What they mean is that your PTO hours do not start to accrue until you've been there a year. The
Posted By: will probably let you off without pay. nm on 2005-10-31
In Reply to: Are you saying that Transcend DOES make you work 1 year before? : ( - Sheryl
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I was told hourly start to accrue PTO immediately...
production employees after 1 year. BUT - that doesn't mean you can't take a vacation, just that you don't get paid. When I worked a factory job some years ago, you didn't get any vacation the first year - paid or unpaid!
Any companies let you accrue PTO with less than 40 hours per week? (sm)
WMX used to give FT benefits at 35 hours per week. I can do without the insurance, etc. but really hate to give up PTO.
The recruiter...I would really rather start off at 16 hours but she said....
in order to get the PTO (nothing about 401k) I had to work at least 24 hours. Tell me where I can go to verify this so that I can verify this. TIA
Then we ALL need to start keeping track of our hours and anything that falls
below minimum wage - we need to start reporting these companies - don't care if this is caused only because of a decrease in starting VR or whatever causes it, no work, downtime if not paid, EVERYTHING included. I do believe that might get the MTSOs attention. They can't fire us all. Looks like India MT situation might be in trouble so the MTSOs should be very cautious that perhaps they can't rely on offshore forever in the future.
No, it's not. 3.385 hours per pay period for your first year and then it
goes up from there. I think it ranges from a low end of 11 days in year one to like 25 days after 10 years. Just call them and ask.
I have been down numerous hours this year due to storms. 3 times with mandatory
There are probably lots of MTs still down due to Katrina and Rita.
Don't believe weather can't impact your life in a big way. Be prepared to know what your options are with your job.
I've been limited to 6 hours/day per ortho doc sm
orders due to traumatic arthritis of hands from typing--an example of how the ground can be pulled out from under an MT.
I've been there almost a year.
Anything special you want to know?
That's odd. I've been there a year and only
ran out of work once.
I've been there less than 1 year
and make 8.5 -- I started at 8 and then was raised up to 8.5 after I was done with training and probation. I am told I will be elligible for a raise to 9 after 1 year. The company is VERY nice. It is based on production, not hours. I average 16,000 lines every 2 weeks. I'm on ortho and don't have a set shift -- I have 3 doctors assigned to me and I just have to have my work done within 24 hours of downloading.
i've been with them about a year
and very very seldom have work flow problems. I think its the best place there is to work.
I've been with them for a year --
and I'm quite happy. My pay is not the greatest, but I have a good account, they're fairly flexible and the benefits are pretty good. I've never been this happy overall with a company and the account I'm working on.
I've been there not quite a year and don't know him, but
if he is still there he is not in QA.
I've been there for a year now
last time I checked I lived in Georgia (the state, not the country!)
Our tech support is located in India...but so is Dell's, Microsoft's, most of AT&Ts, should I continue the list?
If you're 100% anti-India then yeah, don't apply. But if you want a job with a decent pay and not a lot of stress, then apply. We have issues like any other company, but they are always willing to work things out and they do take what the MTs have to say into consideration.
I've been there a year
I enjoy it. Work is pretty steady, slows down around the holidays sometimes. Every now and then things get hectic, and the tech support and file support is in India, so talking over the phone is sometimes difficult but that's just because of different accents.
They are growing as a company, so sometimes we have to work together to get bugs worked out, but they listen to our ideas and opinions, and understand when you have family emergencies, sick kids, etc.
Like I said, I've been there for a year, and I'm not one to stick around a job if I don't like it, MT or otherwise.
Good luck in whatever you do!
I've been with OSI almost a year
My QA scores are consistently 98.9 to 99.6. I don't feel their QA is unfair or stringent. In fact, it seems they don't really sweat every comma, but rather are looking for a correct quality report that doesn't contain any terminology errors or major grammar/punctuation errors.
Think the lowest I've seen is 600 lpd (maybe 500?) with Phoenix MedCom in 24 hours, but they..
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I've been working 5 hours and it is still only showing 250 lines. It will
come up eventually correct, but seems to take forever.
