Checked the BBB and got "unstatisfactory for not responding to complaints"

• No paycheck, need advice - Lindsay
  • Sounds like a company I worked for called - Brietner nm
  • I live in PA, can I help? If they are close to where I live, I would go check them out for ya! - MTme
  • definitely run - happy mt
    • what do you guys think? - Laura
      • Maybe, but if it's Toth the contract - Mindy
  • Sounds like D&L strikes again to me - Tired&CrankyMT
  • Onpoint - dg
    • Not Onpoint - Lindsay
      • Sadly, while you are not wanting to spread the name... - Tired&CrankyMT
  • I would not work for them anymore...sm - curious girl
    • sounds like Toth - Mindy
    • I sure wish ླྀ Minutes' would do an expose - on this unscrupulous industry! - nm
      • PS: That's 'Sixty' Minutes! (Don't know - why there is a square there!) - nm
    • Checked the BBB and got "unstatisfactory for not responding to complaints" - Lindsay
      • That stinks! - tradmt
        • This happens too much - Lindsay
      • That is terrible...sm - curious girl
        • Yes, tell us the name of the company - to save future MTs from applying.
          • Is this by any chance Pro-Type??sm - anon

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I have had on one problem with it.  For about a week, I would lose my connection for a few minutes everytime the telephone would ring.  I eventually called them and they corrected the problem the same day I called.  Other than that it has been perfect, nice customer service. 

I had Earthlink previously and hated it.  Customer service was horrible, foreigners everytime I called, which was often.

about not making enough money (and I agree that wages are getting really bad), how many folks that are complaining have less than 5 years experience.  Five years is the minimum, in my opinion, that ANYONE should have before attempting to do any kind of MT at home.  It takes at least that amount of time to feel comfortable with acute care.  Even after five years, when you start working at home, by yourself, isolated from other MTs, it is very difficult.

Years ago, it use to be  mandatory you had 5 years in-house before a national or anyone else would hire you to work at home.

The "troublemakers" in this industry are the so-called schools who have come on the scene making big promises about huge yearly incomes after 3-6 months training!  It takes years and years of active MT to be able to feel comfortable working at home and be comfortable with all or nearly all work types. 

The attitude of not wanting to do OPs or other type reports, or ESLs or bad dictators, etc. etc is one of the things killing our credibility..  This is not about PRODUCTION!   This is about patient care!

If an MT wants to only do what suits that MT, i.e. certain work types to make more money, then the person is in the wrong business.  I am sure I am going to get flamed over this, but I don't care.  I am sick to death of hearing the complaining about dictators, job types, work hours, etc.  If you are a MT, especially IC, you work when the work is there, you get all kinds of stuff and you take the good with the bad and you work long hours.  Its a part of the job!

If you have less than five years experience and you are just starting to work at home, coming out of in-house setting, then you are a BEGINNING IC and you will be offered bottom wages.  But, if you prove yourself, hopefully, eventually your employer will pay you more.  If that employer does not, then you can go to another employer, with your experience and try to get more pay.  If you think coming out of school and demanding top wages or working 3-4 years, esepcially NOT in acute care and getting top wages is possible, it is NOT.

I am also sick of those knocking those of us who have years and years of experience doing what I call "hard time" in this business.  We have done it, we leraned our trade and we can make the money.  You have to come up the same way.

Now I will sit back and wait for the fall-out, I am sure it will happen!

because you typed "an" instead of "and"?

Guess I worked for some real b*****. 

I started out brand spanking new in October 2007 working at home.   I hadn't even finished my on line program yet, but I needed to pay the mortgage.  I got very lucky to find a company fairly quickly that would hire newbies.  Pay sucked, but I knew that going in.  I didn't know how bad it sucked at the time - I was just ecstatic to have a job.

