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I only worked there briefly, but great people, and pay always on time. sm

Posted By: LTMT on 2009-02-17
In Reply to: DTS America in Tennessee? - MTinTX

They do have a thing where you have to get a paper check for the first 90 days, then you can have direct deposit.   The account that I was on used ExText.


Hope this helps.  Good luck. 




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I worked there part-time briefly. People are very nice to deal with, sm
and pay was okay.  You had to wait 90 days to get direct deposit, and until then checks were mailed, which is a bit of pain, but they were always on time.  I didn't care that much for my account, but the leader was always quite helpful.  They must be a bit disorganized, though, as I still get messages from the help desk to help out, and I have been gone at least 3 months!  And the help desk is apparently in India, if that makes any difference to you. 
I only worked there briefly, and I was part-time, but the pay was so-so, sm
and you had to work there 90 days before you could have direct deposit.  However, the paper checks were always on time.  The lead on my account was great, as was everyone I dealt with.  The platform used was ExText, although I do not know if they use that for all accounts.  The help desk is apparently in India or somewhere, and communication must not be so great as I have been gone for several months and I still get calls to help out on one of the accounts.  Good luck!
I worked for them PT briefly -- nice people but sound quality was awful. sm

That was a long time ago, though, and things could have changed.  If I remember, they paid decent wages.


Good luck. 


I worked for them briefly on a part-time basis. sm

The people are absolutely GREAT, and the account I had was not difficult.  I thought their platform was a bit cumbersome and I could not import my abbreviations into their expander, so my line count took a hit.   They paid better than some, though, at 9-1/2 cpl.


 


Good luck.


I worked part-time for them VERY briefly. GEMMS system is cumbersome sm

and difficult and slow to work with, I thought.  I love cardiology, but this was not a good experience.  Perhaps others have had more positive expeiences with the company. 


If you like cardiology, you might try Cardioscribes.  I think they are a great company and the system is easy to use.



Good luck!


 



Great little company..I worked there for a short time, IC, and pay always on time, great owner too!
I had good dictators, they use FTP, and I had a 12-hour window to return the work.
Worked for them years ag. GREAT people to work for. nm
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I worked there briefly. sm

I wasn't that crazy about their platform -- seemed slow and rather klunky, but maybe I just did not stay long enough to give it a chance.  Pay was a bit low, I thought (9 cpl), but it was always paid ontime and with direct deposit.  The people there are absolutely GREAT to work with, in my opinion.  You could definitely do worse.  (I was only working part-time and took a better paying job, in case you're wondering why I would leave if it was so great.)



Good luck!


May I ask why you only worked there briefly?
Was considering an offer from them.
I worked for p.r.n. briefly....sm
Nice people, husband and wife, but I found their word flagging/log keeping/bill payment methods to be extremely tedious and time consuming. This was a couple of years ago, so maybe they've changed things since.
Not sure if I can be of help, because I only worked for MQ briefly sm
and that was only part-time a long time ago, so I cannot really compare the two. The first week I trained for my PT position at MQ, though, I ran out of work 3 times -- that was enough for me!

I cannot say that Transtech is a good fit for everyone -- I doubt any company can say that -- but they have been great to me. The benefits are good and getting better as they grow, it seems. The pay is about average nowadays, I guess (admittedly, I always think it should be more), but the incentive plan is nice, and it is easy to achieve. I have plenty of work, which is a major plus for me. The few times I ran out on my primary, I have a secondary account as backup. The people in management are friendly and supportive, and genuinely care about the employees. That is not a necessity, I suppose, but it certainly is a nice plus for me. After over 30 years as an MT, I hope I have found a place I can call home and stay.

