I hope that you, too, are working to get the situation changed! nm
Posted By: The US is losing its middle class. on 2007-04-03
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MQ same situation. No pay for working holidays, no pay for working weekends nothing. Now noone works
much anymore and so they jerk the work out of the accounts to some place that throws it back with a lot of bad bad quality. This is the NE region. I dont know what the others are doing.
Hope they changed
They were the pits.
I hope things have changed -sm
I worked for Edix too, and although I know some people weren't treated well there, I felt I really was. I had a really great supervisor. I just wasn't able to make money with that system. It was too slow, so I left after only 3 months.
I am so sorry to hear that!! Hope things have changed
for your sake:( Terrible co. IMO
YW. If you end up working for them, I hope you like it, too. nm
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I hope your friend has stopped working for her.
Working holidays/weekends? I would certainly hope you are committed to
your convictions. Many people do not work holidays but it is not always a choice. If you do not want to work weekends or holidays, but the work must get done. If you are anti-working holidays and weekends, then I hope you do not expect to receive medical care or emergency treatment of any kind, that you do not shop or buy anything on weekends/holidays, do not attend any type of functions where employees must work to create a good environment for you to enjoy your life, do not go to movies, do not go out for dinner, etc. Did you ever think that these people may not want to have to work just to make your life sweet? What hypocrits.
There's plenty of work. Hope you like working every weekend and holiday. nm
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The owners haven't changed, MT supe hasn't changed
I've been in their office. I know the people. It is a sweat shop and you will never be paid a decent amount or get respect. You won't know which is a good or a bad day for the person you report to until you literally get yelled at.
They have to offer bonuses because their reputation is that bad and nothing has changed. You may get work that has been recorded 3 times from some of the worst accounts you could ever imagine. They take accounts no one else will touch. That hasn't changed.
They changed buildings so maybe the phone number also changed...
They are still going strong...
Ditto.. Over 13 years experience working in hospitals doing all types of reports, currently working
for a national etc.. and Spheris told me I didnt have the qualifications. What cracked me up was the hospital I was working at at the time contracted some of our work out to them.. What a joke..I was good enough to work for a hospital and gave them work, yet not qualified enough for them. What is wrong with this picture.
They seem to have changed since I did..
I worked for them 6 years ago. I was an employee, I see now on their website they only hire ICs. I was very happy with them, basically could work when I wanted as long as the reports were back when due. However, they somehow decided that their pay scale was unfair to new hires, so those of us who had been there, got knocked down to the new hire scale and everyone basically had to start from scratch to level the playing field. I quit shortly after, was not going to take a pay cut. I believe at this same time they also started sending some stuff offshore, not something I was ready to deal with. If they still have the same owners (I think the guys name was Ed), I found him to be very rude and only interested in himself and his $$. I believe about 6 of us all quit at the same time because they downright rude. I am now with a big national and making about double what I did with Accutype because of better systems and support.
So nothing has changed...
Thanks for the headsup guys. I passed the test with them and received an email, but I guess nothing has changed from past posts.
Thanks again
I see nothing has changed in the last
year since I left MDI. This is exactly how they operate on every level. A lot of people don't mind but I stayed for way to long and have a much better position now without all the drama from MDI! Good luck to you.
Pay Changed
I also agree that you should not take the job, but if they did offer to come up to the original offer I would still not take it. In my mind, this is a either a very unorganized company or a manipulative company and either way it is unlikely things would change once actually working for them.
Must have changed
Their training period used to be for 4 weeks--it must have changed within the last year.
Unless it has changed
you get paid for training what you will be paid for when out of training.
i changed this yr from emp to IC (SE)
left the Q for another job...and i'd have to suggest job #2. I have been an employee for several decades, and wish i would have found the joy and freedom of being an IC-type years ago. I have my medical insurance through BC/BS of my state, and do that so i am free to change jobs if i want to. I get a little higher deductible and the premium is not so bad. As far as a computer, i decided to have a backup for my desktop and just yesterday purchased a laptop online from Circuit City (sale goes off today) for a toshiba A215-S4697, $600 (includes printer/wireless router/security software). That's less than half of what i invested in my desktop. Maybe that would be of interest to you? Feel free to e/m me if i can be of any further help. Either way, good luck!!
looks like nothing has changed much...
the owner gave me some sob story about how she wouldn't make any money if she paid us more than 1.5 cents/line to edit. PLEASE!!
Unless they have changed
since last year when I worked for them, and I doubt they have,stay away from them. They STILL call me and want me to call them and act as though I never worked for them before; I worked there 4 months. Cannot understand any of them when you need to talk to someone, never had any work even after they promised there would be plenty of work. I finally threw in the towel and left. Couldn't feed the family that way. I definitely do not wish this company upon anyone.
Could have changed but..
I elected NOT to take a position with them because the pay was the worst ever. They had VR accounts that they paid 1.5-2 cpl on I believe. There is NO way I'd do ANY work for that.
Nothing has changed.
