You have been most helpful. Thanks a bunch.
Posted By: steady eddie on 2009-04-21
In Reply to: Answers within - Re: Acusis
You helped all of us worker bees with your information. I decided I really don't want to work for a company who offshores anyway. It's like aiding and abetting a traitor.
That's a personal preference and not meant to rile or judge you or anyone else. We are in dire times, and we all have to take care of ourselves and our families the best we can.
This board is a life saver. I take my hat off to all those who answer questions and provide useful information.      
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You all are a Sorry Bunch
Is it really that bad here? I aint management, just a lowly MT, doin my job. First day here on the boards. All this negativity is certainly not helping the overall morale. Guess if everyone would quit reading/talking bad about it all you all would be so much happier with your jobs.
sorry bunch
oh we are sorry all right.. sorry we ever trusted this company....LOL
thanks a bunch
i just wasn't sure and needed to know my options in case the CTS becomes a real issue as we're fixing to go into debt for a new place.
Thanks a bunch
I used to work for Spheris before going to a local hospital. I have seen negative stuff about lots of companies. I really liked working for Spheris. I would have stayed with them had I not needed insurance. I appreciate you opinion. It makes the switch a little less worrisome. I am starting with Diskriter in a couple of weeks.
Wow! Thanks a bunch!
Yep and I got a bunch of really bad ones. nm
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seems like a bunch of
 foreigners on here talking about doing editing? Your posts are FULL of errors. I am an American MT editor. So, this is where all the jobs are going, and you all do not know how to even do the jobs at all, let alone the right way.
Thanks a bunch!
I had the interview yesterday afternoon and it went great! There was a short test that I had to take over the phone and I got all the questions right.
All that's standing in my way now is the transcription test, but I've already completed it and sent it back. It wasn't too tough, so I think I'll be ok!
Thanks a bunch
for the info! I have 30+ years experience and am hoping they are not a company that only pays 6 or 7 cpl. Think I will apply and see. Thanks again!
Not a bunch. Same one. no msg
Thanks - Very Helpful
I would not be paying any of the MTs at an editor’s rate I would continue to pay at their existing MT rate. I did send out a communication to the team to ask for feedback and did not even think of mentioning that there would be no reduction in pay rate. I have probably scared a few people.
Thank you! Very, very helpful. :) NM
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A helpful way to think about it
I had asked this question awhile back when considering a job offer and they said something like 1 minute = 10 lines
Basically, if you get paid .09 cents per line, that would translate to 0.90 cents per minute of dictation.
I get paid $1.10 per dictated minute which is about equivalent to 11 cpl.
Hope that helps!
Not sure how helpful I can be (sm)
but in my short time with MDI I've found that weekend work is typically plentiful and more often than not, at least on my primary, they are asking for extra help on weekends.
I have a primary and a secondary, both on the internet platform. If my primary is low, I switch to my secondary for a little while. I have had no problems meeting my weekday lines between my primary and secondary accounts.
I would encourage you to talk with your laision about your concerns and enquire about a secondary account.
From what I've seen, the company works very hard to make sure everything stays within TAT.
For me, I was fed up with my previous employer's rigid schedule and opted for something a little more relaxed. I am much, much happier and more relaxed, and actually look forward to working now.
Thank you both - most helpful!
Actually this is very helpful ...
Thanks so much for responding.
ANYONE helpful at OSi?
Hey-I'm the one who asked earlier for some opinions on the management thing that had come open there. Thanks for your input, y'all. I'm sorry I'm staying anonymous--as long as I'm still stuck there, I need to.
Here's my latest question: Is there ANY higher-up there who is helpful?! Identifying employees not allowed. Posters can email you through the links below.
There are a couple of people there who have it in for me. I'm a XXXX good transcriptionist--I catch all the errors the dictators make, and don't even get me started on how grammatically awful and also unprofessional my team leader is (which is why I don't speak to my team leader about my problems). Ever since I caught her out in a lie and also mentioned a couple flaws in the system, it has become very clear that, despite the fact that I'm one of the best they've got, they'd love to have a reason to get rid of me.
This is unfair (duh). Is there ANYONE nice there?!
Thank you very much.
helpful at OSi
They do not have someone for the position - I dont think people have it in for anyone here, otherwise some people in power would not be there (anyone who works there knows of whom I speak)-good communication both ways is the key!
Thank you! You have all been very helpful! (nm)
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This was very helpful! thanks! (nm)
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could you be less helpful??!!
I checked the archives and there wasn't much. Just saying RUN doesn't tell us anything.
Did you actually work for them or did you simply have a bad recruiting experience? Were the people difficult to work with? Was the platform difficult? Did they cheat on line count or not send paychecks on time? Too many ESLs? Not the type of work you wanted to do? Some real details would help.
As I said in a previous post - things that one person hates, others might like - so unless you actually want to give some details, why even waste your time answering, its a waste of my time to even check your post.
not helpful
I have talked to them in person. I thought maybe they could hook me up with a specialty like phychiatry or Orthopedics. She was very discouraging...said her clients are looking for the basic 4, hospital work, which I would rather not do but CAN. Luckily, I found a good company on my own that lets me specialize if I want so I am happy now.
