Well supposed to be working and GUESS WHAT NO WORK AGAIN AT AMHERST MQ. No doubt in my mind that
Posted By: MQMT on 2005-09-03
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they could care less about the MT, if you make money or starve. These people are absolutely crazy. There is no doubt in my mind.
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I don't mind working some. When I work
weekends I'm not on a schedule and I don't usually do a full day, so it isn't too bad. I don't mind working a rotation, but don't want to work every weekend, although I do get a differential for working weekends.
Maybe all of MQ will be like Amherst or maybe so many of us at Amherst have not work they gave us
other accounts in other offices. They sure overhired but a lot have quit because of no work. One thing for sure, you wont get the truth out of your supervisor.
You would think this office would wise up but guess not until it is too late. I am from Amherst and
I guarantee you I am looking. I pity anyone who gets hired by MQ for Amherst. That all situation is an absolute joke. They need to get rid of the people up there responsible for these problems.
Just got a check for a supposed miscalculation of line on DQS for the last 2 years. Guess they
figure they werent going to win that lawsuit. Wonder what else they are going to do. They reduce ASR, they load the accounts with tons of MTs and we need either tons of backups or just a few and then have no work, what next.
Nope, my doc who is supposed to be working at half- sm
schedule due to recent illness popped out 52 minutes today, other doc about 45 minutes....keeping busy.
Do not work for Amherst if you can work for any other office in MQ. It is terrible. They overload
accounts terribly. We are always running out of work or need to have 8 or 9 backups to get lines in. This is the way it is. There may be a few out there that it is different but I do acute care and was just transferred there along with my office and everyone in my office is in the same boat. Not a good deal at all.
Yes I work for AMHERST ALSO and it is 9:30 and no work. Everyone really needs to call Corporate
about this. This will not get any better unless you go to Corporate and complain very loudly and I am very serious about this. Some of us have already done this but it will take all of you to do it. If you dont get a person down there put it on someones voice mail. The human resource manager is Donna Jack at extension 4905 in Mt. Laurel.
RE: ER and work in Amherst
I really can't believe that you made a statement like that. You must be one of the lucky ones in the Amherst office--may I ask how long you have been in that office. I was transferred to Foxboro, kept running out of work, asked to be transferred, and was transferred to Amherst and I am still out of work. I presently have 5 accounts and have been doing ASR when that runs out--how many accounts do you have--are you one of those MT's that have 9 or 10 accounts and that is how you are able to get your lines. We are not unproductive, we just want to have work. When I started with MQ over 8 years ago, I averaged 16000 lines a pay period till the day I was transferred to Foxboro, now I am lucky if I can get to 10000 between all the accounts. One of my accounts that was transferred with me went to another service, the other accounts have been flooded with my MT's then needed, something I was told would never happen when I was transferred.
We are not lazy, unproductive, we just want to be able to work and evidently you have an inside track to all the work. Sometimes people need to vent and this is a good forum for it. Years ago MQ was a good company to work for, that was before all the office closings and all the accounts being lost
you must not work for amherst ofc
don't be so quick to judge
MQ-Amherst-Work
Where is the work?? I have 392 lines for the day--how is anyone suppose to live on this--why do they keep hiring more people when we have no work--I had no work over the holiday week end, no matther what time of the day I tries, did anyone else run into this problem with no work for today??? Why does corp ignore the problems at this office, I transferred out of Foxboro for the same reason, no work and it is no better, if not worse, here.. HELP--this is so frustrating, before I was transferred to Foxboro I could do 15000 lines a pay period and now nothing--what is wrong with these people
Do you work out of Amherst?
Well that is their rule. Only 40 hours a week; Sunday through Saturday. If you don't get your lines in in those 40 hours, Oh Well.
The problem also is that you can be working for 8 hours a day and not get your lines in because there is no work.
I am not going to work 9, 10 or 11 hours to get my lines when they do not have the work for me.
It is a vicious circle and there seems to be no end.
