Honest, efficient company, TransTech is.
Posted By: Me3 on 2007-04-18
In Reply to: Almost 2 years for me - metoo
That's been my experience (and I'd appreciate not being attacked by the bitter poster we often get here).
If you just want to sit at your desk and push out reports uninterrupted by nonsense and criticism, and get compensated fairly, with good benefits to boot, this is one company to do it at. No headaches.
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Not an honest company
I worked for Landmark for about 3 weeks. I didn't get paid and when asked why was told 'I just didn't do it'. They used me long enough to get their backlog caught up and then figured paying their employees wasn't completely necessary. The owners don't return calls or emails. In 30+ years I have never come across a company as bad as this one and I even worked for Medquist for awhile. Unless you enjoy working for free or having to sue for your money - run run run!
Not an honest company. I was working
On a big hospital account they acquired, always working extra, putting up with all the problems, platform issues, downtime etc. - one day, went to log on and my user name/password were invalid. Couldn't get anyone to answer me from tech services, nor my supervisor, etc. - finally saw them posting advertisements for the hospital account I was working on stating no IC. It would have been nice if they would have done the admirable thing and TOLD us they were discontinuing IC on that account, rather than just rudely make our sign-in invalid. Thankfully I work as an IC for someone else too - I don't trust this business enough to work for just one company. But, out of all the companies I've dealt with or worked for, by far, Transcend was the worst. You might get 500 e-mails a day, then try to rach someone and get no response for a week. Tech support - that's a joke. You e-mail them with a problem and then sit not getting paid until one of them gets around to calling you. Don't waste your time or talent - there are other places. Just skip by this one ... believe me, you'll be thanking all of us later for telling you these stories. Oh, I did the VR training too - pitiful.
Be careful with them, not a very honest company.
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Transform out of WY is a good and HONEST company.. Try that..
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VR was so efficient and my pay was so high I ...
but not at TT, different company. Jobs were eliminated due to VR coming online at a hospital.
VR not efficient? Need to check into a
good platform. The one I use is almost perfect. I do not think most will change back from VR to straight once it has been started. Probably will just want the MTers to work the bugs out.
If they are out of NC, supposedly their software is very efficient.
I have not worked there, but talked to them when they were trying to start up the company about 2 years ago.
It is not efficient, you are right. However, companies that are all virtual seem to have
I've been working from home for over 15 years. I would say you'll have to toughen up a bit and learn to be extremely watchful and promote yourself and your intentions more.
Unorganized? Maybe a bit.
Uncaring? What the heck do you want? LOL It's a job. They made a mistake. If you want caring, go find a little hole-in-the-wall 1-MT clinic where you can get to know everyone and work. Sounds like you're probably young or never have worked in the real world before.
Remember this about their mistakes: Mistakes happen and I'm betting YOU will make them, too. Do you want them blasting you for it? Do you want them to call you unorganized and uncaring? Do you want them to take the same impression of you as you are taking of them? I doubt it.
think the owner is very nice and efficient, however,
think some of her people have let some of us fall through the cracks.
give the work to the busiest & most efficient
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What in your experience is the most efficient Word-based radiology platform to work on? nm
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RE: What in your experience is the most efficient Word-based radiology platform to work on? nm
RadNet
And that would be an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. LOL.
Typical transcriptionst. :)
TransTech not a bad company
Ok, before this gets any worse, lets take a step back and get the facts straight. Keep a record of your jobs as you should be doing anyway, Do your own line counting for each report. There may be a slight variation but shouldn't be that much off. It could be the type of reports that you are getting. When I first started I got nice long reports, now I am getting short scrappy reports and thats why I think my line count is down, not because of any line count scalping on their part. Overall, this is a great company to work for, the people make the difference. They are extremely nice and approachable and they don't bug you if you just do your work and do it correctly. There are so many bad bad companies out there and I do not believe this is one of them. When I can get back on I'll start doing some checking myself but I really don't think its anything but the short reports or report types that is making any difference.
TTS is a different company from TransTech.
I think the TTSrs should give the full name in their posts since it is confusing. And yes, when talking about Transtech I've tried to spell it out to help out.
Yes, TT is TransTech. TTS is a different company. nm
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Well, seems to be TransTech is the now #1 company
Hope I hear soon about the test I took for them.
Is there more than one company called TransTech? nm
Because in the archives the company rep for TransTech posted about
I saw a post in the archives signed by TransTech Medical Solutions about Heartland buying or selling a company. I just wondered if TransTech was connected to Heartland.
TransTech is the best company I have ever worked for. I have been here two years
and can't say enough good about them. I know that they are owned by some former L&H people. They are adding new accounts like crazy and are always hiring.
TransTech is a great company. I don't find that they have any more ESL's than any other
company. The pay is good (not great, not bad), the benefits are affordable. For me, the best thing is that I feel I am treated with respect. They are great people who care about us. Overall, this is the best jobs I have had in years. I would highly recommend them.
