How long ago did you work for Focus?
Posted By: sm on 2008-11-04
In Reply to: This is their way... - Stay away from Focus!
Why would a company keep wasting their time posting ads if their intention is not to hire the people who apply?
I work there now and have every other MT who works on the account that I work on - listed on my IM. There is not a single Indian name.
I have an American team lead and they will soon replace any remaining Indian TLs with American TLs.
Obviously, a lot has changed since you worked there.
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Does anyone know how long Focus
Infomatics takes to get back to you once you complete their online application and testing?
Does anyone stay at Focus long enough to get ins?
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Focus, focus, focus on your work. It's amazing what you can do! nm
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I currently work at Focus...which
platform are you working on? I work on Dictaphone. If you are using Dictaphone I can probably help, but if you are using one of the other platforms I don't know. You can contact your supervisor though. I have found mine to be very helpful and pleasant. :-)
Does anyone work for Focus doing VR?
Anyone who works for Focus doing VR, can you tell me how is your production going? How many lines an hour are you able to produce? Thanks
I work at Focus
I work at Focus - I've been there 7 months and was a new grad when hired so I'm just now starting to make money. I had to beg for a secondary account when my primary was slow but they did give me one so now I'm getting enough work. Everyone has been pretty nice to me and I love the editing too!
I work for Focus
I work for Focus and have posted many times about them. They treat me very respectfully and are always grateful for any lines or schedule I do, as the work is usually always available 24/7, but it depends on what account they put you on. I am a contractor, so I have a lot of freedom. They have direct deposit and pay is always on time. They use templates for some dictators, so you can get free lines. The only problem for me is that they have a lot of ESL docs and it is sometimes difficult and will slow you down. The work on my accounts is mostly VR, which is okay for me because I am not a super fast typist. I owe a lot to Focus because they started with me as a Newbie out of school and gave me a chance. As a contractor, try to learn as many accounts with them as you can handle, just in case work ever runs low on your primary account. I hope this info helps.
Do you work for Focus?
Do you work for Focus?
You must not work for Focus or
Their quality stinks!
I work for Focus
I work for Focus and have for the past 2 years. They have actually gotten new accounts lately and that is the reason for all the ads, probably.
Also, we were paid extra for working on Memorial Day, which is a positive start.
Other than the usual slow-down around holidays, I have had enough work at least 95% of the time.
They seem to be getting a little stricter lately about working your full 8 hour shift, but I would not wait around for work and would only check in once every couple of hours in that situation. Used to be more flexible about making up hours later on. Now it is more on their side - the MT is supposed to be flexible if there is no work, but the company won't be flexible if there is work and you want to maybe leave early one day. Although I have to say I have only just begun with this new stricter policy and believe there is leeway to be worked out with your TL.
Well, just don't go to work for Focus. They don't treat
their staff very well, they are all Indian including your leads, and there is at least one guy there who is very male chauvenistic.
FOCUS WORK VOLUMES
I just wanted to add that I find plenty of work if I work between 5pm and 11pm, eastern time. If I want to work during the daytime, say between 8am and 5pm, the queues are often empty (3 of them). There was one time that I logged in at 4am, and I found the queues all empty at that time as well.
Good luck.
Anyone work for Focus Infomatics?
Good afternoon all you hardworking finger flyers!
Does anyone have any information, good or bad, about Focus Infomatics? With what's all going on in transcription and the flurry of mergers, etc., it's hard to know what anyone's name is anymore!
Thanks for passing anything on you might be aware of, you know the usual, pay on time, SR, QA, upper management, etc.
They do not send work to Focus...sm
or get work from Focus. Please get your facts straight before making up stuff on these boards. If you think you can prove otherwise send me your information.
Anyone work for Focus Infomatics
What is the pay range for MTs and editors? The pros and cons. Any info would be appreciated.
Does Focus have a consistent work?
I've been hearing good things about Focus and just took their online test. Is it true they have sufficient work to keep you busy and will give you one or two accounts and not a jumble of different accounts?
