Yeah, those were valid enough for me - thanks.
Posted By: Jill on 2007-09-07
In Reply to: Same - Not worth it
Think I will re-think. I did not test though. No wonder she was surprised when I said I heard good things about them - LOL!! That should have been my first clue, I suppose!
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My wants are just as valid as anyone
elses- I might have to go into therapy if I don’t get insurance to cover. Big $$$$ for plastic, big $$$$ for other. What about my wants??
Valid points! nm
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Valid question
I know psych work is easier; however, that is all I have done in-house for the past 14 years. I do have medical transcription in my background. I began in 1989. However, I feel I would be a little rusty to begin with medical. I am looking for a service that has psych work that I could begin with and work my way back into medical. I will keep looking, and as you said wish me luck.
Too good to be valid
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Can only think of one valid reason
If you had not been paying your utility bills - without electricity and internet connections and a phone you could not do your job. Even so, if you were living with someone else who was responsible for those utilities, that would all be moot; what are they going to do, run a credit check on everyone at your address? If they did, they'd disqualify even more of us!
I agree with others it is an excuse so they can say they can't find qualified workers and offshore. A credit score should NOT be considered a job qualification for a job such as this, where we have NO opportunity to embezzle or steal from an employer. Are they running credit check on Indian MTs? I bet not!
I think your point is valid
I'm sure there are many US MTs who do not work their schedule. That problem would not exist if MTs were still working in house, which is rare these days. So, I feel the MTSOs are most to blame for this problem, as I do not believe that transcriptionists were so eager to be sent home to work to begin with. It was the MTSOs and the hospitals who were so eager to save money! We always have this thrown in our face, Oh, but you get to work from home, as if it is a huge benefit. We still have to work! Also, some of these companies do not understand how difficult it is to sit for 8 hours typing. Give the MTs a little flexibility and maybe they will work their schedule. I do not know anyone who works in an office setting that actually WORKS 8 hours a day. Alright, sorry if I got off track here...it's a bit of a rant  .
you may have a valid point but sm
something doesn't smell right. I got the distinct idea from the recruiter that she didn't agree with the operations manager or whatever she is. Plus she told me she would hold onto my application in case I want to apply in the not to distant future but she could only hold it six months. If I don't work its gonna be the same thing. I realize companies want experience in the last 2-3 years sometimes especially if you haven't had years of experience. But I have had two offers (money was very bad though, no one is paying) that said they would obviously wave that requirement because of the years of experience and the type of experience. To me it was insulting. I did tell the recruiter that MT time is money too and they should not waste our time with all this testing if they have no intention of hiring. They had my resume. O well, obviously not a company that is a good fit. There are others out there.
You do have some valid points, but
there is a lot of misinformation also. They will work with you to get your lines up and improve QA scores. It doesn't take someone long to know if you have what it takes to do the work though and giving them another month isn't going to make much difference. I made the minimum QA scores my first month. I was on 100% QA less than a week. They are NOT anal about punctuation. If you are on 100% QA they are going to correct any error, including punctuation, but I have never been charged with an error for punctuation, though it may be corrected in a report.
It sounds like things didn't work out for you so the company is at fault. They aren't perfect. I have issues with different aspects of the company on occasion, but what you have posted is a posting from a typical disgruntled employee. I don't know you, don't know the details from either side, and I am not making any accusations, but your experience is not typical, as proof by the many MTs who have been there for years, myself included.
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I hear you, but so many posts on here are valid.
I, for one, am the one stunned about the MDI-MD news. I have learned to take lots of reviews of companies on here with a grain of salt. You can tell the whiners and complainers. Personally, right now I'm glad that they are so prevalent, and they can just keep on whining and complaining, because I'm among the high # of professional MTs in the job-searching market right now, and they just improve my chances of landing a great job. However, there are just too many companies right now overhiring and overstaffing accounts. Seriously, if, and I repeat IF, the claims of MDI-MD not having enough work to even train their new hires at a max of 5 jobs a day, that is disgusting. I have had bait and swtiches pulled on me by several companies, all of them the bigger nationals, and it should be a crime. It is a crime to the victim. So, yes, lots of griping and whining. I agree. Losing PTO and having to work nights and weekends means nothing to me, as I always have. Most feel entitled and that they don't have to, and you know what? Most get away with it. I still don't get away with it 30 years into this business! But that's my gig and my problem. So, I agree with you, and I disagree with you at the same time. There is lots to complain about in this industry, and its a shame. Just hire me and give me the job you promised, just as I always deliver the goods I promised.
