This could have been my post, but I was only there 3 months & left for same reasons. nm

• eTransPlus - Linda
  • etransplus - anon
    • Thanks everyone - Linda
  • Not a good place - me
  • Left last year - Another No Name
    • I thought Etrans Plus was bought out several years ago by one of the "big three" - I quit because they were so disorganized
      • No, but they did hire a consulting group to take over the - SM
    • This could have been my post, but I was only there 3 months & left for same reasons. nm - wanderer
  • I did a search for eTransplus in the archives and it seemed (sm) - Too Old MQer
    • yes they sure did - me
      • They were actually one of the companies I was looking at until I read the archives..it seems - Too Old MQer
        • We can keep dreaming - me
          • To "me" - H5N1
          • I just took a big leap and applied for IC status with a company who just posted - Too Old MQer
            • Don't know about the pay, but in Jan. they were using ExText and had min. lines of 500 per day. Y - get assigned mins. of dictation. nm
              • I just took their test...I also have 2 other companies I'm going to apply - Too Old MQer
            • I always liked IC - me
    • eTransPlus - Linda
      • Not there - me
      • Several reasons to avoid them - left in January
        • I forgot about that! - me

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it became painfully obvious they 'assigned' work even though it was supposed to be 'pool' work.  I would bust my a_ _ to work down to the 'good' dictator only to see the whole batch disappear.  It happened several times so I asked her where the files were going and she acted like I was nuts. 

I don't mind doing the ESL and mumblers but don't think it's fair to give all the easy work to 'favorites'.   I have a low tolerance for lies and unfairness, so no, it was not a company for me.  If you are a 'favorite', then you pretty much have it made.  There can only be so many favorites though....someone has to do the crap transcription.

I worked plenty OT. 

3 months I was lucky to get in 800 lines a day.  I had a couple of days where I got maybe 4 reports.  I would sit in front of my computer for 12 hours/day, checking every 5 minutes, and still couldn't get my lines with 3 different accounts.

They hire away ahead of time for new accounts and after training they have to do something with them until the account goes live so they put them on other accounts temporarily and then there isn't enough work for the regulars. 

When I first started running out of work I watched the backlog report to see where an account might have a big backlog and there were 3 or 4 who were on OT most of the time, but when I asked to be put on one of those accounts I was told no.  There were many days that it looked like half the accounts had a 0 backlog.  Then they started hiring for 3-day weeks and 4-day weeks so there was no work on weekends to try to make up your lines/hours. 

ago my company, where I had been for more than 5 years began having issues.  I started looking around, sent in resumes, posted my resume on the job boards.  I got at least a dozen job offers.  Most I eliminated due to too low of a cpl or was being offered clinic when I wanted acute care.  I narrowed it down to 2 companies.  I accepted a position with one of them, but then the next day I changed my mind because I had been with the same company for so long.  I was familiar with my doctors, my platform, I was left alone to do my work, had all the work I could handle, etc.   The fear of having to start all over again terrified me, so despite the issues I decided to stay and ride it out.  The company went belly up a few months after that and I didn't have a choice but to make a change then. 

There is no guarantee company #1 will still be in business five years from now.  There is no guarantee company #2 will be in business five years from now.  If you are very happy at job #1 you wouldn't be considering job #2.  For me the money itself wouldn't be enough to make be change. 

You could try both for a short time to give you a feel of whether changing companies would be a good more or whether the extra money just isn't worth it to leave your comfort zone. 

Maybe going to job #2 will be the best thing you ever did or maybe you'll regret it for a long time to come.  Unfortunately you are the only one who can make the decision.  If you don't take job #2 you may always have regrets or the what ifs.  If you take job #2 you might be kicking yourself for months wondering why in the world did you even consider changing because you really had it pretty good at job #1.

I know I haven't helped you decide, which wasn't my purpose.  I just wanted to give my view point, which is most likely different than yours because it doesn't personally involve me.  It is always easier to tell someone else what they should/should not do than it is to make the same decisions for yourself. 

Good luck in whatever you decide. 

This HORRIBLE low/no work situation has been going on at TT for almost a year now.  You can't convince me it is due to Memorial Day.  Are holidays now assigned in this world to being daily. 

That is an excuse these companies use in these no work situations, but it is due to their OVERHIRING.  Holidays just come on a daily basis, but LOW WORK/NO WORK is happening and has happened going on a year now at TransTech.  Always asking to flex into the middle of the night, EVERY weekend, etc. 

The TT mgmt checks are NEVER affected, tho, so they can continue to HIRE EVERY MT who gives them a call, and create a NO WORK situation for all of us.  The newbie MT's are cheering at first, but then realize that it hit them in the paycheck, too, and very soon it did!!!!!!!