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Yeah, I was proving a point dumbo.

Posted By: nm on 2005-10-30
In Reply to: OOPS! You did it! - KM

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    thank you for proving my point
    yes, the problems are the same.  I just told you that.  The MTs posting on here about their issues are posting the same things as a year or so ago.  Same problems, same complaints.  Only difference is it's different MTs.  Thats all.  and to the MTMQ, you must have worked there before to know it so well!!!
    Thanks for proving my point.
    which is that YOU are being dense on purpose.

    You can twist words, insult, and label all you want. Nothing changes the fact that you are HELPING to degrade the industry/lower the standard...

    Hey, whatever pays the bills, right?
    Thank you for proving me point...
    Hey, R.D., I still need my hair done!
    Thank you for proving my point: Being consistently good has a better chance.....nm
    nm
    yeah, it is the point of the thread. thinking that
    opportunity or training for this field of work so that only US MTs can have it.

    go ahead. be an ostrich. stick you little teeny head in the sand and say it is unfair all you want.

    you cannot stop other countries from doing business with the US and you cannot stop the US from doing business with them, either.

    i doubt seriously anyone crying on this board has really done anything significant about it other than complain here.


    Thank you for proving what I said.

    If you're referring to the post I made below about unfair newbie advantange, then I stick by what I say now.  If anyone posts ANY experience that might not be a happy one, they will be lumped in with all "naysayers" and accused of starting trouble simply for stating their experience.  If you're not referring to my post, then why am I getting the bashing and being called a liar?  It seems like you just want me to be content with being called a liar, sit back and shut up, and just take whatever is dished out about me on this board for one reason and one reason only: I aired some dirty laundry. You're defeating your own purpose by showing that if you're going to bully here, you will bully at work too. Definitely not displaying an attitude or atmosphere conducive to enticing new employees.


    You have to show a picture proving you have a door?? sm
    Man, that is really getting picky. I would fail that requirement, I'm sure a lot of us would! Sounds like they are TRYING to make it impossible for you to continue with them.
    lmao!! yeah maybe I'm the recruiter...suggesting that my co-worker is the problem. yeah that make
    x
    Yeah, yeah, I spelled health wrong -
    I am very angry right now and my fingers are taking it out on the keyboard.
    Excellent point, and point in case
    look at the charlatan christian in the
    Whitehouse who uses religion to push his agenda...

    Christian IS as Christian DOES...
    I understand your point, my point is why can't MTs and QA work together..
    being QA doesn't mean you are above everyone else, you are just an extra set of ears...and why do so many MTs take offense to QA??? That is my point...you made have had bad experiences in the past with QA but not all QA are bad...
    Yeah, yeah, AND enjoy!

    Actually, I can see your point AND the opposing point
    .
    Yeah - n,
    .
    Yeah! Take That!
    I like OSi too!!!
    Yeah let's go there.
    x
    yeah right.
    come on, every time some MT posts this type of problem, there is always the same response back from KS.  Like you don't think they have sent email after email and call after call trying to get things taken care of or get help?  Please.  You don't think that we have the number and haven't called a million times?  This is all just for show.
    Yeah, sure!!! Like we believe you!
    TS
    Yeah????!!!!!!!!!

    I also am very happy with my employment at OSi.  I think it is a great company, one that listens to the needs of their employees and does their best to accomodate.  It is pitiful to read how so many bash OSi and other companies on this board and you don't even work for them.  If you have in the past and have found employment elsewhere, move on and knock off the infernal complaints.  If you are employed with the company you are complaining about, then find a new job.  We don't need or want your constant bantering.  And if you are still employed here, that tells us you obviously aren't good enough to get a job elsewhere.


    Yeah. RUN, RUN, RUN,
    There are much better jobs out there.
    yeah but
    I would be typing all night.
    yeah,
    well, you know.
    Yeah for you!
    Good to know there is life after MTing.
    Yeah, I know what you mean

    about the taxes and sure can't blame you there.


    I hope you can reconnect and get the job with him, though.  If more docs start to realize what's happening and leave the companies that do the outsourcing, that will send a huge message to these companies.  Might also force them to treat their American employees better.


    In the age of terrorism, I don't see how it CAN'T be a security issue to outsource medical transcription, especially to middle eastern countries.  Think about it.  Besides access to the obvious personal demographics of the patient, they also know which medications the patient is taking.  With the way elderly people order medications from Canada, I can just imagine an elderly person getting an ad in the mail for the medication they're on at less than half the price, order it and wind up dead.  It seems that large groups of Americans could be targeted and harmed based simply on their medical information.  (Maybe my imagination is running wild, but I never could have imagined that anyone would think to use a plane as a missile to kill a large group of people, either.) 


    yeah, but . . .
    what about all the employees of some of these companies who are being told to be patient while work returns to normal after the holidays, yet have been virtually w/o an income for weeks now. This shouldn't be happening consistently in the winter months, holidays or not. What rights do those people have as far as any compensation? They're being left hanging in the balance with no way to pay the bills and yet not being given the option of collecting unemployment benefits because they're still technically on the payroll. How far is this going to go before people stop accepting the obvious? It saddens me to no end to see companies treating their long-time loyal employees this way.
    Yeah right. I just bet you do.
    x
    Oh yeah
    I have been with a smaller MTSO (about 100 MTs) since leaving MQ. I love having the QA that I never got at MQ, but what bugs me is that when I send in a blank or a flag, they answer not only me, but everyone on the whole darn QA team (okay, there are only 4), plus the president of the company.

