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TO THE ABOVE POST - IF YOU CLAIM TO BE SPEAKING TRUTH - SM

Posted By: dare ya on 2005-08-12
In Reply to: Diskriter and offshore - anon

THEN GO AHEAD AND MENTION NAMES OF MANAGEMENT THAT LET THESE THINGS GO ON! WHAT DOCTORS AT WHAT HOSPITAL GOT FED UP WITH WHAT ACCOUNT AND ONLY GAVE OVERFLOW!?!?!? YOU ARE SO FULL OF CRAP! I AM A SINGLE PERSON AND I AM NOT A FAVORITE OR A CHERRYPICKER OF THE COMPANY. SO IF YOU HAVE SOME NAMES TO BACK UP YOUR "TRUTH" I SUGGEST YOU SPIT IT OUT. BECAUSE OTHER THAN THAT, YOU ARE FULL OF CRAP!


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Speaking the truth- I have no reason to lie....
I do speak the truth and quite possibly maybe I am the exception to the rule. I am only speaking of my personal experience with Rapid Transcript, I am not speaking of the experiences of others. The poster asked a question and I answered it based on what has been true in my case, not the case of others. I am informed of the archives and I know what has been said. I am no amature in the MT biz and I know bad things that happen to many MTs at many different companies. If my experience would have been a bad one, I would have stated that. On the contrary though, my experience with this company has been a pretty good one so far, despite bad experiences of others. So, yes I speak the truth. Not all people in this world feel the need to make up stories to try to make their situation appear anything other than what it truly is.

This claim in your post is exactly why
It is dangerous to both the employee (MT) and the company (MTSO).

Both were burned here by someone who apparently is completely anonymous to either or at least hiding like the loser they are.


They should post the truth - the ad should read

So you can only post the truth if it's "nice"?
And what will these companies want next? Your firstborn?
ahh must be management post, truth being told ya know.
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Sure thing...M.M. Hate to trash a person personally but the truth is the truth. nm
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or they know the truth and the truth hurts. NM
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yes you can claim all that as SE.
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Yes, they do. They claim only 15%. nm
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Could be, just like you claim to be an MT. nm
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Yes and it was not a claim..have proof. Thanks
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How do I make a claim at the BBB? nm
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They claim to have been in biz since 1992. nm
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They claim they do this out of necessity...
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My tax advisor told me I could only claim the amount of utilities that equaled my office space. For example, my office space I claim is 20% of my house, so I could only claim 20% of my utilities. Anyone else have this experience?  Anything I can do differently as an IC? I do deduct the total expense of internet and phone since I am required to have these for work... 
Yes it is true and if you were there 2 years ago as you claim
as well as the "not so flattering" picture of her that was in the company email newsletter at around the same time.  Nice try though.
BBB - I think it costs $9.50 to make a claim now
Check the BBB internet site.
If told to do it but not claim it, that is PERMISSION, nm
nm
So if you have a medical claim, the insurance - sm
doesn't pay anything until you've forked out the first $2,000? That's appalling!
They claim it is only 15%, but it is more like 60% offshore work.
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You said they claim easy dictators..

Are they easy with a significant amount of repetitiveness?  If there isn't...and all they do is talk then as an IC, 7 cents is not gonna pay the rent.  If the doc repeats things over and over...then you have a chance. 


I had an ESL once who others wouldn't do.  However, once I figured him out I found that he repeated 90% of the reports so it was great.


It also depends on platform.  If it's in MS Word with an FTP site...great.  If they use something like Emdat but don't have the demos and base information correct then your line count goes even lower.  Shop wisely....


Can you file a work comp claim
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You made the claim by making your headline say
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you said ... I am not making any claims. ..... You made a specific claim that JLG was dishonest. I'm more inclined to believe you can't live up to the owner's standards.
I just find it amusing when MTs claim to assist others
If it doesn't bother you, don't worry about it.

They claim "it is so much faster than Spheris".
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How very interesting that people who claim NOT to be management seem to know all this is going on?
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I thought statutory could claim those same deductions? NM

