Does Cbay still exist? I haven't seen
Posted By: anything ahout them in a while. on 2008-04-09
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Current Employees of CBAY?
I know that a lot of you guys are anti-CBay because they outsource but I've got to go where the money is instead of sitting here posting on forums while I wait for some work to come in. My question is....Anyone currently working for Cbay as QA? I've done my interview and tests and the pay/benefits are very alluring. I'm tired of MT work and want to move up/on without having to work 12 hours a day. I've read all the other posts "hating" on them but is there anyone out there that has had a positive experience??? Aside from sending work overseas, how are they really?
The company she works for is CBay
I thought perhaps most would get the bigger picture....the liberal New York Times and their foreign liberal journalist using a blind person overseas to put such a twist on her plight, that the outsourcing just gets overlooked for what it truly is, stripping US of their jobs. This has everything to do with INDIANS or anyone else overseas who is given our jobs for pennies....it has to do with selling us, the U.S. down the river, and our own greedy corporate idiots do it.
But there was an article where JLG has a contract with Arrendale/CBay, Indian
read on an old MTChat thread where a QA Editor said that JLG was offshoring 60% of their dictation. Comments anyone, please? I do not want to get involved with yet another company that is outsourcing overseas.
I found an India MT site - cbay thread is especially interesting...
most of these are old but the CBay post is fairly new...even the MTs in India do not seem to be treated fairly...I imagine there is a lot of abuse over there also.
Too bad we could not unionize them and us together...would that ever be possible you think?
We DO exist, really we do!!
We work long hours.
We glady take the ESLs that others find hard or impossible to transcribe.
We go the extra mile when you are behind to help you get caught up because we all know if the client is not happy, none of us will be making any money.
We don't need endless emails from your QA telling us where to put a hyphen or a semicolon. In fact, we probably do not even take up much QA time at all.
Yes, we are out there. And we are working hard, getting paid a very good cpl rate because our MTSO(s) appreciate us and pay us well.
Here's hoping that when and if, for whatever reason, one of us is looking for a position, we will meet up with you and it will be a MATCH!
You may be able to recognize us by our lack of enthusiasm in our accomplishments. Because we realize that our resumes speak for us and our tests will stand out.
yes these cases exist, but
in very small number compared with the legitimate serious cases; and the legitimate cases, as another here said, are still just the very TIP of the iceberg.
It dont exist
!
because it doesn't exist either!
!!
The other sites might as well not exist
They are so self censored that they won't give a company's name, so they might as well not exist. MTStars is the best board on the internet for FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. Posters may say that people are negative on this board, but they are honest and realistic. The other boards are so full of Pollyannas they are virtually worthless -- INCLUDING boards you have to pay by the month.
Yes, they exist.. Just sign it and put the past behind you.
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But if what they are dictating doesn't even exist.... ? nm
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Without the MTs, the site would cease to exist.
yanno
To MOMT-to me *normal* does not exist
*normal* means one has a preconceived idea of what *sanity* is....
Everyone has got a story - there is not a family out there that does not have some kind of *story* - crosses all socioeconomic levels too......it's not just an urban blight thing - it has crossed all levels of society/cultures/religions et cetera......I don't need to tell any of you, I'm sure you are all seeing the changes from decade to decade just like the rest of us! Sad world, indeed.
The Amish are the most peaceful.....they keep their doors unlocked. THIS last thing was THE STRAW BREAKING THE CAMEL'S BACK in my mind!!! Geesh....and a milkman no less.....an area where milk is still delivered to people's doorsteps (I grew up with that happening but haven't seen THAT in decades). Terrible world, little optimism (what with all these *politics*), very sad, indeed.
Corruption does exist in this business.
I recall working for YOG. When it was purchased by MQ, my account suddenly became unrecognizable. It was apparent that one MT was getting the majority of the quick-money work, namely canned reports for a surgeon who did nothing else but. They are the cream of the crop and one day, they suddenly stopped coming to us. It was always the same MT who received them and then, it was clear the jobs were being assigned. Only one MT appeared to increase production and was making a ton of money comparatively speaking.