    Now, come on, if I'm just asking for a second listen on a cc doc (new account), do you really need to copy the Prez on that one?

    yeah
    I guess that is average then.  I was hoping to make more by now.  My goal is to one day get my own accounts and start my own business
    Yeah I know
    Lack of communication seems to keep getting worse and worse. This is along with other issues I have I do not want to discuss on here. I just am trying to decide about some things. I used to love the flexibility but now even that is in question.
    Yeah...
    I will take 8 cpl, but not 6 cpl. Maybe per gross line, but not on a 65 character line. I actually worked 6.5 cpl for each actual line and on average I made about the same as 8 cpl/65 and in some cases more.
    Yeah, what's up with that?
    And have you seen the screening test on the website...is that a joke??? If you go to the site you will see that you can pretty much study it and look up all the answers before doing it. I also hired and trained a few Andrews grads in the past. Not that impressed.
    Yeah, all that at 7 cpl! lol
    x
    Oh yeah, a BIG 8! lol.
    x
    Yeah, looks like it..
    JLG recruiter was from MQ, went to JLG (not for too long I might add) and now works for Alltype? Wow!
    yeah...they don't want to pay you..sm
    I used to work for a company that would hold my checks up to 30 days, simply because their state law (California) said that it was legal for them to do so. With two pay periods a month, I was never caught up on pay and it took two more months after I quit to get everything that was owed me. Sux.
    Yeah
    Yeah, I agree. I think that should be provided. And it is not a verbatim account--it has to be edited.
    yeah I did that but don't think it's
    x
    Yeah.....from 2/8/07
    x
    Yeah, I was always just MK, but ..... sm
    I felt bad for whoever had to switch back and forth from O to MK, with the Account Specifics the way they were with MK. I personally can understand that #$#@$ error log being the way it was, supposedly.

    Anyway (sigh) old doors close, new doors open.
    Yeah...
    That is why we should encourage everyone to apply...so they can move into that AC position right away.  Such a great opportunity to take a cut in pay to be a manager and work around the clock.  Who wouldn't want to dive right in!
    Oh yeah - we must!

    After reading your post I'm sure we do! 


    yeah, maybe i should

    do that.. I just hate to go through resumes, interviews, testing and the whole starting a new company hassle only to find out that they pay decent but you can't make any money because the platform is a hassle, they fed me a bunch of lies and the company is terrible..or you have to kill yourself to get a decent line count, so the rate doesn't matter. On a decent, normal platform where the lines are counted in an acceptable way, I know I should average 250-300 lph without killing myself.. if i can't do that, I'd rather not bother.  I've heard a lot of good things about Keystrokes and have considered going there, but not sure what they pay.  Right now, I'm leaning towards SmartMed..but not sure of their line counts, and I've heard good and bad about Transtech and Webmedx.. and a few others..I'm just sick of company hopping and BS.


    yeah, I know....but.....
    if I ask and they answer, and I accept employment with them based on their lie, doesn't that mean (with proof of course - get answers in email, not phone!) that I can quit and still collect unemployment until I find my next job? I know good employers are out there and most likely I won't find them, but I sure am gonna try! ;-)
    OH YEAH
    and if you read the application for background check that they send you they tell you at the Attention to or Pay to part you will need to leave this section blank on the money order or cashiers check. We have a automated stamper that our Payroll Dept. use for our 3rd party vendors. If you put anything in the attention/pay to section then we will return your money order or cashiers check back to you which will delay processing of your background check request. The address is also a PO box. Something just does not sound right here!
    Yeah, I want to know too-
    X
    Oh yeah, they have to pay OT.
    like according to the OP that it was authorized.  No matter what though they have to pay it.  I think the OP should report them too!  Too many MTs are taken advantage of this industry.  I don't care how many people like working for this company, that's just a shady practice and should not be tolerated!  My 2 cents!!!
    Yeah, right - I should have had my
    phone on while still at my desk and taken a call while punched in. Right ... smart.

    Not.
    I would, yeah. - nm
    nm
    Yeah and you know sm

    I have worked for them for over 3 yrs.  A lot of what goes on is down to the team manager.  I had a great one, now I have one whose fingers I'd like to break!  She is NOT an MT and about as bright a no-moon night. She is always getting into my software (not allowed) and changing my settings by logging in as me (a BIG no no).  It doesn't matter what she does, her behind is made of Teflon and nothing sticks...yet. 


    On the other hand, there is a wonderful team leader I work for sometimes.  She is knowledgeable, friendly, fair and deals ya straight. 


    It is, overall, a nice company, or at least it was when I went to work there.  They need to let most of their account managers go and hire people who will actually work and who are actually MTs.  It is sad when the powers that be ruin a perfectly good MT company.  ');>


    Yeah, sure you do

    Yeah, but it seems that MQ is
    the only one that has found itself in court on many fronts......