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I left a couple of months for the same thing. The prior

Posted By: EX-WEBBER on 2008-01-25
In Reply to: Are well all running out of work? Seems late in Jan for that? Overhiring? Reminds me of the Q... - WebMedX

3 months I was lucky to get in 800 lines a day.  I had a couple of days where I got maybe 4 reports.  I would sit in front of my computer for 12 hours/day, checking every 5 minutes, and still couldn't get my lines with 3 different accounts.


They hire away ahead of time for new accounts and after training they have to do something with them until the account goes live so they put them on other accounts temporarily and then there isn't enough work for the regulars. 


When I first started running out of work I watched the backlog report to see where an account might have a big backlog and there were 3 or 4 who were on OT most of the time, but when I asked to be put on one of those accounts I was told no.  There were many days that it looked like half the accounts had a 0 backlog.  Then they started hiring for 3-day weeks and 4-day weeks so there was no work on weekends to try to make up your lines/hours. 


 




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Worked there for 2 yrs and left a couple months ago.
Couldn't take working with unqualified people any longer. A very unprofessional company.


Just left Precyse a couple months ago and it
was still that same way.  Nothing has changed, but the work coming from India has improved.
Left a couple of months ago and the plan will not
change until end of October.  Do you want family or just employee and children? If I remember correctly - the employee plus child(ren) was running about 225+ a paycheck and family (employee + spouse and/or children) was running high 300s per paycheck.
Has anyone ever left Keystrokes and gone back? I left a few months ago and realize that I made a

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It took a couple of months
I got behind on bills and had to move on.
When I last talked to them a couple months ago, I believe it was
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I hired on there a couple of months ago ...
and it's been a wonderful employment experience.  They were very timely in responding to my resume and setting up an interview, and I had an immediate job offer.  My account is great and so is my manager.  Everything that I was told in the interview has proven to be true.  I plan to make this my long-time home.  I feel so blessed to have found this company. 
I interviewed with them a couple of months ago ...

From what I can remember when I searched the archives they seemed to be one of the better companies.  The recruiter, Rhonda, is great, very friendly, very knowledgeable.  I decided, however, to go with a smaller company, one that focuses on clinic notes, where I have a Mon-Fri schedule and could not be happier. 


Hope that this helps a little. 


I started at amphion a couple of months ago
and I love it! I stay on the same account and never run out of work. They are BEGGING for overtime, which they do pay extra for. The people are so nice and helpful. I would definitely recommend trying them out. Good luck.
I've been following your posts for a couple of months now
and I advised you long ago this was not a reliable service - unless I am mistaken - and I could be.  And my biggest question - are you absolutely positive you will get insurance with them?  Last time I knew they hired ICs only.  Truthfully, I would go for the unemployment and find another job with another service.
They sent an email asking for leads a couple of months ago
Did you try and weren't chosen, or for some reason not want to be a lead?
I left a couple of years ago
From what I heard they still deduct like crazy but maybe they are better now than they used to be.
I do know Webmedx bought TransHealth a couple of months ago. nm
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not matching for a couple years now since I left.
It was just sitting there. Started another 401K with next job. Let it ride say the politicians...yeah, right. Could have done better in Vegas.
I give her a couple more months and she will take a serious nose dive. She has to keep replacing he
and start all over cheating them out of money.
TransTech LOW and NO WORK consistently for many months now, especially within the past couple

of months when they thought they were getting a new account and hired everyone who called or submitted a resume.  There is just NO WORK for all of us anymore.  Lost account, so what did they do -- put those MT's piled on top of us on our primary account. 


TT is in serious trouble, I do believe, financially.  If they are having to pay MANY MT's, but have few accounts, they won't last for long.  Who is TT's financial backer?????   Do they have one????  Who owns TT???  I once heard a real estate broker owned them.  Wonder how much rent they pay on their office in Houston???  Wonder how many $$$$ in bonuses they are giving out to mgmt-type people????


We TT MT's are seriously hurting financially and getting very stressful on our health and livelihood.  We hear absolutely nothing from mgmt about this situation, but *good things* are coming.  You remember when the Q said the same thing to their MT's a few years ago and it was only beneficial to mgmt.  It was a real crock!!!!!


I must say that my job that I used to enjoy beginning my shift every day is now the MOST stressful thing in my life, and we ALL have stressors of one kind of another, admit or not.  TT has become the biggest stress in my life, without a doubt.  A doctor friend of mine and my own personal doctors say that is what my problem is. 


These MTSO's have gotten just as greedy as GMC and all those other HUGE conglomerates!


