You are fortunate. I hope you always have work and it stays that way and doesnt change.
Posted By: nm on 2005-07-14
In Reply to: not to be redundant but i also am happy with my job at MQ - after 5 yr,
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Hope that stays the same because it is apt to drop
as mine did. Lot of us outsourced from a major hospital and went from salary and incentive to less than 4 months later VR at 4 cents a line, still make that but on straight it is 8 (over 30 years experience) but I average about $18.75 an hour and that is because of my speed only. When pay and incentive though over 40 thou a year so quite a drop.
I hope it stays that way - I have visions of (sm)
it turning into something like that other board on here that is just for one company only. That would get my BP up for sure. Hope it works out. Maybe I'll join later.
Just hope your TL doesnt have initials MA.
she was NASTY to me when i aked that question.
The web site will change. And would hope all would
happen. When dealing with any company, you need to ask if they OS, if that is a major point for you. And I would expect most MT expect that a company OS unless they are specifically told different.
I hope DSG doesn't make the change
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She clearly said several times that she starts her shift, gets work as it comes in, and then stays
on and types at night or whenever she feels like getting the work to meet her goal. I don't even work for Transcend NOW, but read her clearly post over and over how she meets these numbers. She works WHENEVER she can to meet her goal if the work is NOT there during her scheduled shift. What is so hard about understanding that? Yes, some MTs are allowed to do that at Transcend, so she's not doing anything wrong. TO REPEAT: She works her shift, typing what comes, making good use of her down time in the meanwhile - think she does chores or something. If there is no work on her set shift, she stays on at night and grabs the work she can to meet her GOALS.
Doesnt matter how good the platform is without work does it.
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There is no working out the bugs on bad sound. If it doesnt work you move on. My
accounts have problems but I put up with it, some people will, some wont.
as fortunate as you.
Some of us are temporarily stuck with companies that constantly screw us. Until we can find greener grass, just keep your sarcasm to yourself. We all have a right to vent. I am in the same boat as her. I will find greener pastures and then maybe not feel like this. 
You are so-o-o-o fortunate.
Be very thankful. Thanks for the info.
Yes, I'm fortunate...
There are others out there who make more. You need to find a company that's a good fit for you.
You are very fortunate.
I can't begin to count how many different recruiters that I interviewed with that told me the same things. I asked millions of questions on my interviews...all the same ones you did about work load, incentives, health of the company, etc. I was also ecstatic when I took the jobs thinking that I had finally found a right fit. Unfortunately, all the answers that I got from the recruiters changed over the years. Everything that was so important to me and everything that I based my selection of company on changed. Line rate changed, account changed, PTO changed. My accounts would go from straight typing at 11 cpl to training the VR and retyping 100% corrections at 4 cpl. So I would repeat the process again and hear all the same great answers from the recruiters, only to suffer the same again in another 3 or 4 years.
I'm sincerely happy that you have found a wonderful company, but I don't think this is the norm anymore in this business. If your company is a large company, sooner or later they are going to have to make changes to compete. If they are a small company chances are they will be bought out or have to make the same changes in order to keep business.
Well, consider yourself fortunate...
I have had those problems, not just from here but from other sites as well.
Who are you to say who leaves or stays?
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I don't see how he stays in business.
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somebody will do it; hence the wage stays low nm
I don't see any change in the work at OSI at all
I've been on OT all weekend. 
Feel fortunate that they have not
SS is a rotten company to work for. Sure, they make it sound good, but they will steal your lines, pay is never on time, poor management, so and so. Do you get the hint yet? Read the archives.
Not all of us are as fortunate as Maggie
Agree with you 100%.
It's been said in the past that pay stays at 7 to 8 cpl forever. nm
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I doubt seriously it will change much at all. In the meantime, the many MTs who do not work sm
for them are sick of this.
Medquist should provide a board for their people to discuss this.
I know I am not interested, could care less. If you think you are getting something wonderful from this company, fine! It is my guess, it will not turn out to be anything wonderful in the long haul.
If it is wonderful for you, fine. All that do not work for this company though should NOT HAVE TO READ THROUGH THIS JUNK. A whole entire board is full of this junk now and not just on this board but the Main Board too.
Enough is just enough!
and i love it, so i can change work types
with my mood, or stop if i want to take a short break, without having to plan way ahead.
no change, still an awful place to work...nm
are you kidding? I work. It's our reality and it's NOT going to change.
either get a grip, and realize that .. or enjoy your poverty, your welfare, your food stamps and your desire that isn't going to feed you. I wish everyone would stop griping about offshoring. If you have a job, so what your company offshores. It's life. Put on your big girl pants and deal with it. Feed your family and get over it. Take the money where you can get it ...
Yes, there are nonteaching rad accounts. I am fortunate that the account that I am on sm
has all American-born radiologists but I know that is not the norm.
There is an opening on an account that I do backup for. You might want to get your resume in right away because they want to fill that one pretty quick. The account is picky as can be but the work is easy. It is by the line because they have wordy dictators but it is gross line, which is basically unheard of anymore!