Good luck to you as you try to make choices and find the place that's right for you.
I worked for them briefly....sm
Because I have limitations due to health problems, I just could not handle the very high number of ESLs.....it was too stressful for me, but there was always work in the account that I was placed on, just couldn't handle the stress.
I worked there briefly

Super nice people.  QA was really nice and helpful.  The account I was on was a big group of long term care hospitals. I worked in the evenings, so I had a lot of facilities feeding in to me. They do that to make sure that the people who work in the evenings don't have to worry about running out of work.   That part made it difficult, though, because I rarely had the same dictator twice.  Heavy ESL, at least on the account I was on.  You spell everything out - everything.  Even normal abbreviations like PEG and PICC.


They are all about the BOS.  That's probably what I had the hardest time with.  I want things to be right just as much as the next person, but it got to the point where I was stressing so much about stylistic issues that I was making content errors.


It was a fairly new type of work for me, so I had to look up a lot of bacterias and pulmonary phrases that I didn't know before, which slowed me down initially.


It wasn't a good fit for me, but someone with more experience than I've got would probably do well there. The platform is something they call IType (I think) which wasn't any better or worse than any of the other couple of platforms I've worked on.


 


I worked there briefly
From what I understand, and if anyone knows different PLEASE correct this post, Landmark does all overflow work for various facilities. I'm assuming the account itself moved the work to India rather than Landmark offshoring it.

Again, if I'm incorrect about LM only handling overflow work, please let me know. Not trying to stir the pot or bad mouth the company at all, just not positive.


I worked there briefly PT about 9 months ago. sm

I did clinic work, for which I was paid 7-1/2 cpl (you get 1 cent more for acute care, I think), which was extrmely low for IC work, but the work was easy, and I liked that they paid every week.   The wav files are downloaded from an FTP site along with the appt list for the doc you are assigned, then your finished work is  uploaded to the FTP site.  There was no special platform, just Word.   I don't know about how the hospital side was done.  The people there are great, and the QA people are friendly and helpful.  The pay was always on time, direct deposit. 


Hope this helps!  


I worked for Transolutions briefly for about
their cpl, insurance and incentives were decent but they ALWAYS OVERHIRE and then your stuck with nothing to do.  There are much better companies out there.  Are they looking again?  I don't see the posting on this website.
Great bunch of people to work with, pay on time, my only problem is that QA is paid by line instead
of by the hour and you must listen to all reports 100% instead of just jumping and filling in the QA markers.
I worked briefly for a temp agency.
They actually sent me out on a hospital job where I was paid hourly so that is the only experience I have. It was not production based or anything. They just needed some extra help getting caught up. It was mostly H&Ps and operative notes. The hourly rate was not bad...really not that much less than what I was making at home and they ended up offering me a full-time job as an employee, but I wanted to stay home work because of kids..
Worked for her briefly, that not paying for lines.sm
that sucks!!!! you make NO money that way.  But when I did work for this place, i never had a pay issue problem, just could not stand not getting paid for spaces.
I worked for TransTech briefly and it's not them. But I've never read that about
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I worked for them briefly, and (apparently amazingly) did get paid. sm

BUT, it is not worth the time.  The work was easy -- clinic work -- and I was already famliar with Bayscribe, so I thought maybe it would justify taking a lower rate of pay (8-1/2 cpl, I think) as the ease of the work would result in more lines.  WRONG ... Their method of line counting hurts you tremendously.  They do not pay for spaces, and then add in 10%.  At MDI, I average 300-350 lines per hour doing acute care.  With eTranz's method of line counting, I only did 250 lines with my fingers flying!  SO ........ WAY less pay, much fewer lines ... didn't make sense to jump ship for that. 


And, I must say, I found their QA person to be very snippy/snotty.  Any questions I had were usually met with some kind of sarcastic reply.  No one needs that. 


If I had seen all of the warnings about no pay, I would not have even considered the position in the first place.  Sometimes I suffer from the is the grass greener somewhere else syndrome, but I never leave because fact is, it isn't (for me, that is).


