I've never had a negative experience with an Amphion mgmt person.
Posted By: sorry for your trouble on 2005-10-20
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Ugh! Negative, negative experience!!
I had an injury this past year that necessitated me purchasing Dragon Professional. Total cost approximately $1000 by the time I purchased the "good" microphone from Knowbrainer. I'm thankful everyday I had the option of using Dragon to get me through my injury but I hope to God that I never have to use it again as it drove me nuts and my production was so low. I averaged four hours a day more in my chair than usual, but were it not for Dragon, I'd have lost all my clients. The program is "iffy" from day to day in its ability to be "accurate." I trained the h out of it but still had problem after problem. If I had to do it over again and use Dragon for a short period of time, I would, but I can't imagine using it long term. Just my experience.
So far HappyMomMT, you are the only negative person in regards to this post. SM
I was just telling her my opinion and my experience. My kids were 11 months apart, two girls. They fought all the time over toys and attention. For anyone to say it is not hard to work an 8-hour shift with two kids at home, that is insane. And what's even more insane is to say that we dont care or love our kids and that we have no motherly instincts. Jesus. I love my kids more than life itself. EVeryone is fine and happy now that they are in day care and get to socialize and not be on their own all the time. Of course I was here to help them with their needs but the fact of the matter is, they had to be left alone for every line I transcribed. And when are transcribing 1200 lines a day, that is a lot of time. I am not a kid-hating MT. And I hardly EVER post on this board.
If I didnt have to work and had my kids home with me I would be a great stay-at-home mom as I do have mothering skills. However, to stay at home and not be able to use those mothering skills because I am tied to a computer, that is not good for the kid.
I am sure there are a lot of MTs who can work around their kids schedules. I am not one of them. Like I said I was just stating my experience to the poster. I do believe that it is best to place the kids in a place where they can be tended to while you work. I will believe that till I die. That is my opinion. Your opinion is obviously differnet but please, and I dont mean to sound mean or nasty, please dont go and accuse people of not caring or loving their children and call them kid-hating MTs. You sound very immature.
But you are being negative! Your experience sounds horrible, but it wasn't like that
for a lot of us! I didn't have a horrible experience at all. I loved it and found working at home as an MT a breeze. I didn't fork $$ into some bogus school. You make it sound like its the hardest most grueling thing to do, and that is just YOUR experience. You've BTDT in so many things, and even your "name" sounds negative. It doesn't sound like a positive "been there/done that"...Its a negative attitude no matter what its applied to. So its not fair to give your perceived horror struggle. You don't know anything more than 1 sentence about this girl. Why not be open that she could be a whiz at this? A natural? And obviously one can't work for a "horrible national", and do it. But there are tons of companies who would work with her, or any other MT with little ones. Happens all the time, every day. You just have to want to do it and be POSITIVE and find that great job. You're squashing her dream before she finished dreaming it, and that's sad. I'm sorry you had such a tough start, but you're not the majority, and you're not the only single mom either. Why is it okay with you all the negative postings, but the positive ones aren't fair to you, and you have to jump in and give your horror version again.
But you are being negative! Your experience sounds horrible, but it wasn't like that
for a lot of us! I didn't have a horrible experience at all. I loved it and found working at home as an MT a breeze. I didn't fork $$ into some bogus school. You make it sound like its the hardest most grueling thing to do, and that is just YOUR experience. You've BTDT in so many things, and even your "name" sounds negative. It doesn't sound like a positive "been there/done that"...Its a negative attitude no matter what its applied to. So its not fair to give your perceived horror struggle. You don't know anything more than 1 sentence about this girl. Why not be open that she could be a whiz at this? A natural? And obviously one can't work for a "horrible national", and do it. But there are tons of companies who would work with her, or any other MT with little ones. Happens all the time, every day. You just have to want to do it and be POSITIVE and find that great job. You're squashing her dream before she finished dreaming it, and that's sad. I'm sorry you had such a tough start, but you're not the majority, and you're not the only single mom either. Why is it okay with you all the negative postings, but the positive ones aren't fair to you, and you have to jump in and give your horror version again.
I've never made a negative comment about newbies.
I always try to help out whenever I can. It's not easy to work from home. The matchbook schools and scam ads have people believing they can do something that is a bit more complicated than just taking a correspondence course and immediately knowing everything you need to be successful in this career field.
Believe me, I was desperate to work from home, too, because daycare costs were phenomenal. I started out transcribing TV shows for a media company at first. Then I did worker's comp and insurance letters for a small MTSO on the east coast at $.05 per line. They liked my work and transitioned me to clinic SOAP notes. As for working in-house doing transcription, I worked in an office for ONE WEEK before they allowed me to go home. If I can do it, so can you. It may take some searching, but persistence pays off. That's being proactive. Venting here on the boards and accusing people of things they didn't do are being reactive.
