to be completely honest
Posted By: sm on 2006-07-04
In Reply to: arguing - anon
Alot of people on this board do not have a life outside of MT'ing, home all the time, not around humans much, antisocial, and that makes for deep seeded anger/cabin fever and frustration that comes out the only way it can...through this board.
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And that would be an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. LOL.
Typical transcriptionst. :)
I am not completely sure about this,
but I think in India and in general in the 3rd world countries not every doctor dictates typed reports. I can image that they just keep their handwritten notes.
Correct me if I am wrong on this.
Thank you for being so honest!
I work for MDI-FL and I know they post on here but I don't say anything on here that I have not said to them or would say to them. Honesty, it's an amazing tool, huh? Again, thank you and good luck to you!
Many honest MTs/not all bad
Yes there are many dishonest owners I am sure, been there as stated above. But rest assured, there are some great MT and owners out there who are very honest and will pay for the hard work we do, I know I work for one!!!! Just beware of the ones who have numerous accounts floating around among all their MTs, being done all times of days at their convenience(as they are working their day job at the same time)and dont always have time for you, and promises of many new accounts to come that you never see. These are the ones to watch for. I think all MT need to look out for this behavior and warn others to run when it comes their way. Make sure you are being mentored on your work and not doing there work that they claim as their own. Get your credit where it is due. keep looking good, honest owners are out there.
honest MT
I know myself of that practice with PJ transcription. She had her pay with her day job while mentoring me and getting my pay for my work also, must be why she gets paid vacation and I did not. Well I learned the hard way.
Yes, and I'm not being mean just honest..
There IS a difference.
Well, to be honest
Most companies don't consult their employees when they decide to sell. Someone either was ready to retire or tired of the business. Face it, it is a high-stress business.
I have a feeling not just the MTs were surprised.
No need to be mean, but do be honest.
In this case, I would tell her that most companies cannot provide the kind of help that you were, and what she needs is to go to school (or back to school). If she presses you and says she just needs something easier, explain firmly but kindly that radiology is mostly anatomy and contrast terms, so it isn't one of the more difficult specialties, but it does require near 100% accuracy, which is why you tried so hard to help her. If she is not willing or able to return to school, she should think about another kind of work. Just say it as kindly as possible IMO.
To be 100% honest
Thank you for your response. I totally agree. Actually, I've already decided not to accept work from them unless it is way over the limits and 300% better than any job I could ever find anywhere else on the earth. What I am wondering now, of course, is just how I can best JERK THEIR CHAIN in each of 2 scenarios---a BAIT and SWITCH where they offer a different account than what was originally advertised, and a we needed you yesterday for this account, but someone better came along and now they have quit? But, I guess I already know the answer to this. It's kind of like letting the telemarketer go on and on with the speech, asking complicated questions, taking up their time, pretending to be interested, and finally saying NO.
Well to be honest....
A lot of times a terminology course is all you need providing it's thorough. There's almost no point in learning the equipment in school because so many places use their own equipment which you may or may not even be trained on. Each place I've worked I've used something different. Tell her to take the term. course and brush up HARD on her English skills and everything else can and will be learned on-the-job. My friend only took a term. course, worked in the Med. records dept as a clerk first, then there was an opening in our MT dept which pays more so she just jumped in the deep end. We were all there to help her which was time consuming but we were happy to do it and she was eager and wanted to do well so she absorbed as much info as she could and now she's been doing this for 4 yrs and is working at home.
Tell your friend to go for it. I wish her luck! :)
okay, then let's be honest here....sm
It is really no skin off my nose whether you care about me or not. That does not negate the fact that MTs should behave as professionals if they wanted to be treated as such.
Bottom line......The levels to which I have read of some MTs stooping to on this board does not belie a professional attitude. Personally, the whole thing makes me pretty nauseous. Backbiting, conniving, and manipulating may get you to the top of some professions but it won't keep you there long because there will be someone somewhere along the line that will pull the rug out from under you.
