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quit [2008-11-21]
Tell them to find another transcriptionist, payment due in full and make sure to let EVERYONE else in the local transcription community know that they don't pay their bills. Depending on where you live and how much it's for, you may be able to sue in small claims. But, yeah, definitely cut your losses now.

yeah quit... [2008-11-19]
If they've gotten away with not paying 3, they'll never pay ya... dump 'em... This happened to me and it's not worth the aggravation; you've obviously been played like a fiddle just like I was...

Well, shoot. quit! A recession's a great time to SM [2008-11-17]
go back to school anyway, like Amanda. I've forgotten some of the exact quotes I've read, but various economists have predicted that, because of the ongoing technology revolutions, people these days should plan on having to retrain for new jobs approximately 5 times during their lives. And they weren't talking about a little brush-up now and then either, but throwing in the towel and moving on. So how about having some fun figuring out what you should have done if you could go back and do it all over again, and then going for some version of it? Since your family won't miss your income, if needed, you could spend your very last months in this field piling up tuition money to move on to something better.

Hey, don't quit, tell them you want this job, you are really trying, get their feedback on how yo [2008-10-29]
the best training is in the hospital setting where you get help - don't quit, as my cohorts told me, it takes 5 years as an MT and whoola, like magic it all clicks. At 5 years (inhouse hospital), i swear, it was true. It happened. My line counts doubled, I wasn't in the books all the time and believe me, i am no speed demon - just average but i persisted. Hang in there/

I just quit my job as an IC [2008-10-28]
I was with a doctor's office for seven years and never raised my rates. I discussed a raise with them and not only did they say NO, they said they were planning to cut my wages. Since two women had undercut me in the bidding war for cents a line. Well that is the problem these days, there is no STANDARD. I am a GREAT worker, (as they told me this several times after I resigned... they were not pleased to see me go) well guess what I have too much pride to work my ASS off and not be rewarded for it. I get absolutely NO benefits and what I was getting paid for work that was FULL TIME did not cover those costs. So I will take a pay cut for benefits as I have no retirement and I better start thinking about it. I used to think it was the greatest thing ever, so much freedom... but now I know better as I get older...

how did you give up cigarettes, I am dying to quit. [2008-09-28]
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don't quit yet. [2008-09-23]
I would talk to the doctor first. He has taken on a new doctor and opened new offices so he is obviously busy. He knows you're busy too but if you don't say anything, you are obviously saving him money. See if you can hire another Transcriptionist to help out. It obviously sounds like a place with plenty of work. I wouldn't quit.

I quit looking, too. It's obvious there aren't ANY jobs [2008-08-20]

I would quit. nm [2008-08-09]
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quit [2008-07-15]
I quit there because its ridiculous to sit in front of the computer for 8 hours and only get 200 lines!

quit [2008-07-04]
quit in the middle of a 4-hour training session. After 2 hours I learned probably 35 days to change the background of my screen color and type, etc., everything that did not pertain to their platform and still never learned to begin to type a report in 2 hours, in between the lady screaming at her kids. Had a splitting headache and anxiety. Never returned to the second portion of their training. Their recuiter called me later to ask me what was lacking in their training process and how they could improve it. I promptly returned their computer and equipment. I also had big hopes for the job and they are a national company. Don't feel bad - it happens.

I quit within 24 hours and again after 8 weeks in my nearly 25 years in the biz (nm) [2008-07-04]
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I quit after 3 days... [2008-07-03]
I just quit after 3 days, you either like it or you don't. You'll know right away whether it is a good match for you...

I have quit after 2 days sm [2008-07-03]
You know if it is a going to ever be a good fit or if it will never be. There is a national that everyone around here loves. I was not properly trained (the trainer was baking brownies, disciplining her child, cleaning her house, waiting on company and training me). It was frustrating start to finish and after waiting for over 2 hours for someone else to get back to me and advise me on something, I threw in the towel. The recruiter wrote me a nasty email about it...why didn't you tell us you didn't feel trained? Umm 'cuz you would never answer my phone calls or my IMs? I TRIED. I didn't look back after doing only 4 reports and having NO support.

