common sense prevails .. ?
Posted By: CMT-me on 2006-01-19
In Reply to: Thank you - Desperate
Reading and understanding your frustration and not having a thing to do personally with Cymed save for hiring two people from there who never did much work for us before I had to let them loose, I would say to give it a try and form your own opinion. A lot of personal problems are laid at the feet of offshoring and I think that you need to form your own opinion. It doesn't take that long to find out what working for a company will be like and you have not given up an opportunity that might work for you because you listened to others. Ask the questions that concern you and really listen to what they tell you. Good, productive MTs are working and no matter what .. you will never know if you don't try it yourself and see where it leads.
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I have common sense thank you
If I didn't, I wouldn't have been able to do transcription for 15 years. All I wanted to know was info on a potential new job switch. I once again apologize. I don't frequent these boards ever and was just directed here by someone else.
common sense
tells me that my creations of Expanders are my own; the program may belong to the company but i feel i have made them and they belong to me. Granted, legal eagles may have their own angle. However, if i am moving from job to job, i'm not stealing, as i am not taking anything other than the generic word combinations i have created myself, not company secrets etc. Regardless of your opinion, if i have spent 10 years creating a file, and can move it with me, it is going!
Not sin, just no common sense
Nobody wants to work 7 days a week BUT to think you are going to start the job and work M-F and NO workends is a bit ridiculous and IMHO, ignorant. Work Five days a week can include Saturday and Sunday, you just don't want it to. What makes you think straight off the street you don't have to work towards anything; the better hours, the better dictators, the best pay? Those are the perks of working some place for awhile, not what you are entitled to straight off the street. Like I said try doing that at any other job or company and you will get nowhere. Why is transcription any different?
Anybody with any common sense would read that .....sm
And know it is somebody that has not had their fill of immaturity saying things that are not true.
I for one have watched whoever this is posting unforgiveable posts on this website and I can tell you, they have no integrity. It demoralizes our profession and they really should find something else to do. A lot of single parents depend on transcription to pay their bills and feed their kids and when they have to be subject to the kind of stuff that has been on here, it takes away their whole support system, which all of us need.
Speaking of common sense...
I already told you they do random audits on QA staff. Why are you still griping about this?
What happened to common sense?
When will common sense be introduced into the picture? Why are MTs blamed for a sick system? When will doctors and other dictating 'professionals' stop being regarded as Gods?
When I was working as a nurse, many of the doctors were quite reasonable, while others had to be put in their place. However, none of them could read our minds, and many did have to be properly informed that improvement was needed. For instance, back then, we needed to inform those with poor handwriting that hospital privileges would be revoked if they chose to not improve. Nowadays, I really believe that some of these dictators are never confronted. The client and MTSO put up with it and pass the stress on to the MT, with the MT then being graded with subsequent decrease in hourly production and hourly production pay. Does this make any sense?
It seems pretty clear to me that the sad state of affairs regarding quality has everything to do with spoiling the dictators/clients and abusing the MTs with requirements for production OR ELSE!! What quality of reports do companies think they are going to get when they combine a stressed out MT with a mumbling, stumbling dictator? It seems to me that the problems are at the source. Isn't this obvious to everyone?
How dare they apply a QA review process to the MTs, but not to the dictators?
In such cases, it is simply unfair to pay on production. At the very least, if we have to be paid on production, there should be an additional hazard fee for difficult dictators, a fee that is passed on to the client and paid to the MT. I know this would be difficult to enforce, because there will always be another MTSO ready to take over the account and spoil the client, offshore or onshore. It's too bad that an MTSO and client cannot have some kind of binding 'forever' contract, only to be broken in the case of extremely negligent service.
I like VR because it often provides clues whenever the dictator is subpar. Also, it has been part of my experience from the beginning. It may not have been as easy to accept if I had been doing straight transcription for many years prior to VR.
It's difficult to use my Expander with the VR reports. On the other hand, when the doctor speaks clearly and does not slow me up by such things as mentioning the names of consultants, which I cannot confirm no matter where I search, I am able to produce more lines on VR than on straight typing. My best VR hour so far has been 635 lines, but that was with a very clear doctor, and he was familiar to the VR system. I do edit VR word by word and my QA quality exceeds 99.5%.
It wasn't said you didn't have common sense.
I like your attitude...Common sense is so refreshing!!! (NM)
:D
It is a common
phenomena that QA is inconsistent in any company. One QA gives 100%, the next one gives 75% accuracy, and worse you can get 25%. They ought to standardize QA. Hey what about a QA checking another QA's output...hahahaha....to kinda bring them off their pedestals.
how common is it to not
hear back after resigning (with notice) ME/MT position? What do you do, send another note? Not say anything?
