Any Spheris employees know if you can negotiate for less than 20 hours PT? (sm)
Posted By: Curious on 2009-08-11
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Getting too old to do a fully 60 hours per week and was hoping to find employee status rather than IC to fit the bill here for less than 20 PT hours a week.
Saw the add for the SoCAL account and was intrigued. Used to do a large west coast account, perhaps this one came from MQ to them? Hope, hope,
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Most services with employees and set hours pay their QA if there is no
work.Even MQ did that when I worked there though it happened rarely. As little as MTSOs pay QA people, they would not be out much. Fact is, QA needs to be there to monitor the stats that go into QA so you really cannot log out. Almost all I get through QA are stats and I might have 15 minutes without one come in and then about 4 or 5 might come in at one time. Pay by the hour is minimal next to the cost a company has to pay for a late stat report.
Every co I have ever done QA for that paid by the hour paid if you ran out of work because you were logged in and there working. Better to have us there than to pay high fees from late reports in any event.
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your 12-hour window due to running out of work, are you required to make up those hours outside of your 12-hour window? Will they take away your benefits if you can't get 35-40 hours consistently due to work running out? Thanks!
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Webmedx only gives PTO and insurance to full-time employees. No PTO for the first 3 months, then something like 1.08 hours per pay period, starting at 0. If they run out of work or your ISP goes down or your child gets sick and you cannot get in the full 35 hours to qualify for full-time, they want you to use your PTO to make sure your hours add up to 35 that week. If you fall below 35 hours for 3 months in a row, no matter what the reason, they automatically drop you to part-time and take away your insurance. Then, you have to work a minimum of 35 hours for the next 3 months before you will be eligible for insurance again. As far as holidays, if the holiday falls on your scheduled work day, you have to work, unless you ask for it off in advance, but they do pay you for 8 hours of holiday at your normal rate, in addition to any lines you type that day.
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What kind of insurance premiums could I expect to pay for their insurance? What about deductibles?
Any other bennie info like bonuses and stuff? I see their ad has longevity bonus. What is that?
Thanks.
Spheris' hours
I had a phone interview with them today, and they said that you can work a split shift. I too am needing a job and hoping to get hired with them. I just graduated from my MT training and need a job.
Good luck to you!!!
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3. Do they pay flat rates for SR (what range, please) or a percentage of your MT?
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Spheris does that as well...hours/lines...
The hours are kept up with so that OT can be paid. Federal regulations influence that because all MTs are employees.
Spheris is 37 hours weekly for FT
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Spheris employees are instructed to not post messages on sites like this.
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you have the right to negotiate anything.
Start by asking why 30 days. If it is because they are tired of people up and leaving - well, then, why are people up and leaving? Tad unreasonable, maybe?
Did you try to negotiate at all? sm
I work for a company that *requires* a weekend component, but I asked to work every other weekend (Saturday in my case) and it was agreed to. Don't forget to ASK for what you want, before assuming that you'll be turned down. Sometimes the companies request a certain schedule but will work with you.
The name of the game is NEGOTIATE your SM
pay. There is at least 1 person below who is upset because he/she doesn't get the same rate the OP gets. Question--did you just accept the line rate offered or did you attempt to negotiate it? More often than not, the MT is offered a line rate and just says okay and it doesn't have to be that way.
If you have years of experience with 98% quality or better, high-level acute care work (not just rural hospital gallbladder/appendix type stuff) and are willing to work the off shifts you can hold up each of those items and all of them as a whole to leverage yourself into a higher per-line rate right from the start.
It may only be that the MT next to you is making more per line because they did a better job of negotiating the rate.
You need to negotiate better contracts.
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You can make more -- negotiate your price. sm
Dorothy is one of the few that pays MTs for their experience and quality.
Good luck!
You have to negotiate your straight typing pay.
The most I've seen (and get myself) for the editing is 4 cpl. I get between 8.4-10 cpl for straight typing with several different companies.
You might be able to negotiate a rotating weekend - sm
some MTs work Mon-Fri one week, Tu-Sa the next. Or every third weekend. It's worth asking.
Negotiate, depends on experience. nm
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Negotiate? I tried... didn't happen...
They told me there was no room to negotiate on the clinic account I'm on. Had to actually take a pay cut from my previous job, which I didn't want to do, but what choice did I have? After sending out tons of resumes and never getting a response from ANYONE, I decided to take this. Some money is better than no money, especially when your husband is on the verge of being laid off. 