That is qhy I quit their organization after [2008-06-19]

I quit last month [2008-06-18]
Just sent them an E-mail with resignation on the subject line. They have had about 23 quit over the past 3 months that I know of, for the very same reasons you listed and some extra you likely didn't run into, myself included. They will try to get you to explain why you want to quit and then come up with accommodations to keep you with them. Just hold to your guns.

want to quit job [2008-06-17]
I work for 2 companies. I accepted a job position with Transcend not too long ago and have had nothing but problems. I love my original company and I just want to work full-time for them. I took the job at transcend b/c my hubby was not working much but he has now gotten a new job and is going to be making good money so I don't really need a second job. Transcend's platform is terrible and I can't even begin to describe how terrible their audio files are. And during training you can only do 10 jobs a day which equals no money. So I am going to say the heck with them. They are a waste of time.....nice people but their training process is too aggravating. How do you guys quit a company? Do you just send them an email? I don't really want to call anyone there because then they will try to convince you to stay.

I just quit one with VR editing [2008-06-06]
I just quit a company (Transcend) who has the same thing going on. I'll be going with another service for about six months, and then after that I figure I'll go Independent IC, freelance. It could work out that I recruit and we become a company in our own right.

How long do you give a new job before you quit? [2008-05-13]
Just started a new job two weeks ago and have a gut feeling it is not going to work out. The transcription itself is okay, it's everything else -- time consuming ADT, recordkeeping, etc. What's the quickest you have ever quit a job or how long do you give a new job before saying Adios? This job is a second job because I need extra money. So I can quit and still have my primary income.

I once quit in two days [2008-05-13]
My supervisor would constantly contradict herself and of course that drove me crazy. But the main reason I quit was becauseof the ADT and bookkeeping like you said. I KNEW I was not going to make any money. It was taking me longer to fill out the dang ADT than to type the reports. IMO, although you WILL get faster, thatADT screenwon't get any better!

Quit.. [2008-03-13]
My late payments were 2 weeks at first too, and then it got to be a month, and then very sporadically late and then finally after 10 years of this waiting and wondering, I quit. I can't work like that. I didn't know if I'd ever get paid this last time. I think once they see that you'll tolerate it, then it continues to happen.

Quit [2008-03-12]
I quit an account that did not pay on time. I had to wait 3 months; welp, I said see ya'... wasn't worth my time.

Do NOT quit MT yet! & dont quit looking.Try her [2008-02-20]
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did you quit your old job before [2008-02-20]
starting this new one?

Okay, quit bragging and hire someone then. Lots of people need work. nm [2008-02-19]
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Thanks! [2008-12-03]
Thanks so much for the suggestions! It's so nice to have sweet, smart folks to consult. I've changedmy deodorant a couple of times with no improvement. Even quit shaving (Ewww). I'll try the other suggestions and am ready to make that visit to the doctor if no improvement! Thank you all very much--

If the meeting consists of her staying [2008-12-03]
and listening to dictation, yes, it should be paid and she as an IC should set the amount she should be paid. I pick-up and deliver, and that's in my line charge. I also do that at my convenience, not theirs. A real office is fine with that and understands the meaning of IC. Lisa is a vendor like any other contractor. If I had to sit and listen and sort patient lists, etc. and spend more than 5-10 minutes tops at an office, then I would charge for that time spent at that office sorting through their mess. Let's face it. The office is a mess and Lisa is their scape goat. Since now they know she's bending over backwards, they will take advantage. Again, Lisa should not spend her time sorting out their mess. Furthermore, if they can't figure out what to give her and don't have time, then Lisa's response should be that she doesn't have the time either unless she charges them for that time. It just sounds like a real mess of a deal. I can't wait to hear if they actually pay her at all! Okay, I'll shut up now! Just the fact that she's posting again is hysterical. I guess I'll keep my mouth shut after saying from the last thread regarding this I told ya'' so. You all thought oh just this one time. Why do you think the other girl quit? Hello? Can you say doormat?