I've had 2 jobs in 4 hours today - getting frustrated. nm
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We band together and start our own company offering our services to the hospitals we've been work
on already and take our accounts back from Transcend. I haven't signed any noncompete contract with Transcend. Would the MDI one be null and void? If my pay rate is null and void, so must my noncompete. They can't have it both ways.
I've worked for MDI over a year now
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I've been there over a year at 7.6 cpl (statutory)nm
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They've been advertising for about a year -
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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 been doing that for a year, and HATE it.
So I'm looking for something else, some type of office job. Unfortunately, that's the way the MT biz is these days. The MTSOs make these ridiculous schedules because it's easier for them than trying to get people to work on weekends, in my opinion. You will also notice that the people in the office work M-F 9-5, with all holidays off.
I've been able to make my hours. No, you do not lose insurance if work should run out. nm
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Yes, six files is ridiculous. I think we've all done ..four hours of testing to find out
we're offered a whopping 7 cpl. Why waste our time. I'm not a genius but I can tell you in three files or less whether someone knows what they are doing. I've seen graduates from MT programs that have blown my mind with their no concept of punctuation or just English at all. That definitely shows up in less than six files. Let us test and move along to the next disappointing test that will come back with a joke of an offer. Gotta love it!!! 
MQ lets you accrue PTO if you're PT
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I'm the OP, just asking about extra hours in case I'm bored over the weekend and I've alrea
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I've worked for them since July of last year...
and I started out with Express Scribe software and no foot pedal. They never told me that I had to buy anything and they did provide the AAMT BOS, and medical spellchecker, and drug dictionary amongst other stuff that I am too tired to think about at this point. Just an FYI.
Don't know if they've ever raised their pay above 7 and 8 cpl. It's been that rate for year
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PTO starts to accrue after 90 days and is posted sm
quarterly now. This is a good change for this year. During your first 3 years, you will earn 40 hours a year PTO, then 80 hours at the 3-year mark.
That means that after 90 days of employment, you will get 10 hours of PTO as long as you hit FT lines during that quarter.
I love the changes!
I've had concerns for at least a year. I'm a long-term
QTer so I have seen lots of changes. Not that I expect anything, but we've always gotten something for MT week and this year not even a card and the whole stink over Christmas. The IRA thing doesn't have me really concerned. From what I understand they only hire ICs now. I know they've had some long-term people leave who might have been employees, so it might not be cost efficient to continue the program. I haven't had a raise in several years and these days I'm just glad to have a paycheck. I don't know how much of the work is being offshored, but you would think that would free up some $$, unless they have had to hire extra QA people. I like not having lots of e-mails/phone calls, but I also would like to know what is going on. I denied for months they were offshoring, but when I got proof it was a slap in the face and I felt like we should have been told about it. There seems to be plenty of work on my account so the offshoring hasn't affected me directly. So far the checks are always on time and have never bounced.
Things have definitely changed and I don't think for the better, though I've interviewed with several companies lately and haven't found one yet that is better than QT. I just try to do my lines and be thankful for a paycheck and just accept the fact that the company will never be what it was.
Marilyn - I think we're on the same account...I've been with KS for over a year (sm)
and was given this as a backup account...I can't make ANY lines on it at all...I've already given up for today.
I've only been there a year. I like it. Was with YOG, eaten by MQ for 10 years and then with Futu
As others have said, no company is perfect, but Webmedx has a nice incentive plan, and you can make decent money and acquire decent benefits. I have received positive feedback from my supervisors there--a rarity in this industry. My only concern with them is, like all MTSOs, they seem to overhire at times. I have 3 accounts--and would be happy to take more--but I have run out of work a couple of times this year that were not the typical times were all expect. Good luck to you.
You'll get over the good feelings. I've been here over a year now. (sm)
And if you had seen the subtle changes they have been making, you may agree they are moving in the direction of becoming the new MQ (pre sale to India).
Great place to work. I've been there a year.
Exactly what do you want to know?
AccuStat...any new info? I've read the archives that are a year old...
