You see, LTMT, another case of ingratitude.
Posted By: Jan on 2009-03-09
In Reply to: That was NOT in my post. Too bad your posting skills are not as sharp as your criticizing ones. nm - LTMT
You gave a lot of good hints on good companies and this is what you get in return. Thanks for it.
Why to bother, really!
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I think if you test well they will consider you on a case by case basis without the full 5 years.
I would definitely contact them anyway.
they may be willing to make considerations on a case-by-case basis s/m
I have a couple of situations that make 8 hours straight not possible for me, and when I hired on with the company I was with who recently merged with Transcend, they worked with me to find ways that would help me be productive without hindering my physical and personal limitations.
I am not going to list specifics, but I was very impressed at how willing they were to help me and they told me that they are willing to make considerations on a case by case basis.
LTMT
Thank you. Your upcoming trip sounds wonderful. I would have never worked two jobs if I had not started at the first of the year with a company that was constantly running out of work. Nice wonderful people but I am not going to trust my career to them.
LTMT
Oh, yeah, I went to work for a company that (I learned later) is apparently notorious for running out of work all the time. It darned near bankrupted me and my family.
LTMT
I, too, have a serious work ethic and make 50k+ a year. And no, I do not work overtime.
LTMT
It sounds like you have a great fit for yourself. I have never worked for Keystrokes or had any dealings with them. I think that the key (no pun intended) is your sentence I AM VERY HAPPY THERE. If you have found happiness, you have found what most people are looking for. I feel the same way about MDI--I have found my ideal match. A friend of mine, a very shy person by nature, purposefully chose Spheris because she wanted a big company where she could be one of the many. That would drive me crazy, but it suited her just fine. I think the key (again that word!) to all of this is that there are different needs for each person and we all need to respect each other's choices. I am glad that you found such a good place for yourself and wish that every other MT is as happy as you and I are at the end of the day. Take care.
LTMT
In California, the bus drivers (at least in the big cities) are unionized and they really DO make the big bucks. (But they have a lot of stress. Can you imaging driving a bus in LA or SF? Not for me.) I guess I should no worry, though California will be bankrupt in 46 days if Arnie is right.
LTMT
When I first moved to California 25 years ago, it WAS paradise. Sadly, it has really fallen in apart in so many ways. I would not advise anyone to move there now. Waaaay too expensive and too aggravating.
LTMT, you're not
Carol R, are you?
Thank you LTMT!! I was hoping...
to hear good things! I am training on Thursday and I am really hoping this will be my permanent home. Thank you for giving your opinion, it is much appreciated!! Cute doggie!! Have a great day!
Hey LTMT! It's me the MT who was offered the
E-Trans plus job same time as you and we spoke here before! I hope you like Keystrokes. I worked there briefly and thought they were very nice, but had to leave for personal reasons... May this job be all you hope it to be!
As I mentioned before, I am at MDI now, and just took a 3rd shift with Transcend too, and there is a lot of work there for the lean times, so I won't be broke anymore. I love both jobs. So, I hope that finally is a success story for you and me after all the job hunting this year! Merry Christmas to you and Happy 2009!
Name her and Shame her, LTMT
Get the word out before she does this again, and I'm so sorry you're going through this. Whether $338 or $38, you earned it and you deserve to be paid, too.
These people stiffing MTs never fail to amaze me. What a bunch of soulless monsters.
LTMT, just wondering if you still work for GBJ and
if not, why you left. Sounds like a good deal.
LTMT - Do you still work for WestTran?
I was wondering about this company. I think you said you had worked for them. I could be wrong, but I also think management may have changed? Any scoop? Feel free to e-mail me... Thanks in advance.... 
BTW LTMT saw you were to start with E-Trans. How
is it going? I never started with them as planned, things got put off so I stayed put at my old job.
Hey LTMT: Was wondering if you still recommend
I am thinking of applying at Encompass and wondered if you were still there and if you like it. I am running out of work where I am. I originally was hired at E-Trans plus, and you and I wrote to each other on this board, but the account did not start on time and I had to stay put at my original job. Thanks for any comments about Encompass or any other good job lead. You seem to do great research!
Thanks for sharing your information LTMT!
Wow, you have been through a lot and I admire your ability to bounce back. I just know whatever company you choose to work with you will do well, and good luck on your move! Thanks too for the feedback on all the companies. I thought that E-Trans was very nice too, but decided in my heart I did not want shift work, and since it did not work out the first time (the ExText account), I would just pass. I am going to keep Encompass in mind for the future because they seem great like you said, and I have the quality but have been in this for so many years, don't want to be stressed out. Like you, I get insecure, and that is when I do worst. LOL.
I wish you all the best. For me, I am now going with MDI-MD and know that if I maintain my quality and my flexibility I can stay away from shift work. I think we all need to put priorities and what we need to do in life and then hang onto our decision. Rough seas, but if you hang on to the life boat the storm always passes and we always seem to make it.