Well then she needs to charge for them. [2008-12-01]
They should have told her that up front. I wouldn't be surprised if this office is a mess and that's why the MT up and quit. She'll find out that not all accounts are sweet. It goes both ways. I would charge them; that's not fair and I wouldn't work for free or they'll expect it all of the time. This may be an account that someone dumped for nonpayment. Have to be careful. Charge, charge, charge; they can afford it!

Had equipment problems with Transcend... [2008-11-25]
that they ignored with me though I complained daily. Even worked with a Dictaphone guy who apparently could not fix the problem though he tried. Long story short, I like the account assigned to me but just got tired of this stupid problem - I would have to log out and back in after single every report. I quit in disgust after 10 days because I felt they didn't take me seriously; they didn't even offer to send me one of their PC's, which would have cost me to rent anyway. They hated to see me go. Yeah, right.

Strike at this time is selfish [2008-11-23]
I think that during this hard time for the country, anyone who is going to strike, ie. kick and scream till they get what they want, are being selfish. There are SOOOO many unemployed right now and sooo many more running the risk as well. I understand not wanting to take cuts, etc. but face it people, that is what a lot of people in this country are resorting to because they have no other choice. Many, I am sure, would be HAPPY to have a job...and these people want to quit working till they get their way? And these people are the people who preach about patient care? - just my opinion

I am not sure, I have a unique situation, but sm [2008-11-16]
My problem was no mortgage and being an IC. In October of 2007 I filed my taxes for 2006 (had an extension) and I got sucked for $7500 and then another $400 for penalties. In April of 2008, I got sucked for another $7600 and another $350 in penalties. There went my new car. There went paying off a debt I have been years working on. So, no I don't know how you do it and pay your taxes! In 2008, I went to work as an employee. They will pay part of my taxes, they pay a fair portion of my health insurance premium, I have PTO and everything else. I was thrilled to work for only one place, till my tax accountant told me that in my circumstance, I would not be able to deduct any of my expenses because I can't itemize my taxes! He told me to work at least PT as an IC. I did for a time Jan-March and then quit. By May 1,2008 I knew I had to look for something. I ended up going back to work for the place I had quit in December 2007 to work for my employer. It turns out it is a 6-hour day on top of my 8-hour day. That was not the agreement, but it is the reality. I will be able to file as an employee and a Schedule C as an IC. I'll have my cake and eat it too. I am saving 1/3 of after tax income, but I have very little free time and only one day off a week, if I have that much. I will meet my goals for a newer vehicle and paying off my debt next year, and that is great, but I will have had very little fun otherwise. I don't even have time to grocery shop most months, but I'd have money if I could get there. I am known for being a total workaholic and it is true. The only thing I can tell you about making it all work is to scale down, down, DOWN! I went from a 2400 sq ft house in a large city, to an 1100 sq ft mobile home in a small town that has DSL. I bought the mobile home outright for a paltry $3K and while I don't own the land, my rent for that is only $75 (hence my tax problems). Where I live, it is so rural that the nearest Walmart is 60 miles each way, but it is best that Walmart and I should be parted that way. I get there perhaps 3 times a year, which is plenty. I eat at home. I make my clothing. I clean my own home. I do my own laundry. I pinch every penny I can figure out how to pinch, and then I pinch it harder. I gave away much of my furniture in this move and replaced it with second hand furniture that fits my new smaller home. The house was a real fixer upper and I have almost completed it...on a shoestring doing most of the work myself (but not this year). I grew up poor, I was poor when I was married and raised my kids poor. I am no longer poor, by the standards of where I live I am quite well off, but you would never know this by how I live. I run around in comfy sweats that are old, that is why they are so comfy! I live in a tin can and in a dirty little town full of wonderful people. I happen to be in love with my tin can which I have transformed into a very cozy, inviting home where guests love to visit...for tea in cups and saucers from the thrift store. It is hard to make more money. I knew my energy limits and what I could and could not do. I made a conscious decision to work the money equation from BOTH sides...spend far less and make as much more as I felt I could. The end result has been better than I had anticipated. As for getting out of MT, we are all pretty well in the same boat if we have been doing this for a long time. You might try a job center through where you live. Have them help you brush up your face to face interview skills, and see about how to present yourself as professional and capable. We have all been out of the fix your hair and makeup, actually get dressed and leave the house mode for a long time. I know if I were going out the door to work, I would need to follow this advice myself. I need some fine tuning, possibly so do you. So stay in or get out, that is up to you. I thought I would give you why I have stayed in and how I did it.