VALID GOOD POINTS....but...
revolts, change, etc, will NOT happen unless there is momentum created by mass involvement. Scattered about, in our homes and various facilities, many MTs do not even know of this board, would make it very unlikely for us to organize to effect a change. Have you ever tried to get people to take a stand? Many years ago I did. I went out on a limb, got everyone in the jobplace behind me (and that was all in one physical place mind you!!) and soon as the top brass got a bit serious sounding, they all, repeat, ALL, ran backwards. There I stood looking like a fool, and almost lost my job. Its very hard to organize, nevermind maintain other's courage to pursue the goal.
Even if it is amusing to you, these are valid business...
expenses that the MT companies are not having to pay. A company with 300 MTs working at home forgoes having to buy or lease a facility, provide utilities, provide insurance for the facility, provide basic supplies such as cleaning supplies or toiletries, provide supervision 24/7, and and provide office supplies such as desks and chairs.
While there are still companies who provide equpipment, all equpiment downtime is absorbed by the MT where in an office setting, it is unlikely it would be. There are also many MT companies who do not provide equipment, software, footpedals, or cable reimbursement. I am sure everyone is aware that this might be provided for you, but it is usually with a decreased line rate.
To quote your obvious enjoyment of this other post, don't you have to eat anyway? Don't you have to wear clothes anyway?
I think the points you raise here are valid, and perhaps even accurate, but...SM
I also think reasonable rebuttals to these arguments have already been posted. I am no longer willing to buy into the idea that nothing can be done and that there is nothing left to do but go down with the ship or just go wherever it happens to take us.
My decision has already been made. Maybe it's a losing battle, maybe it's not. But it's a battle that I am at least willing to fight. In this battle, I see the sword coming at me, and I for one intend to at least try to get out of the way.
Our jobs don't have to be as different as all that. I don't care what everyone else is going to do. I take the stand I do because I refuse to just lay down and be run over by the "wheels of progress," especially when it doesn't have to be that way. If everyone will stand together, we still have the ability to have a significant impact on what our collective future will be. If, on the other hand, everyone buys into the idea that it's "a losing battle," then your right, we're all just along for the ride in whatever direction the vehicle chooses to take us.
With an it-can't-be-done attitude, you know what we are? We're the elephant chained to the stake that's hammered only a few inches into the ground. We have the power to pull it up and move at will, but because we have been trained to believe that the anchor is stronger than we are, we eventually quit trying because we're convinced it's "a losing battle." Again, maybe it is and maybe it isn't, but I think we should all give the chain a good, healthy tug and find out for sure. It can't hurt.
By the way, I'm not saying stop working. I'm just advocating we become more particular about who we work for.
I think I made a valid point. What is your purpose in
My point was that a lot of recruiters will talk up their company when people looking into them inquire about them. They're not supposed to do it, but it's done all the time. Anyone who is seriously looking into a company will know exactly where to contact them and TO contact them. Someone asked a legitimate question and got a rude reply from you. You got called out and you don't like it.
You have very valid points, and I'm going to try to work more on the positives. nm
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What difference does it make who it is? He/she has some valid points. sm
While we are hashing through our own problems and such, sometimes (myself definitely included), we many times forget to consider what the other person is going through.
I'm not saying you don't have valid concerns but I sincerely feel...
You all should be entitled to have your own board. I've done the Transtech thing a few years ago. This is all old news. Same as most of the companies on here, you either love them or hate them but I feel there is a ton of people that work there or people who want to work there and you should have your own board to discuss this.
Doesn't seem a valid point to me. Most people can make 250 lph sm
so why not do it making 8-9 cpl (or more) and make $24-27 per hour? I don't think $15/hour is much nowadays, but that is just my opinion. I made that 10 years ago in an office setting -- hate to think of going backwards, although I do reailze that is the trend in transcription nowadays, sad to say.
I just hope he/she (and everyone) finds something that pays more than that, especially for IC work. 
lmao!! yeah maybe I'm the recruiter...suggesting that my co-worker is the problem. yeah that make
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Yeah, yeah, I spelled health wrong -
I am very angry right now and my fingers are taking it out on the keyboard.
Yeah, yeah, AND enjoy!
 
Yeah - n,
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Yeah! Take That!
I like OSi too!!!
Yeah let's go there.
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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!
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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.
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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
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Oh yeah, a BIG 8! lol.
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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
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Yeah.....from 2/8/07
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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! ;-)
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