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The worst problem with MQ is running people out of work all the time.

Posted By: MTMQ on 2005-07-12
In Reply to: Such lies. Just yesterday I had a payroll problem. 1 phone call, person answered, and IMMEDIATELY - MQMT

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    Those people obviously do not work full time or want to
    make a good living. I would work at McDonald's before I would let someone take my house. If someone is not making enough money in this field, it is them, not the industry. Tired of everyone tip-toeing around this issue. The money is there but you need to buckle down and do the work. Stop whining and start working.
    Lot's of people work for cheatin companies. They bide their time and strike when they can.
    As for me, I have joined a class action law suit on behalf of shareholders and MTs.  Double whammy.  Not too dumb.  By the way, don't you have some managing to do or are you on duty all day to try to make MTs think MQ is AOK and everything else going on around them financially is just a figment of their imagination. 
    people 50-64 are hit the worst
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    I can't think of NOT using it - I never heard of not running it. I do every time. nm
    x
    No, out east ... lots of rude people running the show, it seems ... sigh. nm

    I hate crowds. Big sales bring out the worst in people.
    I tried it twice several years ago. Never again. People were just rudely shoving everyone else around trying to get from store to store to gather up all the freebies or super deals.

    We tried to go to the movies instead, but all the Harry Potter matinees were sold out. Again.
    and they are running out of work
    I have been switched accounts 3 times now, because mine keep running dry.  Promises, promises.
    Not running out of work

    Actually there seems to be tons of work on the account I am on, but I just can't get my line count up.  I know I am doing quality work, just not quantity, and would rather quit than be fired!  It seems like for the first hour everything is great then every report I get is a different dictator.  Just can't get the hang of their Ex-Text system fast enough either.  At my other job, which is online based through FTP, I did about 300 lines/hour during my shift last night, so I am really not THAT slow :) 


    I did e-mail my resignation this morning but still have not heard back...At this point, I don't even want to finish in 2 weeks, Just want to be done wasting everyone's time. 


    Not running out of work.
    The department is not running out of work at all. I am trained on a few other accounts as well with varying difficulty.

    I will keep you updated. I'm sure if I am fired, I will be coming on here to vent, but hopefully that is never the case. I really like my job :)
    You have got to be kidding right!!?? That was the worst halftime show of all time! Never was a Stone
    I am in the younger crowd - 34 years old, and would have appreciated Motown more than the Stones.

    He looked older than dirt! I am a huge football fan, and the Janet Jackson malfunction was a better halftime show than the Stones. Sorry!
    5 accounts and running out of work

    What's wrong is not on your end.


    What's wrong is each of those 5 accounts having 17 people on each of them who have to switch back forth and maintain productivity.


     


    Production and TAT improve if the MT is on one acount long enough to get a rhythm going.


     


    There is also the problem of recognizing doctor's names. If 4 different doctors are mentioned in your report and you are on 5 different hospitals....well, you know where I'm going with this one.....


    anyone running low on work at MQ today

    At Spheris, if the work was running low
    I would get an email from my supervisor stating such and telling us we could flex our time or use PTO. She was very much in communication with us at all times.

    I personally think that the best communication between employer/supervisor and MT would be an email stating the workload is low, asking if you want to flex your time or use PTO and when do you want to make up your time so they can staff accordingly. Would be nice, huh?! :)

    Keep running out of work. I think they overhired.
    x
    Anyone out there running low on work at Solutab Transcription?

    ughhh


    Ok, the deal with running out of work isn't because of mandatory OT, it's
    It's the big thing that a bunch of companies are jumping on.  Shameful.
    Is anyone else having problems running out of work at Wordzxpressed besides me?

    Spellcheck! I would NEVER turn in work without running it - sm
    The benefit is it will catch things you don't. As for it underlining the words, just leave them and run the spell check, it is probably faster to do it that way (at least for me it is), and running it does not take more than 20 seconds generally unless you have a really long report. The few times I have had to re-do or paste in someone's report into mine for an addendum I have run into non-spellchecked reports, plain and simple they were not good.
    In general business're running slower than usual but running. NM
    nm
    Best: I can work whenever I want. Worst: I am always working.
    //
    Will all the big nationals running us out of work and lower our wages what suggestion does anyone

    have. This situation is getting extremely serious for people that need to make a living. What a shame.


    Lets try this again. With all the big nationals running us out or work and lowering our wages what
    do you suggest.
    The worst doctors are on VR where I work, all of them at the hospital
    I do not get it when certain physicians are not on VR or the companies say they are not on VR. I disagree with what you say about VR not being able to handle them because I am grateful to have VR handle the ESLs.
    My people skills are just fine. I just want to hire people who want to work.
    I've not been ugly, I've asked questions, legitimate ones.  Please tell me what is wrong with that.  This site is not just for MTs, it is for QA Editors, Supervisors, Service Owners, there's even sections for Billers, Coders, and Nurses.   
    Worst types for me are oncology and ENT. Worst dialect
    definitely Arabic, Indian, Pakistani.  No problem with Asian though.  Of course, warp speed, mush mouth American dictation can be the pits, also. 
    2 people to do that amount of work, is she nuts? More like 20+ people - nm
    x
    I work part-time hours with full-time pay...
    I made over 26,000 this year...
    I work 1 full-time, 2 part-time....nm
    NM
    People do it all the time...

    just make sure you're not short-changing your employer(s).  If you're good at what you do and want to put in the time to do it right, what's the problem???