I hear you sm [2008-11-13]
ASR is a joke and any of us who have edited it think that. You know, a while back JLG dumped their ASR and fired their MEs. One can hope it was for a legal reason and that this will be a trend because it SHOULD BE. I know where I work we have ASR. I have read posts by some of our ASR gals. They only edit every other paragraph, or edit without the voice, or skim rather than read the document because they have a line quota. It is just like it is with a sloppy MT and the work that comes out IS JUST AWFUL. I know this because I have access to all the past reports. Hand me a document with really silly errors in it and I'll show an ASR document that was *edited*. I don't have any difficulty being appreciated at work. BOTH my companies value me to a point I find embarrassing. Yes, I am a crackerjack MT, very good at what I do, but it is MY ATTITUDE that has won friends and influenced people. Besides that, I appreciate myself. I have long ago quit worrying about this industry and made the most of what is in front me. This is why both my companies put plenty in front of me to do and they don't ask that I do ASR at all, I am too valuable where I am. Sorry, but chicken little doesn't live at my house.

You could try just stating in a letter [2008-11-11]
They may or may not decide to keep you. You don't really ask as an IC. You state as an IC. You will risk them finding cheaper services. So, you need to ask yourself if it is worth losing the account for a few more cents per line. The only other thing you could do is attach an administrative fee to each bill and let them know it is for tasks not related to the actual production; this would be a little raise. The bottom line is that raises are nonexistent as an IC. Normally what quote you've given them in the start of the work is what they expect to pay or they'll find someone cheaper like an offshore company. I wouldn't stir the waters if I was you, but that's just me. I tried to barter with one account over a raise and the doctor met me halfway. I was being paid per page. I had to drop him though because once I raised the rate, he quit paying me on time. I guess I was last on the list. He switched to me doing handwritten note dictation (no dictation). It was hard on the neck and eyes, so I quit.

You're good for awhile, don't worry! [2008-11-10]
If you wear out a keyboard, then worry! Had my laptop since 9/11, can still read the keys or in a few keys almost invisible but, I know where they are! Do well! quit being nervous, it slows you down!

Me as well [2008-10-30]
Same issues. I keep scooching in closer and closoer to my keyboard to the point it feels awkward, but once I push back, it's back to square one. I'm hoping when I get a new chair soon this will help. I also tend to sit not quit center. When I try to adjust this as well, it's feel off somehow. I just can't seem to ge it right. It's like another poster said, it must be an MT quirk or something.

