posting for the poll
Posted By: Rainagade_ MT on 2005-12-15
In Reply to: Dissatisfied MTs, post initials of company here - Michael
SS and also proud of it!~
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Poll: school vs. OJT, etc.
I was just curious....
How long have you been an MT?
Did you attend an MT school, or did you receive on-the-job training?
That's all for now. 
Poll/question
If you were offered a job working for a company run by someone in another country such as India at .27/line would you take it ?
can we poll Heartlanders? Who has a job yet and who has a job that is better than the old one?
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Best MTSO Poll
Who thinks they work for the best MTSO? Of all the companies, lets see who gets the most votes. I vote for Transcend.
That's why it's a poll :) . Trying to find out about
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Let's take a poll-which platform are
you using at WMX? Enterprise or Chartmatrix? I think that's where the problem is. I am thinking one side has no work and the other does.
Poll: Take or pass
After reading posts below here's the situation: IC at company presently for a while which has lots of work. Decided to take E-Trans plus for security of employee position. Husband provides benefits. After reading warnings below:
1. Take and try out anyway, despite the negative feedback.
2. Keep IC job and do as much as possible, as it has not been a problem there and no need to stir the pot.
Just confused and seeking feedback since new information has popped up on the board. I am like the newhire below and do not want to waste time if job no good! Thanks in advance for your advice.
ELECTION POLL
They are conducting a poll on the politics board. Please vote on it.
Poll question
As some of you may recall, I recently retired from MT. I was wondering if the companies y'all work for would be more likely to hire newbies if they had an experienced mentor working with them? I'm not trying to sell the service of mentoring but by way of explanation, I met a gal via the internet who is just finishing a course. I think she would make an excellent MT and I would like to help her. As we all know, a graduate of many of the schools don't have a snowball's chance of getting hired. I would appreciate your thoughts.
Taking a poll about VR
Do you use the mouse or the keyboard to maneuver through your VR documents? Which one do you think is faster?
MDI Poll: How many MTs have resigned since the
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the posting is the exact same posting as you read on the
job seekers board. It is under state boards
Poll -- or pole dancing
Sorry had to give you a bad time. All you are paying extra as an IC is 7.5% of the social security and you should be able to write off part of that. You need to look at both, see if the IC offers something to make up the 7.5% you will be paying. You also have to know that you have the capability of putting aside your own taxes and paying them if you do not have a husband that can overwithold them for you. But again if it boils down to the scare of the taxes -- you only pay 7.5% more as an IC for the social security. As an employee they withhold the taxes for you -- you still pay them.
POLL: Best Company You Ever Worked For!!
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Is the OSi I saw down further under the poll for the worst companies
the one in Atlanta? I just accepted a position with them and when I researched the archives, I saw good reports only about a month or so ago. Tell me this isn't the same one I am going to start working for!
Transcription platforms: A poll
What company do you work for?
Is your transcription platform easy to learn and easy to use? Do you have to go to multiple, multiple screens to enter data?
How much downtime do you experience a day? How many times a day do you have to work with tech support to straighten out problems? How many times a day do you have to either reboot or fix problems that occur that you have learned how to do yourself?
How many lines an hour or a day do you average?
Poll: Is your MTSO low on work (please name it).
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POLL: Which companies are currently using Voice Recognition
I am currently looking to change companies, and from the posts I have seen, VR does not seem to be too popular, with a huge cut in cpl, so I want to put those companies at the bottom of my list. 
Could everyone please list their COMPANY NAME and if they are
 Currently using VR
 Planning to switch to VR soon
Any comments about cpl, how long it took to get back up to previous pay, and if you like VR would also be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
POLL:Worst company you ever worked for and why?
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Poll: What % of base rate does your company pay for ME?
MQ - 70% of base rate for ME.
