I dislike the platform and am struggling to make minimum
Posted By: webber on 2007-10-18
In Reply to: WebMedx - medword
line counts. The IT department said platform issues are being worked on but won't be resolved anytime soon. Work is sporadic on many accounts, may not be work during your shift, but you still have to make up the time and you're expected to accept it. You may/may not get a backup account.
You get e-mails that threaten they will have to offshore if accounts can't stay within TAT, which makes me think it is already in the works.
Benefits are good, but they don't make up for not being able to make lines.
I think they are definitely better than some companies I have worked for, but every breath I take I'm in tears because I hate it so much.
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Lack of communication, really dislike BeyondTxt and need to make more money. sm
I am just not making my bills, and I was before, so it is time to move on.
Anyone else struggling to even make a $200 paycheck from Futurenet? sm
They are a great company but the work is bare. Very, very bare. I cannot even make enough to do anything with. Have they overhired? This has been going on for months. I hate to leave but I cannot put my family through this anymore. We depend on my income greatly. Anyone else have these issues?
it would only hurt those struggling to make their line count
It could endager their job. If they need just 45 minutes extra a day to meet their count, what does it hurt? No one said you have to work more hours. You could always opt out of working longer than 8 hours.
New TTer, struggling to make lines. Are they flexible on this
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Bare minimum? I make over $50,000 a year in 40 hours a week. That is not bare minimum. sm
Bare minimum would be $8 an hour which is $16,640 a year or $10 an hour which is $20,800 a year. I make more than twice that and that is NOT bare minimum.
I worked to get my typing speed to 80 wpm. I worked to get my Expanders user-friendly and plentiful. I am not the fastest because I look up what I do not know, but I am lucky to have a very good memory so if I type it a few times, I do not have to look it up. I keep notes when I run across something I do not know. I am interested in my profession and read the magazines for our profession and network with other transcriptionists during my free time, devoting a minimum of 2 hours per week to networking and learning new things.
I am not the fastest MT, but I am accurate and boiled it down to simple math. I need to transcribe 250 lines per hour for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. At 10cpl, that is 2000 lines a day x 5 days per week x 50 weeks per year. I take 2 weeks off per year during July to visit my grandchildren (unpaid), 1 week a year to vacation with my husband (paid) and 1 week a year to spring clean (paid). I have worked for the same company for 4 years and 8 years for the one before this.
I treat my work hours as work hours and take 1/2 hour for lunch which I do not include in my 8 hours. I pretend that I am working outside the home and do not answer the door, get the mail, do laundry, etc. If I have a good day and go over the 2000, I bank it in my mind for days that are not as good and make sure that I get 10,000 lines each week.
My W2 each year is consistently $50,000. A few years it was higher, but I worked a few weekends, which I no longer do.
It IS possible.
My account went to India, have been struggling to make any money for the last month, crappy work. nm
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If you cannot make minimum wage with this, then
get another profession. I make over $20 per hour. You are a poor excuse for a Transcriptionist if not able to do. End of message and end of talking about something apparently not everyone is able to do.
You pay more for insurance if you don't make minimum lines also sm
I left there because of this exact issue. I started having a harder and harder time getting my lines, meaning I got a reduced line rate and had an extra $95-100 on top of that taken out because they didn't pay the employer matching part of the insurance.
I think the dislike for VR has to do with 2 things
First of all the system is not good, majority training it doing wrong and thus you get a report looking like salad. It takes the person time to fix it right and then over and over same errors, again it is not being trained right. You can make money with voice but you cannot without a good system because, again taking so much time to fix. I love VR but then my system is almost letter perfect. People also scared by the unknown and some write on here never have been exposed to voice.
Dislike it, too. Much too involved, too many choices, etc. nm
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MDI-FL is the one most people dislike/unhappy with. nm
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How much do you plan to make on the new platform?...nm
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It sounds like you dislike your job -- life's too short
I bet you can find a job that you really like. While I have been very happy with MDI and now Transcend, I know that everyone's experience can be different.
Good luck to you!
Maybe they are like me, love the platform, but can't make money with it
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ahem...make that BEST platform. sigh. nm
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I love the platform and make good $ on it. SM
I do believe it has to do with the accounts though. I've used it for 4 hospitals and have made great money, both VR and straight typing. VR gives me more than double the lines of typing but I do think it is an acquired skill. Learn the shortcuts and use them. It is also only as good as the team training the VR.
On the other hand I've used it on a clinic account and the lines were just not coming in like they do in AC. A very heavy, 90%, ESL verbatim account and I lasted all of 2 weeks on that account.
I'd say I do about 90% VR and 10% straight typing and all in all I'm impressed with the accuracy of the VR.
if your platform is decent at OSI and you make line count....
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with KS make sure you know the platform/account/equipment/ESLs;
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Do tell. I find it interesting in what some people like and dislike in a company. Could you share
more about your experience...
