Phoenix Medcom- Another apply a few months back, ask to take a test and never heard back??

• Phoenix Medcom- Another apply a few months back, ask to take a test and never heard back?? - OrthoMT
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    • I cannot even remember her name and she did not even send me the test before she left. - OrthoMT
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I don't think I will take the job, but do you know if they even hire ICs?  Just so I know!  TXs

I am testing for Phoenix Medcom, and I have to say it's the most horrible test I've ever taken.  First of all, there is 32 minutes of dictation to transcribe, which makes it also the longest test I've ever taken.  But worst of all is the sound quality.  I work in QA and MT and to be honest, some of these reports (especially the longest 10-minute report) would be sent to the client with a documentation report about the bad sound quality.  I realize that some companies test harder than the typical transcription, but this worries me.  I did ask the recruiter if the sound quality is indicative of the typical working reports if I'm hired, and she told me something about how the reports on the test are .wav files and I'd be on a Lanier account.  However, ALL my current accounts and most of my accounts throughout my career are .wav formatted.

Anyway, I need to know if this is what I can expect from employment.  I won't work for sound quality this terrible on a general basis, so I would want to know any experiences about the sound quality at the least, and any other comments about Phoenix.  I have been burned by a few companies in the past year and I'm just tired of it.

Thanks!

and what's her name from TRS got all huffy and said how they were just trying to teach a trade to these poor people so they could earn a decent living, that they weren't taking U.S. jobs away.  I don't know why they thought we were dumb enough that we wouldn't realize that it wouldn't do any good to teach them a trade if there was no way to practice their trade.  I too thought it took a lot of balls to advertise for the overseas person.

There were several companies that were supportive of this, I don't remember all of them, but Cymed was one of them.  

There' s lots of info on SoftScript.  In my opinion, not a good place to work and I'm glad I didn't accept their offer.

contract and such.  I was just wondering if anyone knew anything good/bad about them.

I heard back but only to ask me for my resume and that was on Thursday.  I have not heard back from them since.

I accepted a position with Oracle about a week ago and faxed my paperwork to them but haven't heard back. They said they would be contacting me. Has anyone recently accepted a position with Oracle and heard back from them?

Thanks

 I got a one sentence email saying I didn't have enough experience. Must be pretty difficult work. I have been typing all work types for 19 years, especially psych and radiology..the two on the list. I have also done ESL in every job I have ever been employed. Oh well, asked her to keep my name in the barrell!

bother with them.   I thought that maybe they represented companies that might not post to the job boards and who might offer better than most jobs - like a headhunter.  After their testing they put me in touch with a company that regularly posts on the job boards and who currently have an ad running.  I had recently turned down an offer with this same company.  There was no difference in pay in what I was offered going through TM than I did going directly through the company.  TM said they could sometimes negotiate a higher rate, but it didn't happen.

I think the company is only 2 people and I don't think it is a FT job for either one of them - at least that is the impression I got.  Since they have a current ad maybe they have been swamped with resumes.

After you test with TM you still have to test again and if you don't get more $ you're better off applying to companies yourself and at least you won't have to go through an additional round of testing and interviews.

I don't know how long this post will last as in the past any post that doesn't portray them in a positive fashion gets deleted. 

I don't know a whole lot because I am waiting to start but pay is 9 cpl (even though the ads say 9-10) and they use ChartScript.  You also must be incorporated because they are only hiring for contract work at this time.  No set schedule.  Hope this helps a little.