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Work for a company that does not offshore. Save our jobs.

Posted By: txmt on 2007-08-14
In Reply to: What does offshoring entail? - SG

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Save Our Jobs!

(Note:  OP, please correct me if I'm wrong)


In reading all of these posts, it is apparent that the OP's intent has been lost.  This is not about AHDI, it is about we as citizens of the United States of America exercising our rights.  The OP meant that we should not just bellyache to one another in case that is all we are doing.  The meaning was that we should act.  We should contact our representatives.  It is stated that the OP does not support AHDI, and that the intent is that we write letters using the convenient contact information provided at the website.  I intend to do just that!  I hope all of you will also. 


Time to Act - Save Our Jobs
See message posted above
Time To Save Our Jobs - see message

Please go to this website and follow the instructions for letter writing campaign.  . 


http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/lig.cfm


I work for the MQ, and they save reports. I don't save them.
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Bottom line is administrators trying to save a buck. Many drs. don't want records going offshore.
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They still offshore. I work for a better company
and they don't offshore.  
Work for a company that doesn't offshore

Work for a company that doesn't offshore. Support US MTs.
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My company claims the offshore work is excellent. In fact, I
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They did so they could offshore the jobs
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Actually ther sort of offshore those jobs too. sm
There are Indians here on visas that take these IT jobs and get paid half of what an American makes.  They're trying to get the government to grant more of these types of visas so they can bring more in.
Can you give the initials of this company to save others some grief? nm
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You dont think any company wont save a penny anywhere they
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Please name the company and save us the time we might spend applying. nm
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Cherrypicking is when you work from a pool of jobs and being able to reject the worst jobs to those
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Here is what you save because I work from home

The average cost per square foot of commercial real estate is $6 to $13 per month.  A cubbie for my work area would run about $864 a year.  You want me to give up taking off any time for the first year except for a couple of days.  HOW MANY DAYS DO YOU GET PAID TO TAKE OFF?  Oh, that's right.  Your job doesn't bring money in, does it?  I save you electricity.  I save you the resources you should supply me under IRS rules such as books, CDs, etc.  You should be paying 100% of my internet expense, provide a computer at no charge if you are an employer meeting IRS regulations and I worked on site.  You should contribute to my state unemployment fund regardless of what state I live in when you run out of work and I am left without an income (oh, that doesn't happen to management, does it?)  You should provide an email server to keep from cluttering my personal email account and causing me to spend extra money to keep all those informative emails that require server space.  You occasionally want me to fax something.  Did you provide me with a fax machine?  I'm getting further away from the definition of an employee aren't I?  You want me to be 100% responsible for my own health insurance.  What if it's so crappy I would rather find my own?  Do you contribute to my health premium costs, say $35 twice a month NOT to take your insurance  (like employers I've had in the past)?  If I am hit by a drunk driver, where is my short-term or long-term disability benefits?  Oh, that's right, you cut out those expenses because you didn't think we would need them and wouldn't notice what you did.


Lastly, do you think I don't notice that my wages have been going down instead of up over the last 7 years because of forces beyond my control?  My knowledge, skill sets, resourcefullness and employment values increases yet I make less money.  Is this how it works in management?  About that retirement fund, thank you for offering it and contributing to it as I am going to need it when I retire from MT at about the age of 72 because I can't make it on what I'll be pulling from the federal government if I try to retire in my 60s.


Gee, I'm glad you cleared up what you offer me.  I honest hope you can see my point too.


I hope this point does not get pulled because I think these are valid issues that ALL MTSOs should be aware that MTs think about.


Did I leave out anything?


Just curious, none of you save your work? - sm
I save my reports and hang onto them for a while in case the doctor needs a copy, also so the next time they dictate on that patient I don't have to re-type everything, saves me tons of time as I am not the fastest typist in the world. Granted I don't show them to anyone as the OP infers, and she can do that IF she edits out all the information pertaining to patient name, drs. names, etc. I bet most MTs keep copies of their reports, it would be foolish not to. My one doc calls me at least once a week looking for a report, though it is up on the FTP they won't retrieve it themselves, I end up encrypting it and emailing it to them. So if I did not have a copy then what would I tell them, sorry, guess you will just have to tough it out and go to the FTP because I cannot help you since I save nothing. --- My work computer is just that, no one else uses it, and that is all I use it for.
They do not offshore. The owner's original company was bought by MQ; started a new company, whic
That's about all I know. I would give them a try. They sounded good!
Does the company offshore? nm
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They are an offshore company with a front in the US.
 
