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The 2 ads on JS by Jennifer S of Horizon Employment

Posted By: Anonymous on 2006-07-16
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I've tried to find a website for this company, which it probably should have being that they are nationwide. Nada.

They don't even have their own domain name for email, which is kind of odd for a business.

Something isn't right. In fact, when I try to find a phone number, any info at all, nada.

Please be careful with those 2 ads. JMHO

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What about Horizon?
McKesson product Horizon software....any ideas?

Bad things on the horizon?
Can you please elaborate or state something specific rather than your thinly veiled gloom and doom predictions?

"New acct on horizon" is same as check is in the
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I see an Oprah Winfrey interview on the horizon sm
Hey gourdpainter, bet the world would be interested in your story. See ya on TV!

Bad things on the horizon. Wating for the other shoe to drop. A sham indeed,
Indeed. :(

Jennifer
Forgive me if I am missing something, but are you saying that Landmark does interviews for market research? I thought they were a small transcription company on the East Coast. I know a couple of people who worked there and they never said anything about market research. Maybe it's not the same company.....?

Jennifer
I had am just curious, why are they hiring for acute care in the summer and not now? (I know someone leaving the Q who could be interested. He hopes to leave the Q ASAP.) Thanks in advance if you can provide any info! Would it matter that the applicant lived in California?

Jennifer
Thanks. It just seems kind of strange that an MT company does market research interview transcription, but maybe they have a broader client base than other MTSOs. Anyway, thanks for the info.

Jennifer
Thanks, I see. It still seems like kind of a strange thing for a MT company to transcribe but whatever, I suppose. Good luck on your job search.

Jennifer a SHAM??
The so called "recruiter" Jennifer is leaving, however, with all the emails flying around at work it has been found out that she made a bonus of $50.00 to $150.00 per MT she hired if they stayed FOR MORE THAN A FEW weeks. She told us all a bunch of crap just so she could make money FOR HER AND NOT THE MT. She is now going to be recruiter for another transcription vendor!!!! Watch out, she apparently told us all what we wanted to hear SO SHE COULD MAKE MONEY and now she is selling us out!!! Hope not to hear from her ever again!

Jennifer's last day is this week.
,,

Does anyone know where Jennifer from Heartland went?
TIA

Thanks Jennifer and Krissy!
Looks like I'm not the only MT who likes our company!

I'm sure there's more than one Jennifer in the world.
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Jennifer - Please read
I think the mods might delete your post because it gives a specific name and company, but before it disappears I had to tell you, been there/done that with W of WS and yes indeedy, she is a piece of work, lol!!!! If you've survived HER, you can survive ANYTHING :-)

Jennifer Poole's Company
Even though I did not apply I applaude the company that Jennifer Poole had an ad for. Long gone are the small, locally owned businesses offering IC status, flexibility, no line quotas and reward those that work!! Imagine all of the above:) Wow! Congrats to those that did apply and were offered a job with them. I hope others take a look at this. See from the most recent post....positions already taken. Evidently that is what a lot of us are looking for these days. I hope we see the pros and cons of this company in the future.

Jennifer, I'm suggesting Spheris. SM
Only because you need experience and you can get it there. The pay will be awful, but they have a system for training people, with mentors every step of the way and on-line courses and sample reports. You could work there for 6 months or so, to get your feet wet. Or hands wet! LOL!

Again, I'm only suggesting this company for anyone who needs experience.

They used to require several years of experience for acute care, but, at this point, they are taking anyone. Give them a try.

Jennifer, you are not alone. I worked as a staff employee when they
were Healthscribe, and I can tell you this - and I will swear to it in a court of law and on a Bible - and can show the proof should it ever come to that - they alter the lines. So say for instance, you get a 14 minute H&P and it comes out to let's say three pages. Whereas, a normal line count might be - just for the sake of argument let's say 100 lines to make it easy - Healthscribe/Spheris would credit the Transcriptionist about 90 lines. If a transcriptionist sent a report to QA, after so many reports, QA would start to dock lines from the transcriptionist.

The accounts were very, very difficult. I worked in the relations aspect of the company, if the client had any complaints or problems, I dealt with them. The accounts were basically the hospitals that no one even wanted to work in - inner city hospitals with lots of foreigners dictating.

I had to deal with the offshoring accounts and transcriptionists in the US that had to retype or edit - however you wish to put it - very very frustrating - won't even delve into it.

