on rereading I did say Ideal, didn't I??
Posted By: SoRry! my 2 cents - NM on 2006-07-10
In Reply to: Differences between reality and fantasy - my 2 cents - SM
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yeah, after rereading my posts they are kind of harsh.
and I am sorry for being harsh. I still have my opinion and will stand behind Transcend. But my apology is to JMO. He/she was the only civil one, debating more than fighting. I cannot bring myself to apologize to the other attackers, however, who were just as unruly as myself while hiding their names from the public.
I do agree with the above poster who said we should just let it go. We all seem to feel strongly in our opinions but we've hashed it out as much as it should/could be.
Sorry again.
Nor did I say Ideal
However, with posting as the administrator, even you are aware that people look to what you post as (for lack of a better term) a standard. You even say expect and doing a disservice. You said feel free to respond. I did. I simply pointed out that what editors may/should/wish to have in place and the reality of what is being offered - unfortunately - are different. I stated my experience and did not denigrate your post.
My ideal company would
not throw all their worst work on me because "nobody else can do it" or because VR, newbies or offshoring took all the easy stuff. These companies need to pay more if they expect us to fight our way through their worst dictators. Paychecks wouldn't be late. They wouldn't expect me to sit there for FREE on call waiting for work. Oh, yeah, check back every 20 minutes or so to see if anything's hit the server yet. I don't think so. I don't work for free or even for minimum wage. If I'm making less than $15 an hour with a company, I quit. I can clean houses, waitress or go back to my old career field for that amount.
Rate must be $.085 for employee or $.09 for IC at a minimum with raises following probationary period. I don't really care about benefits, but I like a 401k. Direct deposit is nice because I've had checks lost in the mail before. Pay every other week. I like to use my own equipment. Internet based platform that's user friendly. No download, upload, check here, look there, fax that, keep lists. No lying recruiters. No researching patient or physician information in four different places, then getting chewed out by QA when I couldn't find it because the doctor didn't even spell it. I don't like to be overwhelmed by so many emails and documents that you spend all your time reading without being paid. If QA is condescending or rude, they'll get the same in return. I won't be shouted at in all caps about somebody else's stupid mistakes. Flexible schedule. No long distance, C-phone or dial-up. Training doesn't matter to me unless I haven't used their platform before. However, I don't like to be just dumped on an account without so much as account specs provided. That's bunk, too. How am I supposed to figure out the naming convention and report type if they don't tell me? Also, everyone wants fulltime employees with evening and weekend work. That does not work for me, but I do have some flexibility to cover vacations and TAT as needed.
Yeah, I'm not one of those meek females who puts up with a bunch of bunk. I'm not so grateful to have a job that I'll allow myself to be walked on or ripped off financially. Probably why I haven't been able to find a job I'm happy with. I'm asking for too much, evidently. So I think I'll take some time off and start my own business. I don't know if it'll be MT or not, but I'm tired of being an indentured servant for lousy pay.
SE status is my ideal
Statutory employee status is my favorite. You still have to hold out some taxes yourself but not all, and you don't have to pay the self-employment tax that comes with being an IC. You also can deduct expenses like an IC but can't be held to a set schedule like an employee.
No medical/time-off benefits with being SE or IC, of course.
In an ideal world...
that might work, but in this industry, you know what the client will do? They will either implement an EMR system that replaces or reduces transcription or they will send their dictation to be transcribed overseas. The damage has already been done. The clients already know they can cut MT costs, and they now expect it.
In an ideal world...
that might work, but in this industry, you know what the client will do? They will either implement an EMR system that replaces or reduces transcription or they will send their dictation to be transcribed overseas. The damage has already been done. The clients already know they can cut MT costs, and they now expect it.
Yes, this is the ideal situation...
I work as an IC (not with MDI) and we self-QA. We are paid great because we cut out QA. MTs who cannot handle it are told to find work elsewhere. If you want to make really good money, you need to be able to self-QA and create accurate reports on your own.
No where in the post did I say that the figures were IDEAL.
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(??) The offers in MT have been "less-than-ideal"
Last decent offer I got for MT was in around 1979-80.