I feel lost---is this as good as it gets? Need advice PLEASE [2008-10-29]
I have been doing MT now for almost 3 years. Previously to being hired, I had never done MT before, but I had worked in a hospital system and public health for a total of about 19 years and I had a Bachelors Degree to boot, so I was hired. I worked for a medical clinic that housed about 100 doctors of varying specialties. The QA person never helped me, nor did I get training--I was pretty much on my own. Reports were pretty simple, so I was able to get by without anyone helping me. However, the boss was a horrible woman, a supervisor of medical records who was ALWAYS firing people for any little infraction. If she didn't like you, you had even more problems. She didn't like me, so she made my life hard. I was short 100 measly lines of a goal she set and she made my life h-e-l-l. She constantly wrote me up about it, even those I was sooo close, but other people that she liked, didn't have to have to meet goals. Anyhow, I got fed up and quit. I got hired at a hospital in acute care--a friend who worked there got me in. This time, I had feedback. Unfortunately, acute care is something I had no experience with and now my issues are QA. You get dinged for any mistake and I can't pass QA! I've been there for 5 months, but I'm scared I am going to get fired. NEVER have I ever had to worry so much about my performance or getting written up and/or fired. I've been having nightmares I am going to get fired. I dread opening up any emails I get from QA--a fellow employee checks mine and she is VERY anal and dings me for everything. I feel like they think I'm not getting it and I believe they are circling the wagons to get me fired. I feel so dumb when I get my QA feedback. How could this be? I know I'm NOT dumb and can do this job. Certainly someone who made the Dean's List at an acredited school, has enough intelligence to excel at this, right? I'm just ready to give up. I'm scared to quit, as the job market and economy is pretty poor, but with my work experience and education, I've never had a problem getting hired. MT has been the WORST choice ever for me. I have a small child, so I thought this would be a good fit for me, but it's been a disaster. Is this the way it's going to be? Am I expecting too much of myself too soon? I just feel like there isn't any learning curve anymore. I feel so all alone, I can't talk to my co-workers about it, because they never share their QA scores or line counts. I'm so freaking frustrated and stressed about this. Any advice on my situation?Is thisthe way of life for an MT?Thanks

Unfortunately we all go through this [2008-10-29]
But I believe it is breaking you down. I have been in this field for over 26 years, and it still goes on. There are a lot of intelligent people in this field, but unfortunately, a lot of egos in management and QA. Seems like you already have PTSD for being fired before. Please hold onto your self-esteem. When you say that you never lied on your resume and they know who you are and you try your best, listen to yourself. You are right. They know that. Make sure to do reality check every day. They are playing with you to keep you down, so that you will bend to the QA or management. When I was in this about 6 years, I would get reams of feedback in the mail every other day (no fax machine and it was when we were just modeming work). I hated to get the mail and wanted to quit. Yet, I was the best MT and they were sorry when I left. But I could not take it. The head QA just did not like the fact that I did 200 minutes rerecord and stats and never complained. Funny thing, I'd take the feedback to heart, change the commas and hyphens, and next week I'd get dinged on those by the same person. Finally, I woke up and smelled the coffee. Even in those days MT jobs were hard to find because you had to know someone at the hospital or good place to work. Even when I did work for a hospital for years, whenever a new boss or a new QA person came in, we had to be broken down. We worked at home, but compared notes by e mail because we knew each other from the on-site meetings, so we knew we were each going through it no matter what year of experience we had. Our head lead once even had me called down for not liking the tone of my voice on a message when I was kindly pointing an inconsistency in her QA. I learned the hard way, to delete the e mails, do the best I can by taking the QA comments constructively, and doing what they say while documenting their inconsitencies quietly in case I am ever asked. If you want to stay, don't be afraid you are no good and will be fired. Just keep your observations to yourself, and get into the dictations. Think about who you are serving the patient, and you and your little child who you are working to put bread on the table. Then, at the end of the day walk away from it and forget the pettiness. It isn't you. And BTW, no matter where you go this will happen, no matter what job not just Mting. And on this board, it is here too. Ego problems. Reality check, look at your child and know you are who you are and good at it! Sorry so long just had to get this off my chest. Hang in and just thrive and do well!

just grow with it [2008-10-29]
i know its hard. but try to set the fear aside. You are still there, so they must plan to keep you (3 months is the usual probation period). Just do the best you can. Conquer this obstacle and then you can decide if it is what you want to keep doing or not. I still regret quitting something i was pursuing decades ago, that i quit out of fear. If you quit, make it for the right reasons, not because you were afraid of not making it, or afraid of your boss. Believe me, if I can do this, so can you (I flunked my first transcription course). I'm an MT now for 30+ years.

