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SCHEDULES - ANON

Posted: May 02, 2015

I was curious does everybody who work for MModal work a weekend day?

schedules - Skylar

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I don't, and so far have not been asked to. Have/or do you already Anon?

Yes - anon

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I was curious because I've been working here for 17 years. First could work whenever you wanted, then had to give a schedule, then changed my schedule many, many times over the years, then had to work every other Saturday, then 6 months ago told me I had to work every Saturday. I've been doing this for 6 months and with summer coming, I asked if we could compromise to have off Saturday and I'd work an evening shift during the week. Instead, they give me a schedule where I'm working 3 evening shifts to make up for my Saturday which I think is a lot to ask. They just take and take, and we are supposed to give and give. I just can't anymore. So frustrated!

schedules - skylar

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That is not fair at all!! But, this company doesn't know the meaning of being fair. I know about 2 mos. ago I woke up to an email from BR telling me I had been switched to a new "pod." Did not sit well w/me since I loved my previous one, but I think I was making "too much money" on that account, at least they thought so, so they moved me to one where I am lucky to meet the line count due to terrible dictators.... I am sorry anon.... :(

Unfortunately I do - lovemydane

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For the past 15+ years I've been FORCED to work Saturday. I have asked and asked and asked to have it off and every time these jerks tell me no. I ask for a Saturday off and am denied 98% of the time. I'm sick of working Saturdays and I'm unable to work my current schedule anymore, so they are in for a rude awakening soon when I tell them I'm done.

schedule - anon

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I would have never thought that I would have to look for another job, and it's unfortunate, because I really like my job and don't want to leave, but they are forcing me out. My family is important to me and the weekends are when we all can be together. I would love to know how they choose who can work what shift. Obviously, it doesn't go by seniority.

I do, by choice - dont see how anyone gets anything done

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working M-F. I take Wednesday and Saturday off. My Wednesdays are always full with appointments for myself and the kids. I don't remember what I did when I had to work "regular" days.

I Like Working Weekends - Rene

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But, in my case, I don't have a family. I have always worked both Saturday and Sunday and prefer it, because (a) the initials aren't usually around to interrupt the work flow. (b) there is usually more work because there is less staff. (c) I prefer doing any shopping during the week days when it is less crowded.

You sound like me. I also like working odd - shifts. NM

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NM

Me 2. My "weekend" is - Mon and Tue.

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It's all relative. I'm widowed; my children are grown and live far away. I've been working nights Wed thru Sun for years. I like having my days off. And I NEVER run out of work.

Me too! - NY MT

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Off Weds and Thursday each week. Work weekends by choice, no family living at home, get appointments during the week.

I work Sun-Thurs - My Choice

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Fri & Sat free works out great for me!

Lucky you - anon

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I have changed my schedule too many times to count to "help" them out. I used to love having Friday and Saturday off. that was taken away from me quite some time ago. I was forced into working 1 weekend day on a shift I despise. You would think my length with the company would have accounted for something. I now find that people with LESS time than me have Monday through Friday hours (days). MUST BE NICE.

It's nice only if you want it. I would absolutely HATE - a Mon-Fri 8am-5pm shift.

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nm

I haven't worked weekends since I was a newbie, 20 - years ago. NM

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That was how it used to be. Newbies and - sm

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part-timers picked up weekend/evening shifts, and full-time experienced people got the day shifts. It all worked out just fine. I did my time on weekends, evenings, and crazy split shifts when I first started out until I got some experience under my belt, and even after that, when I needed extra money I'd work a while on evenings and weekends after my full-time job. The big MTSOs who didn't feel like bothering with that are the ones who started this crap of everyone has to work weekends...

you work in the medical field. it is a 24/ profession - get used to it or go work at a bank

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n/m

No, I work a clerical job from home for minimum wage. - sm

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And as was stated above, it's completely unnecessary to handle it the way the corporate HR departments are doing it. Smaller MTSOs made it work in everyone's favor & we didn't all get stuck working weekends and horrible shifts. There are some who want to work work weekends or nights to work around their husbands' schedules, and there are newbies and part-timers. There's no reason for everyone to have to do it. It's like the holidays - they used to just take volunteers and it worked fine because there were always volunteers & never much work anyway. Now, it's just easier to ruin all of our holidays & force us to all work. They just don't care.

