Appreciate your kind comments, but TT can prove itself on its own.
Posted By: MTT2 on 2008-01-23
In Reply to: Not going to sing more praises sm - JustinOther TT MT
Don't pay attention to the naysayers.
TT does well and earns money for its employees to provide a safe good environment and job. All of the things we already know about TT on the board and in our lives speak for TT. It is nice of you to defend against naysayers, but TT can speak for itself and already has. More of these kinds of posts will just fuel the troll fire.
See my post below about breadwinner, defending TT's transcriptionists who provide health insurance for families. This kind of argument is a waste of time.
In other words, I think perhaps we could let other people on these boards talk about their stuff. And if we don't and keep up with this cycle, well that's okay too. People like me will quit looking on here for interesting new things and will work extra to make more money anyway. IMHO
Just did not want you to get your feelings hurt when you were trying to do a good thing.
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Okay, this is turning ugly. These kind of comments are unprofessional
If you here work for the company you could be earning money by taking TT up on the big BONUSES this weekend that nobody has mentioned while griping about the headers, etc. um er, how about telling the world that lines and a half are being offered and an extra 50 to 100 in addition. So, why not just put your ugly comments away and get to work!
Why so very few comments regarding Diskriter? Are comments by employees not permitted SM
on public forums. I have always been interested to see comments on this company, as they are constantly advertising and seem to have an attractive employee package. Unfortunately, never seeing comments on MT boards makes me extremely uneasy. I'm sure they could have stipulations in their contracts that prevent them from commenting, but even so I would expect to see good or bad comments even from ex-employees. Hmmm? Plus, if the anonymity is supposed to be in place on these boards, how can it hurt for employees to make a general comment, good or bad?
How do you know this? Prove what you say.
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You can do this but you need to prove yourself
They are a wonderful company. But, they work slowly watching you progress, in my experience. At first you start on 5 jobs a day and when you are released you are given a primary account with 24 hour turn around and you need to meet your line requirement. As time passes if you continuously meet line and quality requirements, you can ask for more accounts. If you stay flexible and are willing to work nights and weekends this is a plus too because there is more work at those times, everyone wants day. There is no set schedule, but you if you can be there when the dictators and backlogs are that is best. As well, if you have unlimited LD and not just thei internet the whole combination will ensure you a long full-time career at MDI. There are a lot of variables. And you need a lot of patience, but it can be done. Good luck to you!
Nobody can prove to me that I sent
an email if I DID NOT !
'DOUBLE EYE ROLL'
Because they can dig up enough liars to prove it.
We believe it because we need to.
- the schools get away with it the same way every commercial on TV, in magazines, and every other form of advertising gets away with it.
What about recruiters? They only tell you what you want to hear. They even get rewarded for being good liars.
The truth is, no school is needed by anyone to become an MT. Recruiters are unnecessary for ethical companies. Word gets around and they need all the bodies they can hire to combat the truth by coming on to boards like this and expounding on *all the money they make* - it is hard to know who to believe because they do it so well and we want to believe it.
Hope for the future? Yeah, right. How do you pay the bills NOW?
Which prove the point that
when ops calls asks someone if they can help out on an account, they have no idea if would put you into overtime or not. It's up to you to say, sorry, I can't, it will put me into overtime. Easy as pie :)
Well, I do, and have the pay stubs to prove it.
Sorry if you don't believe me. I didn't think it was possible either until I started at KS.
Sorry, but I have the paychecks to prove otherwise
Every account is different, and I lucked out and got two great accounts. My main account is a super easy ER account with heavy templates, which we get paid for, and I easily do 400-500 lines per hour on that account. My secondary account is a basic 4 hospital account, which gives me really long reports, and I usually do about 300-350 lines per hour on that one. So, it is possible to make that much money there if you focus and work hard.
I can't prove that they offshore, but...
I have seen things that lead me to believe that they do, at least sometimes.
I don't think they really have backlog issues. Yes they do send out a lot of emails saying we need everyone to help blah blah blah, but the work always seems to get done in time. With times the way they are, it seems there are plenty of people willing to work overtime to help pay the bills, so others of us don't have to. 