The rumour of kick backs floated around, with the MT kicking back a portion of their income to the person assigned to job allocation. At the same time, MQ was tweaking the line count. We all watched our incomes decline except for this particular MT.
It would be prudent if managers would observe income levels of individual MTs and if there is a sudden increase or decrease for any length of time that is out of the ordinary, an audit of the account take place by an objective staff member.
Being paid by piece work leaves us all vulnerable to manipulation should the account managers have freedom from scrutiny.
In this case we all were at the mercy of unscrupulous individuals as there was no oversight of the account manager.
There's your proof- zombies exist!
Healthy necrotic tissue. Yep, must be zombies. I'll have to remember to tell my hubby, as he loves all things zombie. HA!!!
In other words - the main board should not even exist then.
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It does exist; however, not everyone makes the same. I am paid for my experience and quality. nm
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Thanks. Just checking out options in case SE does not exist anymore next year for MQ. I dont really
need benefits and dont really want to be an employee with set hours and the amount of hours you can work. I dont know what part time employee will be because it does not exist now but just checking around. Thanks all. Of course, no one knows what the cpl will be next year for MQ either. I dont know how many hours part time employees are allowed to work and still be considered part time or how they monitor that.
I worked for Cbay for 3 years. I was also part of their lay off back many years ago. sm
Even though I got stuck in a lay off era, I still love the company. They paid well then. The people were nice (exception of 1 person) and if I had the opportunity I would go back again. Fortunately (or unfortunately - depending on how u look at it), I have a great paying job right now, so I am not looking for a change. I do know that at one time, they asked management to accept late paychecks, but never sure of the reason why. My check was never late.
Haven't actually done it yet, but...
I have been wanting to do it and had looked it to it several years ago. I do believe that old concrete has to be etched first in order to open up the "pores." I was looking at using a concrete "stain" I believe it was made by Behr brand and was sold at Home Depot. It comes in lots of colors. It was my understanding that the etching and then the stain would basically allow the color to soak into the concrete rather than sit on top like paint and wouldn't have the problems with peeling. However, unfortunately, I haven't tried it yet but just wanted to offer another suggestion for you to look into. Good luck!
I haven't but my son did. sm
If you feel okay, it's probably a muscle or even an intestinal cramp. If you start to feel sick, or even just lousy, or the pain intensifies and you start to feel feverish, you should spend the $100.00.
My son was 16 and he was very, very sick. It came on in the middle of the night very quickly. He finally yelled to me at 5:00 in the morning because he couldn't get out of bed. He said he thought he had food poisoning and had been vomiting all night and his stomach hurt really bad. Just one look at him (greyish/green pallor) and I knew it was bad. We went right to the ER and the nurse came right out and got him as soon as the front desk person took one look at him. Paperwork was done later as he was prepped for surgery.
It wasn't a half hour before he was in surgery to remove his appendix that was about to burst.
He was really sick. I had a friend who just had hers out. She didn't wait as long, but she really felt horrid.
I haven't gone through it or know anyone who has
the best. I hope the lump turns out not to be cancer.
take care.
I haven't gotten anything either.
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NEW HAVEN, CT
NO MESSAGE
still haven't gotten over
yummy, yummy, yummy
Haven't had one but....
I've been with several others who have had, conscious sedation is much less risky and each time the patient recovered extremely quickly, no discomfort or side effects.
I haven't seen anything less than
3-4 cpl and most are only offering 1-2 cpl. Maybe if you are lucky, you can get an hourly gig.
Who knows - you may be right. I haven't - sm
run two operating systems at the same time, but anything is possible these days! I do have duplicate other software that I run because I don't like what came with the PC. For example, my old Photoshop instead of Windows' version; two different spam blockers & firewalls, and I use an old external Iomega drive & Iomega software for burning CDs because the Windows one doesn't work half the time. One thing I've learned about computers over the years is you shouldn't always take "no" for an answer with them. In the PC world, "no" usually means "find another way to do it." ;D
I haven't seen much about them lately, but if you
check the company board you can find info there. Doesn't appear to be very good though.
Your right TMT...those who haven't done it, don't get it..
I have been an MT for 10 years and have been home with both of my children and my work doesn't suffer nor do my children...don't take what others say personally...they don't know your or your situation :)
I haven't taken it yet,
but I did take the RMT back in January. I am scheduled for the CMT at the end of June.
