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Not happy with SR

Posted By: Cindy M on 2008-11-04
In Reply to: This is what I found comparing the 2.....inside - moving on

Not so far, for sure. Actually, I resent the whole concept. I spend more time correcting totally stupid nonsense the machine spits out when the docs speak perfect, precise English. Drives me nuts I have to spend so much time fixing the report up so the doc/hospital never sees how bad the original is. That's the genius of this whole thing for management - the transcriber must do more for less money or get canned. It truly would be easier at this point to delete the whole mess and type it myself. Very depressing. Not everything is SR and the bugs aren't fixed (though I don't see how they all can be fixed. I'm bearing with it yet keeping my eyes open for other employment. The next few paychecks will give me a clearer picture.


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Look, most people who are happy with a company don't just get on a message board to say, "I had a great day at work today," or "I think I make a decent wage and I'm happy with it."  They get on to complain or ask questions or just to surf and see what others are talking about.  The people who are complaining are loud and you hear them a lot.  MQ seems to have more MTs who have been with them for 5+ years than any other company.  That should tell you something right there.  
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I am sure that they are happy to have me
as an employee considering I am one of the only few who actually likes working for them. I am a high producer for them, as well. There would be no reason Medquist wouldn't be proud to have me as an employee. They need to get rid of the big fat losers like you.
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Are you not the same ER who was on here last week trashing the Amherst office?
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Since your employer was confident in giving you more work, then I guess you have been doing the right thing this past year. Just keep it up and stretch those shoulders every now and then =).
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There are negative posts on the boards from less than mature transcriptionists who are trying to make a good company look bad. An opinion is fine, but some of them have gone past the line, and so, you have to look a little farther than the posts you see even the positive ones. With that, if you read about the company on their website and you feel it fits your life, then go for it, no matter which company. I worked for Medquist for 2 years and I didn't like the experience I had, but that doesn't mean the next person has the same experience.

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So make an extra $1000 for me!


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Happy with them
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Wow! While I'm somewhat happy - sm
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I love them all so much. It is wonderful to be home with them, but sometimes I wish I could be my husband. Out the door in the morning and can do his job with no interruptions. Then, he comes home late tonight, after a trip to Canada, plays with the boys for a bit and heads up to bed, leaving me sitting here trying to sort this day out. I think this calls for a bit of the silent treatment tomorrow!
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And I can dictate 450-500+ lph with only one or two errors per page, consistently, from six to eight hours a day.

Now, I think it's time we retired this conversation.


I'm so happy for you!

I share your joy; my guilty secret pleasure is blogging where I can write to my heart's content.  Unfortunately, it does not pay the bills!


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Please do tell who you are so happy with.  I'm interested in checking out other companies with a LITTLE flexibility, decent wage, PTO that doesn't require 6 to 8 weeks notice, etc.... and is not in India!   Curious in Ohio


 


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Trying to keep everybody happy?

put up with domineering or rude people to interview.  Do the work yourself.  Darn it!  I'm tired of whining and comlaining recruiters who think that an MT has no right to be in the know when they are accepting a client.  If you don't like the business of hiring and firing, then do your own work!!!!     


This whole thread has been just ridiculous in the fact that this OP obviously wanted to stir up some trouble and gloat about being able to hire or not hire a potential subcontractor.  Grow up!   


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I like this thread/topic. I agree with everything the OP said, except maybe the $32.00 an hour unless, of course, you figure into your wage what your benefit package is worth. Getting affordable health insurance, vacation pay, etc. works out to be quite a bit per hour that we just don't think of as wages.


As said above, anything can be said on the internet; but on the topice of speech recognition, which I do daily, I have to disagree. When I was doing straight typing, about 3 years ago, I was doing 15/16 minutes of dictation an hour. (Our production is computed in minutes, not lines). Now with SR I average 27/28 minutes per hour, almost double. I love SR. It is much easier on the body, for me that means my knees.


As long as we are willing to adapt to the changes of SR and EMR, I believe we all will have enough work to last. I feel sorry for those just trying to get their foot in the door. It is getting harder and harder to get that first job/experience. My company hasn't hired a new MT in 2 years, even when someone quits they are not being replaced because our production has improved significantly with SR.


If anyone is really that unhappy with their situation, they should find another company or another profession. Life is too short to be misserable.


hey, I am as happy as you are, got
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You are more than welcome to give advice, help the OP or whatever to succeed.  I have worked with bad dictators day in and day out for years, specializing in ESL.  I'm not some fresh-faced kid straight out of school.  If you can make it work, blessings to you.  Hopefully Sarah has what it takes to succeed.  I wasn't willing to give it 10 years.
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Despite all the controversy about taking the exam, passing it really does make a person proud of themselves.  Anyone who has taken the test recently knows that it truly does cover all the things a "real" MT needs to know in order to be successful.