I totally agree. I also wonder if they increase the work flow to our "overseas partners" so th
Posted By: MDI/Transcender123 on 2007-12-20
In Reply to: An even better idea - sm - another transcender
gets done by them thus not many US MTs are getting the incentive. I just find it strange that we can have a lot of work before the holiday that no one seems to be working on but then on the holiday we run out of work. Something is up with that.
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Not enough work to go around right now, totally agree.nm
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I work there and totally agree with you. nm
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Totally agree with above. The work just flows better. nm
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I totally agree with that. Why schmooze if the work is low,
work types are not spread evenly, lines are not counted on the up and up and e mails are not answered. I say address the issues, instead of spending time on here with the PR. IMHO.
I totally agree MT30 is an MTSO and a bad one probably... one that makes you work sm
for pennies and on Christmas and every weekend even if your kid has a soccer game.
That is a BIG problem at TransTech is leads assigning work, rather than letting the work flow
This TT MT just admitted to that fact. It has been very obvious, as so easy to tell how work comes into our que and then gets pulled out as fast as it came in and replaced with YUKKY dictators. VERY frustrating to us other TT MT's who take the JUNK that is NOT assigned to other MT's, such as this poster.
They have to be flexibility because of the erratic work flow. No sense in a schedule if no work..
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I am not sure that the work flow is low. sm
I think they have overhired again. At any rate, three and my friends and I are moving on. I haved stayed too long as it is. With no bennies and no DD and no employee status (oh, I know, SOME people get all that, but some people don't), and no work, there is no reason to stay!
Work flow
How's the work now? They have been running out for weeks.
work flow
So far I have not seen a reduction in work flow. It's been pretty nice. It does get low now and then, but nothing out of the ordinary.
How is the flow of work?
 Is it pretty steady or is there a lot of down time, specifically the escription accounts.
work flow
I have just been with TT a month or two. When I hired on, they told me the hours they had more work, so I work those hours. At one point, the doctors were slamming them with dictation after 3:00 PM. Of course, I started earlier than that, but still had plenty of work. When the docs are dictating is when we have work. That's true at the local hospital where I work as well as anyplace else. Like it or not, a Transcriptionist has to work when the doctors dictate. If you want to work day shift and 5 days, clinic work is good, but the reports are short.
MDI work flow
Let me weight. I have been with MDI about a year. Many positives. They leave you alone to do the work but the feedback is here if you need or want it. I never had a problem with workflow until this summer. Now work is constantly out or low particualry in the daytime. For a single parent this is a hardship because I need to get my hours in while kids are in school or daycamp in summertime. It's extremely difficult for me to be working in the evenings when children are at home. My paycheck as taken a hit or I am going on to work in the evenings and struggling and not supervising my kids because I have to work. The thing irks me is I have Op experience, I made this known when I was hired that not only do I have this experience But I also prefer Ops. I can see clearly every day they are begging for people to jump on do the Op notes. I have asked mutiple times (at least 4) to give me this worktype as I am not set up for it and that I would be happy to help with the backlog, pariculary because my clinic and other acute care work was dry. No response over and over. It's as if they are picking favorites to do this particular type of work and not allowing other peolple with the experience a shot at work that seems plentiful. It's very frustrating. I am never given an explanation as to why I cannot do this work type even though I have the experience. On only occasiona management said they would discuss it. So I do believe there is some favortism as to which employees get what type of work. I do not like this particulary when I am struggling to make a line count on the work types they will allow me to work on.
To be fair for the most part aside from the work type issue and slow work this summer my experience with MDI has been positive. I never ran out of work until this summer. They do not nitpick your work and harass you with contast emails and phone calls as some companies do. The people are generally nice and flexible.
However, I have started looking for other employment and I also need benefits, which MDI does not provide.
How is your work flow going? sm
I was just wondering how everyone was doing with respect to the amount of work you are getting. Is it slow? Are you inundated with a lot of reports?
I have never seen it this slow where I work. I am worried, unhappy, scared, etc. I called my MTSO and asked and was rudely told that it's because of the holiday and that I should know better. I did not start working there yesterday. I have been with this company as an IC since 2006, and even during the previous major holidays such as Xmas and Thanksgiving, it was never this bad. I was lucky to have gotten in 1000 lines this entire week! What's more is that The Holiday which was Memorial Day just passed; and Memorial Day is NOT a major holiday!
I am posting to just get a feel of what others might be experiencing.
Anyone work for Health Information Partners LLC or
have any information about this company?? Need feedback. Much thanks.
at least they have steady flow of work -
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No...I'm not one that lets work flow through.
I do take the time to correct my reports and research terms, physicans' names and addresses, correct facility names, etc. That is exactly WHY I take offense at your post. It is getting harder and harder to maintain quality while still being able to do this job at 99% accuracy along with all the additional nonpaid responsibilities some of these MTSOs require without having additional stress added to it with punitive compensation policies.
