You speak the truth, but who knew?
Posted By: MSMT on 2009-03-16
In Reply to: I used to make - elliottgoodfellow
I sure didn't, I started doing this in the early 90s and made pretty good money right off the bat but then it went up and up and now down, down with no bottom in sight. When I started doing this, I thought, There will always be a need... but I guess they are filling their needs via cheaper alternatives such as we are all experiencing. I would have never dreamed in a million years that this profession would come to this and now here I sit.
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Sorry..but if you speak the truth, you are
The archives and the history speak louder than your words
Speak for yourself. I tell the truth with my
applicants and I also play on the bad of the position so there are no surprises. Don't call ME a liar. I am out to hire a person because I know they are good, not to get a head in the door. You know not of what you speak and if you have dealt with a recruiter who does that, I am sorry, but not all of us are.
Some of us have ethics and would not treat you any differently than we would want to be treated and those who know ME know that and those who have dealt with ME know that. I also will not recruit for just any company. I have to believe in that company. I left a perfectly great paying job because I did not like the ethics of one company I recruited for and yes, there are some that want you to lie. I won't do it.
Anyone in this industry that knows ME knows that I will not do underhanded tactics to get someone in the door and they know my reputation. So please speak for yourself. When you say that, I know with certainty that I am not included in your words and to be honest, I don't believe you know what you are talking about.
you speak the truth 100%!!!
The recruiter tells you things she knows NOTHING about. The platform is bulky, it is awful, you do NOT get paid for all that stuff you have to MANUALLY fill in with the demographics, and do not get paid for headers, etc. That is the most stupidiest (is that a word haha) platform I have ever have to deal with. It will take about 20 hours to get 1200 lines. My fingers were about to fall off until I said NO MORE....and I bailed. I was making NO money.
The posters above speak the truth!
I have never been with the Q by the grace of God and I haven't had a lot of MTSO jobs, but I really have nothing to complain about at TT and plan to stay there unless I find something in-house which may happen when pigs fly. I don't know about ADORING working there, I would ADORE to be independently wealthy but that also won't happen!. You will be fine, you will like it, and yes, they will treat you like a person!
well she is a liar then. the majority speaks and the truth has been heard. sorry, actions speak
Sure thing...M.M. Hate to trash a person personally but the truth is the truth. nm
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or they know the truth and the truth hurts. NM
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The truth
Many good and bad things can be said about this company. I am currently with them, going on my 5th year.
First the downside. They do outsource offshore, no secret, says so on their website. Hospitals can choose either U.S. or if unwilling to pay that higher rate can opt for the offshore services at a reduced rate. The reason they do this is at the request of the HOSPITAL, and to stay competitive with other vendors.
They have had some dishonest supervisors in the past that allowed cherrypicking to occur, now if you get caught doing so, you can be written up and terminated, it is NOT tolerated anymore and those who get caught do get reprimanded (I am on a team who has had several cherrypickers and the whole group got the nasty emails so everyone would know it was going on and that they better not do it because it hurt the whole group).
They do have clients that are soley re-record and overflow. But, they also have full service accounts that are not re-record. The sound quality on both is superb, only a slight difference on re-record, but not enough to complain about.
Their pay is fair and if you are as good as an MT as everyone claims to be, you can make really good money with them. The faster you type and more accurate you are the more you make, plain and simple. If you know your terminology and don't have to waste time looking up things, no reason to not meet and exceed your required line counts and get that incentive. Also, have heard that they are now paying extra incentive for 2nd and 3rd shift to get people to work those shifts - not something that used to happen.
Overall, I would suggest this company to anyone that is a quality MT, if you don't want to work hard, don't waste your time because that is how you make money in this field. I'm not a cheerleader for the company and there may be other companies out there that are better, but to each his/her own. No company is a perfect fit for every MT, this just happens to be mine for the time being. You have nothing at all to lose by applying and trying them out for awhile other than a learning experience for yourself. Who knows, they might be a perfect match for your needs.
Just the truth
Like I've said, I've never posted here before but everyone reaches a breaking point. I didn't mind lying low and minding my own business for all those years because I had 3 accounts to work on so rarely ran out of work. 2 were their worst accounts but I've never worked for any other company at home, only in hospitals. I am just so disillusioned that they would offer us a quality incentive after complaining how bad the quality was and that they were losing accounts and then for those of us that have always done good work, the money never came. And the fact that they just ignored my messages not once but 3 times is so unprofessional. I am totally ashamed that the VPs would stoop so low. I probably would have accepted an excuse if they would have replied and been upfront about the incentive thing falling through but they didn't do that. Its just too much to swallow and it makes me sad to think people would treat employees that way. They are going through so many people so quickly that soon no one will want to work there. Its a shame because I really liked 2 people that you had to deal with on a daily basis and they were always nice. Unfortunately they are not in a position to make changes that desperately need to be made.
