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Reminds me of QT. Same deal, bunch of people SM

Posted By: nnnn on 2007-09-09
In Reply to: Raking them in - nm

from YOG (sorry, but true), went to work there and everyone joined the bandwagon. Then kaput.

I truly wish better for all MTs at TT. Seems like they have a good team to start with.

I'm sure I will get flak for posting this. I wish you all luck. I hope it is the dream come true everyone wants. I wish all MTs well and peace in the world.


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Why not do it yourself instead of getting a bunch of people?
That is what I did, and I don't have to share any profit with anyone. It is somewhat hard to get accounts, especially right now though. What I did was I purchased a book called The Independent Medical Transcriptionist, and it tells you most of what you need to know. Good Luck!
I cannot and will not let a bunch of people sm
on an anonymous message board sway me for or against any company.  I speak directly to the recruiters, MTs working for these companies and find out the facts.  Then I make a decision.  Pro and con on this or any board makes no difference to me at all.  If I make a bad move, I get out of there fast.  I will know in 1 week whether or not I'm going to make any money.  As you obviously have found out, taking notice of what people say here leads you down bad paths.
They are a wonderful bunch of people!! However,

having said that....... unfortunately, the pay is extremel low for QA.  I do not know what it is for MTs or even if they have US MTs.  The work is plentiful for QA and pretty darn easy.  BUT, even though it is easy, 2-3 cpl for full edit is just really not worth it.  You really have to bust your bum to make any money at all. I don't mind working hard (believe it or not :)) but you can't kill yourself for peanuts or you would be better off working for Old Navy.


Pay is a bit low, but great bunch of people. sm

Clinic work is super easy -- 7 to 7-1/2 cpl -- and I think acute care pays 8-1/2 cpl.  They pay once a week, direct deposit, work is done in Word.


Hope this helps.



 


What did you want to know? Nice bunch of people. nm
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This happens over and over I think when a bunch of people get hired at once. Some places are better
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Great bunch of people, plenty of work sm
pay on time, around 9 cpl depending on account (without spaces) or 8 cents line (with spaces). Some accounts use long distance with Laniers others use Emdat, others use a different word-based platform that is real easy to learn.IC only, you commit to a set amount of lines per day, 24 hour turnaround time, they leave you alone to do your work. I would have stayed forever but I needed the benefits.
Only some people there have an AOL address. It's not a big deal.
Yes, they do have their own domain, but have also had the AOL for a long, long time.
They are not nice people to deal with and
only a few of the chosen can get away with even making suggestions. The rest of us are called unhappy and just told to find another job. This starts at the top and falls all the way down the ladder in management. No one cares about you, you are just a number and you are not as important to them as the Indians. Their efforts to try to retain good MTs is just a facade, there is no truth to it. They would rather we all just left.
Big Deal... more people should move
a schedule as an IC status.  It's illegal...  tired of it! 
Great bunch of people to work with, pay on time, my only problem is that QA is paid by line instead
of by the hour and you must listen to all reports 100% instead of just jumping and filling in the QA markers.
Just by posting that here will help a great deal of people
Thank you!
I worked there part-time briefly. People are very nice to deal with, sm
and pay was okay.  You had to wait 90 days to get direct deposit, and until then checks were mailed, which is a bit of pain, but they were always on time.  I didn't care that much for my account, but the leader was always quite helpful.  They must be a bit disorganized, though, as I still get messages from the help desk to help out, and I have been gone at least 3 months!  And the help desk is apparently in India, if that makes any difference to you. 
Maybe if this deal loses clients, I can work out an at-home deal with one of my current accounts.
Or else get a McJob at McDonald's flipping McBurgers....
This so reminds me of
the years I worked for a group of doctors that really gave nice and very much appreciated bonuses.  Those were the days.  The docs then moved the practice to a larger office, had a big grand opening for the the healthcare community, catered and pianist and the works.  That year we were told our Christmas bonus was to work in such a lovely new office.  Couldn't take that to the bank, fellas;-)  
Reminds me of I know you are but what am I

nm


She reminds me of the old saying
of not confusing people with facts when their minds are already made up. I do not care about whether she has rugrats or not; they are not my responsibility. However, I do want someone who cares enough to proofread what is basically an on-line resume or query for job. If she doesn't care about that, she will probably be too busy with the rugrats to care about proofing any work she does for me. But I guess that a poor excuse is better than none at all.
reminds of one of the first
doctors I had to transcribe.. in every report she would say Typist, typist!  Go back and..... put this in.   Take that out. 
Reminds me...funny
Can't remember why but I declined a job offer from YOG.  Think it had something to do with LD charges maybe.  The very next week they were sold to MQ.  I surely was glad I had declined the offer as I would have gone to a lot of trouble just to end up right  back where I started from. LOL
Reminds me of another MTSO. If I were you, I would
ask the board administrator to remove all your postings
this reminds me of Keystrokes

a while back.  This same bantering back and forth.  The OP of the MDI-MD posts just asked if others were out of work.  The Medquist board has posts like that all of the time, so what makes MDI-MD an exception to this rule where MT's come to ask if others are out of work.


Why come here and say you're out of work just for spite?  It makes no sense to me.  When this original poster brought up the fact she had no work, no one responded.  Why didn't Carlotta respond to her initially with this blurb?  Why?  Because she didn't know it was here until some MDI MT blabbed.  If people would just sit back and take things with a grain of salt, we'd be better off.


By the way, there are lots of questions posted here regarding companies and their workload and the way they treat MTs, so I don't see the big deal or why Carlotta even felt the need to post here the way she did unless she has a guilty feeling about this whole original post from below. 


I think that MDI-MD was put up here as one of the better companies and people begging to get in just like Keystrokes was, and now people are finding out that not all companies have that everything.  Good luck to all of you, but I'd like to see this thread locked.  I think this has gone on long enough. 


