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and if you click on that post asking, you will see response under.

Posted By: nm on 2009-07-22
In Reply to: Thanks, but only thing I found from this month was someone asking about it, sm - LTMT

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Don't do it. Click on your original post and towards the bottom middle click
on related messages and you'll find lots of stuff, one of it good. 
click on your post and then scroll down a bit and click

on related messages.  You'll find posts there and also there have been posts within the last couple of weeks if you'll scroll down. 


There is nothing good to say about SoftScript.


 


click on your post and then click on the related
messages link and you'll find all the bad, but don't think there is any good to be had. 
I think if you click on the post with
the arrow next to it there is a message inside that tells you where it has been moved.  Also, any responses to the original post do not follow it to the new board.
If you will click on your post and down near
the bottom click on the blue related messages you'll bring up other posts about them.  Just from glancing at them they are not a company that I would work for. 
You have to open a post & click on the name after Posted By to get it to someone's
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Click on her name within her post to send an e-mail. NM
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click on the "Related Messages" link in your post sm
and it will bring up recent comments. 
Click on State Boards to the left then click on PA
nm
i appreciate your response and post but....

take it to email and more personally than to expose it publicly on an internet bulletin board.


This would show some  (quote) CLASS (/quote).


 


Here's my response to your post....sm

1.  If you've been gone 7 months why do you care?  How do you know who the supposed troublemakers were if there were any? 


2.  Since you've been gone a while you haven't seen the communications to the employees, therefore it's unfair of you to judge anything about what the company has done since you left and is doing in the future.


3.  The company was open and honest about this experiment with offshore labor - didn't try to hide it like other companies have done.  They could have not said anything, done it, and the transcriptionists wouldn't have known for months.


4.  Experimenting and doing are 2 different things - and just because something is being explored doesn't mean it will be a done deal.


5.  The company fought considering using offshore labor but with the government not caring about it across the US or federal labor it's hard for anyone to fight it permanently - see the administrator for MTStars comments.  IT's not just transcription getting hit by offshore competition.  It's other jobs as well.  Ford is closing plants due to offshore competition.  Kraft is closing plants.  Other companies are doing the same thing and moving jobs overseas.  Stinks doesn't it?  But until we citizens of the US start insisting on stiff tariffs to anyone using labor outside of the US the trend will continue, especially since the lawmakers don't give a crud (probably due to payoffs).


6.  If you're really making all of the money you're claiming then good for you - especially if you're not working extra hours.  Be happy for yourself and don't knock another company.  It makes you look bad.   One person's dream job is another person's disaster.  I'm sure that where-ever you're working now has people who say bad things about it.   


 


Response to: Where did my post go?

Your post was deleted twice.  You cannot mention account names on this site.


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In response to your post
No and re-read my post - I sent an email to payroll with my banking information and asked them to Fed-Ex my check directly to the bank -- yes, I am having a payroll deduction for this, but it is because for the branch of my bank it is 3 hours away.

JLG is NOT the only company that does this as FutureNet does it as well as far as no DD and mailing or sending checks.
I really don't know why the post below is in response to
my post. I have no complaints about CardioScribes. I just wanted to let the original poster know that I did receive my line count report and she would also receive hers. I am very happy at CardioScribes. I had some issues in the beginning, but my team lead and Tonya went out of their way to address my issues, which are no longer issues. In other words, they took care of me and did everything in their power to make me happy and that I am....HAPPY!
I think the post above you was in response to:
nm
Please post your response
Please be sure to publicize the IRS response you get. That way, these companies will get the idea this is wrong and can't dispute it. Plus, we'd all like to know too. If the answer is out there enough, the MTSOs will have to abide by it.
In response to your post
I had the same thing -- hired by companies -- DD thing and if not immediate a paper check -- then for some reason it didn't work either way, I have never had a problem with identity theft on the part of an employer even after leaving for several months -- I just think that if it did happen, the bank could trace it and the MTSO employee who tried to do it would be in deep poop
In response to your post

Most of the companies that I have worked for in the past had a built in method of counting lines.  I was told by the person who supervised me at the company to just take the character count iwth lines and spaces in Microsoft Word and divide by 65 which is what I did.  When the line count came back from the hospital with them using Sylcount, by their methods, I had been shorted approximately 1,000 lines.  I am being compensated by the company for those lines.  I then proceeded the other day to download both Practicount and Sylcount, however for some reason, I could not get a line count.  With Sylcount, it was a trial version, and I found out via the grapevine that with a trial version, it would not count the lines.  I then received a liscened copy of Practicount, from the company; however, again for some reason, it would not count the lines.  As to the other issue involved, because of a family emergency with my current landlord, I am having to find another place to rent.  Right now, my search is limited to weekends and this was explained to both the supervisor and the owner of the company but to no avail.


