sick of working for crappy companies?
Posted By: Emily on 2008-10-09
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I have been thinking about starting my own company. I have done some research and it looks like all I really need is an FTP site, handhelds (that the doc's purchase themselves), and to get accounts. If anyone is interested in doing this with me let me know...or if anyone has any other information on starting a company input would be appreciated!
Why are we working as IC's and the companies are making profits off of us? Let's cut out the middle man and make the money we deserve!!
My idea is that a bunch of us get together and create a business. We put together a good sales letter...we all do our part in mailing these letters out, i.e., finding accounts.. We decide how much we want to charge per line, (I believe the going rate is around 11-14 cents a line).
These are just some ideas....Anyone interested??
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Not unusual, but some of the crappy companies
force MTs to work weekend days rather than simply hiring part-timers for weekend work like most companies do.
Hate these companies that want you to test BEFORE they tell you the crappy pay!!!
What a waste of time!!!
going by the address in Clearwater - it's a pretty crappy crappy location
so it kind of makes me wonder what the company is like! I know that location shouldn't really matter, but let's be realistic - there are TONS OF PLACES in Clearwater with office space to rent, but judging by the address, I am pretty sure this is out of an apartment or house. Not that that should make a difference,
working for 3 companies
Do you find that keeping up with 3 different invoices is difficult, or do you manage without getting confused? I've done that before (worked for 3 different companies) and I had some trouble remembering when to send invoices for each as they were all different, until I got used to it.
Not working for these companies and
Like I said, all potential candidates are strangers aren't they? I certainly cannot make a company hire anyone. They were looking for PT and I happen to know of a couple who hire PT and a couple I have worked for that are good. I can't call it referring them.....more like giving them the info and they can contact the company for themselves. They will have to do the testing just as I did. I didn't leave them my name and there was no Oh by the way, tell them so and so referred you. Why do you find it odd to give a company name to someone who is looking for a job? Like I said, they have to do the testing and if they pass and a job is offered, that is between the company and the poster, nothing to do with me. I have never acted like a friend but I am a caring fellow MT and I do hope the company info I gave will work out for them.
I think they are working for the companies they advise us against!!
I am beginning to think they are working for the companies they advise us against so we won't take their work !!
Is anyone working on DQS for 2 different companies and how does this work out for you. nm
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Are there any companies out there who let you get away without working your schedule?
I'm looking for a second job.  I could use some more $$$, but I think I would prefer to work for one that's laid-back. I heard of one once but have no idea what its name was.
Anyone here working with 2 different companies who both use DQS but different versions. Can you
tell me what happens with this or can this be worked out reasonably without a lot of trouble. One uses the older version and the other uses the most recent version with Qasar.
you are working slave wages! Companies sm
were paying that wage in 1980 where I lived at and that was on the gross line not 65 character. I just got hired by a company today that their base rate is 8 cpl and goes higher for experience. You are getting ripped off for sure!
Fingers not working. I meant between companies. sm
On rereading my post, I should have said often times the negative posts and great posts. Not all.
There are some bad companies out there. There are some great companies out there. It is hard to sort through the trolls and cheerleaders.
Anyone working with companies that use DQS that also use Qasar and opinion on this. nm
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Which companies pay for holidays -- not working the holiday but OFF
I'm talking like the office (in-house employees) do -- LIKE LOCKING THE DOORS -- want to lock my at-home office door and know that I am GETTING PAID for the holiday as I lock the door behind me and enjoy the day off as my fellow in-house office employees do.
I understand keeping a skeleton crew of at-home MT's working the holidays, but we should be paid for those holidays just as the in-house employees get paid for those and don't have to worry, but go home and enjoy the holiday. What is the reason behind management's thinking on this?? Just because they know the in-house people face-to-face, does not mean that we at-home employees of whom they have never seen our face, should not get paid for holidays. I think the in-office employees should wear our shoes for a year (working ALL holidays WITHOUT PAY) and see how they feel about the subject. I can assure they would be pressing management to make a policy change in a HURRY.
Conflict of interest working for 2 companies?
Has anyone ever come across a company that makes you sign paperwork stating that you are not working for another company. I need a second part-time job, finally found one and while filling out the paperwork I came across this. I didn't tell them I was working for another company during the interview but also did not deny it. Should I give up the second or just not tell?