In the immortal words of Forest Gump.....that's all I have to say about that.
Thanks for being honest! (nm)
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To be honest...
I wouldn't do it unless you really like working twice as hard doing VR for half the pay. I worked for them for a while until I went from 80/20 to about 60/40 or less typing/VR. The VR takes a lot of correcting and on top of not making money, it was pretty boring...much like monkey work to me in my opinion. I also had a few doctors who were accented and I could make great lines typing from who went to VR because they passed the testing but their VR reports were horrid and took me longer to review than to just type it. I would never do VR and especially not for pennies. I hope this helps. They seemed like a nice company but it was just more work than it was worth without any challenge for my brain.
To be honest
It's the wave of the future and even companies such as MDI-MD are making the transition.
My honest advice would be to stop fighting it, join a great MTSO team, and learn it. Make sure you get decent pay for it and just go for it. Unfortunately, I don't think any MT will be able to avoid it for much longer, so it's better to get on with a good company and learn it before it becomes mandatory.
Just my 2 cents...
ANP is not honest
Why did I keep working for them after 3 months? You don't keep working with ANP - you are lucky to get 1 to 2 files A MONTH with them. If you make $100-$150 A MONTH with them, you are lucky! This is not steady by any means. Larry will tell you that it can be hit or miss on the workload when they sign you on, but they absolutely do not have the work that you think. They have a calendar that you put your work days availablility and how many hours of dication a day you want - you will never, ever get that - not even close. I went the entire month of May with ZERO files. They have their favorites and that's where the work goes. I know this because I accidentally was sent a e-mail that definitely wasn't for me to see. It is not medical transcription at all - it is medical seminars and if you haven't done general transcription with multispeakers and poor audio, you will be in for a surprise. You don't just sit there and type - you have PowerPoint presentations and slide presentations you have to look at while you're typing to see where you are at and what they are talking about. It is rather time consuming. Bottom line is they don't pay you for whatever measly pittance you earned! 
To be honest
I don't think you're gonna get a straight answer anywhere. I just suggested Transcend direct because they're the only ones who COULD make any type of guarantee, but I'll betcha they don't ;-)
They need to have Deb retire completely
and have no contact with anyone they put in her place. She hates the world and passes her personal dislikes and vendettas down to everyone else. She has no management skills, no people skills, and operates like she has a mixmaster in her hands at all times.
Agree completely. nm
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Agree completely
For all the work you do filling in the demographics and NOT getting paid for the header or footer, NO THEY DO NOT PAY WELL.
completely agree...(sm)
You'd be wise to jump on that one in a hurry!
Completely true!
What a great post!
Is anyone completely satisfied with their job?
I don't want to be a job hopper, but what is up with these companies???
They offer one thing and then completely turn around and do another (only after being employed for a month or so)----
You will be completely satisfied and productive on one account and completely out of nowhere they switch on you, throw you on a new account (when they said they wouldn't because they like to see their MTs productive).
I get my Expanders and macros set up ...and BOOM... new account.
Then there you are learning new account specifics with a bunch of crappy dictators---It feels as if you are starting all over again with a new company.
Can you ever be really happy? I am not asking for specific company names here. I am just wondering since changing jobs 3 times since leaving MQ THIS YEAR if all of the companies are like this. Maybe I just jinx myself by getting happy and excited and telling people how great this new company is. lol.
It is not just the switching of the accounts.. it is the IC companies that start out to be 24 hour TAT and then ask you for a schedule after working for a couple of weeks (even when you are getting your required lines in). Or the companies that even though they are IC and you did give them a schedule expect you to log on any time of the day to work. AGGGHHHH.
I get that this is the business..and I don't want days filled with glorious dictators and simple work (I know that is not possible). I would just like to be left in ONE PLACE for once with a primary account that doesn't get switched for no reason and get my work back as agreed upon! Hey throw all of the horrid ESLs you want at me on the account... just leave me be! lol. Seriously.
