You will be hired fast and then wait weeks or months for work...SM
Posted By: Been There on 2005-10-27
In Reply to: X-Press: The good, the bad and the ugly? - Looker
You may be asked to invest in expensive equipment, likely to run out of work regularly and not have your calls returned when you try to contact them. They do pay well but the work is NOT there more than it is, so great pay doesn't mean much. They sell it to you great but they don't deliver.
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Hmmm... Work 4 months, get 4 weeks paid baby....sm
vaction - quite a sweet deal ... while the rest of us are struggling with monumentous premiums (financing a newbie's love/sex life not my idea of fair play). Many of us haven't gotten a single day of PTO, (thanks to the line requirement to meet when there is no/low work) and most of have been here much longer than 4 months.
Just wait. Only 2 weeks with them sure does not make you the expert.
Wait to you get moved to one of the crap accounts and then come back and tell us how wonderful it is. All these rah, rah, rah posts are by management or by new people who have the good accounts to break in on. The rest of the accounts are total hell
I've heard others say they wait 2 weeks
They use ancient equipment anyway. Get with a company that is with the times. Furthmore KS'ers on this board seem like recruiters to me or else they get paid to put nice things about that company. I think they're 9 cents short of a dime. I can feel it in my gut. No company is that great. 
Oh, I also heard they start everyone at 9 cpl, which is a lie! That was told on this board as well. Don't believe everything you read. I'd rather work for Transcend or MQ! HAHAHAHAHAHA
I think you have to wait 3 to 6 months.
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No one has had to wait six weeks to start. You are a liar and a troublemaker.
We also do not supply equipment any more, so that is another lie. Unreturned phone calls? Another lie. All 8 people in the office answer the phone and take care of the person who called immediately.
You are a troublemaker and obviously have nothing better to do than post lies.
The only time posts get pulled is when someone calls someone out by name or gives away account or confidential information.
There is NO ONE that has slipped through the cracks. No one.
Keep in mind that you have to wait 6 months
to get paid extra for working on holidays even if you are scheduled to work on holidays. There is a 6 month waiting period for the 5 cent bonus.
After the 6 months there are a ton of other qualifications that must be met which make it virtually impossible to make the extra 5 cent bonus.
For now if you go to work for OSi you will not get paid any extra bonuses for the upcoming holidays.
Hired 2 weeks ago and still
wondering why
6,000 lines for 2 weeks when hired
Did Medquist tell you this?? They may give you the line count that you asked for, but is it all ESL physicians??? It will be impossible for you to get 6,000 lines in two weeks, if you have all ESL dictations. Think about it.
Once I was hired, it took me several weeks to get working with them! nm
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The OT has been months, not weeks! Very old! sm
Most of the people there are great. Sharmz is correct that they way they manage their accounts is odd. It just doesn't work they way they do it.
Sharmz, you'll probably get an email from the HR person or call the office (Erica I think) and they'll send out a call ticket for the computer.
Let us know how Axoltol is.
When I was hired about 3 months ago they had
approximately 600 employees, not sure how many of those were MTs. I know they have had several MTs since then and are hiring now.
I was told 6000 lines for 2 weeks when I hired
in as an SE 6 weeks ago.
Call them. Something is not right. I was hired a month ago and started 2 weeks ago. sm
Call Laura or Becky in the office. They are both in tomorrow.
There about 3 months ago. QA drops you pretty fast and doesn't answer ?? promptly. nm
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I have 8 years, was hired 6 months ago and it was the best sm
move I ever made. I am happy with lots of work, a good paycheck that is time and a great manager.
Maybe they did not have an opening or maybe your references did not check out. I know they checked because my old boss told me they did.
I was hired by a company 2 months ago.
They downloaded everything they needed on my computer, sent me pedals and now just waiting for training. My question is this - How long does this normally take. I have never had to wait this long to get started (not even with Keystrokes). I have sent several emails and have called the office several times and am told the same thing ---- still waiting on the hospital, we are extremely busy, etc.
I'm seriously considering sending their pedals back to them and chalking it up but I would like to know your thoughts on how you would (have) handle this. TIA
I hired on there a couple of months ago ...
and it's been a wonderful employment experience. They were very timely in responding to my resume and setting up an interview, and I had an immediate job offer. My account is great and so is my manager. Everything that I was told in the interview has proven to be true. I plan to make this my long-time home. I feel so blessed to have found this company.
I think they're great. Hired on a few months ago.
No problem so far!