Jennifer, I realize that you are new in this field, but there has got to be a better place for you to learn and get your feet wet. Have you tried your local hospital or clinic in your area? Try a small company instead of a national. Smaller companies might have more of a mentoring side to their company, nicer accounts, easier to deal with. I hope this helps. Good luck

Jennifer.... How are you telling people where to work

when down below you were asking questions about where to work, how to get a job, you seem to know an awful lot for someone asking questions. What is up with that??

Thank you Jennifer - in turn - I think you get better quality work - less blanks! nm
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I never see an ad for employment with them.
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Don't you have to pay self-employment tax? Isn't that the same as SS? nm
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You may not be able to get employment if you are

fired either. The company has a say in what happened and can dispute any claim. I would think they you could not get employment based on you resign or else and I think they are being very generous in giving you that option. If you quit I don't think you stand a chance of getting unemployment.

I wouldn't worry about using Spheris for a reference, doesn't sound like they would give you a good reference even if you resign. If you haven't been there long just leave them off your resume and say you took some time off. I don't think the resume has as much to do with your hiring as it is how you do on testing.

employment
Are they still hiring and how is their pay rate?

For employment, what else would you ask?
I've pasted all the questions I think I would like to know from a prospective employer. If you can think of other questions I need to ask, or a better way to ask the question, please let me know! I realize some of these questions will not get answers and some are probably not palatable by employers, but if I don't ask, I won't know and on a more personal basis, I'm tired of getting $crewed down the line.

� What percentage of your full-time transcription employees make greater than $36,000.00 per year?
� Do you offer incentive pay?
� What percentage of full time employees have been with you more than 2 years?
� Do you offshore any portion of your available workload?
� What percentage of the dictation (within a +/- 5% range) is ESL dictation?
� What is the cost of your best insurance coverage for a single person per pay period? How long after employment before it becomes effective?
� Do you offer dental insurance?
� Do you offer a 401(k) plan? Do you match contributions or? How soon is participation allowed?
� How many PTO days per year? How soon are they available for use? Are there any clauses that may prevent use of PTO?
� What is your holiday policy regarding time off?
� What is the rate per line, the characters per line, and does this include spaces?
� Are headers included or excluded in the line count?
� Do you have software that indicates lines completed?
� Are there any charges for software/hardware required by your company?
� Do you allow split shifts?
� Do you dock pay for blanks (inaudibles, etc.)?
� Do you guarantee work available?
� Do you have 24/7 management and tech support?
� What contingencies apply to QA?
� Do you offer direct deposit?
� Have you EVER been late making payroll?
� How often do you pay and what are the parameters of the pay period?
� What other benefits do you offer?
� Within the acute care dictations, how many different work types are there?
� Is it possible to remain within 2-3 work types only?
� Do you offer training/work with speech recognition?

OSi employment
Why don't you just give them a call? I have worked there going on 2 years now and I see other MTs complaining of not getting paid, not getting work, slow networking, etc. I have not run across these issues with OSi. I get work every day, I get paid every pay day. I get answers to questions and I don't get micromanaged. Communication has been good. I am not related to anyone there and don't know anyone there, just sign in and work. OSi makes the qualifications very clear and it is not impossible to make the required lines. Good luck.

considering employment
would like info that would be helpful in deciding whether to accept.

for employment
As in who offers the best pay, benefits, incentives, vacation, bonuses?

OSi employment
I have been with OSi for 3 years now. Some days the work is low, and some days there is OT available, but, that doesn't look any different to me than what I read on this site. I agreed on a schedule which has been maintained for 3 years now. I get paid on time and sometimes early. There are lots of e-mails which can be deleted in a heart beat. When there are problems I am notified of them. Otherwise, just work, get paid, get annual raises. That's what I expect from a job, and that's what I get. Good luck in your search.

employment

I need someone to tell me what is better, contractor or employee.

It has to do with employment laws in SM
those states.

When I inquired about employment...
which was a few months ago, the recruiter couldn't explain the pay scale and/or incentive program. Keep on truckin'...

Heartland MTs - if you are still looking for employment.....

AAMT Reaches Out to Displaced Heartland MTs

AAMT is working with Terri Kaminski of Transcription Matchmaker and Heartland Information Services executives to provide a free outplacement webinar for all Heartland employees from the U.S. who recently lost their jobs. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, May 17, 2006, and displaced employees will receive information on how to promote their services and learn of opportunities in the medical transcription field. AAMT is extremely grateful to work with Transcription Matchmaker and Heartland Information Services to offer this outplacement service to transcriptionists in need of new jobs. For more information on this program, please contact Jennifer Hardy at Jennifer@aamt.org.