Y don't companies with employee and IC status stop the ICs from working
when work is slow? Is it because they don't want their FT employees to get enough lines to keep benefits? The ICs can say when they will work, when they will take off, so the companies should do the same for them. No wonder there is no loyalty to companies.
Their pay is crappy! nm
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Really crappy ESLs. nt
They don't want to pay, accounts are crappy, you have to
fight to get your paycheck, they want you to edit offshore work, etc.
Maybe it was your attitude as well as your crappy sm
transcription skills that got you let go from there.
RE: crappy doctors and good MTs
Any halfwit could have figured out that she was talking about the doctor's crappy dictating skills, not their doctoring skills. She never said she couldn't do the work either. Every MT would like an occasional good dictator, but those all go overseas or to VR. You're the one with the bad attitude and condescending tone.
Crappy pay, no communication, inept QA. NM
I've gotten some really crappy stuff too and it just
wears me out. I can't make lines, but can't claim no work either. I'll have a really bad day, the next day will be so-so, and the next day is pretty good, and then it starts all over. I don't mind no work, but I wish when I ran out the first time I could just take the rest of the shift off.
Crappy hours at first, but guess what
My son years ago got a job, only the weekends but he was on call. He quit. That was not a good idea because had he stayed his salary now would be through the roof. He quit a union job. My husband now works for the same company. When he started, he was what they called on the board. Well, anytime a person not able to work their shift, my hubby got that- all hours- anytime-and now he has seniority and paid off in the long run for him. No wonder outsiders being given/offered our jobs. No one should ever complain about their jobs.
Again with the crappy reading skills
With each post, you clarify how you are able to make your grandiose claims about VR. Reading, as they say, is fundamental, and once you ignore that whole pesky reading for context thing, I'm sure VR does get a lot easier. Try it again, slowly this time, and you'll see that I qualified the 1000 lines number by following it with an 'or'. I know...it requires actually a little more effort than looking for squiggly red lines under the word, but you may find you actually can follow a discussion better. But don't try it in your work. It might actually slow you down.
Obviously you don't receive the crappy quality of drafts...sm
that I see all day long on this system. They claim that it learns but it doesn't, because my coworkers and I make the same corrections over and over again to the same things.
GOOD MTs aren't ... but there are tons of crappy ones
Finding one that is actually GOOD in this business? nearly impossible. I do editing and QA (and have been an MT for 22 years) and I see nothing but horrid work day in and day out.
I work for SoftScript w/ another crappy system
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Crappy company with crazy platform and
I quit because it was a crappy company. I worked in QA.
There was so much crap like you are spewing here. My standards are much higher than SS and I told H so when I quit.
Trust me.. I have come from a lot of crappy jobs that is why it was so refreshing to hear some
excitement over the possibility of another job.. one that may be a great hidden treasure. I just think it is great when people never lose that newbie enthusiam even after some not-so-great experiences. I admire you totally and best wishes.. I hope this is the job you have looked for..If so, sign me up LOL
Sounds like the place I used to work for. The one with crappy program?
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Sounds awesome to me. I only get $2.50 a page and the crappy part is...
If I only type half a page, I get paid for half, a quarter of a page, three quarters, and so on. I'm not happy about this at all, especially since all I've been given to go by for examples are a few reports typed by someone else. There have been days I've worked 10 to 12 hours and I'm quick! I think you should be paid by the line or character. Except in your case, if they are strictly going by pages, you'd better jump on it!
No, if they knowingly tested you when you had crappy sound effects what would they treat you like a
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I agree. This past year has been terrible with MQ. Never enough work, crappy dictators, no pay for
weekends and holidays anymore etc etc I guess with all their legal woes we are paying for it and then have to have few blanks and 98% QA on dictators I have never even heard of. A joke to be sure and no matter how good the new pay plan is or they allow everyone a window to work then everyone will be working all hours to get lines for incentive which they probably never will. MQ is losing a lot of MTs and I expect that will continue. They seem to just keep pushing and pushing and it almost seems like they want people to leave so it really makes you wonder what is going on here. They really just dont care.
