I agree with poster below on all counts...
Posted By: GothMT on 2008-12-18
In Reply to: All-Type vs. MDI - Need some quick advice
What is the perfect fit for one person might not be such a perfect fit for another.
I, too, am with MDI and love it, but All-Type could be a terrific employer as well.
Once you've completed both interviews, I'm sure you'll realize which one is the perfect fit for you.
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1 poster from last year said it was okay, not great, not awful. BUT it only counts the black
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I agree, horrid sound and crooked line counts
The line counter was a ripoff. The sound quality was bad because it was copied over like a generation or 2. Copies of copies or played into a phone or something. Awful. AND they scolded and sent nasty emails. I swear I was in a depression during the time I worked for them. Real bad, real bad.
I agree with above poster.
They are the worst co I have worked with.
I agree with the above poster
Cheap pay, major lack of communication, nasty QA people, truly a bunch of backstabbers. Run far and run fast. Not worth your time or effort.
Agree with this poster BUT
I would test drive the new job for a few weeks, if at all possible, before you give notice at the old job in case the new one also turns out bad.
LOL!!! You agree with the poster above. You are
I agree with the above poster 100%
the EXText system is very easy to learn and you can make money on it, but be careful. Some companies disable the line counting software and some don't. I have encountered that when they disable it it is tough to get your lines so it is a very suspicious act.
Agree with above poster and yes
you do get paid for ADT on internet accounts if it does not pull in automatically and you have to type it in. Basically, you get paid for what you type!
To previous poster - how long have you been with MDI? I've been here a month or so.
I agree with poster below...what do
you need to get by. In my case I worked in-house for 3 years, have been home for 3 years. My pay is decreased from the set hourly wage I made in-house, but I am not driving 100 miles round trip, buying new clothes, eating lunch out, buying coffee, shopping after work, etc. My income is just supplemental to my husband's income and I don't need the benefits, etc. We only have a house payment, so I don't stress over how much I make. While I work full time, I don't work myself silly just for the money. I am not in competition with anyone on this board or with my company. I log in, work my hours, make my lines and log out. I take vacations when I want, enjoy my days off and love the freedom of working at home without interruptions from coworkers, bosses, etc. This is just my experience. Good luck!
I agree....other poster must have a bee
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First of all, I agree with the other poster,
as in: you do not need a CMT to be a good MT! Second, if you agree with the proposal, then you must SURELY agree that MT's aren't paid what they should be, even WITH that CMT after their name!? Huh?!
i'm an MT and agree with the poster
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I agree with the poster above.
platform and dictators. The owner was nice. QA was a toss up depending who was reviewing your work for the day. The biggest issue I had was directions and depending on who was giving them you had a different rule to go by. It was very confusing. I left because they were always running out of work. It would probably be OK if it was a PT job and you didn't need the money to pay the bills but I did. The pay was accurate and always on time. Sometimes you have to try something out for yourself but like the other poster says don't go by posts to make a decision. I don't know if they had another platform when I was there. I only worked on APEX system.
Agree with above poster
I'm with a great company making very good money on an account I just love, so I feel quite blessed and realize any of it could change in the blink of an eye.
I've been MTing for 20 years now, and I've no intention of giving it up. It's in my blood now. If I ever found I could no longer support my family on MT wages, I'm so addicted to it that I'd likely go into another field for full-time work and keep doing MT work on the side.
I agree with above poster 100%
The owners are absolutely wonderful, very helpful, but the platform was so slow and I just could not see wasting my time with it. However, if you are familiar with that platform, you could do well. I had wished it would've worked out because they were nice and seemed genuine.
I agree with this poster
I took a part-time job that paid about 1-1/2 cpl less than the other offer.
Even though it pays less, the people are fantastic to work with, the work is reliable and steady, and the account is less stressful and more enjoyable than the other position.
I figure an extra couple of cents per line is nice, but I'm sure I can produce more lines on this account than I would have on the other one, so in the long-run this was the more profitable way for me to go.
Good luck with your decision!
I agree with the poster 100%
Nothing but a mess there. I left and never looked back.
I agree with poster below who said it works
both ways. The companies I have left did not cut it with me. There has not been one company other than the one I am with now that treated me as I deserved. Most of them really do suck!
