Anyone else working for eTransPlus running out of work on a daily basis?
Posted By: mt on 2005-12-09
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My plumber doesn't do work for me on a daily basis. .sm
In my state, we need to get a 1099 if we make over $1000 as an IC. I have never paid a plumber that much money, thank goodness!
Who here is required to type 1800 lines on a daily basis for FT work?
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Running out of work daily
We have started running out daily, a lot of the time when I sign on in the morning there is no work on my primary, maybe not even secondary. Our supervisor has asked many to switch shifts, to work the night shift and I know 10 or so have done so. It seems we were getting out of TAT in the evenings, so NOW it is over compensated and there is not much during the day, before noon, anyway. Used to work 8-10 hours OT every week, now that is down to 5-6 or less hours OT. I don't know what to do. I need my hours and some OT, too. Can't work nights.
...rather than on a daily basis? Thanks.
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I am working to support myself so running out of work constantly, is not an option.
I realize there are slow times, but a lot of places offer backup accounts. Why put all of your eggs in one basket. I'd starve.
If you are doing 2400 lines in an 8 hour day, working 5 accounts +, running out of work on all 5,
then pray tell us how you are doing it. I certainly would like to share this with MQ because I also have done this many years, know my work, and there is no way to do 2400 lines because most days all the accounts are out of work.
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Anyone currently working for or have any information about eTransPlus? sm
When I looked in the archives, I couldn't find anything more recent than 2007. I did not see anything bad, so maybe that is a good sign. Thanks.
1200 lines daily is great if you have the work, personally, I never had enough work so
I left and have NEVER been sorry!
I used to work for a company who separated the MTs by work type daily. sm
regret ever leaving that company. we had a max of 4 MTs typing a large training hospital with clinics. i was assigned consults and discharges with consults being my priority. another MT had ops and admits, etc. it worked so much better. we were RARELY out of TAT and each of us were trained on other report types for backup in case someone need to take off. not to mention that we were easily able to learn the ESLs because we got them repeatively enough to learn them, set up templates, etc. much, much more productive for us as MTs, for the company as work flow, and i am sure for the dictator because they got someone who knew them and their dictations well enough to be accurate. i don't understand why large MTSOs cannot comprehend how much more beneficial that would be.
Daily Work and TAT sm
I just started a new IC position last Monday. I had one day with some work last week (due to holiday) and yesterday there was nothing and today a 2 minute job. The company says they do not know when or who will dump the jobs. The TAT is 24 hours and work could be dumped any time of day. I report for work at about 7 a.m. Do you just sit around all day waiting for work? Should there be a cut-off time when it's too late to start? We do have lives too. What would you do? No other job expects you to wait around without being paid. I must be thick or something. Thanks for the input.
Daily Work and TAT............
It is probably just the holidays. Just hang in there. I have a very flexible schedule, so I know what you mean about waiting all day. I am home all day (homebody) and like the fact that I can check in, work when needed and get my house clean, take care of my kids and cook, etc in between time. I work for a GREAT MTSO and have never had an out of work situation until the holidays. It will pick up. :)
Transcend's out of work daily.
You might be able to get enough work if your hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. but there is no work in the morning and at night I watch 40 to 50 jobs disappear all at once and I have nothing left to do.
MT work losing money daily
With the no raise and line count these services pay, 1 report with a difficult ESL doctor who makes a lot of money can end up with the TX making 3/hr. Illegal aliens make more so hospitals seem to hire interpreters now at 50/hr or more and thick accented doctors seem to not care to learn English and the Transcriptionist leaves holes for Editor - if someone else feels like learning their language - be my guest, but I have to feed a family and make some money in this dying paid profession. If I received 50/hr or 12 cpl, I would try to decipher but for 4 years .0825 and I cannot. I am not an interpreter. Starting to hate my job lately. No money. I see illegals with cell phones, nice apartments and yet they won't learn English and I struggle working 14 hours a day or more just with maybe a little food. The job is not an easy one but the pay is less than picking fruit in a field.
Emails daily regarding TAT, order of work
it's usually first thing in morning; then the auto-generated emails regarding STATS. Otherwise, it's *no news is good news.*
It would seem strange to get no communication at all.