I've never been without work at Amphion
3 months though, so that makes me a newbie but they send out a report every morning of how many jobs are on the system and on my account alone there's always plenty of work so I'm not worried about it.
I've been on OT for weeks! Try Amphion.
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I've worked for other nationals. I make more money at Amphion.
The difference in dictation quality, work availability, system stability, and easy platform more than makes up for the lower line rate. They don't micromanage or bully either.
Get this experience with QA. After a week, I was informed by a QA person who proudly introduced hers
bat. I should have known. It was downhill from there. I have had 14 years of MT experience, and after a week, she frustratedly told me that I was costing them too much money because QA was having to check my work and I was wasting their time. She was rude and insulting about it too. I was so shocked that I quit, I mean, who am I to waste their time and money. For some reason, I thought that was wise QA was in place. I could see if I had been on that account for several months and they still felt they had to check my work but I was there a WHOLE WEEK..Rude, Rude.. Glad I moved on.
Thanks for the heads-up. You are 2nd person I've heard that from
holding "outsourcing" over the MT employees' heads.
So I guess hospitals by and large still have not learned the lesson quite yet.
Sit back, they will. 
They haven't heard the "sucking" noise of their money going out the mail shute yet. When they still have to hire people to CLEAN UP what comes back to them after spending wads of money TO BUY OR LEASE THE EQUIPMENT TO HAVE VR...and the finance and accounting man comes to the staff meeting and says WE ARE SPENDING MORE ON MEDICAL RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTION THAN ON THE WHOLE HEART DIVISION !!!! there will be a clanging of the doors to nationals. (stay tuned  )
You should've just told the person who gave
that you took the clothes you couldn't use to Goodwill and that your other friend bought them at Goodwill. Nothing she could do about that one!!! She'd have to tell Goodwill not to sell stuff to her and you know that wouldn't fly.
You did the right thing, though, and I probably would've done the same. This way you can continue to be friends with both without getting in the middle of things or causing hard feelings. :)
I wouldn't let it go. I would email the person you've been corresponding with... SM
through the whole hiring process and I would present your research in a professional manner. Simply say you can't understand how you missed five when you've researched all your answers after the fact. Cite your sources and ask her if your test can be looked at again.
You may be helping out another MT in the future by bringing your concerns about the test to the company. They might improve the testing process or the grading process in the future.
Same experience here. I've had
MTs/CMTs apply who completely failed the testing, and become very, very nasty when I sent them the test results. I loved finding ANYONE who could ace testing, and if they were a CMT that was just fine. But having a CMT in no way demonstrated that they could transcribe reports better than anyone else.
I rejoiced as much the day my CMT expired as I did the day I received the "you passed!" letter in the mail.
Live and learn.
I've had lots of experience with this...sm
as a foster parent. Here's some suggestions for you:
- Don't negotiate a kid's negative behavior like that counselor recommended all of the time - make negotiating a rarity instead of the actual standard rule. YOU are the parent and in charge, not the child. If you negotiate then they'll always think that life is a big negotiation pool.
- Be consistent. Set up the house rules and consequences/rewards and even write them out for the child. For example, set up a sticker chart and every day the child brushes his teeth without being told twice to do so he gets a sticker, and when he gets "x" stickers accumulated he gets a small prize. In my house we have what is called a grab bag, which contains items that I got at the dollar store. The grab bag is a dark laundry bag and the child cannot see in there - they have to reach in there and grab a prize out. On the other hand - anytime the child misbehaves, i.e. does something to make the younger sibling cry on purpose, they lose a sticker. Kids his age usually do well with having to obtain around 10 stickers to get rewarded.
- Talk with the teacher about what is going on and ask them to try techniques to help build his self-esteem. Oftentimes they'll do things like this by asking your child if they'd like to be the team captain for a game. A lot of schools have school counselors available for free, so if this is available ask the school counselor to also spend time with him.
- Socialize your child as much as possible with other kids. Sports are great for this and allows them to burn off energy. Playgrounds are superb as well.
- I also love the John Rosemond stuff - he's great on getting kids negative behaviors turned around.
- Most importantly make sure your child knows you love him. Spend a few minutes each day snuggling/loving on him or at least trying to. There will be days he'll be refractory to this but other days he'll appreciate it.
- Never speak negative about his biological father to him or when he can hear you. Kids don't understand when they have a parent that is bad and things like this often cause them to misbehave more. I've had kids come to me whose parents were horrible parents/people yet the child still loves them.
- Don't forget to take time out for yourself. Enjoy that bubble bath!
Feel free to e-mail me if you have any further questions. Good luck!