Mind if I ask where you are working? s/m
I'm in the first week of my new job and I'm killing myself to produce lines. Of course I'm still learning, adding expanders, etc. The paid holidays sound pretty good, which is why I asked.
Feel free to email me if you'd prefer.
Thanks!
Good old Amherst and couple with their ridiculous QA point plan. They people in AMHERST ARE NUTS. I
hope MQ loses all of its good MTs and then the hospitals can yell about quality and leave. My account just disappeared after being transferred up there and then find they have hired new people for it.
Does anyone on her work for Amherst MQ and how is that office to work for.
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I don't mind working more than 8 hours a day; however,
I would rather be compensated hourly and not by salary.
Here is what is holding me back also ~ I make a bit more than than 52K a year as an IC and work 6 hours a day, 5 days a week.
I will continue to keep that job as an IC, but I am thinking "wouldn't I'd rather just put more time into that IC job and make more on production than be on a clock making less money?"
PTO includes holidays. So, if I want to take Christmas off, it goes against my PTO hours.
The health insurance benefits are really not that good, though I don't need them at this time. I may in the future and they are not great. No reimbursement if you opt out.
The 401K matches up to 4% - pretty much the same as others.
I don't know ~ There doesn't seem to be anything "special" to convince me to take this job. I was hoping someone would give me their opinion to change my mind!!!
I really need to think this through.
I am also sitting here with no work again from Amherst. I dont believe this.
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Maybe that is where all my work goes. They sure overloaded my accounts in Amherst.
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if you didn't mind working outside the home,
I think retiring MTs should dictate for the doctors !! We'd surely be able to do a better job than some of these other health-field people do, and it seems like easy money to me, if you could just get such a position!
You are lucky because Amherst is always out of work and I know they hired a lot of new people ?? so
just curious about this.
I cannot believe Amherst is still in business with the work they are throwing out filled with blanks
with tons of MTs on all these accounts they cant do well. Dont they have any amount of brains up there. Well what goes around comes around.
I think anyone whose accounts have been transferred to Amherst needs to email Amherst and also to
let their supervisors know at their office if it is still open what is happening here. We also have to deal with no weekend pay, no holiday pay, NO WORK so expected to sit around for holidays for nothing and NO WORK and their QA and no blanks situation when we are on 8 accounts. This is an absolutely ridiculous situation and Corporate needs to be made aware of it and if they do nothing then I hope MQ loses all its MTs and accounts for all the blanks and poor quality work that does back to the hospitals. That is always what happens when you do this.
Guess what?! It's working now! yay.... NM
NM
ah, let me guess, you are working for MQ!!!!????
I was somewhere between 15 and 20 accts there, with vastly different CPs. Its virtually impossible to do really well under those circumstances. I did have lots of Expander 'fragments', chunk phrases used all the time. I had my CPs printed out, and highlighted the differences from my most familiar/main account, so i could see at a glance what i needed to keep in mind on that acct. It will affect your line count, and worse still, your attitude and stress levels. There are better jobs to be had out there...
I doubt any of them work with a MAC - sm
tell her to research it, I would not waste my time on it. Have her look up Gearplayer, Bytescribe, ExpressScribe, etc. and check out their websites herself. I would be very surprised if any of them are MAC compatible.
I dont mind working 1 of the weekend days every week.
I just figure people get sick and doctors have to work them..
That is the way it is supposed to work,
but if the OP is like me, she can't afford for them to find someone else.
I would suggest asking for a raise. The worst that can happen is that they will say no, in which case I would start looking for another job that will pay more. Once found, I would offer a two-week notice. Many of them will not want you to work after that, but if they do, I would work my butt off for two weeks and have extra money for Christmas. Win-win!! 
nm would you mind if I asked where you work and what type of work hosp, clinic ?
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Let me guess ... 10 guys standing around and 1 working!!
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And we were supposed to finish school and work FT (sm)
after being offered a job making $25/hr. with full benefits and supposedly a future? And now we're supposed to go back to school at 50 y/o because of this govt? Are you with the illuminati or what?
