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Are you being paid to find them MQ MTs?

Posted By: ?? on 2007-08-25
In Reply to: Wrong on all accounts. - Experienced MT

If you are not being paid for 'recruiting', you are quite foolish. Don't let these people make a fool of you.


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    QA is not paid to find fault.
    QA is paid to ensure quality. It is all about patient care and safety, remember?
    If and when you find one, be sure do double check yourself that you are being paid for what they
    :P
    Remember QA is paid to find fault..sm
    I've been there and they can be maddening.  On top of the nitpicking, if you get more than 1 QA person, they'll be contradicting each other.  Do one thing, #1 corrects it, so you do it her way.  Along comes #2, and you did it wrong, so you do it #2's way.  Don't take it personally and remember THEY'RE PAID TO FIND FAULT WITH YOUR WORK.  You know that you know your stuff.  If it gets to be too much of a hindrance, I would contact management to let them hear YOUR side of the story; wouldn't count on it, though.  In addition, a lot of the QAs get so uppity in their holier-than-thou attitude, some downright rude.  Good luck.
    REMEMBER-QA IS PAID TO FIND FAULT...SM
     15 months??  I would think about 2 weeks should be enough, maybe a bit more if learning a difficult account.  (I was on a difficult Oncology account for about 4-5 weeks but that was because the supervisor doubled as the only QA person).  But your case is extreme and just another example of MT abuse by management.  I would contact my supervisor and give them an ultimatum...you have every right, long overdue.  Do you know how this QA is taking food off of your table and how much time she has literally stolen from you???  You could be doing your PAID work instead of the constant, inconsistent feedback back & forth with these egomaniacs, who really need to get off of their high horse.
    Does anyone know how to find out what the nationals are getting paid from the docs? (sm)

    I would LOVE to be able to find out what the doctors are paying these national companies for their work.  I have heard so many times, that the transcriptionists have to take a pay cut because of the economy and because of outsourcing.  And personally, I do not see how any of us can work for less than what we are getting now. 


    Is there a way to actually verify what these nationals are charging the docs, maybe calling around and getting quotes is the only thing I can think of.  Does anyone have a better idea.  I would LOVE to get ACTUAL QUOTES and see how it compares to what we are getting.  Any ideas? 


    I have to say I disagree. QA is not paid to find faults with your report. sm
    QA is paid to make sure the report is as close to 100% correct before the client sees it. However, I truly agree with you that anyone on QA hold for more than a month is beyond ridiculous. Where I work, I have seen people on hold for more than a month but it was truly because of poor transcription work and has nothing at all to do with the QA people.
    You might find a job but you wont get paid for "normals", that is how it works now. nm
    xxxx
    do you find being paid per the minute pays better than per line pay rate?

    Thank you so much for your help!


    If getting paid regularly for your hard work is important to you, find another company. nm
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    Did find a Wright Watson Sten-Tel in Austin if their site isn't old. Find 'em with Google. nm
    s
    Trying to find info on Encompass on this board, can't find any recent. sm
    Anyone have any current info. Any employees out there? Give me the low-down if you can! Thanks a million.
    Training on the system, not paid, but if you are physically typing reports then you are getting paid
    nm
    Oh, yea -- PAID, too. Grandmother PAID LEAVE would be a great drawing card to TT !!

    Just love that PAID TIME OFF !!


    Any company that makes you wait to get paid until they get paid by the client
    is not a company you want to get involved with. That's part of being an MTSO, figuring out how to cover your payroll while waiting to get paid. I would stay away!
    Is this a live count of lines paid for or same as CTRL I that we do not get paid for ?? nm
    m
    Me too.. the outsourced company was paid for and paid me for headers, but OSI does/did not.
    x
    I have always paid yearly and have never paid or been assessed a penaltly. nm
    nm
    Be glad you get paid tomorrow. We are paid on the 1st and the 15th, so sm
    since the 1st is on a weekend, we don't get paid until Monday.  It will happen again on the 15th of August …sigh.  It is the only thing I do not like about the company, though, so I guess a few weekends of poverty a year is not too much. 
    Lori never paid me and now ETC has not paid my friend.
    What is WRONG with these companies?    
    Is it still being paid on time if you are paid on the 1st and 15th.....
    and if the 15th falls on a Saturday getting paid on the 17th?  My bank is open and posts on Saturday that means I am not being paid on the 15th doesn't?  This has happened a lot lately. 
    At least you get paid, I would rather be paid late than not at all. Just my 2 cents.
    nm
    Yea, at least u got paid. Everyone who worked for TSI is STILL waiting to be paid

    I don't understand how Jayne cannot pay us.  We have christmas coming up.  I bet her family has a fantastic Christmas because she is using OUR money to pay for it.  I worked so hard for her and I know the other girls did too.  How insulting that she will not return phone calls or emails or PAY us.  How does she look at herself in the mirror knowing that the MTs who did all the work FOR her did not get paid.  She even sent me an email saying I give you my word HAHAHA her word is nothing, obviously.  Well, I will call the attorney for the THIRD time and see what is going on. 


    To the poster, at least you got paid even if it was late.  I sincerely hope you get your last check.


