You're right -- ignorance means a person didn't know, and I didnt. Sorry. nm
Posted By: searching on 2008-11-11
In Reply to: Not faux pas-sheer ignorance. sm - are you kidding me?
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True - why didn't I think of that? So I guess that means
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Nope, didnt forget - the went grated my nerves, the other didnt
so i didnt mention it
When I checked before, it absolutely didn't matter. Yes, a QA person or other
inside person could write it.
Why not give the AAMT a call and let us know what you find out? :) That's very interesting that Medware won 2 years in a row. Wouldn't you like to know how many people were in the running the years they won?
Uh, actually, no I'm not the person you're
referring to. Is there an equally psychotic term for someone who is secure in the knowledge that they've got everyone figured out but are actually dead WRONG? Because from this side of the monitor, you're looking pretty foolish right now.
For someone who is so happy, you're sure a mean person.
But hey, that's how it works here, isn't it? Socially retarded person who can't discuss anything without resorting to personal attacks.
Annabanana - you're a great person!
I have no word for it! It is just ridiculous what some will post here! Ugghhh.... The funny part is that I agree that someone should know how to spell their company name and give real facts! There are times when I see posts stating they can't find a job, but there are spelling errors all through the post. It kind of makes you wonder............ 
you're scolding to the wrong person
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You're not missing out on anything believe me. This person who represents
themselves as management as said she fired me because I did such crappy work, ....... I was NOT fired, I quit. I dealt only with the CEO of the company. This person doesn't know who I am and obviously has more than a few screws loose. When I turned in my notice the CEO offered me a management position and I could name my price. Now that doesn't sound like someone who does crappy work to me. I have since been offered a position 2 times since I left.
I would not recommend SS to my worst enemy.
They're probably glad you didn't too - (sm)
 
I didn't see any such postings and if there were, they're false
Why don't you use the time and energy that you use posting lies about one of the few REPUTABLE companies left and fix what's wrong with the company you're working for. I smell jealous management.
We're just makin more money every year, and you didn't know it. :) nm
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Pardon my ignorance
what is a hayseed and why are you proud to be one?
Hoo-boy - ignorance is bliss.
Spheris is deep into switching to voice recognition. MTs are being turned into MTEs - medical text editors.
Of course, if you like the commeradere' of international trade with India, you'll be a happy camper, as they are swiftly overtaking many of the accounts.
It won't take but a minute or two two browse some of the posts on the topic on this very forum.
Here are the highlights -
A few years ago, they took PTO away from part-timers. Then they fiddled with the pay structure and gave people a pay cut. Then they regraded accounts so you had to stretch harder and farther to move up to the next tier to increase your pay. (Oh, yeah, no pay raises. Not never. Not nohow. If you want more money, you have to type faster.)
Where was I? Oh, yeah, last year they took away our HMO. Of course, the corporate employees got to keep it. We were told the MTs were too sickly as a group and were utilizing the insurance too much so they threw us to the wolves and kept the good insurance for themselves. Now they offer what is known in the industry as catastrophic disease insurance. Meaning, if you need any medical attention, drugs, tests, whatever, you get to foot the bill for the first, like four thousand dollars, and then they'll pitch in 60% after that. Pray to God you are either healthy or dying, as those are the only two ways to get any financial benefit from catastropic insurance.
Yesterday we were told we would be excited to know they restructured the holiday pay just in time for Christmas. It was cut by 50%-plus. Merry Christmas.
There is work a-plenty. If your name is Sanjeeb. Otherwise, you'll have to take on ten accounts and scrape around for jobs like the rest of us poor old American working slobs.
Don't fail to meet your line count or you'll get a nasty little note saying shape up or ship out. Doesn't matter if you were on vacation or on a ventilator. Any excuses - valid or otherwise - for not meeting production (like complete lack of work availablel) will fall on deaf ears.
