Then why leave? I've worked for Spheris
Posted By: sm on 2005-08-17
In Reply to: radiology sign on bonus - something new
I would let them keep their $500!
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Leave Spheris off your resume
You don't need unemployment. You have to pay taxes on it. There are plenty of companies hiring. Leave Spheris off your resume. Believe me, some companies won't be honest with you. I speak from experience.
what happened to the I Need To Leave Spheris post
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Taking the steps to leave Spheris - 10 years!
I also know Spheris would fire you if they knew you worked for MQ. That is a BIG NO with Spheris!
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It is hard to give Spheris facts, since there are multiple units to it. Leave
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What the heck? I've never heard that in the 8 yrs I've worked here. sm
Go back to your STM or over his or her head.
I worked for them for over 5 years and hated to leave.
I just quit in the last 3 weeks. I loved it there.
They don't hate their employees. As far as your Spheris-specific complaints above, found the exact opposite to be true.
They're not going down the tubes; in fact, they are headed toward taking MQ's spot as #1 in the industry. They are #2 currently.
I had many offers to do QA and even go into management but I preferred to control my income by MTing. I made top dollars with that company and they were always working with me.
I can see you did not have a good experience there. Have you ever enjoyed any company you worked for or have you always had these feelings everytime you left one?
Thanks, I've been with Spheris but not that long. nm
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From what I've heard, I'd go with MedWare and would not consider Spheris.
That's just from the reading I've done. I think Spheris used to be Edix, and my understanding is that the software holds people back from producing well.
I worked for Spheris...
It was a positive experience for me. I never had a problem with being called if I stepped away from my desk, guess it just depends on which supervisor you get? I only quit because working a FT job in addition to Spheris as PT became too much.
I have not worked for Spheris
Just by reading the archives, it doesn't seem that Spheris is any better than Q. I would have to say that Transcend is better than the Q in my experience. There were times we ran out of work but not as bad as Q.
when I worked for Spheris
Went through this with Spheris, and sooner rather than later we had to punch a virtual timeclock, then it seemed that suddenly there weren't enough lines to fulfill our line count and requests to work overtime to make up for lost lines were denied, so there went all incentives/benefits.
I've worked for both.
I prefer MDI-FL of the two. It also depends on what you're looking for out of a company. MDI-FL was far more flexible with regard to account assignment, work schedule, and line commitment. You've read the archives. There are pros and cons to each employer. My personal opinion is that MDI-FL is the better of the two. I'd go back there if I hadn't found my current position. Medware, never.
I've never actually worked for her, but she's
a very nice person.
I've worked for them before....
Usually that happens when they are waiting for the account to actually start up. Just send her an email asking her about the status of the account/your start date.
I've never worked anywhere but MQ
until recently, but if you like the DocQScribe platform, you might want to look into DSG. I tested and interviewed with them and was offered a decent pay of 9 cpl. I originally accepted a position with them but ended up turning them down b/c they wanted more of a schedule commitment from me than I wanted to give. For the short while that I was on their communication roster, they seemed to have a lot of work available in DSG-II and they offered bonuses almost every weekend to work extra that were paid back to the first line that you typed for the day it was offered.
The people I spoke with there seemed pretty nice. Like I said, I never actually worked for them, but had I not wanted the true IC status, I would have. I really liked the idea of working on DQS, especially since I'm not familiar with any of the other platforms out there (until now).
Good luck in whatever you decide. There are a lot of archives on here for Keystrokes if you check. Don't really know anything about Transcend other than the constant jobs they post. That would kind of make me wonder, but maybe they've hit a growth spurt. If you do end up at DSG, please email me and let me know what they're like. If things don't work out with my new job, I may try them again. The recruiter was open to that idea.
I've never worked for them, but -
I'd call (or at least email the recruiter) and find out if there's a problem, or if they've simply forgotten. As I indicated, I've never worked for them, but if I were waiting to start a job, I'd be shaking somebody's tree to find out the reason for hold up.
Good luck :-)
I've worked there....sm
and would have to say ditto on the other posters comments. Very nice people, pay up front, good communication, and I had pretty productive accounts with them. The pay is indeed low, but if the productivity is good and you like the company, that may all even out for you.
I've never worked for them
but if I had not decided to stay retired that is where I would have gone because I know someone who works for them (I trained her myself). She's been there a number of years and all-in-all says she is quite happy. Her pay is way above average although I didn't ask her if she knew what the starting rate is now. One thing I did ask her is whether they ran out of work and she said almost never. AND she doesn't do VR. I didn't ask whether they have VR or not.
