they have been very firm lately,

Posted By: sm on 2008-11-20
In Reply to: ARe they persisent - razzledazzle

if you make a committment, you are expected to keep it. We had an email regarding those who repeatedly failed to meet their lines, and they were told they'd be changed to prn status at a much lower line rate.

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MDI-MD - razzledazzle
- If you want tons of work at MDI - blackswan
  - Do you have to own a Lanier? (Please don't - laugh.). Thank you.
    - You can rent the Lanier very cheaply - blackswan
    - Lanier system - pumpernickel
      - Lanier and Cable Phone - Long time MT
        yes, I use Lanier with my cable phone just fine (I don't have Roadrunner) - NM - pumpernickel
  - re lanier - sm
  - Is the MDI platform compatible with Vista? nm - HappyFlaMT
    - Re: Vista - blackswan
      - no prob's w/vista and mdi. - nm
  - Lanier accounts - sm
    - Lanier accounts - blackswan
      - sound quality with lanier? - anotherMDI-MT
        sound quality fine here, maybe it depends on your phone co. (nm) - pumpernickel
        I sometimes have that problem - blackswan
- Lines - GothMT
- you would feel appreciated - sm
  - ARe they persisent - razzledazzle
    - They want you to meet your daily - blackswan
    - they have been very firm lately, - sm
      - Also if you did not give a serious schedule when it was due - You'd be locked out of the system.
        I don't have any problem with - blackswan
        lines PT for mdi-md - razzledazzle
        Part time requirement is now - blackswan
        I have an interview Monday, 700/day sm - was minimum in e-mail
        I didn't think I would like the weekend day - blackswan
        That's what I was hoping to do also sm - HappyFlaMT
        HappyFlaMT - blackswan
        weekend work - Long time MT

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That is what I do. Either I have a firm SM

figure in mind (and it's what I believe my work is worth, years of exp., etc., my willingness to work weekends, whatever) and I ask for that figure OR I have even been known to ask for a little bit higher than what I will accept and they counter with something closer to what I asked for.

If you just accept what they offer, they will never offer more than 9 cpl and most of the time they will initially offer 8 cpl for someone who has great skills. I negotiate at the beginning because as we all know, no one EVER gets a raise in this business, they just tell you to type more. I figure I'll get what I need up front.

If they need you bad enough, they will usually end up meeting your needs as far as line rate goes, as long as you aren't asking for 13 cpl or something.

FIRM SCHEDULE

Haven't gotten my packet yet. What does firm schedule mean???

This law firm may be handling
the class action suit, or they can likely refer you to who is: http://www.docken.com/Corporate.htm

I thought they were just a recruiting firm. nm

Private equity firm in NY
Culbro LLC private equity firm in NY, is new partner for OSI.

I'd like to respond to the comment about firm accounts - sm
There is NO SUCH THING as firm accounts for traveling transcription. These are hospitals that will need ON SITE short term staffing. This is not acquiring hospital accounts to work at home or to relocate transcriptionists. I can say that I have been to over 32 facilities in my seven years, and some of them on multiple occasions. I am on a current assignment that is my fourth time returning. I have had two transcriptionists travel for me already.

Please do not think that this is for work at home or firm accounts. As transcriptionists working for national services, I'm sure most of you know that some hospital accounts do not last forever, and there are no firm accounts with those as well.

Thanks
Mary Anne

Do the MQ firm scheduled start immediately or in January? nm
nm

why should you feel bad? I am a firm believer in you gotta do what you can to survive
and I am also considering a job with them. I need the money and the benefits and they have offered me more than any place else, so far.

Maybe Keystrokes doesn't want to be an average firm. I am happy there and find sm
that their minimums are fair. QA standards are very high, which makes me proud to be part of a company that cares about quality. Quantity standards are also high, but so is my paycheck.