Is anyone working on DQS for 2 different companies and how does this work out for you. nm
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working for 3 companies
Do you find that keeping up with 3 different invoices is difficult, or do you manage without getting confused? I've done that before (worked for 3 different companies) and I had some trouble remembering when to send invoices for each as they were all different, until I got used to it.
Not working for these companies and
Like I said, all potential candidates are strangers aren't they? I certainly cannot make a company hire anyone. They were looking for PT and I happen to know of a couple who hire PT and a couple I have worked for that are good. I can't call it referring them.....more like giving them the info and they can contact the company for themselves. They will have to do the testing just as I did. I didn't leave them my name and there was no Oh by the way, tell them so and so referred you. Why do you find it odd to give a company name to someone who is looking for a job? Like I said, they have to do the testing and if they pass and a job is offered, that is between the company and the poster, nothing to do with me. I have never acted like a friend but I am a caring fellow MT and I do hope the company info I gave will work out for them.
I think they are working for the companies they advise us against!!
I am beginning to think they are working for the companies they advise us against so we won't take their work !!
Are there any companies out there who let you get away without working your schedule?
I'm looking for a second job.  I could use some more $$$, but I think I would prefer to work for one that's laid-back. I heard of one once but have no idea what its name was.
Anyone here working with 2 different companies who both use DQS but different versions. Can you
tell me what happens with this or can this be worked out reasonably without a lot of trouble. One uses the older version and the other uses the most recent version with Qasar.
you are working slave wages! Companies sm
were paying that wage in 1980 where I lived at and that was on the gross line not 65 character. I just got hired by a company today that their base rate is 8 cpl and goes higher for experience. You are getting ripped off for sure!
Fingers not working. I meant between companies. sm
On rereading my post, I should have said often times the negative posts and great posts. Not all.
There are some bad companies out there. There are some great companies out there. It is hard to sort through the trolls and cheerleaders.
sick of working for crappy companies?
I have been thinking about starting my own company. I have done some research and it looks like all I really need is an FTP site, handhelds (that the doc's purchase themselves), and to get accounts. If anyone is interested in doing this with me let me know...or if anyone has any other information on starting a company input would be appreciated!
Why are we working as IC's and the companies are making profits off of us? Let's cut out the middle man and make the money we deserve!!
My idea is that a bunch of us get together and create a business. We put together a good sales letter...we all do our part in mailing these letters out, i.e., finding accounts.. We decide how much we want to charge per line, (I believe the going rate is around 11-14 cents a line).
These are just some ideas....Anyone interested??
Anyone working with companies that use DQS that also use Qasar and opinion on this. nm
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Which companies pay for holidays -- not working the holiday but OFF
I'm talking like the office (in-house employees) do -- LIKE LOCKING THE DOORS -- want to lock my at-home office door and know that I am GETTING PAID for the holiday as I lock the door behind me and enjoy the day off as my fellow in-house office employees do.
I understand keeping a skeleton crew of at-home MT's working the holidays, but we should be paid for those holidays just as the in-house employees get paid for those and don't have to worry, but go home and enjoy the holiday. What is the reason behind management's thinking on this?? Just because they know the in-house people face-to-face, does not mean that we at-home employees of whom they have never seen our face, should not get paid for holidays. I think the in-office employees should wear our shoes for a year (working ALL holidays WITHOUT PAY) and see how they feel about the subject. I can assure they would be pressing management to make a policy change in a HURRY.
Conflict of interest working for 2 companies?
Has anyone ever come across a company that makes you sign paperwork stating that you are not working for another company. I need a second part-time job, finally found one and while filling out the paperwork I came across this. I didn't tell them I was working for another company during the interview but also did not deny it. Should I give up the second or just not tell?
Y don't companies with employee and IC status stop the ICs from working
when work is slow? Is it because they don't want their FT employees to get enough lines to keep benefits? The ICs can say when they will work, when they will take off, so the companies should do the same for them. No wonder there is no loyalty to companies.
Who do you work for and do you like working for them? Who would sm
you stay away from? I am a radiology only MT but I am getting shafted at MQ. I produce good quality, work when asked and get stuck with the garbage because 1) I can do it and 2) I will.
Want to move but do not want to jump into a worse situation as I am a single mom and cannot afford to be burned.
Where are you located?
Working OT we have so much work...
Hope it gets better for everyone else!
It if offshore work. You'd be better off working
at Wal-Mart.
I have a lot of work and actually working overtime
I guess it all depends on your account. I like the communication I get from my TL. It is a great change from my previous company. Good luck to you in your job hunt!
