I work that, had TONS all day long, never ran low got to 1500 lines WITHIN my shift too. nm

• The T is dry again. Nobody gets day off, though...sm - Bayou MT
  • I work that, had TONS all day long, never ran low got to 1500 lines WITHIN my shift too. nm - Stop yur whining
    • stop being rude about others - non
  • Not I - TTMTT
    • Good for you!!..sm - MT
      • That is so true!!! Never thought of that..nm - DS
  • What is the T? - MT222
    • Most like Transtech - non
      • Heavens to Betsy, learn voice recognition - huge backload in Escription, nm
        • AND HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT?...NM - Not Betsy
        • SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, KEEP YOUR VR..NM - Not Betsy

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I do respect your opinion, but my opinion, as well as many others who worked for Spheris is, getting 1500 lines in an 8 hour day was impossible.  You see, we weren't given nice pie accounts, where you could build templates and consistently use them.  We were given the crap accounts, poor dictators, the good accounts go to India.  I am sorry but 1500 lines in 8 hours was not possible for the majority of us.  If it were possible, I can guarantee you it would have been done.  Obviously we all want to make a decent living.  I do agree that we have a larger problem on a larger scale, and yes shopping where they make things in China, etc., is being a culprit.  I can say that people who have lost their jobs to China, or anywhere else in the world, need to step up to the plate as well.  I as an MT can only try to protect my profession and everyone else needs to do their part.  Afterall, everyone is forced to use the healthcare provided to them in their area even though they outsource, just as I am forced to shop at a store that outsources labor, for lack of a better resource to shop at.  But if everyone would do their part in each if their fields, maybe things would be better.    As far as paying editors and not being able to afford to pay better wages, I think that companies should pay a lower wage until one gets off editing.  Once they get off editing, they should be paid more.  If someone never gets off editing, that is another situation that needs to be addressed.  I understand that a company cannot pay two people to do ones work and afford to pay a higher wage.  But these companies such as Spheris that hire everyone at a low wage and then pay others the same that come in that are on editing and are not meeting production, this is what is not fair.  It is not right to keep all employees at the same pay.  Maybe MT -A has been their for 5 years, she/he is good, has a 99-100% accuracy rate consistently, then there is MT-B who has been there for 2 years, 97-98% accuracy somewhat consistent, needs editing more often, but she gets paid the same as MT-A because they both happen to clinic notes.  How is that right???   This is what goes on in these national companies.  Each employee should be assessed on their individual performance.  But this is not how it is done.   That is not right and is degrading to the MTs who do very well..These are the problems.  Companies like Spheris get away with this!!  All they care about is cheap labor!! When an MT gets to be better, they let them quit without a fight as they would never pay the higher wage they are worth and never will.  This is a confirmed fact!! 

I don't know what account other poster is on but she should probably check with her supervisor about the no work issue--that doesn't sound like Amphion.

The account I'm on is never out of work and it is always available to work on, overtime included.  I love Amphion and have been at several different companies.

Amphion gives me the freedom to do my work and keeps me in work but they don't bug me to death about work.  They go above and beyond to create macros, request software changes that get approved for MTs to use to make our jobs easier.  I get employee benefits including retirement and PTO and I couldn't be happier. I'm also not bombarded with emails all day like I was at TRS a few years ago.  The supervisors and QA are great!  I was not sure when I started because I was skeptical from past jobs, so I started part-time and kept my other full-time MT job, then made the switch to full-time with Amphion after a few months and I am so glad I did.

If anyone remembers Omnimed from a few years back, they are now back as Amphion.  You really have to just give it a shot to see if they're a good fit.