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Beth, you need to grab an extra six-pack and suck um down.

Posted By: Burn, Flo, Burn!!!! on 2005-10-25
In Reply to: You all need to pick up some Feen-A-Mint - and chew on that for awhile. Go, Flo, Go!

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    Suck it up and work the extra or move on!! sm
    I am one of those MTs who had gotten sick. I hate to call of sick, but believe me, I could not work and then, once I was well, I stepped up and tried my best to work extra! Yes, it is the holidays and we all have a lot to do, but if the account gets behind and they get ticked, they can pull it and take their business elsewhere and where will any of us be? WITHOUT A JOB, that's where. If you don't want to do your part and step up to the plate for a company that is by FAR one of the best out there, well then you don't deserve to work for such an awesome company. Take it from someone who knows first hand, the grass is definitely NOT greener elsewhere. Look at all the MTs out there complaining that they don't have any work. I would much rather be in our situation than in theirs. I, personally, plan to work my tail off this week to help get things back in TAT! I wholeheartedly cannot imagine that QT is doing any kind of outsourcing! They have said all along that they do not support this! I hate coming on and reading things that are not backed up with FACTS. If you can't give solid evidence about the accusations you are making, then just zip it! Sorry for the long post, but it gets me fired up to see this company getting bashed when it does not deserve it!
    Yes but that means hiring a lot of extra people and paying out a lot of extra money when they can
    have SE without all this. Their last report said they are making less money now than before and expect to make less in the next quarter so what does that say. We shall see. As part time employees you would still have to adhere to a schedule and I think people are SE for flexibility at least I am.
    Yup! Ask Beth this....(sm)
    Ask her how many people are in trouble at this point because OSi read their email and they were caught saying bad things about OSi management.

    How low can you go???!!!!

    That sounds like a paranoid company to me!
    Like a pack of piranha's
    How dare anyone make a typing error!! That is totally unexceptable. Tear them up girls!!!
    Middle of the pack - per se! sm
    Not the worst, but certainly not one of the better companies. Good luck.
    Service Pack 3
    I tried to download it on my computer and it messed up my computer, I had to call Dell and try to fix things. I ended up doing a systems restore and thank goodness everything was fine after that. I am not trying to downloaded it again!
    Service Pack 3
    My gosh i installed this and my network went down and couldnt even get online on my main computer. Had to uninstall and then everything worked fine.
    Nice try Beth! Who are you trying to convince?
    nm
    Nothing will ever change as far as quality at OSi. Beth does not
    Just get the stuff out is her motto. OSi has no qualified people in management.
    Yes, Teresa and Beth pulled that one in!
    xxxx
    Has anyone downloaded Service Pack 3 and if so.... sm msg

    did you have any problems or are you having any problems?  Thanks.


    Beth Joyner Physician and Professinal Services

    I had a horrible experience with this company.  I applied in for part time IC work in February but it was not until April that I rec'd my first very unprofessional email, but I had read nothing bad about the Co, so I came on board.  The first weekend I typed non stop too much work not enough typists.  She was so happy with me that she moved me from .07 cpl to .08 cpl, but nonetheless, the account ended up dropping us for the most part, meaning there was no work.  For nearly 2 weeks there was little or no work.  I had to take another company.  All of the sudden she had tons of work and demanded I do full time.  I responded I could not as I had to take another company, she told me I had to commit to part time hours for her, which I did, but there was no work during this time.  In the middle of all this was my 1 paycheck per month which is supposed to be mailed on the 10th from TX, I did not receive it until the 19th with a postmark of may 13th!  I rec’d countless phone calls and emails most of the email were junk emails and not concerning work.  In June she said that the 20 hours I worked for her that had no work was not enough I had to type 5000 lines a month, shouldn’t be a problem, but there was not work when I could type.  As I do have another account.  In June she sent out an email stating that she was changing pay from .08cpl to a sliding scale, the scale starting at 3000 lines.  I emailed her stated that I did not agree with it, but she was the boss :’) and I would make it work.  I asked her what if I type below 3000 lines, as when I am scheduled to type for her there is NO WORK.  She sent me a nasty email about her being the boss and making the decisions and it didn’t matter if I agreed… anyone typing under 3000 lines in a month was not worth her time.  I emailed her again, now I was upset stating I was joking, hence the :’) and that she still did not answer my question about typing under 3000 lines.  She sent me an email stating that she has tried to help me answer the question and she is done talking about this.  I did not respond.  The next day on my lunch break from my other account I logged on to Beth’s knowing I had to work extra hours to try to get my 3000 lines, when I logged off of her to go back to my other job she sent me yet another nasty email saying:  There is work, example you just logged off there is work.  I responded Example?  I am on my lunch from my other job and typing for you to try to make my 3000 lines.  She responded and said she has had it with my attitude, as of July 1st you will be no longer needed.  I responded are you kidding me you are firing me because I was typing for you on my break?