I was just curious how they can PROVE it was you, is all. nm
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Do not think they care if they can prove it. They just
I do not think they care if they can prove it or not. If you watch any of the daytime Court shows like Judge Judy, it is almost impossible to prove Defamation of Character. I think Transtech just wants to send a message that they are watching the MTStars Board and are not afraid to try to track you down if they do not agree with what you post. It is just intimidation to prevent anyone from being honest in expressing their opinion. The Music industry did the same thing to prevent people from sharing free music – bring a law suit against a couple of people and everyone else is afraid to try it.
All it does is cost the defendant money to have it thrown out – and we all know how rich Medical Transcriptionists are that they have attorneys on retainer. LOL
12 cpl to prove you can and will work - Deal?
Deal.
Wouldn't they have to prove who the poster is and could
it being given to them by the administrator of this site? With providers such as AOL and Yahoo, that takes a court order. Is the private information of the people who post here at risk of being divulged to others not affiliated with the management of this site?
Also, how is it you come to know about this endeavour?
(this is not a flaming question, but one asked sincerely)
Let NM prove one thing you said was not true!! Is not possible.
and you were sure right when they are sticking it to you, in the same breath is you'll be so excited!
LOTs KS' MTs paychecks prove otherwise (sm)
$$$$ Mine included. Just do a search of the Forums and Archives. No need to beg for work with Keystrokes! If anyone has to beg to work with them to begin with it's probably because it is not the right fit. Calling to follow up on job interest and begging are two different things. If a company is in transition and very busy, then that's it, they're very busy. Just take it as that not as a luminous sign.
That's it for me! 
And your posts more than prove my point!
You know companies that are hiring part time? Post their names on this board in answer to the original poster, for Pete's sake! There are thousands of hits a day on this site, and you think just 1 person is interested in a part-time position? You just want to help 1 person? Nope - I would say that your response has been a prime example of exactly what I was warning others about - someone who appears totally innocent, offering job help, but it has to be private. That goes against the fundamentals of this board. The majority of MTs who have no gain in any shape or form simply post the name of the company that might be hiring - nothing private necessary. Unless, of course, the person who just happens to know a company doesn't WANT the info public. And when the innocent MT gets involved and takes it one step further, a big mess can happen, just as your postings have shown. Again, my initial intent was not to spotlight you. You did that yourself. If I was in a vindictive mood, I'd even be tempted to post what I guess now are your initials along with the companies you happen to think might be hiring part time. LOL.
Again, how can they prove it was here that posted that comment. nm
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This is the thing that TT will use to prove their case
If you agree with the poster DON'T post your agreement!
Keep it to yourself.
Make sure you can prove your facts before posting, please.
This does nothing but create confusion. I talked to someone in management there today (I'm not with Webmedx) and if anyone knows what they're doing, this person does. They are NOT shipping their work out! Now they have clients who choose to share their work with India, but that's not something Webmedx can control, nor does it reflect on their business.
Chicken Little, make sure the sky is actually falling before you speak next time.
Nope. The PC is mine. I bought it and I can prove it. sm
I spoke with someone at Webmedx who told me that what they are monitoring is the VPN traffic and not the any of the MTs PCs. He said that would be illegal.
I don't know if this is the truth or not, but I have found some handy softwares to protect myself just in case this criminal act is happening on my PC.
when you sign a contract, you prove you are not an employee
if the company is looking for work done when they NEED it done, it is not called an employee.
Sorry to burst your bubble,but if they tell you what is expected and you agree to it, then you are contracted to do that work when they need that work done.
You all can argue all you want, but the facts are the facts. They do not have to use you as a contracter. They can find someone that is willing to do the work when the WORK IS AVAILABLE.
Appeal it & make them prove misconduct.
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So easy to say you had 73 as you cannot/wouldnt want to prove that. All heresay at this point
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Prove it to me then. I'm open for discussion. You can email me at admin@mtstars.com
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Any comments on DRC?
Ggood, bad, indifferent? I'm thinking that being paid by the keystroke is not the way to go. Can you make any money that way?
There are some comments below
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Any comments about MDI-MD?
How is BayScribe? Do they offer clinic and radiology or just acute care? TIA
Does anyone have any comments on DRC? How
Good, bad, mediocre? Pay on time? Flexible?
Anyone here with OTI? comments??