Anyone work for ETransPlus
or have worked for them? Any info? Thanks.
I also work for eTransPlus and have for...
over a year. I do not have any problems and actually like it very much there. They have always bent over backwards to accommodate me in every aspect of my employment with them. All the personnel there have been extremely nice and easy to get along with in my opinion.
I do not know what the OP means by DVI, but I have no problem with the system they use and using their Expander program was no problem for me - they just copied my existing files into theirs and it worked out just fine.
eTransPlus, anyone ever work there?nm
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Does anybody else here besides me work for eTransPlus?
I would love to hear from some other employees of eTransPlus. I never see anybody say anything about them that actually works for them - only questions abuot how they are... I know I cannot be the only Transcriptionist they employ!
I work at eTransPlus and....
I do not normally run out of work - if I run out of work on my primary account, there are always my backup accounts. There are times when things are slow and I might not work my scheduled hours and come back later and get my lines in for the day, but I am not required to do that.
Also, I do 2000 lines a day with no problem usually. And since the required lines are a lot lower than that, then you should not have much of a problem getting your lines in.
I personally love my job and this is the first time in 17 years that I can say that. I will be at eTransPlus for as long as I continue to transcribe.
Anyone ever work for eTransPlus?
Very interested in this company but just have not seen that much about them.
I currently work for EtransPlus. One of the
platforms they use is awful (Meditech). They use another one called Mongoose that is a little better if you're lucky enough to get one of those accounts. I actually miss Medquist and the DQS platform (very user friendly).
I work for etransplus and would recommend them - nm
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Does eTransPlus have plenty of work?
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I work on it. Usual amount of work. Not running out but not backlogged either. They seem to have
about the right staffing on it. Hope that helps.
I actually left about a year ago and work for another company that's running out of work. Have to
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Definitely running out of work. nm
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running out of work
i work for Cymed and no work either. very hard to get line counts.
Running out of work
Hi there!
About running out of work - I see this is a very hot topic on the boards, as well as in the entire industry, and it's always the same this time of year. I am a supervisor now, but when I was a regular MT, working on production, it used to be the most frustrating time ever - from mid-October to right after the first of the year. I'll never forget dialing in multiple times on my C phone one Christmas - all day long. I just felt like I was fighting for work.
First of all, the reason for this dramatic drop in work is attributed to several different reasons. It's not that the company has hired too many people, and pushed you out of work. It's not that someone is secretly manipulating your work pool, and taking work away. It has nothing to do with offshoring, or any of that - Trust me. This was a problem WAY before offshoring became the major issue it is today. This is simply a result of less office and hospital visits. Most hospital visits are generated by older patients, and their routine, or urgent, procedures, necessitating H&Ps, Consultations, Discharge Summaries, OP notes, clinic visits to follow up the surgery they just had, etc., and etc. Many of them simply do not want to get out this time of year. They will put off going to the doctor until after the holidays. No one wants to schedule things during the holidays, and even people who have minor emergencies will try to treat themselves rather than go to the ER during this busiest season of the year.
So, how do we manage it?
I take a lesson from some people I know who are union workers, and their work is mostly outdoors. Their work slows down during the wintertime. They know it, and they prepare for it. They put their funds in a savings account, or their branch of the union does it for them, to doll out later when work is leaner. You can be your own credit union. Many companies offer great - ABSURDLY great - incentives when the work is in a big backlog. Take this opportunity next year, and put all of your overtime or incentive pay in a savings account, so you can use it when the holidays hit again near the end of October next year! You could just jump from company to company, or decide to go work in an office somewhere hourly, but don't fool yourself. Neither of those solutions will ever replace the rewards for being a dependable, steady, disciplined, loyal employee of a good company. Find one you like, and stick with it, but know ahead of time that this year is going to be lean. Be ready - be expectant. It's one of the things about this industry you wish someone would have told you when you started, right? Well, I'm telling you...
Anybody else with MDI-MD running out of work lately?nm
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running out of work
any companies out there that are not running out of work for their employees????
