It's going to depend on the dictators/accounts you
Posted By: sm on 2009-05-13
In Reply to: Scared Speechless!!!! Today is the first day - of TT VR and training, and so so stressed!
have, so there's really no reason to worry in the meantime. You just have to wait and see how your pay will be affected. Everyone's is different. VR paid lower for me. If it's too much of a cut in pay, you can always find a company that either doesn't force you to do VR or has better pay for it or better accounts, etc. Free will, baby! :)
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How do the accounts seem. Decent sound and dictators do you think. nm
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Good dictators end up on ASR so it can only get worse. My accounts are all picked over.
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Bait and switch? Hard dictators? Easy accounts?
Lets be reasonable here.
I see complaints because we get put on a difficult account when you know there are easier ones out there. I see complaints because when you start working for a new company you are put on an easy account and then switched to a more difficult account.
Face it. Every company has hard accounts along with the easier accounts. What should these companies do? Start you out on the worst accounts so you cannot possibly get your line counts when you are starting and as nervous as a shaky leaf? Start you on an easy account until you lose your fear and have passed QA to ensure you know the basics of transcription? (That is what you are calling bait and switch.)
I just do not think these companies can win. They certainly cannot meet your demands of easy accounts, especially those who are just starting for them and think you should get the cream of the crop. Are they supposed to penalize their long term MLS and give them all the hard work just to accommodate your every wish? Is this how you would want to be treated if you had worked for a company for 5+ years? I don't think so.
DSG2 accounts are awful..dictators and sound quality.
That would depend on what you need.
If you need consistent work, Transcend isn't for you. Most companies have dry spells now and then, but Transcend runs out A LOT. If you're a high producer, Transcend isn't for you because within the next 2 years the majority of their work will be editing VR. A moderate to high producer makes less money editing VR than transcribing. If you prefer to stay on the same account, Transcend isn't for you. You might be hired on an oncology account, but chances are you won't be working on that account in 4 months because the majority of the people there have at least 4 or 5 accounts before the end of their first year.
IMO, that would depend a lot on what your needs are.
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Must depend on the
then...I work for them and do not have even 1 ESL...Love the company!
It would depend
I am a new MT. If I do not have samples or adequate feedback on a specific doc, I normally blank if I am not 100% certain of the word. That being said, I make every effort to write notes and hi-light anything that is mumbled through. It takes me anywhere from 3-5 jobs with that doc to become use to their voice and style of dictation. I feel for you though, it has got to be tough correcting the same thing over and over again.
It will depend on what is available.
There aren't set shifts necessarily. When I was hired, there were only evening shifts available, but I got to choose my start time. I was required to work 1 weekend day. I know others who had a wide variety of shifts offered to them including 12-hour windows. Just depends on what they need filled at the time.
Because it would depend on the
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I think it would depend
on your employment status. Are you an intern? Were you hired as an experienced MT? Generally speaking when a seasoned MT is hired there is an understanding, as with any job, that there is a probationary period. My experience with multiple, multiple employers has been that for a few days, often a few hours, one sends everything through Q.A. Assuming one knows their stuff and has a grasp of the account specs they move off full Q.A.
Would depend on the job.
No amount of money is worth it if I am doing a job I dislike. Also, I am making over $40,000 a year doing MT, so I would need to earn at least that if I was to switch jobs. Would not switch if it meant dropping back down to $30K as I coudln't afford to live off that in my current situation. So the pay would have to be in the higher range of that scale to make it worth a switch.
They depend on complacency. sm
It's working so far.
That will depend on your company, of course. nm
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I honestly don't know...It may depend on (sm)
what work you are applying for, because I see on this board here they have several different positions. I've been practically begging for M-F work for years now, as the stuff I do (hospital, acute care) has always required me to work at least one weekend day. I always work holidays though, but that is my choice because I can't pass up the chance to earn the extra cash, so I've never asked about those. Again, I think it all depends on what type of work you do there. 
I think it would depend on the account...
I've heard they have lots of accounts on the Lanier system, which requires the unlimited long distance, but I have never asked. Not sure on the satellite part.
That must depend on the account
I have made more with them than any other company and I have tried a lot of other companies.
I think that would depend if you're
employee status or IC/SE status. The IC/SE status would probably be able to work as much as you want, but the employee status has to watch overtime.
It does depend on where you live.
In fact, I didn't realize about the city license until on of the city investigators came out to investigate my neighbor and her business.
It may depend on your account
I was told when I was hired a few months back that I needed to work either Sun-Thu or Tue-Sat, thereby working 1 weekend day every week. But that could be dependent upon the account you are assigned.
That would certainly depend if she is an IC or employee. nm
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It does depend on the account
Just make sure you get more than one account. Some have more work than others. If you want to email me which account your getting put on then I can tell you what that account has been looking like.
I would think it would depend on the account.
Not all accounts require weekend coverage.
All of these factors depend on the
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I think it would depend on the reason.
If there was no work that would be one thing. If there was work and you weren't doing it or consistently not getting your lines, then I think they would take a look at the reason why.
I had a friend who was IC who never got the required lines, refused to take on anymore accounts (she only had one) and they finally let her go.
