbelievable attitude. Thanks for your post--it is 100% right on!
PS to above post, sm
The accounts are teaching hospitals, acute care, and clinics etc. A mix of ESLs and non-ESLs. Not easy unless you really know your stuff, but good accounts. Good luck.
See my post below -
My experience was different but also bad!
Where's your post?
See post below from 9/27
titled 'Is this weird' - I was talking about Shapin. That may just have been my experience though.
Post the hos name here, someone may be able to tell you where it went.
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Post down below says to run and run
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