Wow...congratulatins, Fingers! Sounds wonderful :0
Posted By: Webs on 2009-05-01
In Reply to: Boy was it worth it!! Lovin Life! - Fingers
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That is just wonderful. Great. Sounds
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Sounds good to me! Wouldn't it be wonderful to (sm)
type something every once in a while that is a little more interesting! Might help me keep my eyes open during the day.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..........
The company sounds wonderful, by chance....
do you need a really dedicated Radiology MT????
That sounds wonderful, I also know someone who is an event planner, SM
along the same line, they interact with catering. Thanks for the good news!
I think that sounds wonderful. I hope they call!
Best of luck and keep us posted. I am all for MTs getting benefits and paid time off and working for the state or the county is always pretty much secure and great benefits.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
That sounds wonderful - I am still waiting to be contacted back. nm
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They are wonderful! Pay on time, work always available, wonderful
people
Ditto, Keystrokes is a wonderful company with wonderful people! I love working for Keystrokes!
I am just not making enough money. They are a great company though, just ask for a back up account.
Hey Fingers! That is what I was sm
thinking so far...it seems like it use to be 25 years ago and I haven't started.
I ready and willing to bust my hind-end for this company because they have been so very kind to me so far. When people treat you right, it makes you want to work. you are right, you don't find this kind of stuff anymore. Too many new companies out there that don't have a clue and just want to treat MTs like factory line workers. The companies that have been here awhile (not the Q), you know what I mean, know that if they want experience and quality, they gotta treat you right!
Congrats on your job too!
To Fingers
I am sooo happy you found an old-time MT company!! Been doing this for 22 years and am very discouraged and depressed. Didn't think there were any left like it used to be. That was when transcription was fun!! I would love to find a small company where I could just work the same 2 or 3 docs for a decent wage. Congratulations!
Fingers
You have said it well. I could have written your post. (We likely worked for the same big nasty MTSO.) I found myself getting migraine headaches and I actually broke teeth from grinding so hard at night due to the stress. I decided I could either continue to take the BS or I could put myself on the market. At the time I was pushing 60 and like you, I was scared, but I did it. I am now with a company where I am treated with kindness and respect, you know, like HUMANS are supposed to treat each other? And I am never out of work. Yes, my new company is demanding but at the kind of dough they pay, they have the right to be. My age and experience seemed to be a plus for me. I truly thought I would never get a job I liked as much as UCal (where I worked before the big nasty MTSO--UCal went to India one day). But I did. So I got stuck in the big, nasty MTSO and was mistreated and I just one day got mad as h*** and decided I wasn't going to take it anymore, not the demeaning conference calls, the clock in, clock out, be told I was spending too much time on a break. Uh-uh. There ARE good jobs out there. It might take a little trial and error, but if you are really good at what you do, you will find the right one. Good luck to all who are looking. I have been there and I know how hard it is. But I also know you CAN do it! Don't accept anything less than respect.
Fingers
What you say is true, and their silliness really does affect the outcome of their business. Methinks they are forgetting one of the cardinal rules of the marketplace: PAY PEANUTS, GET MONKEYS. If they get these 6 cpl newbies, they will get 6 cpl quality. the effects will be harmful and by then it will be too late. Accounts will be lost and their quality MTs will be long gone.
Fingers
There is simply no work on my accounts. I am getting 300 lines a day (and I usually do 300 lines per hour). I agree about low work being more stressful than no work. My great fear is this: What if the work does not pick up after Labor Day? I really want to stay with MDI but this is getting to be a bit much (or perhaps I should rather say a bit too LITTLE.....)
Fingers
Thanks. That is why I am waiting, but I have to be honest and say that I am investigating other opportunities outside of MTing. I think the whole industry is about to go belly-up. I do hope that you are right and that things will pick up. If I am not back to my full lines by the end of September, I will have to look at other opportunities and take the best one that presents itself. I have set that as my deadline. My income has dropped by 50% and we cannot survive on that. Thanks for your support and good luck to you, too! Good luck to all of us!
Tell that to my dying fingers.
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To fast fingers ....
Your post on Unlimited LD was way at the bottom so I figured I would post a new thread ...
I am unsure on who else there is that has Unlimited LD services that are indeed unlimited. With AT&T and MCI, they have a hidden clause that states it is NOT unlimited and that you have to get a biz line, yada yada yada, which costs hundreds of dollars.