Why are you working 60 hours, when you can work 40 at Amphion?
Just curious as to why you would continue to work 60 hours a week, if you can work 40 hours at Amphion and make more money? Why have you not gone full time with Amphion? Again, just curious. I do not want to start anything.
Geez.. you must work where I have been working..hmmmm
Sounds familiar
Been working there 2 days and they're already out of work. nm
Working from home/office work
I feel I need to speak up. I understand that the industry is going backwards in pay and for all of the more experienced MT's this is really degrading from what I hear from some. I understand and I would probably feel the same way. This is a craft. Not everyone can do what we do. It is a very hard craft. We should be paid what we are worth. There is no doubt about that but I also know how it works in an office in this industry. Being in an office is awful! I did it for 15 years. I worked at 2 different companies and both took advantage of the hard worker I was. I had MULTIPLE jobs and was not compensated for it. When I hear MT's complain about how bad they have it I want to scream. Yes, the pay is an issue. Yes, the belittling emails from managers is ridiculous. I completely agree and all of those managers should be let go but you do not know how awful it is to be in an office setting dealing with those belittling managers.
Trust me everyone in the company you work for or wherever that is not a VP or CEO is going through hell on a daily basis and not getting paid for it. You are making a lot more money for the time you put in than the people working in the office mostly. The people in the office are probably working on salary. When you figure the hours they work and the amount they are paid that are probably making about $5.00 an hour or less. They also have to work nights/weekends etc. from home. They also are having to listen to all of the MT's daily when they have a problem, they call in giving a excuse as to why they cannot come to work and trying to scramble to get the shift filled when the MT is really not sick as she said, problems dealing with the clients and their complaints about the work or turn times, problems with MT's and editors fighting via IM or email, problems with the Sales guys telling potential clients...oh yeah, we can do that...when we CANNOT.
I could go on and on. Being in an office is a lot more work than you would think. I would be greatful for what you have. I am not bitter at what I have gone through in an office setting. It got me to where I am today. I just want to let you know it is not easy working in an office and it is a lot harder than being an MT when you can type and then stop for the day and not have to answer to others and deal with their issues. Being an MT is a craft and it is hard...just be thankful!
Have a HAPPY HOLIDAY! Be joyous! Feel Blessed!
In agreement with the above, sitting working on work
is just beyond what it should be. In earlier years I worked 2 jobs but each job paid every 2 weeks. One job paid 1 week, the other the next so my check each and every week was for 2 week pay period. How sweet was that! Now if I have a few hours downtime for no work it is fine, just take off, can make it up, don’t have to if I don’t want but very few times this happens and I only have a partime job now.
I do not work for them, but I have done recruiting for companies of their type of work
It is A LOT different than regular medical transcription. The pay is a little less (unless you are proficient and fast), but the work is harder in that there are multiple people speaking and the nature of the medical advisory boards are quite detailed. I receive quite a few resumes of medical transcriptionists wanting to do this type of work, but when you test them, it is a whole different ballgame.
Good luck and let me know how you do on the test!
IMO look elsewhere...I spent a lot of time waiting for work rather than working! nm
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Same here! Been working all weekend! We're drowning in work!
My 2 accounts are extremely busy as well. They haven't slowed down once.
Anyone presently working for DSG that can tell me do you have work and is the sound still so poor
or is that in DSG 2. Would appreciate hearing from current people working there.
Anyone else working for eTransPlus running out of work on a daily basis?
How are you handling it?
I am working to support myself so running out of work constantly, is not an option.
I realize there are slow times, but a lot of places offer backup accounts. Why put all of your eggs in one basket. I'd starve.
I work for a nat'l as an employee, and my PTO rate is now HALF of what I actually earn working. S
nm
And you're okay with working for a company that sends most of its work to India and
whose workforce is predominantly Indian? You're okay with the loss of American jobs, the falling recession we are in and the falling economy due in big part to the offshoring of American jobs? How okay will you be when you lose your job to an Indian and you have to apply for food stamps and unemployment?
Sell-out MTs like you are the reason good MTs cannot make a decent wage anymore, why good MTs cannot find a good job anymore, and why sweats shops in third world countries are thriving. How do you look at yourself in the mirror?
Focus Infomatics employs 800 American MTs and over 3000 Indian MTs. Tech support is in India. The company itself is still run by the same Indian man who started the company and sold out to Nuance. He made a bundle when he sold and he is still making a bundle running the company while he pays his own countrymen and woman peanuts! He's selling out his own people and you are selling out yours! On second thought, I guess you belong at Focus with your own kind!
