and....they always pay on time....4-year employee--nm
Posted By: webmedxmt on 2006-02-17
In Reply to: Yes, you can be IC or employee, nm - webmedxmt
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Was there a short time last year. You work as an employee, not IC. Different software/diff. accts.
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Last year $36K part time, going to make more this year full time BUT sm
I AGREE it IS getting harder to make money. I used to make $24 very part time 10 years ago and now...well it is Word and platforms versus WP5.1. I got 7.5 cents a byte line then and I get 9.5 cents a character line now. That IS a huge different in point of fact.
OH I WANT MY WORDPERFECT 5.1 BACK!!!!! Bwaaah!
I'm prejudiced, having been an MDI employee for a year, but...
I say, run to MDI. It really is a great company. Pay is good, work flow relatively steady, no nonsense, great platform. No offshoring!! No VR!! Supervisors you can actually reach and talk with. Consistent QA---seriously, nothing to dislike. If you are cool with the SE status (like IC plus they pay self-employment taxes), MDI is the best.
I started as an employee a year ago
They give you a 12 hour window to work within so I like that flexibility. The other big factor that made a difference for me was the direct deposit, I was an IC at another company and was looking for employee with insurance. The insurance is with Aetna and it is a great plan, but as with good insurance it costs about $40 per week. But it is a PPO with a low deduct and I can also use my prescription card when I have to. I compared at the time and it seemed to be about as much as what other companies offered but a better plan. They are nice people to work with and I stay busy, that helps too. Good luck in your search.
For the first time in over a year I am
having problems with Vonage. Can anyone tell me what other companies actually allow unlimited LD for work? Embarq (Sprint) informed me a while back that I was not allowed to use my unlimited LD for data processing. TIA
Have been with them for over a year and pay always on time
Talked to a few others and none are having any problems except for you and the other one posted below - you didn't state how long it has been since they haven't paid you - was it this year, last year, last month, etc. - you are not very specific
Yes, this is the 3rd time in 1 year (sm)
since I have been with them that it has been like this.
Sorry.
It is slow this time of the year EVERY - anybody that has done......sm
transcription for any length of time knows that.
Yes. I was told it is the time of year.
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Is this a slow time of year or what?
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Looks normal to me, especially this time of year nm
Full time employee.
That is supposed to be the norm for VA accounts if you do all work types.
Isn't this a strange time of year to be out of work?....
I am working for a certain company in Florida and float over 4 accounts and am running out of work constantly and this has been the case for a least a month now. I am used to being out of work during the Christmas/New Year holiday weeks and even the start of summer or 4th of July, but to me this just seems like the time of year that would be very busy due to kids back in school needing physicals, etc. Is anyone else experiencing low work with their company or has this one just overhired? Thanks. 
It's just that time of year. Everything is starting to pick up though. nm
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TWS 3.8, just seems strange for this time of year. I have 3 accts. NM
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With elections coming up next year, NOW is the time to
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Wow, what a horrible time of year for them to pull something like that
I have never even heard of this company before, but after reading these posts, it sounds like they probably won't be around much longer. It kind of sounds like what happened at SPI a few months after I left. I am so sorry for the employees who were laid off, and I hope you find new jobs soon.
also worked there just a short time last year .. nm
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Hi, I'm a full-time MQ employee in Georgia...
I work in Georgia out of a California MQ office, so you would need to check if every MQ office offers the same options for everyone in each state (I believe they do). My office just switched over to United Health Care EPO in Georgia, which seems to be very good coverage ($15 office copay, 100% for labs, $500 copay for inpatient hospitalization, good drug coverage). Employee contribution for single coverage is about $90/month. Dental insurance is about $17/month. MQ now offers life insurance, short- and long-term disability for FT employees, as well. I've really liked the way their benefits package has evolved over the last few years. I know MQ is going through a lot of challenges right now, but they've treated me well and have been an excellent fit for me. I'm hoping the best for them and the rest of my fellow MQers. From what I gather, situations may vary from office to office, so research yours thoroughly.
Hope this was helpful. The corporate number is 800-233-3030 if you need to speak with a recruiter for more info.
(FWIW, I'm not a member of MQ management--just a satisfied MT :)
Part-time...statutory; used to be PT employee. (NM)
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Are you full time? National? employee or
IC??