I'm most definitely NOT advocating that MTs should hurry through their work, I'm taking the side of the MTs that have enough stress as it is without having more garbage piled on top of our backs. I'm appalled at the fact that you have such a high and mighty attitude against your fellow workers at the same time bragging about your situation, yet admitting that you're scared you may end up in the same situation. Hey...at least your honest about not having qualms sticking the knife in your colleagues' backs. Like you say...it would be stoopid for you to give up the name of where you work to help others out because then you would end up in the same boat. Things are a lot different than they were in the 70s and 80s, but your attitude shows that you could care less about what your colleagues are going through NOW because you're done with it and set to retire.
Work for MQ and would rather share with you all than our ILP (international labor partners). sm
Actually I bet after seeing this on here a lot of MQers will be trying to get on at DSG. We both use Docuscribe and that is certainly a plus IMO.
Encompass- How are the accounts and work flow? Do you have a lot of work?
I need to keep busy. I cant sit here every day hoping for work so I'm looking elsewhere.
What's the work flow situation at TransHealth these
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How is the work flow at Precyse these days? Is it
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Work flow depends on the shift
Less work available during the day because that is when most people want to work.
Diskriter ? about work flow and VR pay rate
Tired of hopping around and trying to find a place with enough work to keep everyone busy and not overhire for future use  So just wanting to check out work flow, and was also wondering basic range for VR.
NO FAIR-WORK SHOULD FLOW NATURALLY - sm
As bad as things were at the Q, we got 1 job at a time, detmined via automation, to whatever MT was free was the next to get that job - no one to pick the best work for herself and give MTs the garbage. All this BS about TAT - best work gets taken first, MTs get squat. And how many people do we have to answer to, anyhow? You have top supe, account supe, supe of transcription, and leads like Carter's has pills. No wonder we get all ESLs and garbage - done by those who have the power to dictate who does what work. In the next life, just make me a Lead -- they can even keep the hourly/weekly salary -- just let me have first grab at the available dictation!
I can only speak for myself, but my work flow is fine.
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As far as I know, IC only. Very steady work flow. Pay is good and on time.
 Great lady to work for.
Pay on time and accurate, work flow steady.
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The work flow is pretty good. It gets low around the end of the pay period. sm
I work on the DSG-2 side and the sound is pretty good. Rumor has it we will be getting a new account soon but I don't know that for sure.
If I'm right I need to switch from daytime to graveyard shift to work "with" my partners LO
I just need to reverse my whole schedule...NOT.. Instead, I've been offered a dayshift job with benefits and they do not offshore because they refuse to. That says enough to me about where I need to be and God bless all of the hospitals and facilities out there they refuse to let their transcription services off-shore their world. You are true Americans and care about us.
Anyone know of a place that hires for over-flow work (besides people in India!!)
 Just a few hours a week?
If your impressed by bad communication and erractic work flow then it's the place for you..
I know a lot of people who have been there longer than a few weeks that have a lot better insight on MDI-FL and it's not a great review. Yes, the people are nice but is about it.. Nice unfortunately does not pay the bills or stop you from being frustrated because no one answers your emails, well I should say, in a timely manner, and if it is a money-related question like raises etc.. FORGET IT.. you will NOT be getting an email back on that one but you do get one telling you that you need to train on another system, which requires a C-phone, and one in which you had no desire to be placed on, or you lose your benefits. When people sign up to do accounts that are internet-based, it is for a reason. C-phones are a pain in the you-know-what..and then you find out that the account you were hired for is dried up most days, then you are told that you need to do another account that requires the C-phone or you will lose benefits. Thanks but no thanks..getting old.. but truly best of luck to you in whatever you decide.
Overhire, inconsistent work flow..Been there doing that. Cant afford to stay.
Need I say more..
Thank you. The recruiter was very informative. I specifically asked about work flow
as the company I am at now runs out almost daily, in part, I believe, as a result of being a mix of straight typing and VRE. I prefer straight typing over VRE anyway. TT is offering more per line and offers incentive and shift differential, which is something I don't get currently. Im excited to start working with them.
Northeast Transcription, any info? Platform? Work flow? Anything?
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Now I hear this company plays games with the work flow when you
start getting a higher line count. This is not surprising. I have BTDT and don't want to go through it again. There are enough posts now for me to say I am just done with the whole thing altogether and I am not a happy camper! Thanks for your feedback here and below. Saved me some headaches!
Is the work flow pretty steady on the evening shift
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I am wondering if employees with Futurenet have a hard time having adequate work flow..sm
Just started there not too long ago, but now finding out I am running out of work frequently. I have several accounts that I can work on, but all are empty most of the time. Have they overhired or is this the normal?