Poll: How long does it take your MTSO to cancel
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preference poll ~ DocQscribe or Extext
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First poll on what constitutes fair MT wages
The numbers are in from the weekend USMLSU poll regarding fair compensation for full-time US MT employees:
BY THE LINE: All work types
- $0.11 per line base starting pay for MTs with 10+ years experience and scores of 95% or higher on pre-employment testing.
- $0.095 per line base starting pay for MTs with 5-8 years experience, and scores of 95% or higher on pre-employment transcription testing.
- $0.085 per line base starting pay for MTs with 3-5 years experience and scores of 95% or higher on pre-employment testing.
BY THE REPORT - Radiology and Pathology
- $1.10 per report for plain film radiology, CT, MRI, ultrasound
- $1.25 per report for interventional radiology
- $1.25 per pathology report
HOURLY PAY FOR MANDATORY BABYSITTING NO OR LOW PRODUCTION ACCOUNTS
Hourly pay would benefit those of us who spend countless mandatory scheduled 8-hour shifts babysitting overstaffed, underproducing accounts with little to no transcription work to be done. As it stands now, in order to sit in front of our PCs for 8 hours doing little to no work (because there is none), in order to be paid for this mandatory idle time we must work weekends or night shifts to make up pay and quota for benefits, or request to use precious PTO time in order to be paid to sit idely for 8 hours to fulfill an unreasonable request promised to the client by the company:
- $18.00 per hour base MT pay to monitor an account with little to no work - 10+ yrs experience and 95% or greater on MT pre-hiring test.
- $15.00 per hour base MT pay to monitor an account with little to no work - 5-9 years of experience and 95% or greater on MT pre-hireing test
- $12.00 per hour base MT pay to monitor an account with little to no work - 3-5 years of experience and 95% or greater on MT pre-hiring test
Please email your comments/suggestions/opinions.
This was a limited poll. Post your comments on
the Initiative web site, which I cannot post here because they keep deleting it, so ask around.
The more voices that are heard, the more input received, the more realistic the figures will be.
The person that posted that there are union MTs making $28 hourly with full benefits must have typed that during cocktail hour. It's not happening any where, especially not for at-home MTs who are paid by production and paid nothing when there is no work.
Poll on ChartScript- Would you mind telling your likes and dislikes? nm
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What posting? (nm)
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posting over and over
One reason these people keep posting is that they have multiple openings and are looking for the right fit.
Thanks for posting this. I know where I won't end up!
Thanks for the tip. You can bet I will not be posting anything
 about pay scale again, LOL. I was just trying to share something good and it backfired. Oh well, that's what I get for being happy I guess.
there was a posting...
about how they may require you to purchase expensive dictation equipment and you would always be out of work.
they say only 2 out of 10 will actually be hired. i applied with them. They send you a tape to transcribe with simple specs. i heard from them about 3 weeks later, and of course i failed.
if you go for it, im sure you'll do better as i only have 1.2 years experience with radiology. good luck.
You could be me posting
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Posting (SM)
You obviously have not read the posting policies.
Company names can be used. It is individual accounts that cannot be discussed nor any information that identifies individuals at companies or otherwise. No company-specific information (i.e., internal memos, etc.).
I suggest you read the posting policies immediately. If you have any problems with any policy, you need to e-mail either myself (moderator@mtstars.com) or the Administrator (admin@mtstars.com). Either way, anymore of these petty complaints about posting poicies are going to be deleted.
in re of me posting
Are you on some kind of drugs? If not, maybe you need some. The original poster was only stating something that happened, you took it waaaay overboard chickie poo. Ease up. Life is short!
Thanks for posting! (sm)
If I am reading your post correct, it seems that the high producers would not triple their lines but someone transcribing lower lines would see a better increase. Does that sound about right?
One more question - what is your opinion on the platform for VR?
Thank you, again!
no one knows who is posting except to say....
website owners can see who is posting, see the IPS/DNS and what OS (operating system) many poster is on so this website CAN/COULD hold folks responsible for their posts.
