Has anyone gone back to MedQuist?

• Current TT MTs - MT4Eight
  • I just wanted to thank everyone for - MT4Eight
    • I was hoping you would. Contrary to SM - glad for you
  • TT no work - Question about TT
    • My best guess is that there were - sm
    • TT doesn't care about their MT's anymore; just under Dictaphone's direction and OVERHIRE du - TransTech OVERHIRE
      • just wondering - shoo-shooTT
      • Sad, isn't it. Just goes to show that - Newer TT'r
  • Why would you wait to see what others SM - don't follow, LEAD
  • Wonder how they would react if they were hit with a - notice from the labor board sm
  • Ya know what? I started doing VR about 5 years ago mixed with standard and - MTIAM
  • I can't afford to stay with VR. If they paid more, I'd stay. - not staying
  • Has anyone gone back to MedQuist? - From TT (NM)
    • There are options - looking too
    • I would work at McDonald's first. - Cindy MT
      • Before I would go back to MedQuist - fatcat
        • I don't know... I can think of a few things I would do - Cindy MT
          • Cindy MT - fatcat
  • What company is TT?? - .
    • TransTech nm - mlstoo
  • Definitely looking. - Cindy
    • What IS happening? - otis
      • Dictaphone killed our jobs too by promoting VR as... - no work
        • I have worked on VR a few years now with - Strange thing
          • Is that a joke? Because it sounds like it. - Cindy
            • VR and messed up medical records - Oh yeah!
              • First of all, it is up to the company who sets the - Editing
                • You know, it would be one thing if VR ACTUALLY WORKED - Cindy MT
                  • There are, and you probably do not believe - Editing
            • What is odd here is watching the MTers - Strange thing
              • Strange thing - fatcat
                • I understand some do not like VR but what I am saying - Strange
                  • If SOOO many are saying it ... sm - Bayou MT
                    • If you cannot make minimum wage with this, then - ST
                  • Those who have stayed at the same hospital- sm - mtme
              • Obviously Management... - Cindy
                • People who cannot do - Strange thing
                  • strange thing - fatcat
                  • Yep, smells like management - Cindy MT
                    • Do I really care about whether you learn VR - Strange thing
                      • I am always wondering when MTs say - ()
                        • The knowledge thing is right on the money - Hooray for VR
                          • we have this clarified now, now we have to convince - ()
                      • I have to agree ........sm - ()
                        • ur ignorance is showing now.. - MT
                          • you are ignorant and stuck in the Middle Ages... - ()
                          • MT, you do not understand, never did and never will - ()
                          • VR is more difficult than straight MTing - ()
                            • OMG - MT
                        • Uhm, I think that's the point many were making - AnnuderMT
                          • yes, I understand and agree, 4cpl for VR is laughable...nm - ()
                      • You care because you are management. - Cindy MT
                        • Cindy, you sound like a broken record, over and over and over - ST
                          • At least what I am saying makes sense. - Cindy MT
                            • But, in these tough times mine was started - ST
                              • What ARE you on about??? Your name says it all... - Cindy MT
                                • Well, if aspirin counts for "being on something" - ST
                  • Strange thing - TTer2
                  • actually, it was my ER doc who said VR was garbage... - no work
                  • Editing VR and seeing other reports that are not edited... - lawsuits will follow
                    • yes, straight and VR should be paid the same cpl...nm - ()
                    • You mean there is actually a company - sm - Really?
                    • Paying same amount for VR and straight? - Strange thing
                      • No, they do not, but they should......nm - ()
                    • Would you mind e-mailing me what the name of the company is? - TTer2
  • I'm actively searching...... - looking too
    • It doesnt make sense to just keep job hopping - Another TTMT
      • I am hoping they figure it out too. - TTer2
        • I work on EXText - nm - Another TTMT
    • Who are those companies that pay 70% for VR? - TTer2
      • There are several - looking too
      • I will only do VR for the same line rate I get for straight typing. Anything less, they can keep th - anon
        • AMEN. - ditto
          • Okay, so I made 100.00 today... - TTertoo
  • I'm not waiting around for them to get their act together sm - mlstoo
  • TT - TTer2
    • It makes me sad, too - Newer TT'r
    • It makes me sad too - MT4Eight

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The accounts weren't too horribly bad.  The reason I ended up leaving was because slowly but surely they began to inch closer and closer to paying QA by production.  When I first started, the quota was something like 30 reports a day.   We simply had to make sure that we QA'd all reports that were close to being out of TAT first and then do the rest.  Then, my supervisor left and they hired a new one who immediately called a big teleconference meeting and said we had to up production to 60 reports a day.  Then, they started counting lines.  Which was fine because they were still paying hourly.