As I said a few days ago, this is second hand information and I have no first hand knowledge. Probably not much help but I would suggest at least talking with them. You never know until you try it for yourself.
Good luck!
Spheris does what? I've just got done testing for MD-IT. I heard they bought out MediVoxx in Lo
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i worked for spheris 4 years sm
i worked in radiology part of spheris. i had a great supervisor. the pay is ok. my problem was no raises, or if they don't want to give raises, at least acknowledge people some how. there were a lot of times when we had to help cover while people were out sick or hurricane katrina stuff. i had been there 4 years and never a raise. (no one got raises). another big issue for me was they send work to india. i don't like that at all. that's one reason why i quit. i now work for a company as an IC and they don't send their work overseas. they are much more personable. i worked for Spheris when it was edix, and i liked it much better when it was edix.
I worked for Spheris for 4 years
They expect you to keep your required linecount weekly, pay on time, pay is on low side, they offshore, insurance is not good, supervisors and QA are good. Overall they are decent.
Well, I worked for Spheris for three years ...
Speaking of Spheris from the perspective of a past employee, I wasn't impressed at all with the company in its role as my employer. The best that I can describe their corporate mentality is that of a sweatshop -- low wages; poor, disorganized, unresponsive, and often inexperienced management; woefully inadequate benefits; and only minimally helpful QA.
However, if you're asking about the quality of transcription, I found that for the most part my colleagues were very quality oriented, most very experienced. Despite a lack of validation on all fronts, i.e. pay, appreciation, etc., they took pride in their work and put out quality documents.
I hope this helps.
Spheris - worked there recently
I worked there for 3 years, left in July. I made good money there, but I've heard that they are starting people out at a lower cpl now than they did 3 years ago. I thought they were basically fine to work for until they started switching all their accounts to ASR. When my account was getting ready to switch, I gave my notice,as I don't think you can make any money doing ASR. Insurance expensive,schedules vary, icentive pay was decent, but think that is being eliminated with new platform/ASR. In my opinion they are not such a good place to work anymore, unless you don't mind doing ASR for a pittance. Overall they were fair to me, but not very much communication with employees.
when I worked at Edix ... (now spheris) (sm)
when they were trying to get more hospital accounts within a system, they would promise them the moon and assign an absurd number of MT's to my accounts ... so that I got virtually NO work on my regular accounts and had to ask for more accounts -- which became time consuming and more importantly NERVE WRACKING to work on so many relatively new accounts all at once -- again -- some of which I got very little work on .... (very different from really learning one or two accts, adding another -- learning that -- then adding another -- truly I was a wreck -- oh and my line count truly sucked -- so when I saw there was an opening at a local MTSO, I lept ... I was stressed out and making no money ... and I had been on these teaching hospital accounts (my favorite) for over 5 years ... sad)
That's what the message above about accounts up for renewal (as in contracts) meant ... in my case, Edix hoped to get more hospitals in this national chain (most national hospital chains, I think, use more than one service so that if something happens they aren't completely left in a lurch) -- at the time I left probably almost 10 years ago, Edix also had a VERY unstable platform that was down a great deal ... trust me -- it was hell
I've worked 4 jobs before. I know what its like..
when money was tight, I got another job. (I had full-time MT job, waitressed at restaurant, bartended at a lounge, and cleaned and oversaw my apartment building) Did all that to move out of my parent's basement. That's how I am. Money's not so tight anymore because of BF, so now I have TIME to spend with my kids and I CAN appreciate that TIME because when I worked in-house, I didn't HAVE it. K. Enuf said.
I've worked for MDI over a year now
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I've heard of them but have never worked for them.
Originally, it was a mother/daughter team in Montana. Evidently now, the daughter's in Wisconsin but they still have an office in Montana. Nice enough people. I worked with the son-in-law for a while at another job. The workload is easy, but I don't know how steady it is. I applied with them when I was a newbie but found a job elsewhere for more pay.
Yes, they were the rudest QA I've ever worked with. nm
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I've not worked for them directly, but have been...
in contact with the upper management off an on for other matters. Very personable, level-headed, and presumably much SANER than some other company higher-ups that we've all discussed here!
I've worked for MDI-MD for several years and no,
my liason either. But that's okay.
I've worked there for over a month...
...and I'm always out of work. I have even asked for ESL accounts and was told It's slow all over.
