I work at Axolotl and have found them to not
Posted By: be friendly at all, and I think your on 2009-02-07
In Reply to: I am in fact an MT. Do you not know - Ateam
attitude is reflective of that. Why not be kind to your fellow MT who is having trouble with the changes? Why not offer to help via private email rather than acting smug. This person is your coworker, remember? A company can have a load of benefits, but that is only a teeny tiny part of a picture of a company. Some of us want a lot more than just good benefits. Especially in a small company, things could be a lot more friendly, one would think. I don't want any new BFs, but a bit of kindness or camaraderie would sure help. You get more with sugar than with spice, especially when spice isn't even part of the recipe.
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Just found out axolotl is a Mexican salamander.
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I use to work there and found out
about this shortly before I left. I did not enjoy working with them at all.
I found more work!
Thankfully, my other client has extra work for me until MDI gets more. That is a relief. Thanks to the person who e-mailed me offering to help. I do appreciate your kindness and thank you for it; I do not answer any e-mails that come from this board, but I did want to say thanks. Anyway, I am really fortunate that my on-the-side client has a project for me. I think MDI will re-balance soon.
Can I ask where you found PT work? sm
It seems that all the ads I see are for FT. Feel free to email me.
Anyone work for Axolotl?
I am interested to find out what people who work for them think. All feedback is appreciated
Axolotl more than enough work
We are definitely not slow. We have had OT offered to us for the past few months and the OT is still being offered. We might be a smaller company but that does not mean anything. We have several acute care accounts and some of them are very large.
The benefits package is much better than any company I have seen advertised. The health, dental and vision insurance is also cheaper than any company that has been advertised.
No, I work for Axolotl, thus the A. The MTs are
referred to as team - thus A-Team.
To those who work for Axolotl
Would anyone be willing to share how much they pay for down time? I was just wondering because the account I work on now is very flexible and just thought that I could work on it while waiting for work from the company and being paid for the time to boot. Maybe I'm living in a dream world. 
TIA! 
Axolotl does have work
There has been OT offered the last two weekends, ALL weekend. Work might dwindle through the week when there is everyone working as most MTs work days.
The account that pulled one of their worktypes is sending more work in other worktypes to compensate. Plus, one of the other accounts has given Axolotl all of their work, which has also added to the workload.
If anyone has noticed, there have also been new clinic accounts which have started recently. So, the NO WORK story just isn't true and if one does run out of work, you get a pretty good line rate to compensate for your downtime. Can't people be positive about anything??
Change your work schedule if you are running out of work and you don't want to claim your downtime or make it up on the weekends when there is plenty of work!!
I don't work for Axolotl sm
But I am an MT, and I was simply pointing out to the other poster that she might consider some other type of employment that does not require grammar skills. Her posts are riddled with mistakes, both grammatical and spelling errors. Sometimes we aren't suited to a job and need to look elsewhere, sometimes in another field altogether. No need to get so nasty about it. 
I meant all of them. I have not found any that do not work with it. nm
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Well, someone has to do the work. You should have found a subcontractor yourself (sm)
and had them sign a non-compete agreement. Maybe even stay involved with check-ins by phone or email to both the office and your sub if/when you are able to. But bottom line, your health comes first, so maybe this is a blessing in disguise and you will be able to focus 100% on recovery. Anyway, just giving you some thoughts for time off as an IC. Best wishes for a speedy & full recovery.
It may be they have universities to work in, not sure. I have found them much more difficult. nm
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I would not work there. I did and found out they were not paying me fairly. sm
They are not a good company to work for.
Anyone work at Axolotl? Pros and cons, please.nm
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Anyone work for Axolotl? Curious as to cpl & benefits
I've been an MT for 15 years with local clinics & am looking nationally now. Any info would be great....cpl range, insurance costs, PTO, etc. Thanks!
I work for Axolotl and you really hit the nail on the head.
They are a great company. I have been there 2 years and I have never worked for a better employer in 14 years of transcribing. Management and editors are wonderful to work for. They treat us with respect. Even high management is very nice to us. We do get a card and Christmas gift every year. I remember one time I got a $25 gift card with a thank you note. I assumed it was working extra when they asked. They pay us for our experience. The platform is great and easy to use. They offer good, affordable insurance. I could go on and on.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me.
Axolotl has tons of work, pay for down time,
great benefits, very affordable insurance, they provide all equipment, paid training. E-mail me if you have any specific questions.
Specifically, Axolotl has been low on work since the first of September .... SM
when they lost a huge account. It affected me and several other people. However, I have moved on so I don't know about recent developments. I wonder how long they will continue to pay downtime instead of laying off.
To: "I don't work for Axolotl." Give me a break...sm
The post you took the time to critique may be been riddled with typos, but your's is riddled with ignorance. This is a message board, dear. What an MT posts here can hardly be compared to the confidential legal documents in a patient's permanent medical record. To come here and judge a person's qualifications and skill set based on a few statements quickly jotted down in a post is not only unwarranted, but arrogant, asinine, etc. I'm so tired of seeing professional MTs being picked apart because of a few typos on a public forum. I know this doesn't happen on other message boards. Why here??
I don't take the time to proofread the random phrases I post here like I do with the reports I transcribe. I seriously doubt many others do either.
This site is by far the most negative forum on the web. Inflammatory, negative remarks don't add to the conversation or benefit any of us. Frankly, I'm tired of reading them.
Former DRC/Acusis MTs - Have you found a company as nice to work for (sm)
as DRC with good software, pay, benefits, etc? Looks like REALLY good MTSO are few and far between.
Anyone work for Axolotl in Mountain View? (see mssg)
If so, what are the pros and cons? What is starting pay? Good accounts? Flexibility? How long in business? Large or small company? etc.....