To tell you the truth,
I really don't care whether MQ finds out I am posting comments or not. What are they going to do? Fire me before I can quit? Blackball me so I can't get another MT job anywhere?
Also, I sincerely doubt that with the reduced staff MQ has, they have enough people to sit around and monitor/read our postings here.
some truth--but...
I agree with your point that people are car pooling, etc., which contributes to the lay offs. Foreign cars being better than American made, sorry, that I don't agree with..but we are all entitled to our own opinion and I respect yours as well. Maybe you had a bad experience with an American made car to give you this opinion. Don't give up. There are good American made cars out there as well. Just, think about this, when you go and buy a used car, and I commend you for doing that...I think it is smart, just think about buying an American made car. I think we need to support our own and maybe if we do things will be better for our children and their children!! We can't change the world in a day as it took much longer to get us to the state we are in, but if everyone made a conscious effort to do just 1 thing everyday to support our economy by buying USA or even making an effort to let your hospital know how you feel about them offshoring when your American earned $ are what is supporting them, if everyone would do just one thing a day, that would be just 1 less thing to support the off-shore community, and 1 less thing per each person in the entire United states adds up to billions of less things done for off-shoring. Now that will make a difference, and just think if each person would do just 2 things each day, etc.....It can be done!! Just make some noise. That is what these companies whether it be medical transcription, car dealers, or whatever, do not want!!
You want me to not tell the truth? Why?
I made 38K as a base with added $$ over a certain number of hires a month. I was offered more by another major MTSO, but I decided to get out of recruiting altogether for reasons cited in my other post, and declined the offer.
A recruiter I know personally was paid much, much more than I was and I have no reason to believe she'd lie to me. She made a great deal with the company. Sometimes it's about who you know, or your reputation in the business. They want you bad enough, they'll pay.
You can't equate what production pays versus working a deal with senior management for a salaried position. There are QA managers and MT supervisors out there making $30K, and there are those out there making $50-60K and probably more. (I was offered 50K to supervise, but you couldn't pay me enough to assume that particular nightmare.) Bottom line is that it's all about the deal.
Bottom line: Just because you don't believe it, or haven't seen it personally, doesn't mean it isn't so.
tell them the truth and see what they say!
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Ain't that the truth
Awhile ago they were having some big brujaja and taking up huge amounts of space on this forum, pushing everything else out. We asked the mod to give them their own board, and she did. Thanks...
Spheris is an okay company. I have nothing bad to say about them. I left for personal reasons. Never tried the #1 squid, but I had worked for a number of companies they ate up.
Just tell them the truth (sm)
Tell them your kids come first and you have other commitments than your job. If they want mandatory OT, if you are willing to do OT, tell them it has to be at your convenience or you will be unable to fulfill the requirement. If they are in that desperate need for OT they will take it when they can get it and when it's convenient for you. If you don't want to do it tell them you aren't doing it you have other commitments that came before the OT was instituted and you can't just get rid of those responsibilities. they will deal with it, they need you.
Boy, that's the truth!
It seems that all companies are offering 7 cents per line even if you have 10+ years' experience or more...........
Boy, is that the truth!!
I have gone through this in the years, also, and it is crap to say the least, the very least!! 
See? They tell the truth.
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Boy is that not the truth...
I get a daily update on what is going on with the account and my leader askes us to work on such and such and we do. I however work earlier than I get that report and later in the afternoon and evening, so I get to make a choice about what I get done that day based on what is required. If we need work on OPs I concentrate on Ops for about half my shift adn then I might go do some H&PS and then work on a few discharge summaries. Always keeping my eye on the backlog. It is really, really, really great that I get to choose. That way I am not stuck on having to do op reports day in and day out and day in...well you get the picture. I get to have a cross section of reports and I really x3 like that. Now I am certainly not going to site on HPs or whatever if were are several days behind in op reports. I guess I just like that I can make that decision.
The Truth...
It has been my experience with Focus that they are very good to work for as an MT. They offered me a position on the SWAT team which I declined due to the fact that the hourly rate would be about a 50% pay cut from my MT pay. They came back later with a per line paid QA position which I accepted. I have been doing that for some time now, however on Thursday they called me out of the blue and let me know they were eliminating US based QA/QC on the platform I was working on. To add insult to they offered me a position with a 1 cent pay cut and a change from M-F first shift to Sun-Thurs 2nd or 3rd shift. I honestly feel that this job offer was more or less a way to eliminate my ability to recieve unemployment. Now I get to wait at least a week to get setup and trained for the new platform.
