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The reason there is low work/no work during the week is because so many of YOU at TT want

Posted By: NO WAY, Jose ! on 2008-10-22
In Reply to: The only problem I have with TT is communication (sm) - Newer TT'r

TO WORK BANKER's HOURS and DAYS and NOTHING ELSE !!   Poor baby . . .




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NO work -- running out of work this week! Anybody else?

Anybody else running out of work this week?


The sweetie, honey, sweet words to us just don't pay. Lines transcribed is all that pays us.


 


No, not enough work.... that is the reason why
I am looking to leave. We have been out of work for over a month now! Also, back in November. Also, back in August, etc. My sup is nice. No complaints about Quality. Equipment is okay (big-time old monitor). Platform leaves a lot to be desired - SUPER slow and locks frequently. Pay is decent WHEN THERE IS WORK!
That TT is getting all the work now for some reason or another ! n/m
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The reason there is little to no work

A practice of a few of my fellow MTSO owners, particularly the large MTSOs, as well as employers in general these days.


 


They do behind-the-scenes deals with businesses related to MT, such as MT schools and MT equipment/software dealers, to benefit financially, if not save themselves, including sending work from US-based employees directly to overseas divisions and operations, without informing the US employees.  Can’t blame them for looking out for their financial interests! CAN blame them for 1) sending work overseas when there are well qualified MTs right here in the States, and 2) not communicating with their employees.  You MT employees who are out of work for longer than a day and do not have another gig need to file for unemployment, period.  I know it can be complicated for MTs to get unemployment, but if you signed up for FT work and don’t get to work FT, you get unemployment.  I guarantee that filing for unemployment is something us MTSO owners, or any employer for that matter, does not want to deal with.  But get ready - you may find that your work will increase, but most likely you will be given the bad dictators (they send the good ones to the overseas folks who won't work for X amount of money to transcribe the bad dictators). 


No I don't know - but that is the big reason why I don't take work from them anymore -
They would just send a check in the mail and nothing else - I wanted a breakdown, I got nothing.  What the heck???
Little to no work was the main reason.

I kept asking for backup accounts and for weeks couldn't get any, despite there being several accounts with OT on them.  Talked with upper management and finally got 2 backup accounts, neither of which had any work on them.  I was getting tops 20 hours a week and that was having to sit in front of the computer for 12 hour stints and check every 5 minutes to see if a report came in. I was working 7 days a week and trying all shifts to get in lines, so it wasn't a matter of me not making an effort.


Enterprise has lots of bugs in it and despite promises that the most current update would take care of the problem it never did.  I would lose jobs, the system would freeze up and I had to reboot.  All the while you are clocked in so your line count goes to heck.  The system was so slow most days that I would sit a minute in between reports, which affects your line count because you're on the clock and not being productive.    They have nice incentives but because of the above there was no way to reach them.


They denied overhiring, but they did way overhire and they lost several good MTs about the same time I left because there wasn't enough work.  Lots of people were frustrated and posted on the boards here and then we were reprimanded for doing so.  The internal boards were so heavily monitored that anything the least bit negative was deleted.  Talking to my STM was like banging my head against a brick wall, so basically there was nowhere to go.  We also got several e-mails with the threat of having to go to India and I wasn't going to have that dangled in front of me all the time.  I was doing my part.


I cried every single day I was there I hated it so much. 


 


 


