crummy platform gave it away. I know where YOU work

• I have decided to quit my job. I hate this company. - I quit!
  • I quit! - me too
  • Take the time off (sm) - You tell 'em
  • Life is too short . . . if you can afford it, - take the time off! (nm)
    • here's what I think..sm - delete
  • Take time off... - RadGuy
  • crummy platform gave it away. I know where YOU work - me too
    • I think I know too. And it's not only the - PK
      • I quit! - need help
        • It begins with a T and the line - PK
          • Yes, it begins with a "T" but don't know what you mean by "the line" (see msg) - me again
            • I didn't work for the T company, but I'd be interested - OP - I quit!
            • Maybe I'm getting the posters mixed up here. - PK
              • Same company maybe? (see msg) - me again
      • Wow. Am I that transparent? LOL Which company do - OP - I quit!
        • See message above. - PK
    • could be a number of co....I've left 2 in 2months for same. - cc

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I don't know why we put up with it.  They lower our pay, send our jobs overseas, expect us to be on call for no pay at all.  They dance around the IRS definitions of employee, SE and IC.  I've been threatened before, verbally or email abused by supervisors, and even had to resort to legal tactics to get my rightfully deserved pay.

All they care about is production.  I've mentioned to my supervisors a few times when I found errors in medical records or extra spaces showing up at the end of paragraphs in people's work.  I wasn't tattling or trying to get anyone fired, but I felt the errors should have been fixed.  Nothing was done.  The people churning out those reports make more money than I do because I take the time to look things up and properly format everything.  It doesn' t get me anywhere.

I am most definitely NOT sloppy.  I am disillusioned because we are treated as nothing more than sweatshop TYPISTS.

Any info appreciated.  I have never worked on this platform.  TIA

I don't think they even cared why I was quitting.  I called the supervisor to tell her in person and she simple said "I need it in writing and when will your last day be".  Personally, I like things quick and painless. 

If a MTSO advertises that the MT works in MS Word and sends dictation by FTP, does this usually mean there will be no demographic/doctor database and the demographics will not be autopopulated?

I got into a mess with a small company (got out real quickly too).  I was required to print out daily email copies of the doctors' office patient schedules (which were barely legible) and type in all information.  I spent more time hunting for the correct patient through pages and pages of these schedules.  Then I had about 25 pages worth of doctor's names that I would have to go through to find the attending, referring, etc.  A total waste of time as I didn’t get paid for that. 

I wish MTSO would give more information as to what platform they use (if any).  Proprietary software is such a generic, totally useless description.  Would they buy a new car that listed, "Car has gasoline operated motor?" 

And for Pete's sakes, why so secretive about the pay?  Give a ballpark figure.  Just say, pay is between 7-12 cpl depending on skill, testing, etc. Tell me if you pay for spaces, headers, etc.  It would save them time because I wouldn’t even apply for a 7 cpl job. 

Before I spend an hour or two testing, I need more information from a company to be sure it is compatible for my needs.  If the MTSO would spend a little time on their website detailing their platform, how they send/receive files, pay rates,  how line rate is determined (spaces/no spaces) employee/IC/SE status, minimal line count, whether work pools consist of 100s of doctors, or smaller pools with 25-50 doctors etc.   Having all this information on their website would save them time and the MTs time.   Phoenix Medcom has a really good layout describing pretty much everything an MT would want to know before testing with them.  I am just tired of testing with a company and then finding out the job wasn’t exactly suited to my needs. 

I've been working for MTSOs for years now, using their templates which sometimes cause productivity problems (macro issues, etc). I'm wondering if productivity is increased when working on a structured platform, such as one that a national company provides for its transcriptionists?  I've never used a platform, but it would seem that all one needs to do is straight type onto the screen and the platform program takes care of margins, page breaks, etc?

Any thoughts (as well as companies who are hiring who use platforms) would be appreciated.  Thanks

It seemed like the right decision at the time, but the nine months would have passed so quickly and now that baby would be alive, somewhere, hopefully having a great life.  It made me fear for the first several years of my two living children's lives that they were going to be taken from me as punishment.  I picture the child that would have been at different ages.