Good luck in your job search.  :-)


Who did they outsource too? Seems like I briefly worked for a company that did ER for a hospital in
either Wyoming or Montana. I cant remember.
I worked briefly (emphasis on brief) for a company once who gave in-house sm

employees more benefits than the people at home, stating that working at home was a benefit in and of itself, and, unfortunately, those needing to work at home because of family or other reasons apparently bought into it.  And yes, somewhere along the way, a lot of people have seen medical transcription at home as a bunch of mommies sitting in their jammies, bouncing babies on their knees.  Not that there is anything wrong with it, but I think that is sometimes why they feel free to pay low wages, give little or no benefits, etc.  They view it as mommy making pin money or whatever.  For most of us, obviously, that is not the case.  The women I know who work at home and have children are every bit as professional as someone you'd find in an office.


I pointed out to this company that by working at home instead of in their office, I saved them the money for office space and the need to provide equipment, office furniture, resource materials, etc., and I didn't understand how that added up to me getting LESS benefits than those in-house.  Needless to say, I did not stay long.


I do not have children.  I work at home simply because I can make more money beign paid by the line than being paid by the hour, which is what is offered for in-house positions where I live.  When my mom began having health problems a few years ago, it was a blessing as I was able to flex my time and be there for her when she needed me, so I fully understand how much moms appreciate having the flexibility to be there for their families.  It is sad in general how much the pay scale and benefits have gone down for the profession over the years.  I made more 15 years ago than I make today, but then again there was not the competition from overseas, voice recognition, etc. back then.  I guess everything changes and all we can do is try to adapt.


As I am writing this, I realize I probably got way off topic.  Guess I should get ready for my shift and burn off some of this energy.   Hope everyone has a happy productive day.  Remember, we're all on the same side.



Have to punch a clock at Webmedx too. I even worked briefly for a place sm

that had a little popup window come up when you had been gone too long and you had to fill in the reason why you were gone.  A little bit too Big Brother for me. 


If a company does not make overtime mandatory, and I simply want to make some extra money and get some more lines in, I ought to be able to do so without the company being forced to pay me time and a half.  Sometimes we shoot ourselves in the foot demanding this and demanding that, and soon we end up with less than we had before ....but that is just my opinion.


They used to be McCoy Business Services. I worked briefly for them when I lived in Louisville. SM

I don't remember anything specifically negative about them.  Just that the pay was kind of low and I didn't stay long because of that.  The work was okay.  Mostly local accounts from the Louisville area.


Sorry, the older I get, the shorter my memory.  I can barely remember yesterday! 


Webmedx fits that bill, great company, great benefits, great pay and always on time. NM
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System great, pay good, everything great, but most managers from old Edix, problems, poor people ski
when you are out of work, you are out of luck. If you are good at brown-nosing, are tough enough to be without any self-esteem, and have maybe money coming into the household on the side in case you tick someone off, then you may succeed, for a little while.

Don't ever ask questions or have problems with anything. Don't ever have a problem. Don't think you will have any control over anything you do, either.

A few 'good' managers remained when I left, but the new ones were all from the old Edix, and were completely into numbers, cared nothing for individual MTs...if there is work, you BETTER be working. If there no work, you will hear nothing, no one will help you.
I worked for a temp agency for 3 years..LOVED it. Just worked. No counts, no hassels, GREAT pay..
No benefits at the time.  I even learned pathology while temping (8 months on that assigment).  I loved the variety, the ability to say I'm not available such and such time.  I'd do it again in a heartbeat if I didn't need benefits.
I worked for SS and some people were very RUDE and I am talking about the editing people in some
instances.  It ALL depends on the person, as it does with any company.  They paid on time and the lady over me was very nice, but boy the person in QA was mean to EVERYONE!!  Never seen anything like it before.
MDI-Maryland is an excellent company, pay on time all the time, great line rate.
I left also because I went out and got my own client(s).
They are very nice people.

The only negative I can think of were the e-mails from the owner say work, work, work, we are out of TAT.

