Are you getting decent responses from companies for positions if you have experience and are
Posted By: PAMT on 2008-04-18
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a good transcriptionist. I am going to start looking but it seems there are so many looking I am just wondering how it is going job wise.
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However, as far as I know, the companies that have editing positions..shrt msg
also allow you to just type if you want to. You don't have to edit VR-generated reports to keep your job. I just type, and I still make a decent wage.
R there any decent companies
I don't want to hear from anyone with Keystrokes. Any other companies? TIA
Any decent companies hiring?
Does anyone know of a good MT company that is hiring? Here is what I am looking for...
Flexible schedule
Taxes taken out
Differential if shift work is required
Software that allows decent line counts
THANKS!
Are there companies that use a decent platform?
Currently using ExText with Transnet and it is so slow. Need to find a company with some decent software that runs faster. Im getting frustrated, and some days are worse than others. Today is a worse day.
Does anyone know the pay range for decent companies,
including VR. Guess I have to bite the bullet and learn how to do it, but would lke to be paid a decent line rate. I am experienced.
Thanks in advance.
What companies have a decent platform to work on, .
have employee status, lots of work, and minimal confusion and disorganization? Can do the big 4 for acute care.
Who are the good companies that do ASR and pay a decent rate?
I have been an MT a long time - 19 yrs and I am interested in learning ASR, but I need to get informed and rate, companies, realist expectations on lph, etc. If you can help me out and share your knowledge, I would really appreciate it. TIA. I am going to try to line my e-mail in here, so you can e-mail me if you would like.
Are there ANY companies out there that actually offer decent family medical coverage??
Some are just downright ridiculous amounts. Right now, I am with a company that offers decent single coverage but the family is like $750 a month and I cannot just work for insurance. There has to be something left over to like....eat on... or pay bills. Any suggestions out there. I do have over 13 years of experience.
Companies are hardly offer FT employees any decent benefits so I think is going to be rare to find
them for PT employees. I would love that too, unfortunately, I work too much just to get below average benefits. Best of luck in your search. Honestly, I think the only place you'll find benefits for part-timers is going in-house at a hospital.
When I find decent people who know the value of decent wages, I will!
tyvm
Thanks. Can you make any decent pay with them and are the accounts decent. What is your feeling
that. Thank you.
Companies that require five years' experience...sm
This October, I will be working as an MT for five years. I'm now looking to change companies and I notice there are several who require a minimum of five years' experience.
Would I be better off waiting until October, when I will have been an MT for five years, to change? Do these companies pay any better than those who require less experience? Or are they all pretty much the same and I may as well go ahead and apply to the ones who have less stringent prerequisites?
I've only worked for one MT company so I'm not very savvy on the MT marketplace. Any advice would be appreciated.
I agree on all fronts! Same experience, but 3 different companies. All
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are you serious? This board is for MTs to get information about companies from personal experience.
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Those are the same companies I thought about telling her. She has maybe 25 year experience in the
hospital setting. I will recommend these companies to her. I think she will be fine with one of them. The hospital is going voice rec.
Speaking from experience.. you work all day and make nothing. I also have worked for other companies
on Escription and made a lot more.I just came to the conclusion that they do not pay for headers, footers, spaces etc.. I swear I would work 8 hours and be lucky to make $50. It was my first Escription account so when I changed companies I could not believe it. I make in a few hours what took me 10-12 hours to make at Focus. Dont waste your time. They design it so you dont make any money. What a waste of time working there.
Fifteen years experience here and also offered 8 cpl as a max at multiple companies. This biz is
going down hill fast. I remember making 10 cpl 10 years ago and that was cheap..Only profession I know that has gone down in wages rather than up. Very sad. If you offered 8 cpl..take it..
Appreciate all the responses so far...
The info has been very helpful so far. I really feel even more confident in my decision about this company.
JLG responses
Thanks for your responses, I appreciate It!
thank you both for the responses *S*....nm
Thanks for all your responses....sm
I'm tired of following a schedule also and all that other humhum as an employee. I like being my own boss. I'm checking on medical benefits also, and although high, I believe I can swing it.
Thank you again!
THANKS FOR THE RESPONSES!!
I knew there had to be a better way to understand these doctors. I know the mumbly ones are so used to saying things over and over again that they ramble through, skipping words, etc...They don't care that I'm new!!! I will give all of your suggestions a try - thanks a lot! Sometimes I just don't know how you do it...
Thanks for the responses. nm
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Thx all for the responses.
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Thanks for the responses sm
Both sound good. I didn't realize (maybe I'm naive) that services required so many weekends. The service I worked for previously required no weekends or holidays (local, not national). Currently I work 4 weekends a year and 1 holiday, which I hate as it has just changed in the last 3 years; we never were required to work any weekends or holidays for the first 10 years I worked there.
The MDI flexibility sounds perfect; however, I'm not too excited about two weekends a month. I guess I need to reevaluate what I want/need!
Thanks again for the great information!
Thank you for your responses .... nm
:)
YOu might not get a lot of responses because
most companies don't pay a percentage like MQ does. MQ does pay the most for ASR, believe me. Most companies pay around 3 to 4 cpl maximum for ASR, some in the 2's. So, you have to do the math yourself, but believe it or not, MQ is the high end, even with the latest cut. Thus the reason for the cut, and to stay competitive in the market, and the ASR market is huge right now.
Thank you for your responses.
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Where were these responses before?? - sm
Would someone e-mail me with VALID points about this company? I have heard from people who love it there who gave detailed explanations why they enjoy working there. Owner extremely pleasant and kind to me. A lot of hassle of paperwork to go through to be hired - why would they then be nasty to you??