Must depend on account at OSI
I've worked there for 6 months and love it. No problems. I don't feel micromanaged. I have plenty of work and it seems to me like they basically just leave you alone and let you work.
May depend on account, but no 12
hour window, and again depending on account and shift worked there may be some flexibility, but if I was 15 minutes late for my shift they were calling me. It only happened once. All the times I was early or worked OT without OT pay didn't count for anything.
Must depend on the account
I've never had a problem making the line count for the pay period, whether VR or straight transcription, working an 8-hour day.
Guess it must depend on the account.
It's going to depend on your account
My account is pretty busy all the time, except for the holiday periods, when everyone is slow. Doctors take time off, too. I've only had it be busy at Christmas and then this past July 4th. The rest of the time, the work is really steady. They have a variety of accounts, though. The accounts they are hiring for, I believe, are for full time, so I am going to assume (!) that they have full time work to offer someone.
MTs who depend on a paycheck will just love you.
There's a reason for everyone doing their fair share, and only more when asked. Clearly you don't care who you take money from.
Try finding private accounts where you aren't robbing a single mother of formula for her baby, will you?
I think e-mail might depend on what account you do. SM
I got eight last Friday and 6 on Saturday. That's a lot as far as I am concerned and they all same the same thing.
It probably would depend on the specific software.
In my case, I have no problem. My IC position is done strictly in Word with downloading and uploading files to FTP, so it really does not require any particular software.
That would depend on your client base -
meaning if you have hospital accounts - the platform will have to interface with the hospital system.
If it is physician practices, that would be much easier.
You would probably need to sell your platform to your clients. Not quite sure what you are in need of; however, see what your clients are using and go from there. It can be very tricky and very costly.
Good luck!
guess it would depend on what they are offering to
pay. I am paid with spaces and only get 7.5 cents...so,,...just say the highest you think you are worth and see what they offer.
As far as PT scheduling, it would depend on the account, but SM
with regard to the PT incentive plan, there is a certain number of lines that have to be done on a weekend day. I don't have it all in front of me right now to be more specific than that. Maybe someone else can help with that... Sorry :-/
Would depend on how lines are determined--sm
if gross line multiply total lines x 0.6.
If 65 character line, divide lines by 65, multiply by 0.6.
You need to find out how the lines are determined.
I'd say that would depend on what your regular line
is what I've seen posted on here. If you read fast you'll do fine, if you type faster than you read, well, it's iffy. If you have lots of formatting, i.e., ROS/PE flush left margin and ASR doesn't do it, screw it; use macros/shortcuts because you should have ROS/PE in macros/shortcuts for most dictators. I ignore the company's advice on how to do Keystrokes with it, turned off that hideous hiliter, and never waste time on tab plus whatever the other key combination is, it's too far away from home position and I'm a lefty and it's totally inconvenient for me to use it. I use the ctl/arrow keys to move forward or backward and ctl/shift/arrow to both navigate and hilite, then all ya gotta do is hit delete. All that also depends on how the ASR is set up. I hated it at first and I'm still not fond of it, but it's better than sitting with nothing.
It would depend on the "career" being offered
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As I said, it is going to depend on the dictator's style.
My doctors dictate a lot of lines like:
MEDICATIONS: None.
ALLERGIES: No known drug allergies.
That is why I was saying it would be good if you have a lot of short lines. It also would depend on the page format. With the page format we use, each line is approximately 65 characters, so if the doctor dictated a lot in paragraph form versus the short lines, then it would indeed be a paycut. All I was suggesting was that you really can't judge the pay rate as there are so many variables that go into it. It ould be decent pay with the right conditions. As I said, with just the one report, I would have made $3 more. Times that by the 20 reports I do a day and that is a huge difference.
I agree though about the software. Not going to take the chance of buying expensive software only to find out that the job isn't going to work out in the end a month or two down the road.
Amphion use ExText or does it depend on the account?
Thanks.
They can give you what you like, but it'll depend on what Their need is at the moment. nm
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Well, that would depend on whether you are talking company or hospital. sm
Companies are low paying; however, clients of your own is where the $$$$ is.
VR editing 10 cpl with client
3 cpl with company.
Doesn't it depend on the platform? Warning:SM
Don't think companies today really care about the platform they have MT's working on or whether the MT's actually make money.
Ask lots of questions about the platform and if recruiter cannot answer them, ask to talk to someone who can.
Ditto...been on OT for weeks now. Never have run out. Might depend on acct? NM
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ExText is notorious for this. Will depend on exactly what the company
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Ditto - it would depend on the career being offered
But I'm looking at other option now, because something with dependable, steady money is something I dream of now.
may depend on account; mine needed demos filled in.
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Dictators
Actually, yes. The dictators are very good and the variety was also a good mix.
How many dictators a day do you do who
speak clearly, enunciate each word, isn't eating, chewing gum, or flipping through the chart while they are trying to dictate, who does umm, umm, umm every third word? I don't think VR will be a threat any time soon, if ever.
dictators
The majority are good. After a few times of transcribing them and with sample reports, not a problem
You must be getting my **not so bad** ones, then ! Let me have some of those dictators ! n/m
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