But the problem is, as long as the offshores
Posted By: sm on 2007-06-17
In Reply to: There will always be work for MTs in the US. Just think, - sm
sell themselves so cheaply, even those workers in the US who have not been displaced will still have trouble eking out a living on such a low wage.
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SPHERIS offshores
They told the hospital I was working in that they didn't but low and behold, they do. They joined up with Healthscribe, who makes no bones about the fact that they have a company in India. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS THAT THEY HAVEN'T CALLED BACK.
Whoah! I did not know OSi offshores-how do you know this? (sm)
I've only been there 9 months. One of the reasons I applied to OSi was that I heard they did NOT offshore.
I have enjoyed 'almost' every minute of working for them. I have only run out of work twice and then they switched me to another account so I could keep going. In fact, lately, I've put in extra time because the workload is so heavy.
I am not fresh out of school, either, been an MT for 11 years, but this is my first national. They pay on time and direct deposit. Bennies are decent. QA are nice to work with, and they all are willing to answer questions anytime. They don't bug you either. No whips are cracked over my head. If I have a problem with my service at home... which I had power failures twice (just my luck-never had any in 15 years), no problem. I made up the hours later.
I'm sorry, but I don't agree with the posts against OSi. They've been good to me, but if they offshore, I'll be thinking differently. Maybe I'll suggest they offshore the ESL work to them. 
I really want to know where you got your info on outsourcing. TIA.
The offshores should be charging more, too....
... even though lots of their work is cr@p.
company that offshores. sm
http://www.imedx.com/
I won't work for a company that offshores.
Do you care if your company offshores? ...
It really chaps my buns, and I will not work for any company that sends work out of the U.S. How do you feel about it???
I always ask if the company offshores. I have turned down
multiple positions because the companies offshore. I'm now in a dilemma as my company has started offshoring. They are not taking work from me to offshore, but they could not find enough qualified MTs to keep TAT where it needed to be and we were having to work like dogs. They knew they had to do something so they went offshore. I'm still not sure what the difference is - if they have to proof 100% of the offshore work, why can't you proof 100% of U.S MTs and train them trained, even getting a newbie, someone who didn't have the attitude that this is they way I've always done it, etc. I've seen the work that comes back from India and it is not client ready.
I have several years invested with this company. They pay better than anything I have been able to find thus far, I'm comfortable with my accounts, the platform is easy, etc. So what do I do now? There are very few companies that don't offshore, either to India or another country, and they are currently training women in Trinidad, so more work will eventually follow. If I do find a company that doesn't offshore, how long will it be before they do start offshoring. I honestly never thought I would be in the position that I am.
don't work for a company that offshores
The only chance we have, since our president obviously doesn't care, is to NOT work for any company that offshores. Hang up your headphones and walk out.
Otherwise, all is lost. You may have a job today, but it will be gone tomorrow - just as soon as they can get those offshore jerks trained enough to spell "dokter."
Spheris also offshores to India. Shameful.
Transcend does not send work offshores...sm
and continues to fight against offshoring.
Not true. I work for a company that offshores.
Good grief.
I have been told and read that Medware offshores. I think you can do better.
There are many American companies that do not offshore. Please steer clear of any offshoring companies at any cost.
Transcend has taken on new clients and Spheris offshores so they are not allowed to
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Spheris offshores - they are not allowed to advertise on this site - sm
I hope that helps in your decision making.
I just saw another MT site advertising a service that offshores that boasts the company as
transcription companies in the US! Of course, it doesn't surprise this long time MT considering the owner of the site highly promotes offshore transcription. I am disgusted and have canceled their newsletter.
Marilyn Richardson
Read the post again, it says Transcend is taking new clients. SPHERIS offshores therefore they are
Transcend does not offshore and they are sponsors of MTStars.
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I hate Instant Text. It is expensive, long long learning
curve, and too much distraction for me.
How long should I wait after applying for a position before I follow-up. It has been as long as two
without hearing from some. Just wondering if I should send an e-mail to follow-up to see if they received my resume or not. I don't want to offend anyone but feel two weeks should be long enough for someone to at least acknowledge my resume and that I have applied for a position. Right now I would accept anything even a note saying no thanks. Any advice would be appreciated. I haven't had to apply for a job for the past 10 years so I am a bit rusty at this. Thanks again for any advice.
