Excellent accounts, is a stretch.....

• Webmedx ad apply at Webmedx or Transhealth ? (sm) - SM
  • Words of Advice - tiredofit
    • There's plenty of work at Webmedx - my group of accounts is running OT. SM - Queenie
      • Yes there is work. There are at least 2 accounts - ex-webber
        • At least you can see the backlog report - Barred from that info at OSI (nm)
          • again talk to the supervisor - e.z.fingers
      • SURE, THERE IS PLENTY OF WORK - NON-NATIONAL
        • Well, forget about LPH average. All that is gonna change in January. sm - Little Birdie
          • If you can't get your lines because of lack of work what - ha ha ha
        • 2 of the accts running OT in my group of work ARE EXCELLENT sm - Queenie
          • Excellent accounts, is a stretch..... - Webmedx'r
            • You don't know what accts I work on so how can you judge whether or not they are excellent? nm - Queenie
              • I think Queenie is management. NM - Stella
                • Too funny - whenever someone likes their company or accounts, someone has to say "this person is - Queenie
          • Queenie, I have to agree with you again. That poster sm - flmt
      • Ditto to Queenie. My accounts have Overtime as well. Don't spread lies. sm - flmt
        • I have seen someone posting they had 15 - ha ha ha
          • I have 3 accts and spend 85% of my time on 1 of those; sm - Queenie
  • No, not 2 different companies. You can use your own computer to sm - flmt
    • Thanks, it seemed a little confusing. nm - SM

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I have called no one a liar.  Yes, I do work there.  Yes a few people have posted asking where was the work?  You make it sound like the forum is filled with complaining about no work.  The forum that I have access to has some MTs asking where the work is?  There are also some posts on there about the email being sent out explaining why work is slow.  The email I received told me that work was slow and what they were doing about it.  Work is slow at a lot of companies every July and August.  It is a slow time.  I have been in this long enough with enough companies to know this.  Also, I DO manage to get my line count done in spite of having low work volumes and I only have 2 accounts.  Maybe some other MTs schedules are not as flexible as mine, as I can get on whenever, a few times a day and type when the work is on there.  I have learned to structure my life during the summer months, when work tends to be low, to type at a moments notice.  That is just part of being in this profession.  I have also learned to sock away some money when work is abundant for these months when I know it is slow.  It is part of this profession.  My husband is a carpenter and work is slow for him every winter.  He knows this and prepares for it.  That is what we MTs have to do.  I know some MTs who get a part time job in the summer to supplement knowing that it is slow. 

I realize there are some MTs who are unhappy and I am not flaming them for it.  Everyone has a different lifestyle and different capabilities.  But for every MT who is unhappy at Transcend, there are just as many who are happy, love the new platform and get their work done that they need.  I am just stating the positive side of the company, whereas some state the negative.  That is my right, just as it is yours. 

The company I work for has no problems with their MTs getting up to stretch.  In fact, they encourage it.  I am only 38 and I have had major back surgery with a fusion of my L5-S1.  So, I think I know exactly what you are talking about. 

There are a lot of MTs who are spoiled.  They want everything offered to them, including flex time, benefits, PTO and a good line rate but everything is on their terms.  Companies have a TAT requirement to meet and they need to ensure they have people working to return the work back to the customer in a timely fashion.

My point is that there are good companies out there that do pay over 9 cpl as an employee with excellent benefits.  It just all depends on what is the most important to the MT. 

So, yes, let me clarify before everyone gets in an uproar.. There is work IF you want to use a C-phone. IF you signed up for an account that is internet-based, you will be disappointed. Not enough work to go around. Just my personal preference.. I have no desire to do a dial-up C-phone account using my long distance.

Transcription Systems of Illinois has an immediate opening for an experienced acute care MT (hospital dictation). This position requires a minimum of 4 hours a day, Monday through Thursday, 8 hours on Friday, with the flexibility to do more if necessary. No weekends. Employee status. Only MTs with a strong background in operative reports, discharge summaries, H&Ps and consults will be considered.

This account requires a C-phone and has a high percentage of ESL's as well as a few difficult English-speaking dictators. No long distance charges. We provide many samples and lots of feedback. Our MTs like this account, once they're over the hurdle of the learning curve, and reap a very nice income from it. We guarantee no cherry-picking and you will not be switched to different accounts. A line is defined as 65 characters with spaces, and you calculate your own line count.

We are a very stable company who has been in business for 25 years in Central Illinois. Our MTs are so content with our company that we will be happy to provide MT references to serious applicants. 