Thanks for writing and all the best to you! :)
Thanks LTMT! You have boundless energy,
and it is amazing how we have tracked each other through our job searches. We almost worked together at E-Trans, but missed a few days and Keystrokes, but missed each other about a year. I am glad you have found a place like Cardioscribes you consider home and DTS! Now, do remember to take some time for yourself... at least 10 minutes just to dream dreams, because after all that is why we work, so some day we can afford to live the dream! Happy Holidays and great to see you too!
sorry LTMT I didn't see you post before sm
I put mine about the pay for straight versus VR. Makes no sense to me either.
I think you're one of the smart ones LTMT
It's sad to see that apparently what was also once thought to be an excellent company is also biting the dust. I don't know of anyone who has doubled their production on VR. When you factor in the 4 cpl for VR and the no work, most I know are borderline bankrupt. I think they can get a ton of newbies to take a dictionary and edit VR. I do not think it takes the same skill as straight transcribing. So they can take a whole herd of those so desparate to work at home they'll put up with anything and they just keep a constant stream of low income, really probably unskilled people, give them a Dorlands and a handy drug reference book and tell them to hop to it. When they starve out, there are plenty more to take their place. They have to keep hiring to keep this new system rolling. This is just my 2 cents worth but about the only thing that makes much sense to me.
If she doesn't do the right thing, LTMT....
Then drag her out of the shadows and into the sunlight and exposure her like the blood sucker she turns out to be.
I get so angry when these MTSOs stiff the hard-working MTs. They must have no conscience whatsoever.
Keep us posted, k?
I registered with just my LTMT name, not my given name, and a hotmail address I use. sm
It was just a suggestion. If I ran a company and saw all of the obvious discontent posted here, it would be a pretty big wakeup call. You can say they already know, etc., but perhaps they do not know just how many people are thinking of leaving the company.
Again, it was just a suggestion. To those who say that they have already expressed their plight to Dorothy in an email or by phone, then there shouldn't be any concern about anonymity when posting it on the discussion forum.
In answer to the person who suggested they have lowered their pay scale with the new hires, I believe that is true. The top of the pay scale to new hires, I think is 10 cpl or something -- not sure exactly.
Agree LTMT.......I saw your post as just helpful
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TO LTMT: You posted below that you work FT for Keystrokes (sm)
and PT for Smart-Med. I work for KS and I didn't think I could work for anyone else. I thought I remembered reading something about it in the Employee Handbook when I was hired. New handbooks are coming out this week...but just wondered if it really is OK with KS to work PT for someone else. TIA.
Glad you are happy there LTMT!!! You and I were hired
I never could make that work, so went to Transtech instead. I had suggested for you to go to Keystrokes, because I worked there for a very short time and knew they were wonderful. I just wanted to touch base and let you know that I have thought of you and glad you finally found a company which appreciates you. For me, I reapplied to Keystrokes, but because I left them previously (it was a second job and I could not do 2 jobs full time), they have only responded that they got my resume, and they never again offered me a position. You are lucky to be in a good place, and I am very glad to hear things have worked out... all things happen for a reason! All the best... from your friend from the E-trans plus days...
Agree with LTMT about Keystrokes..I've been there nearly 3 years (sm)
I had a bumpy patchy for a while with no work but the owner herself and some of the office staff worked with me to find a good secondary account that I couldn't be happier with.
Well if that's the case..what about OSI? (sm)
Everybody now knows and they have admitted to outsourcing overseas...so why are they allowed to post of that's the rule of the boards?
In case you still need to know. sm
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in this case, it is just a Name and nothing else..sm
have seen her post before under that name. It does not mean she is necessarily a newbie or a wannabe anything. in my opinion.
this has been in my case,
however, it may not be the same for all hires. In fact, i've wondered if you are really talking about the same company with the sun-thu or tue-sat schedule. No such requirements were put on me. Is this MDI out of Maryland? All we were expected to schedule when I was hired was any 2 weekend days per month. There has been no daily/weekly line quota. The best bet, as always, is to talk to the recruiter and see what they say.
Not the case
No work is definitely not the case. I personally have not taken a day off in 3 weeks because of OT (not complaining, need to $ anyway), so lack of work is not a problem. There is no problem as far as I am concerned. If you have such a problem there, go somewhere that suits you better. Try MQ!
just in case...
They get in a bind?? I don't know, but I get so many emails wagging the finger about how flexing was okay yesterday when the work was low (meaning nonexistant for many of us), but today we are building up, so if you have time to make up, do it now! And then if 3 days on down the road a bonus comes up, you don't qualify because you don't have your hours/lines in. So confusing...and somewhat unreasonable when you are a real person with a real family and other comittments besides being chained to your desk for a paycheck!! And please do not bash, I have a total of 6 backup accounts.
Not the case at all.
