My godson lives in Glenholden near Philly..sm
Posted By: but west side of PA people are SO much nicer..sm on 2006-07-11
In Reply to: Anyone here live in PA??? - I am moving to the eastern/sm
I find the people in western PA (Pitts area) are just so nice (just my opinion folks, no flaming necessary *grin*), whether it be shoppers, employees in the shops and/or restaurants...and especially on the road - I have spent so much time there and nobody seems to be into road rage (thank goodness!) - but my godson lives on the east side of PA and loves it....as does a good friend near Philly airport area (Jersey side but 10 minutes from Philly airport) in Collingswood, NJ.
Best of luck whereever you decide to go!! 
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Boy do I miss Philly.
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Philly,PA Landmark
The person who always comes to the defense of Landmark may actually be working for the company in Philly. The tone and language sound like someone in particular. This person may very well be getting enough work for their needs.
However, many MTs from the Landmark located in the Philly area left in the Spring or this Summer when things went in the toilet, along with QA staff. Many others chose to go from full time to part time. It's my understanding that a lot of their MTs never worked full time for them.
THey had some really nice accounts, just not consistent quantities of work. A couple of the accounts that are left are downright nasty (poor sound quality, the least desirable dictators that the other services or the hospital does not want to transcribe).
It's really a shame. People had big hopes for this company. They knew what didn't work with MQ. Their location gives them access to many many good accounts that they could easily manage without the huge expense of long-distance travel. They should be in the inner loop of contacts, as well, since they have all been in the business for years.
Landmark-Philly
Does anyone have any current information on this company? Did they ever get anymore accounts to make up for all the lost work last spring and this summer? I know they use both Bayscribe and ExText platforms.
I did learn that although the owners are formerly associated with MQ and include SecrePhone in discussing their history, they do not actually go back enough years to have actually worked for the original SecrePhone. One account manager may have, but not the owners.
Thanks for any pertinent information.
Landmark in Philly
This company is advertising again. Do they finally have more accounts or are they still trying to cover for loosing all the previous MTs? They seem to have positive comments about the platform, supervisors, and overall company policies, except for a lack of work when they lost a ton of accounts all at one time. Any information would be really appreciated.
Philly Landmark
I agree -- nice does not pay the bills. I don't know which person you spoke with, but nobody I ever dealt with from this company (and the owners and people who run the company are few) would be considered weird.
Their pay is about the same as most companies currently. The issue would be whether an MT can get enough work from Landmark to make a full time paycheck. In my experience, that was not often the case. They either had tons and work and were begging for help, or the accounts were empty, with no explaination or a lot of time going by where they asked the MTs to hang in there until they could get more work. Those weeks of waiting did not pay the bills. It appeared that most MTs were working part time for Landmark for this reason.
BTW- I started with TL out of Philly too
then on to SecrePhone! Doing this in the 70s, was way different than doing it now, no??
I was born and raised outside of Philly...sm
all my family is still there. Live in Oregon now, but would go back in a heartbeat! Nothing like being close to New York, AC, Washington DC, not to mention all the great food in Philly and the wonderful WaWa! Mmmm, TastyKakes and cheese steaks!
looks like a good job...in washington, if anyone lives there...
http://www.healthcarejobstore.com/hb_cfmfiles/jobs/jobsearchview.cfm?job_id=165204
This is on-site, unfortunately. Sounds like a great job.
we need a motivational speaker, who lives in a van
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But there are some people who are so unhappy with their lives...
it makes them feel better to complain about other people or things that have nothing to do with them...thank god I am not that crabby..my husband would probably divorce me....LOL
Well you live in Maine where KL lives
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the owner lives in California NM
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Boy, so do I (NJ gal but got to Philly enough to enjoy the cheesesteaks. I miss them
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Gorgeous horse country right outside of Philly!
Google areas near New Bolton Medical Center in Pennsy. If country is up your alley, there are lots of great towns. If you like cities, then Philly is for you! Go EAGLES!! 
Point is, she lives in an ivory tower
She got Oprah to buy her line, so now she's famous, whether any of her advice works in the real world or not. She certainly doesn't work in the real world anymore. Yes, you can value yourself and your skills highly, but if nobody is paying 20 cpl plus benefits for transcription, then you're not going to get it no matter what you think of yourself. You can keep banging your head against that wall, you can accept the going rate or you can do something else - like write an advice guide for medical transcriptionists. If Dr. Oz brings it to Oprah, you've got it made whether any of it works or not.
Depends on the person. I live right in Philly and love it here.
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New accounts - I doubt if we will ever run out of work again in our lives!!! Yes can have a backup
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If you want big, move to Philly (3.6 mil); or on a smaller scale, the surrounding suburbs where
you can live as if in the country, but only be minutes away from all the action. Philly really does have it all.
This book is going to change our lives and it is very important to share information with each other
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As a former "QA Nazi" undeserved or not, you guys make our lives miserable, too.
Especially ESL MTs who used to be doctors in India who think they know it all and like to threaten lawsuits. Yah, that's the ticket.
To my knowledge, the owner still lives in India, simply owns a home here. sm
The work is received FROM the Indian office and sent TO the Indian office. They used to hire only American MTs, but then started outsourcing to a company in India (big surprise).
I understand what you are saying, though. And if they are honest about it, then it is the choice of the MT as to whether he/she wants to work there. The fact that they blatantly misled in their ad angered me, but then again, I have been an MT long enough, nothing should surprise me. I guess I have done my part, and I have no particular axe to grind so I should just leave this alone now. I just was shocked when I saw the ad.
Good luck to all of us in finding a job that treats us well and pays us even better (smile).
You are correct. The state that rules is the state the employee lives in.
My state laws has is spelled out in their Code. If another state does not withhold, they are fined heavily and if they don't withhold for years, their fines are pretty bad. I worked for a Florida co that did not withhold income tax for my state even after I brought it to their attention in the state code. They kept saying that they would eventually and never did. After two plus years and when I left, I made it known to my state all the conversations, the state refunded me all late fees they charged me and then said they were going after the company in Florida because they had many employees in our state. They deserved it. They knew better.
Happy New Year. May we all have happy home lives (sm)
and do whatever it takes to make our work lives work for us too.
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