My experience of "working with me to get more lines" took too long! I can't sit back and wa
Posted By: am on 2008-08-07
In Reply to: They work with you to make sure you get the lines required or the amount of lines you want... - Keystroker
Just my experience!
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How long does it take you to get those lines and is
it straight transcribing or a mix?
but those were long, long lines for
most of the reports. You could make more with a 65-character line count.
How long does it take you to do 2000 lines nm
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And my lines were often over 80 characters long. NM
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How long does it take TransTech to get back to you?
I have nearly 10 years experience. I sent them my resume over a week ago through their web site, have not heard a word. Is this the norm for them?
How long did it take to hear back from them?
After you sent a resume, how long did it take to hear back from them?
How long until they get back to you after testing with them?
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How long to hear back?
after from FutureNet or MDI-MD, anyone know what's usual? TIA
How long to hear back
I received an email earlier today from the MDI-MD recruter and she had been out of the office due to a death in the family.
How long does it take WebMedx to get back with a
I passed the initial screening and test about a week ago, and the next day was sent an email interview that I sent in the next day. Is it time to give up hope, and take the wait as a rejection. 
On DQS, how long does it take to see how many lines you get credit for each report? nm
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How long did it take you to build up to 2000 lines a day?
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How long does it take to hear back after testing? TIA nm
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How long after you applied did you hear back? nm Thanks
If you like to switch back and forth all day long between 5 hospitals
All with very different account specifics then it may be the place for you.
How long after initial questionnaire before they get back to you?
I filled out their questionnaire a few days ago, but still have not heard back from them. Not sure if that means they are not interested, or if they just take a while to hear back from. Any info on this company also would be appreciated.
How long does TransTech take to get back to you if you apply
It says a week or so on their site. I am assuming if you don't hear from them in that time frame they are not interested?
look back a few days.. LONG post about this
My experience is that the lines you have, sm
the more PTO you accrue. If you type only the minimum, you accrue less. Don't know how it is calculated. Check stubs do not show PTO time accrued, which is a first for me. Always worked for companies which showed accrued PTO time on check stubs. You must contact management to calculate your PTO time and sometimes it takes them 2-3 weeks to get back with you. It can go up or down based on the number of lines you type-in my experience.
Beyond Text doesn't work long enough to allow you to get any lines. nm
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Had you worked for them very long? How many lines were you averaging each pay period?
That is terrible. I am so sorry to hear that. Best of luck to you in your new job.
I love the K. Long reports, good lines.
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I love the PT incentive plan. As long as some of the lines are done on SM
the weekend, it is not hard at all to reach the incentive tier. Last check, I had $95 on there that I wasn't really even expecting because I had reached the bonus tier (and didn't even know it LOL).
Along the same lines, has anyone ever left TH and gone back with good results?
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I have 4 accounts with VERY different specifics that I switch back and forth from all day long -
Gone are the days of primary and secondary. They just seem to lump everyone onto every account they have. I hear you about worrying about messing something up. Some of the account specifics are VERY different from one another. Sigh...
Just applied with them. Patience, how long did it take for you to hear back from them?
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Wouldn't do it. You'll end up with lines that are in the 70 and 80 chars. long length. They
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I work that, had TONS all day long, never ran low got to 1500 lines WITHIN my shift too. nm
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I am able to get my lines/hours in as long as I flex a little within my time window. (sm)
Are you hiring on now or just looking?
After testing for First Choice, can anyone tell me how long it takes to hear back? nm
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I typed on a line that long way back when. Would NEVER do it again. Takes forever
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Once you forward resume, how long till Futurenet gets back with you? nm
Anyone tested and heard back from DTS America. How long was your wait? nm
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Tested with TT last week. Does anyone know how long it usually takes for them to response back.
I need a job...yesterday... I've been applying like crazy but cannot find anything worth taking. I'm getting pretty desperate but still not enough to take 3 cpl for VR but check back next week LOL
Yes, 6 cpl is low but three years is NOT a lot of experience. It takes that long to become sm
semi-proficient and we look for at least 5 years because of that. I would not go higher than 7 cpl with only three years experience and I think this is starting to be the norm.
Think of other fields ... plumbing apprentices, electrician apprentices, printing apprentices, etc. It takes 5 years to be a journeyman. They start at $8.00/hour and move to cap which is around $30/hour but it takes 10 years to get there.
Even teachers ... it takes 5-10 years to get top pay.
Any field.
Anyone know how long it takes to hear back from Prescyse after taking the test?
Will they get back to you?
