I got my first check within 2 weeks when I started last February
Posted By: ERMT on 2007-11-30
In Reply to: It seemed like I applied about a year ago and they said it would take about 1 month for the first - You can correct me if I'm wrong but..
I never had to wait a month.
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Go for it!! I started 3 weeks ago. (sm)
They have a super training team. You get an immediate reply when you send an email to ANYONE at Medware. They are a great bunch of people and very helpful. Bonnie (recruiter) has always been there for me and I am on a team with a great Team Leader and Lead Transcriptionist.
I am on the Merit side and love it. It is an excellent program and soooo MT friendly!!
started new job 3 weeks ago
Left a job which had become very stressful and nonproductive for a company that I saw good things about on this board. I didn't see an ad, but apparently they were in the middle of hiring. I do a hem/onc account, 2nd shift. . It's VR but much better VR than I have ever seen. Good dictators. I also have backup accounts. The people are nice and I look forward to going to work. No stress. I am not bombarded with e-mails while working. I also have a PT job which I've had for 3 years, never had any problems with them. Might want to work in another field one day but for now I think I'm in a good place.
I started 2 weeks ago with Transcend
At first I was totally frustrated, and ready to quit. Now I am finally getting used to their program and it is flying. Plenty of work. Dictators are a mix depending on your account. They told me to cover the hours I committed to, but if I need to make extra, just do it. I think that is pretty flexible. I had to change my schedule the first week and no problem, just called and was told okay. Not so bad. I may end up liking this. Just depends on if I can get enough lines. We will see.
I started 3 weeks ago, was on 3 days.
Started 2 weeks ago at Medware
Very happy. I really like the system and my trainer has been great. Call and email and IM and whatever I ask is answered, feedback is instant and you can pull samples on-line. Great system. Got an email yesterday about a recruiter moving on to another job, but that will not effect much, just hire another recruiter I guess. They have several. Go for it, you will be happy.
Not true. I started at 9 cpl two weeks ago. sm
I think it depends on the account, your experience and the shift and there is a raise at 90 days of 1/2 cpl.
Just started with Etrans about 2 weeks ago. So
far so good.
I started with them 3 weeks ago, after working out my notice with MW. sm
I have had a lot of work, love the account and have no complaints at all. It was hard the first few days to get used to a new system and dictators, but I am at 1500 lines a day now with no problem. I had no problem with paperwork, although the hospital took almost to down to the wire to get my ID ready. Best move I ever made!
I started 2 weeks to the day. I would call the office direct if I were you. sm
That does not sound right. Maybe the person you are working with dropped the ball. I would call the office. They are there until 5:30 or later on Fridays. (630)553-3680. This is not private info. It is on their ad.
Call them. Something is not right. I was hired a month ago and started 2 weeks ago. sm
Call Laura or Becky in the office. They are both in tomorrow.
6 weeks first check
I'm wondering if it's me, or does anyone else think it is not right about starting a company and having to wait 6 weeks for the first check? I applied to a company and they said if a person works 5/1 thru 5/31, the first check would be 6/13, and that would cover the first 2 weeks worked. This is the second company I have found like that. Even with direct deposit - that is a long time.
6 weeks first check
This information should have been explained to you during the hiring process. Did you ask about this during your initial inquiry with the company? If not, you should have. This would have been a deal breaker for me.
It took me 9 weeks and 2 phone calls to get my check.
I had to leave voice mails and no calls ever returned, but I finally got my check. I knew someone who was still waiting after 12 weeks.
Have worked for them 8 weeks, haven't received a check yet. -nm
I didn't HEAR of it being over $500 each month..I see it taken out of my check every 2 weeks..(sm
$254 each pay period. I honestly hope you're right that the final paperwork was signed last Friday because I had decided to have it discontinued after the March 15 paycheck and either look on my own or go without coverage for a while until I find a more reasonable plan. The insurance itself is great but too high. I can't imagine how you are paying only $184 per month and I have been paying over $500 since December 2006 for single coverage!
Forget my check is 2 weeks late, I am quitting my
job because I have to use some of my ink to print out paperwork. If that is an honest-to-goodness complaint, you need a dose of reality.
A printer with ink will cost about $30 to $40. My company owes me $900 in back wages and $900 in current wages. Yes, I refuse to work any more until I am paid, but I am still out almost $2000. All they say is check is in the mail.
If you can put your MT-princess resume out there and get a better job that doesn't require you to spend thousands of cents on ink, you should go for it.
Some companies don't give that first check until 4 or 6 weeks have passed. Ck your contract. nm
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February 1st
I think it happened on February 1st. I stopped getting work on that day, but nobody mentioned a word to me. Is this strange or what?
I believe they have until February 2
which I never understood how it got extended in the first place to the end of January. what if you owe taxes? It means you only have until April 15 to pay.
this is from the IRS website:
The first quarter of a calendar year is made up of January, February, and March.
During January:
All employers. Give your employees their copies of Form W-2 for 2008 by February 2, 2009. If an employee agreed to receive Form W-2 electronically, post it on a website accessible to the employee and notify the employee of the posting by February 2.
Been working for them since February
She is great to work for, pays once a week, always on time. IC status.
FYI - Page from February
Just bringing to your attention that the link leads to a page that has not been updated since February, 2008. A lot has changed since then and the productivity figures for editing have decreased, more closely equaling the transcription numbers.
ADP/ MW, yes, but not effective till February.
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I cannot answer for February of 2005.
I was not employed there then. I have been there a little over 2 years. I can say when I started at Axolotl there were maybe 10 to 15 acute care MTs. We have more than doubled in size since then. I do know that if we had work outsourced to other companies, we would not have the amount of work to transcribe that is always here.