I just cannot be productive working like this.
I completely agree also
I don't even work for OSI, but people who do work there (or at any company for that matter) should be able post whatever they want. If you don't want to hear about it, then don't read the posts. Some people actually find it very informative in case they ever need or want to look for a new company. This way people can be well-informed about other's experiences with the company. Again, if you don't want to read more about it, then just simply ignore the posts.There is no need to tell people what they can and cannot post about on this site.
Agree......but not completely.....
I agree with the concern that work is going to companies overseas that do not comply with US standards (either HIPAA or financial), but, at least SPI owns the companies in India and the Philippines - with the corporate office being based in Manila. I cannot even imagine the companies MQ or Spheris uses for outsourcing.
agree completely
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Completely agree
I totally agree. You do need to call the office if you are experiencing this, and I am very sure they will do something to fix it. My lead MT has been GREAT. She has answered any questions that I have had immediately, and I am otherwise left alone to do my work, which I love. I am able to get a very high line count everyday, and my lead MT keeps telling me what a great job I am doing. I wish I had found Keystrokes a long time ago. They are the best in my opinion.
Completely agree
I have been with Keystrokes for a month now and couldn't be happier. I get awesome line counts every day and my lead MT is so nice and always very helpful. I was very pleasantly surprised when my very first pay check was direct deposited right on time and it was for the exact amount that I had calculated at the end of the pay period. My fiance is also about to start there, but he has been waiting for about 3 weeks since he got his equipment to get set up, but hopefully it will be today. I am on an ER account and never run out of work and there are not even any ESLs! I work on ExText and LOVE it. It is probably the easiest and most efficient platform I have used in a long time, but they do have other platforms on different accounts, which I hear are just as good. I hope to work there for many years to come!
That is completely true
The platform is all up to the hospitals and clinics. The company just goes along with what the client wants to use for a platform.
I completely agree!!!!!!
What a pain in the a**!!!!
IMO, it's completely relative. sm
I have an account in Cquence which felt cumbersome at first, but then I got comfortable and produce as much there as I do typing, say, in Word offline. Recently I started a Meditech account and...hey! Cquence is absolutely wonderful compared to Meditech!! So my opinion of Cquence has gone up, for sure.
That is completely untrue.
MANY of their accounts are still on Lanier. I should know. I'm on one of them. As a matter of fact, at least six clients are still on there, if not more.
There are e-mails from the owner daily asking people to stretch. There are demands for weekend work STILL. The recruiter has been know to say that SHE is the one true authority on QA, often defying what both the client profile and the QA feedback say.
I'm curious if you're just trying to keep people from knowing the truth, as people are leaving in an almost a mass exodus. Damage control, perhaps?
I completely agree with everything you just said! sm
However, the one thing irritating me is the reduction in pay. In 1999, I was making 31K year salary. Now, salaried, I am making 29K a year. I have 10 times more responsibility than my other job and make less money. I work my butt off and for what? I do more work, they just add more on. I worked production for many, many years. I know I made better then (and this even included 4 years with the squid!) Oy vey - there is my vent because I never do. I truly believe in the harder you work, the better you will do. However, sometimes even I want to throw in the towel!
Completely agree!
I have worked for KS for almost 8 months now, have 2 accounts, and have never been treated better by a company. How is it rude by turning someone down for a job? I have been turned down for jobs in the past when I was perfectly qualified for them, and I never took it personally or took it as the company being rude. I simply moved on. KS has many different types of accounts from radiology, ER, basic 4, clinic, etc., and it may just be that they did not have any openings that they thought would suit you at this time. That may not be the case at all, but I have no idea. I am not a recruiter, just an MT. If it matters to you that much, maybe you could contact them and ask why you received the e-mail than you did instead of coming on here saying how rude they are. JMO.