    Spaces, paid or not paid. Do you know? sm
    I just started with a company and when I asked specifically if I would be paid for spaces, they said yes.  When I started using their program I noticed that the line count for each job did not include spaces.  I checked it with more than one program.  I called them and they said there was a glitch in the program that would be fixed.  It has been almost two months now and that glitch is still not fixed.  My checks do not include spaces either.  No one at the company knows what is up.  I can't believe I am the only one at this company who has deduced that they are not paying for spaces.  So, do you check your line counts to see if spaces are included?  You might be in for a surprise.  Man, I am tired of being burned when I am a reliable and honest IC.  Maybe time to do something else.  Thanks for listening.
    You get paid when SHE gets paid from the client...sm
    I don't like that at all.
    If you find
    someone who is hiring for psychiatry and/or psychology, please come back to this message and email me.  I have made this post a couple of times before and have not gotten a response. 
    How to find JUST Ops, not H&P, DS, etc?
    Any ideas?
    you will probably have to find sm
    a company in your country.  The companies I know of don't hire MTs out of the country.  I don't want to be rude, but just for some information, I wouldn't describe what I wanted as wanting to do reports in my spare time.  Very unprofessional.
    How do I find it
    How do I find it?
    Please tell me if you can find a
    I would like to know too, but I am not holding my breath either.
    I cant find anything on them. nm
    :
    find a new MT job or get a second job
    I definitely know where you are coming from!
    If you find out, let ME know - sm
    Tried to find this out myself a while back and got no good answer. Seems like no one wanted to speak up. I was scared off because not one person could say one way or the other.
    It COULD get better, if we could find a way to get -nm
    .
    How could we find out? nm

    Cant find it either...nm
    .
    If you find out anything please let me know also...
    as I was hired by them
    Please find somewhere else
    Please, they will not tell you anything, ever. Management changes on a daily basis, the MTs are told nothing. They will ship the work off one day, take it back, then ship it off again at their discretion. There are many GOOD companies out there, don't waste your time and talent on this place. It is apparent that their goal is to replace all American MT's with offshore, it is just a matter of time. They will treat you miserably if you decide to go there.
    Where is their ad - I can't find it? nm
    x
    How to find?
    I have called both the tax and the labor departments in my state and they know of no such regulations. 
    The way to find out might be to - sm
    either have some investigative type get a job at that company's management level.

    Sometimes even some hospital medical records management folks actually know where their records are REALLY being typed.

    Where I used to work inhouse, that institution has a strict 'No offshoring' policy. They contract only with MTSOs who supposedly do not offshore. Yet some of it IS going offshore, and that hospital MR manager knows it, but the rest of the hospital doesn't. She & the MTSO have some sort of a sweetheart deal going, and she thinks she'll never be found out. Attempts to 'out' her secret by MTs have failed because (1) MTs are never taken seriously there, (2) she's such an adept liar that she always twists things around to come out in her favor, and (c) most of the whistle-blowers in the MT department there have either been fired or driven out.

    There's such a wall between MTs & management that it's hard for the truth to be known. I think that's another reason why unionization could help us, because they've got the wherewithall to investigate issues such as cheating MTs on line counts, sending work offshore through the 'back door', etc.

    If ever MTs needed someone to unite them and stand up for their cause, it's now.
    So how do we find it if you do?
    nm
    Did you REALLY think you could find a job sm
    in this field and NOT do any ESLs? Who are you joking? No such thing these days. Learn to do them all.
    Can't find them
    in the Yellow Pages and tried to Google that name but nothing comes up for them. I sent them a resume last night. I will let you know if anything happens. Why is it that answers to peoples' questions about companies are not showing up??? Are they being removed? I thought this board was to help people find the company that is right for them. I am not getting any replies to questions I have posed. What are they hiding? Makes me feel like this has become a shady business to be in after 20 years.
    For sure. Anyway, I bet they will find something else.
    nm
    Another way is let them find you. sm

    Post your resume on this site, they'll contact you if they're interested.  I got quite a few replies but nobody wants dialup. 


    IMO...you won't find one with the best of everything.
    Choose what's important and then look for ones that'll be a good fit. There is no specific answer. There aren't even a specific number of answers. Different for everyone.
    go find another job
    stop wasting your time on forums and go look for another job

    I believe your not a slacker, but do stop complaining
    let us know what you find because
    I will help in any way I can. I live in Nebraska and there are only 2 or 3 MT companies in this state. It is time to see people lined up outside MQ and all the other places that outsource. It is time for American MTs to have a union. It is time for us to get together and do something about this. I know it feel like we are all alone in this and we are all suffering alone.......but that isn't true. I have read many posts on these boards as well and there are many many intelligent people here. I am sure we can come up with a game plan. We can't lie down and let them stomp on us.
    No, but let me/us know if you find one!

    Perhaps if you find your own account you could ask that line rate, but offhand, I don't know of any nationals that would start you off at that rate.  I can tell you that I was shocked and disappointed when I realized I wouldn't be paid for my experience as I was when I worked in-house.  Good luck in your search.


    You can probably find better
    I started out at Spheris (then Edix) 5 years ago and it's been fine. However, they are moving to voice rec which I believe pays 5.5 cents an hour, something like that. I haven't noticed my productivity increase much so hence my salary has decreased. I will probably look for something else soon. Other than the recently lowered salary I have been satisfied with the company.
    From what I can find, they are not the same
    company at all. One is called DTS America and the other is Digital Transcription Systems, Inc. in Oklahoma.