You've got what I'm talking about

Great post!!  You've got that healthy sense of self-respect that I was talking about.  That's what I was trying to get at.  You know your worth, value it, and are willing to stand up for it.  This is what we all need first of all.  Then, after we have that firmly entrenched in our mind, we choose whether we want to accept the limitations that this profession currently offers in terms of wages and see what we can do to make things better. 

I too left a very lucrative career to do this because I find this so much more interesting.  I was a legal assistant for many years.  And I can tell you, no legal assistant would let themself be treated the way many of us do.  They walk and find better.  And no lawyer lets a good assistant go without good reason because they are valued and the lawyer depends on that assistant to make them look good and get the job done.  We do the same for the physicians whether it be directly in their office or through a service.  Our job is even more serious because a botched report can endanger a patient's care NY other to mention possibly end up subjecting the physician and/or the service we work for to a lawsuit.  What we do matters.  They demand such perfection from us (as they should) with their QA departments -- we should demand fair compensation and treatment in return. 

I'm grateful I can work from home.  I'm grateful for the benefits.  I'm just saying this shouldn't be flashed in our face by some companies as a reason to work for them to cover up the fact that they want cheap labor.  That is bad enough.  When we buy into that line of thinking, it's even worse.  When you ask for a raise and are told something in return like, But you work from home.  Think of all the money you're saving!  It's a bunch of (probably not allowed to write here the words that come to mind).  Try telling your at-home dentist or physician or accountant or hairdresser, etc. I won't pay my bill in full because you work from home and think of all the money you're saving!  Sounds pretty nuts, right?  

• Theory about MT Pay - Anonymous
  • I though unions not legal in some states (right-to-work states) nm - early riser
  • Just the opposite. The rates we charge have gone down too because of offshore sm - MTSO
    • In response to "just the opposite....." - meMT
    • ridiculous is right - Janine
  • I disagree. Unionization will fail and cost - more harm.
  • The reason MTs get paid nothing and treated like doormats is they're - impossible to unite & won't even stick up for t
  • It is too late for unions. It never would have worked. - Barely any unions left in US of any sort.
  • Agree with Union - Anonymous
  • I hear people talk union all the time, but no one ever - me
  • Single parent MT - Trish
    • It can be done - dolfan
    • Question - Anonymous
      • No outside income - Trish
      • Another single mom MT here - AnnieM!AnnieM!
        • Hang on a minute... - Janine
          • MT is not any different from the rest of the working world - Grammyof1
            • I disagree - Janine
              • You have obviously never worked as a pharmacy tech - Grammyof1
                • Why positions cannot be filled. Not due to lack of workers, - sm
                  • Not so necessarily - Grammyof1
                • I stand corrected - Janine
          • No doormat here - AnnieM!AnnieM!
            • You've got what I'm talking about - Janine
        • I absolutely loved your post! sm - luv2type
      • A lot of the time the insurance premium comes out - before taxes. So that can help. sm

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They've taken all they are going to take from me.   I am not going to waste any more time being angry.   I hate the way things ended, but I refuse to accept the blame for any part of it because I know that was a lie too, even though they did try to blame the MTs.  I know part of the problem was quality issues, but QA wasn't to blame for that either, although they have been.   

It is time to pick up and move on.   I think mgmt will reap what they sow.   For those who worked on the main account Webmedx is still hiring, though the best time slots have already been taken.  

giving the negative info because every time I have in the past I am called a disgruntled ex-employee or told that my experience has no relation to what the company is like today.

I won't repeat the information I've given in the past, anyone can find it on searches.  I've decided to just let the people have their experience with the company and that experience will validate everything I've ever said about those people.

The same people own and run that company--they may have new names doing the management, but it still runs the same way.

I can Google until dawn and still not find John Smith in NY - you know the neurologist...  Cut me a break!  I've now learned to ask my online company for a list of referring physicians (since none of the accounts are in my state) and also ask for websites for the hospitals, but I still don't take more than 5 min of my own time to find referring physicians.  I send it right through with a verify cc:... 

As far as making an educated guess, I would only do that if it was my own account and I know the dictator well.  For the online company, it is their responsibility to make that educated guess as it is their client, not mine.  I leave that up to the company to make assumptions; this way it is on their back, not mine when it comes to the legality of the report.  Ultimately, the physician is responsible when signing that report or there should be clause on those reports that state dictated but not read.  If that clause is not there, then it is the physician's responsibility to know the content, not the MT.  An MT can only transcribe what they hear and really should not be making educated guesses on anyone since we live in a world of sue-happy patients and their malpractice insurance is so high.  If there is a question, it needs to go the dictator to resolve.

JMO - been doing this for over 20 years.  

not the other person posting above.  I don't link to an email because I want to be anonymous.  I don't cheerlead for TH, it's just a job, better than some I have had but I have had better jobs in the past.  I need the insurance, they pay on time and I make enough money to pay my bills.  I don't think I can exactly call that cheerleading.  I know of worse companies.

As far as the names on the list, I must have a different email roster than you because the #s you give correspond to people I know are American MTs, so I am confused about where you are seeing Indonesian names.

nm

Medware has over 200 transcriptionists in India.  They have more MTs in India than they do in the U.S.  I gave Medware a chance.  I worked with them for many years and in the end I got to watch my friends take a huge cut in pay when Medware decided all reviewers would make $8.00 an hour with incentives for ridiculously high production expectations that only about 2 people can make.  I have watched the lead MTs lose their positions only to be asked to return to transcription.  It is insulting the way Medware treats their people. 

I am glad you like Medware.  I used to like them too.  But I am sure if you stick around long enough and start making enough money with them, you too will learn how they really are. 

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mean?  What does it do?  I'm hoping my co. doesn't get it, but it it does, I'd like to have a clue what I'm up against.