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Thought I had seen it/heard it/experienced it all in the past 30 years - but this takes the cake..

Posted: Sep 02, 2012

I work in-house, got the news a week ago that the hospital has hired an outside company to take over the transcription, which will save the hospital millions of dollars. We have the option of going with the other company or simply going home; in other words, take it or leave it. Needless to say, the outsourced company's benefits are not as good in comparison to the hospital's, much more expensive and also this will be strictly voice recognition. They have come up with a pay scale where every transcriptionist's pay will be the same amount, regardless of how much you produce, i.e., the more you produce, the lower the pay rate, which will always come out to be the same X amount of dollars per hour. Would you guys give it a try or find something else. I have a couple interviews coming up, but they are VR positions also. In a dilema. Got about 3 more weeks before the in-house position ends. Thanks in advance for your comments.

Seen it/heard it - see message - Inquiring minds

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I am so sorry, this just happened to me as well except that we had no choice of working for the company that is taking over as they are outside of the US, my last day is 09/30. I wish I knew what to tell you to do, I've been applying to all the MT companies that know of, even the ones who are not actively hiring. Unfortunately, most of it is VR. I interviewed for on one site non-MT job and should have an answer on Tuesday, then I'll need to make a decision about MT. Do you have to commit to the new company right away? If not you could continue to look but unfortunately I don't know if you'll be able to do better. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful, just know that you are not alone in cyberspace.

Typos - Inquiring minds

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Sorry about the typos....

You could give it a shot while you look, but dont expect pay to stay - that way for long. 3-4 cpl before long.nm

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:(

Outsource - K&S

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I feel your pain. The same thing is happening to us, hospital is outsourcing to MModal. I came on this forum to inquire about them (MModal) as we were told we would be offered positions and "keep our same work". I,like many others, do not have a clue what goes on with a MTSO or even how to deal with one. I only know that there is no guarantee that anything will stay the same and your former employer cannot tell you it will. I have observed so much unhappiness when reading posts by current MTSO employees albeit MModal or whoever. I do not think that this would be anything I would dare attempt, just my feeling. I feel that I am at a great disadvantage in that I have never had to work for a MTSO and do not know the "racket" or whatever it can be described as. My current employer told the transcriptionists that it would be 60-90 days before the platform was in place, etc., but the weird thing is I don't know what the hold out is on their part other than they are playing the waiting game to see how many of us quit - but no one has yet. We have all gotten together and are holding out for our severance pay, then to collect unemployment as NOT ONE of the current MTs is going to take the offer from MModal. Fortunately some of them have had experience with MTSOs and they were able to share their experiences with us who had not. It's just so unsettling to know who to trust, but definitely I cannot see anything positive in going to work for MModal. NO WAY, NO HOW. I know my self worth as a MT, and will not let them attempt to degrade that. So, with all that being said, I feel your pain once again but look out for #1 as you are all you have when it comes to making this type of decision. And, best of luck to you in whatever you choose to do!

unemployment - Des

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You won't qualify for unemployment if you turn down a job offer that pays close to what you're making now.

Just FYI.

unemployment - K&S

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I believe she will be able to collect UE because the position they are offering is not a hospital position - it's a MTSO. She does not have to take that position and can file UE on the hospital. The only way she wouldn't be eligible is if she were offered another position in the hospital as an employee of the hospital and it was comparable to what she was making as a MT. Otherwise she does not have to accept that position either and still may file for UE.

Re: unemployment - disgruntled

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My hospital outsourced our transcription department, and we were told that we were not eligible for unemployment because we were offered a job at the MTSO. In the end, I went with the MTSO, but the majority of those who did not do that, did not get unemployement. The few that did get unemployment had to fight tooth and nail for about 90 days before they finally were given unemployment. It appeared to come down to what county you were applying for UE in. The hospital stated we were not laid off, but instead given a new position with another company, thus they fought not to pay UE. Sucks.

Take it, but keep your eyes and ears open... - Des

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If the pay realy will be the same as what you're making now, and you're happy with your current pay, I'd say take the job and see how it goes. You're going to know pretty quickly if it's not what they're promising.

GET THAT SALARY AND CLIENT PROMISE IN WRITING, as they might say this client pays less than this other client, and use that as an excuse to pay you less. If they don't deliver their promise for whatever reason, you can either file for under-employment to supplement your income until you find something better, or file for unemployment and leave the job altogether. Contact your local unemployment office ASAP to see what your rights are exactly.

sounds familiar sm - dejavuMTer

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Exact same scenario played out at our hospital 8 months ago. 90% of us went with the new company and only one of us opted for unemployment - a choice we ALL should have opted for - because the new company came swooping in with promises and pipe dreams, none of which played out. We were promised we would be the primary transcriptionists for our hospital and POOF! we barely saw our work - it went out to the 300 other transcriptionists in the company - Our new company was asked if they ever ran out of work and they laughed and said OF COURSE NOT! Boom! most of the girls still working for the company now basically work 12 hours a day because of no work. I quit after a month - my coworkers still working there are depressed and struggling to even come close to what we were making at the hospital. We all recently got together socially and all said that if they had to do it over again - it would have been straight to the unemployment line - sorry this is happening to you - but it seems the norm now.

Can you say which company so we can avoid that? My hospital is going with a company 10/1. - Scared

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I am terrified of change, but it sounds good so far.

What company is that? - OldMT

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I want to make sure I don't apply to that company. I never heard of that. Is that legal?

30 years experience - emtfingers

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Welcome to the sad, sad world of transcribing. More and more hospitals are being conned like yours in a cost-saving (so they think) measure. Perhaps the hospital has an opening in the basement janitorial department... you will make more $$ there than if you go with the take-over company. Look at Glassdoor.com and look up your take-over company there - then decide for yourself.

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