The reason Transcend is offshoring is because no one here wants to work for them! nm
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There is a good reason why we work on production . . .
and that reason is production is the only way we will make money. You don't get raises with wage pay and you're basically locked in with no chance to increase your earnings.
YEP...Just want I suspected as the reason we have very little work OVERHIRING
They repeatedly hire yet we have hardly any work. Course, I suppose it could be the revolving door as the cause.
I quit twice. Both times for the same reason...low/no work. nm
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At least she gave you a real reason and not just "seasonal" low work. n.m
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Right, I'm Enterprise. On our side, vacations aren't the reason for 0 work.
Good luck to us all.
I have heard they will have three main offices. Is there a reason Amherst is so short of work. What
is it they are trying to accomplish. They must be losing MTs if there is no work. No the new ASR rate is not out yet. If it goes low you will see an exodus off ASR I guess so that will mean more MTs on the regular work. It will be a big shock for some of them to see what that is like now.
I have heard other people comment on lack of work and have left for that reason. How much of an

issue can this be.  Also, is the sound on these accounts poor.  That is the other problems I have heard people comment on.  I was really looking for uptodate comments.  How bad are these issues at present.  I dont want to leave one company with no work problems and go to another one with the same problem.  I cant be available 24/7 to get work with having a family.


I have heard other people comment on lack of work and have left for that reason. How much of an

issue can this be.  Also, is the sound on these accounts poor.  That is the other problems I have heard people comment on.  I was really looking for uptodate comments.  How bad are these issues at present.  I dont want to leave one company with no work problems and go to another one with the same problem.  I cant be available 24/7 to get work with having a family.


Looks like another week of no work at MDI-FL. And they
say they don't overhire?  Don't believe that one for a minute. 
We are all out of work this week looks like. nm
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4 day work week?
Does anybody working for Transtech work a 4 day work week (10 hours a day)?  I would like to do this, but don't know if they would be receptive to this. 
There's less work every week
That's what some of us thought - if some people got fired last week, this week might be better.  Nope!  Its worse! 
I guess this explains part of the reason we keep running out of work. My office lost a lot of huge
accounts in the past year.
I would just give my 2-week notice, state the reason you are leaving.
Sorry to hear your troubles.


Yes. You must work 1 weekend day every week. nm
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ARE THEY AWARE THAT YOU DON'T WORK 40 A WEEK?
jUST CURIOUS IF THEY CARE.
39 hour work week
is what it says. Sorry, 39 not 40 for those counting.
Unfortunately they also keep running OUT of work every week. nm
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I work three days a week ...

8 hours a day, but I often times have to be physically at the computer longer than 8 hours because sometimes the work is slow.  I have two accounts.  I work no weekends. 


 


 


how may hours a week do you work
or maybe a better question is how many lines a day do you do?
OMG, I hope not. You work over 50 hrs a week
for 36,500? Sounds like a very big national I know. lol. BTDT and I quit real fast. Glad you are happy, I guess that's all that matters, but you're being taken advantage of IMO. And 2 weeks vacation is not that great either.
how many hours a week do you work to get this?
so, you don't really know what it's like to work a national.
At least we don't have to work 7 days a week (unless we want to)
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How many hours do you work a week? (NM)
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work a week off payroll?? PLZ sm

Yas know what, there are probably a lot of  valid complaints here on the board but is really of no value unless the name of the company is shared.  What good does it really do, no one else can be alerted and informed to make future decisions. Change can perhaps be implented on the other side when as isolated MTs can learn the fact and not be taken in (because the info is shared from which decisions can be made.. 


I have taken to sending an email (at times with the resume but also without) and ask if they would mind sharing the highest to the lowest line rate offered for the position as --I mention (to them)  this would save valuable time on BOTH sides.


I have also taken to asking if this position is for VR. (cuz I'm not doin it) 


This gives a better playing field as I don't want to spend all that time on testing on 7 files, going through an interview to find some ridiculous offer I would have never considered had I known up front.


I think the JOB OFFER BOARD here should have all the facts listed up front.  


unbelievable. Work for a week sm
without getting paid? What a nice way to clean up their back log for free!

Back a few years ago this profession started being advertised by the schools and in the rag magazines as a work at home job to make tons of money. That is when this profession started down the tubes.

Because it sounds like an easy work at home job, everybody is coming out of the woodwork. Folks who can't spell the word HOSPITAL practically are trying to open MT companies to make big money.

It is very very sad!
They also only work 4 days a week.
 
