holy smokes .. shoot me!
Posted By: CMT-me on 2006-10-06
In Reply to: What a sad attitude about professionalism. - sm
I talk to people daily about transcription and I could not agree with you more .. what a sad state for professionalism. You could be in the cellar transcribing in your undies, but I do not need to know this and most of the hard working MTs out there who daily do make a difference are offended by the visual. Working remotely is not a given, but it is a boon to people with children, with disabilities, with limited access to a strong job market. It does not mean that you do not take what you do seriously and that you give it your best. I am so fortunate where I am to have a great team of people who work hard, turn around good work, keep their end of the bargain we make, and appreciate that they have a great situation and respect themselves for having achieved a great account, good pay, good feedback and employee status with good rates and benefits that are very affordable. My intention is to keep it that way and thank heavens mostly I have my wits about me and choose carefully and well. Our MTs are professionals and we thank our lucky starts for them each and every day. The interesting thing is that I think that a recommendation for someone to come to work with you is the most sincere form of flattery and while we add to our ranks, I am getting so many referrals from our own MTs.
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Holy Smokes! That is high. That is what I was quoted for private ins.
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We don't want 2 shoot U now!
Sounds like you've been thru it! Good luck away from those people...yuck.
Shoot me an E here then
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Well shoot me....didn't know
Like I said...I have never been here before and I DIDN'T KNOW. So I apologize for whomever I offended, freaked out, whatever. I didn't come on here to be attacked. I have enough stress as it is. I came to ask a simple question and I didn't KNOW I did anything wrong. Can you back off now?
A crap shoot
Trust nothing from Spheris. You could luck out and get a decent manager and account, but it's a crap shoot. I don't have enough time, energy, or room to describe that circus. I can't believe most of them can sleep at night. Certainly you could find a few nice people and accounts to make your life tolerable, but suffice it to say, the culture is atrocious. I don't believe I ever received a straight answer from anyone in that place about anything of an important nature, and usually, the inquiries are just blatantly ignored. They could give a rip about the quality that goes to the client which made me crazy. Everyone is managed en masse. The platform I worked on was friendly. I can say that.
Shoot for at least 13-16 min an hour so you get at least...
$15 an hour. I make $19 to $25 an hour. It took me time to get to that amount and I had to get used to the account and set up my shortcuts, etc. Believe me, those minutes add up fast. You would have to type about 230 lines an hour every hour to make that on 8 cpl.
well then shoot yourself in the foot!
I'm telling you, these people are as honest as they come. I see the problems posted here, but one never knows all the details behind the post either. My experience says they are great to work with.
It's basically a crap shoot, IMO
It sounds like you have a good impression of both companies, but the one seems to be more organized than the other. Go with your gut. I find that's a tactic that usually works well for me.
Good luck. Hope whichever one you choose you end up liking it there.
They are so busy! I would shoot Deb or Wendy an email
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The recruiter was on vacation last week. Maybe shoot
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Shoot, I wanted them to start picketing SM
outside the hospital and telling all the patients their work is going overseas - then I want them to find out the hospital has contracted with a service using only domestic help.
They've been sheltered in the hospital's arms for so long, they thing outsourcing means offshoring. Come join us in the real world, dears, you have much to learn!
So what should she have said oh holy one?
NM
holy cow!
so many of you who responded woke up on the wrong side of the bed today - or are you always this nasty? She is asking a question on how many of you do work every weekend and how you do it. She turned down the job so why are you so quick to crucify her? To the OP, there are still companies out there that do not require a commitment to every weekend and some that require no weekend commitment and even some that require no commitment to any set hours, like a true IC should be. I know because I work for one. It took me some time and research to find the company that met my needs, but they are out there. Keep looking; you will find the one that is right for you, too. If this one doesn't offer what you want, you did the right thing in turning them down. Stick to your priorities and good luck to you.
Let me check my paperwork and I'll shoot you an email. NM
I usually shoot off an e-mail when I have to make a quick trip
unless it will take longer than 10 mins or so. I live in a small town so nothing takes much more than 10 mins! They have NEVER micromanaged me and I highly doubt they will ever start unless I start to become some sort of slacker, which I won't.
Holy Guacamole!
That's rather pricey! Is their pay scale such that insurance is in fact affordable? Not being sarcastic... just curious!
Holy moly! Thanks for that!
I hope you don't mind if I use it my own self! There are a lot of questions in there I would NEVER have thought to ask.
You might want to ask about shift differential for evenings/nights/weekends, holiday pay, OT pay, whether OT is ever available and/or is OT ever mandatory. I don't like ASR so I'd ask something about whether they were moving towards more ASR. I can't think of anything else ATM.... Thank you for the great ideas!!
HOLY MOLY
I had no idea. WOW!
Shoot scuse my typos...tired...bad docs...long day...
 
Personally, I would raise holy
bloody blue .. but I have to agree that with automation today there is no excuse for not having direct deposit. Then, to have to pay for it to be late .. I would be a mental case! UPS rides the men, apparently they are not the tightest ship in the business any longer. The Christmas rush was never an excuse before, it was when they shone .. lousy service seems to have an intrusive and pervasive effect on everything these days. As for him being offended .. after 35 years there is nothing you could say that he has not said himself .. often! Merry Christmas .. I am so sorry they failed you.
Holy never-saw-that-one-coming Batman!
Whoever you are anon....thanks for sharing that. I honestly had no idea and it really makes me sad. Looks like our grand formage needs his hiney paddled. So totally not behavior becoming of any company in this day and age.
Holy McMollee! Unreal! nm
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Holy Cow!!!! Are you serious??? What is wrong with people??
Are you sure it wasn't in New Mexico, although not much different clientele. Wow.. I'd be moving on and telling them to lose my number.
Holy crap - one heck of a cut . sm
One of the reasons I first went with WMX was the 35 hour work week for FT with bennies. They stopped that.
The health insurance was decent, but if you chose to use it and had the option of another policy available you had to pay a penalty/fine or whatever they call it.
The ASR rate was better than other companies - now they fixed that.
I guess they will do away with our 12 hour windows next. Though I understand now everyone even has those.
I was disgruntled when I worked for MQ, but they did cut our wages in a more gradual manner.
This is a HUGE percentage and right here going into the holiday season. --
We are all going to have to hit it harder to make any money at all. You think work is short now --- just wait.
My, aren't we the Holy One. Talk about judgemental and
condescending. What makes you think you know c_p about everything? I didn't *settle* for anything, honeybunch.
Holy cow..$900..they obviously are not contributing to their employee's insurance.
That is just outrageous and one of the worst I have heard being offered. At that rate, they can go get their own plans for half the price. I had applied but never mind..I pay $360 a month now for family insurance and 9.5 cpl..so forget them..
Holy Cow -- all 3 of my accounts have work. One even OT. The secondary (sm)
one had been particularly low for weeks now and today there is a massive quantity. I wonder if maybe that hospital was trying out another service and just sending us a small amount. Whatever the reason, the work, at least for now has picked up greatly.
We are having KFC for supper so I can get in there and get a few of those OT lines while they last.
Hope everyone else is having good luck with their accounts also.
Holy crap, that's awful. This has all be enlightening. I'm doing more reserach,
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Holy $&@! No wonder it is not cost effective to do VR. I make double that sm
for VR/ASR at WMX.
Holy Brown Stuff. Is that reliable info? (nm)
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Jewish high holy days begin at sundown tonight.
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