Well, I worked for them for about 6 months last year.
Posted By: annabanana on 2007-12-06
In Reply to: I stopped speaking out because SM - reason why
It was not a terrible experience, but it was not a wonderful experience. Everything about them was just mediocre. Not much to say, really. Maybe that's why there aren't many comments.
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she worked there for two months - last year
By the time her last check arrived it was another two months after she had sent the equipment back. She would call everyday and get a different response as to why she still hadn't gotten a check for her first two weeks. She wasn't angry or about it, just frustrated because she thought working at home would be a godsend, but in this case it wasn't. It was unfortunate that she did not try other services.
HA! First year made $30,000, that is working six months SM
for hospital and the next six months for small MT office with a very big account. Oh, those were the days!
I started at 8 cpl, was increased to 9 cpl in 3 months and 9.5 in a year. nm
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I tested last year. The dates of dictation were from months before, so I don't think there's a
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9 months and it is not worth staying a year to get the BIG .002 cent raise.
Working for OSi will burn you out quick!
Yep, I worked there for about 3 months.
Complete waste of my time. Platform was terrible, to say the least. Very disappointing experience, and lots of bad press on this board on Transcend for a long time. I should have listened. Sorry you're going thru the same thing. One thing I can say - I stuck it out when my initial gut reaction was to say Adios! I only wish I had said Adios a lot sooner. They were nice and all that, but not my fit technologically, which is about half my income!
I have worked for MW for 2 months
We have plenty of work, pay is on time, lots of positives.  I'd say more but my girl is calling.
I worked for TT about 9 months ago ..sm
and after a short and horritble experience at MQ, ended up at DeVenture.
I worked for them up until a few months ago....
You can email me with any questions.
I worked for them a few months last
year on two accounts and ran out of work everyday. Other than that, they were very nice people to deal with all the way around. I'd go ahead and use their computer, if for no other resaon than as a backup to yours. Besides, you have to pay the deposit out of your earnings either way.
I worked for them for a few months.
company was great, staff was friendly, pay was always on time, but the IT people are in a different country and communicate by IM. They screwed up my router so bad I had to get a new one.
I would work for them again if they had a better technical support.
I worked there for about 4 months and
shouldn't even call themselves a transcription company. If you want bad management, terrible voice files and a platform that works when it wants to I say go for it. Oh and make sure you have a second job lined up so when they run out of work you have something to pay the bills with.
I worked for them for a few short months
and could barely make 1000 lines a day. Dunno if I just needed to put the pedal to the metal or if it was their system...
I have worked at KS for almost 9 months and am very happy. sm
I looked at all angles when applying and most of the problems that people spoke of were in the past. A few had not even worked there for a few years. I took the chance and could not be happier.
I worked there briefly PT about 9 months ago. sm
I did clinic work, for which I was paid 7-1/2 cpl (you get 1 cent more for acute care, I think), which was extrmely low for IC work, but the work was easy, and I liked that they paid every week. The wav files are downloaded from an FTP site along with the appt list for the doc you are assigned, then your finished work is uploaded to the FTP site. There was no special platform, just Word. I don't know about how the hospital side was done. The people there are great, and the QA people are friendly and helpful. The pay was always on time, direct deposit.
Hope this helps! 
I worked there a few months ago. People very
nice, but disorganized. Kept losing my work. Sound files were really bad, only worked on one account so it could have been just that account. Platform so/so, but looking at upgrading within the year and I don't know what platform.
They are a fairly small company, I think less than 50 MTs.
I worked for them two years ago for about 4 months
and they were always running out of work on the two accounts I had. Obviously, nothing has changed since. I had to pretty much sit at my computer 24/7 to get my lines and much of that was waiting for it.
The people were nice, which was truly a blessing. But, I could not make any money if the work just was not there. So, I had to move on.