Wondering minds want to know!
Thanks.
I had a hard time as a statutory employee, but
now that I am a regular employee and have to have a set schedule I am WAYYYYY more disciplined. I guess I actually needed that boss hanging over me (not literally, LOL) to make sure I work and make $$$$$. Best of luck to you.
Most of my experiences have been as a part-time employee, so that may be different. sm
However, here is my take on things:
YOG -- Loved it there! I made great money, good benefits, and was left alone to do my job. Unfortunately, the owner sold out to MQ.
MQ -- Never worked there full time as I quit the day they bought YOG. However, at one point I had worked there part time and I ran out of work 3 days in a row while training and no one cared. Didn't take long for me to say goodbye, plus I was put off by their attitude at the time that people inhouse got more benefits than those working at home as they said working at home was a benefit. 
WestTran -- great owner, uses Iscriptor (easy to use). A few bad dictators, but generally not bad. Only downside was not having direct deposit, but checks were always mailed on time.
Webmedx -- not a good experience for me, but it did look like they had a nice benefit package for FT employees. I found the Enterprise system to be slow and cumbersome. I used to type 300-350 lph, but typing as fast and furious as I could, never made it past 240 on their system. Sound quality was awful, ran out of work, and supervisor was indifferent.
DTS in Oklahoma -- great people, but was working on an overflow account that used MedRite. What an awful platform! I would type and sit and watch it try to catch up with me. Slow and cumbersome. And no direct deposit.
TransTech -- great people, nice benefits at the time, pay so-so but good incentive tier.
MDI-MD -- great pay at the time because they were compensating for the MT having to pay for LD. Ran out of work at times, but eventually got up to 5 accounts and was able to bounce back and forth and got my lines. Direct deposit, always on time. Down side is statutory employee and have to mess with the taxes thing.
CardioScribes -- great people, all cardiology clinics. Direct deposit, but uncertain pay days, although you always do get paid. Work for me has been slow, although I see ads advertising for more help, so that is frustrating. Also IC work, which is a down side for me anymore.
Encompass -- I am just starting there part-time, but everyone I have encountered has been friendly and helpful. The dictation so far has been easy. They offer direct deposit and even some benefits for those working part-time.
eTransPlus -- I will be starting there full time. I have not done any actual work so far, so cannot comment on that, but the benefit package seems nice and the incentive tier seems easy to achieve. They offer direct deposit. Right now, they are offering a sign-on bonus, so that is a nice plus.
I have been around for 100 years or so, so I probably have forgotten some, but that is my experience that I can remember. Of course, everyone's experience is personal. As I have said before, one person's hell is another man's heaven.
Good luck to us all in finding a place we want to call home. 
Only full-time employee status
NM
are all companies running low or completely out during this time of year. sm
I have been working for this medium sized MTSO based in Tennessee (not TransHealth) and for the last 2-3 months there has been very low low work-- and guess what, we're expected to get at least 1000 lines to be eligible for Health Insurance paid by employer.... that is 1/2 of it. Here it is 6 a.m. and there is no work on my 2 accounts. Is anyone hiring now that has abundant work and pay at least 9 cpl with benefits. I need another job.
I think work is typically slow this time of year sm
and I am surmising they are not wanting a backlog to build because a lot of MTs are also taking time off for the holidays leaving a skeleton crew on some accounts. I am sure it will all be busier than ever in a week or so. I have been able to get my line counts and then some everyday so far. Everywhere I have ever worked gets a little slow towards the holidays.
It's usually pretty slow this time of the year and TT is no different. The new accounts
they are hiring for will be starting next month and from what I understand they will need to hire more than 120 MTs between now and the end of the year for the four new hospitals, so I am not too worried about it.
Time change is earlier this year so computer
probably will not ask you to change now, may ask you at the usual time.