I was feeling bad that they didn't get back to me with my 35+ years of experience, sm
but if that is the pittance they offer for pay, I'm glad they saved me the trouble of turning them down. Pretty soon, scrubbing toilets will pay more.
I've sent resumes twice over the years and never heard back. Have experience, too. nm
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I have experience and never heard back from them. They're a Sten-Tel branch. nm
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Apparently, you got a call back.. Not me.. over 9 years of ortho experience and nada
Oh well, best wishes to you. Let me know how it goes once your through the process. I had asked before about information on them but no one seems to have any.
How long does it take TransHealth to get back to someone when you send a resume? I sent a resume
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1800 lines is easily achieved. I average 300-340 lines per hour. nm
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No problem :) No matter how long, it is too long for me - I am broke the day after payday. Kids wi
do that to you!
I know that they have worked very hard to make sure that checks are never late and I can say that in the past two years, I have had one problem (2 days late) and in the past 18 months, they have all been on payday and perfect.
I know that there are a lot of hard feelings in MT in general. I also know firsthand (and I am not mgmt) how hard KS has worked to get things going good.
I would not want to walk in an MTSO's shoes for any amount of money, but that's just me. I like to finish my work for the day, forget about work when not working and get paid on payday. I never want the other things that go with mgmt or owning a company of any kind :)
I worked in QA for Transcending back in 2000-2001. They were paying hourly back then. SM
The accounts weren't too horribly bad. The reason I ended up leaving was because slowly but surely they began to inch closer and closer to paying QA by production. When I first started, the quota was something like 30 reports a day. We simply had to make sure that we QA'd all reports that were close to being out of TAT first and then do the rest. Then, my supervisor left and they hired a new one who immediately called a big teleconference meeting and said we had to up production to 60 reports a day. Then, they started counting lines. Which was fine because they were still paying hourly.
Next, there was an MT who used VR software because she was blind - yes blind. Again, when I first started, I was told we had to edit her entire reports because she used the VR software and we had to make sure that everything was correct and made sense. Then, we are told only check the blanks. I wasn't comfortable with that and I continued to completely proof every word. Then I was called on the carpet not because I wasn't meeting the production quota, but because I was ONLY meeting the production quota. I told them I was proofing all of the MT's work that used VR, I was told that no one ever told me to proof every word of the VR reports and that I needed to fill in blanks and move on. When I voiced my concerns, I was told that was my job, to fill in blanks and I should move on and strive to product above the standards. Next thing you know, rumors abounded about changing the QA staff to being paid on production. So I left.
There just seemed to me to be too little concern for quality and more emphasis on quantity and I just didn't want to be part of company who would take money out of my pocket just to line their own and that's what they were doing by putting QA on production. I also am not comfortable with the job of QA being thought of as a blank filler. There is much more to the QA profession than just simply filling in blanks.
I don't know if Transcend ever did start paying QA by production, but I could see that the idea was being floated there. Maybe there was a enough protest that they didn't change from hourly.
Good luck to you!
Phoenix Medcom- Another apply a few months back, ask to take a test and never heard back??
I applied a month or two ago, received an email from someone asking if I would take a test and said she was getting ready to go on vacation for a week, so I hurried and immediately and told her I'd love to take the test. I never heard back. I waiting thinking she went on vacation and would contact me when she got back to do the test but nothing...very strange..Just wondered if this happened to anyone else.
10 lines per minute = 1500 lines for 150 minutes - average. nm
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I average 1200-1400 lines per day with a national, and am only getting around 600-800 lines per day.
It's been this way since the day before Thanksgiving. I've been doing this for almost 30 years now, and more often than from Thanksgiving until the new year is the slowest time of the year. I have some months where I am swamped with up to 2000 lines per day. I stash that little extra money, and take advantage of a handful of extremely slow days this time of the year to actually cook dinner, decorate for Christmas, or do Christmas shopping. I actually anticipate this slow time every year and have grown to enjoy the breathing time. Any time I have attempted to pick up extra work with another company to supplement these slow times, the minute I get adjusted to the new accounts, etc. I have no time to finish all of my work because my full time job with national gets slammed again. Hang in there if you can, and hopefully your work will pick up significantly around New Years.
They work with you to make sure you get the lines required or the amount of lines you want...
I have never had a problem getting more work
They definitely rip you off with your line count. Figured this out long ago and quit long ago
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Has everyone heard back from Keystrokes yet regarding the email we received a while back?
Just wandering why I haven't heard any response yet.
Minimum lines for FT used to be 60,000 keystrokes a day, about 925 lines. Pay was good. Just not a
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