probably not what you wanna hear, but (sm)
Posted By: me on 2005-07-15
In Reply to: Opinions? - Sandra.M
MQ offers all that you are looking for. For employees, they provide equipment, pay half of your Internet or phone, whichever format you use, have reasonable benefits..though I do not get them-another story, fair pay-on time no less, regular raises, and steady work. I sound like a recruiter but I'm not, I'm just an MT who is very happy with MQ. My advice would be to give them a try, what have you got to lose? Good luck, whichever way you choose to go!
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Ha, wanna hear something really funny
I left them for another job and then was going to get rehired part-time. They called me and said they couldn't rehire me part-time because they found out that the day I quit, I was actually going to be let go for not doing a good job! I said, what are you talking about, no one ever said anything to me. Then Lee sent me an email saying that it was a big mistake and never mind. Then the account I was going to go on was going to be starting up in a week, then a month, then I never heard another word from them! Then Karen called me quite a while later and said they had an account coming on and she would call me the next day to get set up. I said okay for the extra work. No call, ever. I decided that enough was enough and that things would never change. I see by current posts things still haven't! Ha. Go figure!
Also, I was quite offended as I have never been let go from anywhere and have never had a complaint about my work. But then I had to remember who the source was and just let it go.
If you wanna hear from them, you gott BUG THEM!!!!
Send an e-mail to HR off the website... Do this daily until you hear from them.
I did take the test and sent in resume at same time though. I kept bugging them... I said I would like to know how I did on my test and if they received my resume and how I could not wait to work there....
Now I work there.
I wanna be you!!!!!!!!
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I'm not a disgruntled MT wanna-be. I'm
and she's a suspicious, condescending, controlling person. She doesn't like anyone she can't keep under thumb.
It's no different discussing her than discussing companies.
Go away if you don't like it, Laurie. We see your rose-colored glasses -- they have a fracture in the lenses, dear! LOL
Nah, but don't wanna name names. nm
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wanna warn us on who that was? nm
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You might wanna check with HR
I thought the same thing. I was told by HR there is a credit given to offset the difference.
wanna macro
Hi, If anyone has keyboard steps to set up a macro for speech to delete a period and replace it with a comma and one space instead of two, I'd love to hear from you. Also, the reverse would be good. I'd like to deleted the comma, place a period and have two spaces afterwards instead of one. I got the code on Productivity Talk from Ed Webber, but it was like reading Greek; I was lost! Or, it someone knows of a book I can purchase to learn to do these macros, that would be good too! Thanks to any who reply!
Hey I wanna get padi more for less keystrokes!
you definitely wanna pick TransHealth
constant workflow. Good accounts. Good pay. GOOD PEOPLE.
Don't wanna run out of work? Beware of OSI's ad
They can't keep people on that clinic account because they are ALWAYS RUNNING OUT OF WORK since the work is offshored to India! 
JLG'ers wanna take a bet on which day checks
and the 10th is on a Friday ?? Maybe on the 15th??? Still no word on DD??
Do they still use DOS software with a dial-up modem? You don't wanna do that! nm
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I don't wanna put words in the company's mouth
because I don't know if the insurance type/coverage varies from state to state or not. I have to provide insurance for both my husband and I (through DeVenture) and well, that does take a bite out of the ol' paycheck I must admit. However, when I was getting just coverage for myself, so long as I made 7000+ lines a week, they paid 90% of the cost, and that wasn't too shabbyof a deal at all.
Yeah, ya might wanna learn to read there.
Where did I say I didn't make my line count? Geeze, sure hope you're not an Editor with those eagle eyes there.
Seriously, name one thing I mentioned that's not true.
FYI, Spheris has MT formus where folks can discuss things amongst themselves. All of the issues I brought up have been bemoaned on the boards. Just passin' on the info, friend.
Lighten up.
You might wanna look down a ways. BrokeMT can't seem to get paid by them.
I'm pretty sure she is not going to recommend them.
Wanna work for an hourly QA position?
1. The reason it is hourly is so they can pay you on a 1980's pay scale. It is nothing more than bait to use as an excuse to pay you less.
2. Many hourly QAs tend to dump jobs they don't want for someone else to do the dirty work. The high producers who care about their work end up doing most of the work.
3. If you get paid by the line you make at least 50% more. I left an hourly QA job about a month ago for one that pays by the line and I doubled my income within two weeks. By working on the long jobs other QAs don't want, I make a lot of money.