The same way cars that claim to be "made in America"
Some people just take a shred of truth, and spread it really really thin.  But their lies should be exposed every time someone gets a chance.
Aren't they the ones that claim to be a good Christian
company too?  Sounds too much like TranScam to me. 
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You are welcome for my speaking up
When you allow anger or dissatisfaction to control you for this length of time, you are not a healthy person. Please, for your health, mentally and physically, just let go and move on. I have had plenty of negative experiences in my life, but if I were to allow them to control me the way this negativity seems to control you...well, there are lock down facilities that would be happy to sedate you! Get a l-i-f-e!
Speaking of QA
I had spelled a Midwestern town Fond du Lac. Lost a whole point on my QA because of it. The Zip code book was wrong they had Fond Du Lac, but QA went by the Zip Code Book. Don't you just feel like we have to walk on water all the time?
Speaking of D & L....
Anything new on them? Seems pretty quiet on these boards the last week or so. They must be getting it together.
Only speaking for myself
But I've found Transcend to be a very good company in many ways. Being paid on time, staff is helpful. I initially had some issues with not getting any feedback but that's been squared away. I'm on the Meditech part and this is quite archaic as is the hospital system I'm working on but so what, it works. I have plenty of work and have only run out on the holidays but you will Anywhere you work. All in all its been a pretty good experience and I'm more than happy I switched from MQ to here. Oh yeah, and the pay is better than most I've found depending on your experience of course. Be ready to ask the recruiter lots of questions and take notes.

All you can do is try it and see.

Good Luck :D
Speaking for myself
I think it's one of those things that happens in a split second without being consciously aware of-- like spelling a word but getting an extra letter in it; some part of my brain hears 5 Keystrokes instead of 4, or I might only hear 6 keystrokes when there should be 7. It isn't anything that I try to do; it just happens. I assume it's the same way as in music you can 'feel' when you've not got the notes to an unfamiliar melody you're playing from sheet music just right. It just happens, and is part of what my family and I jokingly call me typing while the force is with me.
Speaking for myself
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I believe I'm worth at least a penny a line more than that, but accept the harsh reality that I will not see that unless I set up my own service.

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thank you for speaking up

We need more people like you who will champion us. 


 


Sorry, this is Warminster MQ I am speaking about.
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Speaking of taxes...

when paying self-employment tax, does that include unemployment taxes?  I was thinking of filing since it looks like finding another job may take a long time. 


Please share what you are speaking of.
Sale to whom?
Speaking as a recruiter, an MT myself as are many
I know who are recruiters, dealing with attitudes like yours makes me feel like this entire job is thankless! What the heck am I working for to do a good job? Huh? I go out of my way to be helpful to the MTs that I interview and test and to respond to their questions as best as I know how to respond. The answers I give are the ones that are given to me by my employer so I am as truthful as they are to me and I know other recruiters who also try to do their darndest to be as honest as we can.

So WHO GETS THE BAD RAP? The recruiter apparently if our company does not give us truthful answers so basically I do not feel much like being a recruiter anymore. I am personally offended at the attitude of the MTs towards the recruiters because I have to tell you that being a recruiter takes a good 10-15 hours a day of work as well as it is a 7 day a week job. I HAVE to abide by YOUR schedule MT. If you cannot interview during the day, I have to interview you at night, on weekends, or whenever I can get you.

I am plain sick of this thankless job and it is my desire to get back into training (oh, but wait--I believe you label trainers as not being very good don't you?...or maybe I will go QA full time...oh but wait, I believe QA is your dreaded enemy!). So, what is a recruiter to do? I personally have learned the programs that an MT uses for my company just so I an answer the questions that the MTs have about the program.

I am sick of the attitudes on this board and on others as far as recruiters go. It is never the fault of anyone but the recruiter apparently because you are the most narrow-minded thankless people I have ever come in contact with and if it were not too late to change fields, I would run as far from this profession as I could.
speaking of their own servers.....
anyone have a problem with Dictaphone while working on ExText adding up lines sloooooooowly as in they don't start to show for 3 - 4 hours and then trickle in???
Speaking of radiology, does there seem
Thank you in advance for any information you may have.
Second QA person here speaking up.
With my current company the finished reports are available to the MT - we cannot leave personal feedback - every company has different systems and different ways of processing the work - I wish I could leave feedback for particular MTs - and I know when I was an MT and had a question working with one particular company I never saw completed reports - this is a company problem - not QA or MT problem in most instances.
speaking of ethics

Can someone tell me how they would handle a situation in which the TASP you are typing on is also an MTSO. I was told initially they were not a transcription company, and later found out (thank you internet) they are indeed.  I would like to keep competition close, but that is pushing it.


Speaking of Ron Paul...

This may belong on the Gab board or political board, but since you mentioned Ron Paul, we got some literature on him during a parade last month. I like what I read so far!


Paul Honored as Taxpayers' Friend for Tenth Consecutive Year


Anybody know more about him?


what company are you speaking about? nm
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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.


Barred from speaking out
There you go! If they have spies they know they are not all that good, because if they were, no need to waste precious time trying to find out how they are perceived. Their actions shoud speak volumes. Aren't opinions and shared true experiences allowed?
If you are speaking of the posts down below...
If you are making reference to the posts down below, no, we are not talking about Ascend.  I have never worked for Ascend, so I can't shed any light for you.