I agree completely
I have to also agree that they by no means micromanage at all. In fact, they are the least thing from that. They completely leave you alone. I have been very impressed with the way things are run! 
I completely agree with you...
I have been able to make my lines by being flexible. They, in turn, are very good with me. There has to be some compromise in this business. If there is no work on your regular shift, you just may have to go out of your comfort zone and work a flexible schedule now and again. You get what you give.
I Empathize With You Completely
It is just not right to get your line count average at a good-paying level and then have it knocked down to nothing because of a crappy dictator. I could go on and on and on about this. SOME (not all) hospitals, clinics, etc (and I know this to be a fact) will send the junk to the service and let their home people do the gravy jobs. Yet, the people that work for the services risk their pay every day because of it. I didn't choose to work for a service. Was basically forced into it. I love transcription, ABSOLUTELY LOVE it, but am seriously considering training for something more secure. Just haven't decided what, yet. Maybe nursing, but I'm not a young person anymore, so I do not know.
Hang in there. Maybe with help from above, you can make up for it all in the next couple of days. I truly empathize and sympathize with you!
I completely agree!
Plus, try taking vacations! Not happening. Luckily my contract with a hospital got eaten up by one of the large services but it was the best thing that could have happened. Now I work for a company and THEY have to worry about getting me the work and a paycheck on time.
I was making more money but I'd rather let someone else have the associated headaches.
I am completely out of the loop.
I think the new payroll company keeps overlooking me, and often I have to ask for information that seems to be sent to everyone else (For example, my benefits paperwork wasn't sent until I asked for it.) I will have to ask again to have the 401k info sent to me. I have no paperwork on this. Did you get anything yet? What is the deadline for cashing out? TT hasn't given us info yet on their match, have they?
I understand completely
about needing your paycheck when you need it. I am living paycheck to paycheck (usually not making it that far) just like 90% of MTs are. But if the funds were to be released on the 5th (Friday), they still wouldn't be available until Tuesday at 6 am, at least at my bank. So if they released them on Monday it would be the same thing, there at Tuesday at 6 am.
Agree completely.
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I agree completely!
I agree with Mrs. Webber completely. I couldn't have said it better myself! The only thing worse than not getting paid on-time is not getting paid at all. Unfortunately, there are companies out there like that, which I found out the hard way with TSI of Illinois. If you have been considering TSI, save yourself a lot of trouble, and don't bother. THEY DON'T PAY!!
I agree completely....
nm
Agree completely!
I just had to laugh. I too was on AV, weren't they just the best? And no special considerations either. The only peeps who stayed on AV were the ones who didn't care...and I don't care what the managers said...horrible, horrible, horrible.
Completely agree.
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I completely understand what you are saying, and......
that could be my problem. I have the BOS on my computer, and I look up everything that I can think of that could be different from what my prior employer wanted. Maybe I am overlooking stuff. It is just so frustrating.
Yes, I completely agree (nm)
I agree with you completely! sm
It hasn't slowed me down at all. for some reason I have also not had the hand/carpal tunnel problems that alot of other people have had. I think everyone's body breaks down in different places at different times. I have enough other aches and pains! haha. I will be 54 this year.
I completely agree!
I live in the south and everything you said is totally true. Just imagine living down here and dealing with these types face to face on a daily basis... ugh!
That is completely understable.
That is they way all companies should do it. I realize that there are some people who abuse blanks, but that should be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, not a blanket rule for all accounts. At the Q they even count it against you if you send in a blank, and the QA can't even get it.
I agree completely
The Indian workers are just trying to make a living, too. I'm mad at the folks like David Iwinski whose thirst for global dominance has stripped us of any humanity we had and reduced us to being teensy cogs in the money making wheel that is making them rich. Those are the folks who should be ashamed of themselves.
Completely agree. Why should they get
away with breaking our labor laws? I'm glad to hear they're finally investigating some of these companies.
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