I knew then and I know now that I'm never going to get rich in this profession.  I knew at the very beginning that I was not going to make a lot of money right away.  I didn't.  I was lucky if I averaged $5 an hour.  I also knew that I had to stick with it and get my experience in with a company that was willing to work with me and then I could move on to another, better paying job when I was a little more comfortable.  I did a lot of research about this going in and if there was a company or an on line school that promised a lot of money right off the bat, I skipped right by that one.  I'm sensible enough to know that's a load of horse hockey.

I love what I do.  For the most part I enjoy the posters on this forum.  Even the Negative Nancys.  That just makes me work that much harder to do well so I can prove to myself that it can be done and I haven't made a mistake in learning how to do this.

As to starting a separate positive only forum/board. It can be done.  It's fairly easy, as a matter of fact - and free.   It would be separate from MT Stars, which means this thread and/or message is probably going to get poofed. 

I'm happy to set it up, though, if y'all are serious.  Feel free to e mail me.

Now I'll explain why I asked:   you said 13 to 15 cpl, so let's go for 14 cpl.

Take somebody overseas. They get, say, 3 cpl. The work needs editing, so they hire someone in this country to edit. What's the going rate for that? Maybe 4 cpl? So, between the two that's 7 cpl for the completed report.

If the person who is an Editor is "top drawer" (old expression for top of the line), the finished product will be of the same quality that you provided, transcribing the report by yourself.

So, if the quality of the report will ultimately be the same, and you were a hospital (or doctor), which would you spend:  14 cpl or 7 cpl?

From a hospital standpoint, with exorbitant costs, that's smart business. They can now use the savings for other things.

I'm not saying I agree with it, but that's what's going on.

I thought I was the only one...now I know it is just not me who has had this problem.

Hello and thank you.  I have figured out that the F10 opens the shorthand menu but I am trying to figure out what the key would be to get to add a new word and okay it without using a mouse.  I am so used to adding my autocorrect entries easily, alt the a (type word) tab over and enter.  It is so quick to do that probably 3 seconds to create a word.  I am trying to figure out how to not fumble with the mouse to actually create a new entry into shorthand.  Any tips are greatly appreciated.  THANKS

Add new entry to dictionary

it's probably (I'm not there) a harmless garter snake or something....not a boa and not a cobra (reddish/orange/black as I remember from my NC days), and not a rattler I do not think.

Yes - snake is a snake is a snake - but I've know that they are sacred in certain cultures, and we are a multicultural country and so we shouldn't disrespect animals....especially when there are organizations to be called in to help.

Glad he/she is in hiding....if you're still scared, I'd call someone or ask a neighbor (not a scared neighbor) to help. 

Neat little story to share:  Last evening, I helped 2 people try to capture these 2 lttle parrots who had their wings clipped (apparently by someone who wanted to keep them) and who have been flying around my area for weeks to possibly months.  I got a cat carrier and some sheets, and the 2 others, over some time, and with the sheets, got them into the cat carrier...

Now one of them wants to keep them and went and bought a huge cage/food/toys,etc.

It was a nice evening helping capture these 2 birds who really couldn't fly due to their wings were clipped, and only flew low (cars/traffic worry here). 

I have probably posted 4 times in the last 4 years here, but love gleaning information from all of the posts.  ShortHand vs. Instant Text seemed to be a hot topic when I created these posts and I  thought this info would benefit a lot of MTs.

With close to 200 views, I don't understand the lack of responses. 

Again, I really appreciate yours.

Actually I do believe you because unlike some of the other posts that I've seen your words have the ring of truth.  You've presented three elements that I believe that the high income achievers that work for services have that are inherent to their success:

1.  An account that is a good fit;

2.  Hard work; and

3.  Dumb luck. 

Some of the posters try to come off as if they're just so wonderful and have such a strong work ethic, and that makes them differerent from the rest of the pack.  You're presenting a realistic perspective that actually makes sense.

state attorney general for the state The VLC is located in.  I happened to check it out and they have offices in Niagara Falls, NY and in Ontario.  Be sure to forward copies of every thing your file to them.  You can fill online complaint forms at the FTC website and the NY Attorney General's website.  Print out copies of these forms and mail copies of them after you fill them out to the school with a letter basically stating that you have reported them to these agencies and they will be intervening for you on this matter.

