If it merged with Monrovia you are in luck. Monrovia is great. (sm)
Posted By: Me on 2005-09-11
In Reply to: MQ Santa Ana/Monrovia? - MQmter
I am an SE there for many years now. They want a schedule and you are supposed to be pretty solid with it in order to qualify for bonuses. If something major comes up (storms, computer problems, schedule conflict, etc.) I just call and they are great.
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These are questions you should be asking your supervisor, in fact, should have clarified at the time you were hired, in writing, not strangers on a message board.
former YOG too, Monrovia.
Carole did pay 10 and that was 1999. I was there 1999 until 2005, MQ line counting came to light 2004, when I SAW for myself, they were still doing it, I QUIT and told them what I found. Remember that blurp that would come up at the top of screen about infants and children description (I forget how it went) but it was about 7-8 lines. It did not show up when printed out. The clients were still being charged for it.
I think Carole she just got weary and wanted to rest and I do believe she did struggle about what the outcome would be for the MTs., I recall reading on chat boards, her posts. She just had everything sewn up when she announced, desk cleaned out etc and probably emails the announcement from home. That was it, done. I think she did worry about us a bit. All things come to an end, she prob. was just pooped.
MQ Monrovia office sm
With all the MQ horror stories I see on this board, the Monrovia office MTs always seem happy. I don't understand. It's the same company, so why such a difference? Don't all offices all have to adhere to the same company guidelines? It almost sounds like each MQ office is a completely different company. If I apply for a position at MQ, what factors determine which office I'll be assigned to? Or is it just pot luck? I don't get it. 
I'm very happy at Monrovia MQ! nm
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MQ Monrovia gets my vote, too nm
MQ Santa Ana/Monrovia?
Anyone an SE with Santa Ana/Monrovia MQ?
I work for Monrovia MQ sm
They're not bad at all. I always have work, my coordinator never bothers me, workflow is super nice, I wouldn't work anywhere else!  Monrovia Rocks!
A lot of people from Monrovia MQ are there. nm
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Does MQ in Monrovia pay for spaces - do you have this ans in writing?
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Monrovia meets all my needs and expectations.
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And so did Carole C. who owned YOG in Monrovia...
until she made the sudden announcement that she had sold!
I worked out of the Monrovia office
and was a victim of all the shenanigans. The suits think they can, well, you know, on the MTs. Yep, yep, yep.
I work as SE out of Monrovia - never heard of Sana Ana though.
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I worked for Monrovia (poster below who got screwed)
Don't know anything about Santa Ana, but stay away from Monrovia.
YOG was sold to Medquist and became their Monrovia office. nm
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Great job!! That is awesome! Best of luck!
large national whom we all know and love, I am routinely beyond appalled at the junk they produce overseas. It is beyond dreadful. It is dangerous and lethal to our patients. I refused to edit it, personally, and resigned over it. Glad to know others are fighting for us. Its a disgrace beyond measure - rather along the lines of priceless, me thinks! Best of luck! Go get 'em!
Great, good luck! nm
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I've had great luck. it is hit or miss as with ANYWHERE..
depends what they are looking for at any given time.
Sponsors, companies know. can see through the padding.
Good luck with your new job! Hope it works out great! nm
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MDI-MD has not merged.
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Does anyone know which MDI merged with
The MDI in Maryland or Florida?
Thanks.:)
They merged as of 08/09/06. In a few months,
from what I understand Cymed will be called PSI. So far no changes at all for MTs. PSI Transcription is a Philippine-based company that was purchased by an American Company and is headquartered in Nashville, but on their web page, it says USA, Philippines & India. Yes, they outsource - but so does CyMed and, so far, CyMed has been a great place to work even with the outsourcing. Their line rate is about the same as everywhere else (around .08/line base) with no pay for spaces, but their software is so good that you can still make pretty good money. I'm happy there. Good luck to you!!
No, MDI-FL merged with Transcend. nm
They actually merged after I worked for them.
I am not sure in regards to insurance as I didn't need it. The recruiter will answer all of your questions. I was doing VR and some straight typing. Once you adapt to their program it is a nice set-up if you like VR. I would STRONGLY suggest contacting the recruiter. She is very, very nice and she will answer all of your questions up front and be very honest. I even asked account specific questions, and she was willing to give me the information. If she does not know, she'll find out and get back to you. If you truly want facts and not just opinions, contact the recruiter by e-mail. I found her to be very, very communicative. I am not allowed to divulge what I was making there as I signed a paper saying that I wouldn't. I think it is safe to tell you that if you have experience, they pay very well. They paid me what I thought was near the top of what is available in regards to pay from nationals. Just e-mail the recruiter, she's great!  You can also e-mail me if you'd like.... 
Formerly SecureMTSource merged with
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My company merged with MD-IT
a few months back. So far - so good. At this point, I don't have anything bad to say about them. Good tech support. Very helpful and good natured support. Personal opinion here - I think their platform could be tweaked for optimal time management but overall is not bad to use. Pay on time and when they say it will be there. No problems of any kind for approx. four months (time gets away from me and I think it is about four months).