I worked for them for 3 months and left. Always
of full time lines, so no sign on bonus. I had an 80% ESL account and I cared more about the quality, so I made less than 900 dollars a payperiod. Great quality, good for them and my conscience, but not enough money to live on, no sign on bonus and no benefits. I left for a company where I am already far exceeding 900 dollars a payperiod with no sweat. BTW: No incentive or good QA bonuses at Transcend, so that was no help. No differential either. They do pay overtime, but that is not so great when you are trying to make sure you understand multiple foreign accents. Good luck to you.
Worked there for 2 yrs and left a couple months ago.
Couldn't take working with unqualified people any longer. A very unprofessional company.
I third that; friend worked for them and took about 3-4 months to collect his pay. nm
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Haven't worked for ExecuScribe but have been at TT for about two months now
TT is the best company I've worked for in my 18 years as an MT. See all the other postings below.
PS- I am not a plant or cheerleader. Just a happy employee.
Could you be more specific? You worked there for 9 months -- what happened? sm
I'm just curious. Stay away could be for a variety of reasons.
Thanks.
I have worked for them for about six months. They're great! Work is always there and sm
pay is always on time. They're very nice to work with, too.
I worked for them about a year ago..sm
and they are a pretty decent company to work for. Paid on time, no pool work and easy pickup of work. Work slow downs occasionally. But would recommend them.
I worked for them for about a year sm
Nice group of people. Pay always on time.
I worked for mag until this year...SM
and it actually WAS a good company to work for. I had worked there for about 3 years this time and 6 months a long time ago. Glad I moved on.....
I have worked for them a year now.
No problems whatsoever. I have never had a late or bounced check. I've never had any problem with anyone in the office either. We get along well. I love my 48 turn around time, and the accounts I have are easy so can't complain about the low pay. I would rather have easy accounts where I can produce a lot than to deal with difficult dictators.
Have worked for them for almost a year...
I have been working for them for almost a year. I took the job there because they offered me about 2 cents more per line than any other place I was offered employment. They do, however, pay for headers, footers and pre-made templates.
I worked there about a year or so ago
and they treat you like you don't even exist. Every time I reached incentive lines they zapped me with more ESLs. They have alot of ESLs and there is almost no communication. Also spent alot of time looking up addresses, words, etc. Now I'm at Keystrokes and love it there! Good Luck.
I have worked for them for a year
I started working there a year ago when it was still CyMed, and it was great then. Now that it is SPI, things are doing downhill...at least on my account. They are really asking for a lot of overtime and not willing to pay any extra for it. I have just had 4 job offers with other companies and I have an interview/test with a local hospital where I live, and I am in the process of deciding which one to take, and then I am out of there. I noticed that over the past couple of months, I have not been getting my shift differential for working evenings and the managers are getting very demanding. While they do always pay on time and do offer benefits, I would probably look elsewhere due to things being so hectic.
I worked for KS last year
At that time I was was making $30-35 per hour. The reason I was able to do so well is because the account I worked on had templates and this really speeds up production, plus I only had 3 doctors on that account....so it is possible, no doubt about it.
I worked for them last year and always
ran out of work. I had two accounts. The enterprise platform is sort of nice, but is quite slow and has more than a few hangups. The people are very nice, but the Webmedx experience I got just wasn't worth my time. So, I for one, know exactly what you are saying.
I worked for them last year sm
The one QA gal that I liked they parted company with, her choice. I liked her because she was the only one who would answer my questions. The night QA/team lead they had on my account was a nice gal too.
I found the MT manager, at that time, because they may have a new one, to be very unfriendly and if she did ever answer a question, she was rather terse with me and I have heard she was with everyone. I knew what I was doing and I knew their platform at that time too. I didn't need too much help, only with some samples for a couple of difficult doctors and some direction for one who would always dictate 3 OP notes on every patient.
I found the dictators to be fine, not the very best, but not bad either. The voice files were clear. They paid me on time, every time and I never had a rubber check. I don't mind being left alone to work on my own, so much of this didn't bother me after the first few days when I had to work to get my questions answered. When I quit for a better offer I tried to get in touch with the MT manager and was not able to get any response from her. I got their emails for another 2 months too, but that didn't bother me, these things happen.
