Spheris is a privately held company, there are no shareholders
Posted By: Investor on 2006-01-17
In Reply to: SPHERIS - demi reynolds
I suspect this report is bogus.
Their latest press release says they are planning on increasing their domestic work force at the same time as their overseas one, to match their aggressive pursuit of new accounts. (Personally I think they ought to concentrate on servicing the ones they have.)
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Email me privately. I think we work for the same company and I have an answer for you.
I went through all of this about 6 months ago and if it's the same company I'll give you the lowdown.
Never. They do not and have never held a check. nm
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Nobody held your hands to the keyboard
 Go away!!
My line count is being held
Can anyone else relate to having their line count held until your supervisor feels you have helped out enough. I always meet my line count and track my line count daily. My line count is always significantly lower than my supervisors count every pay. Everyday I go all out and really hustle to meet my line count. I type 10 minute reports and only get credit for about 50 lines. So, I hustle and hustle to make my count. I am almost 1000 lines behind my supervisors count and I am tired. I simply want to meet my line count and stop working, but I cannot get an accurate count until I have help the team produce more and more lines. I am fed up. HELP!!!
I'm not the one needing my hand held, now am I?
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I've never had my check held..
I realize there are some companies that have this practice, which is basically getting you in their pay period schedule, but I have never had this happen. I discuss this up front and all my checks have been mailed or DD within 2-3 days of end of pay period. You need to look at your contract.....it should be spelled out.
Dont know about the system you use but we all are held to a
98% or above accuracy, so I don’t think it is about whether you care about accuracy or not, I want my work to be as good as humanly possible. The particular hospital I do have done now for over 15 years, some doctors are quite familiar and then again yesterday was a nightmare with all the ESL physicians I had to put up with. I NEVER ever retype a complete sentence. Our formatting has been off lately as far as numbers, 4, 4, 4 and then a 2, 3 and so forth and yes it takes time for me to correct each and every one. Some people never like VR. When outsourced we had some to try and then gave up but I personally like it because it changes mistakes now that I do not have in my autocorrect, just seems to know. The #1 thing I think I like the most is I never thought it would be able to pick up on ESLs and thank goodness, it does them about as good if not better than our English doctors. With all the ESLs all around us now, I am thankful I do not have to hunt and look for every little word they say I cannot understand.
I've held my tongue about OSI and offshoring
I interviewed with OSi more than 2 years ago. One of my standard questions in an interview is whether or not the company offshores. The recruiter told me up front that the company did offshore on certain accounts that demanded it be done to save money. I accepted that and didn't have a problem with it. That was not the deal breaker for me (I got a better deal from another company on the same day).
I had just left working as the MT coordinator at a small MTSO. While working in-house, I had opportunity to work alongside the marketer. There were several times when he would return from a potential client's office with the news that he could only get the account if he offshored it by client demand. If he took that account by offshoring it, he could get a bigger account associated with it that did not want the offshoring component or rate. From a business prospective, he gave up something small to get something bigger. The offshore component of the business amounted to less than 10% of the client base.
The OSI recruiter was open and honest with me. In my mind, that holds more weight than a recruiter that lies through the teeth just to get you through the door and you end up leaving because they can't deliver on the promises.
Climbing off my soap box now.
You want them to be held accountable for the fact they didn't hire you (sm)?
If I could guess maybe they didn't like your attitude, maybe they realized from talking to you that you were just the kind of employee they did not want to be accountable for (and from your snotty remarks on here, I bet they sure feel justified now that they passed on you)JMHO.
You say it is suspicious, why? What is suspicious about a company not hiring you? They do have that right don't they or do you just think anytime you put in a resume you should automatically get the job? Enlighten me please, because your post has me confused.
Couldn't Amphion be held liable for minimum wage
I'm just sayin'
email me privately
for pros and cons
I responded privately, thank you.
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work privately
in my experience, working privately is the only way to be appreciated; the only way where you get a pat on the back for a job well done; whether it be a smile or a thank you or being invited to the company picnic or christmas party, a place where people know your name and know when they dictate into a microphone, they might say hello or good morning or have a good weekend, that they know there is a real live person on the other end trying to do the best damn job for them because they are appreciated. you don't get that with online companies. you are just a 'number' who is required to produce in 'numbers' in record time, again there are the 'numbers'
Email me privately nm
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Have to email me privately
so I can keep track of who will support and help with the effort :)
Email me privately
There is no way we can organize on this board.
Email me privately - I am NOT management or spying - I am a legitimate MT with 20 years' experience and many years as an activist.
But if we let our fears of the suits keep us from even talking, THEY win without even trying.
To those who have written me privately
I seldom answer e-mails generated from here because I'm never really sure where/who they are coming from. I will tell you that the hospital is a local one and you must live within a certain radius to work from home for them. Check out the hospitals within 100 miles of you, though. MTs working from home directly for hospitals is growing and in my area becoming the norm.
Because the site is privately .....
owned and the owners can do what they darn well want to with peoples' bizarre accusations that they just might not want polluting their business reputation.
TT is doing gymnastics to find decent healthcare coverage for its employees. How on earth does that get translated into a negative? And how is it that the company is nice enuf to frequently pay early, then people feel entitled to the favor as the rule, and sling mud when they have to wait all the way until payday to get their deposit?
Are you kidding me?
I have never worked for nicer people anywhere.
I emailed you privately about TTS...
don't even think about it.
e mail me privately. nm
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I e-mailed you privately (sm)
It seems to be about 50/50 there. I personally have no work on my account or backup and it's been that way since October. I have talked to all the right people and I'm still sitting here reading and typing on MT Stars when I'm should be typing reports!
