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What's up with all the recent firings?

Posted By: OhMT on 2006-02-08
In Reply to: Heartland - Status of Sale - AMP

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Heartland - Status of Sale - AMP
- What about their accounts... - Curious
- just curious - why do you say Heartland is horrible? nm - ME
  - from what i heard... - aa
- Hmmmm...are they hiring??!? - LOL!
- What's up with all the recent firings? - OhMT
- You sound like someone with an axe to grind. Where did you get that inside information about SPI? - Anna Banana

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Lay-off - firings
If you were not IC's apply for unemployment and fast. Hope this was the case. My prayers are with you. Medicine is slow right now in all fields and I fear that more lay-offs are in store in the near future.

mass firings
They had a conference call recently for which US editors were asked to call in. When they were all on the line, they were ALL fired! Talk about unprofessional!
Also, when people quit or are let go, they are not being replaced; often, when they ARE replaced, it's not by other US employees.
They are taking the easier, longer-winded docs and giving them to offshore workers to do, leaving the US employees with the more difficult, hard-to-understand dictation to do while at the same time are pushing for more and more production/lines AND stepping up the auditing AND requiring feedback to be done on worse and worse work from overseas - basically resulting in people not being physically able to make quotas nor keep quality at a premium. They then are firing people who fall below what they say are the minimums, not taking into account the conditions which THEY are imposing on us and which make the job more difficult and much more time consuming, and the massive also-time-consuming amount of feedback on crappy transcription (and HA! editing) overseas. It's discriminatory no matter how you look at it, too: There is no way that the work of the overseas 'editors' can hold a candle to that I've seen from US editors, yet the US people are being fired & forced out left and right while the overseas folks are being allowed to keep their jobs and even being promoted.

SPi has been 'testing out' voice recognition on a major account for quite sometime; when they started it, they fired most of the US MTs and promoted offshore MTs to Editor positions.
They are losing accounts like crazy; some they lose on purpose, but others are lost because the clients are upset and/or dissatisfied with the lack of quality, service, etc.
Run, DON'T WALK, away from this unethical company while the choice is still in YOUR hands...before they fire you or sweep you up in one of their recent mass 'layoffs'

and when you DO leave, make absolutely certain that they pay you any unused vacation (AND unused/owed PTO for those prior Cymed employees). They don't do it automatically. They told one person who quit recently that they had just decided not to pay the PTO out - even though they put it in writing in the benefits package cover letter in January! Someone else who left tried to collect unemployment but couldn't because SPi had her listed in another state completely than where she'd lived for all the years she worked for them - she got hired after months but never did collect any of the benefits she was entitled to.
This company represents all the worst of human nature.

Mass Firings
What can one do to protect themselves from these evil doings? How can they get away with not paying out PTO? I am beginning to think that their transcription branch is just not important to them and they don't care what happens to it (at least in the US). It is obviously clear they don't care about the US MT.

What recent changes? nm

This was recent thank you
I did take a leap of faith with them and they do pay on time now. They turned that around but nothing else. I stuck up for them and got burned bigtime. All I said was they do not understand what an IC is and were very rude when I pointed it out. Not a vendetta, just a warning. Check them out and ask a lot of questions for clarification. That was all i was saying.

Anything recent on SPi - sm

Since the archives are acting up, need something current on SPi from someone in the know. Pay, work schedules, how they are to work with, etc.

Thanks.

Not recent, but I can say ...
Of all the companies I've worked for, they were by far and away my favorite. Easy platform, great dictators, (mostly) fantastic management. But, it's been over 4 years since I've worked for them.

I had been with them for a couple of years, had my set dictators, and they hired a new manager for my account who completely ripped everyone up and around and didn't communicate at all what she was doing or why. Long story short, there was a pretty big fall out with that account and several of us left. A month or two later, I heard she was fired.

I think about going back to them sometimes, honestly. And I would in a heartbeat, if they were like the old T-C I worked for back in the day. Can't say if they are or not, but historically they were a great company to work for.

Good luck!

Is there anything recent in there?
Everything I saw was from 4 to 6 years ago in the archives when they were using C-phones and only hiring IC's.

