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I told the coordinator about it long ago, and she didn't have a problem with it. sm

Posted By: LTMT on 2009-03-10
In Reply to: TO LTMT: You posted below that you work FT for Keystrokes (sm) - Cambria

As you said, though, the new handbooks are coming out, so we'll see.  I would think that would be a tough rule to enforce.  I have worked 2 jobs almost all of my life.  What I do on my own time when I am off the clock is my business as long as it is not in direct conflict with my full-time position.  That's just my thought, though .....





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Excusa-moi. Now you told me didn't you!
nm
They told the board administrator that they didn't
offshore, when there was proof that they did.   Whether or not they posted the other stuff I don't know, but they lied and got caught at it and if that doesn't make them look bad, considering how sensitive an issue offshoring is,  I don't know what will.   They probably didn't think they would get caught. 
I asked today and was told they didn't know when
they would be getting new accounts for DQS. I wish everyone would get on the same page.
I'd have written to AAMT, told them I didn't authorize
Maybe the 'Gift-Ideas Department' is in India, and they come up with such awful ideas so that US MT's will get disgusted and quit, resulting in even more work being sent their grubby little way.
Didn't stay long either
The company is awful. The hiring manager pays the Transcriptionist so bad. She lies and is not truthful. I would NEVER go back to that company again even if they offered me more money. It's the worst company I have ever worked for.
Okay - I probably didn't work long enough to get used to it. nm
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I didn't know there was one, how long have you worked there? SM
I have been with them about 1 year. I came from MQ.
same one I got too...I didn't stay long
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They didn't test me; I just had a nice long

chat with their recruiter.  Very casual and enjoyable.  She is a nice lady, funny, and enthusiastic about transcription.  As far as equipment, if you need a Lanier they will rent it to you.  They sent me a foot pedal for the internet account I occasionally typed, no rent required on that.  I don't know the exact computer requirements but Bayscribe doesn't call for a supercomputer by any means.  Hope I have been helpful.


Your little exit from the boards sure didn't last long. lol nm
nm
Well, I was thinking I couldn't make enough $$ but I truly didn't stay long enough..SM
to really give it a chance. I know that now. I started but got cold feet and went back to my old job. I really liked their benefits, and I'd be willing to give it time, this time, to get more used to the account and system, etc.

I was just wondering if they ever hired anyone back. Thanks for asking and not flamning. :)
OSi coordinator
If OSi is so bad why don't some of you take those jobs and straighten it out?
The coordinator sent out email to her MTs. NM
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I would say you can thank your account coordinator
She has seen that you will do them so girlfriend you will get them right and left. She doesn't care about your line count, just work and get the repors out!
Their is an account coordinator who still does it. Also
the folks in ops are real bad about calling when it is not appropriate.
I miss my coordinator...
 
Only coordinator that doesn't do it is
She should have stayed gone the first time, she is the best, she does not allow cherrypickers.
Are you talking about the coordinator who
could not get a job any place else because she has no experience? So, she asked for her job back at OSI! I hope that is not the one you are referring to, and surely it isn't. You might be talking about the one who was once a trainer??
OSi coordinator job opening again? Another
   
I too am an ex account coordinator
Agree with everything you said.
She was my coordinator....She was there as of Sunday...

thanking us all for the hard work with TAT! I had my last day thank goodness, my head was spinning from the revolving door of ACs, TLs, etc!


account coordinator
nm
coordinator quit
She still works there - so OSi cant be that bad
Coordinator Position - Good/Bad (SM)
Was just offered a workflow coordinator position and am wondering if this would be a good move.  Pay would be about what I make in an average month of MTing.  Anyone been there/done that with reference to this type of job??  Any input would be much appreciated. 
What makes a great coordinator?
I was wondering what makes a good coordinator? Like, what did she do that was different from the others? I've thought about trying to advance (not at OSi), and I'd like to be the kind of person that people say these kinds of things about? What did she do to make you look forward to coming to work?
Another coordinator bite the dust at OSi?
 
If you do not have a lead, then the coordinator is in charge. sm
You can call the office (someone is either there or gets the messages and returns calls) or email or call the person who trained you. There is someone in charge of every account, even if not an official lead if the account is new.
Yet another OSi coordinator bites the dust...
I'm tellin ya, the turnover for those positions sure makes it seem like the perfect dream job eh?
Another coordinator bites the dust at OSi
There seems to be a lot of turnover with coordinators there.  The one that just left was great.
Wonder if that's why a coordinator recently left abruptly
That happened with a day or two notice, and the leads were dumped with no notice at all. Wonder if she knew what was going down or what is about to go down and decided to leave because of it?
I don't hesitate to ask. Have been told "yes", and have been told "no." Never been to
:+
No problem :) No matter how long, it is too long for me - I am broke the day after payday. Kids wi
do that to you!

I know that they have worked very hard to make sure that checks are never late and I can say that in the past two years, I have had one problem (2 days late) and in the past 18 months, they have all been on payday and perfect.