Congrats! How long have you been a MLS and how long did you study for the test!
Please see message. I have three daughters with long, long hair.
I also have long hair down to my waist and my three girls have hair that long too. My daughter brought them home from school last year. I was devestated and grossed out!!!! I have never had to deal with lice. Anyway, we did the treatments and two of my girls broke out in a severe rash with the OTC stuff. Their little heads were so sore!! I thought I was being meticulous with eggs, only to find them hatching again down the road. A nurse at the pediatricians office suggested I try oil to suffocate them since my girls were allergic to the lice solution. I bought a huge bottle of veggie oil and dumped it on all three heads, plus my own. I then wrapped the heads in platic wrap and then a towel. I left this on for 30 minutes. It takes a while to wash out the oil, but we never, ever had the lice or eggs again!!! If you try this, make sure you put on an old shirt and put a towel around your shoulders. Obviously we were desperate, but we all have such long hair and very thick hair so I was willing to try anything. And I figured there was no chemicals involved so that was pretty safe. And it sure did help my littles ones since their scalps were pretty raw from the solution. Hope this helps and Good luck!
It's been a long, long time since I've used a C-phone, sm
but I do think jobs can be paused.
I had a problem with this for a long, long time sm
I have always worked days, like from 6-3. Over the last few years, it didn't matter how much sleep I got, I became real groggy between 7 and 11. Really shoots the day. Talked to my doctor and he said my blood pressure pills were the culprit but he refused to change me to another brand or dosage since I have multiple aneurysms (2 in the brain). My BP has been stable for a long time and he wants to "keep it on the low side". I tried taking them before I went to bed instead of early in the morning, but then I had headaches all day. So, I am changing to a night shift for a few months so I can sleep when those pills kick in and so far it is working pretty good. I stay mostly awake during my shift and die when I hit the bed from 6 am to 10 am, then I lay down again later in the afternoon for 2-3 hours. I still get 6-7 hours of sleep, it's just split up during the day, plus I am mostly awake now when I sit down to type. I don't have to deal with the heat in my office, either. It tends to warm up real fast in here with the south sun on the house and 2 pc's running all day, even with the air conditioner on.
Way back when, a long, long time
ago and in a galaxy far, far away, I had my own accounts also and some years cleared $75,000. Yes it can be done, but you need to have your own accounts. Also lots of delivery, and other duties involved. I work for a large national now and make much less, but I got tired of accountants, having to deal with hardware problems, deadlines, driving deliveries, printing, printers, etc. So I decided to simplify my taxes and stay home and just type. Don't have to worry about computers either, because the company will just send me a new one.
Long, long files. Seemed like they'd never end! I'd never go back to VA again. nm
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I've been doing this a long, long time...
I used to make $70,000 and up a year and did so for most of the late 80s and 90s (one girl used to make six figures a year working 7 days a week!) Because we were making more money than the supervisors and Medical Records Directors in hospitals, they began to switch to transcription services which were sprouting up all over the place. Plus AAMT came into existence and even though in the beginning it claimed it was to fight for transcriptionists (although assured us it was NOT a union), they eventually morphed into an organization that was more management friendly. They developed the "guidelines" and the 65-char line. That was the beginning of the end for those high-end wages. Then all those mickey mouse transcription schools popped up, and now outsourcing overseas. YES, we're complaining.
Been in this biz a long, long time, 30+ years and....sm
I love/loved MTing. However, things have changed so much during these years. The job definitely gets easier; don't have to look up much, can decipher ESLs much easier, in other words, you get pretty comfortable with things and you have confidence in yourself. The more experience you have the easier the job, but....
I actually made more money 10 years ago!! We didn't have speech recognition and you actually got paid for headers/footers, demographics, carbon copies, etc., you got paid for what you did fairly; today, I am not so sure.
You will feel burned out at times, but that passes and you find you like your job again.
Good luck to you!!