My account went to India, have been struggling to make any money for the last month, crappy work. nm
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Ditto.. Over 13 years experience working in hospitals doing all types of reports, currently working
for a national etc.. and Spheris told me I didnt have the qualifications. What cracked me up was the hospital I was working at at the time contracted some of our work out to them.. What a joke..I was good enough to work for a hospital and gave them work, yet not qualified enough for them. What is wrong with this picture.
SICK!
What the ____? He sent you a picture - what a psycho!
Tell me more!
LOL, sick!
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sick
They said they have sick time. What's up with that?
GET SIck, WHY DON'T YA?!
I think MT work is seasonal anyway....people will always get sick, but the time of year can affect how often and how quick people decide to go to the doctor. Plus, if it's surgery or other procedures, if people can plan when to do them, they probably haven't picked June or July - when many people are on vacation, or grandkids are coming to visit....
What is sick is that there may be SM
about 15 total people in the QA world doing this, but they hold a minimum of 30 jobs and it could be up to 50 jobs between those 15 people and that is just working for nationals!
For all of you QA people out there wondering where the jobs are, that's your answer. I wish these companies could cross-check with their competitors to match names, they'd be really surprised at what is going on out there.
so sick of seeing these ads....
It makes me wanna vomit after a good laugh. All these IC positions, stating you MUST work this. You MUST do that. I'm so glad I have 2 jobs that are true IC positions. Of course I need to work to live, and I'm not lazy, but other than that, I do what I want, when I want, and how long I want. I am asked to help if can-NOT told. I do not get threats of being let go. These companies make me so sick.
And I'm getting really sick of
some of the people on this board (some, not all) jerking my emotions around. I have a conference call looming on my schedule for less than 4 hours from now, and I haven't got a clue what it will be about. And after reading this board this morning I am all but sick to my stomach with worry that it might mean I have to start job-hunting all over again.
MQ same situation. No pay for working holidays, no pay for working weekends nothing. Now noone works
much anymore and so they jerk the work out of the accounts to some place that throws it back with a lot of bad bad quality. This is the NE region. I dont know what the others are doing.
Me too, sick of getting ripped off by SS
on a daily basis. My lines at Softscript for the last 3 weeks since the server issue have dropped drastically. I guess they think we cannot do math and only type.
feeling sick too!
I just wonder how many people here are just here to stir the pot and make everyone feel sick and scared and paranoid about their jobs?
feeling sick too!
Actually, I don't work for OSi, but work for another National that is always bashed on here. Things are changing here too and not very positive things are being said about changes and I was just making a general statement about people who like to make others feel paranoid about situations. But, I'm trying to look at it this way, there are thousands of MTs employed by my company and there are only a few here who are doing the bashing, so I'm trying to stay positive, but still a little afraid!!
Universal sick day
Been reading the posts about having an MT strike. I agree with the comments about companies getting worse instead of better as far as paying IC and other transcriptionists. We should just have a universal sick day (just one day) and see what chaos this causes. May be it does not even have to be the whole day, just a couple of hours.
Anyone sick of Amphion??
I am sick of no work...I am sick of having to flex my time...I am sick of being accused of not making my line counts when they don't have work...I am sick of being a transcriptionist!
Sick of transcription
I, too, am SICK to almost being dead from being a transcriptionist, but being the only income for 4 people, stuck in the game.
SICK of this stuff
About TransTech! They are the finest people in the business. They would never do anything in a suspicious or ill mannered method involving line counting or anything else! One might suggest if you work more and post less you would see a better line count. It takes time to build up to a good line count, i.e. becoming familiar with the facility, with the authors, with the work types, building your word expander, and working diligently towards obtaining your goals, doing what it takes to achieve the line count goals you set for yourself, turning every stone in effort to achieve those goals before suggesting the line counts are not correct. If the ESL are difficult, look at samples, invest in becoming more familiar with their way of speaking English. As far as EXTText for Word Client/Transnet/Dictaphone, I love the software. Again from time to time, there may be issues, but for the most part, the software if very geared to good production for the MT. I hope that all who read the posts about Transtech will be mature enough to make your decision by your own experience and not the experience of others. I have been with TransTech for 4 years, and I am not saying everything is wonderful, we have our ups and downs which are almost always me and not them........but in all honesty they are the finest company with the best group of people I have ever worked with and for! Thank you for reading my 2 cents on the line count saga!
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