Then there are the TOWN HALL MEETINGS wherein all the MTs are invited to LISTEN to the CEO spiel out his corporate speak. Oh, did I mention that all the MTs are put on MUTE so no one is able to ask questions? Of course, you are invited to submit questions by e-mail ahead of time. I think 90% of the peolpe last time asked about the pay decreases, the lack of work, and the jobs we were losing to India. Guess which of those questions were answered during the meeting. Not a single one. Instead, the CEO answered the question If you could have three wishes, what would they be? Apparently that was the most pressing question. Well, thank God we now know his heart's desire.
I suspect that's the reason they MUTED us on our own TOWN HALL meeting.
Any other questions?
Any other qustions?
Typical Ignorance
You have to excuse people like that. The region of the country has nothing to do with crappy MT companies. Wonder why they apply for companies in the south, when it's easy to look up the company and see where they are located before applying? Perhaps they can't read, or maybe they lost their religion.
Maybe I'm showing my ignorance
But I don't know why it wouldn't. When we use these platforms, at least in theory they are not supposed to do anything to our copy of Word. They just sort of overlay it with their platform. Over the last couple of years, I've accumulated several different platforms on my desktop without problem. Maybe if you tried running both at the same time you would run into issues, but using them separately should present no problem.
ur ignorance is showing now..
You stated VR demands constant checking and correcting throughout the whole document.
Those are the MTs who are so terribly outraged about the change to VR because they cannot make usage of their so helpful, comfortable and practical Expanders anymore.
How dang dumb is that statement. Those helpful, comfortable and practical expanders are what made us more lines and thus made us more valuable to the MTSO by making them more money! Sheesh....
I'm afraid ignorance was bliss...
OSI - post away! :(
Wow. You are really displaying your ignorance with that post. (sm)
post. If you really used to work there, as you say, and are not a disgruntled former employee who just couldn't hack it, you would know that they are constantly advertising because they are growing faster than you can imagine. They have three new accounts, which require over 100 transcriptionists, starting between now and the end of the year.
I have been with Transtech for almost three years now and I can tell you they are the best MTSO to work for. You, on the other hand, are obviously some bitter old hag with nothing better to do with his or her time than spew your vitriolic crap in this anonymous forum to try and make some sense of your pathetic existence.
Not faux pas-sheer ignorance. sm
Or possibly you have been living in a cave for the past 20 years. 
Just reinforcing my point about ignorance, lol!
Yeah, this is typical...They have no valid points based on FACT, so they resort to this type of retort.
Pretty funny, actually. My husband and I are laughing at some of the falsehoods about VR running rampant through this thread!
My goodness, your ignorance and paranoia
are showing. Maybe you should just sit in your chair and do your job and not speculate about things you know nothing about honey.
Their assumptions/accusations are based on ignorance
Much like any other type of prejudice, their assumptions and accusations are based on fear (translated into ignorance). They think that because of their shortcomings and inability to be successful at it, then it's impossible anyone else can be successful at it.
I've stopped wasting my time and energy trying to reason with or explain VR to any of them. Their minds are made up, so let them go work for Jane Doe's little MTSO around the corner that has very little work because they don't do VR. The industry will force them to find other careers in a couple of years anyway.
Their loss, our gain.
I think it is one person. I had a few print outs from a few weeks ago and this person even capital
I have had a positive one. I have been with Keystrokes for 3 months and am very happy.
I printed them to show my manager but she told me that there are few bitter people out there and no one can do anything about them. My manager said that everyone can tell that it is the same few over and over again, for Keystrokes and a few other companies as well. Time to move on Ms. Anon. I cannot think why a company would go through the trouble of getting IDs and getting you installed just to ignore you after that. Doesn't make sense, does it? Are you sure that't the whole truth? You keep saying truth but it sounds fishy.
Exactly what I'm talking about RUDE! You are a very unhappy person. A happy person does not
respond in such a way! This is the reason SS has such a bad name.
George says what he means or is it he means what he
but he sure does apologize in a way I've never heard a person whose company is valued at $8m a year apologize before and I've worked for companies who played who is the president of the week game! All I can say is that his personal interview about his high school reunion has a distinctly different style than his late January postings in which he degrenates the poster he tries to engage. Just remember George's quote we are misinformed.