A long, long time ago, I was going thru
a really bad time emotionally and physically. I was suffering, and my transcribing suffered. I assure you - if you are to the point of not paying your rent, literally, and needing food stamps, there is something else going on in your life than current transcription rates. We are all in this industry and many are thriving, most getting along comfortably. If you are literally to the point of food stamps, you honestly would be a fool to continue. I blamed it on my job, on my line rate, on everything but the honest truth that I was ill and was NOT working as I should or could. It is a really sad thing that you keep spreading this propaganda that MTs in our culture are doomed and now destined for food stamps. Food stamps are not something to toss around lightly, as you would know if you ever had to use them. Please let's not be quite so dramatic. Again, if you are really in those dire straits, you really need to face that MTing is not the fit for you, personally, and do something about it rather than blame our industry. You dwell on the past, but we can't do that. While you may have made other wages 20 years ago, may I remind you that we were pounding away on IBM Selectrics using layers of paper and bottles of white out, going crazy trying to rewind tapes over and over to get that dang word, with no idea what an Expander was. Technology is fantastic. Things have changed, but things are still great in this industry, and in this world. Those who change and can adapt will be fine, but you need to recognize that most of us are not ready for food stamps.
Sure did...you been around for a long, long year
A gross line IS a gross line regardless if it's 90 characters long or 1 character long... SM
I'm very sorry that your lines are 90 characters line and you get paid by gross lines. You are cheating yourself - that's not my fault. You cannot change the definition of a gross line. So I gues I'm not understanding what you are trying to say. Now if you are trying to say that your line equals 90 characters and that's how you figure your lines, than you are not using gross lines. You have defined a line to be 90 characters, whereas most MTSOs define a line as 65 characters. If that is the case, then I must say again, you are cheating yourself.
So which is it, do you get paid by gross lines or by a 90 character line?
how long ago was that
I started working at a hospital, right out of high school, in 1969 and they sent me to college at night and paid for it. From the first day in 1969, I was dealing with ESL's. There were always doctors with accents. When I was a child I had a Jewish doctor who could hardly speak English. That was back in the 1950's-1960's. Your argument does not sound like outsourcing, it sounds like bigotry to me..shame on you.
Wow, how long have you been at it? I have 292, but ran out. nm
how long ago........
were you hired? I know now they won't look anyone that isn't experienced in the areas that they are requesting. It is MedQuist that hired you?
How long
have you worked for them. What specific pluses do they have?
how long
over a year. managers who are a help and a platform that is really easy to use.
yes, as long as
you have not signed anything with either company that states you won't work for anyone else while working for them. Always read legally binding documents carefully and thoroughly.
don't know how long ago that was,
appropriate anymore. I was taught "when in doubt, leave it out," especially if the comma is meant to add emphasis.
I have seen too many instances where too many commas have ruined a document.
How long have you been on DQS? SM
Why do you think the line count plunged so much? So, there is no way to use your own expander? thx so much
how long have you all been a MT?
I'll start: Almost 27 years doing acute care reports, but I have about a year of experience doing radiology (hospital).
Care to share?
how long?? try 20+
I started doing transcription in 1983. Certified for 12 years. Still going strong. Hands perfect. Love this job.
How long
I have been official MT for 13 years, unofficially for about 7 years before that.
how long have you all been a MT?
Since 1962 - forever and ever amen
long day
I work 6a-2p and then 4p-12a.
Can I ask you how long you have been using
x
Long, long, long
Cannot type at all if they are short. Almost 3/4 to 1 inch over finger. Get them done every two to three weeks. My one pleasure. But if I get them cut down to just over my fingers I cannot type at all. And I used to be a nail biter also.
Long.
.
must be long
I've worn nails long for so long that I really, truly can't type if I break them or my nail artist files them too short.... I just bumble all over the keyboard
Probably anything as long as you have
a degree. My husband's degree is for teaching but he is a drug rep. Good luck.
Sorry.. duh.. long long day. I mean THEIR MTs..
MDI-FL that is..
Do you know how long will take you to get this out?
I'm not rushing you but don't want to miss it when it comes to my e-mail. Could you post here when it's sent? Thanks.
I would keep as long as you keep
x
so long, NM
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