    On July 5th I emailed her and said I will uninstall the program and what else is needed.  She asked why?  I said you fired me.  She asked for the email firing me, I sent it to her.  She responded back to me that she wanted me to continue working.  Against, my better judgment, I continued with her.  July 14th I rec’d my check, it was 27 +/- off.  I sent an email stating My check today was short 27 dollars, please remit payment immediately.  She sent me an email stating that I am not to demand money from her that is not how it works and I need some employee/employer skills.  I responded that I was not her employee, I run a business as an IC and that the statement “please remit payment immediately” is per NYS statute, payment has to be requested immediately and that I meant no disrespect by it; however, I did not appreciate her telling me my attitude would determine if I was paid or not.  She responded back that again I was fired.  Only this time she said that TX law says she can fire an employee after 3 counsels of work or attitude and she felt this was my 3rd.  She went on again to say how my QA was awful for the headings and dates and she was continually it.  I requested she be more specific and asked why didn’t she send me QA reports so I could correct it, she said that she “didn’t have the time”  I responded again she was confused as I was NOT her employee, she did not need a reason to fire me.


    All in all even if we consider Beth as being right that my “heading skills and dates” are awful, what kind of a company keeps a typist working for them if the typist is horrible.  What does that say about the company AND what kind of a company doesn’t QA their employees or ICs and let them know in order to make them better MTs.  This company is very disorganized extremely disrespectful of its employees, IC.  I have emailed others who have had terrible experiences as well.


     


    I would suggest run the other way, otherwise DO NOT have any personal emails with her in asking questions, be prepared for many phone calls, tons of junk mail and no feedback.


    Grab it!
    I was offered an in-house position for a teaching hospital last year and turned it down because I wanted my flexibility. The hospital had already done the outsourcing thing for a couple of years, hated the quality and didn't find it cost-effective, and was re-hiring their own staff.

    Now my MTSO doesn't allow a flex schedule anymore, I don't have the benefits or stability the hospital does, and it will take me forever for another opening to come up. Not taking that job is a big regret.


    Grab it...

    I've only been with MDI a couple of months and my advice is, if they've made you an offer, GRAB IT.  I've never run out of work, but my understanding is they are more than willing to cross-train in other areas if the MT desires more work. 


    The recruiters/QA people are professional, friendly and responsive, communication is top-notch, Bayscribe platform is simple to use, and most all of the dictators I have had are quite decent.  On top of it all, pay is always on time and you always know the exact amount before it hits the bank.


    Congratulations on the offer and good luck to you.   


    Grab the 9 cpl is my advice. sm
    Doubt you will be offered more especially without op notes. Take this opportunity to learn op notes now. That is what I specialize in. You might like it!
    wow 6 cents huh. Grab it before somebody gets it.
    Those kind of posts are just to see if it will work. All the MTSOs get together and price fix (illegal) and they all figure get the price down and we win, all agree on the standards, accuracy, line count and price. We are regarded like the old days of slavery, treat em bad, they will begin to agree with us (by their treatment) and accept it. Well we have value, don't accept this stuff. Keep looking around.
    wow 6 cents huh. Grab it before somebody gets it.
    Those kind of posts are just to see if it will work. All the MTSOs get together and price fix (illegal) and they all figure get the price down and we win, all agree on the standards, accuracy, line count and price. We are regarded like the old days of slavery, treat em bad, they will begin to agree with us (by their treatment) and accept it. Well we have value, don't accept this stuff. Keep looking around.
    And yet, some newbie will grab it up for the experience. nm
    nm
    Do you mean 0.07?? if it is 70 cents a line grab it. (nm)
    x
    Every month it's the same. Grab all the work on the last days of the pp and
    It's very annoying.
    That's about as good as you're going to find .. grab it (nm)
    nm
    Wow 6 cents, grab it people. Geez!
    Requirements for IC Transcriptionist - MnD Scriberz  on job seekers board.
    time to work offshore hours and grab
    all you can away from the 'partners,' eh?
    you must really suck at your job

    They suck
    They are VERY unprofessional.
    they suck.
    true enough
    And they still suck
    Indian QA must be an oxymoron.  I've seen work coming from India and it's terrible.
    SUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Trying to move up in the company? LOL!
    Maybe that's why they suck.
    x
    Suck it up.
    You know what?