Thank you for posting this!
They are advertising for radiology MTs and I was considering applying with them. Not gonna happen.....
Thank you all for posting. Appreciate it! nm
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Thanks for posting this. - nm
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There is more than one ME posting here :)
but I'm not one who believes your company is supplying work to Barbados.
Instead there is an *appearance* of mining the workforce there for a CHEAPER labor force than what you can find in the U.S.
Where are your 200 online students located? In the US?
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another posting...
I see this person has posted again today. Is there anyway to check if this is a legitimate company? It is kinda hard to tell with an aol email address
Thank you for posting that, SM
It sounds as if our experiences were very similar. I'm leaving at the end of next week. I can tell from your posts we were on the same large account.
I thought it was just ME. I was working hard too, trying to learn all the gazillons of doctors and locations, etc. and my line counts were in the toilet. I have 10 plus years of experience so I'm NOT a newbie. My DH and I figured I am making about $800/month less than I was a year ago at this time. Yep, it was THAT bad.
Oh, and nice people. Really nice people to deal with most of the time. However, nice isn't paying my bills!!
Anyway, thanks for posting, because it's really good to hear I'm not the only one! I feel so isolated working there.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I have seen someone posting they had 15
accounts in their profile and that they had no work a couple of months ago. Who in the world wants 15 sets of account specifics to deal with and hundreds of dictators.
I'm so glad I left Webmedx. I now have 1 account that has enough work for me to work 24/7 if I want to.
Thanks for posting
I was thinking to supplement or do 2 part time. I have used DQS and really like it, maybe just because I got used to it, I don't know. I just don't like the feeling of being at the mercy of having income dependent on only one source, especially when things slow down and everyone seems to have TAT of about 30 seconds anymore on what is there. Anyway, thanks again for the info!
Hey where did u see a job posting for them?
Maybe if i reapply and get rehired they will PAY me the several thousand they already owe me! Yeah right! Run as far away as possible. Seriously though, please share with us the hiring process because I guarantee you at least 9 people are on the lookout and are dying to know.
What does sm and nm mean when posting?
Trying to learn the lingo!
?? Who IS this guy, & why is he posting all this
Why does he think any of us CARE about office politics in India?
Posting here regarding this,
A lot of people have not kept their contracted promise, at least I gather that, because they now have the prn program where for a lower line rate you can work anytime you want and at any line count you want. Apparently, months ago a lot of people were not living up to their promise, and so they hired to compensate. Now there are those who do keep a promise and run out of work because of the lack of balance. So they put in this prn program so that those of us who do keep the line counts and promises have more work when the prn program kicks in. Problem is, how does an MT keep a full time line promise when work keeps running out. I plan on asking for as many accounts as possible to stay on because work is low everywhere at least from what I can see and this company is at least honest regarding pay and the essentials. I think that it is combination of MDI having to keep client contract with TAT, and the overhiring to compensate when already-hired MTs did not keep their promise. MDI is trying to make up for that now, don't know, however, if enough people don't leave or if enough new accounts are not won, if we will ever be able to all have work.
Thanks for posting that...
some MTs do not take pride in their work and it is so frustrating.
Thank you for posting this..sm
Very interesting. I doubt that anything will actually come of it, at least in the near future, but it sure is nice to see our concerns in print and backed up by a study.
Thanks for posting this
Thank you for posting this! I work for Landmark and I start working for Probity in January. It's nice to see the opinions of my two employers and I liked the opinions they expressed. Intersting article.
Thanks for posting...
I have never personally worked with you before, but thank you for posting. As MTs we have our own frustrations, but I think we sometimes forget that MTSOs are facing their own issues as well. I imagine it's not easy to balance keeping in TAT and not overhiring, keeping MTs happy and also keeping clients happy. There is a lot of behind-the-scenes juggling that goes on that we MTs never deal with. That's part of the reason I am an MT and have no desire to be an MTSO. 
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