don't like ASR/VSR -- all work going that direction -- causing very low work situation for awhile

• Ok you Trans-Tech MTs give me the low down- I see you guys are hiring again - mt2mt
  • One word - OVERHIRE. - mLane
  • I'll tell you what I know sm - TT employee
  • don't like ASR/VSR -- all work going that direction -- causing very low work situation for awhile - You better pass on TransTech if you don't like
    • Plenty of BOTH on my end, I do traditional have plenty of work, always - Not so for all of us
    • ASR versus traditional - Easier

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horrendous and it would have been easier to retype reports than to correct them.  The MTs kept making the same mistakes over and over again.  They also had some accounts that ESL didn't come close to describing them.  I am very good with ESL and routinely transcribe 85-90% ESLs, but these were some of the worst I've every come across, plus the sound quality was pitiful. 

If you open your original post and towards the bottom click on related posts you'll find lots of info about SS as a company, that would be enough to help you decide if you want to work there at all.

sorry about type, but very, very upset with the TT has lost any concern/care for their MT's who make their paychecks for them.  Dictatphone doesn't pay you your salary, nor pay for your raises.  Your MT's allow your paychecks the remain the same and allow you to give yourselves RAISES.

Leads/sups, etc are transcribing OUR WORK now and we have none to little no paychecks to pay our bills.

You who are thinking of hiring on with TT better give some very consideration to your decision.  GOOD ADVICE.

This is utterly ridiculous -- NO WORK/LOW WORK.  It is not even the holidays yet.  D. giving the title of an email Census does not make that the reason for the low/no work situation at Transtech!  There are other reasons OTHER THAN CENSUS.  That is so sickening all the time.  The greatest need of us MT's is honesty from their employer --- from the very beginning of employment to the end!

Even a child could see through their excuses for NO WORK. 

Let me first say, that I have NEVER posted anything on these boards, but I just feel a duty to warn anyone else that may be in my situation with this company.  I want to warn all of your of this company.  RUN in the other direction.  GET YOUR OFFER IN WRITING!  I am someone who prides themselves on being detail oriented, always show up for work on time, and work commonly work over, and  I have 15+ years of experience.  I will post MY name, because I am not afraid of these idiots.  First off, I requested my offer in writing.  That email, twice, was never responded to.  All I wanted was to verify my pay.  For me, their offer was 10 cents a line, plus 1/2 cent a line for all work going through my exclusive account for which they also wanted me to manage, YET, they would NOT give me any way to see what the bi-weekly line count was so I could determine my what my paycheck was.  Would they screw me over????  You betcha, that's why they wouldn't give me an offer letter in writing.  They told me I would have no problem making 1400 every two weeks.  Would they give that to me in writing?  NO way!!  Just a verbal.  I wasn't asking for EXACT amounts, just maybe give me historically for the past two months what the line count has been on this hospital, so I would have a ballpark of my paycheck would be...NO WAY...  Melissa seemed like I was asking something ABSURD and told me she had never had this problem with anyone else.  What, it's a problem to ask what my paycheck will be before it's deposited????   Sure, I could do the line count on my own transcribed reports...by the way, which you can see below was not going to be much, since there were about 5 reports on the weekends to transcribe, which is why she put me on a lower paying account, with TONS of work.  OK, enough of that...

They rarely answer emails.  The regional manager is as unprofessional as they come.  A flake if you will.  Her name is Melissa.  How they keep customers is beyond me.  Their mode of transcription is ARCHAIC.   I needed 6 log in IDS, just to obtain patient information, at which time, I would have to transcribe the work in Word, save it by the patient name, the job number, the date, another system number, the doctor, and my initials, RIDICULOUS!!, and post the job to an FTP site, post the job in a payroll folder, and then, log back in and do the whole password garbage all over again.  All in all taking about 20 minutes to type a 3 minute report when all was said and done.  I might add, Melissa wanted me to work 7 DAYS IN A ROW, without a day off.  I swear to GOD, that's the truth.   She stated, Well, as a manager, you won't have to work full 8 hour days..  No day off people!

Please, do yourself a favor, and do not bother with these incompetent people.  Work for a national company that gives you a written contract, you work 5 days, have incentive pay for hard work, and are rewarded with technology that makes your work easier.  Please feel free to contact me at promedtrans01@comcast.net if you have any questions.

and inability to meet my payments that I have normally had no problem paying.  It is so disgusting.

Don't send me a Happy Friday email.  Send me some of your paycheck, mgmt.  Nor do I want to hear you guys ROCK!  If you mgmt people had no paychecks, you wouldn't be saying that, would you?

Your paychecks come from MT's -- NO ONE ELSE !!!  And YOU want to pay us 1/3 or 1/4 of our line rate for your crummy VR dictation.  What a disgrace !!!

knowing that they were going to lose MT's due to the recent strong enforcement policy that every MT going to VR and low PAY.   They hired early to take care of the loss of MT's due to this policy.

Most of their accounts were acquired through Dictaphone and are Dictaphone controlled!!!!  TT has picked up an account or 2 on their own, but most work is handed down by Dictaphone.

Of course, there is always TT mgmt's excuse of it being a holiday, doctors on vacation, low census at hospitals due to patient's not getting admitted due to a new year with insurance new deductible, and of course, that always EXCUSE of new accounts coming onboard (and NOT), but we can't tell you about it !!!!!

They are actually trying to get rid of MT's who have tried VR and did not like it, so are continuing to get paid their normal, low line rate by doing straight transcription, like we get a FORTUNE at TT anyway for straight transcription.  But mgmt has to find a way to keep their paychecks GOING UP AND UP . . .

I will share this about the MTSO I work for.  I called her late last Wednesday night after Church and told her I was compelled to help out with Hurricaine Katrina in some way and an opportunity arose for a small group from my Church to go to Louisianna this coming week.  Would she be able to cover my work.  She told me no problem without any hesitation and even donated money for the trip. 

And I am sure there are plenty of good companies out there to work for.  To compare us to migrant workers is just not right.

of months now.  They hire, lose account, hire again before new accounts comes onboard, then have overhired, having to put new MT's on the current low workload.