Totally different company. TransTech DOES NOT outsource at all.
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Wrong company??..She was asking about TransMedical, not TransTech
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Who's best all around company; Transolutions, Spheris, Webmedx,Transtech?
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Try TransTech instead. FABULOUS company and TONS of work!
:)
TransTech for many reasons, good pay, stable company, good benefits
and flexible.
I have looked around the last 6 months and have found nothing better. Have turned down numerous jobs, and have finally decided to stay put. The better insurance plans were announced and even moreso than ever, I am staying put, and my paycheck is happy about that because it is getting better every day. Good luck to you.
Thank you for being so honest!
I work for MDI-FL and I know they post on here but I don't say anything on here that I have not said to them or would say to them. Honesty, it's an amazing tool, huh? Again, thank you and good luck to you!
Many honest MTs/not all bad
Yes there are many dishonest owners I am sure, been there as stated above. But rest assured, there are some great MT and owners out there who are very honest and will pay for the hard work we do, I know I work for one!!!! Just beware of the ones who have numerous accounts floating around among all their MTs, being done all times of days at their convenience(as they are working their day job at the same time)and dont always have time for you, and promises of many new accounts to come that you never see. These are the ones to watch for. I think all MT need to look out for this behavior and warn others to run when it comes their way. Make sure you are being mentored on your work and not doing there work that they claim as their own. Get your credit where it is due. keep looking good, honest owners are out there.
honest MT
I know myself of that practice with PJ transcription. She had her pay with her day job while mentoring me and getting my pay for my work also, must be why she gets paid vacation and I did not. Well I learned the hard way.
Yes, and I'm not being mean just honest..
There IS a difference.
Well, to be honest
Most companies don't consult their employees when they decide to sell. Someone either was ready to retire or tired of the business. Face it, it is a high-stress business.
I have a feeling not just the MTs were surprised.
No need to be mean, but do be honest.
In this case, I would tell her that most companies cannot provide the kind of help that you were, and what she needs is to go to school (or back to school). If she presses you and says she just needs something easier, explain firmly but kindly that radiology is mostly anatomy and contrast terms, so it isn't one of the more difficult specialties, but it does require near 100% accuracy, which is why you tried so hard to help her. If she is not willing or able to return to school, she should think about another kind of work. Just say it as kindly as possible IMO.
To be 100% honest
Thank you for your response. I totally agree. Actually, I've already decided not to accept work from them unless it is way over the limits and 300% better than any job I could ever find anywhere else on the earth. What I am wondering now, of course, is just how I can best JERK THEIR CHAIN in each of 2 scenarios---a BAIT and SWITCH where they offer a different account than what was originally advertised, and a we needed you yesterday for this account, but someone better came along and now they have quit? But, I guess I already know the answer to this. It's kind of like letting the telemarketer go on and on with the speech, asking complicated questions, taking up their time, pretending to be interested, and finally saying NO.
Well to be honest....
A lot of times a terminology course is all you need providing it's thorough. There's almost no point in learning the equipment in school because so many places use their own equipment which you may or may not even be trained on. Each place I've worked I've used something different. Tell her to take the term. course and brush up HARD on her English skills and everything else can and will be learned on-the-job. My friend only took a term. course, worked in the Med. records dept as a clerk first, then there was an opening in our MT dept which pays more so she just jumped in the deep end. We were all there to help her which was time consuming but we were happy to do it and she was eager and wanted to do well so she absorbed as much info as she could and now she's been doing this for 4 yrs and is working at home.
Tell your friend to go for it. I wish her luck! :)
okay, then let's be honest here....sm
It is really no skin off my nose whether you care about me or not. That does not negate the fact that MTs should behave as professionals if they wanted to be treated as such.
Bottom line......The levels to which I have read of some MTs stooping to on this board does not belie a professional attitude. Personally, the whole thing makes me pretty nauseous. Backbiting, conniving, and manipulating may get you to the top of some professions but it won't keep you there long because there will be someone somewhere along the line that will pull the rug out from under you.
In the immortal words of Forest Gump.....that's all I have to say about that.
Thanks for being honest! (nm)
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To be honest...
I wouldn't do it unless you really like working twice as hard doing VR for half the pay. I worked for them for a while until I went from 80/20 to about 60/40 or less typing/VR. The VR takes a lot of correcting and on top of not making money, it was pretty boring...much like monkey work to me in my opinion. I also had a few doctors who were accented and I could make great lines typing from who went to VR because they passed the testing but their VR reports were horrid and took me longer to review than to just type it. I would never do VR and especially not for pennies. I hope this helps. They seemed like a nice company but it was just more work than it was worth without any challenge for my brain.
To be honest
It's the wave of the future and even companies such as MDI-MD are making the transition.