Again, not the truth sm
I have been there a year. When have I run out of work? Holidays. July 4th was okay, but nothing on Labor Day much. The only other time was for about 3 hours late in July. Other than that, I have never run out. I don't wait for anything to load, my Q is always full.
Part of what you are hearing is the pickiness of others. Many MTs at TT are cherry pickers of sorts. They refuse a secondary account. They refuse work types (although I do too) and worst of all, they refuse to do certain doctors. They are not telling the whole truth.
As for over hiring, that is not really true either. IF they do, it is not deliberate. If a hospital says we have X amount of lines per month at our previous company, then TT hires based on those numbers. If the previous service was padding lines or didn't report accurately for whatever reason, then yes, TT over hired, but through no fault of their own. They try to run initial numbers of MTs high with new accounts because of attrition.
ALL companies have this problem: Hire 20 MTs. 5 stick to the job, their schedule and their commitment to you. 5 flake from day one. 10 won't show up regularly and when they do, they don't meet their commitment. Given that a company hires based on a certain number of lines generated, hires to their minimum requirements (say 1200 lines per MT per day)...the bad habits of the majority of MTs leaves them high and dry. Either you work your existing MTs harder or you hire more. Of course, when a flake pulls her head out of her rear and starts to try to meet her commitment, there isn't going to be the sort or amount of work she wants to do.
This is why I defend TT because I work there, because I am still ecstatically happy after a year, because I have never had a problem and I am glad I didn't listen to all the dissenters. TT is not my only job and I don't keep a second because I don't have work anytime I want it. I work my second job because I love it and they love having me on the team. I am part of management at my PT job and I see both sides of this equation.
Of my dozen or so MTs, I have 1 whose work is stellar and she won't show up. I have one who is not quite the MT she thinks she is, but she is good enough and she shows up every day. I have one who is a very hard worker, but whose work is sub par. The rest are fair to passing quality wise and work most of their shifts. That one really good quality MT is 10% of my team. The hard workers are 20% of my team and the other 70% is so-so. I am not the only team manager putting up with this.
I am telling you people to grow up. Act like a professional, live up to your commitments and do your job. Furthermore, take a page from Amanda's book, the MT with the timer on the main board last week, and sit down and work! You'll find that this business is not going down the toilet. It is merely that most MTs prefer to witch, moan and complain while they do the swirly dance.
We know the truth
The truth is you work for TTD. Admitting you have a problem is the first step. Go ahead, take the first step. We are here for ya! 
They just don't like the truth. nm
OP when she hears the truth.
that is the TRUTH
those two can make a person nuts...i think they are both bipolar and forgot to take their meds....
Whether you want to believe it or not, just truth
This person has a family to support. She quit a job because they asked if she wanted the 3 days off they offered for a death in the family. That is the way businesses run whether you want to believe or not. Now she is having to think about unemployment when she had a job where she had been for 3 years. I said I sucked it up when my vacation time was taken away. Probably working from home is even worse than working inhouse. When working inhouse my mother was dying in another state. I had to find someone to come in and relieve me of my job so I could spend the last day of my mother's life with her - I was the only 1 working in my office at that time. Do not preach to me. I have been there before. Honesty sometimes is hard to deal with.
That is the truth! Maybe they should sm
all apply at the Q, work for slave wages and hate everybody! Sounds like a great mix huh?
Truth
Is it cyberbullying when the CEO of a company signs a post that way? Not guessing who it is, they signed it for crying out loud.
Okay, here's the truth
So I inquired about this and learned exactly ONE person moved from QA back to doing MT. That's hardly a trend. And it's hardly the downsizing of the QA department that it was made out to be.
Like I said, take these posts with a grain of salt. This proved to be another rumor-monger with half-truths trying to cause a panic.
They don't want the MTs to speak with SM
each other because they might share information on line rate, how easy/hard the accounts are and MOSTLY because they do have favorites who get flexible schedules, high line rate and cake accounts and they don't want groups of people emailing each other and discovering this.
speak for yourself
I have a friend who works there and makes over 75,000 a year.
Speak for yourself
I think you have it backwards. There has never been any mass exodus unless you consider 3-4 people a mass exodus. Actually, those 3-4 people might still be with the company if not for a certain someone who egged them on until they quit. This person herself stayed on for another couple of years trying to stir the pot with complaints about fabricated events. This person finally left a few months ago.
Crap happens, no matter where you are, who you are, or what you do.
Transcend is STILL a good place to work.