    I do ops all the time too and HATE them. Why do people like them? sm
    Give me a 10 minute discharge, ER, consult, H&P any day. I always wondered why people liked OP notes with all of the different equipment terms and such.
    Same thing with nationals. You work all the time to keep the account caught up when others dont work
    and then when they decide to put a whole lot of extra people on your accounts and run you out they could care less about how much you worked.
    I work for Warminster at MQ and I am sick to death of being jerked around with no work all the time.
    I would like a job where I can depend on the work and it does not seem to be in this office of MQ.
    What irritates me is that people on here actually take the time to answer her

    Why not? Other MT boards refer people here all the time?
    Are we supposed to just pretend other sites don't exist?
    No but I wish people would take the time to find this information. sm
    Sometimes it just takes the effort to look. I see people wanting information. The information is easy to find, but they want others to do the research and hand it to them. I had to do the research. I now have 20+ docs/clinics BUT key point is I did all of my own research, learned about how digital works, etc. I truly believe, the more you read (research) the more you as an individual will learn and therefore be able to offer your clientm more.
    Geez people! Why are some of you so nasty all of the time? SM

    I don't think having your husband be the IC and hiring you is the the way to go.  It's too convoluted.  What you can do is apply and test for jobs under your husband's name.  That way on paper he has the job.  Then you just do the work.  The paychecks come in his name.  That way he doesn't have to "hire" you.  You can earn as much as you want.


    I wouldn't worry about Uncle Sam too much.  He's been screwing all of us for years.  What he doesn't know won't hurt him.  Of course, now you've posted it in a public forum...


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    You people are having a real good time condemning me....

    Don't you know that you can DEACTIVATE your current OS when you upgrade to the next level?  Obviously not. But then, most people here don't seem to be all that computer literate. I asked a couple of computer questions below which got absolutely NO answer.


    Don't go jumping to conclusions that someone is a "scammer" and "ruining it for everyone else" until you do your homework.


    I second this suggestion. Just pick a time zone and let people know. (nm)
    x
    People should have powdered formula/mild. Mix it up one bottle at a time.
    x
    I don't know of any store in my area that hires people full-time.
    That includes Walmart, K-mart, grocery stores, etc. So I guess it's all slave labor. In fact, any transcription company that does not hire employees must also be the same. They certainly save themselves a lot of money under the guise of Independent Contractors, don't they?
    Some people like to keep a Time Clock thing showing on their monitors, too. But
    s
    This message is defining what VBC is! It's time people realize the American MTs...
    are our own worst enemies.  VBC is NOT a good thing!  I personally think we should get paid per keystroke.
    Why do so many people LOVE operative notes? I see posts about it all the time...
    how they make good money on them, they could do them all day, feel cheated when they don't get them? I have been doing this for years and years and still kind of groan when I see them come up on my screen. Fill me on the secrets and maybe I won't whine so much when I do them. Thanks gal!
    A computer's OS (operating system) is only meant for a 1 time install on 1 pc. People like yours

    who abuse this are just looking for a cheap break, jack up the price (theoretically speaking) for the rest of us, and are asking for a myriad of problems on their pcs.  To deter this behavior, about 1 year ago, many computer companies ceased to include all software when packaging the pc for shipment.  It is because of software abuse/misuse, computers that are delivered with a pre-installed OS are delivered without the OS + other necessary software, due to behaviors such as yours and many others.  However, if you call the company and verbally request all software: OS (installation CD), as well as other necessary software (tools systems, drivers, diagnostics, utilities, print driver, internet security, and WP/Word/Excel, et al), they will gladly send it to you free of charge.


    I work a full time and a part time, but not sure about 2 full-time...
    My hubbie is disabled and I am the only one in my family working also, so I fully understand. You will not have a day off at all working 2 full-time as that is going to be the only way you will get in all your hours. I work one job in the mornings from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the other from 5 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and do have off one day a week, but if I had to get in the extra 15 hours to make the other job full-time I am not sure how I would do that other than lose my only day off. Also, make sure you have your account specifics in front of you at all times because you will get yourself confused as to who is what and having notes will help in that area. Good luck to you, as it is possible, but forget about your house being clean, having any social life, etc. Feel free to email me personally if you just need someone to talk to, as I have been where you are and still am.
    FT people usually get work before it goes to PT
    people and that is probably the situation here.  You could ask but you'll probably get a response similar to above, that FT get the work first.  
    Do you MDI-MD people have enough work? sm
    I saw an ad on one of the other boards, thought I had seen mention here not too long ago of not enough work for those who were there.  Just wanted to find out what the situation is now before I go any further in pursuing anything with them.  TIA!
    People really do think we don't have to work don't they? LOL
    I have a friend who is off this week and she called assuming I could just go do stuff with her...no wonder she always asks me for so many favors...apparently people think we get paid for doing nothing!  I bet they wonder why my house is such a mess if that's the case! LOL
    I know people who went to work for Cymed.....
    The ones who say they are happy are the ones that don't really need a good pay check (older ladies who basically work for the insurance and a little extra cash). The others say that they can definitely tell a big difference with them not paying for spaces. They all say the people are nice though and offer good bonuses for extra work on the weekend at times. I've also heard that there are a lot of ESL doctors. I tested and was offered 9.5 cents with them, but everyone else I've heard says they were offered 8 to 8.5 cpl????
    Too bad for all the people that go there and have no work. I am not the least bit impressed with
    Dixie. Maybe she had better refer people to offices of MQ where there is work before she tells everyone how great MQ is across the broad. Maybe we all have gone and gotten other jobs because we have no work at MQ. Maybe you if you arent Dixie can enlighten that lady about the other side of MQ she seems unwilling to talk about. How about that.