I also like the idea of putting cc's on your correspondence to a local news reporter.  And call them every single day until they are tired of hearing from you!

Good Luck!

.. There was a surgical group whose director's wife started a service and charged her husband and his partners 18 CPL.

They now offshore to India, however.

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I was responding to "whatever", not
to MQLover. If you read what "whatever" wrote, it is pretty screwed up. I haven't heard that since junior high school!

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I'm sure his delay in responding is because he's
I hope he's not a MOLE....... DUM DA DUMMMMMM!

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might be responding via a Blackberry, that's why...
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Thanks Babe for responding....sm

Thanks for responding so quickly :)  I don't know much about sole proprietorships except to say I file a schedule C for the private MDs and I do a regular 1040A for the national I work for.  Speak to your CPA - you do live in NC and that's part of the SE region of the USA and maybe the laws coincide (are much the same).  I don't know and I wish I could give you more info.  Like I said, I take my 1099s and file a schedule C on my taxes at the same time I do a 1040A for the W2-W4 I receive from the national.  It all works out and the IRS has never come after me.  I'm very legal. 

Be well hon and thanks again for the quick response.

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Hi! Sorry I'm so late in responding SM

I have tons of entries (like 45,000+), but I never really learned how to do commands on it.  I did learn this from someone though: 

yow = {@KEY BkSp}-year-old woman

...it will go back one space and attach to the number.  So,I type 20 yow and it expands out to 20-year-old woman....I have yoaaf, yoaam, yowf, yog, yob, yogent, yomn, etc.  For instance:

yomn = {@KEY BkSp}-year-old man

the key is to use the {@KEY BkSp} before each expansion.

Hopefully this is what you were needing help with! 

Here is a list (I hope this works!)

KEYWORD: yohf
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old Hispanic female

KEYWORD: yohm
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old Hispanic male

KEYWORD: yol
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old lady

KEYWORD: yolb
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old little boy

KEYWORD: yolhg
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old left-handed gentleman

KEYWORD: yolm
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old left-handed male

KEYWORD: yolw
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old left-handed woman

KEYWORD: yom
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old male

KEYWORD: yomn
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old man

KEYWORD: yop
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old patient

KEYWORD: yopt
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old patient

KEYWORD: yorhcf
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old right-handed Caucasian female

KEYWORD: yorhdm
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old right-hand-dominant male

KEYWORD: yorhdmn
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old right-hand-dominant man

KEYWORD: yorhf
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old right-handed female

KEYWORD: yorhg
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old right-handed gentleman

KEYWORD: yorhm
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old right-handed male

KEYWORD: yorhw
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old right-handed woman

KEYWORD: yos
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old son

KEYWORD: yosib
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old sibling

KEYWORD: yosis
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old sister

KEYWORD: yow
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old woman

KEYWORD: yowf
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old white female

KEYWORD: yowg
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old white gentleman

KEYWORD: yowm
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old white male

KEYWORD: yoyw
DESCRIPTION:
{@KEY BkSp}-year-old young woman

Feel free to e-mail me if you'd like!

Chickadee :)

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Thanks for responding..another question..
Have you tried making any contributions to the 401K since becoming an SE? I'm hoping to find something I can contribute to do I can save for retirement and at the same time reduce the amount of "profit" on my Schedule C and reduce my tax burden. Thanks!

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A -ha! I should have realized. Thx for responding.
nm

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okay, thanks for responding/explaining..NM

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I was responding to mt502...
.. saying that her advice was good. I mistakenly used anon as the source in my just posted post.

3 months at a place looks good on a resume and DOES look like you gave it a good try.

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