Yeah, go on, attack each other. That's what got us into this

• I put in 5 hrs. of overtime last week, and - only got a lousy $100 for it. Pffffhhhtt!
  • $$$$ - just me
  • Complaining - just me
    • I agree with Just Me on this one - blackswan
    • If you happen to live in a large city in Californi, - then it's minimum-wage.
  • That's $20.00 an hour...sm - Bayou MT
    • See post re: hours at the bottom of this thread. - It's not REALLY $20/hr.
  • You might not appreciate it, but do you realize that - me
    • It's OK pocket-change, but I need a much - bigger 'blessing' than that.
  • or a - sm
    • Ha ha ha ha ha! - ;D
  • I would take it. That would pay for food for the week - mt2
    • Yeah, go on, attack each other. That's what got us into this - mess.
    • same here - poor and struggling
      • poor and struggling - fatcat
  • be grateful you actually have overtime - moon1010
    • We ususally don't. It was a rarity, which is why I - fell for it. Usually I have to
    • We don't get OT either, just work "extra" - sm
  • If $20 an hour is chump change to you - Anon
    • Pirhana. - :<
    • Agree. I would love to make $20 an hour - and would be happy to do OT to get it. nm
  • If you don't want it, send it to me. - nm
    • or me! I'd love to have a "lousy" $100 - poor and struggling
      • After taxes, it's a lot less than $100..... - ... more like $63.
        • If you're in the 37% tax bracket, you're making over - MT
          • MT - blackswan
          • See last post; I didn't explain hours correctly - above. (i.e., 5 hrs = 10+ hours)
        • Then next time leave it for someone who - Anon
          • That excuse is why they get away with paying us - so little in the first place!
        • I'd take the $63 too. - nm
          • You do understand, don't you, that Ƌ hrs.' overtime - on PAPER comes out to -sm
            • Then as I said earlier..... - Anon
              • Anon - blackswan

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attack people by name.  In Lee's defense, she has over 200 people working for Keystrokes now and accounts in a lot of different states.  As managers, we have started taking on more of the day-to-day and HR and the clerical staff take care of the transcriptionists.  It is a hard thing to learn as an entrepreneur but delegating is very important.  We are finally seeing her do this, and things are much smoother.  One person simply cannot do it all in a company of this size.  I wouldn't want to own my own company for that reason.  The hours she works would kill me and I would be divorced.  The constant travel of this year would cause most people to take days off after each trip, but I have talked to her hours after she got in from a one-day trip for a meeting to sign a contract and while tired, she is still out there making sure that our jobs are secure.

No one was out to get you or to mess up your life.  I am sure that there is more to the story than you are saying but I find it hard to believe that you were ignored.  I personally talk to each person hired for one of my accounts and make sure that they have all that they need. 

If you came during a hectic time and felt you were not treated fairly, on behalf of the company, I apologize.  However, and this is not an excuse, with the growth that Keystrokes has experienced, there are bound to be hectic times and bound to be changes.  I, for one, am glad that the changes make Keystrokes a better place to work.  I hope that someday Keystrokes replaces MQ and Spheris at the top of the national companies and know that if they do not, it is because they refuse to compromise and hurt the transcriptionists. 

Life is about choices.  Mine has worked well for me.  We should all help each other rather than carry around so much negativity. 

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.

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.) 

After reading your post I'm sure we do! 

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.

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.  ');>