Overhiring and need for fast TAT
Posted By: MDI-MT on 2009-08-25
In Reply to: Re: working weekends and nights - Worried
Just my opinion. They want us to be right behind the dictators. My supervisor starts sending out frantic e-mails if we get over 100 minutes saying that he is about to start calling people to get to work.
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Overhiring
Just wondering if anyone feels their companies are suddenly overhiring in order to benefit with the unhappy Medquist MTs looking to make a move. Suddenly the work flow seems very low and that is not usually the case where I work.
SPI overhiring?
Any other SPI MTs frustrated with their accounts suddenly all being empty because of what appears to be overhiring - AGAIN? It seems to be feast or famine.
Overhiring
They have overhired!!! I am sick and tired of working on many accounts. I am looking for other employment myself.
Good Company, but they LIED to ME AND PULLED A BAIT AND SWITCH!!!!! Too many people on each account.
overhiring
Well according to Maggie's comments last week we deserve it because we are not good MTs and are just goofing off !
Overhiring
I have more than 2 accounts and have nothing this morning. OT has been in place for me since I started and there was always work. It is a known fact that they overhire and will continue to do so. When I do Alt-G to pull up old reports, there is a boat-load of new employee names, which has become obvious by the lack of work and being pushed to second and third accounts during the week.
It's the overhiring for TAT.
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probably overhiring
in anticipation of those new accounts the owner referenced last week in her email where she said they'd be hiring 40 more MTs (or however many it was).
Not only is it tough when they bring on new people before the accounts start, I think some MTSOs do the same thing airlines do - overbook/overhire in anticipation that some people won't show up anyway.
They are notorious for overhiring. They do sm
this all the time and the loyal employees eat it in favor of the new people getting all of their work. It is mismanagement in the extreme. Despite them constantly saying we appreciate all you do, they do not take the loyal employees into account when overhiring/early hiring people for accounts that do not yet exist.
NO JUSTIFICATION FOR OVERHIRING.....SM
 Just another example of the exploitation of MTs by the companies. Sure, they want to make sure they have enough MTs to keep their TAT and their clients...so they hire extra for insurance. It costs them nothing to put us on ice ... waiting for work which won't come. I tested with this company about a year back...phone test where you're asked about half hour's worth of questions. Told me I did well on the oral test and transcription part, but we don't have any work right this minute...but they'll call you. (I'm going to hold my breath and sit here waiting and tell my grocer, landlord, creditors, I have nothing right now but I'll call you....LOL). Same principle as when airlines overbook, with the full support of federal govt. 
And this justifies overhiring?...SM
Of course, you know these employees are slackers, right? While in the same breath mention experiencing lack of work yourself.
Whether or not there are slackers on a company's payroll, that is a separate issue to be dealt with accordingly. It does NOT justify 'HIRING A FEW EXTRAS who have to sit there and wait for work while their bills pile up, just so the MTSO (God forbid!) gets out of TAT. Overhiring is overhiring when there is no work ... MTSOs can justify it any way they want. It's just another example of MT exploitation.
Low work and overhiring again.
Guess if you don't work both days on the weekend, you get your cue shut off on your work during the weekdays. Such a kind strategy for a company employing ICs, does not pay benefits or time off. They ultimately have the control. Isn't that nice? And it's a company which does not off shore. Guess they believe they got us. So sweet. I assume if you work there you know who I am talking about.
Overhiring at Webmedx
Do you think they do that at USA Transcription also? They said they would get back with me in 1-2 days and it's been 5 days now.
Overhiring is the other issue
Many of us have no work NOW, and can't pay our bills NOW. What will it be like when we're all even faster and getting paid even less? We've been losing accounts as fast as we can recruit new ones.
WEBMEDX STOP OVERHIRING!! nm
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TRANSTECH STOP OVERHIRING !!!!! N/M
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Does that include the overhiring practice of Transcend's
so none of us can make a decent living, or the miserable platform transcend brought with it?