Other than that, which is very minor, it was a good experience.
DVHP gives vacation time to part-time people. nm
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Great, there are people out here who...

are the sole support of their families (who usually need to eat regularly, wear clothes and shoes and need electricity and other "luxuries."


You would tell someone in that position to be grateful for the opportunity to spend time with their children in that case?  How much quality time can a parent have with kids if they are worried about paying the bills?


Great people....
I was hired by Alltype a couple of weeks ago.  Everyone is professional and friendly.  They pay excellent and they hire both employee and IC status.  When the account that I was hired for was having technical problems they offered me an hourly wage compensation becuase it was not my fault.  Now thats a company that cares about their transcriptionists.  I'm pretty sure I'll be with them for a long, long time.
Great people nm
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These people who think 40K is great sm

weren't around when this was a real career, when the pay scale was 11 cpl+ as an employee with benefits and a normal amount of paid time off during the year, equipment provided by the company, internet paid by the company.


Fast forward from then until today and what you have is a clerical job with clerk salary.


Yep. Great people.
I worked for them many, many years ago, but absolutely love the owner, Cindy, and her husband. (Back then, not sure about now), the pay was great and I felt like a member of the family. Highly recommended.
The people are great to work with
and the pay is good and on time. I do find the work isn't as steady as I'd like though, but hey, that's the MT business, right?
Pay is a bit low, but great bunch of people. sm

Clinic work is super easy -- 7 to 7-1/2 cpl -- and I think acute care pays 8-1/2 cpl.  They pay once a week, direct deposit, work is done in Word.


Hope this helps.



 


Great for some maybe....but they are nice people...nm
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That was great. My heart goes out to the MDI people, too. nm
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Seems like the problem is becoming more widespread. Well, the people that think MQ is so great may
not after they are in the same situation. You know, things are great until they arent. One thing is for sure, it will change and all these people that are getting bonuses etc with tons of work are bound to be right along with us in the very near future. Guarantee it. MQ is after very VERY short TAT and so that will become companywide as it is already. Cant run a 1 hour TAT and have people not running out of work constantly. That also is a given.
Great people..AWFUL platform!!!nm
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Consider yourself in the inner circle. She is great to people she likes but
quite the opposite if she does not. There is no pattern either, all a whim. I am lucky that she likes me, but I am afraid that the knife will someday be in my back.

JLG as a company has been great to me. Do not let the recruiter spoil the opportunity to work for a great company. Just grin and bear it because once you are in, you do not have to deal with her.
I work for Allegiant too - great people and a
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Yes, some really great, talented people have left, and that's
always a danger sign to me. If upper management keeps being mentioned as a reason these good people are leaving, somebody should take notice. This company seems to be hemorrhaging talent and keeping an incompetent, power-hungry suit. It's hard to know whether to leave or stay. I would not recommend them to anyone right now.
Great people, IC only, low pay, easy accounts, sm

direct deposit, paid weekly, always on time.


Hope this helps.  Good luck!


Good! Great people to work for!
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Just by posting that here will help a great deal of people
Thank you!
Forever, people had 2 jobs, not just MTs. And great
This is what i mean by you pilot your life, your life shouldnt just be floating you thru life.  Over the course of about 2 years, I have made conscious effort to make my life work for me. Figured out what platforms I like, what type accts.  What kind of equipment works best for me, how to efficiently handle docs and files.  In word based platform, I am Speedy Gonzales as far as how I get in and out, how I process docs. Still spend same amount of time on actual edit and type, those you can only do so fast and be correct but all other aspects, I am fast. You find your fit, which is not a one size fits all.  But, working 2 jobs is not the territory of onlyl the MT world. My dad did it while my mom also worked as RN. 
I worked for them several years ago and they were great but
I've seen postings that they use outdated equipment and programs that make it difficult to keep up with a decent line count.

But when I worked there I was very happy.
If you never worked there, then how do you know they're great?
???