I totally agree with you!
Great bonuses, benefits, flexibility, love my supervisor and co-workers and have great communication! I'm sorry for those that are having a bad experience. I work out of the Dallas office and I love it.
I agree totally.
If they were really on the up and up why not just state exactly what the rate is and SHOWING it instead of taking a regular rate and a blended rate, figuring a percentage, making 60% actually equal 67%, adding, subtracting, multiplying by your 3rd kid's birthday, and dividing by the company phone number and then putting it on your paycheck as regular lines, 13-15K lines, 15-17K lines, 17-20K lines, B lines, C lines, special 1 lines, OT lines, B OT lines, C OT lines, holiday lines?? It's ridiculous.
If they actually hire you at 8 cpl wouldn't it be much easier and up-front to say you'll make 8 cpl for typing and 4.8 cpl for editing with 0.0025 cpl for each incentive level reached? I mean if they're really going to pay the incentive on the whole amount like they say they are, why do they need all these complicated, misleading terms like "blended rates" anyway? If you get other incentives on top of that, it's only included on those separate lines anyway, not the whole thing, so why try to make it look like you're actually making more on everything??
I totally agree..
It is really hard to get a take on a company from here. I have had my share of bad experiences with "nationals" but I choose not to smear their names all over the place. I just see it this way. They were not a good fit for me but maybe they are good for someone else. I have also proofed work for some "MTs" and I use the term loosely. Honestly, I wonder how some of them even got the job, yet they are so angry when they are fired for doing a horrible job. I live in Idaho as far as where I am located.
You are certainly welcome & I totally agree with you
There is always something new to learn. Nobody is born just knowing how to run their own business and being an MT doesn't just inherently provide you with the knowledge...the MT end yes, but the business end no. I have always heard that if you want to be successful at something then look for somebody who is doing what you want to do and doing it successfully, find out how they are doing it, and do it! Makes sense to me! I think its a great thing that somebody who did it wrote a book to help others so you don't have to learn the hard way by making mistakes and fumbling around until you get it all figured out. Best of luck to you and come back and let us know about your success!
I totally agree.
I get a check every 25 days from 1 company I work for (starts with a B, small to mid-size national). Another smaller company I work for takes 2 weeks to mail me a check, told me they would mail it in 8, and I get it 3 days after it is mailed. The third I will name because they get a total thumb's up - Medtrans Unlimited. Invoice processed and in my mailbox within a week.
I totally agree...
I'm always amazed when I come to this board and see posts like hers. Is there some unwritten rule amongst MTs that when you have a concern about your work load, you don't ask the people who would know (supervisors at the company) you come to MTStars instead to gripe and moan?
This makes no sense at all to me. If my work is low for more than a day, I email my supervisor and try to find out what's going on. Sometimes, they are not aware that there is a problem. Why is it that most of you have ABSOLUTELY NO loyalty to the company that you work for? Why come to this board to fuel rumors and/or start new ones. You work for Spheris. At least TRY to resolve the issue with them before coming to this board.
Management can only resolve issues that they are aware of. Always let your supervisor know what your problems or concerns are. They are the people who can DO something about it....not us.
I agree totally. While I usually appreciate
warnings about bad companies (though some have been made in anger, which I thoroughly understand), the owners coming to defend the company so hotly (especially with all the spelling errors-lol) make me think more than twice about working for such a place/person!!
I think that's what they mean, no? Otherwise, I totally agree. nm
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Totally agree
That's what you get when the corporate mentality takes over...
I'm praying I can get out within the next 2years.
I totally agree
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TOTALLY AGREE! sm
DSG pays me good, pay is always on time, management staff is AWESOME, work with me when I need off, etc., answers my emails, and I don't run out of work except maybe on the weekend, which is fine with me. I'm sorry some of you have had a bad experience with them, but some of us have a very good relationship with them.
And no, before I'm accused, I am not management.
I totally agree with you....
I love my job. I, too, have been doing this for 20+ years and have done everything from speech therapy to neurosurgery. I think that the more varied your skills, the better chance you have of liking what you do... that and the fact that no 2 days are ever the same....
I totally agree.
I hired on with Precyse a couple of months ago and have had an excellent experience so far. The company is overall great. The communication is above and beyond what I had expected.
I totally agree
Each time I tell someone I do MT at home, all they hear is at home and they say I am so lucky to be able to stay home. Then they ask me if they could get a job like mine. It really irritates me that those not in the know think being a MT, whether at home or in-house, is easy. I usually tell them that yes it is nice to work at home, but in most cases your hours are not regular, the work fluctuates, and you may or may not have benefits. I also tell them that if all they see to this profession is being at home, then stay where they are because it is just those kinds of people who bring this profession to its knees--or to India.
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