In the past year and half, I have always been paid on time. --nm
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I worked for TSLLC for a short time last year
They pay hourly for editing voice recognition reports. Back then, very few of the reports were very good quality, most of them had to be pretty much retyped. The software might have learned some of those by now though, not sure as I didn't stay to find out. One thing I was told AFTER I started working there was that your hourly rate will most likely go down. During the first 3 months, you get paid the hourly rate you agreed upon and then they start charting how long you're actually playing the voice file and that's what you get paid for. In other words, every time you stop the voice to make corrections, you're not getting paid. They also constantly sent emails with stupid mistakes that other MTs/editors were making and I just got annoyed and quit. But all in all, it was actually a good company and I always got paid on time, and if I remember correctly, it was weekly. I would just recommend asking for a higher hourly rate to begin with or making sure it won't go down later, put something in the contract or something. Hope this helps and wasn't too confusing :)
It's been about a year since I had applied but I passed because of no holiday or PTO time.
Things could have changed. I thought it was a little ridiculous to offer employee status yet you were not entitled to vacation pay and had to take it on your own dime but they assured me that they were very accommodatingto vacation requests. I would guess so since they weren't pay for them LOL. Best thing to do is ask a recruiter. Again, companies change their benefits all the time, especially when they see something isn't working or they can't keep employees. There has to be some incentive, don't ya thing??
Slow time of year = no work. Basically the same. If
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I would wait it out because it is slow this time of year anways...
then after the holidays, if no better, time to start looking...good luck and hang in there!!!
I think doctors are taking vacation this time of year
I've seen this in the past in the summer.
full-time employee, but started out statutory (sm)
Good luck and I'm glad you're giving MQ a chance. I think you will be pleasantly suprised. I know I was. I was kind of disappointed when they called me back, but I really needed a job, so I took it, and four years later, I'm very happy! Good luck to ya! 
employee, DD, pay on time as other said, good staff, appreciative.
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Medquist Part-Time and new employee training
How many hours per week does Medquist require for part-time employee? Currently have a full-time job but looking to supplement with part-time transcription position. How is training for new employees? Can this be done at night? Was offered position with Spheris but training was M-F 8-5, so wasn't able to accept due to the training requirements. Also, is training paid at MedQuist?
It's neither. It's ALWAYS slow this time of year, between Spring Break and Easter.
By the week after next we'll be drowning in work.
I have found this time of year to be extremely busy. People
are scheduling elective procedures while they have a long weekend off and don't have to worry about missing work, plus docs do their best to get everyone home for Thanksgiving and I have DS galore. I do think around Christmas it slows down, but I also think there are lots of MTs taking time off during this time frame so you would think the work would balance out - less work, but less MTs, so still a fair amount of work.
It has been slow for me since at least August, so it isn't just the holidays.
Webmedx work pretty low. Typical for this time of year? sm
I'm fairly new, so just wondering. Having come from the evil Q, it makes me nervous. While at the Q and a couple other companies, this is not the time of year I typically ran out of work--Christmas, T-giving, 4th of July, yes, now, no. Thanks.
When is an SE allowed to change to employee (full-time) status?
Is it 11/01/2005 ?????
Thanks so much for informing us who have not received the packet as of yet.
always slow this time of year...doctors take extra days off, et cetera.
it will pick back up again soon...
Webmedx has 6 paid holidays a year, separate from PTO, for full time employees.
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Concerned about the low work at WebMedx over the past few weeks. Typical for this time of year?
I've not been through a summer with them before. My main account, which always had plenty of work and occasional overtime, has been low for well over a month now. I have 2 backup accounts that are low as well. In fact, all my STM's accounts are very low volume. In all the years I've transcribed, I've never had this problem in August. It worries me more perhaps since I'm ex-MQ and consistent low work was a signal of a major downhill turn for that company. Thanks.
Which companies offer PTO for part time employee status, along with contributing 401K, shift....sm
 differentials, and incentive based pay plan? I think I covered it all. Mostly looking for PTO as a part time employee. Thanks for your replies.
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.
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.
I would stick it out, most places are slow now through the end of the year every year (nm)
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Statuatory employee versus regular employee....
Can someone tell me the difference between a statuatory employee versus a regular employee? My company offeres IC or SE status....I am confused about whether switching over the SE would benefit me more than IC status that I have been for some time with them? What are the benefits and disadvantages of being an SE versus IC? Thanks for all of your help!
They hire both IC and employee. I am an employee (see message)
and I have full benefits. I am very happy that I came to work here. I came as a statutory employee from a large company. Everyone at MDI has been great to me.
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