I think it may have been in response to the post just below from Wanda....
nm
the post was removed and my response
I worked for them, if you do clinic, ask about demographics, as you need to find the schedule, then find the name and MRN, go back, fill in all demo screens, takes a lot of time, for a 2 minute note, is a waste, you won't get a lot of lines that way. My QA was good, supervisor was not. University accounts have a lot of different dictators. They pay on time.
Response to your post re: Wireless
Just a bit confused regarding your post and wireless. You mentioned that TT said it was not acceptable. Are you referring to a wireless router set up, where for example you are getting a signal off of someone else's wireless connection or are you referring to an air card through a cell phone provider?

The reason I ask is that I live in town and can hook up through my landlady's wireless router, however, the signal is not very strong and I have had problems with connecting through the VPN at times and staying connected. I also have a USB wireless air card, which I purchased through Sprint when I lived in a rural area and could not get either cable or DSL for a period of time. Spint, Verizon and many of the other cell phone carriers now have USB wireless air cards which you just plug into a free USB port on your computer. The biggest problem with this kind of card is that you have to be in relatively close proximity to a cell phone tower in order to be able to get any kind of speed for your uploads and downloads.

Also, with an air card, you have to commit to so many years, and you may have to pay for the card. I was lucky enough to get my air card through Sprint for free (Normally around $200 I think) and I pay $60 a month for unlimited internet service.

There are MANY companies out there that allow this kind of a setup. The company that I am working for now allows this, as well as FutureNet. Most of the time, if you explain the situation of having an air card to your technical person, there are ways of getting the program to work. Hope this helps.
In response to Janets post

Janet, in response to your question  -- you work 5 days a week, if your schedule falls on a weekend or a holiday  -- yes, you are EXPECTED to work  -- holidays are a bit lax -- I am NOT taking it out on you personally, but HOSPITALS operate 24/7 and 365 days a year  -- my daughter is a nurse and does not get holidays off unless she schedules way in advance (and she is just a year into her career)  -- I get soooo tired of I don't want to work weekends, I don't want to work holidays that I could scream  -- I know you took the job to be with your kids but think of how business would be otherwise  - when I was growing up, stores used to be TOTALLY closed on Sunday  -- this is no longer the case  -- bet the grocery checkers and everyone else dosent gripe about working weekends or holidays  -- Ithis is a career and you have to take the good with the bad.


I normally get up in the morning, have my coffee check email do checking of my system and hit the ground running  -- sometimes I have good days and sometimes I have awful days, but I have been in this profession for over 30 years and if I have had to had a holiday off, move et cetra I have scheduled it ahead of time  either that too, holidays do not necessarily have to be celebrated on THAT PARTICULAR day.


Off my soapbox


 


 


 


Then why was posted in response to MY post? - sm
Am I supposed to know it's for the OP??  And I'm quite relaxed and chilled out.  Maybe you're the one who needs to relax and giving orders. 
I recall your post. You did not get a response and it was YOU
who were very rude and downright nasty. My goodness, you have no insight whatsoever.

The answer to your question would have taken a great deal of time to answer, perhaps others did not want to get into it.

I decided NOPE after I read your post, though never did find initial post question.

Not sure, but I come across people who literally expect adoption papers to be taken out and get angry when this does not come about.

I think ya all DO have a
hip aw rooon the shoulder, just don't have the energy or inclination to bother. Sorry.
I'm unclear as to what this response has to do with My Opinion's post.
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Jo..I e-mailed you a response about your original post....(nm)

mmmm


Do you think you get a better response to post your resume on here or answer ads on here. Which one
seems to give the best result. 
With all the negative posts in response to a positive post, I am

surprised that anyone posts anything here. 


I do not work for Keystrokes but I like to see what is out there, and the benefits they are offered, if coupled with a decent line rate and steady work load, are better than most I have seen.


Gone are the days of fully-paid pension plans.  Gone are the days of three weeks' vacation.  Employers cannot afford these, and not just in transcription.


If you aren't interested or do not like something, just ignore the post.  You obviously were interested or you would not have read it.


Can't we cut back on the nasty posts on this board?  If it does not concern you, don't criticize. 


If you are not looking for a new position, don't gripe about ones that are being offered.  If you are looking and a company's line rates, benefits or perks don't meet your personal requirements, why cut that company down?  Just move on and good luck finding what you are looking for. 