    I don't really care if you believe me or not. In fact, it's more fun for me if you believe the hype that MTs are relegated to making minimum wage. It's your pity party. Go ahead and wallow in it.

    If you are actually interested in knowing how I managed to reach that level, see my post below. Or don't. No skin off my nose.

    Peace.
    THEY SUCK!
    they are HORRIBLE to work for now, they outsource overseas and expect us to work for the amount they do there. I just left there and would recommend everyone STAY CLEAR. there is only ONE good manager there, the rest lie to you and are horrible. add to that, there is never enough work to go around, as they let the HOURLY people do all they want while the production pay ppl have to struggle to get enough $$ to make bills. at the end I was making like $5 to $7/hour there. NO FREAKIN WAY.
    They suck.
    Truly.
    I think we all just need to suck it up and get used to it. It is the way things are now. sm
    The world is shrinking and MT is far from the only industry where some jobs are going overseas.  Unless it changes in all industry it will not be changing for us either.  I don't see it stopping any time soon.  Best we can do as American MTs is prove that we are worth keeping and paying.
    Those threats suck IMO
    And whether or not they are actually considering offshoring, I think they know it's a red button for many MTs, and in the worst case scenario it sounds like a deliberate manipulation of their MTs feelings toward offshoring to get their desired result.

    Either way, threats and manipulation is a terrible a way to extract more work from people.
    Yeah, the pay does suck....
    Took a pay cut, and so far, the majority of the dictators suck. Ran out of work on one account already, put me on a few other backup accounts.  NOT enjoying my experience so far. Gonna give it some more time.
    Doesn't suck at all to be me

    The difference may be that our employers actually have a choice whether to keep us around or not.  They make this choice every time they give us work to do, and then pay us for that work.  They never promised to love or even appreciate us, only to pay what they owe us and (we hope) treat us with fairness. 


    Cards given by children to parents are more about teaching the child to think of others than rewarding the parent.  I'm quite happy I am no longer required to display ''refrigerator art.''


    I never really got the card thing.  Monumental waste of paper and postage.  What counts is how you are actually treated day-by-day, not whether somebody shells out a few bucks to give you a Hallmark moment. 


    Wow. So, your philosophy is, suck it up.
    I certainly would not want to work with you. I have been in this business close to 30 years and when I managed nor as an MT would I ever put up with an attitude like yours. I am not cyber-bullying just IMHO you don't have to suck it up and stay anywhere, especially where death in the family is concerned. There are always other jobs, many fish in the sea, and people who treat people with respect. And now you can just suck that up.
    True, plus the suck rats always
    seemed to love the conference calls and tried to jump in with all kinds of stupid questions, I guess to try and make themselves look like enthusiastic eager beavers.  All they did was prolong the agony of the call.  I really like working independently. 
    Benefits suck? Can you elaborate..
    High insurance premiums? not enough PTO or vacation time?? What's the pay? I was told it was 9 cpl..and that doesn't sound too bad these days. 
    no idiot, been there and they suck haha
    Let me know when you wanna play with the big people. On one job, I make $23/h plus incentive. Full benes. 20 weeks PTO/yr. Second job REAL IC pays 11 cpl including headers/spaces. Now, who is jealous? Not that you would admit it. LOL. Now, go make your hard earned sucky money LOL
    Not the OP! The poster who told her to suck it up
    xx
    I work for them...benefits this year suck
    God help us if we get sick. They deductible is sky high and no meds coverage. I can't believe they boinked us that way. I'm checking into other companies.
    Benefits suck, pay sucks, they will bug the crap out of you!
    x
    Yep, they're definitely up there pretty high on the SUCK list
    another evil company
    and before anyone asks, I am not a suck up and I am not mgmt. I am an MT who needs insurance becaus
    my husband losing his job last year and his new company having an outrageously high plan.
    Early on in the thread, a poster told the OP she should just suck it up and do the job.
    Sounds like this is the suck it up poster trying to back out of what she said.
    Not true - Amphion may suck in some ways but they always paid on time.
    x
    So telling someone to suck it up has nothing to do with lack of spiritual grace or insulting a perso
    I am not the poster you originally addressed this to, but I will from now on suck it up and consider myself under your advice and control. Feel better now? For some reason, I don't... I think I need to check to see why...
    ooops. I mean that individual plans suck..not stick as I stated in previous post...NM

    Do they pay extra for OT?
    As if I needed any more incentive to apply to this company.
    MQ--extra 2 cents

    some offices offer extra money for typing after 3pm, after 10pm, week ends, and holidays, and some offices offer this without asking for it