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Yes, I will, but I'm not buying this. I think someone's trying to stir things up.

Posted By: nm on 2005-09-17
In Reply to: Will you post when you do? - HappySSer

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Some people just love to stir things up.

That person was a troll. Just trying to stir things up. 12 cpl or
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Just want to make sure I have this straight. You come here obviously trying to stir the pot
with your e-mail about them obviously growing beyond the ability of their office staff to keep up and that they only want calls in an emergency, yet you want to work for them? Who are you and what are you trying to start here? Where on earth did you ever get the idea that they only wants calls of an emergency nature or that their office staff cannot keep up? If you really believe that, why in the world would you want to work for them?

First of all, they have never, ever said only to call in an emergency. With regard to the office staff, I have never failed to receive a timely and PLEASANT response to anything I need.

You are so clearly trying to start some sh*t here and you need to get over yourself, get a life and get a grip!
I wasn't trying to stir the pot and say there is an issue per se. sm

This is just the first place I have worked where I do not have a specific pay day.  I feel kind of foolish sometimes when people ask me when I will be paid, and I say I'm not sure.  Plus, I am spoiled because when I first started, the line counts were automatic and we were paid within a couple of days.  Then, they apparently discovered some flaw in the program, so the line counts are done by hand now and it takes several days.   I never quite know how much I have done until I get the final line count that is sent to me, so that is something new for me as well.


Still, they are great people who care about the MTs, and the accounts are easy.  I would recommend them to anyone.  If I was in a better place financially, the pay day thing would not be of concern either.  I have always gotten paid ... never any question of that.  They are people of integrity. 


For anyone who has done acute care as long as I have, working for various teaching hospitals with literally hundreds of different dictators and tons of ESLs, working for CardioScribes is a breath of fresh air. 


 


Agree - Some troll trying to stir the pot
Must be having a very boring Easter and trying to seek stimulation on the board. *EYE ROLL*
didn't mean to stir up anything - how do you get into recruiting and what are the requirments an

how do you find jobs ?  Do not see a lot of postings for recruiters.  Thanks.


Well, go back to work and quit trying to stir the pot.

Not to stir up trouble, but when we signed on didn't we agree not to
if we had questions or concerns? My just reading this makes my skin crawl but if I were really concerned, I would talk to my sup. right away, as they suggest... I am not management, just a concerned MT as people keep saying things on this board when we are constantly reminded not to do this hear, that is spread around facts which are not proven. Why not just talk to the job directly if you don't have work instead of getting the rest of us upset here?
I'm buying it...nm

You buying?
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But you have to keep buying
needles, and a bunch of other stuff, all of which stand a very good chance of having been made overseas.  You may be paying less for all this than for ready-made garments, but you probably still are purchasing foreign goods.  Just sayin'...
I'm not buying your story at all. Besides,
speech therapy, pain clinic, wound care are all not acute care. How many YEARS did you have in acute care and ONLY acute care? And how long ago? Also, how did you do on the test? You're not telling something.
SPi buying Medware
Heard this from a supervisor a while back that it was in the works for SPi to buy out Medware. Confirmed with another management person last week.
When they bought out CyMed, none of the editors or MTs heard a word until we had a conference call telling us that they had already bought out Cymed and changes would start taking effect almost immediately.
If you work for Medware and they do buy you out, be ready for some MAJOR changes to the way you do your work.
I actually thought the changes they made in our benefits from what CyMed had were improvements. CyMed never offered us ANYthing benefits-wise that was either company matched or just outright paid by the company, which SPi does...
They DO get rid of people who aren't 'doing their jobs' & a LOT of management were quickly gone.
Is SPi buying Medware?
I currently work for Medware and have heard about SPi buying them out.  After all I have read with SPi buying Cymed out and the way the company has treated people I am terrified now.  Can someone shed some light?
Likely that is the company buying you out. (sm)
Which company is offering you jobs?
Is SPI buying OSI (from post below)
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Do you mean apart from them buying 2 Indian co's

And they seem to have an interest in buying some
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Please think twice before buying a computer for
As stated below, many new hires do not even have the work to transcribe 5 jobs a day. While the poster above is happy, she is not happy financially.  She is happy she got 5 jobs today to even transcribe. That's not going to pay for a computer.  Can you use another computer until you're sure this is going to work for you?
Not buying your retraction for a second
If you were that deliriously happy with your employer, you would not be INTERVIEWING, not just look as you said you turned down the job which means you INTERVIEWED.

I think instead you just realized maybe in spite of other problems you have with your MT, you're allowed to call your own shots on your schedule so you'll stay.

Don't try to be deceptive or change the meaning of your first post. It destroys any credibility you may have had going in, even if people did not agree with your post.

You love your heart sooooo much you're out interviewing...thanks for the giggles!!!
If you are really serious about buying clothes
that are American-made, here you go:

http://www.americansworking.com/clothing.html
How about buying a set of SUM tapes to do some self study?
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I wonder if buying another company could in fact
I wonder if for these employees this could mean a lower premium to pay for health benefits or steady work for the Transcriptionist that runs low each and every day.  Sometimes when companies merge it can not necessarily be a bad thing.  Transcription is definitely global.  I would have to imagine even companies who say they do not offshore are doing it but do not always inform the employees of such.  Not every decision that is made on an upper management level is passed down to the employees.  You'll find this a lot in institutions and larger companies.  That is why companies have CEO's and believe me they are making the decisions so that the company benefits, hence so will the transcriptionists even if you think you're not. 
A $1000 computer is bit different than buying $10
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OSI in Ga. buying out Pradot and Fore

OSI has always sent work to India but the greedy little b___ couldn't keep their fingers out of more Indian pie.