Agree with this poster. As an employee, your
employer HAS to take this out of your paycheck. If they do not, they are the responsible party, NOT you. That is why my state refunded all LATE FEES that they imposed on me for not paying my state taxes until the yearly filings. When my employer's job is to do this, it is their duty, not mine. It is my responsibility to pay what is due at tax filing and that's when I did it. After 3 years of imposing a late fee on me, my state REFUNDED all late fees to me and told me Medware would be investigated. They had quite a few employees in my state. I do not think they want my state after them but I know they will come down on them sooner or later and I personally cannot wait. In fact, I am going to check with my state to see what has been done thus far.
MDI-FL, very disorganized. Agree with poster (sm)
They get nasty at MDI-FL and answers to questions ignored if they don't like the question being asked. Paid time off is NEVER correct and good luck getting the time listed on the stub. Work flow is hit and miss. They order you off and then back on with VR accounts. Pay and insurance benefits are better than most if you tolerate their demands and disrespect.
I agree with the poster who said they sniff around everyone - so? (sm)
I didn't even understand your post as to heard from management. Management of what? or who?
I agree with poster below, but for some answers
Part-time is 24 hours. They also have a 20-hour position, but I'm not quite sure how it works.
I'm not sure about training, but it seems like whenever I was trained for a new program/platform, etc., it was during the day. However, the training doesn't take more than 2 hours. I'm not sure if they want you to be on a daytime schedule for the first couple weeks, but it's highly possible they might not because they do have QA on duty 24/7 (I believe).
Paid training: I know they pay you per hour for the couple hours they train you on the phone, but I don't know if they offer a 2-week 'grace period' of hourly pay like a lot of companies. You might want to ask your recruiter about that.
Do visit the Medquist board. Don't expect 1 primary. Or let me put it this way, you may have 1 primary, but you will also have other accounts in your pool, each of which has a different set of account specifics. You'll never run out of work, but it does take time to read client profiles which you do not get paid to do and cuts into your lines per hour. Platform is awesome.
good luck
Queenie, I have to agree with you again. That poster sm
should GO AWAY. I do harder accounts but that's why I get the big bucks. I have made over 40,000.00 bucks this year at Webmedx. So NONNATIONAL go blow!
I agree with the other poster...Transtech
Transtech offers some degree of flexibility. Axolotl has none.
Management is more friendly and tactful at Transtech than management at Axolotl. I found the manager at Axolotl to be condescending, uncaring and abrupt.
Transtech definitely gets my vote. TT is a breath of fresh air in comparison to Axolotl.
Agree with other poster. I tested
jsut recently and it was very easy. Only lasted a week though as there never seemed to be work when I was scheduled to work. Good luck to you but you should be fine with the test.
I agree with this poster, take the ESL account
Honestly, I really don't know why so many people try to avoid them. Once you learn them, they are no different than some of the horrible EFL docs. Plus it is more money!
I totally agree with the above poster. sm
I've been at TT for 2 years and always had work. I learned VR and still had work. I have 4 accounts and now have no work, period. I'm henpecking for lines every day and have watched my check drop 200.00 a paycheck, 400.00 a month. Yesterday I got 700 lines. All this plus nothing but a late thank you for MT week. The writing is on the wall. I won't be staying.
I agree with the previous poster and
if you use DocQScribe and offer statutory employment, contact me.
I agree with the original poster. sm
I too have had my time in MT hell just this past week. BUT, it hasn't changed the way I feel about the profession. It is about the patients and to me will ALWAYS be about the patients. I am not going to make quality suffer or anything else in lieu of a paycheck. I may not like it and if I don't I will find something else. I see and hear of too many MTs who don't give a rip about quality etc and only quantity, lph etc and forget their are patients behind all this.
I don't like the changes anymore than anybody else. As badly as I have been treated, like many others and as mad as I am about it, I don't think all MTSOs treat us as faceless nobodies! We do only have each other to talk to and the negative comments are warranted but they have to be taken as they are ment to be taken and that is just blowing off steam.
A professional MT is not going to let any of this get in the way of quality. If I find I have to let quality go out the window just to make more money, then I will get out of this all together. There are many MTs who feel just like myself and the OP.
Agree with poster above, not related to HIPAA, but
most MTSOs do not want you sharing their company specifics, accounts, etc.
Agree with poster below - MDI is statutory employee
There are no benefits. It's basically the same as IC with the taxes taken out. Did you think you were hired for employee status? Don't mean to rain on your parade, but better double-check that.
Agree with above poster, time to move on. sm
If they aren't returning your calls now and ignoring you, imagine what it would be like if you worked for them?
I agree with the other poster. Keystrokes has kept their word with me sm
on everything and has gone above and beyond what I would expect. If you have a specific instance that proves they are dishonest, then please do so. Otherwise, you should not try to blacken the eye of a good company.
