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Any update on the ScribeRite conference call today? - About the DMTs (NM)

Posted: Jul 10, 2012

DMTs - Autumn

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So, over half of us are getting walking papers, but the exact number was not stated. It sounds like the people who remain will have a PRN position, but that was not clarified either. Sigh....

Not good news - half getting the axe

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DMTs - Ricky

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It seems to me like they should have checked who would be able to work sporadically before they made the list of who to ax. How many people will be able to do that? JMHO.

Why so interested? - NervousDMT

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Does it matter to you?

thanks for the update - CTMT

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I had trouble getting into the conference call. I am assuming an email will follow from H shortly.

Email to follow.... - DMT 2

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Email should be sent shortly to recap the conference call and another email stating what list we are on....keep or axed.

Why so paranoid, Nervous MT? - Geesh

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Thanks for your concern - sm

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Why so many questions? Maybe you should have attended the conference call if you're so interested?

Put your tinfoil hat of protection back on - And duck and cover

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Paranoia doesn't even begin to sum up your posts. Psychosis may come closer.

I wish I could say I was shocked by the news - in the call today but....

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I really am not - I knew something like this had to be coming. I am going to say, though, I wish the call & info had come from someone other than Lisa. I don't like her attitude - I always feel as though she is condescending and arrogrant. I would have much preferred to have heard this news from Al, or even Helen. Al, at least, comes across as caring and kind. Lisa always sounds like she'd rather be anywhere else than talking to her employees. It frustrates me. However, be that as it may, I'm disappointed - I was hoping for the best, but am now looking for other positions. I'm afraid I'm not going to find one that was as fun to do, or a company that was as great to work for, as ScribeRight.....

DMT CC - Daisy

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I was a little shocked that over half of us are being let go. Usually at our conference calls, we ask questions over the phone. By having us "ping" today, they didn't have to hear the worry and concern in our voices. It was impersonal.

I agree - Impersonal is a good word - But I wonder if that was on purpose

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If she didn't want to hear the worry or concern because there was nothing that could be done or she didn't care or what?

I'm totally bummed - sm

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Even if I am one of the chosen ones, there is no way I can continue to work for them on an as needed basis. I love doing DMT work and loved ScribeRight, but they can't expect us to sit around waiting for the next big wave to come in or another contract to start. I wish I never quit my other job. Now I have to apply and test and interview, blah, blah.

I totally agree with being bummed but I wonder - if things will change - sm

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I wonder if - by letting half the DMTs go - if that means there will be steady work for the DMTs that are left to work. It seems that having half the number of DMTs would mean there would be no lulls and a constant stream of work for those who are left. I guess what I'm trying to say is being one of those chosen to stay would be a good thing because the work would be steady and you could work as much as you wanted - at least in my opinion.

I don't think this will be the case - sm

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If you've been there from the beginning, you know that the work depends on when the client has it ready for us (has a wave ready to go for us). ScribeRight has no control over this, and they have just stated that the work is to go into 2013 rather than just 2012, so it will be spread out. It's the same amount of work, but it's now spread out.

I feel the same way - CTMT

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What difference does it make, bottom line is the pool is empty, no work, no money, I am testing like crazy and I hate this last-minute scrambling. They made us wait all the way til today just to tell us this??

Stepping away from the computer... - Doxy

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Waiting for the e-mail is killing me. Going to bed now. That's what I do when I get depressed. I'm so bummed. Even if I get to stay, I probably won't have steady work.

Scribe Right - pooktina

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I think this is pretty much what you can expect from any data migration job, any EMR job. It's just a temp job where you're basically just going to be used until the work gets done, then they are done with you. So if you want to be used, then that's the kind of job you need or if you just want temp work. Sorry you guys had to have a job you liked and then just to lose it. That's what EMR is pretty well about anyway, just cutting down on MT work. It's nothing positive for us, nor is voice recognition bull.

That is not what EMR work is. I have worked on an EMR account - for years, I type sm

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just like any other MT typing. I just type in the EMR platform. Granted most of the information is already in the system, but I still have work to type from the physicians. It is nothing like the data migration work from ScribeRight. It is ongoing care of patients in a clinic or hospital and inputting that into the EMR record. The only thing EMR has done is cutback on the amount of dictation that is dictated. Sometimes the whole PE is already input and not dictated, but for the most part, we still have the HPI, a part of the PE, the radiographs or lab work, the assessment and plan are all still being dictated by the physicians.

Maybe I'm just upset but part of me wonders - Another Nervous DMT

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if something happened to make the client pull work away from ScribeRight. I mean, in some ways this seems so sudden, to be promised repeatedly large waves of charts and then BAM - sorry, the work isn't coming and we have to lay off half of you. It could be my mind running away with itself, but I wonder if something happened, not with our work as DMTs, but between the top management and the top folks at the client. You have to hope they'd act differently with the client, but I'm not sure. Maybe it's just me that thinks this way, though.