So my suggestion is if you dont feel comfortable with going through Vonage, then maybe check with your cable/dsl companies that offer VOIP ( voice over IP) that gives you LD services .... OH wait, Go to best buy, they have VOIP adapters through diff companies! I totally forgot about that 
fingers; question for you
Hi,
May I email you privately about e-MTS? I work for MQ, too. Thanks.
request to fingers
Hi fingers. If you dont mind, I am out of work since April and trying to find somewhere paying okay. I left Medquist and they called me asking to come back. I am desparate at this point and am thinking about it. How do I contact e-MTS. HEEEELLLLLP. Here is my email address: baker699@adelphia.net
Will keep my fingers crossed
Thank you for your response. It makes me optimistic to know that you are getting contacted...will keep my fingers crossed that I'll start hearing from some of them soon. Hopefully they are all just really busy and working through all the resumes they get. Good luck with your job hunt!
I'm with you Cranky/Fingers
Too many MTs only worry about themselves and running up their line count, they don't stop to think that this type of behavior leads to the company losing the account, because the client is seeing this and come time for contract renewal and out the company goes. Then who loses? All the good MTs on the account and the company.
What I suggest is that you get those fingers
working to make money before that rate changes. Don't waste time on here. This does not pay you a thing, just gets your blood pressure up.
FINGERS - response
To clarify once again. ANYBODY- anybody who works like the sentence below, IS ENTITLED TO A RAISE period.
There is some wrong attitude inside -- if one feels a raise is not deserved then society as a whole and/or some other person instilled this and it is wrong wrong wrong. Women are in general put down, men do it and even women do it to other women (I suspect to curry favor with men)
YOUR SENTENCE)
I could work 16 hours a day 7 days a week and then some, but I am told that does not entitle me to a pay increase
THIS IS A SAD ATTITUDE. MEN WOULD GET ONE FOR MUCH LESS EFFORT.
let's see..10 fingers...10 toes...one nose..sm
and maybe even my backside..I was speaking for myself as well as the others who have thought your posts single-sighted, single minded, and rather on the sour grape side. I also did not see any name calling, though, so you were wrong about that part.
Hey Fingers! I start next week. sm
Had to decide to put in cable internet instead of what I had. It is installed Monday. I have everything I need, people have been wonderful and I haven't even started yet. Even got a nice gift for MT week and haven't typed a line yet!
I sure feel like a valued employee before I even start!
Thanks for asking! How you doing?
VR... no coffee for me... bleeding fingers
I have been reading a lot of the posts to get the gist of VR and the line rate and the different programs. I just started a new job about 2-3 weeks ago and as of today I am finally getting up my speed on the VR... takes a while to learn those short cuts!. However, the pay is very low and I am evaluating whether I will stay or not. I am readlly between a rock and a hard place and SO need to supplement my income from my SS widow benefits.
The company that hired me has 2 programs, one of them being EScript that you are all talking about that the words are just flying by while you drink coffee. I'm lucky if I can get up to get a cup!! I am using Enterprise Express Editor for mostly speech and very little text (which pays better by the way). Has anybody heard of this VR that I just mentioned? I would love to just put my feet up and relax a bit while the words are flying by.
You should not point fingers at what you don't know. I have worked for Lee and KS for 4 years an
if anything, she treats us BETTER than any other company, which is why the changes. They are not 2-week changes. They are not unprofessional. They are changes that happen in every company in every industry unless they are stagnant. Growth brings change. There is no damage control to be done. Just stating facts and sharing information so that MTs looking for a position have the correct information. Good company, good pay, good benefits, good account, stability. They aren't going anywhere, their accounts are happy and the MTs on staff are happy except for those that cannot be happy anywhere.
Fingers not working. I meant between companies. sm
On rereading my post, I should have said often times the negative posts and great posts. Not all.
There are some bad companies out there. There are some great companies out there. It is hard to sort through the trolls and cheerleaders.
Thanks heard back and crossing my fingers
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meant *work for* sorry..tired fingers..nm:)
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You can explain to 'this one' until your fingers cramp
She's apparently ESL and will NEVER understand the point you are making. I don't even think she's an MT, just someone here killing time and sorely lacking in comprehension.
Save yourself the frustration. I think the rest of us understand exactly what you're trying to convey.