I hired on about 3 months ago and was told then Monday a.m. (sm)
might be sketchy at times due to so many people scheduling themselves day shift. I don't mind really, I came from Medquist and now when I run out of work and have to flex my time it is on my schedule. I don't have to schedule a time to make up work, i.e. Friday thru Sunday and MQ wanted me pinned down as to EXACT hours I would be on working.
The accounts I am on are smaller than I am used to (both under 500 beds) but they seem to keep me in work most of the time. Smaller accounts and overflow accounts can be a killer though.
Good luck. Hope it gets better for you today. I am still in the honeymoon phase but I really love it here.
Several months ago a company called Charts in Time (CIT) hired some MTs off here. Just wondering how
it turned out for those MTs as I turned it down and wondered if I should have taken the job. Thanks.
TransTech and low/no work for months and months _ don't think there are continous holidays LOL
This HORRIBLE low/no work situation has been going on at TT for almost a year now. You can't convince me it is due to Memorial Day. Are holidays now assigned in this world to being daily.
That is an excuse these companies use in these no work situations, but it is due to their OVERHIRING. Holidays just come on a daily basis, but LOW WORK/NO WORK is happening and has happened going on a year now at TransTech. Always asking to flex into the middle of the night, EVERY weekend, etc.
The TT mgmt checks are NEVER affected, tho, so they can continue to HIRE EVERY MT who gives them a call, and create a NO WORK situation for all of us. The newbie MT's are cheering at first, but then realize that it hit them in the paycheck, too, and very soon it did!!!!!!!
I just quit Medquist, hired by Etrans and quit them after one afternoon during the last two weeks!sm
Medquist made me buy a new computer to go to the "Docuscribe" system that was so much better than cottage. When I got there I took a real big pay cut to the tune of probably 30 to 40%. I was getting paid gross lines doing Cedars-Sinai operative reports. I asked for more per line and my supervisor just laughed and said you think were going to pay you $0.12 a line to just do operative reports! I said I quit. I should have said F you and your mamma too:( I had been there all together 7 years through buyouts. I am just sick of it all. I'm going to go sew my daughter a cute little Halloween outfit right now.
My company has been low on work for months and months..sm
Tired of getting the same ol' message that things will pick up. I remember the days of bonuses, making money and being able to pay my bills! I am also wondering what is going with these companies not having work. Is everybody sending work overseas?
I cannot see why anyone particularly IC would sit and wait on work. That is almost
too hard to believe. It is absolutely allowing someone else to make a total fool out of you. I refuse to do that. There are enough PT jobs around that you can run 2 at the same time. It is inevitable that eventually people will just get out of this business unless you have other income and could care less about the overhiring. I would think that most people are in this to make money for necessities but maybe I am wrong. I have far better things to do with my life than sit and stare at an empty computer waiting on work. I let them know it and I would hope other MTs do the same.
You don't have to "sit and wait" for work if
No company can make you sit and wait for free. They cannot FORCE you to do this.
You will have to make up your mind how to handle this type of situation.
I work for 2 companies (one FT and one PT) and here's how I what I do for both:
1. One company has a policy on what to do if work runs out so I keep a printed copy of it. The other company doesn't so I asked my supervisor in an e-mail what the company expects if we run out of work. I printed off her reply (date/time-stamped e-mail).
2. I keep day-by-day calendar for the days I work. If I run out of work, literally run out - no more work - not where I don't have work I like or normally get - if it is for the company with a policy, follow it. Then I am released from work and I either offer to make it up or take PTO but I try to make it up if I can fit it in my schedule. If it is the other company with no policy about no work, I simply send an e-mail to my supervisor and copy her manager and a copy to the HR department and a blindcopy to myself with NO WORK AVAILABLE in the subject line. In the e-mail, I list the day/time and that I have no work available. I state what my plan is (make it up on xx day) unless I am contacted by management by X time (I list the time 30 minutes from when I ran out of work and am sending the e-mail).
3. Print off a copy of the e-mail I sent (from my sent box).
4. If management calls me with more work, I get the e-mail I sent to everyone and send it back to everyone thanking them for their contact at XX time and confirming what was arranged. Again, print off a copy of what I sent out of the sent box. If no one ever contacts me, I note that on my printed copy.
This way, I have:
1. Followed any policy.
2. Clearly notified management and HR of the situation.
3. Made my backup plan clearly known.
4. Given them opportunity to respond to resolve.
5. Keep legally recognized and accepted notes (calendar notes what happened; copies of e-mails sent) of how I handled the situation.