Hey, don't quit, tell them you want this job, you are really trying, get their feedback on how yo [2008-10-29]
the best training is in the hospital setting where you get help - don't quit, as my cohorts told me, it takes 5 years as an MT and whoola, like magic it all clicks. At 5 years (inhouse hospital), i swear, it was true. It happened. My line counts doubled, I wasn't in the books all the time and believe me, i am no speed demon - just average but i persisted. Hang in there/

Need advice...sm [2008-10-28]
I am currently working for a company part time. I have never complained as long as I could get to work at least enough to get in about 20 hours. Well it has gotten to the point I cannot even get that. I am not making any money. I have been on this account for 1-1/2 years and I hate to leave. Am I likely to run into this at any company as an IC? I only worked about 11 hours last week. I guess what I am asking is if I quit and go elsewhere am I likely to run into the same problem at some point not even able to get 20 hours. Is this something that happens to IC MTs? And it picks up later. I have only been doing this for 1-1/2 years so I don't know what to think. I would be glad to work more than 20 hours but I don't complain as long as I get 20. But not even 20 is just no money. What should I do?

I love my life, but I'm not happy with my job [2008-10-28]
I have plenty to be thankful for, that does not mean that I cannot come here and complain. I did notice that some people that you meant the constant complainers. I've only recently become one since I quit one of my jobs as an IC and I have been reading through the boards about how much people don't have any work anymore because of the outsourcing. That should pi$$ EVERYONE off in this industry no matter if you have a great job (good for you) or not. I'm more livid about there not being a standard for MT's because I pride myself on doing an EXCELLENT job but that doesn't seem to matter anymore, so yes that pisses me off and makes me not so much miserable ... because I am a very happy person. but when I spend the majority of my day doing my job... it does tend to wear on you you know?

pay [2008-10-25]
I quit an hourly MT in hospital job to do this. I hated that job so much, I was drinking. Since I started this one my personal life is vastly improved. quit drinking, I get to church, and so on. BUT. I have been Transcriptionist for 9 years and I am now making less than the minimum wage. No matter what I do I cannot get more than 600 lines and it is just not enough. I am living on my savings. I don't know what I'm going to do, because now I'm 62 and I applied at anohter hos but you know...they called the old one which was NOT a good situation. I am paying $500/mo for Cobra and I will NEVER qualify at this company for insurance. I did not know it would be this hard to make a few lines. I'm glad I quite that awful place but I'm stuck now.

What I would tell you directly sm [2008-10-25]
I know you want a better job and for whatever reason, it just has not happened...YET. Anything worth having is worth waiting for. Up to a point, the longer you wait the better it will be. Though, after a while it seems useless, it really isn't. I had a wonderful job up until summer of 2007. Like a fool, I had $$ in my eyes and I took a job at 10 cpl. It was hard work and the line counts weren't great, but then they started to regularly run out of work. That was year ago this month. I started actively looking for work and I had offers, but I didn't take them because the grass is usually greener over the septic tank, rather than on the other side of the fence. I have been burned and didn't want to be so again. I sent out one last resume just before Christmas, but didn't think anything would come of it. I was wrong. My gift for Christmas turned out to be my dream job, so I quit the one I had. In June, the one I quit in December begged me to come back and I accepted, because as a PT job, it would be perfect, and it has been. The boss I disliked is gone and a great gal is in her place. There is also a great deal of work. I have the same time in you do, 15 years. I have waited much of that time for a full time job and a part time job to come together in a way that meshes as perfectly as these two do. All good and wonderful things come to those who wait. I am wishing YOU all good things and soon. There is a company out there wishing for a hard worker, looking for their needle in a haystack and that needle is YOU. Best wishes and good luck!