Not that company anymore, but yes they do offshore sm
They currently offshore to a company that starts with a D in India. They don't lie about it though, it says right on their website that facilities have the choice and it is the facilities not wanting to pay as much that drove the offshore movement. All of the QA is done domestically though - used to QA it and they did okay, but they still always have plenty of clients not allowing offshore so their is still job security with them. I'm on my own now, but I don't think anything has changed lately since I left last year.
American company - They do not offshore
And probably as stable as anything can be these days.  They are strictly U.S.  Good pay.  Let you set your own schedule and there is plenty of work.  That doesn't mean their clients will not offshore for a cheaper rate at any given time.  Paid training, earn 2 weeks PTO first year, direct deposit, and benefits. Platform is awful but the way they establish templates makes it worth it.  QA is great.  They encourage you to send reports.  I read awful things about them, but found that not to be true at all.  They are a very small company (150 MTs) so you can not expect an HR Department or complete organization but the work is steady and I have found them to be supportive. Three tier pay by skill level.
ETP going to offshore methinks. Consulting company
helping them document they could not find MTs in USA.  How is MOSAIC plan working out??
how can you indicate NOT an offshore company based on what you "read?"
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Is it usual for company to assign specific jobs?
I'm just so frustrated right now.  I've had some jobs assigned to me that are from one of my backup accounts, not just one but many, and many ESLs, which has really brought my line count down.  I know I have to just deal with it, but I'm wondering if this is a normal occurrence.  I got hired under the idea that I was on a low ESL account, which my main account is, but not the backup accounts.  This doesn't happen all the time, but it is happening more frequently now.  Do I have a reason to be frustrated with this, or should I just get over it and accept it?
Yeah, my old company told all of us our jobs were secure
They told us to go about our business and work as usual, that a merger or acquisition may be taking place, and we need not worry. In that first call, I asked the supervisor about sending it to India and got a very defensive answer. I should have learned!!! Six months later, 150 of us...bam!!! Laid off...no more US MT force for that company...
Focus doesn't offshore to India, they are an Indian company
that offshores to the U.S.  They have an office front in MA, I think.  
I worked for an all US MT company, we lost to offshore. Couldn't compete with their bids, and th
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They offshore work
Some of their people are really nice but they send a lot of work offshore.  They care about the all mighty dollar and not the people that work for them....
He would have fun with the work being sent offshore

If WE are going to be nick picked for commas, semi-colons, etc., then what in the world happens to those reports being sent offshore?  They don't understand English let alone where to place a comma or not to cap a generic drug name.  When then day comes for me to correct offshoring mistakes ---- I will kiss this job good-bye. 


They offshore and u run out of work!!!
You will run out of work as it is with them and when they find offshore to cover the account, you will lose all your work!!!!!!!!!  They are a lying bunch of theives!!!
It is well known they offshore their work.
They do not hide that, just wondered if it went to 100% now. 
That is why I work 2 jobs, 1 FT and
1 PT, so I NEVER run out of work.  If 1 runs out, I switch to the other.  It is working out great.  Ya got to keep ya U-know-what covered. (Hope I'm not banned for that.)
PT IC's who work 2 or more jobs (sm)
What kind of interesting schedules do you keep?  Do you work X amount of lines on X days?  Days versus evenings?  Weekend sometimes?  Just trying to get an idea and be creative with my scheduled and would love to hear how you manage to juggle...thanks!
Would you work two jobs if the first

says you cannot work for anyone else as long as you work for them and that all your transcription time must be for them only?  This includes above a 40-hour week.  Do you think they'd find out if I did?  I am thinking of it because of the account I'm on and cannot make any money with.


My account is very complicated and they are always asking for extra help on it and it does not pay well.  The account specs and headers are very intricate.  You are supposed to know when dictators want stuff that they don't even ask for and the specs are constantly changed and updatead.  The company does not pay for spaces or headers.  I made 5.39 cents yesterday for two hours work.  That's nuts.  I've got two years experience and am not toally new, but can't make any money on this account and the company can't hardly keep anyone on it either.  They don't seem to understand why they can't anyone and keep saying is it such a nice account.  Duh!


 


Can you work both jobs until you
figure out if Keystrokes is on the up and up.  I have been burned so many times and understand how you feel;however, every time someone posted on this board and said to be careful, I have learned to listen.  I was warned against Precyse, Spheris, Medquist and did not listen and went broke with those companies because I did not listen, but you also have to take what others say with a gain of salt and do what is going to help you.  You said you make good money right now, well you have your answer.  I would stay put or work them both until you are 100% sure about Keystrokes.   
Not everyone is able to work 2 jobs or even 3 sm
due to family responsibilities, personal health issues and/or other commitments. They took a job with TT and have had more or less enough to work to keep them happy. TT is their only source of income and in some cases,they are the sole wage earner, so be nice. Maybe TT should go ahead and lay off some people instead of going with the low work no work issue so people can collect unemployment and maybe food stamps for those who need it. I myself would give take a layoff at TT so someone with children could have enough work to put food on their table, even though I need the money as well. No need to flame me, that is just my own opinion.
No, you should not have to work 3 jobs
I think that if those of you who have to try to juggle multiple jobs were to get an on-site job in whatever field, you would be surprised to learn that nowdays working at home is not all it's cracked up to be.  I never tried it but I think juggling 2 or 3 jobs would leave no time for a life.  Believe me life is short. Too short to put up with the nonsense feast or famine.  There has always been feast and famine but it used to be that the feast times were the norm.  The famines were a welcome relief, not meaning out of work totally, but maybe a sacrifice of a few hundred lines during a pay period.
I don't even work there, but if there are 300 jobs
can't the company share that work with some of the others out of work? Seems kind of one sided to me. My observation is you like to gloat in front of those who have little or no work. Quite possibly you could mention to the company that others need work as well as you.
I work 2 jobs, get DD on both and never pay a fee!..sm
I think there are only a few companies left who actually charge for DD, but those are probably the ones who are always in question.
Then what? MTs need jobs & will still work for them,
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Companies that do not offshore work

Are there any companies that pay a good line rate and are good to there MTs that do not offshore there work?  I am trying to help a friend looking for part time work, but she is staying clear of those that offshore..


Any help would be appreciated.


They offshore. That's where all the easy work goes.
All that's left for U.S. MTs is ESL and difficult dictations.
does not send work offshore
MedScript Services in Florida
the offshore work - BTDT -

Does OSI send work offshore?

If so I won't bother.  TIA


THey offshore the good work. nm
 
It if offshore work. You'd be better off working
at Wal-Mart. 
She's right TT does NOT send work offshore.
Never have and never will.  The day they do is the day I quit because I never have worked for a company that offshored and I never will. 
OSI does send offshore work
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