Well, I got the boot. It's impossible not to take this personal - KP

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I've been with them since day one of this project. My QA scores have been great, I'm a high producer, I work full-time. So, not sure how they decided to let me go but it would be nice to know. The thing that upsets me the most is that they knew this was coming but they kept us in the dark. It would have been nice to know a few weeks ago that my job was in jeopardy, that way I could start testing at other places. Now I'm scrambling to find a job. No way I will ever go back to working for them. Thanks for nothing but stress, ScribeRight.

I'm sorry - that stinks - does make you wonder - How the choices were made - NM

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I got canned too - CTMT

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I love the way we are supposed to give 2 weeks notice when we leave a job, but ScribeRight led us on and then brought down the hammer so suddenly. I am okay with being canned, but even a week to prepare would have been better than this. I doubt I will go back just for that reason, not being let go, its the notice was really shabby.

Well it's back to testing and sending out resumes - for me - SM

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I think I'm in shock. I had hoped to be one of the ones who could stay, but not to be. I am really disappointed. UGH - I dread the endless round of testing and trying to find another job. I agree with another poster - I wish they wouldn't have waited so long to tell us this news. Wonder if that was the decision of the company president?

Wondering - anon

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Part of me wonders if they possibly lost the whole thing? It will be interesting to see if anybody posts here that they got to KEEP their job. I worked FT and QA score 99.7% and got let go. Also quit my other job to devote only to SR. So now jobless like most of us. Maybe they have too much pride to let us know they lost the whole thing? Just something to consider.

I wish I could say I kept my job but I didn't - Upset MT - SM

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I, too, work FT and my last 2 QA scores have been 99% and 99.5%. I'm not sure exactly what they were looking at to keep DMTs. However, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if you were right - I almost feel like the CEO of the company (Lisa) is very prideful, and almost arrogant, and wouldn't want to let us know the client backed out b/c of something that she did. If I had been a "chosen one" as someone put it, and she was the only one I had to work for, it would have been hard for me to keep my job there. Thankfully, working with Al and Helen made the time I did have at ScribeRight enjoyable. I'll definitely miss them, and the QA ladies. I'll be watching, as well, to see if anyone posts they are staying on as DMT.

I got to stay.... - DMT2

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I kept my job and, yes, there will be work. Very sorry for those who were let go.

So will there be steady work? Full time until next February? - sm

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Didn't they say on the call that they can't promise steady work anymore? Didn't they say they can't give an answer as to when work will be here for those who get to stay on? So, more lies from ScribeRight about this?

me too - devilsadvocate

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I got to stay as well and I am thankful for the opportunity. I feel bad for all of those that had to go because I know for that hour or so after the call, I was on pins and needles with my heart thumping out of my chest. I understand what everyone is going through.

We have been told that the lay offs will hopefully help to prevent further lulls and keep us steady into early 2013, but as I have stated in other posts, this is a completely unpredictable field we are in and that could change. ScribeRight is basically at the mercy of the client as far as when the work is available. It's not like they are holding the work with a devilish grin on their faces wondering how they can screw up everyone's
lives.

I know Lisa has gotten a bad rap on this board and there are several that find her impersonable, but I thought it was a nice gesture that she offered to submit all the names of those leaving to the transcription side for possible work. I really believe she tried her best to do her best for everyone involved.

It stinks for everyone involved and I wish those that didn't get to stay good luck in their searches.

Easy for you to say that because you got to keep your job - sm

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Good luck to you and all the DMTs who got to stay. I hope you do have steady work and don't get the boot suddenly one day. No way I will ever go back there. It's just too much of a unsure thing.

unsure thing - devilsadvocate

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I am assuming you came from MT somewhere, correct? Were you ever guaranteed a certain number of hours per day or lines per day? Were you guaranteed work every day? The whole industry is unsure.

I also work MT and yesterday I had 1200+ lines, today I barely have 300 and I have been available the same amount of time each day. It's never a guarantee.

Like I said, I am sorry to those that lost their jobs, I know I would also be devastated and scrambling too. I hope that everyone finds their a new place or a place with the transcription side or a job of their dreams.

RE: DMT work - anon

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It does sound like the ones that got chosen to stay on as DMTs are going to have steady 40-hour a week work even to February and then that big wave will be on - so it stinks I was not one chosen. Oh well~

Wow, I feel so bad for all of you! - sadMT

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I don't work there, but I've been following the post today. I wonder if they just threw everyone's name in a hat and pulled out half. Ok, these people get to stay, the rest are gone.

I hope all of you find something better. Good luck!

business license requirement - DMT77

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We were just required to get business licenses, even though many of us do not have a "business" per say and do not advertise, so that they can cover their behinds and prove that we were not employees and I just see it as another angle for companies to use to abuse the IC status of MTs in general, making us IC so they don't have to pay employee taxes, etc. Sorry guys, no unemployment. Basically we are employees being forced into proving we have businesses so they can get away with using ICs.