This is wacky to me, too. I've worked there for 4 sm
years and paycheck has always been DD on time. In fact, this time since Monday is a holiday it is in my checking account today.
Best company I've worked for. sm
The pay is a little low but it's worth it for good accounts and great management, not to mention the good benefits.
I've worked for both cos, and TT wins
hands down for me.
They are great to work with. The platform is great. You will not believe how wonderful and helpful QA people are compared to what some at the Q are getting now. The only time I've run out of work has been the occasional Monday for an hour or so, and some holidays were light on dictation. You'll have to work out your schedule with the recruiter, but they are very reasonable as long as they get the weekend coverage they need. I'm sure they will set you up as a split shift if you want. Not so sure about four 10-hour days, but you can always ask. They won't ever be ugly to you.
I'm with you - best place I've ever worked. sm
I can't believe anyone is running out of work within the company (except for this week of lower account volumes). Goes to show that there are at least two sides to every story!
Last 2 places I've worked I was off QA
after one day.
I've not worked on those accounts
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I've worked for them not too long but so far
I think their work ethics and how they treat their employees far surpasses (in my eyes) my temporary lack of work. I've worked for too many nationals that treat me like pond scum, so I really like these people.
I've worked for several companies
and I would hate to be on a list like that - eeek!
I've worked for Archivus . . .
I started last year and it took them a long time to get back to me as well. I know they are hiring a new supervisor and this always seems to slow them down.
Pay depends on experience but I started at 8 cpl, including spaces. I did not have to type demographics as they came into the software automatically. I know they are currently switching to a new transcription platform, but I'm not sure what they are switching to. The old platform is Vianetta and it was very cumbersome.
The staff was very helpful and I love my supervisor. The account is about half ESL but only a couple are difficult. Pay is always as promised, on time, and direct deposited. I work as an IC.
I've worked there for over a year
yes we have Indian counterparts who handle our IT department, but our MTs are in the US. At least I'm pretty sure Georgia is in the US last time I checked....
I like the work, everyone I work with is pleasant, a few hiccups along the way but nothing crazy.
But hey, to each his own. Last time I checked just about every other US company had their IT based out of India, the Philippines, etc., but I don't see anyone going after them!
I've worked for them since November
I like them. Pay is always on time. People are great. They leave you alone to do your work.
DUH, I worked for Healthscribe before it became part of Spheris.nm
If you ever worked for Spheris, you are classified as insane.
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Having worked for Spheris before, I'd vote for Webmedx.
I tried to get on with them, but I was working three part-time IC jobs at the time so I couldn't get their test files completed on time. I got maybe two hours of sleep three nights in a row because I had so much work dumped on me. Blown chance! I wish I'd blown off the IC jobs and finished the test instead. The test reports were easy enough for me to do. I asked for an extension on the test due date, but never heard back from them. I understand their need for TAT, but they have to realize that it's tough to squeeze testing into an already overloaded schedule. I'd much rather work one steady job than three IC contracts.
Worked for Spheris a couple of years ago
I worked for Spheris and would not recommend it to anyone who wants the least bit of flexibility in their schedule. You are expected to punch in and out to the minute on an online timeclock according to a very strict preset schedule. You aren't allowed to deviate from it without jumping through hoops and getting time off approved or adjusting your schedule, and you can't ask earlier than 2 weeks before the date you want changed. Kinda puts a damper on making vacation plans that may never be approved. I prefer a more open 12-hour window to work my 8 hours in, with no one keeping electronic tabs on my 24/7. I'll bet the FBI knows less about what their employees are doing on a minute-by-minute basis. I do have to say that their platform is pretty awesome, though. Wish the company I'm at now had it.
A friend of mine worked for Spheris
and she said they really sc***ed her.
I've never worked for such a good company
I was contacted immediately after I tested. I wanted part-time work at night to try them out, so I worked 20 hours a week for them. After a month, I quit my other full-time job and went with them full-time. I've never seen such a fast platform. The benefits are incredible compared to other companies and the work is excellent. Good communication and accessability with co-workers and supervisors. Extra bonuses for what we had to do normally at other jobs. Direct deposit. company contributions to 401K. Earn vacation money from your first day on the job, and you don't lose it when/if you leave. I'm extremely happy with them.
Either would be a good choice. I've worked for both.
In the archives, both companies have good and bad comments. You have to weigh one against the other and whether you think someone is just disgruntled or not. Both are better than MQ or Sph.
Yes, and it's the absolute worst. I've worked on a
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