Quantity versus quality

• Quantity versus quality - ConeyIslandGirl
  • My experience with quality/quantity and an Indian owned company. - sm
  • quantity vs quality - Beth
  • OMG! - l
    • Just not a typing machine?? - Gloria
      • Forgive me if you misunderstood.. - l
        • Either way, in the end this is what it turns out - Gloria
    • Quanity/Quality - CRzMT
      • Work in a hospital and no one cares about quality, unless there is a malpractice law suit involved. - sm
        • Quantity versus quality - pmbradley
          • I hear ya sista. - nm

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If the company wants shoddy work, let them keep outsourcing to foreign countries.  If they get sued, they deserve it.  The office where I work will shortly be sending our work to India and doing away with us.  I saw a few reports from India, and they can't even spell our doctors' names correctly.  Their grammar is awful, not to mention the terminology.   Quality no longer counts, and I no longer want to work for companies that don't care about quality  They can take transcription and India and shove it!

I maintain 99% accuracy above on my reports.  However, the original question was regarding personal preference, and I have stated mine, and I respect your opinion as well.  :-)    I do think if I was working in an office or hospital setting, the setup you mentioned might be more profitable in the long run.  There are too many interruptions and such when you have other people running in and out, phones ringing, etc. 

I doubt that anyone but me really cares about the lines per hour it takes for me to do a report.  They just want an accurate report in a timely manner.  I take pride in my work, and would never just slop something out for the sake of the almighty buck.   And, as an added incentive, I work for 2 companies, and one of them has my name on each report.  I don't have a problem with it, but I did think it was a bit unusual at first.

Oh well ... I must confess that what I'd TRULY like is to be paid lots of money to just sit and play Battle Phlinx on Pogo all day long, but as of yet, no such luck.  

I am checking into other options for transcription.  Can anyone tell me how to compare all of these types of lines & also payment per word?  I know companies use different scales, so I wondered how they compare.  I have been paid on a 65 character line with spaces, but I may be making a change in the future - don't want to get burned.

Thank you in advance!

I have always charged or been paid by 65 or 60 character lines or per letter or space typed, but have never been paid or charged per gross line.

What is the advantage of this?  If I were to charge 11 cents per 65-character line including spaces, what does this figure out to for an average line rate and how do you do this calculation? 

I'm wondering if it is financially beneficial for me to bill by gross line or to keep it the way I have it.  I do know some accounts will only pay per 65-character line, as this was the deal my first own account I recently acquired.  They were adamant on a 65-character line, but didn't specify with or without spaces and I personally would never not charge for spaces.

Thanks for explaining this.  I appreciate it and hope everyone has a speedy day.

How good is the quality of the performance of your managers or the guys at the top?   Anybody want to evaluate that?   Can they get their raises based on our evaluation of their quality?  

Let's see now.  Which CEOs were named in lawsuit?  F for quality.  How many managers do we need to give us stupid pep talks?   F for managers.  QA this post MQ and all other nationals who decide they reward us on "quality"   Look in the mirror and fix yourself.

Quality is quality whether an employee or not.

pretty bad overall--even the Americans.  I would say with most national services, the accounts are about 75% ESL (30% terrible ESL), 20% fast Americans who don't care and 5% really good gravy dictators.

This is for acute care dictation--large hospitals.  Another problem is there are so many dictators in 1 facility that you hardly ever get the same ones day after day.

While I do agree that there is a vast majority of MTs who are of extremely poor quality, there also are very high-quality, well-seasoned MTs like myself who are tired of making the same wages we made 10-15 years ago.  If there is such a discrepancy in our work quality and ethics, these corporations (who, by the way, are not slacking at all in their 6-figure income pockets!!!!) should pay MTs based on quality and experience, not just experience alone. 

IS ANYONE OUT THERE BESIDES ME INTERESTED IN FORMING A NATIONAL MT UNION SO WE CAN GET BACK THE DIGNITY WE HAVE LOST?

I remain,

tired

I'm totally with you!  I used a Lanier station for the first 15 years of my career and the sound quality was superb compared to the internet dictation.  One thing you might try, if you have not already, is to make sure your speakers have a tone dial.  Lots of these companies provide speakers that only have a volume dial or they want you to plug right in to the PC but there is no tone setting on the voice program.  Turning the tone to high helps un-muffle the sound.  Good luck!

Would you stay with a company that is getting multiple complaints from a client?  I work on as an IC for a company and the account I am on is recieving complaints about quality of reports and MTs not following formats, ect.  I'm trying to decide if I should stay on with the company or find work elsewhere.  My work has never come into question and my QA scores are always higher than required.  I'm not sure I want to stay on though with a group that apparently is not doing a proper job.  Apparently the client has requested several specific MTs to be taken off the account and is threatening more if things are not fixed. 

Would you stay or go? 

Even though you type verbatim does not mean you type all the mistakes the doctor's dictate.  I would NEVER type an error.  When in doubt, it is blanked and sent to QA.

The company I work for is known for their QUALITY and we type VERBATIM on all accounts except stated otherwise in account specifics. 

I have had a couple of at-home jobs in which the dictation was received by phone line.  Is it true that the sound quality is better this way?  I am currently looking for a new job and wondering if dictation via internet will be a rude surprise in comparison.  Appreciate any comments.

Hey Everyone.

I need a decent training program. I have looked into Career Step, Andrews, etc...

As I was browsing Craigs List, I discovered Med Workshops.  They have a six month program and then a two month internship program for TNI Transcriptions.  They told me that they would train me to work for TNI during the internship phase of the training.  Anyways, I was just wondering if anyone has any experience with this program or company.  I had never heard of them before.  Thanks!!!!

I agree with the posters who state the quality of some of their foods are poor.  I would not buy the WM brand of anything.  Have tried a few things and my family would not eat it.  Their meats look and smell horrible.  The only thing I might buy from WM if it was cheaper, is name brand frozen foods. 

I think one of the reason WM has had a boost in the last few months is due to the Hurricane tragedies.  Cities in Louisiana are crowded and WM can't keep their shelves stocked.  Stopped at a WM on the way home from Christmas shopping late one night and they were closed (suppose to be open 24 hours), every since the hurricanes they have been closing at 11:00 p.m.