One of my supervisors suggested learning all 12 cranial nerves. I printed them out and stuck them on the wall next to my bathroom to study while teeth-brushing. Now that's what I call multitasking. :)
Other than that, it has been suggested to study the various word parts, prefixes and suffixes and roots, because if you get those down cold, you can muddle your way through words that you don't actually know the meaning of. Medicolegal stuff is also something that gets pointed out as a thing to study.
I have heard several people recommend the CMT study guide. I am working my way through it now.
And know your BOS cold. Second edition; they haven't switched to third edition yet for the exam.
One of my co-workers talked to someone at AHDI who told her you only have to get half of the transcription section correct (and that's supposedly the easier part), and you have to get 62 of the 102 multiple choice questions right. That figure will come in handy when you are actually taking the test, because you can mark questions to come back to, and if you keep track of how many questions you KNOW you have correct (i.e. the real no-brainers), you can actually run a calculation to figure out how many questions you can afford to "throw" and thus not spend TOO much time or energy obsessing on the ones you aren't sure about.
Also, be very careful on the transcription portion, to follow the instructions exactly. For instance, if a particular problem is a "fill in the missing phrase" problem, if there are commas and periods and other punctuation marks already supplied, do NOT repeat them. In other words, your finished sample should look exactly like a normal piece of finished work. For more info about this, visit the CMT page of the AHDI website and take a look at the "candidate guide," starting on page 9.
Above all... remember to BREATHE! It's not so bad. Really. At least the RMT wasn't; I finished the whole thing in slightly under an hour, and walked out of the place muttering that I've done harder work than that in my sleep.
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any other questions. I am crankybeach at yahoo dot com.
I'm very sorry, (), I haven't been around a while.
First, I admit I don't use AutoCorrecct so I can't speak to that. It's far better than nothing, but it's just not a professional-level application adequate to the intensive use we need to put it to. Also, it can crash with overuse and lose everything invested in it.
Shorthand and InstantText are two excellent programs, and I recommend them both to anyone looking for an expander.
IMO, it's not at all true that we need our Expanders very little with editing--just the opposite. I can understand why people think so, though. Very little is being said on this because it's all such new technology and there's not been a lot of experience built up. We're the first wave. But toss that defeatest belief aside. You keystroke all day long. If you could cut your Keystrokes by half you'd double your income. Even cutting them by a third... This is very, very doable.
Editing consists of corrections, many of them very short but done hundreds of times a day. If you can use your Expander to shorten a 6-stroke correction to a smoother and shorter 3-stroke correction, you're doubling your rate of pay every time you use it for those keystrokes. And feeling a whole lot happier about what you're doing--it's a significant upgrade in your skills and you're breezing through reports much faster. I just happen to feel like I'm going backwards when I use my backspace key, so I don't. Every use it's put to is part of a short form, and that key is seldom touched.
Corrections come in various types--
Changing the case of a letter or word. For me, F changes the case of the letter it's in front of, lantus to Lantus, Ampicillin to ampicillin. FF changes the case of the whole word.
Adding a word, words, or phrases not included. Deleting words not dictated and replacing with those that are.
In editing it's typically much less a matter of dropping in whole blocks of text and instead correcting lots of individual words and phrases--make abbreviations for ALL of them. mk abrevjs l AL o uem. (l is my short for FOR, o is OF, u is short for TH in a word but short for HER on its own).
The same for little short phrases--iort is in order to. beo because of. epld is was placed (E is my short for WAS). Store ALL of them.
Correcting punctuation. I have macros for every one that pops up all day long. ,q backs up, deletes a punctuation mark, replaces it with a comma, and repositions the cursor at the next word--without changing the case of that word. ,, does the same thing but changes the case of the next word to combine two sentences into one.
Making these was as simple as recording the keystrokes of the correction into my expander as I did them for the last time.
bb links two words together so they don't split at the end of a line.
Correcting verb tenses and word endings. qd backs up, inserts ed, then repositions at the next word. qdd does the same thing but backs two spaces to deletes a letter (looks to looked).
