Please don't try to push transcription for MW.

First of all, you must be new. It is impossible to get the lines because the work does run out each day. Now, why would I want to transcribe for MW at 8-1/4 cents per line? Do you think MW is the only place there is to work?  There are still companies out there where quality does still matter!

I have enjoyed working for MW up to this point and I have one of the best supervisors going, but I have more respect for myself then to continue to stay here and work for $8 per hour, cleaning up trash, and running out of work so that it is impossible to get the incentive.  

• New MedWare pay structure for editors - 3rd World wages
  • Do you mean QA or VR and what - is the pay? is it so bad?
    • New pay structure (sm) - 3rd World wages
      • You read the memo wrong - Not the same
        • I think you need to read your memo again. - 3rd World wages
          • It says - Not the same
            • Reg. Pay? - nyb
              • I have realized after receiving my paystub - hmmmmm
              • Medware pays by direct deposit - Deb
                • Posts removed -- please see message. - Goldbird (Moderator)
                • Yes they do... but I think the point is that it is not always right. - nm
            • The whole thing stinks. (sm) - another MW editor
              • It's a good rate af pay - Not the same
                • Please don't try to push transcription for MW. - MW editor
                  • That is a higher line rate - nm
                    • Don't count on getting that line rate. I have - Hope it works for you
                • Before you jump into transcription you should know that we have all been told that - transcription side
              • More than one person has left MW because they - me

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Unless the company is in financial trouble.  We never know because they never tell us anything.  This is the only place we can ever find out information. 

Whatever it is, I suspect it is time to move on... 

What are they thinking?  They push VR, they sell VR.  Client was happy with the status quo, and so were the MTs, but now the client gets to thinking, and they research VR on their own, and they buy Powerscribe, the docs do their own editing and presto, they no longer need Webmedx at all.  Smart move guys!  Brilliant!

How about concentrating on recruiting and KEEPING clients for a change, instead of this obsession with productivity?  If all the clients leave due to getting sold on VR, typing nothing really fast cannot be very profitable.

And I am glad you shoved back.  I wish more MTs would start doing that.  When an MT (like myself) has to sit at a computer from 6:30 a.m. until 5:00, 8:00, and sometimes 11:00 just to make a living, and sometimes just to meet the minimum, it is push come to shove time.  I stood up to my employer about this and I was laid off.  I simply refused to do it anymore.  I would not take PTO when there was no work.  That PTO was earned by ME to use as I pleased.  We were told to clock in and out, in and out as work was available.  I checked with the Labor Board in their state, who said it was like asking a sales clerk to clock out if there were no customers in the store.  They have the right to change your shift, but not make you keep clocking in and out for hours on end, month after month.  I told my AM I wanted third party involvement because this was going to stop.  I told them to give me work or let me go.  They let me go, paying a nice severance, my PTO, and cooperated with my unemployment income until I found a new job.  It took 2 weeks, I make more money, and the work is quite steady.  I too do not recommend issuing ultimatums unless you are ready for the consequences.  I wanted my life back and it has actually taken me a couple of months to let the stress go, and I wish I had done it sooner.

Hey everyone, check out this link. This is what we are up against. Be sure and note how 3M or whoever is the sponsor of this webinar throws in that dictation and transcription is time-consuming.  Nevermind that EMR and VR take more time and money to be successful and it only takes 38 seconds to dictate a returning patient and 2 minutes to dictate a new patient versus 500 clicks on a point and click EMR or the mess VR makes and having to have an Editor come in and clean up the mess. Propaganda that we should know about.

http://www.uptilt.com/functions/message_view.html?mid=2090471&mlid=125814&siteid=8121&uid=9a311a2ad9

Got a call and am scheduled to be hooked on later this week.  Does someone need to stop me?  TIA 

I am looking for a new home and have applied and accepted by one of these companies.  Hoping to hear from the other very soon.  Can anyone tell me the good/bad of these 2 companies.  Soap is out of Michigan and US Transcription is out of Iowa. 

Thanks in adance for your help/support. 

Please let me know if you work for this company and what you think of them. I am testing right now and hope they are a good company! :)

Thanks :)

Does anyone work as an indepedent contractor for either of these companies?  If so, could you tell me a little bit about them.

Thank you

Is there anybody out there that would be willing to mentor an MT.  I try to find MT friends but have no luck, as nobody wants to give me their name.  I like these boards but sometimes I need longer explanations about things.  I was just wondering if there was a group or something or individuals who do that.