Guess with their new partners who have Indian interests the final nail is about to come.


This is the very reason they are about to do an across the board pay cut. 


Why should they pay the US MT's more than they pay the Indian MT's?


Look for managment fallout.


Welcome to the world of the modern day transcription industry.


Maybe Acusis will end up buying Spheris, too.
After all, they bought DRC, and are looking for more.
You're right, but we would have to stop buying
drugs and Ford cars because their factories are in Mexico. The Ford cars are not big deal, but the drugs are. I do try to buy only American though.
Not making $$ but still buying companies?
What they MEAN is there is no money for those of us in the trenches who keep this company floating day after day. They apparently have enough money to buy out TransHealth - which we were supposed to merge with over a year ago! They had enough money to buy MTEC. Apparently they just don't have the money for the poor working stiffs in the trenches. Seems everyone else in this company is doing just fine!! Remarkable!
S/L Transcend is buying DeVenture to me. sm
I work for DeVenture.  Not sure what to think, but their wording was a little strange.  Not sure if I believe things will not change as they stated.  The company name will be Transcend, so I am thinking the benefits will change.
With so many IC jobs/companies, would think MTs are buying insurance outside
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Agree. Don't waste your time buying
Word 2003 if you don't have it.  They say lots of work and then there is nothing.  Also check any QA you get back very carefully as I don't think the QA lady knows what she is doing and she also has an extremely condescending attitude if you have a question.   I learned quickly to not ask since I didn't appreciate being talked to like I was 10 years old.  I wasted my money on Word 2003 and I wished I hadn't.
Agree. Don't waste your time buying
Word 2003 if you don't have it.  They say lots of work and then there is nothing.  Also check any QA you get back very carefully as I don't think the QA lady knows what she is doing and she also has an extremely condescending attitude if you have a question.   I learned quickly to not ask since I didn't appreciate being talked to like I was 10 years old.  I wasted my money on Word 2003 and I wished I hadn't.
Does TT still offer a bonus for buying hybrids?
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all this shifting aroung at MQ...is spheris still interested in buying them out? (nm)
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Buying reference books a tax write-off, yeah? (nm)

Your opinion we stop paying taxes, buying
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And stop buying foreign cars for crying out loud. sm
Look at the 10s of thousands of workers who are being laid off from GM and Ford after giving decades of their lives.  Thanks to all you people who buy foreign cars.
With Nuance buying Focus, what will happen to the eScription accounts? sm

I really don't think eScription is going to like the fact that Dictaphone/Nuance is going to be working on their platform and learning their secrets to their software.........do you?


This is so interesting to me as I am an eScription editor.  Maybe it is time I start my own business again and contact all of the eScription hospital accounts or contact eScription and get their input on this.


In reading Nuance's press release, Bringham Women's Hospital is an eScription account not a dictaphone account.   Very interesting......Don't you think?  Would love to hear opinions on this.


After 8 years in the business, I start buying presents in August, cause I know the slow period SM

is coming around the holidays.  :-)


Not to say we dont all starve and Im not totally stressed out come December, but at least Ive got my gifts :-) 


Get real..... who is buying new cars, satellite dishes, video games? How about rent, utilities on t
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Did Keystrokes sell to Transcend? I thought Keystrokes was buying up companies sm
but I heard from another service owner that they sold out to Transcend. Anyone know if that happened?
Did Keystrokes sell to Transcend? I thought Keystrokes was buying sm

small companies but another service owner told me that she heard that Keystrokes sold to Transcend.  Is this true? 


I posted this down below but meant to post it as a new thread.  Before I apply with them, I would like to know as I left Transcend a few months ago and do NOT want to get back into that mess.


We heard Transcend is buying Keystrokes next. I'm not working for Transcend. No Way !
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No. Expect good things, and good things will come
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I LIKE MDI. A few little things here and there
but for the most part, they are far superior to the others. (I even like AIM.)
thanks i will definitely try these things

Three things ...
1) I am an SE and I work my schedule, period.

2) I have never been out of work...even when others complain they are.

3) I have been not only allowed to work past my schedule but encouraged to. It's not my fault I'm allowed/encouraged to do so. It's more money in my pocket.

Look, I work as hard as you do. I don't know why you don't have any work but that doesn't mean it is my fault because I'm an SE. I also don't "hog" work. I take it as it comes...not like I can horde it away on my system and keep it in private while others sit without it. I can have only 2 jobs in my queue at any given time, just like everyone else.

Let's band together and not fight, ok?! It's not the IC's fault if the work is poorly distributed -- it is mgmt's fault.

I always ask things like that first, also pay
Make sure to ask before you test. big waste of time
You are right about some things
yes, they are not the greatest company, but do we really know who is. I know it was disappointing to me that they didn't pay for training, though it was only 2 hours. They are paying for spaces now, just since the last couple of months. I understand about the supervisor situation, but I think that is anywhere, and I am almost certain I know who you are talking about, (I thought the same thing) but if it is her, she's gone. I do agree that it does seem hard to make good lines, at least on one of my accounts. All I know is that overall, I am the most happy with them. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and this is just mine
I wonder about these things too...
I can understand the policy of not allowing companies who are dishonest as OSi apparently was to post on the board, but I thought there was a name-calling policy too. Someone below posted a really nasty remark about the Pres. of a co. (and used his name) and it was totally overlooked while a reminder about name-calling was deleted. Go figure.
of seeing the same things over and over with
nothing to back them up. I was sick reading the posts all weekend about every company that someone had questions about.