why not???
Posted By: Webmedx'r on 2007-12-11
In Reply to: Does the Medical Transcription industry encourage job-hoppers? - curiosity killed the cat
1. How long have you been working as an MT? 4 years.
2. How many DIFFERENT companies have you worked for (even if it was only for a few hours) in the last 10 years? (If you left but came back later that is only 1.) Four. Transcend Services 21 months, MQ for 3 months. I signed on as a IC and literally the month after I got there, they got rid of their ICs. Spheris for 14 months (changed their pay scale), Webmedx for about 11 months.
3. How many companies have you accepted an offer of employment from but then never actually started working for them? I accepted one on the phone - but then later thought about the offer and declined by phone prior to even receiving the paperwork.
4. How many companies have you quit working for within the first pay period? None
5. How many companies have you quit from? 3 - see above
6. Have many companies have you been terminated from (I guess the word “fired” from is no longer politically correct) i.e. you were not meeting line requirements, QA requirements, time commitment requirements (signing on late, leaving early), or being told you don’t have the necessary experience/expertise for the accounts assigned to you, etc? None.
7. How many companies have you left because they were bought out by another MTSO and you did not like how the new MTSO was treating you? None.
8. How many companies that you were working for completely went out of business (was not bought by another company) and told you that you had to find a new job yourself? None.
9. What is the shortest period of time that you have worked for one company? (Even if it was only for a few hours) What is the longest period of time that you have worked for one company? 3 months - see above about MQ
10. Have you ever continued working for your former company while training with a new company? Yes, all the times. Especially when you are going through training and you are only allowed to type a few limited amount of reports before getting released.
11. Have you ever worked for two different companies (2 part-time or 1 full-time and 1 part-time) during the same time period? For how many months/years did you work for two different companies? No, actually not... but I have been seriously thinking about doing this... just because I am soo tired of many spots with no work.
12. What is your primary reason for applying to a certain company (pay, insurance, flexible schedule, equipment provided, sign-on bonus, referral from another MT, etc)? Equipment provided, flexible schedule, pay, and sign-on bonus in that order.
13. What is your primary reason for leaving a company (cannot maintain minimum required number of lines, not assigned accounts or job types as originally discussed, running out of work too frequently, difficult platform, computer slowness/crashes, management conflicts, QA conflicts, other “bait and switch” type of issues where the MTSO said one thing but you ended up doing something entirely different, personal, family, etc)? In every case (other than MQ see above) it has been the lack of work. These MTSOs all over-hire and cause too many periods with lack of work.
14. Are you really happy at your present company or are you just working there because you are afraid if you try another company it will be worse and not better? How long have you worked at this company? Do you plan to continue working at this company for at least 1 year (of course barring unforeseen personal or professional events). Would you be willing to give the name of your present company? I am not overly happy here at WMX. I am definitely looking for another opportunity, but I am worried about switching. WMX's pay is decent and I am on a very flexible schedule. HOWEVER, we have been running out of work consistently in the past 3 to 4 months and they are still posting job ads on mtjobs!
15. Do you think you will retired as a Medical Transcriptionist (or in the Medical Transcription field, such as an Editor, Supervisor, etc) or do you think you will switch careers at some point before retirement? ABSOLUTELY NOT!! I am sticking this field out for another 26 months when I graduate from nursing school! This field was good for me for these 4 years and will be 6 years. It allowed me to stay home with my kids and not have to put them in daycare and allowed me to take my kids to preschool, but this is not a career for me by any means.
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