MT Employment Agency?
I was wondering if anyone knows of such a company as a temporary MT employment agency. For example, you could specify how long you'd like your assignment to last, i.e., 3 weeks (or 6 weeks or 4 months or whatever), they'd match you up with a temporary job, and then at the end of that time you could choose to stay on if needed/wanted or have time off until the next prospective job comes along that fits your needs. Maybe I'm just dreaming! They do have employment agencies for nurses that work like this...why not MTs?!

Employment Question
Anyone work for Transcription Relief Services, now or in the past. I would appreciate some feedback regarding this company.

My place of employment
is sending reports to Transcription Connection, Inc (ohio) right now. Their work, is to say the least, not good! Rumor at work is they are going to get rid of in-house transcription and send solely to this company. Thus, I sent a resume. Now mind you I have been the transcription supervisor/coordinator for this mental health facility for more than 14 years. I know my stuff. No answer back from Transcription Connection, Inc. Sort of weird if you ask me. I did not know they outsourced. Interesting!

No employment unless you sign
The agreement states that the employee understands that he/she will no longer be employed unless he/she signs. (I found out that such coercion in order to save your job can be illegal.)

I thought everyone had to pay SS or self-employment tax. nm

What is your employment status?
If you are IC you will have to send demand for payment letter and possibly hire attorney.

If you are considered employee you need to call and talk to someone in your local labor board. My DH was working for a construction company that refused to pay him once. The state labor commission got on it and they ended up paying him 2X what they originally owed, plus a big fat fine to the state for violating labor law.

If they lie to you like that, I think you need to be looking for other work. Why waste time working for free? Did you sign a volunteer agreement? If not, you need to dump it and find something else that will pay--especially if the check she did send bounces.

looks like an employment agency - sm
click one link and it looks like a resume bank, click the other link and you get an agency.

testing for employment
Has anyone else out there spent hours testing for a company, then not hear back from them? I sent a few followup emails and left a voice mail message, but never got a reply. I have several years of transcription under my belt and know I did good on the test. Sometimes I wonder if there is a transcription black list.

Axolotl Employment
Does anyone know if they are currently hiring? I faxed my resume and sent a followup email, but have not heard back from them.

SPHERIS FOR EMPLOYMENT?

I am considering a position with Spheris and would greaty appreciate any input from anyone who currently works for them or has worked for them in the past. Any information would be helpful, be it positive or negative. I feel this would be the best way I know of to find out about this company other than reading on their website, which could be biased, right?

Spheris employment...
I think if you are in need of gaining more MT experience, Spheris will probably suit you; however, if you are a seasoned MT, forget it; you probably won't be offered a reasonable starting pay. Spheris has loads of MT resources available (i.e. Stedman's) help loops, mentors, samples, etc.; however, QA is brutal. It's very frustrating to adhere to BOS, Spheris transcription standards, account specifics, Spheris acceptable/unacceptable terms list, dangerous abbreviations list, and on and on. Many times they conflict with each other. Health insurances stinks. PTO is good (unless they have changed it). I'm not happy with Spheris mainly because of my supervisor, but there must be some knowledgeable supervisors somewhere in the Spheris organization. SR is going to be the norm at Spheris, so you need to look forward to that. I haven't converted over to SR yet, but will be soon. I came from MQ to Spheris and feel Spheris is the better of the two.

Yep, those unable to gain employment elsewhere CAN
Did you learn a new word today (musn't)? I am so proud!

MT mentoring programs (employment)

Hi,

Can someone tell me if or what they know about MT mentoring programs? I'm being considered for a couple through well-known companies that were actually referred to me. Then I heard from someone else that you have to be cautious because someone they knew wasn�t paid. I've been looking for a job a long time now and I was almost hired. It fell through because they couldn't hire after all. Like I said, I'm waiting on some feedback from a couple of mentoring programs but it will be in January. The last few weeks I've had to put MT employment searching on hold because of the upcoming holidays; Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. I would appreciate any feedback on this thanks.

Brenda R.

I thought the self-employment taxes were

for income taxes. That doesn't include Social Security, does it? Can you pay your own Social Security if you are an IC? I don't get it.

Self-employment tax IS Social Security...
As an IC you pay it all, rather than when working as an employee and paying half with the employer paying the other half.

I paid both self-employment tax AND SS last year. sm
I don't think they're the same. With SE tax, I think the feds assure themselves that they get enough money out of us. Social Security is allegedly tucked away for our old age.