We will reach our own conclusions as we always do.  Peace! 


It reminds me of when I worked there
I remember it was the middle of June and the excuse for no work was *Oh, well, it must be the holiday coming up*! I can laugh about it now, but it made me steam at the time.

P.S. For those of you who still believe that old chestnut it's the holiday, try to remember that maybe a day or two before and a day or two after the holiday is the norm. Any other time, it's called not enough work to go around.
Funny you should bring this up as it reminds
The work was done in Word but I received progress notes where I had to line it up.  The office would give me the last progress note, and then I had to add to that so it was just an ongoing chart note for each visit with the new date.  In other words, this doc drove me to drink.  So, I charged him $5.00 per page.  He called me into his office to talk about this, and he said to me:  I know I can afford to pay more than $3.00 for a pack of cigarettes, but I won't.  He wanted to know why I was charging him so much because I guess he thought his wealth was the reason.  Right then and there, I said I can certainly be replaced if you prefer not to pay what my services are worth.  AND I NEVER LOOKED BACK.  Just thought I'd share...      Come to find out, he still does not have a steady transcriptionist.  They are still LOOOOKING.  One girl lasted one day, one girl took one tape and never came back....  Need I say more?  If that is truly the case that the transcriptionists in another country cannot afford the fee, then Americans should be given the same option since our wages are not what they used to be.  Maybe it should be based on income especially since it is such an incentive....     YEAH RIGHT!!!    
Reminds me of "love the Drake."

Yes it is ridiculous. It kind of reminds me
of the type who would defend Nadya Suleman's selfish irresponsible behavior.

Yes, MTs can and do get written up/terminated for this. It's up to good MTs like us to report it :)
That so reminds me of that movie Outsourcing
Those cheesy gifts that represented America being sold from India, lol!
The monkey thing reminds me of
but not all that funny when we have to pay bills.

http://www.medical-transcription-and-you.com/medical-transcriptionist-salary.html
& send separate checks for OT after MT reminds them
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Are well all running out of work? Seems late in Jan for that? Overhiring? Reminds me of the Q...
:(
HA! Reminds me of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.. remember that ? nm
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You all are a Sorry Bunch

Is it really that bad here?  I aint management, just a lowly MT, doin my job.  First day here on the boards.  All this negativity is certainly not helping the overall morale.  Guess if everyone would quit reading/talking bad about it all you all would be so much happier with your jobs. 


sorry bunch
oh we are sorry all right.. sorry we ever trusted this company....LOL
thanks a bunch
i just wasn't sure and needed to know my options in case the CTS becomes a real issue as we're fixing to go into debt for a new place.
Thanks a bunch
I used to work for Spheris before going to a local hospital.  I have seen negative stuff about lots of companies.  I really liked working for Spheris.  I would have stayed with them had I not needed insurance.  I appreciate you opinion.  It makes the switch a little less worrisome.  I am starting with Diskriter in a couple of weeks.
Wow! Thanks a bunch!

Yep and I got a bunch of really bad ones. nm
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seems like a bunch of

foreigners on here talking about doing editing? Your posts are FULL of errors.  I am an American MT editor.  So, this is where all the jobs are going, and you all do not know how to even do the jobs at all, let alone the right way. 


 


Thanks a bunch!
I had the interview yesterday afternoon and it went great! There was a short test that I had to take over the phone and I got all the questions right.

All that's standing in my way now is the transcription test, but I've already completed it and sent it back. It wasn't too tough, so I think I'll be ok!
Thanks a bunch
for the info! I have 30+ years experience and am hoping they are not a company that only pays 6 or 7 cpl. Think I will apply and see. Thanks again!
Not a bunch. Same one. no msg

Thanks! This helped a bunch. I know have my
questions answered.
Although I didn't go through a bunch (sm)
I worked at my last place for about 8 years, but they started having so many problems, I had to leave, and I HATE changing jobs.  I got lucky finding TT on the first go-round.  I must say also that the people who complain about no work are the primadonnas who only want to type 1 account - their loss. 
What a bunch of retards..
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Sorry but that is a bunch of bull. SM
How did you get on this earth? Were you not someone's child?

Your comments are totally ridculous, rude and disrespectful.
What a bunch of crapola
If I were you and I had told them up front I had no acute care, I'd have 2 words for them:  STUFF IT!!  You don't need that kind of treatment and there's a world of difference in acute care and radiology.  If you were transitioning from acute care to radiology there should be no problem but radiology to acute care is a whole different kettle of fish.
Add WebMedX to the bunch
Just heard back from WebMedX- add them to the bunch - anyone know anything about them?
You have been most helpful. Thanks a bunch.


You helped all of us worker bees with your information.  I decided I really don't want to work for a company who offshores anyway.  It's like aiding and abetting a traitor. 


That's a personal preference and not meant to rile or judge you or anyone else.  We are in dire times, and we all have to take care of ourselves and our families the best we can.


This board is a life saver.  I take my hat off to all those who answer questions and provide useful information.      


 


I may be the turtle of the bunch,
but I cringe when I see what else is in the system from my co-workers' prior documents! (same scenario as you describe)

I really wonder how some people even get hired??!!
I can do a whole bunch of lines but
my company never ever gripes about how many (in my case) I do or don’t do. I know we probably have a set amount (don’t have the number in front of me right now) so I guess I am ok on that point. Never worked at any place in the almost 40 years I have been working that had issues with the amount of work I did, in fact just the opposite, told before did too many and also told made too much money at another (only 2 MTs for a 200+ bed hospital).
s/l Amphion to me. Great bunch and then some!!
Bless them:)
Hmmm..I think a bunch of us are waiting...nothing yet.
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