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The previous couple of Transcend mergers that I have read about on here... sm - feeling low
Posted: Nov 23, 2009
Have had me feeling as if some of us who have been at Transcend longer were not offered what they have been offering recently, maybe that is why I have seen so many people leave. It was 8 cents per line for transcribing and 4 cents for VR. When you cannot make your 900 dollars every two weeks you are then moved to part time, bennies are taken away and you do not get PTO. I was feeling pretty devalued, but then I thought maybe later on they may tell the new people some excuse like since you are not making the full time amount we cannot pay you over 8 cents per transcribed line or 4 cents for VR. Heaven help you if you are doing mostly VR with all the corrections and coping and pasting to make the report look as it should. I hope everything continues for the new people the way the are hoping/counting on, as they seem pretty excited to get their packet, but I just wanted to say how surprised I have been since what they are offering you all seems better than previously.
Transcend does not care about its employees. - OldMT
[ In Reply To ..]They just wish everyone who makes over 8 cents a line would quit so they could send more work to India. Management has changed their attitude so much in the last 6 months that it is depressing to even talk to anyone in charge. All you have to do is ask a question or ask if there is an easier way to do something and they turn it around to you are complaining and if you do not like the way it is then leave. There used to be some nice people, at least nice ROMs, but they have all gotten an attitude, too. It makes it hard to stay there and try to do a good job because you know they are just looking for an excuse to get rid of you.
I SECOND THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - aa
[ In Reply To ..]sm
To Old MT - Another Old MT
[ In Reply To ..]When all of this shakeup started to happen, a friend of mine (who is a big hoo-hoo at another large MTSO) said she would not go with Transcend for anything. I asked her what she meant and she just said "You'll see." (She is not one to gossip; good for her.) I feel sorry for all of us who believed in MDI, who really thought the patriotism was real (I bought into it, so I guess was a dummy, wasn't I?). Just imagine, we thought we were viewed as real people, not typing machines. I feel like all of those who believed in MDI (and who made it what it was; it didn't spring into being without a lot of help and dedication from the MTS in the trenches) have been betrayed. Or maybe sold into slavery would be more like it. I am the breadwinner for this household. I wonder how many other moms (and dads) are in the same position? How can they help each other? What are the rest of you doing to keep your proverbial chins up and keep on keepin' on?
I would like some answers, please - Questioning
[ In Reply To ..]What has happened yet, if anything or is this all just worry on someone's part? Have claims been made already that are being broken? Just what is it all about?
I've no personal experience with Transcend but... - RubySoho
[ In Reply To ..]I think the archives would be your friend in this case. Lots of info in the there, both good and bad.
Seeing the writing on the wall - Learning to read it
[ In Reply To ..]Let's see -- first it was: "You'll each be receiving a call in the next few weeks to discuss your current status and what status you'd like to take with Transcend." No call yet.
Next it was: "We'll do everything we can to keep your SE status." Now it's: I'm sorry you can't have SE. I believe they knew all along they weren't going to give it to us, just trying to string us along.
Then it was: "You'll be receiving your welcome packets in the mail." What they really meant was: You'll be receiving the instructions on how to print out your welcome packet in the mail.
If you ever worked for MQ, you'll know what's coming next and I'm not waiting around to confirm it. Had a job interview yesterday. Still in the medical field, but records instead of transcription. 32K per year plus benefits. That's pretty good in my rural area.
keeping my chin up - mt
[ In Reply To ..]What am I doing to keep my chin up? Taking a p/t job on the side and starting college back up in January to get out of MT. At least I can see a light at the end of the tunnel, that keeps my chin up.
I kept on keepin' on...right with another employer - RubySoho
[ In Reply To ..]Resigned the day the merger was announced. I'd have starved to death or been homeless trying to survive with the little work available at MDI-MD (I too am sole supporter in my household) for so long. I said sayonara to them shortly before the merger was announced.
The lesson I took from my MDI-MD experience is that when plentiful work suddenly starts to dry up, that should be a red flag to any MT anywhere and they should update the resume, 'cuz bad news will shortly follow.
You've hit the nail on the head! - Tina
[ In Reply To ..]Back before the merger, MDI was a wonderful company to work for. Then they merged with Transcend and slowly, but surely, the changes started trickling in and everything we loved about MDI was thrown out the window. I was with MDI for 6 years and the switch to VR was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back. I stayed after the merger for as long as I did because I loved the account I was on. It is a shame. If MDI had stayed the way it was, they would have prospered, their MTs would have stayed loyal, and the MTs would have made a decent living to boot. Is that too much to ask for? We are truly headed for an era where there will be just two classes...the truly needy and the truly greedy (gotta love Flashback!). Middle class is destined to be a thing of the past unless things begin to change and change fast. It is sad that it is nothing to be a millionaire in this day and age and so many have billions when there are many struggling and working their arses off to earn a mere $25,000 a year. Now, I don't now about in your book, but in mine, that is just plain wrong. After all, where would this country (indeed, this world) be without the blue collar worker who so many now look down their noses at? What happened to the good ole days!!! The days when one parent could stay home and raise the kids while the other worked (I don't care which) and you had time to do things as a family. Instead, we eat, we sleep, we work. Of course we are spoiled to death...what, live without a cell phone, blasphemy. Sometimes I'm not so sure technology is a good thing. Seems like the more we invent, the worse life gets for the masses!
scary - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I am finding this situation scary to go further into this merger. My income is the one we depend on to live. Where I had made up my mind to go with the flow, now I'm concerned as I see at least 2 things already that are not what they were represented to be in the phone conferences (how we maintain FT status and whether PT people take a drop in pay or not). Do I go with my first thought and not put all my eggs in one basket, or do I take the plunge and hope for the best? Of course there are a lot more factors to consider, but that is the essence of my concern right now.
Never, ever - very, very tired MT
[ In Reply To ..]put all your eggs in 1 basket being an MT. I was part of a previous Transcend merger, soon will be losing my benefits and put on PT status because can't make the minimum required for FT due to not enough work available - I work multiple accounts. Funny, when I asked for another one first 2 times was told no, then put on an account that doesn't have any work when my other ones are out too. Anyone notice how the first week of pay period has plenty of work but the second week does not? Make no mistake, they are NOT a family, they are a business and people need to remember that.
First week/second week pay period - Transcend MT
[ In Reply To ..]I don't think you can blame Transcend for the first week a lot of work/second week no work thing as that sometimes is due to the MTs not working their shifts the first week and then everybody scrambling to make their line count the last few days of the pay period.
They should stop that practice - Tina
[ In Reply To ..]so, in essence, it is their fault. That is like rewarding workers for bad performance. Also, you will find that certain MTs will not be on when certain dictators' reports are in the system but then will scramble like crazy when it's docs they want to do. This should not be allowed...period.
Transend 8 cents per transcribed line or 4 cents for VR. NO!!! - .
[ In Reply To ..]This is the par now days. Nope, I will not give my tremendous, long-coming skills away for THAT. Nope. We have to know sooooo much, across the board everything, every area and constant updating FOREVER. Now just how much straight typing do ya think you will get. You will probably average out 5 cents a line. Can make a living on that!!?? Don't think so. Want to work 10,12,14, 16 hours days. Longer you work per workday the less hoursly you make. Glad I left. I was hired, they did not say it was voice recognition (Image that) I tried it 2 weeks and quit, averaged 6.7 /line GEEZ. Editing the ENTIRE WORK and obliged to rewind because there were sooooo many changes.
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