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HI KIDS, ANY OLDIES STILL AT EVIL Q? - BUNION

Posted: Apr 26, 2010

Just curious.com.net.org...... dot. dot.dot. dot................ WHY?

Hi Bunion, I am at the Q so long....... - Dinosaur

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My first report was done with a chisel and stone tablet. Why? Because I am so close to retirement and I have my eye on a little hut on the beach in the South Pacific, the same as you Bunion, Shipwrecked, and several others.

A note to younger MTs,I am a true Dinosaur, there is no real future in this business. The pay lowers almost everyday. Technology advances daily. I encourage all of you who are young enough to do so, to seek another line of work. I give this advice in earnest. I really do have your best interest at heat.

I'm here too, but just until we head to the South Pacific - shipwrecked

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Hey Bunion!

As much as we all gripe, things could be waaaay worse. We could be typing on manual typewriters with carbon paper and White Out. I remember those days, although it wasn't until decades later that I became an MT. I also had to take shorthand.

Lordy, am I OLD!

older tthan dirt that's me - ceci

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Oh my shipwrecked -- I remember those days of colored carbons, colored correct type, white outs of all colors, and manuals (when I was with Western Union - my gosh I am a relic). And the little blue belts that made the docs sound like they were dictating under water.

Where are you going in the s pacific? I wanna go too -- I tried to move to Hawaii a few times - and I swear if they don't stop me - I may stow away and get there yet.

I made more money, with less stress, using manual - typewriters and whiteout, than I do now! nm

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Hahaha! So true! No message below - Maverick

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No future in MT? - Pedalplaya

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I'm somewhat of a relic also; started summer 1973 as an MT; worked my first job transcribing x-ray reports and helping the techs transport patients and develop film. Have to disagree that there is no future in medical transcription. It's just a different future than the one we had.

A lot of ESLs - Livewire

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I am getting ready to test for MQ but have heard horror stories that they have huge % of ESL. I've also seen that they dock your pay if you send too many reports to QA? Any truth to this?

yes ma'am - boat loads

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Most of the good docs are overseas and what is left is impossible garbage. There are some that have good accounts, so I hear, but I have not a one of them!

If you send more than 5% of your work to QA (no matter the reason), they dock your pay by 3 cpl. So, if they hire you at 7 cpl for straight typing and 4 for ASR, you would make 4 cpl for straight and 1 cpl for ASR for any lines over the 5%.

Although you can send blanks directly to the client, but I believe they are monitoring how many blanks each person leaves and I am sure there is going to be some kind of issue yet to be seen.

Some are very happy, some are unhappy, but either way... changes happen constantly around here. That is all I know.

Thats for sure. Its a future of SLAVERY. - Almost There - nm

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why stay there? - ceci

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I was with them 5 years and the best thing I ever did was jump ship, even without a job. It got so confusing I was spending more time trying to figure out what their latest demand was, than transcribing. I'm at a walk in clinic making twice as much now as I did my last years at MQ when they were twisting the knob and stealing us blind. The SEC nor FBI will investigate them, so IRS audit -- not probable. They are thieves with a pass to steal. GO LEAVE and don't look back. They will take you to bankrupcy - trust me - they took a bunch of to it when I was leaving. I lost my home and my savings. I started there making $45,000 a year...my last years there were $14,000. They were stealing us blind and we stayed too long and didn't have enough money to get out. I lived in my car and got out.
My work is doable - wonderful - I still work from home, and I can type the reports like I was taught and not like some weird QA person thinks she was taught to do it. I learned in 1975 - probably before the QAs were even born. Good luck people -- just jump and run.

Still here after 29 years - Old part-timer

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Started with Transcriptions Ltd which morphed into MQ. I started out in school wanting to become a medical secretary and work in a doctor's office. I liked doing shorthand and my least favorite part of the course I took was transcription! However, when I was looking for a job, transcription paid well, so I took the job. Once I had kids, I started working from home and that's the end of the story.

As to why I stay, I still make decent money (although definitely less than I did some years ago), have good hospitals and a good CCM.

Still here - radityper

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Yup, still here and making money! Got decent benefits, PTO, and a pretty healthy 401 to boot and I'm not a suit.

Shouldn't have left - Cornfedgirl

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Be careful what you wish for ladies. I left MedQuist for another company about eight months ago and I really miss it. At least we had steady work, good supervisors, and 401K. The grass is always greener on the other side. I got contacted by a MQ recruiter and I might come back on board.

to cornfedgirl - anon

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WalMart also offers STEADY work, a STEADY paycheck and benefits. LESS stress though. "Hi - Welcome to WalMart -- can I help you?" MUCH better than the worthless incentives, NJAs and constant change.

Hey Bunion!!! - Captain

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Still here... don't know why. Also was a former TL which got bought in 2000, I think.

How is your job going? Are you still with the same place? Did you have your surgery yet?

Still here because... - Giselle

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I've gotten raises every year since I've been here, about 3-1/2 years now, pay has increased some even with the cuts, still set my own schedule, work the hours I want, and flexible hours, even though I've had at least 9 supervisors since I started and more accounts than I can count.

My personality tends to roll with the punches, I stress out rarely, I spend a lot of time talking on the phone with my supes, CCMs, QCs, etc, who always seem to be available when I call, no matter who they are, and will quit when I feel like it.

And I like the account I'm on now. Things have improved somewhat for me personally in the last year or so with the changes going on.

Some days I don't like my job, some days I do, some days I don't care.

Still here-still looking - Adios

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Had to take a second job, but still looking for a new career....Especially now that the Q just took over Spheris. This career will never be the same, except for those fortunate enough to work for local/small companies, of which there are none in my area.

Yep, for 22 years now. Hi Dinosaur and Shipwrecked! - Maverick

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Had one interview and applied to 1 company 22 years ago and here I am today. All these companies keep sleeping with each other and then get married, divorced, get married again, etc. Seen too much crap with this company.

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