Too bad so many people don't have the wherewithall to actually work for a company longer than a few weeks before they come to false conclusions about a place and then quit.
speak for yourself
I have been an MT now for 7-1/2 years and make 50K. Not sure of how many babysitters do that in 40 hours.
I can't speak for everyone, but I like it here
I have a great lead, who is very knowledgeable, kind and even funny at times - and she tries her best to keep things running smoothly, and pleasant. I don't know how the other leads are, but I would at least give them a chance. I've got no complaints.
Did you really speak to him?
I was a one of those MTs who made 3cpl. If he denies that they pay newbies this amount...he is lying. If he denies that you have to wait a month or more to be paid...he is lying...unless something has changed.
I can't speak for anybody else,
but as far as these posts go, I use the same initials all the time, so no, I haven't posted multiple times under different names, but I do know of several people who quit this place because of the owners nastiness, and lack of work. Even a QA person quit who was getting paid hourly, in one week she had a total of 6 hours work, nobody can live on that. I was there eight months and they kept promising me work, but it never came. It's landmark and made up of disgruntled ex-MQers.
Can't speak for all MTs but I have been
MTing for about 5 years and looking to get out of this field. I do not want to be an old timer. I have found out that hard work does not always pay off in this field. I worked 7 days a week with this company because I was eager to learn the account, learn the dictators and bring up my line count. When my lines got into the extra money range -- BOOM - here come dictators that were not around previously. I'm sick and tired of the games MTSOs play and don't want to complain about the same thing 25 years from now. The other thing is this - they are looking for people to work the holiday with no incentive. As far as I'm concerned - let the owner of the company work. I'm tired of their games.
OBVIOUSLY I DO NOT SPEAK FOR EVERYONE...
Not everyone is smart enough to get out of a terrible work enviornment, and that is why they are still in business.
please don't speak for all of us
I have no interest in this company either, but I dislike board bullies who tell people what they should or should not post about. Another pet peeve -- responders with check the archives reply. We can post and respond to what we like -- we do not need people (besides moderators) patrolling these boards. Think Dwight on The Office . . . . you are he!
Can't speak for everyone else, but...
I got fed up with everyone bashing me for making positive comments! I love my job at Keystrokes. I have been here since January and am very satisfied with my primary account and my direct deposit paychecks.
I have answered several posters requesting information about Keystrokes, but, frankly, I do not appreciate the negativity I was shown in response from some anonymous posters. Therefore, I chose not to respond to this post - but I guess I did, anyway!
I can't speak for TT
but I use the cntr I feature where I work and what I see is what I get paid for, this already has headers and footers taken out, and I don't find anything amiss with it. I find it to be very fair and accurate. Guess every company has their own way of what they count and what they don't and is totally up to their discretion.
I can only speak for myself, but (sm)
I was told that my doctors would be about 50:50. That was 2 years ago. I have since added several backup accts that have more ESLs than the original one; but I have yet to encounter one where I had that bad of a time with it. Like the above poster said, you can pretty much figure out what they are saying by looking at samples; also, as someone else said, more than allowed # of blanks, give to QA. I wish I knew what this acct was everybody is complaining about (I'm thinking it might be the one I do). First initial of the place maybe? Can we do that?
I cannot speak for others, but I was .....sm
asked to go part-time. I basically lost all my benefits when I went part-time though. They worked with me for as long as they could, but we just came to an agreement and that is what I did. I am not sure what others have done though, so I would go to your supervisor and tell her your concerns and see what you can work out with them, as they tried their best to work with me, so they should work with you. Good luck. 
You speak for most of us
:)
Have to speak up here.
Amphion's accounts used various degrees of BOS and some none at all. In fact, there were accounts that required you to capitalize every drug, generic or name brand. They don't strictly follow the AAMT BOS, they follow their own rules, and many different ones at that.
That does not mean they do not speak clearly.
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please don't speak for me
we are ALL not in a sad state. and ya know what.... right now this is my dream job. I'm happy as a clam.
Speak for yourself. 50K is OK with me. nm
Can't speak for others, but
I've never even come close to running out of work. The platform is great, there's a fair amount of flexibility, and the people are absolutely wonderful. Webmedx was just named 2008 AHDI Employer of the Year -- and it didn't surprise me at all!
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, KEEP YOUR VR..NM
SPEAK FOR....
yourself. There is every arrangement from nuts to diapers in this industry. People need to learn to speak their own experience what happenned, not conjecture. In turn, let people speak their opinion and dont say they're so wrong. I have worked in manyh responsible jobs in m life... in hospitals. Nothing has come close to beating me up like this industry. And I'm working on it!
Well, at least they speak...
...the same language....sort of!
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