Does anyone work there now or worked there recently with any insight?

Anyone have recent info on OSI? nm
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6 to 7-1/2 cpl for the most recent job posting!!! Don't think much of us, do they?...nm
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Anyone have any recent OSI information?

Are benefits as good as they sound? How's the pay rate for acute and/or radiology? How are they to work for? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks.

Any recent info on DSG?
Have been offered a job and wondering of pros and cons. TIA.

two recent interviews

I thought you might enjoy these two tidbits from recent interviews with unnamed companies. When I asked the first recruiter/owner about the insurance they offered in their ad, I was told that contract had lapsed and there was not a new one signed yet. She went on to volunteer her opinion that people are better off without health insurance -- that way you can use the free clinics (TRUE story). The second one advertised 8.5 to 10 cpl transcription and 0.4 to 0.5 VR. Unfortunately, those positions (although I applied within minutes of the post) were filled but I was offered 8 cpl transcription and 0.3 VR. Bait and switch much?

You will see that their most recent posting was for QA!
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Any recent information on
TIA

Anyone with recent info on
how work is at Stenomed, ad on job board? TIA

Yes, recent experience
I applied in late August, but it took until just a week ago to receive passwords to work.

Very hands off management in my opinion, although very polite on phone. I think there is just not enough staff.

Also, very low error rate threshhold , but currently no QA and/or no way to flag a report. I was very very uncomfortable with the set up so I did not proceed.

YOU; however, might have better luck. :)

MDI-MD - Recent Hires

Just curious - if you had a phone interview, was the recruiter on time to call you? I had one scheduled but haven't received any contact.

Anyone else with this experience?

Any recent info on TNI?

Feel free to e-mail me if you don't feel comfortable posting. Thanks!

Any recent SPi info? sm
The archives have nothing very recent and nothing very nice to say about this company. Have things improved there over the last year? I notice their line count requirements are lower than most companies. Does this indicate an inability to provide MTs with enough work or good sound files? ANY recent information would be appreciated. Thanks!

Did you apply to either of their most recent ads and if so
did you hear back from them?

Recent TTS info anyone? (sm)
Wondering if anybody could post updated, recent info on TTS as to how the work load and getting paid on time have been for the past 6 months or so ??? TIA.

Is two months ago recent enough?.....
....I sincerely doubt they have changed their ways in the past two months, since I was terminated.

Be very, very careful if you accept any of their offers. Everything stated in old posts here are correct....and I know this by first hand experience and also from co-workers who had been there at the same time as I was, and experienced same or worse.....eventually.....

I wish you luck, but I'm afraid you will be sadly disappointed, perhaps not right away, but given enough time, if you go to work for them.

I noticed recent ads for MDI-MD
on MTJobs says full and part-time IC positions are available. Something new they are offering?

Was this a recent move?
Because it seems like everyone has been pretty happy there, that is, not hearing much complaints here on the board. Lack of work maybe?

recent posts...
Pay is late. Recruiter takes forever to get back with you, if ever.

chronicle-recent
I just left there about 3 weeks ago. They have Apex and another platform now. I didn't have any problems with the platform I was on. Work volumes were very, very low most days. I had 2 different accounts and there was no work on either for several days at a time. I didn't have problems with QA. My problem was with disorganization. I liked the company as a whole and I loved my account, but I wouldn't go back mainly because of the low work and no opportunity to make up time because of low work volumes most of the time.

To those of you recent MDI hires...sm

Were you hired just by submitting your resume, or was MDI advertising for help at the time? How long between the time you sent your resume and the time they called? Thanks.

Recent post on AOL

right, and recent is the key, archives not always but mostly too old.nm
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Already checked out archives, nothing recent
Well, had an interview scheduled today with Amphion at 9:00 a.m. - they called and set it up - I'm still waiting for the phone call and it's 9:47 a.m. TransHealth called, now I called back and they're all in meetings. This is very frustrating. I think I will accept Oracle for the time being, since they are IC and TransHealth and Amphion are FTE, and keep waiting. Someone has to be a good match. I thought TransHealth or Amphion would be great choices, but now - set up an interview and not call? I didn't call them, they called me, but now after scheduling the interview - no one called? TransHealth sounds great - now if I can just connect with the guy who called me. If not ... who's next?

softscript--any recent info?

hi, all. i searched the boards for recent info on softscript; latest is from august--not very postive. they say they're interested in an RN w/ MT experience & sent the link to their test. just want to know if anyone working for them now (or who has worked w/ them recently) has any input.

thank you!

