Yeah I had applied for the Escription account (before I knew the insulting pay rate) with years of
Posted By: MTing on 2008-08-22
In Reply to: Transcription Outsourcing Service - Rude Op Mgr.
experience and no one bothered to get back to me. Once they told me what they paid, I would have never accepted anyway, but I find it odd that they would not pursue someone with years of experience. I guess they knew there would be no one I would accept their pay. Apparently, they are hoping some desperate people apply, which is NOT me but best wishes to them.
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that rate is insulting!
Try to find something that pays hourly. It is very hard to make money being paid by the line for QA, especially if the accounts are hard or the MTs do not do good work.
Who in the heck pays you that insulting rate. As Dr. Phil says, "Are you kidding me" LOL
There is no way. I cant get over it, 2 cpl a line???? just pennies a line what an insult for your time. I dont care if you are an old MT or newbie that is ridiculous and when people accept that kind of pay it just drives down the cpl for all of us. I mean heck if they can get people to do it for 2 cpl, why pay 5 cpl so they can pay their bills. That just blows my mind. You'd be better off working an 8-hour shift at McDonalds.
Yeah, it's Escription. The line counts are just not there.
I'm going to stay with my PT job that uses Dictaphone and bag Transcend.
Wish someone would get the account I used to work on that C-Bay got. Wish I knew what
account Webmedx got.
Yeah if I remember right, they are one of the low-paying Escription accounts out there, maybe 1.5-2
cpl or something ridiculous. Not actually livable US rates...
eScription line rate
Hi,
Our rates are dependent on experience. Starting at 7 - 10 cents a line for typing, and 3 to 4.5 for editing. Your more then welcome to email me for more information.
Thanks
Is 5 cpl a good rate for eScription VR? I have no
experience in this VR software and have no idea if this rate is good or not. Please help. TIA
Poster said she left there at least 4 years ago. did not say she knew what was going on now.
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? wow, I've been here 8+years and never ONCE heard it. Wish i knew who your sm
STM was but we can't name names here.
Yes, it happened to me, years ago. I knew it was WRONG!!!
probably a certain portion are new, believe it and sign up for their MT class
For Escription I think 4 to 4.5 base rate, which seems to be on the high
end of the scale that companies pay for Escription editing. Hope that helps.
It was for me. I knew the system already and have 17 years experience in op notes. sm
I spent years as an IC, which means zero training, so I pick things up quickly. I would be bored with more than an hour of training. I like to jump in and start producing!
What is the average line rate for eScription VR editing? I have
heard so many different things that I don't know what's what? Also, for those of you on eScription, what is the averages lph that you are able to do. TIA.
Years ago I knew a completely blind lady who worked for Medware (nm)
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Yeah, but if you don't mind a low BASE rate!
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for escription account
4/8 is what you'll get paid. I didn't want to have my QA done in India so I didn't work for them but wound up working with a company that did their overflow work and never spoke to anyone who spoke English well, except a recruiter.
It is an escription account.
Not so ancient. Do they pay on time?
the account I will be on uses Escription
I don't know if that makes a difference. I have always used Dictaphone Extext. I used it at a hospital I used to work for and now at an MTSO and am running into the same problem you mentioned, I cannot get near as many lines per hour that I could at the hospital and they both claimed to count it the same way, 65 characters with spaces.
Are you on an eScription account?
For how long have you worked there?
TT uses Escription for at least 1 account (nm)
:-)
Yeah, that's exactly what I thought too. Rate is way too low for a specialty and also IC status.
Just not worth it. I've made 13 cpl doing my own accounts locally for ortho doctors. I'd do that before I ever took 7 cpl or even 8 cpl for ortho work.
I work on the eScription account.
I know I was hired because I needed no training for the software. I don't think they have the time or manpower to train people on the software. They want people to be able to jump right in.
Only 1 account on escription is good
IF you can get the escription account starts with P it is decent lines. all the other accounts are crappy... LOTS of corrections for the substandard line rate you are paid of 3-4 cpl
I applied, was called and hired for the account I was on at QT. nm
no msg
I'll work for them again if they get another eScription account.
The one I was on was lost. Not too heart broken as it was a pain in the butt account.
If your waiting on an Escription account, you have a while to wait.
The work flow right now is up and down with most of the work being in the evening. They have overhired in my opinion. They had all of these accounts supposedly with a lot of work and then NOTHING.
