Nope!! I'm still hanging in there too (sm)
Posted By: MDIer2 on 2009-08-05
In Reply to: I'm on MTstars posting so... - MDIer
I would love to know what is going on and sitting here most of the day sucks!!
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Not so sure many MTs are not hanging themselves -
Saw it for nearly 5 years at the last placed I worked and did QA where grads from the top schools dropped like flies for careless work, a less than adequate grasp of the English language, and just plain old poor comprehension of diseases processes and an understanding of medicine. IF you are a truly good MT my belief is you will always have a job any place you want.
Hanging on to both
Will the new employer let you begin on a part-time basis for a few weeks since it is IC. I know what you are going through but a word of caution . . . I once got a part-time job with a national company, thinking I would quit my full-time if it was a good fit since I was very dissatisfied with my full-time. However, after all the paperwork and even training, I was still not working in the part-time after 3 weeks. I was never even paid for the training time. I told them to forget it as I did not have the time to keep waiting, and I was soooo glad I had not outright quit the old job.
Hanging by a Thread..
Yes, I currently work for HIS, but not for the reasons you have. I am only holding on for the insurance and PTO. My supervisor is unbelievable rude and all of my accounts are 97% ESL. If HIS is not being sold, why are people leaving left and right? It makes me wonder if the employees in-house know more than the remote staff.
Yay! Here's to hanging onto the ship!
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Still hanging in here at Spheris
I have been with Spheris for 5-1/2 years (originally with Healthscribe) and my income has definitely declined since they took away all my original accounts and gave them to India. When they took away unrestricted OT a few weeks ago, I was really ready to bail and applied for several jobs and actually have a job I can jump to at any second if it gets too bad. However, since then, the work has picked up with no one working overtime, unless the accounts go out of TAT, I have been able to keep my production up and it seems as though OT, in my accounts at least, will probably hold out for a while since we are constantly out of TAT lately. I am producing almost double the required lines per week, and as long at the work is there for me and I can put in some overtime, I am going to hang in here. I wouldn't encourage anyone to start with this company, and I wouldn't apply here again if I left, as I would have no idea what kind of situtation anyone coming in would come into. I have no idea what is going on with this company but I don't like the general feeling of it anymore. I do like some of the conveniences and although some people hate a time clock, I love it. The minute Spheris took over Healthscribe and we got a time clock, I had an immediate raise due to the OT I was already putting in at HS, but not getting paid for. As I read the board and the pros and cons of all the companies, I realize that for now, this job is working for me, but the minute it isn't anymore I will be out of here. Having a job already lined up if I need it, at least gives me some security. However, I am set to learn the new platform soon and that could be a final deciding factor for me when my accounts switch over. I'm just waiting to see how that all plays out. Once I do leave here, I will never again work for a company that sends work overseas. I definitely never feel appreciated here that's for sure.
Well a painter wouldn't be hanging sm
out at said paintees house on a regular basis painting would they? They'd complete THE JOB and be done with it - this is asking for an ONGOING in your face scheduled committment of time - HUGE DIFFERENCE.
nope, not me, NOPE Worked to hard and long to sm
know what I know, my expertise is worth more and constant updating . Keep looking on the job boards. Email and ask if VR, pay for space and lowest to highest line rate for the POSITION (generic question) not I have 20 years exp. etc
...and did you know another for Spanish moss is hanging lichen? I had condescending people. nm
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Nope
Not yet!
Nope...
I'm already in the process of getting in with another company while I can still make the change because I WANT to and not because I HAVE to.
Nope,they have their own although sm
if you speak to tech support,they may be able to import your shortcuts into their program.
NOPE, OSi
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Nope. nm
Nope...
No, it doesn't make it 10.75 cpl. I thought that it might at first, too. Look at it this way: 15.3% (the actual %) has to be paid out of what you make. As an SE, half of that is paid by your employer, the other half by you. As an IC, you pay the whole. So you're actually only paying 0.0765% more.
What I did to figure out which rate was best. SE versus IC, was to take the base rate and subtract the 0.0765% from it. At 10 cpl, that gives you an SE-comparable rate at 0.09235 cpl.
Nope. Nope and not any more
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Nope, not that one! (sm)
The BestPRN I know of does primarily psych and has a system that prevents cherry-picking. The owners are the best I have ever worked for.
