Been There, Done That

Maybe I've worked in more MTSOs than any of you readers out there have. You'll need the fingers of your other hand to count them.

The truth is, no other company has compelled me to blog the way I have here. You know why.

I've worked with so many companies in my lifetime, and only one company did not give me my final pay. In the case of some companies like ADEC and Transkripsyo, I did not even bother to ask for my last paycheck simply because I believed I didn't deserve it. The others, like e-Scribir and South Transcription, gave it to me without my asking.

AM-Accuscripts is the only company that deprived me of something I believe I really worked for. No, line count at that company cannot be used as basis because when you're asked to transcribe crappy dictations, you definitely slow down, which drastically reduces your line count. Unfortunately, no one else wanted those files, so I ended up doing them. Look what I got in return.

When I'm up to it, I'm going to rate all those MTSOs as best as I can. By now, you must've guessed which one's at the end of the pack.

Just so you know I won't be biased, the MTSO on top of my list is the MTSO that welcomed my resignation because the management didn't want a carcinogenic employee like me around. I still think they're the best in town though. No, I can't even imagine myself back there -- or in any other MTSO, for that matter. That's objectivity at its best.

As an MT, only one company actually made me feel that I was important to the organization. That company never paid my salary late (yes, there were lots of time wages were even paid early). They gave me real health benefits, overtime pay, holiday and vacation leaves, a reasonable salary, and a fat separation pay. No, that company is not an MTSO.

Yes, I've been there, done that -- and there's no way I'm going back to work for an industry that gave me shit. That's why I gave it back.