If Silent Type didn't require
Posted By: Just Sayin on 2009-07-21
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you to go to New Jersey for training for 2 days, maybe they would have been able to hire an Oncology MT already and not have to keep running the same ad over and over again. JMO
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Does Silent Type still require travel to NJ for training?
I'm looking for PT day shift work to supplement my FT evening job.
Silent type....but
you get paid by the page and you have to go to Ft. Lee, NJ for 2 days for training. No set schedule as long as 40 pages are made per day.
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Silent Type Inc.
They are not a good company to work for. They produce horrible work and are a terrible company all around. SAVE YOURSELVES....don't work for Silent Type!!!
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Does anyone here work for Silent Type - I need info on the company. Just offered a job with them and I would like to talk to a fellow transcriber. I know I have to go to NJ to train. Any help would be appreciated.
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i know they are the ones who got my hospital i had for 14 years because they got the entire network. They charge a fortune and I hear their work stinks. An administrator told me she doesn't know how she gets the accounts (Marilyn). But that's just me!
Silent Type
Yes, you have to pay out-of-pocket for your trip and you are reimbursed somewhere along the line, up to $500. But who has $500 to pay just to be able to work????
Silent Type Inc
Has anyone had any experience with this company? Good, bad, indifferent? Dependable? Is there work? Do they treat their people right????
Thanks!
Silent Type
Any info on Silent Type would be appreciated. Thanks.
Silent Type
Interviewed with Silent Type today. Need some more info on them regarding their pay per page, etc.
Silent Type
I also received the same email regarding testing in the past and training at home. I had my interview prior and live in NJ but still would have had to travel 2-1/2 hours for 2 day training in November. Now they will train at home.
Yes they provide computer but the insurance (I'm a single mom) was outrageous and the pay per pay (top rate probably after years) was less than I made per page 12 years ago. I chose to stick with where I am.
Silent Type
Anyone who started with Silent Type - I am curious about who it's going with the page count and type of system they use for transcription. TIA.
Silent Type, Inc.
Hi. Does anyone know anything about the company Silent Type, Inc. Any info greatly appreciated. LLD 
Silent Type
Hi Anon,
Thanks a lot for the info. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
LLD
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I have a good friend who works there and absolutely loves it. She's been there about 4 years now. However, they offshore most of their work which I don't like. That would be my only thing against them.
Silent Type
I tested and interviewed with them. Even though they claim top wages, they offered me a very low page count pay rate. They may have upper it since then, this was around December. Know they provide equipment and also benefits for myself and 2 kids was almost $600 a month. I didn't accept the job but maybe pay rate has gone up and benefit costs down. Let me know how you make out.
Silent Type sm
I would appreciate it if you could please e-mail me if you work at Silent Type. I wonder if it would be better than where I am, although where I am isn't bad, I feel Silent Type may be better. Thank you.
Silent Type
Does anyone work for Silent Type or know anything about this company?
Silent Type
Does anyone know anything about Silent Type? They make you go to New Jersey to train. It is worth it? I live in another part of the country. Thanks.
Silent Type
Does anybody here work for Silent Type? Any info good/bad would be appreciated. Getting really tired of his job search, and it's hard to compare them all.
Silent Type
Does anybody here work for Silent Type? Would you be so kind as to give me a few details about this company?
i think it was Silent Type
they told me they would pay up to $500 for travel
Silent Type
Anyone have any info on Silent Type out of New York?
Silent Type
Anyone with current info regarding Silent Type. How are they to work for, platform used. Anything at all you would care to share. Thanks for helping.
Yes - and so is Silent Type
There are a few companies who are ALWAYS looking for MTs. There is no way they can have that many accounts or they'd be the only transcription company. They must have a hard time keeping people. I got a call from Silent Type a couple weeks ago and the lady was very rude. I've been doing acute care for 6 years and she talked to me in a demeaning manner. I can see why they can't keep people. Another company is Soft Script - always looking.
Silent Type
Any opinions on Silent Type would be helpful - how they pay, OT, management, QA, shifts, etc. Have gotten conflicting info.
Silent Type
They pay by the page, and depending on which account you get put on, that may be a good or bad thing. You have to go to NJ for training at your expense, which to be honest is very rudimentary and could be done on the phone in a couple of hours. You get reimbursed after 6 months, assuming you are still there. Insurance is VERY EXPENSIVE. Very little if any communication...rare feedback, and cryptic when it does come. You get placed on one account and no backups for when the work is low....sort of a take it or leave it company culture. Their platform is Word-based, but no whistles or bells, and you are pretty much on your own in terms of information. If anything else you want to know, you can email me.