Focus Infomatics...low work load
I have been working for Focus Infomatics since January....just trying to build up my experience. Hard to make money at this at 8 cpl and often no work load whatsoever. Anyone know anything about them?
I work for Focus part-time
I have worked for Focus for the last nine months. I am part time by choice. I have always been able to work out any problems that I have had with them. I told them from the beginning that I had heard negative things about their QA and how things were managed. I was told to let them know if I had problems. I have and they have always taken care of them professionally. I have always received my pay on time. If you wish to email me, I can tell you the names of that I have dealt with and maybe you can get in touch with them.
I work at Focus and still have an Indian manager
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Focus infomatics... Good company to work for?
I am considering accepting a position with Focus infomatics. Does anyone have information on this company? Their website is pretty impressive. Any comments would very much be appreciated. Thanks.
Focus Infomatics uses Indians to edit Americans' work
They do make mistakes. But if you point it out to them, at least they are willing to learn, they don't get all huffy like Americans do, and the Americans should have better grammar, etc. in the first place!
Focus offshores 80% of their work to India. And I heard they are headed
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How long ago did you work there?
How long do you have to get your work done as an IC? sm
Do you set your own schedule or have certain times they want you to work? I worked as an IC before and they made me work a 10 hour window every monday through friday. How is Medware?
And just how long ago did you work for them?
I have been there a year and the QA staff is great. No calls in the middle of the night for stats. This is a good company and they have constantly gotten better since I started and they weren't bad then!
How long ago did you work there?
Just curious as they are hiring I think.
How long ago did you work
For Transcend? They no longer have a production team. The team leaders and regional managers are transcriptionists. QA is done by transcriptionists. Also, even though your account may be on VR, that does not mean you will editing all reports. It all depends on which doctors are on editing. There is still a lot of typing on VR accounts.
How long ago did you work for them?
Maybe it is better now. Could you elaborate further, please.
And how long have you been without work? Do you do VR? - nm
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How long ago did you work there?
What other company names are associated with this company?
How long did you work there? sm
It took me a good week, week and a half to be comfortable with my account. My SIL also works for KS, and she did not like the account she was on and told them, and they moved her to another account, which she loves. She followed me there and they took great care to find her an account that was better for her. My neighbor, on the other hand, did not last. They let her go after a week for quality. I felt horrible as I was the one who got her into transcription many years ago and she is angry with me because they let her go.
how long ago did you work sm
there? Is it recently or in the distant past?
Thanks
I work here, but not for long...
All I can say is people are very unhappy and leaving left and right. They switched us all over the Turbo Speech program and we aren't nearly as productive as we were in EXText. Also, they do send some of their work to India and our supervisors are nonresponsive. You feel ignored. The benefits are good (lots of PTO, like 2 weeks plus sick, but paid at a base rate of just over $9/hour, paid holidays, 401k matching, and decent insurance) and we seem to have plenty of work now, but I'm leaving. I prefer text and responsive management. As far as lines go, it's VR now and you are lucky to get 300/hour.
Good luck!
Just how long have you been out of work?
We all know that with this industry the work is feast or famine. Have you had times of feast, too, with Transcend? Has it just been the summer months that have been bad for you with your accounts? Or, has work just been dwindling down now for many months in a row on every single one of your accounts?
Do you do a variety of work types? Do you do VR and straight transcription.
Please understand that I am not trying to be a jerk. I am an MDI-er and I really, really want to know what to expect. I remember last summer at MDI I nearly had no work and I was infuriated. Then, along around September or so, it started to pick up again. Go figure. Thanks in advance to your reply
How long did you guys below work there?
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I work for 2 nationals, and I think as long as you are an IC sm
no one really has a right to tell you that you cannot work for as many people as you want. However, as someone pointed out, most companies nowadays have you sign a contract with a no-solicitation clause, stating that you cannot solicit work from any of the accounts you have worked on for them for 1-2 years.
Still, I do not broadcast to either company that I am working for someone else. I simply let each company know the days I am available to work for them.
