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Sounds like Medquist games to me!

Posted By: MTLooking on 2008-05-28
In Reply to: See the Focus discussion below. I posted some pretty interesting info. - Run!

Thanks for the info...I am running!


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this sounds like Medquist
Apparently this is how every transcription company plans to run their business from now on.  I quit MQ and went to work for Spheris because it sounded better.  I am on their AnyModal for speech recognition.  I get less per line but I thought I would enjoy it more.  At first I did,  now my supervisor is making up higher line counts for the editors and I cannot get a reply as to why this is.  Not to mention the communication is bad just like it was at Medquist.  Sometimes I forget which company I work for.  If there is anything better out there, please let us know. 
sounds like Medquist keeping track of all times
my company does not do that
Games
Can you at least play computer games while looking at it. Is this at home, I'll bet there are lots of things to do. My windows always think I should wash them.

If you're in an office well then really boring, I agree.


Games
I hear you. I am so over the games ALL the companies are playing. I'm trying my best to get out of this field completely sigh, wish me luck!
They play a lot of games. Pay was on
time, but they do have their favorites who get the good work. Used to run out of work all the time and have to wait for more overflow to come in, so bailed out.
are you kidding? no more games. GO-GIRL! n.m
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Anyone else tired of games at Iridium??

I am so tired of the games of management, promises that people will follow the rules not being kept (as in no apparent consequences), my preferred pool forever changing, hurrying to save work for the weekend and either having none while others have lots, and then if you do have lots, you work your tail off to get it done only to have no work monday morning.    


What has this industry come to?  Fast food work ALMOST sounds appealing ...


Two companies that do not play games
are MDI-MD and Landmark. Good honest people at both companies.
MedQuist board is now set up. See Medquist link to the left.
MedQuist board is now set up. See Medquist link to the left.

Link is also below.


JLGers - how flexible are they with hours, i.e. kids ball games, etc. (nm)
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Very similar thing happened to me. They play head games.
Your friend is better off moving on - but I am so sorry this happened to her - they really are a horrible company.
Odd way of doing business. Most places dont have time to play those games. They just get rid
of people and move on. 
Transcend is playing games, giving gift cards
and doing contests (poetry) and others. There is a contest for a big screen TV.

Transcend cares about its employees
Now I hear this company plays games with the work flow when you
start getting a higher line count. This is not surprising. I have BTDT and don't want to go through it again. There are enough posts now for me to say I am just done with the whole thing altogether and I am not a happy camper! Thanks for your feedback here and below. Saved me some headaches!
Get real..... who is buying new cars, satellite dishes, video games? How about rent, utilities on t
NM
sure sounds swell. Sounds like 2350 ln/day @ 4 cents/ln=$90./day
in order to figure how many line needs to be produced to make $500 per pay period. ie, how many lines an hour needed per 8 hour day --at your rate.

So say $450 a week would be $90 a day.
For example, if making 4 cents a line,need 2,250 lines a day, 281 an HOUR (to listen through and edit) to make this great wage of $90. a day FOR ALL THIS SAME SKILL, TO KEEP UPDATED WITH CHANGING MEDICAL COMMUNITY. nope Better at Jack-in-Box Pass it up.
Sounds like it and it sounds like you must tell them when they will be and no change them. Wonder
what you do when there is no work. Well, there will be a lot of problems with this whole plan if they dont get things straightened out with this no work situation.
Medquist
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Medquist is getting really bad
Been there for a long time (years and years) - am looking for another job now. They don't care about their employees, only their accounts. The pay is horrible and you almost never get a raise. Management only cares about management - not us lowly peons.
MedQuist.
MedQuist.
MedQuist

I did not like MedQuist's platform at all.  All of the info required to be filled in was ridiculous (wouldn't have been so bad if they paid for the keystrokes).  Also, I was switched between 4 different accounts during the first week.  I was told during the interview that I would have one main account and a backup account. 


Another complaint I have is that whenever I called the office, my calls were not returned.  I had to just keep calling until the manager was available.  I just did not have a very good first impression of them.  Luckily, my previous employer took me back. 


I would recommend anyone switching companies to try the new company out before turning in your notice.  Sometimes you don't know how good you have it until you almost lose it.


I think it's only fair to say, though, that if I would have had a stable account and had a chance to get used to the doctor names, local cities, clinics, etc., I may have had an entirely different impression of MedQuist.  Don't put too much weight into one transcriptionist's impression of a company.  They may have 'easy' accounts.


I also have noticed that sometimes, the less qualified you are, the easier work you get, the more money you make.


