Do you have a specific company you'll be working for?
Posted By: Msla MT on 2007-07-19
In Reply to: Question about using a laptop with Escription. sm - searching
They should be able to give you specs.
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You'll get specific paperwork on it.
First, you'll probably have a public sale set up at your local court house. Chances are the only person showing up other than yourself (you don't have to be present unless your paperwork directs you to) is the mortgage foreclosure representative. If no one buys the home at that public sale, you'll get more paperwork giving you a date to be out. The mortgagor might serve you with papers through law enforcement but usually you are given a date. Pack up your belongings, turn off the lights, lock the door and leave by that date.
If you're not out by that date, you can be arrested for trespassing.
That's not working, could you be more specific please
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Not inquiring about a specific company. sm
Just trying to find out how many reports on average are to done during the course of a day.
I'm guessing you are talking about a specific company here
because it's definately not like that where I work...
I don't get paid for headers and footers, but I don't have to type them and they aren't deducted from my pay either. And I didn't have to wait six weeks to get paid...only two.
Does you company require a specific number
of lines per day? If so, what are they?
No, we do not set up specific company boards. Posters are allowed to post discussion about MQ here
or on the Company board, just as any other company can.
Except you'll actually be working about 40 anyway. sm
Webmedx has created a real catch-22 situation for their MTs. You need to work at least 35 hours, but you also need to keep your lph at 150 or higher. To accomplish that, you've got to clock out for everything that isn't strictly transcription. That includes looking over specific account requirements, reading and responding to email, trips to the bathroom, getting up for a drink, etc. There's a REASON they require 35 instead of 40 hours to qualify for benefits. I wish they'd be honest about this. As an MT with them you'll probably find you put in lots more then 35 hours of WORK to meet the requirements.
Okay, I'll go first. I'm right at 300 and have been working for two hours. Already need a na
 Come on girls! Make those fingers fly!
I was hired for a specific account/specific
work type. I've learned the dictators, done the macros, now they need to hire new MTs because the workload has increased, so they switch me to a very difficult account, doing everything but my normal work type. Does this make sense? I'm productive on my original account, not productive on new account, plus I'm majorly stressed. I do ESL 90% of the time but the new account is really horrible, not only ESL but they mumble and the quality of the dictation is bad. If you took a new hire and put them on this account and they stuck it out, maybe they wouldn't think these dictators would be so bad. I've talked with the MTSO and they say they'll switch me back and that lasts 2 weeks and then back to this horrible account. It would be different if they called and said we need you to do this account for a couple of weeks, but it doesn't pay enough for me to do from now on.
I understand this is the way the business is and my griping probably isn't going to help anything, but I just had to get it out.
I'll second that...wonderful company!!! nm
I'll bet it was the same small company that
nearly did me in as well. Do they come at you for compound modifiers? Yikes! I felt the same way - just could not do anything right, decades of experience. I finally got thru the constant QA barrage, and now am glad I did. But I know the feeling. I left the job down the road, part time and just too many rules so that it messed up my other jobs!! I would get its the same small company - they have very high QA standards, which is great on one hand, but...I also knew that some of it was a tad ridiculous! I would be sick while working, and that is NOT good!
You'll have to ask the tech for the company, but I know
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Hey, she's the one working for that company
not me.
Birdie, dear, no company (even well organized ones) can put all expectations up front. Feedback is how that is conveyed.
Obviously, the changes they want are not "petty" or they wouldn't want them.
Did you ever think about that?
I'm new to working for a company (m)
as opposed to for myself where I set my own schedule and TAT. When a company tells you that you work from 9-5, etc. what exactly do they mean? Do you literally have to be at your desk transcribing for those hours? Or once you meet any line count requirements are you done for the day whether you worked 2 hours or 8 hours? I'm just trying to decide what avenue to go. I have a certain amount of freedom that I enjoy right now as in I can work until noon, go on a field trip with one of my kids, and come back and work at 5 and complete my work, etc. Or I can work at 10 at night if I want/need to. I just wonder what to expect from working for a company and would appreciate any insight!
Working for more than one company...