Silent type OT
PS - Never pays OT, no matter how many hours you work and yet somehow gets away with putting on your pay stub you have worked 72 hours (I guess to stay out of trouble with the labor folks).
On a positive note, you have 24 hours to get your quota done, which is very easy to get, assuming you can live on that (pay increases per page the more pages you type), but tops out, so really no other incentive to be more productive.
Their PTO is pretty generous. If you leave, however, good luck on getting paid for PTO due you as they stop answering emails if you question the issue - they also hold your paycheck until you return their manuals, etc., which is not legal, to be honest, but somehow they get away with it. Hope this helps. I must admit that I am curious if this is in line with any of the conflicting inforfmation you have already been given.
Silent Type
Very little communication, and cryptic when it is received. Pays by the page. Have to go to NJ for training at your expense, and will reimburse up to $500 after 6 months, assuming you're still there. Training could easily be done in 2 hours on a phone call remotely, so not sure why you have to go there, other than to have you chained to them for 6 months in order to get your $$ back for travel there. Word-based, very basic platform with no whistles or bells, and very little documentation on client specs. Most of the things you learn are on your own by the seat of your pants. It's a my way or the highway type management style, and when you leave, you won't get paid for any PTO or vacation time you have accrued....if you're still interested after all the above, then my prayers are with you. ;)
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Silent Type???
It seems Silent Type is still looking for someone. Any info on this company, good, bad, ugly? Had heard some pretty negative things so thought I'd try to find out more details. Don't want to get burned again. Thanks to anyone who responds.
Silent Type
If you have knowledge of this company, please share. Thank you.
Silent Type
The 24-hour window is nice, but due to lack of work you will often have to practically work the 24 hours to get your minimum page count.
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Does anyone have information on Silent Type? I have searched the archives and found nothing. TIA..
Silent Type
Unless they have changed this requirement, the last time I talked to them they still require that you have to travel to New Jersey for training...because of that I didn't continue the hiring process.
Silent Type
Let us know how it goes if you do accept.... no recent info on this board
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go to See Archives at the top of this page and type Silent Type in the box, then read ALL of the comments.
Silent Type
 I am thinking of applying to Silent Type. Does anyone who works there know anything about what kind of company it is? Thanks.
Silent Type
does require travel to NJ for training (travel expenses reimbursed), but they don't hire part-time according to their employee handbook.
Any info on Silent Type?
Are they a good company to work for?
Has anyone ever heard of silent type?
I was just wondering if anyone ever heard of the company Silent Type based out of New Jersey? I see they are currently hiring and would like any information on this company, like does it pay well, it is a good place to work, etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Anyone have any info on Silent Type??.. I think they are in (sm)
New York. I did a search but only came up with one post from May saying they provide computers to their employees. I just want to know if they are flexible with scheduling, what kind of platform they have, good accounts, etc..any info that can be provided would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Anyone know if Silent Type requires you to fly to NJ? sm
If so, I hate to waste my time (and theirs) by even applying.
Thanks.
SILENT TYPE--ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS COMPANY??
Saw a job posted here by this New Jersey company--anyone know anything about them?? Feel free to email. Can't afford another mistake and would like any info, positive or otherwise!
Silent Type definitely DOES NOT OFF SHORE!! (sm)
They are a great company to work for. CEO is totally hands on and knows whats going with her company; which is rare!! The more you produce the more you make, paid per page, not line!! A plus there, and bonus tiers for page counts. Once you try the best like ST, you won't regret the switch!
Does anyone currently work for Silent Type?
I am interested in talking to someone who currently works for Silent Type and can let me know what the average number of pages they produce in a day. I was told that it doesn't matter how many lines are on a page, you are paid for the entire page. In some circumstances that would be pretty good, particularly if there were a lot of normals set up on the account. I am aware of their practices, the fact that you have to go to NJ to train, etc., but I really would like to know what their transcriptionists are making versus hearing that their rates stink. I have talked to a few people who say that they do not ever have turnover because their top transcriptionists make quite a bit of money, but I would like to speak to somebody who has been there done that.
Thanks!
Does anyone work for Silent Type? (sm)
Do they have steady work, flexible schedules, benefits? Any info will be appreciated. TIA.
Any feedback on Silent Type?
Does anyone have any current information on Silent Type out of New Jersey? I know that you have to go to NJ to train. Does anyone have any other feedback on pay, company, work, etc?
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Please help - Need info on Silent Type
Got a job offer and not sure whether to take it because of very conflicting opinions on pay, OT, management and management style, QA, shifts, etc. Would appreciate any info. Thanks.
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