All resumes will be reviewed and responses sent promptly to those who qualify.

You obviously spent a great deal of time on your post. If only all of us could have you as our representative when we apply for positions with companies you treat us just as you have written. Thank you for taking the time to come up with the list and sharing it. What a great job. Kudos. You hit it right the nail right on the head.

So much of what you said is true - you commented briefly about how much the leads do for the MTs and so much of what they is not paid for.   Medware keeps track of their employees time by Merit Minutes.  Merit Minutes constitutes the time spent TYPING in a chart.  If you need to research a drug name and spend more than 5 minutes looking for it, Merit automatically shuts off the clock.  So you have spend your time researching an item but you do not get paid for your time after 5 minutes.  Lately, it also seems harder and harder to achieve the minutes needed to equal 8 hours.  I know several people, myself included, who have made comments that it seems like 10 hours are needed before the 8 hours mark is reached.  Additionally, if you have phone your supervisor for something, if you run out of jobs and have to email the lead MT (who no longer exists) for more work, that is time spent which you don't get paid for.  If Medware's computer goes down or they experience a power outage, you have to make up the time for it later.  If Medware performs a maintenance check on Merit, you have to wait and make up the time later.  In a real world office, you would be paid for that time, but not at Medware.  And taking time off for yourself?  That is definitely frowned upon by certain team leaders.  Taking sick time?  They will actually ask you to make up that time later even if you have accured the sick time benefits! 

Even though Medware will tout itself as the AAMT employer of the year, not once or twice, they certainly do not treat their employees well.  For MT week the lead MTs positions were eliminated.  About 6 months ago the MTs who review the offshore work, listening to the reports word for word, fixing dosage errors, incorrect words, grammar, punctuation, and often fixing complete sentences which were creatively transcribed, found out that their hourly salary was about to be cut in half.  They would now make $8.00 an hour plus an incentive bonus for editing over 2000 lines a day.  Nothing  changed for them, the same quality demands were still in place, the offshore work remained the same, not better, but suddenly they had to produce twice as much as work in the same amount of time in order to keep their salary at or close to the level it had been.  Additionally, their vacation pay, which they had earned during the time when they made $14.00 or $15.00 an hour, was suddenly decreased to $12.00 an hour. And this is the company who wins the coveted employee of the year award?

This company looks out for number 1, themselves, and no one else.  They deserve to lose their lead MTs and anyone else who is disgusted with the self-serving practices.  Maybe if enough people leave, Medware will wake up and smell the coffee and remember that it takes management and employees working together to make a company productive. 

about not updating to internet connection instead of using C-phones.  I guess they do it because they find people who will accept it.   It also seems odd to me that they are willing to risk the reputation of an at least decent company to keep one account that is ruining their image.

been there over a year now, LOVE IT!!!  where do I start?  great communication, good pay, small company, great people.  good, good, good.

Just an FYI, but I was having pay issues with JLG before they sent out there banking crisis email and discontinued DD.  Something to consider.  I received my pay checks late for three consecutive pay periods.  Had to call payroll every single time.  They sent me a handwritten paycheck each time that my bank held until it cleared.  Thankfully, my experience with JLG was short lived.  It was right after my third late pay check that they sent out the email stating they were discontinuing DD.  At that point, I gave my notice.  They never even acknowledged my email giving my notice.  So I just stopped working because my new job wanted me sooner.  I don't think they even noticed.  That tells you how much trouble they are having -- they don't even notice when a high producer just stops working.

I'm tempted to print it out and hand it to anybody professing interest in this field, LOL!

I agree that some people have it, and some don't.  Also, this is not a profession where you can just graduate, get a job and coast through your day, its always a challenge, always learning, and often a struggle, but some of us enjoy that.  Its about challenging yourself and beating your personal best, and of course you have to have a professional work ethic.

Many people have a lousy work ethic, and it reflects on their paycheck.  My boss actually told me that she has to call and nag/beg my teammates to work their scheduled shifts!  Their loss is my gain, there's always work for me.

Personally, I never want to work a job that doesn't pay production again - because finally I now I get paid what I'm worth, I work hard and I have the paycheck to prove it.  If I get lazy, down goes my paycheck.  I've met many folks like you described, there's always envy, excuses, and a thousand reasons why they can't do what I do.  Maybe they can't, but they have equal opportunity to do it.  Its up to each of us to maximize those opportunities instead of wishing we could be better.