Yeah. They merged with SM
MRC and MRC became part of the Big Q.
My bank did it when it merged with another and I did not find out
until I got their notice of changes two weeks after they began. It was my personal account and both my mortgage and car checks bounced because of it.
Look for the Transcend posts. They merged with
that company.
Me three. I think they merged with Northeast Transcription. nm
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I think they merged with Transcription Ltd and became MedQuist. nm
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Apparently WebM has just merged with M-Tec
I've heard some good and some bad about WebM, but you would need to find our for yourself through the recruiter. I would stay away from companies who are not willing to answer questions before you test. It will save you time. There are plenty of companies out there.
The funny part is I did have a good experience with Transcend albeit they offshore I guess, but I loved the recruiter. I had to leave for personal reasons (death in the family) and when I went back a month later to try and get through the training process, I was told the schedule had changed. This would have been an employee position. I appreciated the honesty, but I could not work that schedule they offered. They were great though in my opinion and I have 19 years in the business.
When my company merged with a bigger one,
cpl pay stayed the same for a while, but eventually they readjusted the 'tiers' that their MTs worked on. No matter what 'tier' we were on, our pay was lowered approximately 15%. QA took a harder hit; some of them were cut 30%. They have plenty of work, but it's impossible to make a living doing it, unless you work 7-day weeks, 365 days a year.
So I would venture a guess that for the time being, things for you will stay as they are. They can't change everything at once, even if they wanted to. Physically impossible. But after the initial 'shake-out' of MTs who leave immediately, and those who stay for a while until they find other jobs, and those who stay to give the new company a chance, get disenchanted and leave later on, has finally occurred, and some of the other nuts and bolts of merging 2 companies are finally in position, eventually they will start to scrutinize MT pay. Those at the higher end of the pay scale will undoubtedly either find themselves re-tiered at a lower cpl rate, or else with horrendous accounts that cut the lines they're able to produce, and thus their pay.
Having just spent $16M to purchase MDI, you can bet they're going to want to start seeing some returns on their investment, and of course, the suits are going to want to see some extra cash for themselves for all the 'good work' they've been doing. [snort!] So when they start looking for places to cut their costs, guess whose pocket it's going to come out of?
The big companies are ALL this way. I believe the best chance for a decent-paying job is to find a small or medium-sized MTSO to work for. Only problem is, that's what I did a few years ago. A great company, decent pay, good accounts. And they were gobbled up by one of the current 'Axis-of-Evil' MT giants.
I wouldn't be surprised if in the future there are NO small MTSOs -- only 3 or 4 of the mega-large 'McMTSOs'. My company makes it no secret that they want absolute domination of the industry. I'm sure the other biggies have the same aspirations. Then it'll all boil down to cutthroat competition, price wars and back-stabbing, all the while flinging U.S. workers aside, and sending EVERYTHING offshore, because if hospitals no longer have a CHOICE whether they offshore or not, that paves the way for MT to become a 100% foreign affair.
I do believe, however, that if a company reaches a point where it has all or most of its workers offshore, they should no longer be allowed to have their offices on U.S. soil. They should be forced to move to India completely, corporate offices, CEOs, and all. It's about time the Suits developed a taste for curry, themselves.
When my company merged not too long ago,
in the beginning nothing changed. It would be impossible to suddenly change things overnight, and the dust needed to settle.
So we still worked as if we were with our old company. Same accounts, same software, same management, and paychecks had the same old company logo on them.
Eventually we all signed something - I don't even remember what it was, but nothing, obviously, that made any kind of an impression on me.
We eventually changed insurance companies - several times. Each time, the coverage shrinks, and the co-payments grow.
We had a few teleconferences in which the new owner spoke of the new company, and the changes we could expect in the future. (One was that we could expect to make more money on their new software. That didn't happen).
Bit by bit, changes were made in things like the software we used (many changes, as time went by). Changes in the website, a few changes in management at a time. They weren't all let go en masse, but one by one, our wonderful managers 'left the company'. Different QA people, finally a different logo on the checks, etc.
They changed from paying by the keystroke, to paying by the line. I was suspicious of that, but checked the new method against the old, and the pay was the same. Until, of course, they eventually 're-tiered' everyone, and cut everyone's pay - MTs, VR people, and QA.
We did get emails from the new company, but not that many, just when needed. I don't remembe4 how long we waited before we heard anything, but I don't think it was very long. Most of our information at first came through teleconferences, and through our immediate supervisors. I would say the supervisors are the ones who provide us with 90% of our information.
We lost an account or two, gained an account or two, so I didn't see any change in workload, other than one of the accounts lost had been mine, so I had to move on to something different. I don't like working for a company that offshores, but although my eyes are peeled for something different, I do have to keep working while I look.