IC versus employee - Do you know what an IC is?

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I have worked as both an employee and IC and was also a SR DMT. SR DMTs are ICs in every sense of the word - there is no way you were an employee or should have thought you were an employee if you worked there. You were in complete control of your schedule, work hours, etc and could come and go as you pleased. That's one of the things that was so appealing about the job. In what way were you an employee? I don't think you know what being an IC means. And if you wanted to be an employee, why in the heck did you accept an IC position in the first place?

from the IRS - sm

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Independent Contractor Defined

People such as doctors, dentists, veterinarians, lawyers, accountants, contractors, subcontractors, public stenographers, or auctioneers who are in an independent trade, business, or profession in which they offer their services to the general public are generally independent contractors. However, whether these people are independent contractors or employees depends on the facts in each case. The general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not what will be done and how it will be done. The earnings of a person who is working as an independent contractor are subject to Self-Employment Tax.

If you are an independent contractor, you are self-employed. To find out what your tax obligations are, visit the Self-Employed Tax Center.

You are not an independent contractor if you perform services that can be controlled by an employer (what will be done and how it will be done). This applies even if you are given freedom of action. What matters is that the employer has the legal right to control the details of how the services are performed.

If an employer-employee relationship exists (regardless of what the relationship is called), you are not an independent contractor and your earnings are generally not subject to Self-Employment Tax.

However, your earnings as an employee may be subject to FICA (Social Security tax and Medicare) and income tax withholding.

For more information on determining whether you are an independent contractor or an employee, refer to the section on Independent Contractors or Employees

business license - CTMT

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I am glad all I got was a piece of paper from my town, I never paid $500 for the license, I would of been steaming right now! Everytime you turned around they wanted something. If I had another MT job I would be glad it was over, but no one even responding to me yet, not surprised as probably 80 of us were let go and all applying for the same jobs! Thanks Scriberight :( would been nice if they did it gradually, Jeez

I so agree with you on the IC status. I also loved - the choices we were given, sm

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and then bullied into doing what they wanted us to do but not coming right out and saying we had to do it that way. The only setup for an IC is the hours of work. Everything else was done to their standards, i.e, invoices set up in the manner they wanted them, named the way they wanted them, keeping time the way they wanted it done. Yes, having ICs saved them a ton of money. They know what they're doing. I'm sure they will be gearing up for the next group of ICs. Too bad all that talk about getting other data migration accounts was just a bunch of talk. Gotta say something to keep the ICs at bay.

I agree. So much for all those other contracts - sm

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Seems like they constantly have "contracts in the works" but nothing to show for it. Every phone call we had with them they would say that they've got a contract pending. Ha! Whatever SR.

Personally, I never expected anything less from this - company, nm

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they handle it in a crappy way - CTMT

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Now we are all applying for the same jobs, it will take longer to get something now because of the way they gave us no notice. I will not go back, the work was boring anyway, and I was getting worried my MT skills would get rusty, looking forward to do regular transcription again or VR, going to see if I can top the $15 an hour too with my line count, someone will hire us eventually, we always find something, right?

Yes! And the work was boring! - nm

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then you shouldn't miss doing it - should you?

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Nope. I prefer to use my brain at my job. - nm

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then why didn't you quit sooner? - nm

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Easy money - anon

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and log in and out 24/7 as you please :)

but it was said you "prefer to use your brain" - right

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so shouldn't that have been your priority?

Have to agree on the way it was handled - Could Have been better

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I wonder whose idea it was to wait as many days as they did before they told us anything? And who made the decisions of who should stay and who should go?

we were led on from June 29 - July 10 - CTMT

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and thats not cool! 10 days is all it would of taken for me to find something, testing and interviewing takes time. No check now for the rest of July even if i do get another job soon. the work was boring but the money was good and dependable for while. All I needed was a couple more months. thank goodness I have a good understanding husband. we have to live on next to nothing now to make the mtg and car payment, school clothes will have to wait til last minute, so mad right now writing this, at myself for quitting my othe MT job. Lisa wanted full time out of me and she let you know it at the interview. in the future, beware any new DMT's do not quit your "day job"

I didn't think about it like that until I saw your post - Upset MT

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I didn't realize it was that long, really. I guess I didn't think about how long the lull was, and how we were constantly waiting on the next day and the next day and the next..... You're right - had we been told this early on, most of us could have had SOME kind of job by now, and had a paycheck for July. But now, like you, I'll be putting things off, juggling, and generally going back to living on the edge. And, I was also told that FT was what was needed for this position and I agreed to that. I've been kicking myself for quitting my other job as well. Oh well, I'm believing that something even better is just around the corner - for ALL of us.

I don't work there, but after reading these posts, I'm sorry y'all sm - COMT

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were treated so badly. If it was me, I wouldn't go back and work for them, no matter what. I hope those of you that were let go find something you like just as well that pays well too. Good luck!

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