Sorry, that should be thinks…fingers too fast today
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They will pry my expander out of my cold dead fingers.
And THEN they'll find out what Cranky REALLY means......
oops - meant Keystrokes. Fat fingers today. nm
fingers not working properly. Please ignore the typos. Need my coffee.
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Fingers are crossed (but it's hard to type!). Good luck! nm
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not gott.... GOTTA (I hate my laptop keyboard..fingers are too fat)
Oops, no expander problem, just spastic fingers, meant to say care. nm
Workin, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that one of the suggestions will work for you too. nm
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sure sounds swell. Sounds like 2350 ln/day @ 4 cents/ln=$90./day
in order to figure how many line needs to be produced to make $500 per pay period. ie, how many lines an hour needed per 8 hour day --at your rate.
So say $450 a week would be $90 a day.
For example, if making 4 cents a line,need 2,250 lines a day, 281 an HOUR (to listen through and edit) to make this great wage of $90. a day FOR ALL THIS SAME SKILL, TO KEEP UPDATED WITH CHANGING MEDICAL COMMUNITY. nope Better at Jack-in-Box Pass it up.
It IS wonderful!
I have worked in many places in 30+ years, but this is by far the best. Very well organized. Lots of open communication. Ongoing conversations with your fellow editors throughout your shift. They will listen and help on jobs that you have trouble with. The management treats you with utmost respect. We are all called colleagues - no superiority complexes here. I say go for it. I have only been here a month myself but wonder what took me so long to get here! Please join us!!
They are WONDERFUL
I am so glad that I found this company. Great pay, great dictators, great platform, pay is always on time, what more could I want?
Since you are new everything probably seems wonderful...
because it is at first...and then the more time goes by and you keep running out of work, have your e-mails come back unanswered when you question why there is no work, etc...then you will understand...if you still love it after you have been there a few more months then good for you...but obviously there is more than one person who feels this way...
That would be wonderful! (nm)
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I use this one and it is wonderful!
www.nolimitlongdistance.com. The ad should be up at MTStars shortly but meantime you can go to the website. I use it and have logged in about 12000 minutes this last month. Still only $24.95 flat rate. You need high-speed Internet though but other than that, it can be used anywhere in the country.
My sup seems to think is it wonderful too but not the MTs nm
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It may very well be wonderful for SM
the people who are posting about whatever company. What makes one place great for them may not be your cup of tea. It doesn't mean they are lying. Maybe they landed on a good account. Maybe they have a huge Expander and can make money anywhere. Maybe they like Meditech, who knows.
But to call them liars, recruiters or anything else is not fair.
Thanks for your help. It looks wonderful.
And you are a gem for telling us about this. A big Thank you! :)
How wonderful could they be
if they were using OS MTs and did not tell the client? That stinks on ice.
That's WONDERFUL!!
Great deal! I am SO glad to hear that you have an interested audience. PLEASE come back and let us know how it goes. Good luck!!!
There is a wonderful saying
PAY PEANUTS, GET MONKEYS. How on earth they can expect quality for that price is just beyond me. I hope none of us enables their bad behavior by accepting such jobs. Believe me, it is not worth it.
QA can be wonderful, BUT
Most of the time my QA is terrific, can occasionally help me out. For the most part, the blanks I leave they can't fill in either. The only time I get frustrated with QA is when the QA person obviously has less experience than I do and changes things that I have done correctly to be INCORRECT. IMO, QA people should be seasoned and well-rounded MT's. I can't for the life of me understand why a company would put a 2-year MT in QA to do QA for MT's that have say 15 years of experience. Usually the 2-year MT is one of the ones that NEEDS QA, simply because they have not had time to learn all the surgical terms, terms for all kinds of specialties, etc. I don't care how fantastic you are at grammar and spelling, nor how fast you learn, for QA experience should be a must and it's just not something a 2-3 year MT has enough of. It drove me nuts at one company I worked for when they would welcome a new QA person and say they had been an MT for 2-3 years and would now be checking the work of all MTs, many of whom had 10+ and far beyond years of experience. I think odds are good that these are the QA people who change correct dictation to incorrect, and it just frustrates me and makes me nuts that my good name/#/initials, whatever, are on a report that I took great pains to make high quality, and then a QA person changes it to subpar and sends it through in my name, to go in a patient's medical record with errors that I did not put there and should not be there. Anyone else experience this?
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