One of the things that scared me off was that at that time, they were trying to set up to outsource for Spheris doing part of their work because Spheris can't hire enough MTs. (They have a new ad up every couple of days on another site.) The platform they were going to...seems to me it was Vianetta, but don't quote me on that since I don't remember exactly. I also don't have any idea if they are still doing this or if they ever really did do it to start with, but that was in the works when I was there.
If you don't mind having to work to get some initial questions asked and you don't mind working on your own without a lot of assistance, you will probably be fine. Touchy feely this company is not, but they don't run out of work if my experience is worth anything. I know I never ran out and I worked 2nd shift doing OPs only.
These are MY experiences and while fairly recent, they may or may not reflect what is going on at ATSI NOW. Much can change in a very short while.
I hope this helps you.
When I worked there last year,
there was no time clock to punch. They might let you split your shift if that would help. They really don't pay very well and their incentive is not generous either, one cent per line extra, only for the lines past 12,000 per pay period.
I worked for them for about a year sm
Platform is okay, not great. You work live over the internet. You can only have 2 jobs in your queue. You do have to edit the header information quite a bit as the doctors don't seem to bother with it.
Lines -- i did fairly well on the line count there. I only worked part-time but it was not difficult for me to get 1000 lines a day. The only problem is you are assigned to a region of their hospitals -- so you have to get to know bunches and bunches of doctors. Some dictated all the time, but then you would get several a day you never heard of, so some days it was hard to get in a rhythm.
Pay -- pretty much standard to what everyone else is offering. They do pay on time, every time. They do offer bonuses when work gets stacked up (on top of the normal earned bonuses). Bonus weekends are VERY GOOD.
I have worked there a little over a year
and I would recommend them. Deb is great to work for, flexible scheduling, consistent work other than usual holiday slow downs.
I have worked there for a little over a year ...
I am only an MT but I have had no problems. I have never gotten charged for a blank, although I leave very few. I work at night, but I chose to because of the differntial. I have a good account and I get paid on time every time. I must be one of the lucky few that has a decent team leader even if he is indian (at least his name is). He answers quickly if I need something answered and leaves me alone.
In the end, only you can make the decision. 
Sorry, but I have worked there for a year
and have never run out of work for more than an hour or so. Some people do have plenty of work, while others have none. I don't know why that is, but I wish they would fix it too so there would be nothing to complain about.
I worked for them last year-pay is low
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Its been about a year since I worked for them, but
when I did (and I have on 2 separate occasions over the last 2 years), they were always running out of work. The pay was low, 3 cpl and 7.5 cpl. I don't know if anything has changed, but maybe someone who is there currently will respond.
I have worked for them for about a year
now. Absolutely love this job. I have heard negative things, but I think it depends on which account/supervisor you have. No problem at all. Very flexible, good incentive program. Just work when you say you will and keep your line count up and you will have no problems.
I worked for T-C about a year ago.....sm
The program they use is not difficult to learn, and the actual transcription is done in Word. You supply your own computer, software, etc. I believe they do supply the foot pedal; they used to, at least.
The management is okay and they don't bother you with a bunch of superfluous email. Pay is average to low-average, but they do have tons of templates and you are paid for the lines in the templates. However, if you are interested in medical insurance, they are a little high on their premiums and you would probably do better with your own policy. I think they offer 401K but not sure. Hope this helps.
I worked there last year...
on two clinic accounts. Pay was always on time, QA was good, pay was about average (8.5 cpl), good benefits package with decent premiums for BC/BS. I only left because the workload slowed down on my account, and rather than ask for an additional account (which I'm sure they would have provided), I decided to go back to being an IC (they are employee only). I don't know anything at all about their acute care accounts...their clinic accounts are on their own proprietary software which is better than some, worse than others, in my experience. All in all I felt the management and people were better than the last larger national that I worked for. If you're looking for work as an employee, you could do worse. Good luck to you!