This happens to be 2006. There are many, many people who did not finish school because they were offered jobs that paid quite well. Unfortunately, those jobs are now being given to illegals, etc., remember "the jobs that Americans won't do?"
I won't be going back to school, I made enough money. 
I seriously doubt that type of work is as complex as medical reports.
nm
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NEVER MIND...IT DOES NOT WORK. nm
nm
I work almost every weekend, but I don't mind so much. sm
I don't have a husband or kids, and I'd rather work and let others be off, if possible. It would be different if I worked in an office every weekend, but somehow, working at home, it doesn't seem so bad. I can get up early, get my work done, and have most of the day left if I want to do something.
Sorry that you're unhappy with it. Just part of the business, I guess. 
Would you mind sharing who you work for?
Please email me if you're not willing to post it. Tx.
Which office do you work for if you dont mind.
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what company do you work for if you dont mind saying?
I have not yet done it, but from what I hear its on the horizon. To me it sounds wonderful, being able to free up your hands. What do you find to be the biggest problem? Are you losing money? Does it cater to your own voice? Do you have at least an option of typing the whole thing out or how do you do corrections?
Maybe you should just hang in there, unless you're really losing money. From what i've heard, it takes months to master, but once you do, you'll be making double or even triple what you're making now.
I work every holiday -- don't really mind, but would be nice to have extra pay. sm
When I worked for YOG, we got holiday pay and weekend differential. I guess those days are gone. Now, I'm just expected to work every holiday and every weekend and smile and say thanks for letting me be your slave.
I should probably stay away from the boards today ... Guess I'm Bad Mood Betty! (ha)
Work some holidays - don't really mind during the winter months, but
when summer rolls around, I am at the beach on the holidays and do not work them. As an IC, we get nothing extra as far as $$ just the extra work.
Can't complain - have plenty of work all of the time.
would you mind sharing how to get started with this type of work
typing insurance claims? Thanks
Don't mind extra work as long as it is not abusive
I used to always work my shift and then try to do 2-3 early Sunday mornings. I was stopped from doing that because we could not work more than 40 hours. If there is help needed after my 40 hours I certainly do not mind helping out when needed - as long as this does not become abusive and you are expected to be available 10, 12 or more hours a day, night, and weekends. I have been there and it just got out of hand. I am comfortable with less than 50 hours a week.
Mind is willing to work but legs and back aren't cooperating.
Any cures for MT body aches?
Also, hoping there is more work.... but guess what!
Just got up to start my shift 1 a.m.- and there is no work in the system?
Pay depends on where you work, I guess.
I know if I have a midnight deadline, it's 4:00 a.m. my time because I'm on the east coast and my national is out of California.
Good luck with the 3rd shift. I was thinking of that myself, but my husband has been doing 3rd shift for 7 years and I do first shift and we tell everyone that's why we get along so good.
P.S. He usually tries to keep his all night routine on the weekends, (his shift is 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.M- Th) but sometimes he'll stay up on Friday morning and go to bed at 11:00, but it messes him up sometimes because his week starts Sundays with a 12 hour third shift from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. You'll get used to it. He loves it. No alarm clocks. No morning rush.
I guess SOMEONE is satisfied with where they work (sm)
I guess you would need to ask the MTs at the company you work for.
nm
And when the US MTs refuse to work for that guess
where the work will go?
I guess maybe it depends on who you work for...
All I know is my boss is well aware of every single report that I proof every single day. I have specific accounts that are my sole responsibility, so if an error like this drug mistake got through on one of my docs' reports, it would be easy to know who saw it last.
I guess she mistook the work for a Nathans Hot Dog.
LOLOLOLOL
I guess I should say who work for a company that has you travel
to different on-site facilities and work for a few weeks providing all travel expenses and then on to a different facility?
I guess I am unfamilar about the rules of an IC. I work
through a company that has the clinic as a client. Do those same rules apply. When I was hired by the company I was hired as a part time IC.
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