Thanks a lot,
Brit.
is this common?
nm
this is very common
I spoke with one person who was looking to incorporate VR into his business (his parent's business has been operating for about 15-20 years, and he is trying to upgrade them). He said that doctors just don't dictate correctly for VR to work properly.
I know that I had the same problem you had. Did you also notice that the company pays less with Edit mode than typing, so it takes you longer to do to the work and you get paid less, and the company keeps more? It behooves the company to keep the VR; it puts more into their pocket and less in yours, without them having to deal with the headache of making sure the reports are right.
That's more common than you might
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It's more common than you think.
My sister has a lot of medical problems, including hemophelia A. It is very rare for a woman to have this, but she has it none the less. Anyways, pharmacies have frequently messed up her medications. One time it was the hospital pharmacy after she had surgury. That mistake could have lead to life-threatening complications. My point is that these kinds of mistakes are more common than you think, and patients need to be very proactive with their care.
It is very common
From my recent interviewing process with a many companies, it is very common. I am not meaning the templates that we individually create in our expansions but rather any charcters/heaings, etc. that automatically populate on the screen when you enter a job. I personally can understand not paying us for those characters are technically we did not type them. I just don't understand with the subtracting thing when we do not use them and have to delete them
Sorry to jump in, but it really IS common
sense not to post account info or patient names. Yes, the rules of posting are plastered everywhere, and any Transcriptionist of 15 years should know NOT to post private client names anywhere. So, you are arguing and looking more silly.
Try sbcglobal.net - it's a common ISP.
I think it's a typo.
Again, there is no such list that is common to
MTSOs that I am aware of. What one company might do, I have no idea. From where did you get the idea that I am the Merriam Webster of the MT world. I don't believe I said it. I gave you the facts as I see them and as I know other recruiters see them. Some of us wish there were a list, but no there is not.
What one private MTSO might have said to you definitely is not something that is common to all MT services. If it is, to be honest, it would not really be legal or fair.
An MT working for one company might not be a good fit for a number of reasons yet be a perfect fit to another.
No one here proclaimed to be any Merriam Webster of the MT field, but you sound like you think you think you are the MW of the hiring industry. You just do not have the facts apparently at all and from what I am reading, you are basing your assumption on a statement that was made to you and by what one MTSO posted here at this site.
One thing I have learned is not to trust everything that I see here or on any other MT site. What I know is what I know to be fact or let's put it this way, what is fact as it pertains to my company and what I know to be fact from several others.
So, if there is a list, it is not common to all companies and if it were, it would not be legal.
I know there are some companies whose idea of ethics rate right with the potty and if this type of thing is done, then that rates right with the potty because there are quite a number of reasons why an MT might not work with one company and that very same MT might be gold to another.
Fair is fair and in that arena, I have not seen too much going on that is not fair to the MTs. If it existed, I certainly would not be doing this job. I will not do anything that I feel is not proper and that would be something I consider improper.
Common practice?
Is it common practice now days to type 4 different accounts - 7 different work types in one 8 hour shift? I'm experiencing this as a FT employee for a well known company - Other than this, the company is wonderful ....this has given me great experience, but my pay has decreased.....Do I need to suck it up and keep pounding away or look elsewhere? Any advice appreciated!!!
RE: Common practice?
Suck it up. You really do not have a problem.
Not common, and not productive..
I also worked for a well known company until last November when they were gearing up for their GREAT changes at the beginning of this year. I went from having my main account that I had typed on for five years, and one backup account that I was also very familiar with, to having six accounts and almost no work on my former primary account. I was unable to produce the minimum line count, and they never gave me any time to learn the accounts, training pay for new accounts (yes, they used to do this), etc. After the first pay period I didn't make my minimum line count, I got bumped to statutory status and my benefits were gone. I had to find another job.
Working for another national would be my absolute last resort if anything happened to my current job situation. If people don't know who you are, it's easier for them not to care about you.
Well... it is common knowledge
that the whole QA department is the laughingstock of the industry. What a joke... unbelievable. They wrote the book on inside politics. You never get promoted with this company unless you are in the right clique. Truly the blind leading the blind. Coordinators aren't even that bad. QA department in a league of its own. Now that I'm gone I can look back and laugh - really laugh. LOL LOL
Don't you think this is pretty common?
I haven't really found a company out there that doesn't hire whackos that may not even be MTs for management positions. Now Im not saying that they are all bad, but it does happen. There is often very little communication and a lot of misleading. Like the scenario of everyone starts at 7.5 cpl base pay, some of these are making this, some not. MT 1 comes along and makes 10 cpl, and then MT2 makes 8 cpl. MTs have got to be the most poorly treated of all employees from every line of work there is out there.
