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I use to work there, question for you, have they stopped the incessant micromanaging

Posted By: Missy on 2008-02-01
In Reply to: these are not VR accounts. thank you. - Milner recruiter

and sending you so many instant messages it is impossible to do your work? I know loads that used to work there, all gone, horrible experiences. What a nightmare!


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Yes: Independence: No: Incessant emails
Leave me alone and let me do my work!!
Independent and no micromanaging here
As I stated below, was going to start working a few days ago around noon, 30 minutes late for dining out and NOT ONE SINGLE WORK FROM ANYONE. I take time off, tell them the dates I will be gone (and only fair because the work has to go on) and NO PROBLEM. I believe even in being an independent a person SHOULD be aware that the work is to be done. I work on a hospital acct so that is a 24/7 job and I am aware if I take off here and there for no reason, then how does the work get done? I love it there, have no problems ever, no one bothers me and I would say some people apparently have some very sour grapes for reasons I do not know. I probably love this job with TTS more than any I have ever had. Not an issue for this independent.
They are the least micromanaging place I have ever worked for.
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Why can't they be stopped from doing this? It's been
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they used to do it but stopped due to
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Stopped by to ask the same thing.
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Maybe you did not do enough that they would know that you stopped OR maybe they were glad to see you
and you saved them the time of terminating you. HA!
I believe they have stopped hiring PT, only FT
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I stopped speaking out because SM

in the past, they had cheerleaders who came to this board who would attack people who gave true information regarding the company.  It may look like the archives have little information and the reason they do is because a lot of the posts about DR have been deleted because the threads degenerated into name-calling.


The same people who attacked still work for the company (management), so I wouldn't bet that things have changed there.


Me too. I have stopped even considering anywhere else. I am here until retirement.
And that is such a stress-free thing, never to have to retrain for a new company again!
So what stopped you from speaking SM

to your supervisor before?  Are you saying that you've been sitting there feeling bad about your financial situation all this time and just today decided to call and DO something about it?


I think maybe the Grinchy bully (and I am not serious when I say that, I feel he/she was truly helping you) motivated you to take some action.


I stopped about a year ago and

Don't miss it one bit and making more money - including benefits, PAID vacation, no work on weekends and holidays, etc.  I'm 52 years old and couldn't be happier with deciding to get out.  I still visit this board and the same things are being said about this profession that was said 10+ years ago.  This field will NEVER change.....so I did.


 



I had the same problem with them. I stopped working for them as well. They
kept forgetting to pay me for spaces. At first, I was told that they did not pay for spaces, but I had an email  stating that she did pay for spaces; so, I copied the email to them and got a check for the difference.  Each paycheck was incorrect and I kept having to call them to get them to correct it.  Seach the archives.  I am not the only one this happened to.  After I stopped working for them, It took them 6 months to send me my last paycheck. 
I can see your point but I stopped beig a
A company I worked for once sent out an email from the OWNER asking all of us loyal to her (cough, spew) would keep a list of screen names of people with bad attitudes so they would be sure to not hire them or to fire them if they were already working for that company. I turned notice that day and went to a professional MTSO.

They must have stopped doing so. I worked there as an IC for a while in the past.
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I, for one, am glad those emails stopped:-)
They were constantly interrupting my work and really made no difference to me. I work my shift and I can tell by the times of the jobs if we're on schedule or not. Of course, I'm radiology and for some reason I was also getting acute care updates, so double whammy.
Why has Amphion overtime been stopped?

I was thinking of applying with them mainly because of that.  Like the person asked below has the overtime policy changed or are they just caught up?



they stopped due to the banking crisis
oct/nov
I worked for a company that stopped DD as JLG did. They
went belly up a short time later.  The company was local to JLG.   I didn't buy the bank instability crap that was being posted about JLG.  I personally don't know any details, but having been through a similar situation I would be VERY concerned. 
I agree 100%, I stopped coming to this
board for a long time because of it and I hesitate to ask a question or make a comment because you never know who will blast you, so
Thank You!!
I stopped thinking of this as a profession
and now think of it as a job. Fortunately, in the days of when MTs were of value and were paid accordingly, I paid off my house and don't have that hanging over my head. If I had not, being single, I would not be able to pay my house payment today. No pay raise for so many years I can't remember and now seeing post after post about 7 cents per 65 character line and people taking these jobs, it will be more like community service.

I am making sure I put some money away each payday because when that day comes, I'm going to apply at Target or the local Goodwill. I really do mean that. I have worked for 26 years now doing this. I have a dozen years left to work before I can retire.

We were not overpaid when we were making money. We were paid accordingly.

As far as recommending this line of work to someone, that is something I never would do.
I stopped thinking of this as a profession
and now think of it as a job. Fortunately, in the days of when MTs were of value and were paid accordingly, I paid off my house and don't have that hanging over my head. If I had not, being single, I would not be able to pay my house payment today. No pay raise for so many years I can't remember and now seeing post after post about 7 cents per 65 character line and people taking these jobs, it will be more like community service.

I am making sure I put some money away each payday because when that day comes, I'm going to apply at Target or the local Goodwill. I really do mean that. I have worked for 26 years now doing this. I have a dozen years left to work before I can retire.

We were not overpaid when we were making money. We were paid accordingly.

As far as recommending this line of work to someone, that is something I never would do.
Progress and change cannot be stopped, nowhere, anywhere...nm
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Thought so, I stopped testing! sm

I never finished all the testing and thought it was ridiculous!   I felt exactly like you are feeling. 