Thanks for all your responses
I am going to apply and see what happens.
Thanks everyone for your responses..
Before I could test, they sent me an email stating they had already hired someone for the job. So I am still looking.
Thanks.:)
Thanks for your responses sm
I have not worked for an out-of-state company and don't know how it works, cannot afford to be surprised with a whopping surprise phone bill. I downloaded and passed tests but did not have to accept any offers yet, so am not familiar with how the phone charges work. I know some on here have been cut off and had to pick up the tab, etc. Excuse my ignorance, and thanks for being kind enough to reply. Lots of outsourcing going on locally, have been an unwilling victim and have no clue as to long-term usage and downloading long files, etc. I don't think Vonage is available here, but shall check. Thank you again for your patience and understanding, don't need any surprises as some are not honest and forthright, as you well know!
Thanks for all your responses! I am
going to go for it. I had to decide between them and a great offer with Transcend, but I like the idea of flexibility better than shift work. Thanks again!
Responses?
Has anyone submitted the tests and received a response? The first sound file I downloaded was a little hard to hear, but the other two seemed of fairly good quality. Thanks
Thanks a lot for your responses
The thing is this multiplies when one of them is off. I already know before I start working if one is off that the other one will find some excuse not to work. It happens every week. I will take everything into consideration and hope I don't lose my job. For once I wish I got paid by the line!
Tip for better responses (sm)
You are asking a question that is far too obscure and subjective to receive good responses.
The term affordable means different things to different people.
Add a followup post to your message right under it giving a description of the insurance coverage and cost you are looking for.
Perhaps you want family medical, dental and vision and you need it to be less than $400 a month, or something similar.
Moderator
i really do appreciate your responses sm
and advice...I was really struggling with this.... thanks so much for taking the time to help.
Where are all the responses to this post?
They were here! Now gone! What's up big brother?
You will not get responses on this board - ask on
MTSpot and I will tell you there. Cannot say here.
Thanks for the quick responses! s/m
I can't find anything else at all. Don't know if this would help me gain exp though for medical transcription.
Where is the work at home mom's board???
Thanks again :-)
Interesting responses...sm
I am always curious about this one: Why is it that if something an MT does wrong is pointed out, the cry goes out to not lump us all together! and yet if there is a bad employer, it's they are ALL alike??? I don't think we can have it both ways. The reality is there are hard working, dedicated MTs, AND there are great companies to work for. There are also bad apples in both. We're quick to jump on the bandwagon of a bad employer and paint them all with one brush, talk about them horribly publicly, and see how much can be done to trash every service because of one.
How about with MTs? Why is this any different? You might say my experience leads me to believe they are all this way. And you know what? That's exactly what some employers are saying about the MT.
Until we learn to work together, I don't see there being a win/win for either side. I guess I'm one of the fortunate ones. I DO work for a good company and we work together as a team. And that requires BOTH parties to participate and work together.
Look, if you want up-front responses SM
from people, you need to be more up-front about who you are, what company you are hiring for, etc.
Thanks so much for the responses. You were very helpful!! nm
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Interesting responses.
First of all , my check arrived FedEX as someone above said. I am NOT management and not advertising. Just an honest question.
I was a little offended by the comment about what type of Transcriptionist TT is hiring. I have been in nursing over 20 years and transcription about 9 with 99% or better accuracy. Actually, the ad I answered said 5 years or more experience, so I really think most of the people have that or more.
Thanks for the responses to my question!!
I appreciate all the information. Good wishes to everyone.
-P
Thanks for all the great responses !!! nm
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Thanks for the candid responses - much to think about! NM
These responses are so female and so probably
You've been in the biz 10 years and enjoy slacking. Great. Now let's look ahead 20 more years, so you've been in the biz 30 years. Junior is now grown and gone, you don't have XBox 360 anymore, and you've devoted 30 years of your life to this job - which should be thought of as career. Your work is pristine - you really know everything there is to know about medicine within your experience - you can catch critical drug dosing errors - you don't have to look up terminology, you've diligently worked for decades creating your own personal Expander and shorthand, you can handle any and all ESL, no matter what disgusting quality it is, you are a computer expert, have mastered just about every typing platform out there, your work NEVER needs to be QA'd. You are a master in your field, yet.... you still make the same pennies per line you made when you were happy doing the laundry, wearing your fuzzy slippers and playing XBox video games.... That is what is WRONG with our industry and that is what we are FIGHTING FOR. Our industry demands genius - it demands physical dexterity that not many can match on top of genius knowledge of medicine. Sure, the slackers are legion and can continue to be happy at their 8 cpl rate. But the rest of us, and there are legion, deserve without question to be COMPENSATED ACCORDINGLY. Period. Remuneration commensurate upon experience, let alone making LESS than we did 10 years ago. Settle in your cozy comfy couch, and in another 20 years you'll get what we were trying to tell you, you'll get what we were trying to fix in our industry, but by then our jobs will be extinct, and no more moms will have the luxury of slacking off while kids were small, doing the laundry and playing XBox with little Junior, UNLESS THEY LIVE IN INDIA.
Thanks to all of you all for your responses and time!! sm
Now at least I know where one of my paychecks will be going every month, lol 
Good responses...
The reason they get such rave responses is because they are great to work for, everything you read on here is true. They go above and beyond for their MTs. Sure, you might make a few cents more somewhere else but you won't get the same kind of personal attention you get from the staff at TT.
Responses too strong
For someone who is just happy with their job. Something fishy here.
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