I know that there are a lot of hard feelings in MT in general. I also know firsthand (and I am not mgmt) how hard KS has worked to get things going good.

I would not want to walk in an MTSO's shoes for any amount of money, but that's just me. I like to finish my work for the day, forget about work when not working and get paid on payday. I never want the other things that go with mgmt or owning a company of any kind :)
They definitely rip you off with your line count. Figured this out long ago and quit long ago
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What really sucks is that I looked for a LONG, long time -sm
before joining DRC - wanted a highly reputable, not-too-big co. that was LOCAL, and that treated its MTs humanely. I'm very happy with DRC & had planned to stay with them permanently.
I didn't say I didn't care, I just don't understand
why the sudden outrage over HL offshoring.  
Long, long history of not paying...and
similar posts have been made here in the past few months. Everyone thinks they will be different, and then they end up coming back here to warn others that they don't pay.
She didn't say they didn't offshore at all s/m
What she did say is that if the work needs to be done here, it stays here (paraphrased a bit, I think).

That is not lying and saying that they don't offshore work, as was stated by another poster above, but saying that if the client wants the work to stay in the US, they will keep it here. Sheesh.
but those were long, long lines for
most of the reports. You could make more with a 65-character line count.
She didn't say she didn't have a family. A family isn't just kids. sm

She also said she didn't have kids. Why do you think you're so much better  BECAUSE you have kids?  I am so sick of that attitude.  I don't have kids, never wanted them, but have been discriminated against in jobs because of it.  Everyone figured since I had no kids I could work all the time.  I said NO!  Just because I don't have kids doesn't mean I don't have a life or that my life is not important.   


BTW I work part time too. 


You are right, I told ek to do like ET...

Have they told you that you are going to

be a MEDICAL EDITOR?  It's semantics, like the "MLS" title for a transcriptionist.  Sounds really impressive to be called a "medical language specialist," but...HELLO...you're a TRANSCRIPTIONIST.


You are going to be nothing more than a custodian, cleaning up the junk that the "hookt on fonix" MACHINE REPLACING YOU has generated and for less money.  If the dictators are half decent, you might be able to fly through a report in minimal time, but if you have to sift through the GARBAGE, only to wind up transcribing most of the job yourself, you are definitely going to lose money.


Do you eat only what you are told? If not, try them...
nm
Told me the same
Same bull came from Jennifer week to week.
THANK YOU! I'm usually told how I should RUN
and all kinds of upset stuff.

Thank you! I hope to someday!!!
What I was told
Here is what I was told when
I switched to DQS from Medrite.........

You actually were getting "free lines" on Medrite with the information that populated onto the (TES screen) actual report, for example, patient name, account#, MR#, dictators name, signing physician, address, etc. This accounted for about 6-8 lines per report. Needless to say, and I KNOW THIS FROM EXPERIENCE, a doctor could just hang up on that report and NOT SAY A SINGLE WORD and I would get paid those "free lines" because it was information that populated on the report.

With that being said, if you were typing 8-10 reports an hour, then multiply that by 6-8 for your "free lines" PER REPORT that would account for anywhere from 48 lines to 80 lines AN HOUR! Now, take that 48 to 80 lines per hour and multiply that by how many hours you work in a day. This is why and how you will see a decrease in your lines!

The problem is, is that with DQS, you ARE NOT PAID for the patient's name, account #, MR #, physician name, and so on. I believe this is where the misconception of DQS being a horrible platform and/or MQ screwing their MTs started.

All in all, I am able to type the same amount I was in Medrite per hour. The more you add to your word Expander and familiarize yourself with the platform, the better you will be.

Within a few weeks you will get used to it. I average 300 lines an hour and like DQS very much.


no but I was told that
people who were making a certain rate before DEP training were cut before the training. I heard this second hand from a girl in my class.
That's not what I was told when..sm
I went to work for them.  You must be management.
They should not have told you that. sm
There are very few people in this industry that make that much money, especially working for national companies.  Do you use a word Expander and do you use it at its fullest potential?  The most I ever made was 52K working for a hospital making 10cpl per 57 character line.  One other thing you might consider is trying to get your own accounts.  Where you may now make 7-10 cpl working with a national, you can make 15-17 cpl with your own account, provided you can handle the workload.  Unfortunately, they sometimes fail to tell you that in school.  Good luck!
No. Not that they told me. SM
They just told me about the training that I would be going through and kind of just sketched through it.  It seemed like they offered okay benefits, but the pay seemed fair.  I was just seeing if anyone actually took this position and could tell me more about it.  Radiology would be nice too.
Yep, was told would get
...another one, it would be added to my queue that day, but it never happened. This was three weeks ago. How many times should I ask before they get mad at me? It must be nice to be salaried and not have to worry about paying the bills.
they told me no, but when I got the sm
contract, there is a place on there that asks what hours you most likely will be working, so it is not set in stone. I understand that anybody likes to know something but I have talked to others who work for them and they have no problem. I am going to give them a 12 hour span when I could be in there. So far, they have answered my questions to my satisfaction. We will see when I get started. But, I am anticipating everything will be fine.