There are about twenty zillion services named PRN transcription.
Nope
Nope
Nope, she's gone.
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Nope I don't.
They have their OWN accounts now using several types of software. I only use one type of software they have, but they have 3 accounts with it. I work on two of them.
Nope,
That is how she tests
Nope, I think it is after 2
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Nope. :) nm
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Nope, never have
Whenever I have applied for a job in the past, I have always submitted it directly to the employer. I want to avoid being contacted by these types of strange places.
Nope. nm
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Nope.
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nope. but only been one day. n/m
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Nope.
I don't know a thing, except that I wouldn't want to send my personal information to an unidentified company with a rapper's personal email address as contact information. This is the business world. They can be more professional in their communication efforts.
Nope, not MQ or OSi, but...
but thanks guys for the tip - I know who to stay away from! I have played MQ before, never ever again - don't know about OSi, but I think I'll steer clear. This is more of a wish list and a compilation of all the negative things I have experienced over the years and just don't want to deal with again. I realize no place will be perfect. I'm hoping some MTSOs will see the post and pay attention - but if they are already operating this they most likely won't change their ways, nor are they likely to care - just a vent.
Nope! nm
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Nope... I am
Wendy too! Hi Wendy!
Nope, FT only
NM
Nope, FT only.
NM
Nope......
Its you.
nope.. but maybe I should be! :)
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Nope
Not even a message or card. Maybe they don't know about Christmas in India. :-)
Nope. I did not see it, but then again...
I do not always get the emails because of the problems with the server. I know they are looking for a new server. But, never got that email.
Nope!
I have only heard that there is no communication and no QA feedback. I know a person from India who worked under an American's information for 2 months submitting horrible reports to QA and she never received an ounce of feedback and was never contacted a single time about the horrible quality.
nope.
not anymore - new board! lololol KIDDING!
Nope...
I don't know how many employees they have. I wish that they would come up with a way to spot check QAs work. I have seen entire sentences deleted from my reports...I guess 'cause the QA person could not understand what should go into the blank.
I have noticed that certain QA folks will do just about anything (including typing in garbage) to make sure that the reports are uploaded without blanks.
Are you new to DSG? I know 7 other MTs there and they have all had the same problem with having emails ignored and only getting replies to emails that pertain to working extra or not working...everything else must have gone into cyberspace.
Nope, not that either. sm
They DO ask for help on certain accounts from time to time and they usually don't mind if you work those and it is not your account. If they outsourced to another company, there would be no need for this. The work gets spread around everyone who is willing and able.
Nope, nothing
They probably didn't even realize it. That's okay, though, they're good to work for and I get regular raises and a lot of time off. Maybe an email would have be nice.
Nope
Not at all. Still full of morons and adding new morons everyday. If you like working for pennies, just to have your hard work turned over the oversea workers than go for it.
Nope,
I stumbled on it with my fumble fingers late one night quite by accident. I am having to learn how to type all over again, it seems, since doing nothing but 95% editing for the last year or so. Can't seem to get fingers to move very fast yet. Hope that keys helps more than just you and me.
Nope, not at all.
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Nope
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Nope.
I interviewed with them a while back and asked about this as well. They basically told me that no, there is no flexibility. It may depend on whether you are covering a radiology account or doing something else.
Nope... ME TOO. nm
Nope, not my first. nm
Have been with Wmx for quite some time now.
Nope...
I still like my work and love the company I work for. Things might look greener on the other side but it's tough all over right now. There are many jobs right now foregoing raises, not just MT.
Nope...
I accepted a position elsewhere and have 3 days left to work there. For the heck of it, I sat in on a group production meeting, i.e., for those like me who probably mostly aren't getting with the VR program enthusiastically enough and getting faster, ha-ha, like that's truly possible under the current circumstances there. I found listening to the speaker depressing but hey, she's just doing her job, just another company cheerleader type who had little of real value to offer, and it took her over an hour to say what she did have to say. I put the phone down several times and went to the kitchen for coffee. Even though I'll be starting elsewhere where they assure me I'll have no VR, I don't really believe them and spend my days planning out a different future for myself which might include going back to school. My motivation as a transcriber is just about gone after 30 plus years.
Nope
Nope, definitely not fixed.....
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