My recent experience with them was horrible.
There are a couple of MW cheerleaders here who bash me every time, but there are far better companies out there. They offshore. The sound quality and ESLs suck, for lack of a better word. I got ZERO QA feedback. They send out tons of emails and documents that don't even apply to everyone. They were completely rude and unhelpful to me.

Are you talking about recent or past?
I have been burned many times by nationals in the past, not recent. I will list just enough letters but one was Asce... and the another was NorthW...out in Oregon I believe. Not even sure if they are still in business. The NorthW one praised me in the beginning, but when it came time for getting paid suddenly I was making too many mistakes and I never saw my paycheck. Another was Rap... they have since changed their name and I eventually received my paycheck. It just took months to do so. I left them all. Most of the places I have only worked for short periods because things are great when you start, then suddenly for reasons only they know, the atmosphere gets very thick. Then the nasty e-mails start. I have really don't trust a lot of them and feel like getting hired on with them is a huge risk on my part every time. That's why I am here on a semi-regular basis to see what companies to avoid. Also, you can sort of tell by the way their ad is worded if they are professional or not.

anon

happy typing everyone!

Lots of recent discussions, usually very
long threads weekly.

Any recent information on Transtech??
Just offered a postition with them on new account going live in a couple of weeks. I was just wondering how they were to work for, can you make your lines, etc. Thanks.

Any recent information on Transcript USA? -sm

I noticed in past posts they said they hound you when you're not working. But they're advertising a flexible schedule right now. Is that something new?

Any problems with getting paid? Is the pay decent?

Do they have decent accounts or are they for the most part extremely difficult?

Is their system efficient? I'm so tired of wasting so much time keeping logs of everything and having to type patients' names and data that I don't get paid for.

Is the sound quality good?

Is it really all American?

Recent ad stated they use Vianetta, not sure
how that system works. They also have different accounts that use different modes of accessing work.

Nothing good. Recent post says you get
paid when they get paid.

CorTmedical ~ any recent info on them?

LOL I think it's about 3 people posting over and over. They just have had a recent ad. and
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How long were you there? Was it recent? Was it for radiology? sm
I know that all companies are different, as is the perception of each MT, but I am curious. Was it something about pay or volume? Those are my biggest concerns as I am a single mom.

Any way you can search recent pages w/o having to go to each one
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Any recent information on Oracle? Thanks. nm
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eMTS ? Any recent information? sm
Does anyone have any recent information about eMTS? I see that they say they were started on the ideas of the old MRC (which used to be quite good, I understand). There were only 21 archive entries and really only 1 person responding. I would love to hear the good, bad, or ugly about this company? Pay, work load, ESLs? QA? Thank you so much for any information anyone can provide!!!!

They were lowest cpl in my recent job search

Also, I saw an ad for them for $12.50/hour. It seems they are leading the charge to push down MT salaries.

In addition, they do not pay based on experience. My 25+ years in acute care teaching hospitals in EVERY specialty counted for nothing.

BTW, when I changed jobs, I spent exactly FIVE reports on full QA and then was turned loose, immediately meeting their daily requirements. So I think Spheris is a better fit for those with very little experience and needing heavy QA. They must pay MTs so little because they have big overhead with QA.

Any recent info on etransplus...sm

The last I could find in the Archives was 2005. Thanks

Any recent opinions on DocuMed, NJ

I looked in the archives but nothing more recent than a year ago. Is it IC or emplyee, ad did not say and email received from them did not say. Pay on time? Sound quality? Pressure from admin to do more, more, more?

Thanks in advance -- want to do the voice file from them, but would like to know opinions first.

New or recent info on Med-Scribe ??

Sign on bonus and a 12 hour window to get work done in. Slightly suspicious here, what is the catch?

Any recent info on Zylomed? Thank you! NM
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