They recently cut my pay back to the level

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Can someone tell me type of radiology testing given by Keystrokes, (written, typing test, verbal)...do they have benefits...take out taxes, etc?.  I am thinking seriously about applying if only to do part-time work for a while to see how things pan out. 

Does anyone else feel this way?  I'm a longtime acute care MT.  I always work my schedule, including weekends and holidays, have 98% to 99% accuracy.  I left MQ because of the changes; for years I averaged 200-250 lph and net $600. per week.  Then they changed platforms and I got nothing but ESL, mealymouths and static.   My income dropped in half and my stress level doubled.  I went to a company that has gotten rave reviews on this board and was put on a good account with fair line counts.  Then it began running out of work just as I was starting to see decent money.  They put me on a backup account (which is all I've been getting for days now, not my primary) and it is nothing but ESLs.  I KNOW there are decent dictators at every facility, and I'm willing to do my share of the bad ones, but ALL BAD?  What gives?  Do they WANT me to quit?  I'm not complaining so don't jump all over me.  I'm just curious if others are noticing this too.

ePLDT, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT

The above is one of their partners.  Obviously they are not based in America. 

The above is from their site, just Google Spi and click on partners.  I am wrong that they are the i service connected to the Philippines, not Korea.  The other i service is connected to and with management in Korea.  Gotta look out for those i guys, I guess.  Korea, Phillipines, who cares?  They are offshore.  They are not our buddies. 

I too type Indian doctors, but they speak English (or attempt to in some cases).   

Thanks for the comments though.  Are, is, who cares?  That is what happens when you type stuff here on your break. 

The accounts weren't too horribly bad.  The reason I ended up leaving was because slowly but surely they began to inch closer and closer to paying QA by production.  When I first started, the quota was something like 30 reports a day.   We simply had to make sure that we QA'd all reports that were close to being out of TAT first and then do the rest.  Then, my supervisor left and they hired a new one who immediately called a big teleconference meeting and said we had to up production to 60 reports a day.  Then, they started counting lines.  Which was fine because they were still paying hourly.

Next, there was an MT who used VR software because she was blind - yes blind.  Again, when I first started, I was told we had to edit her entire reports because she used the VR software and we had to make sure that everything was correct and made sense.  Then, we are told only check the blanks.  I wasn't comfortable with that and I continued to completely proof every word.  Then I was called on the carpet not because I wasn't meeting the production quota, but because I was ONLY meeting the production quota.  I told them I was proofing all of the MT's work that used VR, I was told that no one ever told me to proof every word of the VR reports and that I needed to fill in blanks and move on.  When I voiced my concerns, I was told that was my job, to fill in blanks and I should move on and strive to product above the standards.  Next thing you know, rumors abounded about changing the QA staff to being paid on production.  So I left. 

There just seemed to me to be too little concern for quality and more emphasis on quantity and I just didn't want to be part of company who would take money out of my pocket just to line their own and that's what they were doing by putting QA on production.  I also am not comfortable with the job of QA being thought of as a blank filler.  There is much more to the QA profession than just simply filling in blanks. 

I don't know if Transcend ever did start paying QA by production, but I could see that the idea was being floated there.  Maybe there was a enough protest that they didn't change from hourly. 

Good luck to you!

Hi all, I was wondering if there is any company out there hiring for entry level MTs.  I have the Medical background and the typing skills.  I'm a fast learner and looking to work at home as an MT.  Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks

Laurie

at Phoenix is outrageous.  They 'ask' that you do certain amount of the easy docs and your share of the others but do not enforce it.  Some get on the system at 4 am just to snatch all the easy ones.  And they 'ask' that you proof read your work but in talking to others who report doing 200-300-400 lines an hour...now you tell me..how much proof reading is really happening?  There are different platforms involved and some pay spaces but at a lower rate.  Yep, they are nice and they pay on time but work there only if you enjoy the daily irritation of being left with hard/crap dictators.

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What would you say a good rate would be for my experience level?  I currently make 7.5 cpl at 1000 lines and 8.0 cpl for 1200 lines at my company.  This does not include any shift differential.  I am mostly clinic and not acute care if that makes a difference.

Thanks. 

and how long will they give you to make that count.  Also can someone tell me what the pay will be for entry level.  I see they are hiring all the time and was interested.

Thanks.

You could easily do these accounts with 20 years of experience. If you apply, DO NOT LET THEM PUT YOU ON CLINICS. Say acute care or nothing.

That said, 9.6 cpl and benefits.