If you will email me privately -
I will tell you what I did in your position after 3 years of going through what you are going through with MDI.
contact me privately, please!
I think that contacting the media is a great idea, and very important... think about National security; however, I'm thinking of something else. Let's get together and see if we can figure out a way to start our own company. We are the BEST in the business... why can't we do it? Contact me, please. AmericanMT@yahoo.com
Spheris as a company
They're okay. They are hiring. They have benefits. Decent living? Bawhahahahahahaha! If you give them everything you've got you won't have anything left.
Spheris is okay. They are only slightly less evil than the others. None of these companies are much good. It's the nature of the beast. If you go with a national you sell your soul to the devil for benefits.
I'm getting ready to depart the transcription field. I held on at Spheris for a little over a year, but I keep getting moved to new accounts (a common complaint) and can't get used to a new account long enough to make any money. I've worked for all the major companies and I'm burned out. So go ahead and try other companies. Sooner or later it's all the same thing. You just can't make a decent living at this and it gets worse all the time. So it's not just Spheris - it's the field of transcription that's a problem.
You never leave a way to email you privately
email roster. As an example Number 1, 7, 14 and 22...and the list goes on. Also an MT manager of another MT company on the list.
Good, sent me an email privately...
I am serious that I would look into this but only if I have true support...
privately email me, because my accounts are low! nm
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Valerie, can you privately email me, too? Nm
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I also worked for MQ and went to a privately owned
company and hate it. I am assigned my own accounts but can't make any money unless I work 12+ hours a day including weekends. They have a 24 hr TAT which I can understand but if a doctor doesn't dictate for 2 days (or more) and then slams you with 2 days worth of dictation I don't think it's fair to expect MTs to turn around all that dictation. I have more than one doctor and don't have a problem with TAT until one or more decides not to dictate for days and then OUCH.
Anyway I've decided to look elsewhere. This company also has alot of physical therapy and there is no money to be made in this field (at least not the way they do business), so I do not do physical therapy.
Big is Spheris, small is a company SM
with less than 10 accounts, mostly local to the company.
Me too, hate my company (Spheris). . .
Have enough work. Hate new platform. Supervisor stinks. Rules keep changing. Medical insurance stinks.
Depends on whether publicly or privately funded.
I believe that the California statute prohibits any facility which receives taxpayer funding or is affiliated with the state from outsourcing.
Spheris isn't the only company getting prior MQ work....sm
our company has also picked up several million dollars worth of business that MQ used to have because of the clients either having been overbilled by MQ or fears that they would be with all of the legal problems MQ is having. Other current MQ clients are getting bids for when their contracts expire so I expect the MQ "tumble" to continue.
cbay is spheris' India company...
claim they have over 4000 employees, but the MTs are in India...
that was reported in the advance health magazine.
I know George Soros' company has something to do with Spheris. SM
Not to get political, but Soros has ruined several European economies, and is the founder of Moveon.org, the extreme left-wing website. Please, no flames. This is just FYI.
Wow, Will that then make Spheris the largest company?
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Spheris is not a good company to work for
I stayed with Spheris for as long as I possibly could, and pleaded with them for more work. I was without work more than I was with work. It was a nightmare. They have very poor communication and I ended up in a big hole because of them. They tell you one thing and then do another.
Spheris a good company to work for or maybe
Transend? I current work for MQ and even though I like my job, I am not too sure if it will be here seeing as all of our work is being sent to our friends in India. I was wondering about Spheris. I was going to apply to them about 3 years ago before I got my MQ gig... Would you say that they treat their employees fair and not bounce them from account to account? Do they change their employees schedule like crazy? I really appreciate you taking the time to read this and maybe answer me back... lol! I am a single mother so MONEY is really important right now. My bills arent but 1700.00 and you would think that I would be able to make it... but NOPE!!! In fact I am in the hole!!!!
Oh no.. Can you elaborate or privately email on what happened..That would help me immensly. Thanks.
I doubt anyone posting about Spheris is using company computer, so how exactly would
!!!!!
Regarding Spheris, are you allowed to use your own computer for this company and are the accounts
full of ESLs. I know they used to take off for QA or something. Do they still do that. I am just curious as it seems like some people are liking this place better and just wondering if they have gotten more lenient with their MTs as far as time schedules etc.
What company is good in your opinion if Spheris is the worst? (nm)
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Thanks
I did not work for Spheris when I used Vianeta. It was a differenc company. nm
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Who's best all around company; Transolutions, Spheris, Webmedx,Transtech?
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I went to another company that offered "much more" came back to Spheris because
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Have you asked your supervisors why no work? Which account are you on? You can email me privately if
you want..
OSI--Would either of you OSI employees mind if I emailed you privately with a couple of questions?
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Got a news alert today that Spheris bought Vianeta company. nm
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I still feel like a team player of Spheris, as the shackle scars are still on my legs! Spheris was
Micromanaged to the microsecond, or ms! Horrible. And part of a team? Total opposite - part of a team as in prison.
Don't imply you're worried at all. Just stating fact that Spheris does NOT allow a Spheris MT
work concurrently for MQ - no exceptions. MQ, on the other hand, does not have the same feelings as Spheris. Just all I had to say so that MTs aren't misled into thinking they can do the same "legally". Even went to the ropes on this issue with Spheris, as I was professional as well, and wouldn't share info, etc. The point they raised was that MQ is their direct #1 competition, and if I was typing for MQ and doing great work, that was in direct conflict of interest with Spheris' best interests. Guess which one I obviously stuck with!!
Thank you, Spheris recruiter! Anybody wanna place a bet that there are lots of Spheris
HELP WANTED ads on the job board?? So funny!! Out of the blue, Spheris, we love you!! Lets all run and apply NOW!!
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