Been all downhill from there.
The slow times are ideal for trying out new jobs.
You can keep your current job and still have time to work toward learning a new job and becoming proficient before the work load picks up again.
Give it a few weeks and then make up your mind which company would be better.
Congrats! Sounds Ideal. Hope I find something just like what you did. NM.
I didn't say I didn't care, I just don't understand
why the sudden outrage over HL offshoring.
She didn't say they didn't offshore at all s/m
What she did say is that if the work needs to be done here, it stays here (paraphrased a bit, I think).
That is not lying and saying that they don't offshore work, as was stated by another poster above, but saying that if the client wants the work to stay in the US, they will keep it here. Sheesh.
She didn't say she didn't have a family. A family isn't just kids. sm
She also said she didn't have kids. Why do you think you're so much better BECAUSE you have kids? I am so sick of that attitude. I don't have kids, never wanted them, but have been discriminated against in jobs because of it. Everyone figured since I had no kids I could work all the time. I said NO! Just because I don't have kids doesn't mean I don't have a life or that my life is not important. 
BTW I work part time too. 
Thanks! Not sure why I didn't think of that
but that is what I will do from now on!
Thank you - I didn't know. :) nm
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Are you sure she didn't say she has been
a recruiter for years (not necessarily with Keystrokes)? Because I was hired at another company a number of years ago and she was the recruiter, maybe there was a misunderstanding?
I did all that and it still didn't come up....oh well
I think there is just trouble with imail. This happened to me the day before yesterday too. To get to the MQ board click on forums (left blue menu) then click on company forum, (you obviously did that) but then look to the blue menu on the left and now Medquist appears under company board and before offshore board. See ya there.
What $125? I didn't see anything like that.
And there's a charge if we return the computer before three months? I heard they were the absolute best company out there. I simply can't make a decent line count. I sent out three resumes on fulltime local nonMT jobs yesterday because I haven't been able to earn a decent steady income doing MT for a year now. I'm not going bankrupt over this. I don't see why it has to be this difficult. I'd be totally loyal, stay with a company, and move into a more responsible position if I could find the right company.
I didn't know that.
So those who are moseying along, getting in their 11,000 whenever, are making as much as the ones who work really hard to get their line counts into the incentive range?
I wonder if there are any other companies out there that reward mediocrity? If so, maybe it's time to lower my own personal standards to fit in with the new trend.
you didn't
Boy that was quick! Like I said, it was my oversight and I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions. You didn't deserve it.
I didn't get it either.
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I didn't think that was possible
NONE - no cable, no DSL? How can that be in this day and age. I only have 2 choices here - Comcast or Verizon DSL. Verizon is out for me and it is a drag when Comcast has outages all the time.
I do work on an a/c where I've worked using dial-up with Comcast down - uses Quadris with VPN server. Worked just fine on dial-up. No problem getting into VPN at all, and able to type & save reports quite well.
Another a/c - uses IDX with no VPN - didn't work w/o high speed.
Definitely can't use dialup tho for any voice files. Only for a/c's with phone dictation.
As to foot pedals - try eBay. Plenty of other sites where people are selling equipment.
If you didn't know before - know it now
They didn't used to, but they are going to now
they are starting up a pilot program offshoring a certain number of jobs per day to test the waters in what is pivotal to the industry. Yada yada yada. So they didn't before, but they will be soon. It'll come back to bite them in the you-know-what. A bigger threat to borderline MTs is VR.
When I was there they didn't pay for that
downtime, either. 
AND I didn't say she should be, I said
that everywhere ELSE I go they are falling all over themselves. If you had the experience I have, you'd know what I mean. And since I never talked to her other than to say You emailed me and told me to call you... and she said she'd call me RIGHT BACK, and those were the only words I ever spoke to her, I don't see where any attitude would come in.
I do know that any company/any hospital would be GLAD to have me work for them. I have received nothing but praise for my work. I have worked long and hard to gain the experience I have and it has paid off. I have had my own hospital accounts for years. I've never had to beg for a job; they are offered to me quite readily. Sorry if that bothers you.