You are very fortunate. As I say, my days of jumping are over. I agree with you 100% but some
people need to do that to keep their jobs or good standing. I am at a point now I dont need to do that but if you think companies dont love that you are wrong. They love the MTs that marry their jobs, work holidays, work weekends, work on a second notice, jump into backup accounts that you dont know to help out bla bla. They love it.
Didn't say not credible..just not that bright if she stays where she "hates" it.
nm
that would make it the disease of B. Crohn, therefore, the apostrophe stays. (sm)
That's how I was taught. If you can replace the apostrophe with the word OF then the apostrophe is correct. Regular grammar states the apostrophe would stay. BOS says otherwise. Personally, I like proper grammar.
I need to change the name I use. I work for Keystrokes but live in Kansas. I am truly KS MT but ot
nm
I currently am on a C-phone account...mine stays pretty busy (sm)
If they are offering you 2 accounts I would probably take it. I wish I had a backup for the times when mine is slow, which is rare. The C-phone accounts aren't bad but I worked on Docuscribe at Medquist and LOVED it! For what it's worth, I'm happy at KS. Good luck!
Does anyone work for Landmark Transcription by any change. Can you email me your opinion of them.
Thank you.
TransTech leads and QA have enough work anymore! Are you either? Re payroll co. change,
I remember that well -- SUDDEN HURRY to get paperwork turned in to new company (same paperwork as a new-hire wound fill out). Then the new payroll company did a horrible job of putting the data in, and made horendous mistakes in our personal info, etc. I remember that HURRY very well !
No warning whatsoever to the MT's; just unbelievable mistakes made by new payroll company, and am sure it was due to the BIG RUSH put on them. 
I've had private individual policies and you pay a fortunate for bad coverage.
You either get stuck with an awful deductible or a policy which limits coverage. So, that is not always a good option. If you want a decent cheap premium, you get what you pay for.
I hope you have more work than most have been seeing lately.
hope you don't need a lot of work
I was there 2 weeks and had only 11 reports, AND they refused to pay the training bonus. They said they could not release me to other accounts until I had completed so many reports for my primary, but there were none to do, so no backup.
Hope it's where I work!!
nm
Is it good work ethic to ask to change accounts at natl company? Please SM
I work for a national company and overall I've been quite happy. However, they changed my primary account last fall, and I have been miserable since then. It is a teaching hospital, several hundred docs, tons of different rules about format, etc, that change almost daily, 80% ESL, and I am very unhappy with it and making less now than I have in the last 7 years I've been doing acute care transcription because I'm so slow on it. I get paid 8.5/line.
My question is, is it wrong to ask to change accounts? My quality is great, they are very happy with my work, and in fact have mentioned that many MTs have quit rather than do this account, and of course I realize someone has to do it. I'm so unhappy, yet I don't want to appear incompetent or a cherry picker, etc, if I were to ask for a change (which they would not have to do), and I would like to stay with this company if only I could find a way to be happy with the work, because it is a good place overall. Any thoughts on this? Thank you.
Again, not true for everyone. I have 4 accts, all high-level 4, acute care. You are fortunate....
but that is does not hold true for us all.
I dont work for MDI-FL but I would certainly hope
that the rude poster below does not work for them. I would not want to work with people that rude. The original poster just asked a question, isnt that what these forums are for???
I hope it continues to work out for you.
I sincerely hope it continues to work out for you if you are truly a new Editor and not either of the 2 lead people posing as a happy employee. I have nothing nice to say about Shapin. I am one of the disgruntled ex-employees that never even said anything about them on this site! BUT.. I was certainly smeared around here and the most horrifying thing was it wasn't even true. I never even came into this forum until I was contacted by another QA they also did a number on. I kept quiet as I feel it is better to take the high road. Since I was enlightened I have visited this site frequently and have seen how many negative remarks there are about them. I have also visited some others and they were pretty bad also. I am not trying to stir the pot, but there are two sides to every story. The bigmouth is usually spewing there bull edition. Good luck to you with them.
OMG, I hope not. You work over 50 hrs a week
for 36,500? Sounds like a very big national I know. lol. BTDT and I quit real fast. Glad you are happy, I guess that's all that matters, but you're being taken advantage of IMO. And 2 weeks vacation is not that great either.
hope you dont run out of work-- nm
nm
Hope you like to work on Christmas
You have to work holidays and weekends.
Hope you like to work Christmas
and Thanksgiving
ALSO my pay was usually wrong and never in my favor.
Well I hope you get an account with work
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I sure hope so! I'd never want to work for someone who chewed me out.
and I am sorry if indeed the above poster did get chewed out. Mutual respect and customer service goes from supervisor and employee just as employee is to respect supervisor. Chewed out, sounds like a parent to a child, and even then criticism should be dealt with carefully.
Oh I sure hope not - no work for weeks
nm
hope your spelling and grammar on work are better than this.
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I hope it gets better! Can't afford to sit here much longer with no work. nm
nm
thx, hope the foot pedal will work oh boy nm
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Lets just hope they are not overhiring lately and we will find we are all going to be out of work
especially after Summer.
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