I agree with the poster about being mad at the entire industry, but I still love my career choice.  It has been a good fit for me and has allowed me to live a nice lifestyle. 


If I wasn't happy, I'd move on to another career. 


good post, but in response to 'why apply if you don't want the job'....

This is only my opinion.  If I am considering taking on a new account, I will send my resume' out to a few companies, and see what offers come in.  If it takes one company a day or two to make an offer and another company a week, I may not be available in a week. 


Not sure if you think it is proper to send out a resume to just one company, and cross fingers hoping they will call with a decent offer.  I, for one, prefer to interview the company, not have the company interview me.


Hope this sheds some insight on why you may not receive a call back from those who submit their resume'.  You may be taking too long to get back to them. 


did anyone get a response from the original poster? this post is just fishy, especially since they
nm
Just click on Play then click on Play again to pause dictation
I'm working in Bayscribe right now and that appears to be the only way to do it.

Play to play
Play again to pause
Play again to start play again

Hope that helps.
You are only a click away. Wake up!
nm
Click on your own message and
There is an explanation there. 
when you click on any message, there is a bar above that says (sm)
report message, chat now, back and home. click chat now and it brings u to a chat room.
Click on the Link
When I clicked on it, it took me to the Job Bank, and stange as it seems they had that listed as the company name, Fastphalanges. Hopefully the administrator can shed some light.
You should be able to right click on the files in

You could also double click the files.  Make sure express scribe is open even though it shoudl automatically open express scribe.


To email them, you have to click on where it says .... SM
NC acute care hospital employee position in blue letters.  This will bring up an email screen that you can type in, then send.  HTH
When you get to the website, click on sm
skip intro and then the enter keys at the bottom of the screen on the next page, under the blog link. I just did it to make sure I had the steps right :) You can also apply by emailing the recruiter at Apply@KeystrokesMT.com.
point and click
What is point and click?
Actually, e-mail is not enclosed, have to click on my name
to send me one (in case you didn't know).  Talk soon!!
Click on the "contact us" link at the top...
and then click on the underlined contact us and it will open an e-mail to the recruiter. Yes, they hire part time. Good luck!
QT Medical has a job ad, when you click the link
to learn more it says something about offshore entities need not apply.  They offshore big time and there has been an Indian presence in the company for a long time. 
I click on the related messages and there
are about a dozen.  If you will click on one of those links there are usually several other posts where others have responded to the same questions you are asking.  Someone has started a private Transtech board within the last few weeks, but there is tons of stuff about Transtech on MTStars. 
Recent info is there too. You can click on

related messages in your original post and pull up most recent info and then can do an archives search too.  If you click on the archive posts there are multiple posts within the original post usually. 


Of course you want the most current info, but for companies like Transtech or Keystrokes someone asks about these companies several times a week so there is a ton of current information on them. 


 


www.transmdi.com and then click on Contact Us on
x
Click [See Related Messages]
for recent posts.
In Wordscript, go up to the top and click on the icon that looks like
a hand writing on a piece of paper and then select the date or range of dates you want to see.  Finally, click on line count. Hope this helps.
If you click on your message, near the bottom you will

see in blue - see related messages or something similar.  Click on it and it will show you the most recent posts.  You do need to use your own judgement because management posts too and of course their posts are all favorable and basically say the same things, about how the MT wasn't reliable, couldn't do the work, poor quality, etc.  


I was viciously attacked a month or so ago.  I spoke the truth and the person(s) that posted don't know me to make the statements they did. 


I worked for SS and it was the worst place I've ever worked.  I won't repeat it here, but it is all well documented in the archives. 


Or you could right click and file and "open with"..
and then nselect Express Scribe.
Click link up top called
Then put in your company information. Sorry I don't know anything about TTS, but good luck with your search!

Hope this helps :-)
My old pediatrician had point and click EMR.
I would wait in the waiting room anywhere from 30-60 minutes waiting to be seen and then when I finally made it into the exam room with my kid, he would spend more time on the computer than he would with my child. I felt ignored most of the visit.

I can't tell you how many times that computer crashed in the middle of the appointment. Then I had to sit and listen to him complain to the nurses about it and ask them how to fix it (of course, they had no clue, so they all sat around the thing just pressing buttons). After a year of this (my child was in and out frequently due to a chronic illness), I decided enough was enough and started calling around to find a pediatrician that didn't use an EMR.

I love our new doc. I actually get to sit and talk with him during each visit and my child was finally diagnosed properly and has had no health issues since. Makes me wonder if he would have been properly diagnosed at the other clinic if they weren't spending so much time pointing and clicking.