Please tell me that you didn't (sm)
use this as an excuse not to pay them. This would certainly be reason enough to get rid of them, but I don't understand why you would not set their pay straight.
Didn't like it
I tried to like Amphion as well, but it just wasn't the company for me. I also hated the DI screen fill in and I found the clinic notes to be dull and not very mentally stimulating. I left within a month and I'm happy where I am now. The people are very nice but I also found the supervisors to be not very helpful.
No, she sure didn't. Sorry! nm
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Thank you..I didn't even get to the SM
part about how PROUD they are to low-ball on rates the way they do. Why such pride for driving down rates in the areas they do business? There are MTSOs out there who quote a FAIR RATE based upon their overhead (including the rates to pay good MTs) and Shapin seems to be quite proud of the fact that they quote such low rates to their clients to get accounts.
I didn't like it sm
When I worked there, it wasn't organized, ran out of work and the operations manager was pretty nasty at times.
Things may have gotten better since then, but I doubt it.
what the ad didn't tell you
On editing and transcription, you have to deal with logs and you don't get paid for them. You also have to fool with margins and all that extra stuff that takes time. I was there nearly a year and quit because I couldn't take the temper tantrums.
Sorry...I didn't know about no DD
I have been there longer than July, maybe they didn't take it away from those who had it originally when they went to no DD. BUT, even if I did not have DD, I would still work for them.
But, Wise-MT, your post was good. A good contrast between the two of us. Sort of * whole picture * type of thing.
Good Luck to you Sammy. I hope you find a place you like and who treats you well. We MTs sure ALL deserve that at least!
Did you consider that maybe she didn't
:)
I didn't see an ad
But they emailed me today about a position, so they are hiring.
I didn't know, thanks. sm
I haven't visited that board in quite a long, long time and thought it was mostly a general-topic board. But, you are right, it has a lot of topics pertaining to this subject.
Don't say we didn't tell you! (sm)
You come here enough and you can tell the few angry flamers and the sour grapes from the people who have genuinely tried these companies - go ahead - give them a whirl. I have looked and tested and compared companies for the last 6 months - and I have come here to report on some real winners (not) - I tested and was offered a position with SS too and I turned down because on the advice of someone here I asked some very pointed questions and was a little concerned about the lack of forthcoming answers... but to each his own. Good luck to you!
hmm.....why didn't
I think of that myself??
Didn't get cpl..
I didn't ask cpl because she said they use something called Netcare but in the last email she said they have an eScription account so I asked about that last night.
Didn't think of that, but since they are asking for a 2 x 2
photo it does sound awfully fishy.
also didn't tell ya
just about every report is 100% listen plus feedback required, you can't make squat.
Didn't think about
any of that, but you both have a point!
I said most likely not as many, I didn't say
it definitely would not.
They didn't pay me either!
I worked for this company for a short period of time and they never have paid me.
No, I didn't get one, but it is only a
matter of time I suppose, just goes to show they have no clue as to who is working for them, very disorganized company.
I didn't like it but...
I am an IC and like the flexiblity of that, so being on messenger and expected to fill an absolute shift even when ahead on lines didn't work for me. Pay was not that great, but the platform is good.
That's not to say they didn't say it to the OP.
We should be sticking together, not tearing each other apart. Shame on you for doubting what was told to this OP and others in this thread. If the shoe fits, then TT should wear it.
Wow, I didn't even know they
outsourced. Let me see if I can find out something for you. I'll call around. I know several people who worked at Presbyterian before as employees. Who do you work for if you don't mind me asking?
No I didn't. nm
I didn't say there was a job out there
there is peachy. What I said was that while MQ may work for you, it doesn't work for everyone. This person is looking for honesty and you can't honestly tell me that MQ treats everyone the same.
As for testing the waters, that's what I'm doing. I dropped my status about 2 months ago to PT flex to try out another company. My line count is almost where it needs to be to quit MQ for good. The pay is fair, not to mention much better, and I'm only on 1 account that stays pretty busy.
So sorry to have offended you and your peachy MQ world. I just thought the person asking the question deserved an honest answer.
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