4. Hourly QAs make about half of what good MTs make.
5. QA in general is one of the most thankless jobs around. I left MT for QA so I could share my knowledge. What a joke. The MTs argue with you and never stop making the same mistakes. Not only did I lose a lot of income, I hated coming to work every day to get the same reports from the same lazy MTs and then get nasty emails from the same MTs. I got stuck with the jobs the other hourly QAs didn't know how to do or didn't want to do. Why should they care? They get paid no matter what.
Don't accept job unless you wanna work for free
Your right DIT ONCE was a great company to work for..That was when Donna Dana had ownership in and ran the company..DIT has continued to pass bad checks since about October of 2008. Oh yeah, they say you will get paid..and they do send out replacement checks...but they bounce also...They have changed banks three times...I could go on and on as well as MANY others...There are MANY, MANY emails circulating from employees or former employees about these issues. They are JUST about to get themselves in legal trouble as there are MANY lawyers who have been contacted on this and are working on this issue...It's is a very sad situation for what was once an AWESOME company to work for..
Don't accept job unless you wanna work for free
Your right DIT ONCE was a great company to work for..That was when Donna Dana had ownership in and ran the company..DIT has continued to pass bad checks since about October of 2008. Oh yeah, they say you will get paid..and they do send out replacement checks...but they bounce also...They have changed banks three times...I could go on and on as well as MANY others...There are MANY, MANY emails circulating from employees or former employees about these issues. They are JUST about to get themselves in legal trouble as there are MANY lawyers who have been contacted on this and are working on this issue...It's is a very sad situation for what was once an AWESOME company to work for..
Anyone that applied with Kathy Kirby hear anything yet? I am wondering how long it takes to hear a
response back
There's an old saying in life, justme- a wanna-be public defender...
it's better to be silent and be thought of as an idiot, than to speak and remove all doubt. Now, you removed all doubt....
I wanna think that OSI has an ad up stating that now have benefits for part-timers..Other than that,
I do not think many do. Everyone was saying how Wedmedx did, but when I checked into it, their idea of PT was like 35 hours or something, but I could be wrong and I do believe they are also fairly rigid about those 35 hours. I think anyone that offers health insurance is going to ask for a fairly strict schedule and probably FT but you never know. You might also check into your local hospitals. I know they do have insurance and usually pretty good for PT.
Wanna share your words of wisdom on who these companies are so we can be spared...
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Wanna give the rest of us instructions on how to make a line count like that, aside from doing all
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I said MAY NOT hear, didn't say you wouldn't hear. There is
a difference, and many people have said they knew they didn't do well on the tests, but still feel like they should have heard from companies and haven't.
Thank you, Spheris recruiter! Anybody wanna place a bet that there are lots of Spheris
HELP WANTED ads on the job board?? So funny!! Out of the blue, Spheris, we love you!! Lets all run and apply NOW!!
Just wanna work in Word - need company that works in WORD! nm
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Hear, hear! (Or is it 'here, here?') LOL
Thanks! I'm glad to hear that, I didn't think anyone used it anymore! I'm glad to hear so
I'll definitely check them out!
Hear, hear! Read My Opinion's opinion.
Regarding Wondering's question, the company I work for is investing strongly in upgrading its MTs' and editors' skill levels (exactly what this says about need for us for ten years down the road I can't say). This morning I found an e-mail saying they would pay every one of us to attend an on-line class on making Expander macros to increase our productivity. Amazingly, I have to assume many employees were choosing not to attend the unpaid ones they had been offering...
I hear you.
And it ticks me off that they refer to these people as "medical editors." If these people are medical editors, where are DC notes sent now, to GOD?
Just seems to me they're trying to reel people in by pumping up their egos, offering them jobs as "medical editors," when in fact they probably wouldn't qualify for job as a legitimate medical Editor with any other company.
Lofty titles don't mean much if your wallet is empty. 
Would like to hear from other ST L MTs...
Hi, would love to network with St Louis MTs... I'm about an hour south... would love to work directly for the hospital, tired of services!!!
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I hear you there.
That's also the ONLY reason I stuck with them. I have kids at home, at college and a husband who travels and makes a hell of a lot more than I do. Guess whose schedule is always getting stepped on through no fault of my own....that's right mine. And once I go live on DEP where they can track my every move I don't want to spend every day avoiding my phone. And I NEVER received any questionaire from them asking what my needs were. And I answered the phone and it was just to tell me the packet was in the mail.e
From what I hear about OSi
it is the same as always, amazingly unqualified people in charge but if you don't mind that and the fact they send jobs overseas while some MTs sit here twiddling their thumbs go for it.