If your management requires you to call and leave a voice message, that's fine but ALWAYS follow up in e-mail for proof. It is especially important to print off these types of e-mails, especially if you have a company e-mail address that can be terminated.
Hope this helps.
While I wait to win the lottery, I need to continue to work....
Does anybody have any information on this company out of NJ? I've done a thorough search and absolutely no information is available. HelP?? TIA
How fast is the platform you work on?
Because the platform I am on is slower than the snail in my backyard.
I work for Fast Chart and sm
just wanted to let everyone know that Instant Text works with the TAe platform. =)
Anybody work for Fast Chart?
Just wondering if anybody has worked for Fast Chart recently and what they think of the company? Thanks in advance.
better rate if work fast
You also need to take into consideration the correctness of your work with that speed!
Wait .. that came out wrong. I'm not glad you don't have work .. just relieved I'm not alo
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I have work, just had to wait about 20 minutes after I signed in..no biggie. nm
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I work for Fast Chart. If you will narrow ... sm
...down your questions, I'll give you my honest opinion. I'm very happy there, but everyone's different, you know? What things are really important to you in a company? If you want to chat live, you can usually find me in the MT Cottage chat room (www.mtcottage.com).
=)
You will need 15 hours out of your day to reach your line count because you have to wait on work..sm
 to trickle in. The pay is good, always on time, Q/A is not good, platform is good. In my opionion, they have over hired on many accounts and this causes a lot of down time therefore causing you to work all day and night long to get in your counts in...if you don't care about hearing requested dictation completed....good company!
How many weeks is that with low/no work????? n/m
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So who else is out of work at MDI, FOR WEEKS ON END!
Yes, I have backup accounts. Yes, they are out of work, too. So how many backups should I get and how many account specifics do I have to keep straight to make minimum wage here? I understand summer slump, but this is bad, really, really bad!!!!
I just wanna SCREAM!
No work for weeks
No work for weeks, no work to make up, have 4 accounts. Simple truth this company overhires and now I am stuck! Unfortunately, I will have to move on.....Hey, I have an idea - Why not hire some more!
LOL. I read too fast and thought you were contacting her about porn work. nm
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There is no way I would work for anyone who did not pay me. If I get paid every 2 weeks, then..
the first time my check is more than a couple days late, they can forget it. You can bet they are getting paid by their clients. Who do they think does the work. The MTs should be paid above all else. I would give them a date that they had to "overnight" by check by or I'd file a company with a labor board, BBB, anyone who will listen. These companies get away with it because no one stands up for themselves. I do the work that is asked of me and I expect to be paid one time. No one should except any less than that. Good luck to you and nail them right where they stand on this one!!
I have been there for a few weeks, run out of work often. Other than that, no complaints. NM
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I doubt it. As low as work has been the last 2 weeks, (sm)
several of us will probably get warnings for not making line count this pay period. What amazes me is that they've got an ad out today. Makes me wonder if things are going to get worse before they get better.
I work for FN but worked for MDI-MD for a few weeks...Go with FN! sm
I agree with the other poster. Futurenet is great! They are very respectable. A lot of working is going to SR now though. That is the only downfall I have for them. But they work with you on everything! If they offered benefits, which they don't, I don't think anyone could beat them whatsoever. Pay is ontime EVERY time! Excellent staff! I have been there for a little over 2 years and have thought about going other places ONLY for benefit purposes but I just can't! They are too good to leave! I will be with them as long as they will allow me to. Couldn't picture myself working for anyone else!
None for me either, no steady work for weeks..nm
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Oh I sure hope not - no work for weeks
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AMEN TO THAT.. I worry all the time how fast our jobs are dwindling down thanks to work going
to other countries and more companies going to the voice recognition programs. Obviously, they will still need proofreaders and editors for the VR stuff, but not as many people. I feel like someday our jobs will just be gone so yes invest your money into nursing or something. Anything else medical is a win-win situation, just not transcription as a whole.
meant arrogant and including. Typing too fast! Gotta get to work! :)
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I also work both until I am sure new job will work out. Then give 2 weeks.
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Yes, they offer I think 4 weeks at full pay or 8 weeks at half pay. Call the office
and talk to them about it. You wont lose your job. They aren't like that.
anyone get hired/work with TRX?
I had an interview with them last week, she said she'd get back to me with her decision, but never did. Wondering what its like to work there if they are so unprofessional as to not call back when they promise.
Just Hired - No Work!
Wouldn't jump ship and head to Webmedx. Been there 1 month and already out of work. Good thing I haven't quit my other part-time position!
I was hired by them but there is no work
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