Axolotl is also an EMR provider and if you go to their website you can read all about that area of their business.
In my 15 years of being a trancriptionist, I have never found a better company to work for and this is why:
1. They treat their MTs like they should be treated.
2. They compensate MTs the way they should be compensated.
3. The platform is great.
4. We do not run out of work and they do not overhire.
5. They offer great benefits.
6. Great management and editors.
After reading so many horror stories on this site about some of the nightmares other MTs have gone through with other companies, plus the fact I have had a few myself, I am BLESSED to find such a great company.
Was a reference posted in February by an MTSO that it
search by key word _flying monkies_ and read the responses.
Can only find 1 poster recommending them from February. nm
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There was a post about payment issues back in February. nm
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Yes, they offer I think 4 weeks at full pay or 8 weeks at half pay. Call the office
and talk to them about it. You wont lose your job. They aren't like that.
I was hired and started in 1 week. That is not a long set-up time. When I started with our local h
I needed to get a physical and go through orientation at the hospital which is only given two times per month. This is a 900-bed hospital, so it cannot be an unusual process. MQ took 2 weeks. KS took 1 week. SoftScript never got me started even after repeated calls and emails.
I have only been with KS for 9 months but would never put them in the same catagory as the others you mentioned. They are the best company I have worked for, and unfortunately, I have bounced around a little in the last 5 years.
I was hired and started in 1 week. That is not a long set-up time. When I started with our local h
I needed to get a physical and go through orientation at the hospital which is only given two times per month. This is a 900-bed hospital, so it cannot be an unusual process. MQ took 2 weeks. KS took 1 week. SoftScript never got me started even after repeated calls and emails.
I have only been with KS for 9 months but would never put them in the same catagory as the others you mentioned. They are the best company I have worked for, and unfortunately, I have bounced around a little in the last 5 years.
I was hired and started in 1 week. That is not a long set-up time. When I started with our local h
I needed to get a physical and go through orientation at the hospital which is only given two times per month. This is a 900-bed hospital, so it cannot be an unusual process. MQ took 2 weeks. KS took 1 week. SoftScript never got me started even after repeated calls and emails.
I have only been with KS for 9 months but would never put them in the same catagory as the others you mentioned. They are the best company I have worked for, and unfortunately, I have bounced around a little in the last 5 years.
Check Monster, CareerBuilder, MedHunters.com. Check with the companies you see listed if they're
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Does background check include credit check?
"You can check my credit if I can check yours"
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Credit check, FBI check was not for
me. The notion that if you don't pay your bills means your not a responsible person really kills me!!! Lots of people have $$ problems, especially if you are an MT, LOL!!! They are the only company I know that does these checks. Seems a little anal to me!!!
They can check mine if I can check theirs...nm
Also a few weeks for me sm
The real problem has not been getting used to DQS, but the fact that so many transcriptionists are doing the accounts, I may have to type from 5 or 6 different hospitals to get my lines in each day. The switching has slowed me down much more than the DQS itself.
It took 2 weeks to get an ID, but they kept following up sm
with me until it came in. They told me this upfront, so it was not a surprise. I was working out my notice at another company during that time, so it was a smooth transition for me. If you do not get something you need, call the office. They have always responded well for me and taken care of things quickly.
2 weeks' for nothing
Its hard to believe that when in the last few months we have been barely having work and we are not compensated in any way whatsoever. Just like its not your fault that the account you are to work on its not our fault that we are running out of work. I say lets give the loyal employees who keep sticking with TT through this very dry drought some kind of compensation if for nothing else than for sticking around.
Pay is ever 2 weeks
Not twice a month like most companies, doesn't seem like much of a difference but it's at least 2 more pay checks a year. Payperiods end on a Sunday and the check is in the bank the next Saturday.
i got one a few weeks ago
I got one a few weeks ago. I just told her that I had a position and only wanted radiology right now. I have also as someone else replied gotten a postcard before, I believe last year or the year before.
2 weeks
when you put in a 2 week notice, do most of the MTOS just let you go right then.......or do they let you finish out your 2 weeks? Just curious.
It took me about three weeks,
but was well worth the wait, I love working at Keystrokes! They treat their employees like human beings and not just a number. I never run out of work either
2 weeks
Usually they let you finish your out your 2 weeks.
If you don't give 2 weeks...most times they mark your termination papers as not to rehire.
Hope this helps
Every 2 weeks. nm
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Every 2 weeks.
Works out better than twice a month.
I have only been there about 6 weeks and
there were several days where others were complaining they had multiple accounts and out of work on all of them. Judging my the backlog reports it looks like work has picked up considerably. They are fixing to go live with 2 more accounts so there should be plenty of work. They don't pay for downtime though. It seems there are always accounts that have been approved for OT though, so I guess if you want to have several backups the work is there. So far I don't have a backup account and I'm staying busy now and even able to work OT.
They pay every two weeks. Sm...
and you will get your paycheck on a regular schedule via direct deposit.
I'm about to take off 2 weeks plus
and I feel guilty about it. I'm both an employee for one company and an IC for another. I actually feel worse about taking off the time as an IC because my company is so good about giving me the exact amount of minutes I've committed to each day, and I know it's a hardship when an IC is gone for that long. This was scheduled and they were notified well in advance, and I probably won't take off any other time until the next vacation which I'm sure will be months if not more than a year down the road. Still, I feel guilty leaving my company in the lurch.
Every 2 weeks. nm
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I don't think in the last few weeks or so...
A few weeks ago most of you were saying SM
that this idea wouldn't fly and that you still wouldn't seek the credential. Am I hearing some concern now?????
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