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This inquiry is directed to any Axolotl MTs who were hired within the last 2 years and either quit or were asked to leave after only a few months of employment who are willing to honestly say why they left Axolotl. 

Hope you guys are willing to help me with questions that I am sure the company does not like asked.  I have seen some good comments about Axolotl on the board but like everyone knows there are either cheerleaders or disgruntled ex-employees giving the majority of replies.  I need something in between.   From reading the posts there seem to be lots and lots of MTs who only work for a company (any company) for a few months and then leave for one reason or another.  It seems that quite a few leave in less than six months because what they were told when hired was not what ended up being the actual day to day work and the MTs feel they are not making the money they thought they would.  Not to say the recruiter intentionally lied about ESL dictators, work availability, QA requirements, or non-paid daily activities during the interview process but somewhere along the line miscommunication happened.  I hate taking time to apply, take the test, get hired, fill out a mountain of paperwork, get the computer set up, train, memorize all the different requirements, deal with QA and management, only to end up quitting or being asked to leave after only a few months and then having to start the process all over again.  Not that anyone would ever run out of companies to work at since there are hundreds of transcription companies to pick from, it’s just that I don’t like to job hop.  I would rather stay put in one place for several years before needing to move on again. 

 I have heard from a couple of different sources that Axolotl has changed A LOT over the last 2 years since they added several new accounts.  MTs who have been with them over 2 years are usually the cheerleaders because they are only working on established “old” accounts and don’t deal with the new accounts.  What I have heard is that many of the MTs who were hired by Axolotl within the last 2 years have either quit or were asked to leave in less than a year because the “new” accounts are unbearable.  Many don’t even make it through the first month because QA is very stringent and the MTs feel they cannot achieve both minimum lines and maintain the stringent QA standards. 

Since I am getting lazy and don’t want to job shop over and over again I would appreciate if any former Axolotl MTs would be willing to answer the following questions: 

1.  How long did you work for Axolotl?

2.  Why did you leave?   Did you quit on your own or were you told that you were not meeting standards and they were letting you go? 

3.  Now that you know what Axolotl expects are there any questions you wish you had asked before being hired? 

Feel free to e-mail me if you want to keep your reply private. 

Thank you.  I appreciate your honesty and willingness to help out. 

How does Axolotl define a line?  Do they pay for spaces, headers, footers, & expansions?  Are you docked for blanks or sending things to QA?  If so, how much.

Thanks for the info.

Have a fabulous 4th!

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Along with the platform, ESL %, pay range, lpd required, split shift or 12-24 hour window available, I would be interested in knowing your personal experience with this company, what type of relationship you have with supervisors and other coworkers, etc.  Otherwise, the all the 411. 

Thanks!

services, in fact I used one last week.   Most do have limits on how often you can use and how many pages though.  You obviously would have to scan pages into a document, but maybe she doesn't have a scanner either.

She could have mailed paperwork back. 

Buh bye OSI!!! 

I will miss all the good MT's there but at least I will be getting paid for holidays from now on.  Maybe, just maybe the good MT's still there will be right behind me.  Or maybe not, and you can enjoy your little mug of candy for Christmas. 

Yes!  Yes!    Yes!  Yes!

It costs us 10.00 for every applicant we test online.  Out of 50 people I might refer who look promising, about 80% will get to the actual transcription part and say I couldn't finish, it wouldn't let me when the actual qualified people have no trouble whatsoever. 

How many of you get the emails with the cover information not spellchecked?  I get them that say I am very qulity conscience.  I got one from a lady who worked in the surgical stockroom of a hospital and was furious when I told her that didn't qualify her to be an MT.  I had a welder who wanted something different,  several from people claiming to be med students or doctors, one dentist in an extremely remote part of Alaska.   I get stories of I have children and I'm about to be evicted and I quit my job.   I get my hospital went bankrupt and closed (yet the phone number still works).   I can advertise for ops and get people asking for an ER account.  I needed an Editor for a particular work type and had a lady apply who said she had 18 years experience so I let her try to edit a document.  I would have had to hire somebody else just to edit her work!!!  It really makes it hard for the experienced people because it's like we've heard it ALL...so you don't know who is good and who isn't!!!

nm

Some of us still enjoy stress-free living w/o a care in the world.

We never had kids! (LOL)

More money + more peace and quiet = Stress-free living forever!