Correcting headings. /abq moves "abdomen" in the middle of a block of text to the beginning of the next line and changes it to ABDOMEN: //abq does the same but also bolds it.
Correcting gender. R is my abbreviation for he, and rq corrects her to he. kq changes "he" to "she."
kt adds a "The" to the beginning of a sentence and changes the previously-first word to lower case. Same for ka for adding A to the beginning of a sentence, kit for It, kk for She.
;;3 and ;;4 change prednisone, loratidine to
3. Prednisone.
4. Loratidine.
At the very least (ah vr lest) shorten words to phonetic spellings--fonetc spelgs.
Far from not using my expander as I edit all day long, any time I make a correction that doesn't have a short form I feel as if I'm making a mistake. Surely there's SOME way I can save at least one keystroke there?
This may sound like a lot, but it's so FUN and satisfying to make an important short form and start using it. Would any of us ever want to go back to typing out chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by hand again instead of copdd or whatever the short form of choice is? It's the very same thing. Just applied to everything.
Best wishes.
I haven't been there that long so I can't say for sure, mostly because
the account they put me on is extremely low on work so I can't even work my scheduled shift in the first place. If I want to work, I've been having to grab reports right as they come in and work extra at night. They keep saying they are getting me a secondary but it hasn't happened yet; say everything is low right now. I am very pleased with every other aspect of this company, but it seems that they overstaff for fast turn around times. Therefore, you go without work a lot of the time and that doesn't pay the bills. No one seems to understand that we work on production and while I would most enjoy days off, I can't afford them......
..oops! Should be haven't seen one...nm
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I haven't seen any brochures, but if you
look at the Job Seekers board and go to some of the company websites you would probably see what you are asking for.
Haven't gotten the letter yet
 MQ is run by a bunch of jerks.
I haven't gotten my check but did
get Ipay notice, no letter of explanation yet, HOWEVER, my check is for pennies over $25.00 (twenty-five). This is supposed to be for 2 years???? What is wrong with this picture???????????????
You haven't been in banking for a
while and can't remember? You can remember when you're on the board dishing out unsolicited financial advice - can't you?
Haven't heard any more
but if all the MEs would do it, we should refuse to do ASR on October 1st. This is really a disgrace what is going on with the company and with what is going on, on this board at times (which is really sabotaging our professionalism.
I am about to! They haven't paid me from last
pay period and nobody answers my e-mails. Unprofessional!
haven't done that one right in years
excuse me - Have not done that 1 right in years!!!
I haven't found them
What I've seen ranges from 2.5 cpl to 15 per hour.
No! I'm 48 years old and still haven't had a new car!!!!
I don't think kids should be given a new car. That is a good place in life to teach them that they have the ability to work hard, save their money and buy anything they want. It gives them the incentive to want to make more money, which gives them the incentive to take care it (the car they finally buy) and also gives them the incentive to work hard in school/college so that they will get a very good paying job when they are finished with their college, so they can afford the expensive things they desire, like in the "real world" where everything isn't given to them.
You haven't checked around much then.
Spheris' top accounts pay 10.2 cpl base plus incentive and differential for acute care work.
My current national employer pays me 10 cpl base plus incentive and differential for acute care work.
That's 2 that I can personally vouch for.
Hopefully you haven't already bought. nm
Why even go? You haven't said a good
thing about your sister all week, why put yourself through that, especially if your parents aren't live to care if you all get together. Why not stop by for drinks and snacks Christmas Eve and then do your own thing Christmas. It s/l you and other sister are afraid to stand up to big sister, so nothing will ever change.
My family is so dysfunctional now that my parents are gone it is a blessing that we don't have to all get together and I don't have to play nice all day. I don't go to any of the holiday get togethers because the stress is simply not worth it.
Yes. I haven't been able to figure out
who The Carver is. I'm interested to find out. Enjoy the show!
I haven't a clue...
Maybe Casper the Friendly Ghost? 
Haven't you heard?
Ethics are only for the "lower orders" translated - us peons. a mantra for the rest of us
Bosses are to boss - peons are to peon.
Then you haven't worked on the really bad ones. nm
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I haven't heard from her yet...hopefully soon. NM
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