Why is everyone running out of work?-sm
Either these companies are overhiring, or losing accounts? What do you think it is? I am afraid to start my new job, because I am seeing posts where they run out of work....This is too frustrating...
Why is everyone running out of work?-sm
Either these companies are overhiring, or losing accounts? What do you think it is? I am afraid to start my new job, because I am seeing posts where they run out of work....This is too frustrating...
RE: Why is everyone running out of work?-sm
Everyone - Too broad of an interpretation - The company I work for, no shortage of work.
RE: Running out of work at MDI-MA
Try one of the heavy ESL teaching accounts.... you'll never have to worry about running out of work. They do have them ya know!
Running out of work
I am a new Precyse MT (2 wks) and there have been a couple times when I've run out of work before end of my shift, but as soon as I notified my manager, I was given another account to work on. They have so far been very responsive to me and always willing to work with me. I love it so far.
I keep running out of work.
The platform is pretty pathetic. The do pay on time and seem friendly. I switched companies because I kept running out of work and the same goes on here. Oh well. I am tired of learning new doctors and new personalities so I plan on staying. Maybe I can find something else really flexible to fill in the low spots. Good luck!
running out of work
I left this outfit at the first of the year and my accounts with my new employer have been going hot and heavy every since. Let's face it people, people do not quit getting sick or having surgeries in the summer months. There is no slow season in this field. 
To MDI-MD MTs; is work still running low; I was about to
accept a position but then I heard work had been low. I was also told by recruiter the ESLs were few but then I saw some postings stating there were many. I have been where I am at for several years so when I move I want it to be somewhere I will be happy for a long while. Can you give me an honest opinion?
Yes, but then she might be running out of work.
No win.
KS and running out of work
I think it depends on what account you work on. I worked there a while back and was assigned a certain # of physicians. If they did not dictate then I did not have work. This was clinic work - but if you are on acute care or maybe radiology that might not be the case.
TT running out of work
Ask for a backup. Today is my day off but I just logged on to see if there was any work to be had and yep, plenty. I'm P/T and most of the time work more than I would like because of backlog. Please don't call me a powers that be or any such. I'm just a lowly MT who has worked for TT for about 4 years, ran out of work only a couple of times on my primary in all that time, asked for a secondary, got it and haven't needed to work on it since. I sure do get tired of the TT bashing though, doesn't even sound like the TransTech I work for.
If everyone is running out of work...
then why are they hiring? I have an interview Monday for a job with MDI-FL, acute care, ExText account. Which account(s) do you work on?
I think the running out of work is because ...
of the time of the year. Typically the period between Thanksgiving and the first of the year is a slowdown for the entire industry.
This company pays well and on time. They treat their employees very well. You won't go wrong applying here and accepting their offer if one is extended.
running out of work
Before I left they finally got direct deposit, but I did recall MTs calling often because they were low on work. In my experience as an MT, it is always best to work for at least 2 companies. I work Superior Global and Focus and love them both.
Running out of work
I can honestly say that I have really never run out of work for more than a few minutes, always make my lines. I even worked extra a few nights these past 2 weeks when asked.
Running out of work.... sm
I can't understand how you could be running out of work at MQ. Maybe a year ago, but not anymore. Some times I wish the work would run out, but there is always work.
work running out
I am curious when I see such postings here on the board.
What type of reports are you generally being assigned??
It's scary to see work running out, no matter what 'type' it is.
You won't be running out of work at all. nm
running out of work
I work second shift, 4-12 CST, my time 5-1 a.m. Work type is Radiology. Slim pickins!
Most definitely NOT running out of work...
and Carlotta is FABULOUS to work with/for.
I don't think that was her posting in defense of MDI. I believe that was another recruiter for another company because I vaguley remember that exchange as well.
Is there always no work or running out
Just curious, I have been an MT for about 18 years - and then stopped for a couple of years. I am now working for a service. I read posts about running out of work. My question to all of you is:
Is this pretty standard with any service you work for? I know it is hard for them to control when the docs dictate, etc. Just wondering. Are there any companies that have somewhat of a steady workflow, or are there more MTs than work available now a days?
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