How many accts did you experience in 3 days? Been there for a few months and so far so good. I find
Posted By: shortcake on 2008-08-12
In Reply to: I wouldn't advise anyone to work there! It was...sm - No rumors but....
but compared to where I was the lines sure do add up, and I absolutely love my acct, supervisor, tech people and QA! All have been great!!
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Are any MTs still with Precyse that complained of losing their good accts a few months ago? If so,
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Offered pay for 6 months experience... any good?
I got offered a position to type some reports in a specialty I have been typing for 6 months. I was offered 7cpl for 65 character line. Does not pay for hard returns, tabs, empty lines, headers, footers are not paid. Spaces between words are.
At my other position I was getting 6cpl including hard returns.
How do I figure out if this new offer is equal or better than what I already had?
Yes, I know neither are high paying. I am new to the industry, only finished my course 7months ago. BUT, this particular specialty is easy for me and I have very high marks with QA.
Any and all advise is welcome. Thanks!
Guess we all can't be put on good accts. Gotta be there at the right time. Both of my accts.
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I've been on OT all but 2 days the past 4 months. If work is slow
that just means we get a chance to get caught up with TAT. Get paid for downtime too if no work.
It is true. Any job has its good days and bad days.
Perhaps you'd like to just keep your old job and try this one out. Just because a poster here is crabbing about it, or even if as in the past there have been negative posts, odds are that there are very happy people who don't even post or know that this board exists. As Alice says. Everything is relative. The fact that this company is hiring and pays may be a place which is a blessing. As opposed to digging ditches on day labor for example. Or somebody might prefer digging ditches. This is just an example. Sometimes we who are employable, even though we don't make as much as we used to in this business, or as much as we would like to, we still if working at home do not pay for gas to go to work, career clothes, deal with office politics, have to look at a boss who writes us up if we are a minute late, etcetera. I don't make half as much as I used to, but I don't send my 3 children to day care which by the way saves us money. SO I remind my husband I am worth that in addition to my salary if I had a job outside. No job is perfect. I am not even sure if Focus is any good or not, I have not worked there. But if one poster says there are good days and bad, I say that is the most honest answer you are going to get anywhere, and if you need a job badly, how is it to hurt trying it out, until you know for sure for yourself? THanks for listening. But sometimes this board gets to be a bit much with the agendas of people railing on other people like the OP here who just wanted all opinions instead of just one side. Balance is always great. And, if things seem lop-sided, then it is a good thing to seek out both sides. IMHO.
I think they would. Those are good days for 10-hour days. sm
I have a set schedule but it is Tues-Sat and it works well for me. It wouldn't hurt to ask!
I have no good accts, all ESL. nm
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Find out if there will be increases. I know that KS starts most at 8 cpl but after 90 days sm
gives an increase based on performance the 1st 90 days. I have been there several years and make 10 cpl but a friend of mine left MQ a year ago and started at 8 cpl and is now at 9 cpl.
I can't find any info. I applied a few days sm
ago and have heard nothing. Curiosity is getting the best of me.
my experience over the last 3 months
Hiring process: Recruiter flexible when I asked for late, then days, then late shift - I was offered shift differential. They were willing to hire me for acute care when my most recent experience was radiology (but over 20 years acute prior to that).
Type of work/platform, etc: Software platform, very easy to learn/work with. Not sure about tech support (knock wood, have not needed) but they do not have 24 hour QA so questions on late shift, you email and wait til next day. They do have IM system. I would have preferred more contact to start but was told - if you don't hear anything, you are doing okay. I was given a secondary account simply by asking when work was low late night on primary. My accounts - low on ESLs.
Pay: Average rate, direct deposit - you send in computer generated invoice. Small discrepancy with training pay resolved quickly.
Overall, it was a good choice for me.
*good morning* !! Accts are not named here! NM
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12 yrs experience, offered 8.5 cpl in the last 6 months. :( nm
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for six months experience, one speciality sm
pay is good EXCEPT for not paying for headers, footers (if you actually type the info in). Empty lines are not paid obviously. A tab is a keystroke, should be paid. Spaces in between words are being paid and should. Not bad for 6 months. You will get there!