I've always worked for more than one company. I encourage people to not put all their eggs in one basket.
Working for company, not my own
accounts. I appreciate the information. Guess for a trip in July, now is not too early to tell them what days I will be gone. Thanks!
For those of you working for more than one company...
I am looking to move some of my eggs into another basket, if you know what I'm saying... I'm wondering how those of you who work for more than one company juggle the work load. I am talking part-time, IC work here.
The company I work with now is great, but like I said, I would just like to have a little something in my back pocket. They do call me and email me all the time asking if I can pick up this job or that job. What if I'm bogged down with other work?
Do companies look down on IC's that have other companies they work for, or do they kind of expect that?
Thanks for any advice.
Working for a company or IC
For those of you who are ICs, have you regreted taking that giant leap of working for a national company versus working as an IC? I know there would days of feast or famine, but at this point I need the flexibility. I am in my late 50s and do not yet qualify for Medicare.
The other problem is too that I will have to buy my own health insurance. Would anyone recommend a good national insurance company for getting medical/surgical benefits for myself and spouce that do not charge a fortunate?
I still get to type hospital dictation since I am an acute-care MT with 29 years exp.
So undecided.
What company are you working for?...sm
I have also found it hard to make any money on VR and asked to be taken off of it.
what company are you working
Your company may give you instructions on the basic use of it.
You probably are working for a company that
has oodles of employees working on ASR, right? I work on Escription and probably not as many on my account but it is almost perfect. You cannot teach the computer IF you have lots of people who type in things differently, just will not LEARN. What system do you use and how many working on same acct?
It all depends on the company you are working for. sm
If you are the only recruiter for a company, you are not competing with anyone in the same company, but you are competing with the other companies out there. You have to know the way to sell your company hopefully that your company has something to sell, you have to have strong people skills, be able to administer whatever kind of test is appropriate, and I think it is imperative that you have experience as a medical Transcriptionist as well as a QA specialist. I think both of those positions go along with making a strong recruiter.
Until you know which company you are interested in working for, sm
or will be working for, it is useless to worry about equipment. Many companies have specific equipment they require. Either they will provide this, or ask you to buy/rent it. It is impossible to buy equipment for a job you do not have. Some companies use transcribers, but most of them use internet platforms, often provided by the company. This platform will determine which pedal you need. Unless you have a lot of money to throw away, get a job first, then be prepared to buy/rent the equipment. MTs that have been working awhile usually have equipment sitting around, but they don't buy it hoping to get a job; it is usually left over from a former job. My advice is save your money until you get a job. Good luck.
Are you doing this fulltime and you working for more than 1 company?n/m
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I think she is working for a company that provides insurance.
Sounds to me like she can't afford the premium thru her employer -- the place I'm leaving in a few days, for my daughter and myself it cost over $300 a month. I guess to some that's reasonable but I have had a very hard time with it. I'd prefer to eat.
I started out working for a company ...sm
that gave you everyone who worked there's IM and then the company who bought them out isn't that way. They don't encourage contacting other MTs working there. Which has not stopped me. I still have managed to get email addresses and then get their IM. It does help tremendously when you are able to talk to others on the same account as you.
My company doesn't offer health insurance. I'll buy it at Sam's Store.
BTW, you can eat yourself up and waste a lot of time hating and smearing Walmart. People support the store and it is growing in spite of your MT Stars posts. Walmart shoppers don't care about your posts or if Walmart doesn't offer health insurance to their employees. They are looking for a bargain. Walmart has them. At least half the US workers have lost health insurance and as for my company, it costs at least $200 a month for health insurance if I want to BUY it. Get a grip.
I agree with MOMT, but be careful not to print company names or you'll
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If you are working for a company that totals your daily sm
lines for you then I wouldn't worry about keep track of it on word. The characters must be basing it on something else - like no spaces, spaces, 65 characters, no characters...that kind of thing.
I would just look on your company statistic board and keep track of it that way. That way it is not as confusing.
Sounds like total opposite of the company I am working for...
My pay is quite good, rarely talk to my manager, been very flexible with me. Goodness, sure you are talking about the same Medware?