Why is it when someone disagrees they are one of the chosen? I think this is absurd. I listened and do follow the rules and when I take my work I do it and then return for more .. the weekend is usually when those who do not follow rules throw their work back and the rules are set up specifically so that you know when you can go and pick any work that is available and not have to worry about preferred and selected and whatever. After 20+ years in this business I have learned that worrying about what everyone else is doing or has for work has never helped me one iota. Any service that does clinic work has a slow day and does it not make sense that if practices are closed on weekends that Monday is going to be a slow start with low work volume? And, for the record, I was promised nothing, asked for the rules and follow them and work my schedule and extra is asked. I do what is there for me and I don't think of myself as working only for certain dictators. I do it all. Some I like better than others but as an IC I understand how the work flow goes and pretty much it is the same from one place to the next.
Additionally, I have another part-time job to pick up the slack. A little planning on your part might be in order. At tax time you would be glad to find it to your favor not to have just one client as an IC.
If that's the case...
I would ask to have 1 account removed where there is no work and be put on an account that has work.
But, there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to have more than 3 accounts.
The latter case, likely. It's also...sm
happened to me too many times to count. We are routed several jobs at once, usually 3 or so. I can usually see the next job(s) in the queue.... and sometimes know by the doc's number who the dictator is. But when I try to load the next job, all of a sudden it'll disappear and usually replaced by crap work, ESLs, etc. It usually occurs during certain shifts, if I need to work off of my regular shift. The lead MTs in my co. do the distributing of work but theyalso have to get their own lines in.... so you know they're not keeping the s - - - jobs, ESLs for themselves. I've decided that the next time this happens, I'll just contact the particular sup.MT and ask what's up? Where was my work? AND CC THE E-MAIL TO THEIR OWN SUPERVISOR. i'll bet it'll stop quick!
in this case
pb doesn't mean peanut butter
If that is the case for you sm
then YAY you! There are at least 2 of us right here who had the same issue, so for you to be adamant that we did not, is just plain silly. I'd say if you are not experiencing what we are talking about, then this conversation DOES NOT pertain to you. Save yourself the stress and go about enjoying your IC position however you want to take it!
That is only the case...
if it is absolutely impossible to have the report transcribed in an emergency setting, but that is the exception, not the rule. That is why there is a need for STAT MTs. It's a fact. Transcribed reports are needed on weekends. That's just the way it is.
This has ALWAYS been the case. More so now than
.
Not so in my case
Been there 2 years, did not test, but had 20+ years experience. I don't believe they hire PT, but could be wrong. Monday mornings are a bit slow early, but usually picks up pretty quickly. My line rate was fairly good, and their incentive program (the more lines you do, the more you get paid per line back to line 1) is great. No one is happy with VR as far as pay anywhere, but I do believe there is no choice anymore, everyone will have to eventually do it. It is not fair what is being done to MTs because of VR. Yes, I do transcribe it faster, not twice as fast, which is what I would have to do to earn my normal line rate. Lastly, I am a happy TTer, and do not feel like I work for next to nothing. If I did, I would go elsewhere.
Not true in my case.
I do not feel I should be used to gain experience. I have had ton of job offers. Also, when I received work back from QA, it was just horrid. The QA was not helping me at all. It was not good and often wrong grammar was in my reports by the QA people, and the AAMT book of style was not even used, even though they said that was the guideline. I want to be a better MT, not a sloppy MT. I was trained by an excellent school and no what to look for. Believe me when I say, I only had one page of guidelines to follow for all my accounts. My other job have a book of what to use and not to use. I want to be an excellent MT and train for my CMT exam in 2 years. I would be sloppy if I stayed at MQ. The reports QA sent back were just out of this world. I need to move on and learn. I am with a smaller company now. I will stay and get my experience in, just not at MQ.
Hey, get off my case. I like Lee and Keystrokes.
However, I don't think it's right to make excuses for hiring people and failing to follow through on the oral contract. THAT was my point that YOU missed.
I know exactly what you're saying, but in this case -
this is what our hospital wants. It's not that we need people inhouse. They get to make the choice. Our hospital does not want to hire people in 10 different states and all over the country. The hospital has great benefits, vacation, sick leave, incentives, etc.
Good for you, it just is not the case with everyone
nm
Is this person a nut case or what? As
unprofessional as anyone I've ever seen.
the log in is case sensitive - sm
You might try changing the way you log in. I believe it should be ALL caps. That could be the problem with logging in. Can't help with the rest, don't know why they wouldn't be returning calls.
and in my case, they have made NO
contributions to my MetLife account this year. Hope this is only my problem, just wanted to make others aware it was happening to me.
I thought that was the case, but I had to ask because
seems like the majority do alot of bitching and moaning about not being paid enough.
Not always true. In my case SM
the MTSO that did our overflow work first did discharge summaries, then they got the consults, then the H&Ps. They didn't have to do the crappy doctors, we had to. We had to do all the vascular and cardiac stuff. We did not get the good work, they did. And you know what? It turned out they got it ALL and we were all kicked to the curb.
Oh well in that case they should definitely call OSI
That is great...wish it was the case for some of us
I loved the platform and the work, but I gotta eat and three weeks of next to know money and not being able to get a return response when asking what is going on was enough. The lack of communication was the problem I had.
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