I left there as they were always running out of work from overhiring.
YEP...Just want I suspected as the reason we have very little work OVERHIRING
They repeatedly hire yet we have hardly any work. Course, I suppose it could be the revolving door as the cause.
It's not just overhiring. They are sending the best work to India.
They have always sent work there but I believe they have geared up these efforts in the past six months, and the easiet work (ER). That is when I noticed there was not consistent work. I had to move on and so will others.
Then they should give that work to those who have a shortage. Otherwise, they are overhiring. nm
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Lets just hope they are not overhiring lately and we will find we are all going to be out of work
especially after Summer.
I see there is an ad on MT Jobs for MDI Maryland and I was reading the posts below about overhiring
on the accounts. Is this a situation that seems to be getting worse on all accounts. I was interested in talking with the lady but not if there is no work. I have that problem now and I dont need it again. Seems like that is the new thing with MT companies to see who can have the shortest turnaround time. Are MDI Maryland accounts loaded with ESLs or decent accounts.
I have no guilt - I am not the sole employee who caused overhiring..sm
First of all, I am not the one who posted that there are over 500 jobs - that was someone else. Yes, I did say the work has picked up lately but then I went on to say that all of us employees need to stay on the ball so more won't be hired which would lead us to the same place where we were months ago - wishing there was more work to go around. Second, I don't have any guilt - I was merely stating a fact of what happened in my situation because I cannot speak for anyone elses situation. I was trying to explain and make a point at the same time. The point being when people aren't available to work, these companies are forced to find others who can and will do the job no matter what the circumstances are. And I was also trying to point out that they are a good company - they understand that things happen and they give you the benefit of the doubt but at the same time they have to make sure they are covered too. Third, I knew there would be some rude remarks. There can NEVER be a post that talks nice about a company without ONE person making rude remarks - but to each his own! All I know is I am happy with them, happy to be employed by them - that is why I felt the need to try to defend them somewhat. They are a great company and I just hated to see them face all of the negativity that they do not deserve!
Are well all running out of work? Seems late in Jan for that? Overhiring? Reminds me of the Q...
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Overhiring and giving new-hires false impressions that
they'll be able to make a decent day's pay is scamming too, cupcake.
Between the outsourcing and overhiring, there is absolutely no work for anyone/anything American, pe
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Transcend----and the drought continues. Sick of the overhiring. Anyone else experiencing this??
Where is the work going? They are either overhiring AGAIN or sending MORE work to India than they are admitting to. Everyone says, ask for a second account Well good luck with that. I have a second, third, and fourth acount and ALL NO WORK. I quit!!! That should free up some work for the rest of you.
tired of companies overhiring and then sitting and waiting endlessly for work
The accomplishes nothing because then people get tired of not making any money and move on. Is there no solution to this?
So true. Massive overhiring. Shouldn't have left my other job for Webmedx. Use caution....nm
Good luck.
Run as fast as you can,
I'm supprised she is still using the same name, she's been known to change names in the past.
RUN as fast as you can the other way
the person you mentioned is the biggest phony, lazy, bs artist, hard work, low pay
RUN I TELL YOU
abusive once you are there a while
Run as fast as you can....
I used to work for them though not on the radiology account. I knew two girls that did work on the radiology account and they hated it, but she had no one else to work. So they had to work horrible hours and the CEO was constantly pestering them to work more (they both have since left). Their line counting program counts short too. I had to work 12 hour days when i did work there just to make any money. They play favorites with the MTs, the office staff treats you like crap when you do need something, you will never make more than what you are hired in at and the list goes on.
RUN AWAY FAST!