MedQuist...
I work for the Ohio MedQuist and have had exactly ONE radiology account in the entire eight years I've been with 'em - I've never even HAD a secondary account. Needless to say I feel like these docs are old, old friends (and a few hated enemies) and the work is always there, easy docs, cutting edge technology and they leave me alone and don't bug me. Give 'em a try, I say.
MedQuist.
I work for MedQuist and make $25/hr. doing radiology - I've done exactly one account the entire 8 years I've been with MedQuist and have never run out of work. The doctors are great, they don't bother you and allow you to do your work and pay on time. Seems kewl to me. Radiology pays quite well there.
MedQuist.
Despite all the negative press and opinions, they are still probably the best - since they are the biggest they can afford to pay more, work always plentiful (at least in radiology) and they don't bug U to death (U don't have to clock out to go to the John). At least that's how it is at the Ohio Medquist - don't know about other branches but assume they are similar. There ARE perks to being with the biggest, I must say.
MedQuist
MedQuist uses DocQscribe!
Medquist pay

Anybody who works for Medquist, I am wondering what they pay? 


MedQuist pay

0.850..I work at Midwest office..but we're supposed to be starting that scale pay thing in October which I know nothing about yet


MedQuist!
They want only the very best for their employees - we're like one big happy family!
The DQS is NOT with Medquist.
Thanks
MedQuist.

MedQuist. nm

MedQuist
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VR and Medquist
Yeah, and if MedQ has anything to say about it, we all will be in the soup kitchens pouring up our family the needful food they need to survive on while the homeless shelter people protect us from our bill collectors!!!!!!!!!
Medquist
Medquist should never be on a list of 10-top companies to work for!
MedQuist! nm

MedQuist

Any info on working for MQ now?  How about its QA department? 


Medquist sm

I love working for Medquist.  I think they are probably one of the better companies, if not the best.  I have worked for other companies part-time along with Medquist.  The other companies just didn't measure up to Medquist, in my opinion.  I thought about leaving after 01/01 because of the changes.  I stuck it out and things have gotten a lot better.


 


Some people love it.  Some people hate it.  The best thing is to compare other companies and pick what is best for you.


MedQuist
Full medical, dental, vision, life; options of long/short-term disability, supplemental life insurance; 401K; FSA; holiday pay (1.5 x base rate if you work it); ability to advance to higher tiers (higher base pay); daily incentive; shift differentials for evening/night work; difficulty factor pay; discount program to purchase references -- payroll deducted in $25 increments; PTO (up to 20 days off); equipment provided free; 24/7 help desk;...I could go on! Hahaha
Medquist
I'd personally stay away from Medquist as yes, for me, I run out of work on a consistent basis it seems now.  Can't complain about ESL docs, not too many. 
MedQuist
Thank you!
Medquist (nm)
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Is "Q" Medquist?
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Medquist. nm
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Medquist
Worked both last year
medquist
Does anyone know the time line for hiring?  I am scheduled for a phone interview and just wondered what the next step would be?  Any info on Medquist as far as good or bad to work for??  Thanks
MedQuist

All I can say is watch your step.  I work for Medquist and I can tell you they are leaving in huge masses.  If you want no communication with anyone, no communication with QA and no communication with your managers then the Q is for you.  You cannot get any kind of line count because you have no primary or secondary accounts anymore it is just one giant pool of whatever comes down the pike.  You spend so much time reading the standards for that account, trying to find doctors in that area, trying to find places that they dictate and then try to understand the doctor you can kiss your production good bye.  If you make more than 2 major errors on your reports then your bonus is bye bye too.  Your bonus is almost impossible now because it is quarterly and you have to have perfect QA and you are constantly on a different account.  There is no way you can make any money at all.  They set this up this way and a lot of people like me are in tears as to why?  I would really, really think before I went to MedQuist.  If you being broke, being alone with no help and no communication, lots of change of accounts no two docs the same no two facilities the same and having to meet a production that is impossible to meet now then go for it.  I am sure there are a lot of jobs now.  A lot of folks have jumped ship.  I am still on it and hoping it changes but in the mean time I am going broke.  I will get called on the carpet soon because I have not met my production.  I just hope you like this sinking boat and I will make room for you.  We can go down together. 


 


Medquist
I am in Oregon and am isolated from other MTs.  I would like to leave MQ -- anything they can do to decrease our salaries they will do.  But I don't know where to start.  Are, in fact, alot of people leaving MQ?
Medquist
Good, bad or ugly to work for?
I just took a job with Medquist
If all you people who write in the MQ section hate it so much, why do you stay?
Medquist nm
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Anywhere but MedQuist
If you want to deal with dozens and dozens of totally different client profiles, then Medquist is the place for you.