They have told some that they have 'optimized' their work pool to eliminate the cesspool, but we are STILL getting cesspool. Nothing but empty promises.
May be old but NOTHING has changed
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She must have changed!!!!!!sm
This woman must have changed! She was the most moody, strange, and rude person years ago when we worked at the same company. But I think back then, she had a substance abuse problem. not sure 
I think she changed her name.
I read old posts, but don't remember specifics. I think it was something about work drying up.
JLG has not changed
Their QA staff is rude and not helpful.
Unless the law has changed
it is the physician's responsibility to ensure that the record is correct when his name is signed to it. I used to have a dictator who always ended his dictation with I have signed but have not read this document or something like that. Every time I typed it I thought fool!
Yep--same situation for me.
I just dread the thought of being yelled at, and then probably fired, because I can't keep a schedule. I work when kids are watching a TV show, or taking a nap, or a neighborhood kid drops in to babysit, or dinner is taking extra long so I can squeeze in a couple more reports. Like you, THAT is why I've been with MQ for almost seven years now!
I feel like crying.
I just had this same situation come up - sm
I simply explained to the company that I would rather my present employer not be contacted at this time, since they are not aware that I am looking. I have another reference, so I hope it isn't going to be a problem. But like you, if things don't pan out with this company and I end up staying where I am, I definitely don't want any problems.
This is my situation.
I am a hospital employee thinking of going national mainly due to the drive though. There is plenty of work though and when the work is low which is rare, we file, the ones that know how code, code, sometimes we can help out with Release of Info (ROI), or do other things until there is more work so you are always getting paid. Great bennies too at my hospital too, tons of PTO time that a person can cash in.
The down side is that certain ones can get away with turning in crap work all the time. thers if they make one little mistake it is magnified and made to feel like they are the worst Transcriptionist in the world. Some are allowed to cherry pick and others get stuck with the worst dictators. Also a problem is that I am in an office with newbies who don’t have to worry about production (rest of us do) and they act like children, literally. Sing songs out loud, shoot rubber bands at each other, the phone where family and friends can call on rings off the wall. I also have a loud speaker over my head where the operator comes on and says “DR SMITH call 99999 or whatever.” I don’t fit into the little cliques.  I cannot afford fancy clothes and I cannot afford to go out and eat once or twice a week, I have go to home and cook supper as I have two small children to feed.
I'm in the same situation - someone took all my
call me. I followed the employee manual and sent an email as my first step in problem resolution to my account supe (who never returns emails). And this is a new job I took because of the very same thing happening at the last one, with assurances that I would NEVER have this problem here!
Am not sure what the situation is. SM
If this is a local hospital, I was welcomed with open arms on no more than a medical terminology course, although that was years ago. There is no better training than the one-on-one I received there. Sometimes you will find there are people available to help you until you can get up to speed. Even in a local doctor's office, you may not be on your own for awhile. If you're not sure about the situation, don't hesitate to apply, and there is no need to mention your lack of experience. I imagine it will show up on your resume, so they will know exactly what they are getting. If you get to the interview stage, that would be the time to ask about training, what exactly is expected, how long you have to learn all you need to know, who is available to help, etc. Good luck whatever your decision.
my situation... c msg
I'm an actual full-time employee for two merged hospitals. Full benefits. also includes radiology. I went home 1-1/2 years ago. pay is 20/hr. The minimum production is 75 minutes plus 0.50/min after 80 minutes. all equipment provided including second phone line and internet connection. We do have outside vendors that back us up, but we have majority of the work. I'm happy with my position. Unfortunately the hospital itself is making cuts and the transcription department is one of its targets, although they haven't touched us yet. One of our vendors are now doing most of the work for one of our hospitals, so I am considering asking my boss to hire me as an IC.
I say take the job if you have more pluses than minuses, but remember, hospitals do lay off so have a back up plan. Good luck to you.
I don't think I would like that situation...
I think you should be able to see how many reports you did and line count for each. I've had instances where a report I sent was missing from my total, and I would never have known if I wasn't able to get that detailed info. I have always kept a log, also, of all job numbers to compare. Maybe there would be some way you could check the line count for each report before you sent it and write it down and then compare the total to what shows up? but that would be a pain!
Your's is a different situation
than mine of course, and so we have different concerns. I really do not know much about them, as the people who merged with MD-IT, who I will be working for, are very new to MD-IT (June of this year), and they really cannot give me many answers to my questions. This is what concerns me the most! MD-IT may be fine itself, but I am worried about the branch of it that I am dealing with. Let me know if you would what you find out about them, and I will do the same on my end! Good luck with whatever you decide to do!!!!
Yes, same situation here also
You don't know the situation...
shut up until you do. It is not up to supervisors to train someone how to be an MT, they are only responsible for showing them how to use the software platform, unless they teach a transcription class. Companies hire MTs that have had years of experience, like duh. These were stupid errors only first-year MTs would make and this woman had more years of MT experience than me and still made them.
It's not my responsibility to teach MTs medical terminology and spelling. They should already know.