This is probably one of the worst MT companies out there. I made the huge mistake of working for them just over a year ago and ended up quitting after only a month. You won't be dealing with anyone except people in India. You can't understand a word they say and they constantly will harass you through Yahoo IM asking when you are going to work and why you are not working, but when you needed to IM them for tech support, they would take forever to answer, if they even answered at all. My experience was that they are very, very rude to their MTs and all of their QA and account managers are in India. I was scoring at least 98% on all of my QAs, but they kept telling me that I needed to improve. There are much, much better companies to chose from. I would stay far, far away from this one. I ran and never looked back.
run away fast
run far far away from SoftScript as fast as you possibly can! Its true you can't believe everything you read here, but trust me when i say everything said about them is the truth!
RUN FAST!!!! sm
Late payer...and will lie and say she sent the money and didn't. You can tell by the postmark when you finally do get your check. Also, there is a line count discrepancy.
Save yourself the trouble.
Act fast
Terri Davis is in the process of selling off her accounts and is screwing both companies buying AND the MTs, due to her psyhopath ways.
Act fast on your legal action. MTs and Editors get the heck out now before she cons you into unemployment.
she is truly a sick and evil person who will stop at nothing to look like the intelligent person she is not.
BTW... Shelly (I won't put her last name, but you will know who I mean), is Terri's COUSIN, by no way a REAL MT.
This is truly a run far and fast
Worked for them for 2 weeks in March--haven't yet and will never see a penny of the $150+ they still owe me. I gave up asking. Don't believe their ad that they offer MTs a great whatever--blah, blah. A word comes to mind: ruthless. Just my input.
i'd run far and fast
I have had 2 friends work briefly for this company.. both promised one thing and received something totally different that was not acceptable at all.
How did you get off QA so fast?
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Not so fast
There is a difference between OSi or MQ, or some other MTSO willingly offshoring and a hospital/client moving offshore for financial reasons. Not all these moves are controlled by any company or management, they are controlled by the clients. Some hospitals will request offshore for financial reasons, others forbid it. To say that OSI offshores big time makes it look like they did it. . . this is inaccurate..
Not fast enough
Hear ya! I thought it was just me. Type 120 wpm use all my expanders, burn my brain, and can get nowhere near $25 an hour. I would imagine anybody who is getting $25 is possibly blessed with an account from heaven? Not so here. Have a nice weekend!
RUN AWAY!! As fast as you can!
They are the most unhappy bunch of people I've ever met or worked for. I lasted 2 months and it felt like two years!
Run away, very far, very fast. sm
Do a search on the board. Mostly bad stuff.
You can do better.
Run. Run as fast as you can.
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Me either-Run away as fast as you can-NM
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PLEASE RUN AWAY FAST...SM
sent you an email.
Run away, fast!
I had the extreme displeasure of working for this company a few years ago when they bought out Cymed back in the summer of 2006. They offshore all of their work, treat their MTs like second-class citizens, and I was almost always running out of work. My pay checks were always getting screwed up and I could never get in touch with anyone in the office and, when I finally did, they were usually very rude and ignorant. Like I said, I haven't been there in almost 3 years, but I have heard that they are even worse now. I have been with the same company since I left SPi and I am a million times happier!
Run away, fast!!!
This company is horrible. I worked for Cymed until they were sold to SPi. I left there in February 2007 and never looked back. They treat their MTs like second-class citizens and they were constantly running out of work because they offshore so heavily. Management was constantly changing and my paychecks were screwed up often. This is the LAST place you want to work, trust me!
I should have said .09/,04..too fast...
.09 for straight/.04 for VR but 80% is VR and 20% is straight typing.
Run FAST
Synernet is a horrid company. Pay is low.. 7 cpl for NO spaces on 55 line... they claim it equals standard pay. . NOT NOT NOT
Julie is a horrid trainer.. puts you on hold all the time, gets mad if you call her with a question. Does not teach you all the applications to the platform then gets pissy if you have not figured it out on your own along with everything else.
Lines are not abundantly produced, hard to get 150 lines an hour, let alone industry standard of 200 lines an hour.
RUN FAST... RUN FAR
Love, love, love TransTech! Not overhiring, just growing like crazy!
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