I started there about a month ago. My two accts are good. Not sure on the switching nm
You were given too many specialties/accts to make any good money.
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12 hour window on my accts - pay for acute good. (sm)
Work flow steady, weekend and shift differentials, OT offered at times.
I think things are different for some people depending on the TAT and specifics for their accounts.
Talk to a recruiter, they can give you much more info.
I hated it there, they sent good accts to India (spheris global). nm
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Doesn't sound too bad to me with 7 months experience. I have 26 years' exp and get 11.5. nm
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Pay offered last year was 8 cpl/w on 1100 lpd. Some posters said they lost all their good accts
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Most people get lucky and get good accts. I was also one put on an acct that had me leaving para
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Actually, rad is not my only experience, I just find
that I am getting burnt out on acute care only and enjoyed rad and would like to go back to that at least for now. I do realized that rad is extremely vulnerable to VR, but I still need a change of scenery so to speak. Thanks for the advice so far!
I'm sorry about your experience - you'll always find at least one QA
person like that. If you are only hearing negative, you may also want to consider this: QA usually also have a very high quota of reports to meet per day and don't have time to give extensive feedback a lot of the times so you will only hear if you are doing something wrong - does that help at all? Consider no news on the others good news.
How are the MW accts that use the ExText? Good sound? Lots of work? Acute care or clinic? Thx. nm
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Can't seem to find any information on MD-IT. Does anyone have any experience with this company?
:-)
My experience exact opposite- Me willing work 6 days, regular sched, 100% QA last review- Company: N
Me: Ready, willing and able to work 6 days a week, regular schedule, 100% QA my last review, on all ESL's doctors.
Companies: No work. All ESL work. All the worst dictators. No work, did I mention that. Don't want to buy new software or any software to help the MT. Ridiculous formatting rules to decrease my line count. Low line count rate. No holiday pay. Have to work holidays.
Your post was way, way out of line. Maybe you work for a great company, SO tell us who it is.
I've tried 10 companies in 10 years, and they were all the same. Pick my brain and make me work hard, hard, hard for ? 150 lines an hour with ALL ESL, poor sound quality, and then don't really want to pay for the 150 lines, want to jiggle and wiggle it down to 120 or less with rules.
That is what I just said. !0 days PTO, period. That includes vacation, sick days and personal days
They should have paid holidays so that you are paid if you take off. Also should inculde extra hours for sick days and personal days.
That annual raise of .002 is kind of a joke especially when at the same time they upped the minimum line requirement from 10,000 lines to 12,000 lines.
OSi just does not have the qualified people in management positions that I wish to work for.
I am glad that you are happy at OSi and all is working out for you. Their dishonesty and the way they treat people just does not work for me.
Of course they can get by cheaply by hiring unqualified people so that is very good for the owners.
Yes it did; those were the good old days.nm
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Yes, Sundays are good days for me too...sm
Just wait until you work on busy days during the week, especially if you work second shift, which for some reason seems to be when they like to dictate long reports such as MRI.
Yes...these days that is good for a new grad.
Unfortunately at first many new grads can only do 100 or less lines an hour but it is NOT bad to start since many, shall we call them sweatshop companies, are offering 4 or 5 because it's a mentoring experience.
Ahhh, the good ole days.
I must admit, reading your post automatically put a smile on my face--until it was replaced by the reality of today.
If only they'd go back to us being expected to do it and do it right or be gone. Our pay would probably increase again as well.
WP51 - the good old days
There is a lot of different discussions about transcription platforms. In the good old days, I used WP51 with Smartype. Nothing, I mean nothing, will ever be as fast. Those days are long gone. Technology is supposed to be a good thing, but it is funny how in this case all this new technology is actually more cumbersome when it comes to transcription and productivity. I miss the good old dinosaur days of WP51. Man, I could rack out the work! BUT, things being as they may, I have to make the best of it and work with what I have. I so far have found one of the best platforms to be Bayscribe. I hated DocQScribe - yuk! Just thought I would share.