Geez, it's so illegal to hold back a last week's check, regardless of the reason.
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HOW DO YOU GET OVER TIME IF YOU DON'T WORK 40 HOURS A WEEK?
That is a great gig you have going. Do you have to work weekends?
How many hours in a week do you normally work to get your lines in?
Just curious. I work 50-plus hours here to make it work for our family, would love to cut back
Yep, my work is low this week too. Previouly, however, we could not catch it up. Is it all the ..SM

new hires, do you think?  They haven't told me to take the day off or anything, but there are big gaps in my downloads.  I love QT but it's times like these that make my eyes wander to the ads.  Funny how when we're busy, I type faster, too.  When it's like this, I just casually and nonchalantly go about typing during the day, getting up and down as I please, no hurry at all.  Maybe I'll start looking at part-time supplements -- then if work runs really dry, I'l already have my foot in the door somewhere else. 



I work 1 job, about 36 hours/week and make at
least that amount, plus have vacation and PTO, also an employee so they pay taxes.   I found that working multiple account keep me from making money because I have to learn so many doctors and be aware of the different formats/platforms and account specific stuff.  I used to work a bunch of jobs part-time and was working 7 days a week and lots and lots of hours and not making very much money.   If I worked the same hours on one account I could have easily made $80,000+/year. 
I work very hard, usually 7 days a week.
I work any hours needed. What is my reward? I get stuck on the garbage accounts, the ones who bellyache get the easy accounts and get put on steady accounts. I think I have learned 8 new accounts in the last 2 months, and none of them were decent accounts. My line count is good, but would be wonderful if I ever had an account I could get used to. These companies beat you up and then throw you to the dogs.

The scum that plays kiss-$$$ get paid more, take off when they want, and get choice of days off, holidays, so they can be with their ill-behaved brats whenever they want to be.

Don't tell me about ethics, tell the MTSOs they need to improve their ethics and then then they could have decent employees.
I know that two are starting next week. I work on one of them right now and they called and sm
asked me if I wanted more work or knew anyone who has heme/onc experience.
The MTs can't be forced to work over 40 hours in a week
unless paid OT pay. If the work is not getting done, maybe they need additional help on the account or MTs who can actually do the work in a reasonable time to stay in TAT.
I work 12 hr/day, 6 days/week, and my take-home pay - sm
comes out to around $6.50/hour. Is that about in the same ballpark as what you're making, and if so, how can your employees afford to work for you for less than that?
That is ridiculous! They have an "abundance" of work this week
because they just picked up a HUGE new account. Get a grip. The last time someone posted something on here about Transtech offshoring I took the time to call the office and ask. I know for a fact that they are 100% USA and will never offshore. The idiots on this board who continue posting such stuff are just bitter old hags with nothing better to do with their time. You need to stop trying to stir the pot and focus on fixing your own miserable lives. If you don't believe me, call the office and ask for yourselves.
There is lots of work today. Plus next week is still
part of the payperiod. There is plenty of time to get your usual check.
Have been running out of work all week - have 3 accounts
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They asked me to work OT every week, NEVER paid
any OT, did not get raise after 90 days.  They said I would but it never happened. 
Give a 2-week notice, but work less
therefore, you will not be out of much money if they indeed do not pay you.  Also, if you leave, be well informed that you probably will not make what you are making now at any other company right off the bat.  You said you have been at this place for years, so you will have to build up your income again and pay.  Sad to say, but they probably have people who can do the job at less money now and are willing to sacrifice a good employee to have a bigger cut of the pay that they can get cheaper.  I wish you the best, but I do not think it is personal.  I believe it is business and you generate too much income away from them.  Good luck and I hope you find another good home.
Any companies out there that allow you to work 5-10 hours a week?
I have a full time job, but need to make a bit more income.  Are there any good companies that might work for me?  Thanks for any input.
Just curious - how many hours a week do you work? nm
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They DO run out of work a lot, but we have been swamped on my accounts this week nm
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