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Transcend....yet again - am i missing something

Posted: Jun 05, 2010

I was with the company for over five years, not once failing to meet the requirements of me yet I was told my position would have to change to 2nd or 3rd shift if I wanted to keep my job as there were no positions available for 1st shift. Two days after resigning I see they are hiring for 1st shift positions on a typing only platform which is what I wanted. I just don't get it.

Transcend mess - mtmom

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I just saw on this board that Transcend is now hiring for people to type ERs and op reports. Why don't they offer these to the people current working for the company and put the newbies and the crap work we old-timers get now? I would LOVE to do ER work as I can fly through those. As for typing-only platforms, good luck. Those are quickly disappearing. See my post I did on editing pay. The Transcend editor is a mess and the amount of time I spend fixing editing mistakes, I can't make anything (especially at .04 per line). These MTSOs are a mess. This is why unions were started so long ago (and I am not a union fan), but I can see how one could get started when employees continued to get screwed by their employers.

Unions - pollyanna

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I'm with you on this! We've needed it for so long. I'm also not a union person. We've been absolutely raped financially in this industry. IT HAS TO STOP! I say we all go on strike!

Was your resigning immediate? - Any chance you could ask to be on the advertised a

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Was your resignation effective immediately, or is there a window of opportunity where you can request to be put on that account they're advertising for?

I don't get it either, OP. Unless they're playing "monkey see, monkey do" with MedQuist, who for the past couple of days have been terminating their long-term MTs that make over 9 cpl, it makes no sense at all to me.

The way Transcend and MQ have been terminating MTs the last couple of days brings to mind a visual of a carnival midway game - Point, shoot and hit the target, ANY target, and make it disappear. It's just heart-wrenching to watch it all unfold.

I'm so sorry you and others are going through this. It's just beyond words.

Transcend terminations - Extranscender

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I could see the writing on the wall for long-term employees per a few conversations with my ROM, which is why I quit in March after six years. It's just a shame what this company has become. It was a good place to work six years ago. I am now back in school hoping to make a good living doing something entirely different in the next year and a half. Oh and I was one of the highest paid MTs in the company as I was told repeatedly by my ROM.

The writing on the wall - Ex-MDIer

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I, too, saw the writing on the wall and quit on my own. I had been with MDI for years, made 11 cpl and thought it was a wonderful company. But then things began to change. For months before the merger my account had only a couple of hundred lines a day (!) and I was told repeatedly by my liaison that there would be a huge new account coming on in September. The same thing happened to a friend of mine, who nearly lost her house because she could not pay the mortage. Finally I quit MDI in disgust before any more shenanigans could take place. It was obvious they were going down Greedy Road. I am so sorry for all who stayed and I wish you all the best. Isn't it sad how a once wonderful company that was pro-MT sold us out for money?

The same thing happend at Acusis. Shameful! - no/msg

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All MTSOs seem to be copying MQ lately. That is why - I read the MQ board religiously. sm

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It never fails: As soon as the Q pulls some lower-than-low, cheapskate stunt that further scams their MTs, within weeks (or even days), my company, and it seems every other company out there, pulls the same thing.

Great role model to have, huh? NOT!

Everyone should. People thinking that what MQ sm - me too

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does doesn't affect them are deluding themselves. I read the company board and hop right to the MQ board after that.

Take it to unemployment and show them the posting. - sm

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My suggestion is for anyone else who experiences this in the future to make sure to ask in email (so you have written proof) WHY they cannot change you to another account where there is a first-shift need.

I still believe, though I really have no concrete proof, that they are weeding out the MTs with many years experience in favor of the newer MTs they can hire at a lower rate. They will never, ever admit to anything close to that, but by going to unemployment, they may see a trend developing and refer to labor board. Even if you don't get benefits, I would still give it a try so it's documented.

I agree about the weeding - Ex-MDI

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I would bet you a dollar that they are weeding out the higher-paid MTs. I quit on my own.

Theyre trying to pull this weed! (me) Meanwhile, I spend - more time documenting than typing. nm

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were you a higher paid MT? - nm

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nm

Higher paid MTs - ex-Transcend MT

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I was terminated a week ago, and I was making 9 CPL, so there is a connection here. This has turned out to be a horrible company to work for, and I hope there is justice in this world for all the hurt they have caused.

Missing something - 15+ exp

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You're not missing a thing. I just quit today over the unpaid HIPAA training fiasco, and being audited on work that had already been 100% QA because new to account - double whammy. I'd rather work part time for more money then supposed full-time and only working 3-hours besides, imho. Lost 100 pounds of weight off my shoulders!

Transcend - Pollyanna

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That really SUX!!!! they should just send it all offshore and then find what a security breach that is.

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