I worked for them last year
I started working for them in October 2007. I was brand spanking new, so I didn't get paid much. Started out at 5.5 cents per line for typing and 1.5 cents for voice recognition. I had no clue how low that was at first - I was just happy I found a company that would hire a newbie. Then I got bumped up to 6 cents and 2 cents. Lots of VR - easily half of what I did was VR. I know they pay experienced people more than what I was making.
The people running the company are pretty decent. They had several people leave just as I was starting so things were a little disorganized. The staffing person still hasn't taken me off of the e mail distribution so I still see the e mails asking for people to work extra and stuff like that.
The pay periods were waaaay goofy. There was like a month lag between the end of the pay period and when I actually got paid. That part sucked. They would send out an excel spreadsheet with the number of lines credited for typed work and VR work that showed what the total pay was. It was sort of weird and I always wondered where they came up with the line count. My paychecks were ALWAYS way lower than I thought they would be.
My only big beef with them was QA. They were not consistent at all. I'm of the mind set that you work with QA and make friends with them and they'll work with you. You never got to actually know these people, though. They were just a name on the site to check your work. I would go along for a month or more doing something and then someone else would ding me for it out of the blue. That part was a little frustrating.
I worked there last year....
and I have a post regarding this somewhere a few pages back, so I encourage you to do a search. Anyway, they are employee status and offer a fairly nice benefits package with BC/BS at decent rates. I don't know about acute care but in clinic they seem to have a good flow of work. People are nice, pay was always on time. Pay is average, I started for clinic at 8.5 CPL. If I remember correctly full-time was 1500 lines a day, but don't quote me on that.
Hope this helps, good luck to you!
Worked there last year.
The platform was Emdat Inscribe. I believe she hires IC status only. Pay was above average and always on time. Owner and QA very nice and easy to work with. I have recommended this company to others. It didn't work out for me for personal reasons, but I would go back and work for them again.
I worked there about a year ago.......... sm
I understand they have undergone some changes in the year since I left them. Someone I know who is still with the company says they no longer pay for spaces and there have been some other changes as well. The management was okay, although a little on the thin side. It sometimes took the account manager a while to get around to everyone, although she was very efficient and proficient in her work. They offered PTO that accrued, but I think their insurance was pretty high, especially for family coverage. Hope this helps.
I worked there for a year or so...sm
and I have to agree that they are good people. Communication is good and straight forward, from management on down. I can't say that about every place I've worked! Patriot was so-so, not the best or worst platform I've been on. I only left because I decided to go IC full-time. If you're looking for employee status you could definitely do worse.
Well, I HAVE worked on it for over a year now........
and my primary account is 95% ESL and some of the worst I have ever heard in my 15 years, and I cut my teeth on East Indian dictators. I can say without qualification that the particular brand of VR being used on my account cannot and will not ever be able to get the ESL dictators, regardless of the times I make the same corrections on the same dictators over and over again or how many times the account is put through a readaptation. Heck, it can barely punctuate a sentence, let alone pick up on some of the nuances of ESL dictators. On one ESL, for example, VR puts stomp at the end of every sentence because he dictates stop at the end of each sentence. It's very time consuming to just take out all the stomps let alone correct the numbered lists, misspelled drug dosages (putting a period after mg, etc.) and correcting the just plain stupid stuff the VR puts in there. I guess what I am trying to say by my little rant is that not all VR is created equal. If yours is as good as you say it is, then I am truly happy for you, but please don't assume that your experience is everyone's experience.
I've worked for MDI over a year now
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I worked for them for year and miss them...
I know precyse pretty good, as I worked for them for years. I just decided after being there so long and was not completely satisfied that I would go elsewhere and see if I could find something better. The supervisor did manipulate, in that she would tell you it was okay to work Mon-Fri shift, but then there would not be any work during the week and tons on the weekend. Another word, you'd end up practically working every day of the week trying to get your line count in for the week. If you can work the weekends, its a wonderful place to work. PTO money goes into an account and you can withdrawal it whenever you want. It accumulates so much for every hour you work. Good affordable benefits (Aetna), life insurance, everything. Easy platform. Just that schedule thing ruined it for me. If you like weekends, I'd say do it, it's one of the best ones out there.
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