I've had similar experience
Yes, I think I do know what you mean. Especially since I am familiar with the account, I know what the format is and where the same ASR mistakes are made and go through and fix them while playing the audio. It's like I can read, listen, look ahead and fix all at the same time.
It is faster than typing in general; however, to keep my hourly rate up I really have to stay at it and get in the "zone," without getting up much. After a while I feel kind of stressed out. I think I have traded one kind of tired for another.
I've got 35 years' experience, transcribe sm
300 lph, and nearly went bankrupt when I worked for a company for 7 cpl. I didn't stay there long!
My advice is to keep your day job until you can find something better after you have learned lots, lots more.
Newbie MTs remind me of tiny newly hatched turtles heading for the big ocean! Only a few survive.
Take your time and learn as much as you can on safe, solid ground.
...when you've had a few years of experience. Graduating
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I've never used any particular guidlines, just common sense paired with on job experience.....nev
wondering
Not mgmt at all!! Only an MT!!! SM
You're sad situation is just that -- it's yours.
I'm happy. I'm doing what I want. I'm making the money. I'm making the QA and grade. :)
I don't care whether the fire gets put out or not...I'm not the one burning! LOL
Perfect scenario you have there -- yes, blame your troubles on your employer. Absolutely! There's no where else to work, is there?! There's no other career out there, right?! LOL You're LIMITED, hands tied behind your back! Poor you. ROFL
Now go call your 15-alarm firehouse call!!
MT's or mgmt
why would you want your pay reduced at all?? MTs need to stick together
you don't get it....they (mgmt here)....sm
Her board, her rules (Sheri Steadman's board here).
You must be a MQ mgmt plant. nm
NOT
mgmt is the problem.
whoever u work for is saying its ok to do that.
Not yet, but mgmt swears it will. I don't believe them! nm
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NOT mgmt at all! I just pay attn!! Perhaps YOU should try the same!! LMAO
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Not mgmt here. Take your advice, loser.
You've a right to complain. I've a right to complain.
My complaints are about the losers who don't want to take care of their own problems. They are pathetic as the the poor poverty-stricken people from LA using their $2000 FEMA allowance to buy purses and crap they don't need. They can't make decent decisions -- that's why they are in the poverty state they are in. Neither can the MQ complainers. Can't make a decent decision.
I'm going to blow your stinkin' smoke right back in your face every single time and if you don't like it, don't read MY posts! LOLOLOL You're just pollution, that's all!
Have you ever known anyone in mgmt. with ANY basic intelligence? (nm)
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This chick's crackin' me up - *Not mgmt.*
Nowadays, no one in this business can possibly defend the way it is managed - except management itself. Certainly not us gerbils at the bottom, spinning the wheels.
IMO, she has a money mgmt problem!
I worked for a small MTSO (15-30 employees at any one time) for years and years and they were NEVER late on our paychecks.
I know from working in-office that collection was a huge, HUGE issue with some clients. I knew of several that the service had to repeatedly drop due to nonpayment. Some owed the company hundreds of dollars and were habitually late. Sometimes they would take them back if they paid up, sometimes they wouldn't (if they were chronic offenders and just not worth the hassle). One year I know for sure the owners did not collect their own salaries several times in order to make the payroll.
It sounds to me like this person is working too close to the bone, not building up enough in her own account to cover payroll. One should never have to wait on a client payment to pay an employee. That's just poor management, IMO.
Nope, Pain Mgmt in NJ
By and large my clients are good honest people like the rest of us, but these few bad apples make it hard to trust the rest.
Have you talked to mgmt. about the lack of consistency?
Seems like mgmt would want to get all the QA on the same page, anyway b/c that is way too frustrating for the MTs to get conflicting requests all the time. Where I do QA we get mgmt emails all the time reiterating client requests and info to keep us all in the loop.
WebChart MD file mgmt svc - not MTSO
WebChart MD does not do transcription but manages your files, transfers files to you, etc. Is a file management company. You pay them so much per month for providing the FTP, and then the docs send their files to them, they send to you. They charge per user, etc. When I talked to them, very expensive for me and I could not pass that onto the doctors especially when I can do the services they provide
I work for the person. I know. Very excellent person, personally and business-sense.
It is an INSULT to have QA hovering over seasoned MTs who know what they are doing. She trusts her MTs and again if there are questions there is one person, a trainer, who can answer them via phone, e-mail or instant message or you can send the whole report to them if you choose.
Point was is the person willing to make up for the slack of the person who types 1 job when there is
if that is all they WANT to type. Is the person who wants to be a supervisor willing to make up for those people?