Can anyone tell me if this is a good company to work for and if they run out of work frequently, etc?
comments
Pay is on time. Line counts are accurate. Account specifications are minimal. Account specifications are different for each account. Work is very feast or famine on most accounts. Minimal work, if any on weekends. No QA feedback, only minimal feedback from supervisor on occasion. General information about quality issues is inconsistent. The platform is simple (MQ's platform). Management is very unorganized. Quite a lot of poor dictators. Some lousy sound quality. Minimal ability to control speed on sound. Difficult to make respectable line counts per hour. Pay per line is reasonable. These are observations from multiple people working for DSG. Overall better than some companies. Benefit costs vary on your location if you elect to be an employee.
Comments re: MDI-MD anyone?
Are a Transcriptionist who has worked for MDI-MD? Would you mind giving your 2 cents on your experience? I'd appreciate any information. NOTE: No recruiters need reply to this! Thanks so much.
...NM up there. Those comments were
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I think if you have comments about it you should do this
Put it in the suggestion box. If you know what another company is offering, then let them know. There is no need to bring it here as this will not do any good. Take it to management where results can be possibly achieved.
There are a few comments about them at
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OSi comments
Got pay direct deposited a day early because of the holiday. Got work through the holiday. Got updates regularly throughout the holiday on workload available. That's about all I need from a job.
any other comments
Any others got comments on Diskriter. What equipment or what do you need to take the test?
Some comments....sm
This is definitely a wonderful company to work for, especially if you need benefits. The supervisors are very nice and very helpful.
This company does have some absolutely terrible and horrendous ESLs, but on the other hand, you can send blanks to QA and are not penalized. You do have to remember that if you send a report with a blank to QA, they analyze that report and it goes toward your QA score for the month, which they do on random reports and also, as above, any reports sent to QA for blanks or questions.
Also if you are looking for flexibility, know that they are not very flexible with your schedule. They want you to work the hours you committed to and not type outside your schedule very much. They will, however, let you off for doctors appointments, etc. If overtime is offered on your account, though, you will get lines-and-a-half.
One other thing is that they do expect you to do your committed lines for the day. In other words, it does not seem like they will compromise this with a very good MT who has high 99s on QA scores but is just not as fast as she used to be. Some places say if you are putting out very good quality work, they will allow you to do just under the required line count for the day or pay period. Axolotl does not really hold to this idea.
Lastly, to add a cc to a report, you have to click on a separate toolbar button, and this is extremely slow to bring up the doctors' list to choose from. This does affect your momentum, and some people have a wait literally of a few minutes for the lis to come up.
All in all, Axolotl is a good company. Above are just a few things I feel might make a difference to someone considering them.
Comments to your comments
I don't understand why people come on here complaining because they have to produce 1200 lines a day when they new the minimum line requirement before accepting a position. It sounds like they don't want to work their schedule that THEY MADE themselves and AGREED to work. If you don't want a schedule, then work IC and receive no benefits for another company.
Axolotl does expect you to work the hours you SET when you accepted the position. They are very flexible to work with if you need time off or to rearrange your schedule but to be late every day or quit early daily, no they are not flexible with that. They have TAT agreements to reach and need people there when they say they are going to be.
As far as making line count, they do expect you to be able to reach 1200 lines a day but they also are very patient with new employees. People they hire are told in the interview that they have to produce 1200 lines per day. If someone cannot reach it, then they shouldn't take the job. The platform is easy and you have a lot of resources given to you.
As far as the ESLs, there is 1 account that is high ESL and they are horrible!!! But this is 1 account out of how many acute care accounts?? If you are not hired to work that account, then you do not have hardly any ESL dictators. If you were hired to do that account, then you were told up front that it was a high ESL account.
As far as the CC button, I believe it has been sent out in at least 2 e-mails that the next patch/upgrade that support is going to do, the CC button will be fixed. Did you not receive this? I never have to wait more than 30 to 45 seconds. Is it a pain sometimes? YES. Has management acknowledged that this problem exists? YES Are they planning on fixing it? YES
Other than a brief wait for the CC button, the system is not slow. If you have to wait even 1 minute for the CC button, you still should be able to meet your productivity requirements. Someone not working their schedule or meeting productivity is not an Axolotl problem, it is an EMPLOYEE PROBLEM.
see comments a little further down
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Just a few comments - sm
First of all, I have been with the company for a long time and I have floated along with a lot of changes since starting with them. Some of the changes were very easy, some not so easy and maybe even a little painful at first.