Some people left immediately, others later on, and of course, new people have been hired. I do notice a slightly higher amount of ESLs and less-desirable work, as I'm sure the better work is going offshore. The software changes were like any software changes I've ever experienced in MT. They're all the same, really, just a few different buttons to push. Each has it's pros and cons. I personally liked the simplicity of the old software - you have to jump through more hoops to do simple things like add addresses for carbon copies. Eventually, things actually levelled out a bit, and I was starting to increase my lines on it, when we were hit with a substantial reduction in pay with the 're-tiering'. I haven't been able to overcome that obstacle to financial security, and so my search for either a 2nd job, or a new one altogether, has taken on a new urgency.
It's impossible to tell what new changes this place will throw at us in the future. It's been a quiet summer, but I suspect more changes will thrown at us before too long. I wish I could say I'm optimistic about the future, but these days that's pretty hard to do.
My best advice is to at the very least, have a 'Plan-B' in mind in case things at the new place don't go the way you need them to in order to survive. I would say don't panic or make any rash decisions about what to do next. Whenever I've done that in the past, I've regretted my hasty move. But be vigilant in keeping abreast of changes as they happen, research what you can, and check their website often for changes. Often the first news of change goes to the clients, not the MTs, who are always the last to know everything. And don't let your guard down, either. Big companies are always out for themselves, not the employee.
Is this an article somewhere? I thought MD-IT merged with SOAP in
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Proveros has merged with Superior Global...nm
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Superior Global merged with Proveros
Is this a good thing for the MTs? I've read mixed messages about both of them individually. Do you think together they will make a really good company?
Okay..I'll give ya that one. I came from the MDI side as it merged with Transcend so...
I was offered more than 4 cpl per line on editing and I'm not sure why if everyone else prior had been given 3 cpl. There is no way I would do editing for 3 cpl and trust me..coming from MDI into Transcend was not happy days for us. The biggest problem that I did have was when I found out our work was getting sent to India. Nothing is worse than being told we share work with our overseas partners and have too many days of no work. I have no doubt where it was going. So, never having come from the Transcend side, where you came from, I'm only going to relay my experience and apologize if that is what actually happened there. Yikes..I rely heavily on the MTs and supervisors who came from MDI because I know they watch our backs.
Webmedx fits that bill, great company, great benefits, great pay and always on time. NM
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Great company, great boss, great account!!!nm
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System great, pay good, everything great, but most managers from old Edix, problems, poor people ski
when you are out of work, you are out of luck. If you are good at brown-nosing, are tough enough to be without any self-esteem, and have maybe money coming into the household on the side in case you tick someone off, then you may succeed, for a little while.
Don't ever ask questions or have problems with anything. Don't ever have a problem. Don't think you will have any control over anything you do, either.
A few 'good' managers remained when I left, but the new ones were all from the old Edix, and were completely into numbers, cared nothing for individual MTs...if there is work, you BETTER be working. If there no work, you will hear nothing, no one will help you.
You are pathetic! I have a great life, loving family, work for a great company.
You might want to fix that.
You really don't have to shout (angry person), but yes you are wrong!!
That is my last word to you!
I will add that getting a great pay check every other Friday from Medware really puts a huge smile on my face.
Oracle is great. Bayscribe is wonderful great line counts.
The trainer at OTI will always answer any questions about the platform and if you have any problems they have already worked them out, so just ask. Good luck!
YOG - Lots of work, great office staff, great money. NM
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Loved Alltype! Great management and great accounts.
wah - i miss it there!
It's a great company -- lots of work and great pay. sm
Web site is www.mditrans.net. If you need anymore info, feel free to ask.
AXOLOTL - A GREAT COMPANY WITH GREAT INSURANCE
Axolotl has AWESOME, AFFORDABLE insurance. Family plan medical and dental costs a little over $300.00 MONTHLY. They also pay for family plan vision in its entirety. STD, LTD, 401K with match and flex spending account, great PTO and HOLIDAY pay. OH and paid downtime in the case you run out of work, which doesn't happen often!!!
Great pay, great benefits for 11+ years..sm
I've just started with this great company (eMTS). I have 11+ years of experience and I was started at .10 per line as a regular employee, not IC, with a huge sign-on bonus, full benefits, very nice people, and a good account. So far, this is the best experience I've had in my years as a transcriptionist. Unfortunately, I don't believe they're hiring more right now, but you could always check in with them, they're online at eMTS.com. The management seems to really care and they work with you.
Great company, great boss....
I use to work there. The dictators on my account were really good. They use Emdat/Inscribe. Pay on 1st and 15th by direct deposit.
That''s great and I've heard they pay great as well.
I just have heard a lot of adjectives for a few accounts - zinger, killer, impossible, etc., and I sure know I couldn't hack it there. But I'm sure they know what they are getting into when they sign up.
Great little company..I worked there for a short time, IC, and pay always on time, great owner too!
I had good dictators, they use FTP, and I had a 12-hour window to return the work.
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