How common is Pay Period at net 30?
Was made offer to start with a company, have to work 30 days, then pay is net 30! That's 2 months without income. How common is this? I know they're are not going to pay until they get paid. Yikes!
This is getting silly now. Please use your common
Volunteering is not illegal in and of itself. Let's see, I could volunteer to bake donuts for a PTA cake sale. But if I volunteered at home to bake donuts for the local bakery to sell daily, that would be illegal. Bakeries are regulated and have to meet rigorous health dept codes, etc. If you're a putz, you can volunteer to transcribe for an MTSO, but again, it has to be set up professionally, and NO I am not sure that it is legal to work for free. I can't go into ShopRite and volunteer to work for the day stocking shelves. What if something happened while I was working there? Slip and fall? It just isn't legal. Then you compare volunteering to an internship program. Apples and oranges. Of course, an internship program is a different entity and whoever was running one would already know all the legal guidelines and have them in place. But, NO you cannot transcribe medical records on a volunteer basis while someone else farms you their work on an informal basis, while they get paid for it, submitting it to someone else who hired THEM, not YOU, to transcribe it. Its called subcontracting, and its a legal matter, not like volunteering to walk somebody's dog for them while they are on vacation. Please, please consider our career a profession.
I know. Is it too much to ask for a little common courtesy!
Many times I ask myself why I stay in this business because I feel it is one of the most under-appreciated, disrespected professions to be in. I don't understand why they don't have a whole course in med school on transcription practices.
I mean come on - have some common decency. How hard can it be! Is it too much to ask for:
No loud noises in the background!
No shuffling papers!
No saying 2-3 words and sitting there for 30-45 seconds!
No ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh!
No repeating yourself over and over!
Dictate ALL of the dadgum demographics!
Spell unusual names of people and places!
Include first names of physicians (especially when you know there are 3 doctors with the same last name in your hospital)!
Say diagnosis for 1 and diagnoses for more than 1!
Don't have a several-minute conversation with someone while dictating!
Say who you are!
Don't mumble!
Speak clearly and at a regular pace!
People hear what we do and think it's so easy! NOT! We are definitely underpaid for the crap we have to put up with!!!!
Okay, I'm done venting (for now) LOL.
That is another common comment
I spent years, since 1973 to 2002 working outside the home, yes never got to work at home until outsourced. Why would I not be really happy now- plus the fact I no longer have to work long, long hours, 60 plus an hour when I had family I had to provide for and not working the rest of my life away in itself is a very big plus.
Use your expander for common phrases.
Then all those phrases are correct. But you need to look back and make sure what you expected to expand did, so you are constantly checking back even as you continue to type.
My mentor made me do it, and it works.
That is totally normal and common.
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One common theme from so many posts below
regarding any transcription company - as MTs, we are not the company's friend. Even if you work for a small MTSO with 1 owner and 2 MTs, when it comes to business, you are not friends. A business owner is in business and will make decisions based on their business - and if that means a decision that will benefit them while not benefitting the MT, its still their right and 9 times out of 10, the owner or company is going to make the decision that serves their own best interest. With all these companies and rumors and dark whisperings of offshoring, losing accounts, whatever - Yes, figure that its true and make your decision as an MT based on YOUR needs - your family, your situation and bag the emotions forever. I think in this industry that is a common issue that allows MTs to be taken advantage of - perhaps because we are remote, we are so trusting and/or naive. We don't want the rumors to be true, we don't want our account to be lost, we don't want change. Again, having done this for 30 years, looking back, every rumor was true, every horrible thing did happen, and yet here I am and I'm fine. But I suffered terribly years ago when I stupidly believed that each MTSO was my friend and cared about me and my family. That was my only mistake. Once I dumped that emotional baggage, I've been fine. Keep informed as best you can - read different boards, compare messages - if the company has stock, watch the stock, sign up for Google alerts - whatever you can do to keep informed. When you learn something important, keep it to yourself and make your moves. Why warn 30 other MTs when an account is leaving? Settle yourself first and then give warning - chances are no one will believe you anyway! Remember - the messenger always gets killed with the message! But we must all toss emotions aside and never, ever combine feelings of friendship and that sort of loyalty with MT work. Never. Just check out the Main Board - how many poor women have posted about working for a friend, and getting stiffed for $$ in the end, or how many MTSOs have hired friends only to get taken advantage of? It just doesn't work, and don't take it personally. Business is business. We want to be considered professionals, we need to act like professionals. Its a sad state of affairs but reality in the USA that employers are never our friends. Period. 