There is no working out the bugs on bad sound. If it doesnt work you move on. My
accounts have problems but I put up with it, some people will, some wont.
There's plenty of work. Hope you like working every weekend and holiday. nm
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If you are doing 2400 lines in an 8 hour day, working 5 accounts +, running out of work on all 5,
then pray tell us how you are doing it. I certainly would like to share this with MQ because I also have done this many years, know my work, and there is no way to do 2400 lines because most days all the accounts are out of work.
listening
Didn't realize you were actually MISSING a day of work b/o people working O/T. What did mgmt say?
nm
Anyone ever work/currently working for Medical Transcription Services, Green Bay, WI?? Offered..sm
new radiology account there, great people to correspond with, but info is extremely scarce....have a few offers to weigh.....anybody??? Merry Christmas!
at that rate, working acute care, I would do $28 an hour - but I only work 6 hours a day...
Like she said, you just have to be able to utilize all your tools and be at it for years - it comes eventually...
I actually make $33.00 an hour though because at my production tier I make 10 cpl a line.
Ditto.. Over 13 years experience working in hospitals doing all types of reports, currently working
for a national etc.. and Spheris told me I didnt have the qualifications. What cracked me up was the hospital I was working at at the time contracted some of our work out to them.. What a joke..I was good enough to work for a hospital and gave them work, yet not qualified enough for them. What is wrong with this picture.
MQ same situation. No pay for working holidays, no pay for working weekends nothing. Now noone works
much anymore and so they jerk the work out of the accounts to some place that throws it back with a lot of bad bad quality. This is the NE region. I dont know what the others are doing.
There are still companies that need your work by a certain
done by then, whatever your schedule is in completing it...just as long as it is in by the deadline. I recently IC'd for a company who would send me work first thing in the morning and I had to have it back by noon the next day. That worked for me and met their contract requirements.
It does work for some companies. OTI is one. Please
don't speak for all companies when you so obviously don't know that some companies DO only hold you to a weekly quota. They've found that people still seem to fall into a rather predictable schedule, and they're able to manage accordingly. It's rather comical seeing all these posts saying that just won't work. It can and does. As an MT there, I had unlimited work available and was only on one account. It never worked better at any job I've been an MT at. Every other placed bounced me around from account to account.
Top 10 companies to work for?
The moderate size company I have been working for is closing its doors after the loss of their big account.
I'm getting mom and pop offers and private accounts, but wondering about the safety of going with a big national company.
The only big name I am aware of is MedQuist. I would appreciate simply a list of the big players. In addition, any reviews and suggestions of companies with the most satisfied workforce would be most helpful. I have a great variety of experience, but went to work for a company right out of school and I am not very aware of other medical transcription companies.
COMPANIES TO WORK FOR
ANY COMPANIES BESIDES Spheris AND MQ OUT THERE, WE HAVE CAVEMAN DIAL UP
I work IC for two companies, and have
You are an IC making your own schedule and as long as you give them some notice and don't abuse ... should not be a problem. I haven't encountered any problems taking vacation yet ... we'll see what happens at holiday time, but to me, that's their problem when they employ ICs ... you don't earn paid time off, and as an IC, you don't get paid for your time off. I don't know of any ICs who abuse it, so it should not be a problem for most.
Most companies work this way
once you start increasing your line count and making decent money, they either move you to another account or bring on the worst dictators they have. Good Luck!
I work for several companies and
one of them gave me a nice bonus. Not unheard of... 
I work for 2 companies
For one company I have one main account and fill in on another account when the need it. For the second company I just have one account. I'm looking for a third company to have part-time as well. I like to have 3 *main* accounts. They are all pretty different but I have folders for each account and just glance through it as a refresher before I start working on each one.
companies to work for
Has anyone worked for Spheris or OSI. Any info would be helpful.
Most companies will work with you
Do you have a good rapport with your supervisor and good report quality? You can't expect to be in top form when you first start.
companies with work
Are there any companies out there that actually have enough work to keep you busy after they hire you and tell you there is plenty of work when there is none?
I work for 2 companies and I got something from one of them
In fact, I was surprised because I don't do much work for them and have only been with them a short time. But I got a $25 gift card and a nice card. My main company did send a card, but not a gift.
Are there any companies out there that let you work as many
Which companies have ER work?
Looking for ER transcription. Do you know which companies offer this?
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