Hope this helps. Try not to let the nasty/negative posts get to you. There are always those in every group who take more joy from tearing someone down than listening and possibly lending a helping hand. Fortunately, they are NOT in the majority.
Good luck!
Okay - I probably didn't work long enough to get used to it. nm
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How long you been at Webmedx? I currently work there and
think they are a great company except for slow issues. Where you going?
It has been little or no work for a long time now.
And the only thing I can get are those editing jobs that don't even come close to reimbursing you for the time spent trying to clean up the mess. I think making money at Transcend is a thing of the past. This company is definitely on my list of things to get rid when I do my summer housecleaning.
I would work also for as long as I could stand it...nm
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As long as anyone's work schedule is
approved by their supervisor, that is between them and their supervisor, not anyone else's business.
Thank you for replying...how long did you work for them?
Let me get this right...if you had typed the report, but it went to QA with a blank, then you didn't get paid for the entire report that you typed? Is this the norm at most companies? Doesn't seem fair to me. 
As long as you have work and are not running out, why worry? sm
I know exactly what company you are referring to and they HAD to do it to be able to keep within TAT. There were not enough MTs and not enough QUALIFIED MTs applying. I have not heard of many people being out of work. Are you running out? I was also disappointed, but I have to pay my bills and the rest of the companies out there are far worse than ours. Trying to find a company that doesn't offshore and pays well and has decent dictators is extremely, extremely difficult. Hang in there!!
Any long-time QTers here? Do they have enough work to go around? Thx. nm
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I work for KS and not in Meditech. I do not need long distance either. sm
I think it depends on the account. I have never been this happy anywhere until Keystrokes.
Agree! Been around a long time, and the work I see SM
coming in from overseas (in general,any foreign country)needs extensive editing. The medical terminology is not so much the issue, but rather the poor grasp of our language. The reports produced from my experience are quite an embarrassment to those in this profession who have worked very hard over the years. I can decipher a report typed by an ILP vs. an American MT the second I look at it. I have quit editing and refuse to edit reports typed by overseas MTs in the future. I decided that I will not be an enabler to fix the mess that comes in so a company can come out smelling like a rose. Give the work to those of us who have the years of experience and education in MT at a fair wage, and in the long run it will be cheaper, with little to no editing would be necessary. Hello? It does not take a rocket scientist to figure this out. I know, it never will be like the good old days, but we can only hope that some form of restriction will be implemented to keep companies from outsourcing our citizens' personal medical information overseas. We can only hope!
I DO keep track, and work long hours, but only
If I say I can't do the minimum line count in 8 hours, they say I'm too slow. But if I eliminate quality (by not proofing or not correcting grammar, and just typing verbatim) then I hear about that, too. They just say to work harder, work faster.
The MTSO's only care about their precious TAT and volume. What we have to do to ourselves in order to accomplish THEIR goals is of no importance to them.
The only way it ever will be is if someday they happen to get put under a microscope like other fraudulent US businesses have, lately.
What I wouldn't give to see the fat-cats at AHDI up in front of Congress trying to explain themselves some fine day. Could happen.
Meant to say, I would not work for that company. A long day and still going!!
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This is a gambit that won't work over the long term
I don't know many experienced MTs who are signing on for this VR for less pay. Before anybody chimes in who has a unique situation and loves it, save it. I've heard it before. But if you look at the job board, you will see that there are some MTSOs who use no VR as a sales pitch to attract good MTs. I also know of my local hospital where the MTs there are being forced achieve a minimum amount of minutes on VR or their pay gets docked. This stems from the bogus sales pitch that the dishonest vendors fed the management. That you can do VR faster so you can pay less. The MTs aren't happy and are looking for work elsewhere.
Also, when I lived in Manhattan during 9/11 was down for a LONG TIME - no work
and my pay had dropped to almost $14/hour from $25/hour. No phone lines, no work coming in, no way to transcribe.
Gosh, I definitely pick all the wrong places to live!
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