Should clarify, I was an IC for a company working a split shift. nm
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What about benefits? I make 50k a year working for a company
out of my home full time. No gas money, no traveling, no printing, faxing, and I get full benefits. How is making 50000 as an MTSO good money? I really just don't get it!
Just started working as an IC for a company, found out something I had been transcribing for
years was wrong. When I questioned it, they explained it to me, but for 20+ yearse no one else had seemed to care. You learn something every day in this business.
So, are you working for the same company. I have worked for 2 companies and I have noticed a huge
difference in the lines I got from each company. The accounts were similar. I never ever got what your talking about but I would average 600-700 lph at one company and the other one I was lucky to get 400 lph so then I figured out they didnt pay for spaces, footers, headers etc.. and that does factor into your line counts on that platform.
Your company will dictate whether working off line via recorded work is even
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It'll be the most expensive magazine subscription you'll ever get! No point in joining. nm
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I'll go! I'll go!! I won't take hormones and will be ready to defend your honor :) n/m
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No. It'll be the most expensive magazine subscription you'll ever get, and it's unnecessary
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You'll get used to it. It is keeping the right leg propped up at the same time that'll be the
When I broke my ankle, I was just grateful it wasn't the hands. Without our hands we'd be totally screwed.
I broke my right ankle slipping on ice and was lucky to have gloves on because the palm of the glove was totally torn up and my hand was okay.
Good luck and be sure to do your exercises when it is time.
BE SPECIFIC, PLEASE
You need to CLARIFY - Not sure why you can't be specific - or is it you don't even know what you are talking about?
how do you do that, could you be a little more specific?
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to be more specific....sm..
You, the parent, want something done.
They, the child, want something(s).....
When the something you want gets done by the child...
The child gets something.
Deals and contracts - works every time....*S* 
can you be more specific.
nm
How much more specific does it need to be?
It says to save the TEMPLATE to a disk, flash drive, etc. Short of coming over and doing the work for you, now sure what you are asking for. Did you know there's a Help menu in Word that spells out all the details?
More specific help?
I am only using about 25% of my hard drive, and I defrag regularly. I am always getting rid of stuff that I am not using anymore, but my computer is still SUPER slow a lot of the time. It is almost always sluggish, and seems like there is something downloading that I can't see. Does that make sense? I check the running processes and programs and can't see anything there, but there is definitely something going on.
Any ideas on how I can find my gremlins?
Can you be more specific?
There are numerous programs, legit and not so legit, which have similar names. There's a CA Anti-Spyware 2008 (legit) and then there's one referred to as "Zinaps" Anti-Spyware 2008 (which is a trojan). In any case, you need to correctly identify what's actually running in order to know whether it's a threat or not and how to remove it in either case. For the latter (mentioned above), see http://www.precisesecurity.com/threats/zinaps-anti-spyware-2008/
Beyond that, downloading and running either Ad-Aware or Spybot Search and Destroy would presumably detect (and possibly remove) what's running if it's spyware/trojanware.
To be specific...
The "account" that I do - I currently transcribe for only one facility - does not offshore - so only transcriptionists are hired that can produce the work required without needing someone to edit the transcription. I understand that editing can be in either form - correcting or filling in the blanks of someone who isn't qualified to produce a final document (as in a new transcriptionist's work) or VR (which I have done with past accounts). As I said, I am fortunate to have that opportunity and not all are so fortunate. I also have the luxury, because of years of only acute care experience, to have had a choice in who I work for. I know that isn't the case for everyone. I am also not currently the sole supporter of my family and I have been in that position in the past.
However, I think that if each of us who personally has the ability to do so - economically-speaking - that we try not to make it easy for those companies offshoring who are asking for our years of experience to train their transciptionists. In a perfect world.....
anything that does not have a specific board
look to the left
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if there's not a spot for it there, then you can post it here
how hard is that? rofl
Is there a specific panel/s you are looking for?
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This is specific and helps.
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Yes, you would need the specific software.
DocShuttle integrates with the other pieces of the Bytescribe system which basically allows the software to do the work of uploading and downloading. Without your piece, you wouldn't be able to send or return work.
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