My honest advice would be to stop fighting it, join a great MTSO team, and learn it. Make sure you get decent pay for it and just go for it. Unfortunately, I don't think any MT will be able to avoid it for much longer, so it's better to get on with a good company and learn it before it becomes mandatory.
Just my 2 cents...
ANP is not honest
Why did I keep working for them after 3 months? You don't keep working with ANP - you are lucky to get 1 to 2 files A MONTH with them. If you make $100-$150 A MONTH with them, you are lucky! This is not steady by any means. Larry will tell you that it can be hit or miss on the workload when they sign you on, but they absolutely do not have the work that you think. They have a calendar that you put your work days availablility and how many hours of dication a day you want - you will never, ever get that - not even close. I went the entire month of May with ZERO files. They have their favorites and that's where the work goes. I know this because I accidentally was sent a e-mail that definitely wasn't for me to see. It is not medical transcription at all - it is medical seminars and if you haven't done general transcription with multispeakers and poor audio, you will be in for a surprise. You don't just sit there and type - you have PowerPoint presentations and slide presentations you have to look at while you're typing to see where you are at and what they are talking about. It is rather time consuming. Bottom line is they don't pay you for whatever measly pittance you earned! 
To be honest
I don't think you're gonna get a straight answer anywhere. I just suggested Transcend direct because they're the only ones who COULD make any type of guarantee, but I'll betcha they don't ;-)
TransTech is a good company. Debbie is the owner and a good one at that! nm
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Just be honest and tell the truth.
If the service is one of integrity, they'll appreciate your honesty.
Let's be REAL honest now (sm)
Obviously, you are the Director over the QA Deparment and the QA Manager's boss. Knowing you, I am sure you are totally embarrassed at how things have turned out in that department, but what are ya to do?!!! Sure can't admit that you made a mistake, can ya? That wouldn't look good for you.
You more than anyone should know how bad the QA Manager's quality was. She was on 100% QA for over a month. That doesn't sound like somebody with experience, and on a clinic account none-the-less!
We all know that you kiss butt, because you can't do anything else. We also know that you could care less about the quality of a medical record. AND that is real sad! Let us all know when you and OSi start appreciating MTs.
An honest opinion
I was with them last year for several months. It was personally a bad experience for me and I was not fired. I left on my own because I did not like the way I was treated by the management over me. I was lied to and talked down to, which I do not enjoy one bit. I know to each their own. I have said it before. My best advice from what I learned was if you are unhappy like that and treated badly look elsewhere and run fast. They do pay well for holidays and such so I agree with that. I had an awful account making it hard to do anything with it and no support from them so I could not thrive. I have now been with a different company 13 months and am doing very well. I just was not a fit for TH. I do not want to bad mouth them but I too had a bad experience and stayed way longer than I should have.
Glad they were honest with you. nm
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to be completely honest
Alot of people on this board do not have a life outside of MT'ing, home all the time, not around humans much, antisocial, and that makes for deep seeded anger/cabin fever and frustration that comes out the only way it can...through this board.
would you like an honest opinion? sm
As long as most (not all) companies can hire a few good editors or QA (and only pay them fair to low wages), and hire inexperienced or unqualified MTs at ridiculously low rates, they'll keep things running this way. I can't speak for you, but with having over 20 years of experience, I would not even consider editing or QA at the rates being offered by the majority of the large nationals. Good luck to you.
no, just an honest question.
no, I'm definitely not advertising for Career Step. It's just that psych. transcription is alot different than medical transcription. Right now, I transcribe mostly Dr./Patient appointments. There terminology is completelly different as is the format used to transcribe. I had 4 years of in-house training, and after talking to a few MT companies, they suggested taking a program like CareerStep (that's just the one I have done the most research about and have heard the most about, although I am sure there are many more). They said that although I have experience in psych. transcription, it does not apply towards years of experience in MT transcription.
Need honest opinion
I sent a resume' to SoftScript yesterday to which they replied saying they wanted to continue with the interview process but before sending me their test they wanted to inform me of their requirements. I replied to that email to which they sent an email this morning with a link to follow to take their test. Anyhow, my dilema is this and this is what I would like an honest opinon to: This morning I busted at least two blood vessels in my wrist, and possibly fractured it and typing is almost impossible. I know this test is timed that they want me to take and I just don't feel I would be able to pass it in the amount of time they give with my wrist being the way it is. Should I send an email to them explaining what happened and see if I can take the test later in the week or should I just go ahead and try to take the test and see what happens? What would you think if someone sent you an email stating what happened to me if they had just yesterday sent a resume' applying for a position with your company?
honest schmonest
Known job-hopping, complainers are unpopular with companies. Simple fact, I THINK SO.
Very unprofessional, they are not honest, some of their
accounts are horrendous, they offshore but don't want you to know that.
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