No, smaller MTSOs did not make it work - FOR THE CLIENT

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Smaller MTSOs did NOT "make it work" as well as you claim.

There was always a problem with the MTs who only wanted to work if and when they felt like it. Those MTs were unpredictable, unreliable, and a pain to manage. You could never tell how much they would do, when they would get around to it, or whether you would get it back at all.

It was those unreliable, unpredictable jammy-jobbers that prompted offshoring, SR, and the development-professionalization of MT. They ruined it for everyone.

You are sadly mistaken. Smaller MTSOS DID work like - that

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If you think that is true, you've had very limited experience in this field. Any company who attracted employees who didn't show up certainly wouldn't be a successful company for long. I've been in the business for 30 years and 26 of that was working for a small MTSO with my account a large teaching hospital of 700+ doctors. Evenings or weekends were covered by volunteers who liked the shift differential, we rotated holidays, had no set shifts, no time clocks, and hours were flexible according to the workload. We were simply required to transcribe a minimum amount of lines a week. As a result, nobody had to work every weekend and/or every holiday, work was kept in TAT and the company did not have MTs sitting around twiddling their thumbs one day and mandatory OT the next.

What prompted that account to switch to offshoring? "jammy-jobbers"? Really? No, it was MONEY. Offshoring was cheaper. Everyone knows that. What ruined it for everyone were these offshoring MTSOs who looked at the MT business and greedily decided they could take a bite out of that pie. As can be seen, they didn't (and still don't) know how to run this type of business, as those more experienced MTSOs did. I know in our case, the doctors fought to keep us, and did delay the switch for a few years, but eventually the administrators won.

AMEN. - nm

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yeah, yeah it worked so well they worked themselves out of business - because none of them sold out to M or N

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right??? Are you kidding me???

BS - CT

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M and N, I'm probably pretty accurately assuming, paid a pretty penny for these small transcription companies, some amount they couldn't refuse. M and N don't want any competition. They'd buy each other out if they could.

Hmmm...I don't think you understand how the business - works

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So you're saying all these smaller MTSOs "sold out" because their MTs didn't show up and they lost the accounts....but Nuance and MM still bought them??

Or....all those smaller MTSOs sold out because they were offered money and couldn't compete with the underbids of the offshoring companies.

Hmmm...which one makes sense? And I can vouch for my PERSONAL experience that the MTSO I worked for that had been in the business for 30+ years couldn't compete with the offshoring MTSO low bids (in our case, it was iMedX).

You are so wrong! - CT

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I started out with a small MTSO 20 years ago, and they made it work perfectly! I don't know what you are talking about. The TAT was 24 hours, and the MTs were always able to meet it. They were reliable and professional, because they were treated with respect and paid fairly. These software companies just in the transcription business to sell their SR programs have brought about everyone having to work evenings/weekends/holidays. They promise the client the moon and stars and then crap all over their hard-working MTs. We have been expected to give more and more and then have everything taken away, our money and our time. This is why I quit a month ago. I am no longer one of their slaves.

Schedules--Anon. Like to know what platform you work on. - anon2

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You have lasted 17 years and love the work. I am curious to know what platform you are on as with just starting out it is horrible voice and accounts are impossible to get a flow going, let alone see any longevity. Heard that Docuscribe was a good program, but Fluency and POD is all horrid.

Used to compensate in pay for weekends and evenings. - anon

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Should still be.

Absolutely right - Used to get shift diff

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and weekend diff. And they stole our PTO hours. Rotten greedy bastards. 14 months til retirement. If I could get out before then, I would.

I prefer a weekday off - sm

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its the only way I can get anything done with the crappy schedule they stuck me with...Hiring for dayshift MTs, my arse..dayshift is not noon to 8, job hunting, wish I didn't quit my last place based on the lies from this company

PLATFORM - ANON

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I work on Fluency. I do love my job. I really don't have any problems with my accounts. So I am lucky in that aspect. But I believe it's time to move on because I do not want to work every weekend and they did give me a schedule that I don't have to work every weekend, but boy, it was like a slap in the face.

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