I work on a great platform, have good QA support and make
a lot more than 8 cpl. I even have GREAT benefits, which are more than affordable. There are good companies out there that pays for experience!!!!
depends; can make more $ on easy platform/7 than hard platofrm/8-9 cents
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PS who is struggling
It is true there are a couple not so great ROMs, believe me I could name you 2 right now BUT, you don't have to deal with them - simply ask for another account. They have many accounts to put you with a better fit and one that you will be happy with. I know many more ROMs that are just the best of the best and you would love them and work would be a joy. There is very little cherry picking going on, I am sure less than 5% across the board. I still prefer the smaller company though where everyone is former MT's - and not on a power quest and step all over you.
Shirley
Shirley
Your are right, I am not struggling NOW
I am working, my husband is working but I have worked long and hard in the past and just today got my first check from social security for working all that time in the past, the most 4 jobs at 1 time. I have now put in 48 years worth of work and still counting. I have paid my dues totally for me and some others. I still work because I love transcription. I have been where others are perhaps now, living on potatoes and beans each week to feed a family. I lived through it and could do again if I had to. If you can tell me what I can do NOT to pay bills, I will be glad to listen because I still have them to pay. Oh, my dinner out was the soup and salad at Olive Garden. Most know how much that costs, no drink, no appetizer.
I am so sorry for you and everyone who is struggling. nm
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Agreed. Could not make any money there. Platform is horrid. I wouldnt matter if you were paid 18 cpl
if you couldnt get a good line count in.
poor and struggling
I feel for you; I am right there with you. BTW, my name, Fatcat, has to do with the fact that I am fat, not an allusion to being rich, ha ha. We live mostly on lentils and rice, sometimes hamburger once in a while if it is on sale. Please do not feel that you are alone. There are many of us in this same boat. I recently took on a second job just to be sure I always had work to support my family. God bless you. Hang in there.
Glad to know I'm not the only one struggling to get work -- sad. nm
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I agree, whoever you are, you deserve to be happy with any job, not constantly struggling.
The reason we have these boards is we need each other, that is my reason. It is a God given right that we deserve to be happy and not be taken advantage of, be kind to other people, and PASS IT ON!
Probably because they love to overhire! We will all be struggling for work in a few months..nm
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Is there anyone else struggling to get the lines needed at Transcend for medical insurance? sm
Or is it just me??  TIA
Huge employee turnovers and struggling to get your lines seems to be a common theme.. No thanks.
I think I'll pass on that. I have worked for a hospital before and I never had to pay for any physical, background checks etc..
Minimum....
I was told the minimum for FT was 1000 and PT was 700.
Do you think they would have a minimum?
Why would companies state a minimum line requirement if they didn't expect MTs to reach it?
I think she is just trying to set a minimum. If anyone
was unwilling to work for 8 cpl, they could always try to negotiate a higher wage with individual employers. I think trying to get everyone to not take less than say 8 cpl is a very good idea. Personally, I would not take 8 either. I am currently getting 9, so it would be a decrease for me, but I believe she is trying to start a movement to get these 6 and 7 cpl wages to disappear. She is on the right track.
RISS is not a platform. RIS stands for Radiology Information System. The platform sm
would be EXText.
I believe that would come to a little over minimum wage...
Not good at all! 
Minimum wage at best, probably not that!
I would not take any QA/editing position unless it is a set hourly rate. Again, I have said it before, do not sell your fellow QA/editors down the drain like AAMT has sold us. Hourly is the only way!
Minimum 12,000/month for IC
for IC status. FT as an employee is 32 hours/week. Hope that helps.
FT/PT? Minimum lines? Thank you. nm
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From the ads I have seen companies are looking for a minimum of
97%, but most 98%. I would not put that on my resume. It is not verifiable information. I think scope and years of experience is what will get you hired.
Minimum of 1000 lpd at 8 to 8.25 cpl. nm
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I agree. Should pay $30 minimum. However
I have not seen a company that paid more than $25 max per hour ever.
20 hours is the minimum...nm
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My company minimum is 150 lph and seems to be
the industry standard, though there are always exceptions.
They have to pay minimum wage s/m
They have to pay for minimum wage if you do not reach that on your line counts.
Should say - minimum per day - she must average 100
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again, why would they state a minimum?
If they have a minimum line requirement, I would assume they expect the MTs they hire to reach it. Why would an MT take a position with a line requirement when they can't/won't make it?
minimum lines for ICs
You have to watch it with MedScribe. I am not a lazy person, just a single dad, but when my production dropped a little low for just a short time last month they ended my contract like BAM! And no second chance. So after half a year of high quality Rad work for them now I am looking again.
Minimum Wage
You have hit on a point that the service owners did not plan for. Pursue this with the DOL office in your state:
USMLSU Initiative
Washington, DC
ONLINE, REAL-TIME CONFERENCE CALLS/MEETINGS BEING SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF 2009 !
Respect, reasonable compensation, and humane treatment for all U.S.A. Medical Transcriptionists
our company minimum 127 lph
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VR or not, need to pay MINIMUM WAGE--sm
Not just my 2 cents' worth -- that's the LAW in all 50 US states. At 3-4 cents a line, this is hardly possible, especially at the start, to make at least a minimum wage that any 16-year-old kid makes delivering groceries. Add to that all the UNPAID work we are required to do for the privilege of being fleeced by the MTSOs, CCs, researching doctors, endless demographic work having nothing to do with transcription... 
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