I am not a hateful person but that person screamed at me for 45 minutes. sm
She said all transcriptionists are idiots.
Sorry that didnt work
Their PTO is good. Lots of ESL's. I wasn't there long enough to see about a raise, but something after 120 days they were supposed to evaluate you for it. They always pay on time. Platform is very easy to learn.
I don't know about their line counting system. I don't trust it only because several times when I would send a job I would keep getting it back several times already typed by myself. I even got a report that was already fully typed from another person, I didn't take credit for it. Trust me, they wouldn't break or abandon a report that long it had no blanks and 1 QA marker. I didn't think it was right. I asked the WFC and she said to abandon it. I got that typed report back every time I would finish a job that day. So I dont know how often that happens, but I didn't like it.
Not trying to bad talk the place, everyone was very nice, nice doesn't cut it..when it comes to work, don't expect any, and don't expect anyone to get back to you about a second acount, plan on working all weekend every weekend.
I don't know about everyone else, but when I pick a schedule, I pick it for a reason, to work it.. not to work every day and every time but that. I don't mind it here and there, but it was EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND. Sayin how they are tired of always having the same people being team players.
They require one weekend day a week. I wasn't able to work any other time really than the schedule I picked
Anyways.. I worked 5 hour days there and I ended up with no more than 200 lines a day.
Might be different for you, but I'm just giving you my experience.
Check out page 2 or 3 on the company board there is more talk about them there.
I didnt know SpongeBob was
But when I just googled it basically all of the sites had it spelled that way except for a few unoffical sites. Maybe she was checking research skills. I duno. That is pretty stupid that you would be failed over something like that though. Probably better off.
They lost a lot of us, now, didnt they?
They will realize that  doesnt cut it.
How do you know she wants a pic if you didnt apply? nothing said in ad?
hmmmmmm
Hmm, didnt see the "This is for everyone but MT
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eMTS, I didnt know that!
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I didnt hear that.....
I was recently offered a job with them, but it was 60 to70% ESL so i politely turned it down.
Didnt he get shot?
bang
Not to worry. Didnt think you came up with it.
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I didnt see that when I logged in. Where do you find it.
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2 days. I didnt have to call them..but if you don't
the recruiter.
noyb - I didnt notice the..
experience/no experience. sounds even more strange!
I would apply but I'm not radiology MT...but wait....I don't need experience....and I have a C-phone and internet.....but wait....I would have to work in Yorba Linda. Geez...how can I decide??????
I didnt know if they had the 9 foot pedal in USB or not. Where did you get yours.
Your right.. the 9-pin is becoming outdated and obsolete. If there is a USB one out there that works then I need to get one. Can I ask where you got yours and have you tried it on a laptop?
They didnt worry that it would be affordable for the MTs.
you gotta be kidding, lol
I didnt see that info on their website. nm
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Wow..you actually even got an email about it. I didnt even get that. I dont even know what your
talking about.. Do share so I can decide if I want to be upset or not. Incentives?? who gets those.
I was thinking the same thing but didnt want to say anything LOL
LOL but a few msgs below you said you didnt know?! 6-1/2 is what I started out on.
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Sorry, didnt mean to impinge your MT qualities. Do
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OP did not ASK if paid spaces, SAID didnt. Re your
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they did lay off- didnt outsource but laid off a lot
They bought another contract and then lost it so had new employees and not enough work to go around
Sorry, I didnt receive an email. Could you try again. nm
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Do you not come on board until then? Didnt they put you on something temporarily? (sm)
Every company has their ups and downs but in my opinion, this company is worth hanging in for.
Good luck.
G.P. = guinea porcine. (Didnt think that would be
being used as G.P. (guinea porcine) she can leave to work in corporate world, Walmart, start own business, whatever. I hope you get this cause I dont know how Else I could explain it.
Ignorance is bliss and bliss equals happy nm
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