Its common when a company supplies
The two I've worked for that supplied computers monitor usage and especially monitor if you're using it for any non-work related surfing. They also reserve the right to come on remotely and check your system for any problems, security violations, unauthorized hardware/software additions, etc. It is their property so I guess they have the right to say how and when it gets used.
It's common policy. If you want pay, go inhouse or
Usually, you get holiday differential if you work a holiday but workers paid piecemeal production don't get hourly compensation for work not produced, unless it is their own earned PTO.
they lack common courtesy
unfortunately
It's common forum language...
It means: I totally agree. 
Oh it is not common forum language...
While some of these problems are common at many places, sm
Ending up with a negative line count is not. RUN!!
This is very common for any type of employer these days
unless you are applying at a credit agency, bank or as a car salesman! Seriously, no one here could have worse credit than mine and I've had to allow credit checks for several companies, including MT, and they mostly just use it to verify your home address and credit activity compared to what you list on your resume.
Common for doctors to correct MTs mistakes
I posted this on the MQ board by accident...
I am an IC and have doctors (but one in particular that does it the most) correct other peoples transcription mistakes while they were dictating ..It doesn't happen all of the time, but when it does it's pretty harsh ..and it even embarassed me and I knew that I wasn't the one that made the mistakes!! My face turned red a few times (not just by the mistake, but how the doctor would say it/react)!! Or leave little sly comments (which I have to note) for the transcription company. Not to mention how insanely strict they are, as they go over EVERY SINGLE REPORT with a fine tooth comb and if you have an *a, of, to* out of place (that doesn't even come close to changing the context)... your boss/you/one of the other MTs hear it.
Is this common? I am beginning to feel very belittled by this. It is just to the point where I am so paranoid that I am human and might make the smallest mistake. My production is really showing it. 
Not common and I think a bit abusive as it prevents you from getting the lines you COULD be
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You may never - seems this is common from this company - how unprofessional & rude
for MT: This is also common forum language: 'MT YAS
Guess what this is?
It is a common feature of message boards
It's a little flame, and it appears when a post has been viewed a certain number of times making it a hot topic. The exact number of views is determined by the management of the message board.
ha!!! I knew it. I QA'd a few reports and every common phrase was wrong.
DISGUSTING!!!!!
Is it common to send a copy of ID and S.S. Card for IC position?
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They won't. It is common for a company to be bashed into the ground once it seems people are hap
I knew it was going to happen once I saw the positive posts about Keystrokes. Some people obviously get sick thrills from stirring the pot.
I hope they're happy now. I am sure Keystrokes will miss out on some great MTs because they won't apply due to the posts that have been put the last few days.
Can't anyone accept that there really is a good company out there?
I agree. Bad supervisors are common at Spheris it appears. NM.
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It is almost common place to say No to request to contact current superv. (sm)
I always put No - they may not contact my current supervisor. Don't want any inuendos or implications mucking up my current job OR my job prospects. I have also put NO regarding former employers. One in particular I left because she couldn't pay me and we did have heated words. If the company wants references, I'll choose them, not vice versa.
This is pretty common. From what I have seen, a lot of recruiters work from home not from the offic
The company that I work for has just pulled recruiting in to the office. Our recruiter was wonderful, and we had many compliments about her. The problem is that the office is where everything is in terms of paperwork, schedules, etc. The need for additional transcriptionists on an account often goes through the office first, the need to replace someone due to termination or resignation goes through the office first, etc. Our recruiter did great with what she was given (and was very, very organized) but we made the decision to pull it in house for control over paperwork, schedules, etc.
We have had a few complaints that she conveyed information to them that was not correct or a little too rigid, but that was because she was 1500 miles away and if something happened in the office to affect that, the information was not always conveyed real time. With everyone in one place, it is easier to hold discussions, compare resumes and have everyone on the same page.
Our recruiter was salary, not paid commission on hires. That might make the difference. Either way, I doubt that a recruiter would purposely mislead someone as that would cause rapid MT turnover which would then send up red flags.
Believe it or not, companies want to KEEP their transcriptionists, not have revolving door!
Is it common practice for companies to disable the cont.I function?
Does that necessarily mean anything?
Huge employee turnovers and struggling to get your lines seems to be a common theme.. No thanks.
I think I'll pass on that. I have worked for a hospital before and I never had to pay for any physical, background checks etc..
I have not posted anything wrong. It is common knowledge that Keystrokes does not send work offshor
Now I know why so many people do not like these boards. I did not write anything bad or over the top. I simply stated facts. I agree with the others and will now observe but not post. This is craziness here. If someone asks a question, I guess they would rather have answers from those that do not know the real answers. Call the company if you have questions from this point out. The phone number and web site are not secret.
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