I've applied to a few with over 25 years' exp. in
thinking of trying that next time I apply. (And THEN asking for what my work is really worth!) Because even if I only had a few years on the job as an MT, if I'm proficient at it, then there's no reason to settle for chump-change pay. And that's all most MTs get these days. And what happens if your MTSO improves its software and your line count goes up substantially? Then they feel justified in lowering the cpl they're paying. I think the MT business is the most bizarre, dishonest industry this country has, outside of the tobacco industry.
I applied a few years back
..... what an experience. I have been a psych Transcriptionist for 20 years. I tested, with basically no instructions. I formated the report as I would my other psych reports. No errors as far as terminology, English, punctuation, etc. However, she said I did not follow directions (what directions?????) as far as my formating went. She said if I could not follow directions she would not hire me. She is a trip. I wouldn't work for her for all the money in the world.
Three years Escription experience and 5 cpl which is better than 4 cpl
but wouldnt 11 cpl be nice.. bummer for us..
I had applied but they offered 7 cpl for 14 years experience..I said NO...
That's about all I know. I cant remember what kind of work it was either, but I wouldnt do clinic or acute care for that low pay.
15,000 lines per pay period. 8 years with KS, 6 years on this account! nm
Not going anywhere else!
Yeah but heard they are down to one account now only. nm
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I live in NY & have applied to them svl times over the years. Have never had a reply. nm
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They've been around for years. Some of us old-timers applied long
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I've been a QA 15 years, applied to Focus, and was told
that they only hire QA on production now & no longer pay QAs hourly, so I said NO THANKS.
Yeah, and I can bet that account used to be my primary because it rarely has work now!
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Yeah, with 14 years of ortho and WC experience, 6.5 cpl is NOT an option.
I'd work at a fast-food restaurant first. When did our skills become so insultingly undercompensated. I'm like a lot of us, about ready to go back to school..do anything but this. Luckily, I also so medical insurance billing so I may have to go back in-office and do that. At least, I know I'll be compensated ...FAIRLY.. what a bunch of.....
Yeah, not sure if I should be grated or not they never contacted me with 14 years of experience.
I usually at least get a call back of some sort but at 7 cpl they are advertising I would passed anyway.
Yeah. Billy Crystal looked about 12 years old.
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My account has an 800# but I have a flat rate plan because of sm
my college kids and it is only a few dollars more a month than not having it. I set it up as a business line with unlimited long distance when I started with KS at their suggestion. It only costs me $54.99 per month and I have kept it because of the kids. Long distance charges aren't like they used to be. I used to pay $400 a month a few years ago with a different company. This is so much better.
That rate very possibly reflects an account SM
or platform that requires more time per report, or maybe not--something to check into. I make almost that editing at my company, but it was explained to me up front that there was a lot of correction to be done.
Try doing VR on an ESL account. You basically retype it for an "editing" rate of 4cpl if your
Obviously, VR is not a perfect science, yet we are expected to sit there and change formats, sentence structure and sometimes re-type the whole thing and then you realize you made a whopping 4 cpl on everything you typed. Very discouraging..
Think you still have to go to NJ to train. Was offered a very low per-page rate several years ago.
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I left MQ after years and went with a highly rate company on this board (sm)
my account has dried up and I am constantly out of work now...same with backup account. I like the company I'm with and don't want to leave but I HAVE to have a steady account. I realize there are slow times of the year but on this account they have overhired and now it's low a lot of the time.
I miss YOG also! Good company, great line rate, and awesome account.
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What line rate does Medware pay for 28 years experience but no CMT status for an employee, also
is the pay higher for IC?
webmedix- I have 25 years exp., was offered low rate of pay. Heard it is a good company. nm
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They never change, 4 years ago a Xmas, they lowered everyone's line rate, I left then
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I have been there for 3 years on the same account. sm
I have not seen this happen, have about 15 friends and relatives who also work for Keystrokes and would recommend it to anyone for radiology. Yes, sometimes accounts are behind when they take them on, but they are permanent accounts.
I agree - same account for 4 years.
I do have secondary accounts, though. This is a good thing so I never run out of work.
I too have asked for a different account as mine of 3 years..sm
has now consistently been out of work...as well as my secondary! Up until recently I never even had time to do my secondary as my primary had tons of work but suddenly neither have. I have emailed Dorothy and indicated I needed more only to be told things will pick up. This is not a holiday thing as it has been happening for months now. I am looking for at least another part-time job which may turn into full time. I think we are getting the run-around and they have over hired and want to keep it that way so the reports are running a few minutes behind the dictators. Also, now that they have over hired they probably don't care too much if some of us have to leave! Bad situation for what was a great company.
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