I have been there 5 years. What changed? They stopped catering to sm
employees who walked all over them and started recognizing those of us that do a good job. They took away ICs and made people accountable for their commitments. They added benefits, added direct deposit, got a bigger office, added more staff in the office, and continued to grow.

I honestly believe that it was a very few people who were saying the negative comments but they were loud and had time on their hands.

They then moved to another company and decided to bash them, then another company and bash them, and so on. There are some people that never are happy and those that are let go tend to be the nasty ones on the boards.

The only problem I ever had was one check 4 years ago but direct deposit solved all that.

I think the owner let go a little where needed and stopped taking it all so personally. She is a tough one now but still nice, if that makes sense, just doesn't take cr*p from everyone.
I am on there too. I stopped posting much anymore because the bashers. sm
We were accused by nasty posters that we air dirty laundry on here. Other times, we are too cheerful. Other times, we must be management. Because of that, I tend not to post. Should we ask them to get a yahoo board or something? How about the intranet? Does that have a board?
I hope your friend has stopped working for her.
 
I just stopped reading it. I scan and read what is useful to me. (nm)
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Transcription Matchmaker stopped working w/ Cbay
Heard same feedback from other MTs.
MDI-FL. thinking of applying. Is medical insurance still high? That is what has stopped me before
I cant remember what the cost was but it seemed to be be high for single and family coverage. Anyone know?
Ditto. I stopped even reading the company board recently
I could not even get through the conversations to the real information on companies. I come here to be informed and to be supportive, but it has gotten tiring going through the constant redundant arguing. I almost gave coming here but it is part of my day. I just come here less now.
Since you've brought it up, I've stopped SM

giving the negative info because every time I have in the past I am called a disgruntled ex-employee or told that my experience has no relation to what the company is like today.


I won't repeat the information I've given in the past, anyone can find it on searches.  I've decided to just let the people have their experience with the company and that experience will validate everything I've ever said about those people.


The same people own and run that company--they may have new names doing the management, but it still runs the same way.


As a whole.. nice people to work for, decent benefits but the get off/on the system, work/no work,
is maddening. I couldnt pay my bills or even work the schedule I was assigned. They would ask us not to work until work built up in the evenings and I specifically wanted to work days as I have kids etc. It just didnt work out for me but to each his own. It just seems there has to be a better balance in this business that what is happening.
I did speak with my manager. Work was promised. No work there when I needed to work.
I see the reports everyday too, but when I get work it is of bad quality, then there is no work unless I work diffrent shifts. Thank you.
My liaison always says to work on secondary when primary is low on work/no work. n/m
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That's going to be nuts...I do ASR work too, plus work split shifts. We'll NEED a spread shee
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Work is easy, very nice owner, pays weekly, work in Word.

A majority of at-home MT is overflow work with in-house getting the bulk of the work. If they clean
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Pay is always on time, direct deposit, very nice management to work with, and DQS platform, work
load normally busy, but low now because of the summer slow down on my accounts.  Sound an issue on some accounts, but not others.  Overall, wonderful company.
That is a BIG problem at TransTech is leads assigning work, rather than letting the work flow
This TT MT just admitted to that fact.  It has been very obvious, as so easy to tell how work comes into our que and then gets pulled out as fast as it came in and replaced with YUKKY dictators.   VERY frustrating to us other TT MT's who take the JUNK that is NOT assigned to other MT's, such as this poster. 
Ever thought of a home health care aide? Usually paid training and start work right away. Can work
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Absolutely not! I work for the best MTSO. I am have been so blessed to work for the small company I

I will share this about the MTSO I work for.  I called her late last Wednesday night after Church and told her I was compelled to help out with Hurricaine Katrina in some way and an opportunity arose for a small group from my Church to go to Louisianna this coming week.  Would she be able to cover my work.  She told me no problem without any hesitation and even donated money for the trip. 


And I am sure there are plenty of good companies out there to work for.  To compare us to migrant workers is just not right.


It does work, you do not need to "make" it work.. it works in all word based programs.
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I did some overflow work for Landmark.. they are wonderful to work for.. very nice people.. pay was
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They have to be flexibility because of the erratic work flow. No sense in a schedule if no work..
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I was told Escription would not work with Vista. Turned out it wouldn't work with my sm
Office Basic Edition 2003 either, but no one could figure out why, it was supposed to.

There is actually a section on the Dell website that offers Windows XP. I haven't checked it out as I'm not in the market, so I don't know if it costs extra. I have a Dell and it's been fine for me. I hate the ESL tech department, but it seems like most of them have that now.
Yes they do send work overseas and do not hide this fact. There is plenty of work and they do pay
well. Overall, I like having work as I have been at places where you had to fight to keep busy so this works for me.
There is NO work at Transtech. Maybe they just choose special people to send work to
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Are you required to work major holdays at KS. I know nature of biz to work them. Thanks for info. nm
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Great people to work for, but I had to leave due to lack of work. Hopefully that has changed. SM
Most of us who do not live in California had to go IC. When I was there, they did not have statutory status, although they told me they did when they hired me. Their pay for VR is VERY low, not a living wage. Many of the folks in the office are ex-YOG and great to work for/with. Good luck.
1200 lines daily is great if you have the work, personally, I never had enough work so
I left and have NEVER been sorry!