Clarifying, I started the first day of the month

• 6 weeks first check - Sandy54
  • pay as usual! - sandy
  • Sten-Tel in Mass. pays this way. nm - wanderer
  • 6 weeks first check - nc
  • I remember one co I worked for that paid weekly - Old old old MT
  • I work for a company that does that...sm - WMA-MT
    • If it is Breitner, you won't get last check.sm - LVMT
      • it is not Breitner - WMA-MT
  • That's how Keystrokes does it. I didn't like it. - nm
    • No it isn't. Pay is the 1st and 15th for employees and sm - KSMT2
      • When I worked there, it was a month. They withheld one - ex
        • Never. They do not and have never held a check. nm - KS MT
          • Excuse me? If I say they did, they did. I ought - ex
            • Correction to my above post. I just looked - Ex
              • No problem :) No matter how long, it is too long for me - I am broke the day after payday. Kids wi - KS MT
        • Clarifying, I started the first day of the month - ex
          • The hospitals that I have worked at and the ones that friends of mine work for sm - KS MT
            • Glad it worked for you. I have worked for companies - ex
              • sm - KS MT
    • The first one was rough as I started on the sm - KS MT
      • I need to change the name I use. I work for Keystrokes but live in Kansas. I am truly KS MT but ot - MTBunny
  • That sounds fishy to me! - nm
  • Pass on the job. I am thinking it is a co I used - sm
    • companies paying late - No Name
  • absolutely not..... - Trixie
  • I wouldn't wait that long. If I cannot be on a regular - pay cycle from the beginning, forget it.
    • First Pay Check? - LinK
      • pay - sandy54
        • pay - brady
        • Wow - LinK
    • By "regular pay cycle", I meant every 2 weeks or - bimonthly. Sorry about that!

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and my supervisor suggested to me that I start out about 300-400 lpd and then gradually increase by 50 lines every other day.  I guess it depends on your supervisor, but I would think they would allow this company-wide.  In my short experience, MDI has been a wonderful company to work for. 

You might want to make note that if you haven't gone Flex with MQ yet, you won't be able to do so until the 16th of the following month.  It doesn't take effect immediately.  The minimum for MQ Flex is 2000 lines per week, so over the course of 5 days that's only 400 lpd = 2 hours per day at the most with the Q.  That shouldn't be too hard for you to manage while doing 700 lpd with MDI.

As for how long it takes to get lines in on Bayscribe versus DQS, I really don't notice since I don't punch a clock with MDI.  I no longer worry about my lph or how many hours I'm working.  I just work at it in little chunks throughout the day.

Good luck at MDI - I can't wait to get out of the Q, but like you, I want to hang onto it for a little while yet.

The account I'm on is an acute care account and because I work at night I have more facilities feeding in to me than day time people, so that part gets a little tough.  Plus, 90% of what I do are ESL docs.......that gets old.

QA is wonderful and helpful to work with, but they are VERY particular.  The only thing I don't like about the platform is you can't go in and look at what they've change in your reports. You're completely dependent upon QA giving you feedback -which they are very good about doing, but I still like to see the reports and what has been changed or not.  It's just what I'm used to..

It's a good company.  The people are nice and very communicative.  I am struggling with my accuracy percentage and getting my lines, but a lot of it is that I'm fairly new to this particular type of care and there are a lot of terms, drugs, and bacteria that I have to look up. 

They started me at a decent line rate and I have had two checks so far and the lines that they paid me for were spot on with what I had kept track of.

I was referred by a friend.  I spoke with the HR person, took the test, and was told I passed with flying colors.  I was told that a job offer was merely a formality and that I should go ahead and give two weeks notice at my other job which I did.  I then waited a week before I actually got an official job offer.  Then I was sent the paperwork.  It was unbelievable!  I had to have a physical exam by my physician and have him fill out their questionaire.  I had to find a drug testting facility on my own and do a drug test.  I had to have a TB test AND they wanted a chest x-ray as part of my physical exam.  Then there was the background check and reference check.  You would have thought I was going to work for the CIA and required high security clearance or something.  Then I was told there was a problem with my references.  They had asked me for two professional and two personal references which I gave them.  They called my personal references and asked them if I was a good Transcriptionist and a good employee.  Diskriter told me that none of my references were valid because no one had actually worked with me.  Then I had to clarify that they had called my personal references and if they would simply call the professional references, the would get the answers they were looking for!  It took them three more days to get it straight.

Finally, I was so fed up, I told them I refused to get a chest x-ray and I thought all of this was insane for a simple at-home job.  I was so upset because I had gone two weeks without earning any kind of paycheck while I waited for them to check how frequently I go to the bathroom!  I felt like a show dog jumping through every single hoop for a job that ended up being not worth it at all.

I feel for ya and all I can say is they weren't a bad company to work for, I just had an incompetent supervisor with very poor communicating skills.

Good luck!

So, I guess you could maybe get by with less than 1000 a day, although the incentive tier would make it worth your while to do a bit more.  I am using ExText, and yes, I find it easy to use, but then I used it for a year with another company.  I think their other platform is Mongoose, and I know nothing about that, so really cannot say.

Yes, they are hiring now.  In fact, there is a $500 sign-on bonus.  I think it is all just acute care.  I'm sure they would love to have someone with your experience.  Rhonda Durham is the recruiter.  I am sure she could answer any of your questions.  I am happy to help too, if I can, but I am relatively new.  The account I am working on is mostly psych, it seems, and I am loving it.

Another nice thing, their benefits start after 60 days, not 90 like most.

Good luck to you.

I am trying to compare nationals versus working at a hospital.  Please respond if you have time. 

For all of you working for a national, what do average making per month?  How many hours per day?  Do you work for one doctor, a clinic, or a hospital? 

I, personally, would like to make $2500 to $3000 per month but don't.  Is that unrealistic?  Currently, I only average around $1800 and this is with no benefits; I have flexibility but no benefits. 

What transcripton platform do you guys find to be the most productive for you?

I realize you can't have everything, but you do have to live; also, I am trying to stay home because of my son, i.e., taking him to school, being there for school functions, sport's activities, etc. 

for two people and this is the highest end insurance (BC/BS PPO) through my hospital.   

Transtech was the greatest. This month's featured flavor -- Keystrokes. I am getting whiplash watching the stampede from place to place.