Because you will never hear the same
If you can't learn their voices and genuflections, how can you build up speed?
Since when? From what I hear,
...
I hear you!
I can't seem to make any money on this platform and I've been here almost 1 year! The dictators are horrible -99% ESL.
Where did you hear about them? nm
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you might not want to hear this, but
Let me first say that I believe that there is a reason for people phrasing things a certain way and not getting into the specifics...... probably because it would take entirely too long to do!!! For instance, when I first read the part about does Spheris offer a computer, before I even read the response, the FIRST THING that entered my mind was Yep, and heartache too! only to open up the thread and see it there!! How funny!!
I would be glad to tell you at least a couple of reasons why I encountered heartache. And please, I know that there are some that are reading this that work for the company and if you have not had the experience I had, please do not insult me nor my intelligence by making idiotic comments that have nothing to do with my individual experience, which you most certainly would not know about unless you HAPPEN TO BE me!
Anyhow, I worked for Spheris for aprx three weeks. During that time, I was informed, only after I had accepted the job, mind you, that if my QA was not 98% in ( I believe) five days, that I would be fired. Now, mind you, I am an experienced transcriptionist, but when you have had several jobs that teach and do things differently, it is kind of hard to try to reprogram your mind in five days! By the fourth day I was stressed out and making more mistakes than I ordinarily would have. However, I did make the 98%. Well, after that, I was finding that I was ALWAYS short of work and on Mondays, I was lucky if I got one note at all. Yes, paycheck was horrible. Well, the last straw for me was when they magically decided to trim down the pay for everyone on that specific account. Not sure if it was across the whole company board or not. I finally had had enough harrassment, lies, and disappointment, and it only took me three weeks to get there!
Anyhow, I say that to say this. All of us are grown. We know what you need and what we don't, what we can handle, and what we can't. Ultimately, we have to make the decision and live with it. I wish all who happen to work there all the best, and hopefully things are different now.
Be Blessed!!! 
I hear you...and ...
it is not just in our field it's our clothes, our cars, our applicances, just about everything. Look at the tag on a garmet or picture frame, or stuffed animal you have. What does it say?....this is horrific for the future of this country!!
I hear ya.
I worked for them last year on radiology account. Pay is very slow....never know when you will get a check. I had to call twice for W2 this year. Quit last christmas because check should have received prior to Thanksgiving was mailed after Thanksgiving, no phone call, no email, nothing just mail checks out late. Require high degree of accuracy from MTs, but office people, that is another matter.
Sorry to hear about that.
How long have you had the computer? Is there any way you can bring it back and at least get part of your money back? Wow. Sorry to hear about what happened.
Where did you hear about this?
I work for Amphion and haven't heard anything about it???? Are they telling you this or did you find out some other way? Just curious as to what the plans are. I've only been there 1-1/2 months but have been pretty happy and satisfied so far.....
I hear ya! I am right here with you. sm
Melissa is my manager too. They could have let us know a long time ago. They knew... what about the 4-6 months they were 'investigating options'... they didn't have the balls to tell us then that we should start looking? Such crap! I'll work with you to do anything we can to get them off the map. We should email the clients!!
I hear ya! -
Been at TL, then MQ for 15 years. That makes it tough. But with the changes, this is definitely not going to work out long term. Good luck to you!
Any one hear of CMT?
Anyone ever hear of CMT. I think they are in 813 area code somewhere. Thanks.
Hear anything yet?
I was considering applying for part time work as well. Have you heard anything yet?
How do you hear anything there? sm
I've been there nearly a year and hear absolutely nothing from anyone! No communication whatsoever. At first it was strange as I came from a company who emailed us multiple times daily, switching to nothing. Now I'm kind of used to it I guess. I do wonder how anyone knows anything there as there are no emails!??
Hear hear! (sm)
Actually would like to hear from
on how it is to work for Precyse at this time. Thanks!
You are better off when you hear
are receiving the pay on time. That's all that really matters. If you are hearing negatives then you need more training. If all is quiet then usually all is well. As for the coffee mug... well... I'm at a loss for words.  I don't need a coffee mug to fill me. More money would be great but there's always someone out there who will work for cheaper in any industry not just this one. Maybe you shoud go into journalism. However, when you write a book, usually you'll need an Editor and from what I understand they are brash as well. Find new clients/jobs because dwelling and writing stories like this will not gain you the attention you obviously require. JMO. Good luck in your endeavors.
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