I definitely want to work.. but not for them. I have found great place to call home where you get..
what you are promised as far as work, pay, and the communication is excellent. MDI-FL should take a few lessons from some of these other companies and you'd have more happy employees. There are far too many team leaders and management out there trying to save face for MDI..obviously.. The rave reviews are NOT from the MTs trying to work for a living.
This is what I have found while looking for the right job - sm
I have one child still at home who will be going off to Kindergarten in a couple of years. I do not want to put my child in day care, so I need a job that provides an adequate window to be able to finish my work. I do 1000 lines per day, 5 days a week. I know that isn't a lot, but with a child at home with me during the day, that's the most I can do at this time. I have yet to find a company who will allow you to have employee status and flexibility with your schedule. Yes, you can generally pick your own schedule with most companies, but I just cannot say that I will be able to finish my work within an 8-hour period of time. That is why I am looking into FN at this time.
To each his own. I have found in all my
years of working at home that what one MT thinks is great, another thinks is not so great. The opinions of the company that I stated are my experience. It could be mine only. I am only trying to help.
Found it! (nm)
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I found
a Medical Dictation, Inc. located in Florida.
http://www.medicaldictation.com/
I found this (m)
http://www.telecommutinghorizonsemploymentgroup.com/index.htm
Has the same email addy. Looks a little...um...well anyway, that's what I found.
Found it
http://www.escription.com/services_mtso.htm
I found Beyond Txt to be a
I was not impressed, it took a long time to learn, and the training the pits.
OK, I found it
Thanks I will check that out!
I found some...
I finally found some fairly current posting about OSI. I had to go back to page 20 or so. However, if anyone wants to add anything new, I would love to read about it. Thanks.
What I found -
Most accounts have plenty of horrible ESL docs. There is also lack of work on a very regular basis. Pay is on time and seems to be correct. Communication, when there is any, is often rude, stinging, and nasty for no reason whatsoever other than *someone* is having a bad day. You decide for yourself.
Found it!!
Never mind, unless someone has updated information. I just did a search and found past posts on this company.
That's what I found odd..It was never really an ad..
It really was just someone on the job seeker's board, a Baspen or something saying that some company had contacted her about a traveling job and she was passing on the information. So, no company ever came and did an ad themselves, just supposedly an MT with information. The next thing you know, she is saying the position is filled Now, if she was only just an MT who was asked about a job she didn't want, what is her angle advertising on here for them. I found it odd and thinks this person solicited resumes for whatever reason. I am not sure why it was even allowed on the job board as I do not feel it was very legit.
Thanks! Found it.
I have to buy it. Thought someone could tell me how to delete words/lines at a time, etc.
Let me tell you what I have found about VR
I am on VR and thankful, very thankful a lot of the ESLs on there - the reason is their dictation actually comes out better on VR than hearing yourself. If they have a medication VR is really able to get in a way I never could have imagined. I would not worry about VR being able to get their voices- what I think will probably happen in your job is any and all dictators probably going to VR and then the money for transcribing drops, tremendously. A lot of places trying to do away with straight (the nationals) and get VR.
I have found it
by just typing in MD-IT Transcrip;ton Service. Their website came up.
Found it, is this it?
The company I have been working for for about a year decided they were not going to pay this pay period because they claimed they did not get paid because of bad transcriptions and they were looking to see who were behind the bad transcriptions and then pay next pay period, which is a month after the work is completed as it is. Also, the work has been under 100% QA, so how could there be bad transcriptions still getting through? Does anyone know if there are legal remedies, as they owe me three paydays if they decide to not pay me.
Think I found it
Do they hire employee or just IC?
I think I found it! Thanks!
I founds some discussion.
We only found out...sm
...in December. I'm sure the whole thing had been going on for a while, but they didn't tell us MTs until December and gave us about 2-3 weeks' notice. The conference calls were very helpful and informative, however. Made the whole process easire. My TL would always send us emails letting us know what was going on and what to expect...which was not much change from what we were doing already, except for how we report our time/lines. I just wish we didn't have to fill out all that paperwork again (W-4, I-9, etc.). The HIPPA and Transcend-specific paperwork I understand, but the others I wish would have just been transferred over. I'm not privy to how that process works, so I just do what I'm instructed to do.
Not sure about the not sending work to India thing. I believe that Transcend does send work overseas, but it's a small percentage from what they told us.
found it. thank you so much. nm
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After 26 yr doing this I have found..
that if a co is paying this way, they are not paying well... the better companies are up front and do it by 65 char line.. no confusin formulas :)
wish I could have found you when sm
I was hiring MTs several years ago!
I would think by now you would have found another job.
Wasting time complaining here.
Here is what I found on ANP ....
I don't know this company and have not seen an ad posted for them, however, when I goggled them I found these 2 sites that are extremely alarming for anyone that would want to apply with them ....
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/334/RipOff0334462.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/173/RipOff0173596.htm
While these reports are older, it does send up warning flags, in my opinion.
found a little more...
I would recommend, once again, just using the words of: 'company name' acquisition 'company name'
http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=arco+acquisition+rodeer&btnG=Google+Search&fp=IiS2V33-8Pw
http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=rodeer+acquisition+Lernout+%26+Hauspie&btnG=Google+Search&fp=IiS2V33-8Pw
I think I found it but....
It is for sales not for a transcriptionist.
... I found myself a new job NOT MT, but
I probably wouldn't trust the offer you just threw out there. Cynical MT that I am! It looks like something I'd see on a telephone pole (and used to see, make $30,000 in your spare time doing medical transcription!
No offense, just how it struck me.
axolotl.com
Love that lizard.
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