It would be helpful if you said just
how long ago you worked there. Sometimes a company can get its act together and it would be a shame if they had improved but are still getting a bad rap. I think that is why the archives are sometimes not so helpful.
Sometimes you just gotta try 'em out. There are no guarantees. 
Not sure if this is helpful or not
And unfortunately I'm going to be very vague on specifics, but there are a couple of services out there who actually lease out extra space on their dictation servers for small companies. IOW, you could find clients, and then they would dial into the Company X's servers with their dictation, where you could then access it to transcribe it and send the reports to the physicians via internet.
I'm sorry but right now I cannot remember the specific company's name. They had an ad up within the last month or so looking for transcriptionists, and while investigating that I saw that they also had the above arrangement set up. If my feeble brain coughs up the information or I come across it, I'll gladly post it for you.
Thanks! This helped a bunch. I know have my
questions answered.
Although I didn't go through a bunch (sm)
I worked at my last place for about 8 years, but they started having so many problems, I had to leave, and I HATE changing jobs. I got lucky finding TT on the first go-round. I must say also that the people who complain about no work are the primadonnas who only want to type 1 account - their loss.
What a bunch of retards..
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Sorry but that is a bunch of bull. SM
How did you get on this earth? Were you not someone's child?
Your comments are totally ridculous, rude and disrespectful.
What a bunch of crapola
If I were you and I had told them up front I had no acute care, I'd have 2 words for them: STUFF IT!! You don't need that kind of treatment and there's a world of difference in acute care and radiology. If you were transitioning from acute care to radiology there should be no problem but radiology to acute care is a whole different kettle of fish.
Add WebMedX to the bunch
Just heard back from WebMedX- add them to the bunch - anyone know anything about them?
Why not do it yourself instead of getting a bunch of people?
That is what I did, and I don't have to share any profit with anyone. It is somewhat hard to get accounts, especially right now though. What I did was I purchased a book called The Independent Medical Transcriptionist, and it tells you most of what you need to know. Good Luck!
I cannot and will not let a bunch of people sm
on an anonymous message board sway me for or against any company. I speak directly to the recruiters, MTs working for these companies and find out the facts. Then I make a decision. Pro and con on this or any board makes no difference to me at all. If I make a bad move, I get out of there fast. I will know in 1 week whether or not I'm going to make any money. As you obviously have found out, taking notice of what people say here leads you down bad paths.
I may be the turtle of the bunch,
but I cringe when I see what else is in the system from my co-workers' prior documents! (same scenario as you describe)
I really wonder how some people even get hired??!!
I can do a whole bunch of lines but
my company never ever gripes about how many (in my case) I do or don’t do. I know we probably have a set amount (don’t have the number in front of me right now) so I guess I am ok on that point. Never worked at any place in the almost 40 years I have been working that had issues with the amount of work I did, in fact just the opposite, told before did too many and also told made too much money at another (only 2 MTs for a 200+ bed hospital).
Thanks to all for your post...very helpful
Thank you everyone for your input. It is helpful! nm
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Rude & not helpful..
Notice a trend here? :(
Thanks SO much - you've been very helpful! nm
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you're so helpful.thank you. sm
Do you remember if they had a certain amount of minutes/week or # of days per week minimum? or mandatory weekend time?
Too, I have been afraid to work IC as opposed to employee because someone told me I'd have to take out errors and omissions insurance which would be very expensive. If I don't get the insurance and work IC they said I could be sued for any errors I made. True or not true? And . . . Are you you're own business when IC?
Any info helpful.
This is very helpful - thank you! nmsg
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Is this Shelly H.? That is not helpful
They were never in the least helpful to me. I found my
own job/s and never heard a word from them. I would not recommend them at all. I know a private individual (MT/QA) who has led me to more openings than any employment service could ever have done, but in most cases, just contact the companies you see advertise and you will find a job. You might want to try Phoenix MedCom if you are interested specifically on ops.
Thanks so much for the responses. You were very helpful!! nm
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Thank you for the info, very helpful. nm
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Not a helpful reply if you don't say WHY. nm
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Thank you all for your helpful info.
I really appreciate it!
Would be helpful to know WHICH OSi you work for.
One puts a bad taste in everyone's mouth because of their business practices, which I'm assuming is the one you're with. However, the other out of PA, is a delight to work for, so it that's the company you're talking about, I'd be really surprised.
Thanks for all your answers; very helpful!
Helpful link:
http://employment.families.com/blog/transam-the-scam-part-two
It would be helpful if you would post.... sm
what division you work(ed) for. There are several divisions within MD-IT, and not all of them are the same.
If you think their website is not helpful
Horrible experience. As the other poster said, awful platform. I didn't find the office staff all that helpful. The account was the worst I've ever worked on and I've been doing this a long time. The voice files were full of static and hissing sounds. Certainly no money to be made. We also ran out of work A LOT.
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