Back in the days of YOG FN didn't have a good
name either. Your post shows just how unprofessional FN is and surely does not entice anyone to apply with your company. Even if what the person posted is not true, you could have chosen to take the high road, but instead you took the low road.
Pay is good, platform very easy. Got line count within days. (sm)
The people you work with/for are extremely helpful. There is an incentive plan which they will explain to you during interview process. No 401 match - that is a bummer. First year PTO only a few days, but picks up the next year.
Apply and have the recruiter go over it all with you. It is well worth the time.
Good luck.
RE: I've been with Transform for 2 months and so far, so good. Nice people to work with, (sm)
pay is on time, direct deposit, etc.
No I am not a troll, but I did find a job. Good for me
I found a job as a medical secretary and that is good enough for me right now. It is not the best situation, but I will get some SUM tapes and practice. Thanks for the advise.
Good luck wherever you go...hopefully you find the right fit for you...
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Let us know if you find it!! Good luck...nm
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Why test to find out their pay is not good?
The recruiter should answer the question regarding pay before wasting time on testing. JMO.
Been there 9 months and LOVE it!!! Plenty of work, good platform, great staff.
I finally found a home.
Good luck!. When you find the company, let us know. sm
I'm in the same boat. 
I have been looking and hope to find a good 'home' soon! NM
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i didn't find the communication to be good
well, it was as long as i said everything was rosey. Soon as things weren't so perfect, they became much less than friendly.
Does anyone know anything (good or bad) about DTS America? Haven't been able to find anything at
Find another job immediately - Not a good situation. Been there, done that. nm
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That's about as good as you're going to find .. grab it (nm)
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Good company, for sure. Find one where you're SM
consistently safe from overhiring--and then come back and give all the rest of us the name. In the meantime, for me at Webmedx most days have plenty of work, although some days require adjusting my schedule during the day to the work flow.
You know, evolving electronic capabilities and patient needs have now led hospitals--our employers' clients--to expect the very quick turnaround needed. Years past have taught home MTs we can work when it suits us. Is it any wonder that MTSOs are currently doing their best to deal with these realities by overhiring when needed? Webmedx is trying to stabilize this situation to everyone's benefit--economic at least for us--by pushing its MTs to meet our commitment of hours per week while still allowing some flexibility.
I'm MsIndigo and I approved this ad. :) Best wishes whereever you land.
Do you find that you are able to earn a good income with them?
Do you have ample work, or do you often have to resort to MT work to fill the time?
Anyone find Oracle to be a good company?
I was just referred to Oracle Transcription Services. Is this a good place to consider switching to as an IC, as this is all they hire. The flexible schedule of an IC definitely appeals to me.
Anyone find a good home at Softscript?
Any feedback appreciated.
Good - Find someone else to spew your venom at
You must really have a heart on for LandMark the way you jumped all over MY post when there are a few posts in this thread that said the same thing I did about companies going to VR. I said NOTHING NEGATIVE about LandMark.
You're obviously someone with a shell of a life who has nothing better to do than LOOK for reasons to start internet squabbles to make yourself feel superior in that delusional little world you've carved out for yourself, probably eating en and Jerry's by the quart and rarely seeing the light of day.
I feel sorry for you.
Do yourself a favor and step away from keyboard and get some sunlight on occasion. Perhaps you're lacking in vitamin D.
Gee, I tried real hard to find those good posts,
but all I could find, in addition to the other complaints already listed, were complaints about being in the "middle of an 11-minute job when it was pulled and given to someone else," "There has to be a better way NOT to make a living," "I know I am going to end up on food stamps," complaints of no compensation for down time and BTXT being down and MTs not being notified.
If there were one or two positive comments about it on there somewhere, they are certainly overshadowed by all the justified negativity, outrage and frustration that's there.
I wouldn't wish this company on my worst enemy, and you should be ashamed of yourself if you recommend that anyone apply there for employment these days. It used to be a good company, and like the song says, "Used-to-be's don't count any more." Although I don't expect them to "bring me flowers" I do expect to be able to earn a living wage, and those days are quickly disappearing.
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