Sad situation...
I am currently working for a company that acquired business here, only to eventually send it all overseas. I'm just counting the days before I’m given the boot... I hope and pray that our next president makes it very unpleasant for companies who do this to Americans. What goes around comes around and you get what you pay for! Let's see how long the clients stick around with the quality issues you will soon be faced with. I am very disappointed because I thought I was a valued employee... silly me!
It's a sad situation...
Most of us expect not to be given raises...but I think that should change. It makes no sense to be at a company 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, and so on years and never be given a raise. It doesn't happen in other professions, does it?
Never had that situation, but I was only
assigned 1 account and was told that if I needed to add to it to let them know. I've only been with less than a year, but when I interviewed, they went over the account in pretty good detail with me. So I kinda knew what I would be working on before I accepted the position.
Are you with MDI currently and are having a problem or just looking?
When I went through the same situation with
I called the bank with the paycheck account number and asked if a check for my estimated amount was covered. When I found it wasn't, I figured out the check wasn't simply lost in the mail and confronted the MTSO, who fessed up that things were temporarily tight. I quit immediately and stayed in contact daily until I got my wages. I do not give the benefit of the doubt anymore.
My situation
I do both ASR and transcription and never run out of work. I have two accounts, acute care. I'm not sure about the radiology side of things. I used to run out of work until I volunteered to do ASR, which keeps me busy when transcription is low. I never run out of work now.
situation
I did run out of work off and on awhile back, as we will in this biz. I have several accounts (by request) and am almost never out of work. Lately very busy in fact. Yes, they have been very good about accommodating me. IMO it is a great company. Have been there a couple years now. Biggest drawback is feeling the need to work on days off if acct is busy. As they've said, if everyone for that acct put in 1-2 hours at those times, it would solve the client needs. Unfortunately, not everyone is so conscientious. good luck.
I had same situation
I applied to several companies. A couple got me all excited but then blew me off after paying closer attention to my resume and how long I had been out of the field. I applied with Focus and got hired there but never actually started because my former employer from many yrs ago finally got back to me and offered me a job (after testing since even they were skeptical even though I was a great MT back then). Apply for everything you can and test for anyone who offers you the chance. If you are interested in working for local doctors instead of a national company you could compile a list of who is in your town and start contacting each of them.
Good luck. You will find something. Try not to get too discouraged.
this is exactly how the situation is with VR...sm
good VR system + good dictator + good audio = happy VR-MTs
bad VR sytem + bad dictator + bad audio = miserably feeling VR-MTs
and all the variations in between.....
Yes, I had the same situation ...sm
I was hired a couple of months ago and excited to be working on DocQScribe again, but just 1 week into it the work started disappearing. I'd get in a half day or if I was lucky 3/4 of a day's shift and then no work. I was full time and only getting about 3-4 hours of work per day at the most. I finally had to leave due to the lack of work.
Sad situation
Boy are they gonna be in a world of crap when the new accounts come on and by then at least 1/3 of their MTs have left.
OT situation
They did lay off lots of people recently and are now hiring like crazy. Even crazy MTs are coming back who have left (or are the one's who were laid off, hmmm, curious). It seems that some at Ampion have little work while other specific accounts have too much work and are constantly being required to work OT almost every single day with the remarks from the MTSO that this is mandatory with no exceptions. We do have a life besides Amphion, or at least I used to think so!
Same situation here
My account has more than enough work and I'm also on a VR program. I've no problem making about double the required lines every day and could do even more if I didn't take breaks to read these boards, lol!
I'm sorry for those whose accounts don't have sufficient work, but that's not the case with my account.
(And, let me beat the naysayers to the point - I am neither management nor a cheerleader, just a fortunate MT with plenty of work on my account).
Yes, that's a bad situation....
It is never acceptable to allow mistakes to be made solely based on the fact that you (general you) want to make more money/not lose money. This is a constant problem with the production environment... MTs rushing through because they think they need to make X, meanwhile compromising quality. If you ask how many here proofread their reports before sending, you will find that most do not. Are we paid enough to proofread and slow down for quality? I think most probably are not. So, ultimately, the problem begins with the facility being cheap and ends with the MT who accepts that cheapness. In this situation, I think the best solution would be not docking their pay, but maybe offer 3 warnings. After the third warning, they are terminated. But leave out the docking pay part.
I don't know your situation
But I have some accounts on ISR but others aren't. I have no idea how fast I will be on the new platform or how many reports on any given day I will get that are ISR. There really isn't a way for me to calculate how much I will gain or lose. I'm just wondering how you can calculate that (seriously, not sarcastically). If I stay at the same percentage (roughly) and only increase my LPH by 31 (or so)I will make the same amount. Last year when the bonus came out, I really made a huge effort and was able to increase my LPH by quite a bit. I have many tricks using AHK and Instant Text and would love to help those struggling, as do many other MTs. We share a lot of shortcuts. I hope you can find a way to make up the difference. There are many creative ideas out there.
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