I was leary about switching to VR but if I wanted to stay with my primary accounts, I had to give in and go with the flow once again. I'm glad I stuck it out because I love VR. The only problem is that I end up running out of work sometimes because I am faster now.
VR isn't going away. That's pretty clear. You either adapt or find another career. I made the choice to find a way to make it work in my favor.
ESL doctors aren't going away either. Same deal. We have to learn to figure them out or we won't have any work.
Lastly, I find it disturbing that you would name a client in a public forum. Most companies, including Transcend, discourage or even forbid naming of their clients for obvious reasons -- the competition is tough.
Whether or not you think the account is terrible, there are people working on that account who might really like it.
My primary account used to be the dreaded account but I personally loved that account and still do, years later. I have come to think of it as MY account and I would be furious if a competitor came along and snatched it from me.
In the future, I would advise that you use more discretion when discussing accounts.
Better yet, don't discuss them at all. You aren't the only one working those accounts. Some of us like them, appreciate a challenge, live up to the challenge, and we WANT the work.
Don't cut us off at the knees because you aren't happy.
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LOL--Scribbles, I have to say thanks for the laugh! According to others' comments, I should apparently be on some heavy medications for being so psycho!
I have to fess up; it is my help-wanted ad. Apparently, trying to fill everyone in on the details makes me wayyyyy too difficult to work with? In the past, I was tempted to apply for online positions, but I always felt they lacked in a lot of detail, which kept me from applying for the jobs. I figured that if I supplied all of the details up front in my ad, then it would help to keep the same questions from being sent to me from people interested in the position. Sheez, no matter what ya do, someone is going to find flaws in the plan. Calgon take me awayyyy! 
Thank you for your comments!
They are much appreciated!
Can't add a lot to the other comments
except that when they say IC, they really do mean it. I've been an IC other times where they wanted some ballpark shift hours, then called and bugged the crap out of me if I was late a few minutes logging on, or gave me grief if I asked ahead of time to to work other hours occasionally. At one MTSO, even though I had prevoiusly scheduled time off, some attendance-taker would call demanding to know why I was not working, and this happened EVERY TIME I TOOK OFF!
Naturally, you will find more work at certain times and on certain days, but you'll figure that out pretty quickly. If you can be flexible, you will have more than enough work. Have yet to seriously run out of work. It may get thin once in a while but no hours or days of no work. I think they are pretty efficient in their hiring practices, but they really do expect you to produce the number of lines you estimate on your schedule.
MDI seems willing to pay for experience so don't be shy telling them what you want. Good luck with your interview!
Thanks for your comments, yes this does help a lot.
I really want to stay loyal to TT, but a drastic reduction in pay, cut in half, etc. I can't afford that at all. I had 2 job offers from smaller companies which have no VR and I was going to stay at TT. But, as my DH said to me this afternoon what is loyalty? I can stay loyal to this company, but are they showing loyalty to me? This really is kind of sad to me. I thought I had found a home. But waking up, smelling the coffee, and briskly moving on before I cannot afford the coffee... thanks so kindly for your help!
Most of your comments are true; however (sm)
the comments I made were not due to bitterness. I left on a good note not wanting to "burn the bridge" so to speak. I make more money at my other IC jobs than with Transcend. Each individual must choose which job works well for them. It's nice you are happy and making a decent wage. I wish you the best.
Any comments on CortMedical?
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Anyone have any comments on Spheris?
:)
MEDWARE FL .. any comments?
I've seen in the archives comments that their platform is not well liked, other than that ... do they have lots of work? is QA a mess? will they allow overtime? are benefits/PTO any good?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks for your nice comments
Hi there,
Why don't you come on back to MDI? We pay ULD up to $29.99 per month for FTE. Your comments were very, very nice and I truly thank you.
My e-mail is Liz@medicaldictation.com.
even if you just want to chat.
Thanks again,
Liz
Anyone with Compudex out of NJ? Any comments? nm
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