You have crap supervisors, editors and mts in the business like you have good ones. Sadly, the really good ones of all of them are few and far between.
try local waste mgmt co., they can usually tell you who recycles electronics. nm
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Ummm, since MGMT's reply was so quick to try and nip this post in the bud, I'm not
exactly feeling real confident about asking them at this point. I had the feeling if it was something MGMT had wanted us to know, we would've received notification from them at the time it occurred, such as was done when other changes in mgmt happened. I had also thought that was one of the purposes for having an anonymous board such as this--to get straight answers without fear of reprisal.
I'm the opposite.... the pay is okay, but I hate working inhouse. Mgmt. SUX! n/m
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Good grief, no. I'm not a mole. I'm not admin or mgmt in any form.
I'm not QA. I'm just an MT like everyone else on this forum.
I'm allowed to have my own questions and curious thoughts.
Well that sounds pretty bizzare and stupid. Is mgmt trying to get everyone to quit?-sm
A sure-fire way to get everyone to quit is to totally disrupt things. Maybe they plan to outsource but don't want to tell anyone. If they can get everyone to quit on their own, no unemployment to pay. It certainly sounds very counter-productive, and undoubtedly will make those with families very unhappy. They should fire the person who came up with this hairbrained idea!
When you have a QA person that is picky and another QA person that is very lenient where does that
leave the MTs because some are getting a lenient reviewer and others are getting one that picks at everything. How do you reconcile that issue with the difference in QA mentality. Some people make out well and the other people could be just as good but dont. I wonder about that.
The person MTSO pays is the person who
dsf
Experience on top, current experience first. Education second. Leave out ALL fluff.
Recruiters don't need your life story. They need to know if you can do the job. If you want, put your current employer, then state "I have 20 years in the profession doing....." Keep it simple; keep it clean. If you want to go into more detail, do it during the interview. A HUGE red flag is to see that you've worked for 10 different companies, for months at a time. I know that someone who has worked for the same company for 2 years or more is going to have some degree of loyalty and will work through issues rather than cut and run.
you seem negative
its very frustrating, do you want to receive 20% less in your pay???? are we not allowed to vent on this board.. How come you are so agreeable to lose 20% of your income?
Yeh I have ignored the negative ones
Even though it really surprised me that people would actually post that reaction. There is a heck of a lot more good advice that I have taken in and as for therapy, I need that too. I don't usually open up to people in my life, I write things down, journal things, so coming to a message board seemed like a good idea to me, to get other perspectives. Thanks for the caring response.
Not to be negative but . . .
I think you'd have more luck organizing a media blitz to get Paris Hilton out on early release. :(
negative
Okay, just checking!
You ARE very negative!
You ARE discouraging and very rude when you talk about newbies not knowing enough and old fashioned Mt's "worked for it." What kind of comment is that?! How the heck do you know what they worked for or not if you have never taken those courses?! And, speaking of your "QA" experience, have you EVER trained (honestly) an MTEC or Andrews graduate?! There IS a difference! And weren't you the one that paid $5000 for YOUR "education" 15 years ago?! All these schools charge less now, AND give you more experience than ANY community college out there! Are you saying that your education is better, even if you paid more, learned less, but just because it was at an actual "location" where you could spend more money on gas to get there? Are you kidding me?!
Don't mean to be negative, but even
with your background summarizing 1000s of medical records, have you actually listened to a medical dictation? Summarizing written files is something entirely different than actually sitting down and listening to/transcribing a medical report. It is not as easy as the schools would lead you to believe. I would try legal transcription before getting into this profession.
why are you being so negative? sm
She has found a good job. It may never go to VR. The company I am working for hasn't gone to VR at all and doesn't plan to. Why not be happy for this person. I just don't understand trying to discourage someone.
Wow. Negative much?
There are some of us out there who do enjoy the profession and actually make money at it. Research your school carefully. Most schools will have stats on their grads who get jobs. Find out what percentage it is. Go with your gut. I have heard about those other two that you mentioned, but I didn't go to them, and I ended up with a good job.
Keep in mind, though, that this is not an industry where you will make a lot of money your first year. Even with a paid internship - that just means you're going to get minimum wage to do a lot of work. It'll be good experience, though. I barely broke minimum wage my first year, but I knew going into it that would be the case.
I can tell you that I make significantly more than that now, though. It is still possible.
I use EXText with my current job and I've used at a couple of other jobs I've had. I've ne
used DocQscribe, but I have used Meditech, Cerner, Vianeta, the Precyse platform (I can't remember the name), Dolbey, and Lanier platform I think was called Cequence (?).
Out of all the different platforms I have typed on, I have liked EXText the best. In my opinion, it's very user friendly, easy to learn, and I really like ESP which is the built in abbreviation expander. Plus it is very easy to create your own normals which I love. My fingers literally never leave the keyboard because there are macro keys for everything. You can use your mouse if you prefer or learn the function macros. I love it. I think I'm more productive on EXText than with any other platform.
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