Bare minimum? I make over $50,000 a year in 40 hours a week. That is not bare minimum. sm
Bare minimum would be $8 an hour which is $16,640 a year or $10 an hour which is $20,800 a year. I make more than twice that and that is NOT bare minimum.
I worked to get my typing speed to 80 wpm. I worked to get my Expanders user-friendly and plentiful. I am not the fastest because I look up what I do not know, but I am lucky to have a very good memory so if I type it a few times, I do not have to look it up. I keep notes when I run across something I do not know. I am interested in my profession and read the magazines for our profession and network with other transcriptionists during my free time, devoting a minimum of 2 hours per week to networking and learning new things.
I am not the fastest MT, but I am accurate and boiled it down to simple math. I need to transcribe 250 lines per hour for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. At 10cpl, that is 2000 lines a day x 5 days per week x 50 weeks per year. I take 2 weeks off per year during July to visit my grandchildren (unpaid), 1 week a year to vacation with my husband (paid) and 1 week a year to spring clean (paid). I have worked for the same company for 4 years and 8 years for the one before this.
I treat my work hours as work hours and take 1/2 hour for lunch which I do not include in my 8 hours. I pretend that I am working outside the home and do not answer the door, get the mail, do laundry, etc. If I have a good day and go over the 2000, I bank it in my mind for days that are not as good and make sure that I get 10,000 lines each week.
My W2 each year is consistently $50,000. A few years it was higher, but I worked a few weekends, which I no longer do.
It IS possible.
TransHealth has some that start the next month after you start work. nm
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Sorry, I work 15 hours a day 5 days a week and 5 hours the other 2, when I come here I dont proof.
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Why would they give you a choice of 16 or 24 hours. Usually part time is anything under 37 hours.
That is extremely odd. Well they must have something up their sleeves. Well I will be working elsewhere part time as well as with MQ as I have no intention of sitting 40 hours with no work from Amherst and be expected to have 150 lph with no work. What is all this window of work time they said they would be giving everyone. I figured all along they would do away with SE. I have already been looking around and ordered a new computer to send theirs back.
Any companies that allow line count rather than hours or less than 20 hours per week? (sm)
Wouldn't mind having something extra especially with Christmas and general winter expenses coming up but working a FT job and really don't want to do another 20 hours on top of that.
the day has 24 hours, I work only 6-8 hours, so, lots of time to post...nm
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my first year I made 16k. Doubled that second year. Going on year 6 with (sm)
two local accounts I earned 23,000.00 and a national I earned 35,400... 58,400 this year. Don't ask me how many hours, though, I really have no idea. I'm pretty motivated. (When people ask me how many hours I work a week I reply as many as it takes I'd say 40-50/week. I am also a fitness instructer and personal trainer, about 5 hours a week or so. Decent money (sometimes under the table!) but mostly I just do it for fun and to be social and wear cute work-out clothes.
that first year was a rough one... but I consider it part of my education.
I'm pretty motivated.
Must we choose either 8, 16 or 24 hours. Why would they want someone only working 8 hours a week.
That is less than SE are required now.
MDI-FL. Approximately 7 hours a month x12 months =84 hours
And your PTO acrues from day 1. You are just unable to utilize it until after 90 days. They have excellent benefits.
You can have insurance at 30 hours with Encompass, 32 hours with eTransPlus. nm
10-15 an hour for 8 hours is better than nothing for 8 hours when there is no work.
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Last year, there was a letter sent that told us what we earned the previous year. sm
In the past, it has been all or nothing; if you did not hit the lines for full time for the year, you did not get PTO. I talked to my lead this morning about a last-minute vacation and she told me that the yearly packets are going out in a week or so and that the new policy will acrue PTO by the pay period or month. I like that a lot better, but she also made it sound like they are upping the amount of lines needed to acrue PTO. I normally get between 15 and 20,000 lines per pay period, so I am sure that will be fine but I am worried about the periods that have lower volumes, like most of January every year.
Webmedx lets you carry them from year to year sm
You can accrue up to 140 hours (I think) before you stop the accrual process. Don't have to use it all in one year.
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