Agree with you. If poster has steady work, that's
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This is only wishful thinking on your part...I agree with below poster!
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I agree with the above poster. It is bad business to not pay your employees on time. I mean ....
after all, when was the last time you were able to tell your credit card companies, mortgage company etc.. hey, I am supposed to pay your bill on the 15th but it might be later than that, or may not at all. I mean GET REAL. Do these transcription companies not realize you have obligations too and you need to be paid on time. I think so...but they dont pay you..because they can. I would call them and them you want your check by Monday or you will take action, and once I had my check, SO LONG DEADBEATS. You deserve to be be paid.
I agree with the poster. A simple, "Sorry, but it's just a good fit for me is all that is need
Everyone knows in this business that what is good for one person is not necessarily good for another. I've gotten more jobs based on other's recommendations only to be sooooo disappointed. To each his own and good luck. It's not like your the first person to quit a transcription job. It gets easier.....trust me LOL
I agree with the above poster. Check past postings.
Not a good place to work at all.
I agree with the above poster. Two months?? Wow.. time to move on.. Can you say jacking you around..
I knew you could..
Hello??!! I'm the original poster! I think I can respond to the poster who replied to my original
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off counts
Truthfully if it was a small enough discrepancy then I would and yes I could find a different job but it could just be that I need a different line counter. Do you use a line counter and if so which one do you use. Using MT Stars, Abacus, and Word Traverse I get a count of 1717 and I-Chart gives me 1655.15; MT Stars, etc. 1409, I-Chart 1350.55; MT Stars, etc. 1144, I-Chart 1088.32. If all the counters that I have used gave me all different counts I would be done with it but these 3 give me identical counts. As stated before in actuality its not really that bad because on the bigger picture its not that much money but this seems to be escalating and in order to monitor that I would need a comparable line counter which is the reason I asked what line counters others might be using. The problem could very well be that I just need to try a different line counter.
If you mean the 3 that are all together, that counts as ONE.
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Getting line counts up
I recently was hired for a national company, after having worked in-house for about 5 years in a physical therapy clinic. I'm still in the training status. Every day when I check my line count, I cannot believe it! It's in the 200-250 area. I know I'm slow, having to look up almost all drugs, many procedures, etc., and I'm adding to the expander program every day, but I don't see how I can get a lot faster. We don't get credit for header information and oftentimes this takes several minutes to look up, add to, correct.
Any suggestions/comments are welcome!
yes i have compared counts
of canned reports too. Your latter supposition is logical, and being on internet allows for more 'wandering' with ones time as well.
Line counts
Does anyone out there or has anyone out there worked for Transtech Medical Solutions and if so could you provide some input on their line counts and why there are 3 different platforms to figure your lines that give you 3 different figures and final line count is lower than those 3 platforms. Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks
LINE COUNTS
Be that as it may but have you have problems with your line count W?
line counts
I was given $10 guaranteed hourly for the first pay period, unless I did more than the 12,000 lines. That was a joke because I, like you, was, and still am, getting awful dictators. I did not make the 12,000 line requirement until 5 pay periods later. You will get there.....eventually. I can only dream what my line count would be if I had some decent dictators!
Line Counts
Line counts are pretty easy to get. I don't have any problem, but of course, the longer you are with any company/account, the easier line counts get. They require 150 lph, but they aren't sticklers about it, if you don't. (It took me a few months to get to 150, but then after that, 175-180 is about the norm). They let you pick your schedule. They are pretty flexible with that. I work a split shift and it works out great. They have excellent shift differentials. They use Shorthand as their Expander and if you're already using it, you can transfer it in. They have quality equipment. You don't spend a lot of time waiting. As far as demographics go, for the most part, it all pre-fills. Occasionally, you will get a patient you have to look up the name for, but it's easy and doesn't take long. It's an easy system to get used to, as well. You don't have to have 6 different windows open to do one thing. They have normals and examples easily available for different dictators, etc. Overall, it's definitely worth applying and taking the test. (The tests have caused problems for some folks - there's a written one and then 3 or 4 dictation samples).
Line counts
I sure did not have trouble getting between 250-350 lines per hour when I was with MDI at 11 cpl. I quit to take a radiology position that pays gross. The Bayscribe platform is very user friendly and I never had trouble with any of my accounts (2).
Line Counts
I average 250-300+ lph on my acute care account at MDI.
line counts
I most certainly did read it. I was stating that when I paste report into Word it does agree with the DQS line count, not that it does not agree.
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