Next, there was an MT who used VR software because she was blind - yes blind.  Again, when I first started, I was told we had to edit her entire reports because she used the VR software and we had to make sure that everything was correct and made sense.  Then, we are told only check the blanks.  I wasn't comfortable with that and I continued to completely proof every word.  Then I was called on the carpet not because I wasn't meeting the production quota, but because I was ONLY meeting the production quota.  I told them I was proofing all of the MT's work that used VR, I was told that no one ever told me to proof every word of the VR reports and that I needed to fill in blanks and move on.  When I voiced my concerns, I was told that was my job, to fill in blanks and I should move on and strive to product above the standards.  Next thing you know, rumors abounded about changing the QA staff to being paid on production.  So I left. 

There just seemed to me to be too little concern for quality and more emphasis on quantity and I just didn't want to be part of company who would take money out of my pocket just to line their own and that's what they were doing by putting QA on production.  I also am not comfortable with the job of QA being thought of as a blank filler.  There is much more to the QA profession than just simply filling in blanks. 

I don't know if Transcend ever did start paying QA by production, but I could see that the idea was being floated there.  Maybe there was a enough protest that they didn't change from hourly. 

Good luck to you!

happier.  I am on a different account then the first time and it is as if it is a different company.  I have a great lead who leaves us alone most of the time but is there when I need her.  It showed me that you can have a different experience within the same company.

I have to say that in the few weeks since they have the new office, it is much more organized probably because there are a lot of people there all the time.  I had the pleasure of speaking to the new HR manager who was HR at a hospital, got my questions answered about insurance as I am going to full time and had a live voice pick up the phone.

Not all change is bad.  This is one company that has changed for the better. 

I did not like MedQuist's platform at all.  All of the info required to be filled in was ridiculous (wouldn't have been so bad if they paid for the keystrokes).  Also, I was switched between 4 different accounts during the first week.  I was told during the interview that I would have one main account and a backup account. 

Another complaint I have is that whenever I called the office, my calls were not returned.  I had to just keep calling until the manager was available.  I just did not have a very good first impression of them.  Luckily, my previous employer took me back. 

I would recommend anyone switching companies to try the new company out before turning in your notice.  Sometimes you don't know how good you have it until you almost lose it.

I think it's only fair to say, though, that if I would have had a stable account and had a chance to get used to the doctor names, local cities, clinics, etc., I may have had an entirely different impression of MedQuist.  Don't put too much weight into one transcriptionist's impression of a company.  They may have 'easy' accounts.

I also have noticed that sometimes, the less qualified you are, the easier work you get, the more money you make.

Anybody who works for Medquist, I am wondering what they pay? 

0.850..I work at Midwest office..but we're supposed to be starting that scale pay thing in October which I know nothing about yet

Any info on working for MQ now?  How about its QA department? 

I love working for Medquist.  I think they are probably one of the better companies, if not the best.  I have worked for other companies part-time along with Medquist.  The other companies just didn't measure up to Medquist, in my opinion.  I thought about leaving after 01/01 because of the changes.  I stuck it out and things have gotten a lot better.

Some people love it.  Some people hate it.  The best thing is to compare other companies and pick what is best for you.

All I can say is watch your step.  I work for Medquist and I can tell you they are leaving in huge masses.  If you want no communication with anyone, no communication with QA and no communication with your managers then the Q is for you.  You cannot get any kind of line count because you have no primary or secondary accounts anymore it is just one giant pool of whatever comes down the pike.  You spend so much time reading the standards for that account, trying to find doctors in that area, trying to find places that they dictate and then try to understand the doctor you can kiss your production good bye.  If you make more than 2 major errors on your reports then your bonus is bye bye too.  Your bonus is almost impossible now because it is quarterly and you have to have perfect QA and you are constantly on a different account.  There is no way you can make any money at all.  They set this up this way and a lot of people like me are in tears as to why?  I would really, really think before I went to MedQuist.  If you being broke, being alone with no help and no communication, lots of change of accounts no two docs the same no two facilities the same and having to meet a production that is impossible to meet now then go for it.  I am sure there are a lot of jobs now.  A lot of folks have jumped ship.  I am still on it and hoping it changes but in the mean time I am going broke.  I will get called on the carpet soon because I have not met my production.  I just hope you like this sinking boat and I will make room for you.  We can go down together. 

I can't post on their board, and yes I've read what's up lately.

I just wanted to know if any current employees who are fairly happy could reply to answer a few questions.

Can you use your own computer?

Do they offer part-time in that you can work just certain days of the week?  This would include one weekend day. 

Hi, everyone,

I'm curious about Medquist.  I just sent them a resume and wondered how it is to work for them.  Feel free to e-mail me privately if you'd rather not discuss things at the board.  I have heard lots of things about MQ, both good and bad, but I want to know the good, the bad, and the ugly from anyone out there who knows! Thanks!

Dee