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My heart goes out to the MDI folks. Best of luck to all.
I never knew that a message board had the strength to negotiate with an MTSO. How cool is that? Who
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Sorry, I work 15 hours a day 5 days a week and 5 hours the other 2, when I come here I dont proof.
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Why would they give you a choice of 16 or 24 hours. Usually part time is anything under 37 hours.
That is extremely odd. Well they must have something up their sleeves. Well I will be working elsewhere part time as well as with MQ as I have no intention of sitting 40 hours with no work from Amherst and be expected to have 150 lph with no work. What is all this window of work time they said they would be giving everyone. I figured all along they would do away with SE. I have already been looking around and ordered a new computer to send theirs back.
Any companies that allow line count rather than hours or less than 20 hours per week? (sm)
Wouldn't mind having something extra especially with Christmas and general winter expenses coming up but working a FT job and really don't want to do another 20 hours on top of that.
the day has 24 hours, I work only 6-8 hours, so, lots of time to post...nm
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Must we choose either 8, 16 or 24 hours. Why would they want someone only working 8 hours a week.
That is less than SE are required now.
MDI-FL. Approximately 7 hours a month x12 months =84 hours
And your PTO acrues from day 1. You are just unable to utilize it until after 90 days. They have excellent benefits.
You can have insurance at 30 hours with Encompass, 32 hours with eTransPlus. nm
Oh for sure employees, but not too often for statutory employees. Sorry for confusion.
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10-15 an hour for 8 hours is better than nothing for 8 hours when there is no work.
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I still feel like a team player of Spheris, as the shackle scars are still on my legs! Spheris was
Micromanaged to the microsecond, or ms! Horrible. And part of a team? Total opposite - part of a team as in prison.
Don't imply you're worried at all. Just stating fact that Spheris does NOT allow a Spheris MT
work concurrently for MQ - no exceptions. MQ, on the other hand, does not have the same feelings as Spheris. Just all I had to say so that MTs aren't misled into thinking they can do the same "legally". Even went to the ropes on this issue with Spheris, as I was professional as well, and wouldn't share info, etc. The point they raised was that MQ is their direct #1 competition, and if I was typing for MQ and doing great work, that was in direct conflict of interest with Spheris' best interests. Guess which one I obviously stuck with!!
Thank you, Spheris recruiter! Anybody wanna place a bet that there are lots of Spheris
HELP WANTED ads on the job board?? So funny!! Out of the blue, Spheris, we love you!! Lets all run and apply NOW!!
They have IC and employees, employees get benefits.
Good company. I am very happy there.
Does anyone like it at Precyse? New employees? old employees? nm
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You do not get PTO for 16 hours a week. 24 hours or more for the PTO. nm
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That's exactly what I was going to say. Yes, I work at least 12 hours a day, sometimes 15 hours
to get all of my line count in because I have so many interruptions in my day. There is no way I would tell my company this nor expect them to pay me OT that they never asked you to do. Unless, I was called by my supervisor and asked to work extra for OT, I would never just take it upon myself to work and expect to be paid. If you were not authorized to work OT, then your not getting paid. Point blank. I do not work at TT, but I have worked at enough jobs, at home as an MT and otherwise outside of home, that all have the same policy, your paid OT when your asked to work it. It's it is just a case of not being able to get your required line count in 8 hours, then maybe your in the wrong profession or possibly just the wrong company/account for you. This just seems bizarre to me. Just tell yourself, your not getting paid for OT because they aren't approving it so don't work it. Again, if you were asked to work OT, told it would be OT, and then they ask you not to record it, I'd pitch a fit, but from what I see, you've done this on your own.
? 13.33 for 3 hours ($4.44 hours) am I doing it right. Geez!!!!!i
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I also know Spheris would fire you if they knew you worked for MQ. That is a BIG NO with Spheris!
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Why would anyone work 8 hours a week. The poster above said 16 or 24 hours a week.
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My experience with Spheris isn't bad at all. I have been with Spheris sm
6 months and already have 40 hours PTO. I was shocked. Spheris is a great company. After 90 days I did get my sign on bonus and didn't even have to ask. There is soooooooooooooooo much that Spheris offer I wasn't even aware of. I am so glad that I didn't listen to the negative posts on this board in regards to Spheris because I am a happy camper.
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