Tired of being an MT - Made a mistake. [2008-10-24]
I have been transcribing over 20 years. All different kinds of specialties. I've had good jobs and bad jobs. Jobs I'm sorry I quit. Anyway, my son works at a gas station that has freshly baked goods and had a job opening for doing the baking there. In a moment of acute hate for my job I jumped at grabbing that one. Now I'm sorry I accepted the job, it involves standing for 8 hours, the pay is about the same as what I'm making now (that's why I want out of MT), but I can't stand for 8 hours a day. I haven't given notice yet to my MT job and I don't want to have this shed a bad light on my son at his job. I just don't think I could be on my feet 8 hours a day. Now I am in a mess. How can I not take the job and not have this reflect on him? As a side note. I think I don't make enough money as an MT because I spend all my time looking for another job while I'm working, or supposed to be working. HELP! Wondering

I tried ASR and I did not make squat...sm [2008-10-21]
I quit not long after.

Outsourcing [2008-10-18]
This just recently happened at the company I work for (not just psych but psych was included), they went with another service to do their work (we were just doing overflow) and part of the deal was they had to take all the inhouse transcriptionists...well from what I hear they are making it real difficult for the transcriptions, I think so they'll quit and they can bring newer people in at a lower rate. Just my opinion.

Toth Transcription [2008-10-16]
I too, although I'm ashamed to admit it, was a victim of Toth Transcription. I worked for that company(husband/wife team) a few years back and was taken for $4,600 and some change. How that much??? It�s the way he pays (or doesn�t pay I should say). You submit a bill for the previous month�s work so if you quit he ends up owing you 2 months of work which is what happened in my situation. In brief, he sent me a check for my work�..I quit (for various reasons but from all other posts you pretty much get the picture of why)�he stopped payment on the check (sent me an email stating good luck getting your money) and never paid me the last check that was owed to me. I did take him to court (in my town), got the judgment against him and was in the process of freezing his bank account when he decides to file bankruptcy. That was in 2005. Still haven�t seen a penny and the bankruptcy is still active. I�m now very happily working for a local hospital and GETTING PAID!!! All I can say is please stay away from this company unless you want to work for free. They have done this to soooooo many people and they keep getting away with it. PLEASE TRUST ME!!!

Becoming paranoid about work and QA [2008-10-15]
I would like to find a job that I do not have to proof report 2-3 times as when audits roll around QA dings formore grammar than actual medial terms. I would just like to sit and type.I have done this for 29 years, and we all make mistakes, but it is just rediculous anymore. This company I work for now is so picky about even the smallest thing such as hyphens, comas, colons, etc that a few of MTs on the same account are becoming so paranoid that we are wasting too much time on each report and IM each other that weare not getting anywhere. I have lost my rhythm with jumping around so much for each WT. I love to doOp reports and have asked twice and that is about as far as it gets. I used to enjoy transcription, but not anymore. If I could afford financially to quit I would. I used to do over 1200 lines a day, but not anymore. I feel like I am back in high school English class. Those days are gone. Jobs are hard to find anymore with the economy the way it is, but at least I have something coming in, but just not enough and I still am working two jobs. Just getting tired, frustrated, aggravated, you name it. Thanks for letting me vent.

food prices [2008-10-12]
They certainly are! If you have a salvage grocery in your area, you can save quite a bit. We are blessed to have three. Some cans a bent - I only buy the ones with a ding, and boxes are bent. You have to be selective, but can save quit a bit. Also if you have an ALDI store, they are less expensive and their products are good. Hope this helps someone.

spheris sm [2008-10-09]
I worked for Spheris for 6 years. They don't care about quality, only production. I only had 1 good supervisor also out of about 10. The last one made me quit. Wouldn't let me take off to take care of my mother even though I had approvedintermittent FMLA. I worked second shift and had to get someone to cover my shift in order to take off. One supervisor I had hated me for some reason, don't really know why. She lied about what hours Iwas working and I lost my second shift differential and right before she quit made me part time even though I was working full time. Couldn't get my status reinstated for a year. Lost my health insurance. I did go on unemployment which they tried to dispute but lost. This was in 2003.They also lied about sending work to India. This was in 2006.I lost all my good accounts and couldn't make any money. I was down to less than half of what I had been making. I could go on and on. Finallyquit in2006.Worse company I ever worked for and I worked for Medquist too.