Any happy Transcenders out there? I know a couple people have left, not sure why. nm

I left Amphion a couple of years ago and never looked back.
It was one of the best moves I ever made.
I left them about 2 months ago. When I (sm)
started with them a year ago, things were great. Then they started lying about things such as pay and work, etc. They screwed me over big time. I had the best account there that I could get 300 lph on and they put me on one that I only got about 120 lph on. Seems a lot of companies do this. I lost all respect for A then.
I left MQ several months ago and
have worked for Landmark since that time. I have had no problems - always plenty of work, always paid on time. ExText is very easy and user friendly.
I left SPI 6 months ago
and I'm REALLY glad that I did! I had about 4 different managers before I left. I don't know where they all went, but they kept leaving! I did both typing and QA for CyMed, and I left in February, which is when all of the SPI changes started becoming more and more noticeable. I am now at Keystrokes and am so much happier being with a company that refuses to outsource, and one that pays for spaces unlike Cymed or SPI did!
I left about 7 months ago
I worked for Cymed for a year, and that was alright, although not exactly the best either. Then, SPi came along a little over a year ago and took over, and that is when things really started to go down hill. I started running out of work almost every single day and my account manager was always changing. They then set up these awful work pools where I would get all of the crap work (heavy ESLs and very short reports that yielded very little lines). I finally left in February and moved on to another company (one that does not outsource) and am so much happier. I bet SPi will fold very shortly if they keep all of their antics up. They have already lost a lot of good sized hospital accounts.
I left MQ a few months ago.
I left MQ a few months ago.  I do have to say, MQ is a good company.  They are flexible with hours and such.  I do not regret leaving, though.  I am now an IC and love it!  Just make sure you leave on good terms in case you might change your mind and want to go back.  They called me quite a few times asking me to return to work for them.  Hope this helped. 
Took them 2 months to know I left...they
even called me after 6 months asking me to work on my day off. Not very organized if ya know what I mean! I don't think I finished my 2 weeks though as I was taking a 2-week vacation before my new job started.
Left MQ, been at WMX about 3 months s/m
They count their lines the same way.  The difference is, I'm typing about 3000 lines a week more now than when I was at MQ, and working less hours, because there is no more cesspool.  I have one account, and no VR, and it is heaven!  I have about 30% ESL, but it's not too bad, you get used to your docs and then they're not too hard.  They have a great QA staff, also.  Very helpful and positive feedback.

I have 12 hours to fit in my 7-8 hours of work (35 hours/week is full time at WMX).  I have heard, however, that they are going to do away with their 12-hour window, unsure if this is true, you can ask a WMX recruiter.  They usually require one weekend day, but this depends on the account you would be assigned to. 

I do acute care only, and we have been swamped!  I am on the Enterprise platform, which means I use their computer.  I have heard this is a better side to be on for steady work flow.  I have been assured that I can have another account, or however many I need, if my account runs out of work.  Haven't seen anything like this yet, though.  WMX also has an amazing incentive program, and it gets even better when your account has backlog.  They sometimes run a special weekend incentive program, and I can make up to 3 cents above my normal pay, and also get paid OT. 

And, the best part, the people at WMX are wonderful!  They are just friendly, friendly, friendly, and very supportive and helpful!  I have had an absolutely positive experience with them, am very happy with the whole package.  No outsourcing, either.

Good luck to you! 
I left after only a few months when

it became painfully obvious they 'assigned' work even though it was supposed to be 'pool' work.  I would bust my a_ _ to work down to the 'good' dictator only to see the whole batch disappear.  It happened several times so I asked her where the files were going and she acted like I was nuts. 


I don't mind doing the ESL and mumblers but don't think it's fair to give all the easy work to 'favorites'.   I have a low tolerance for lies and unfairness, so no, it was not a company for me.  If you are a 'favorite', then you pretty much have it made.  There can only be so many favorites though....someone has to do the crap transcription.


That's why I left there a few months ago sm
And speaking of line counts, when you worked on Mongoose did you ever notice that the estimated count always seemed to lose about half a line when it was finalized? Never could figure that out. Besides the tiered pay system, if you have their insurance you are also penalized by having to pay the extra they pay when you can actually get 10000 lines. I don't know what happened there because they were a great company when I started with them but just went completely down the tubes late last year.
I did not know they lost it. Left months ago though.
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I agree. I left after 3 months. nm
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do you mind saying why you left after 4 months?
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Exactly the same reasons I left too after only 3 months...NM

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Over 1000?! I left there 18 months ago...
..and there were only 300 or so! They hired that many since then?

Ex Recruiter
I left about 3 months ago, but was never paid
shift differential, never paid OT. 
I worked for them for 3 months and left. Always
of full time lines, so no sign on bonus. I had an 80% ESL account and I cared more about the quality, so I made less than 900 dollars a payperiod. Great quality, good for them and my conscience, but not enough money to live on, no sign on bonus and no benefits. I left for a company where I am already far exceeding 900 dollars a payperiod with no sweat. BTW: No incentive or good QA bonuses at Transcend, so that was no help. No differential either. They do pay overtime, but that is not so great when you are trying to make sure you understand multiple foreign accents. Good luck to you.
Shannon left months ago. Nmsg
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I left due to no work for 2 months and they were STILL hiring
when that was going on.  I would stay clear for a while unless you can survive off of 200 lines per day and want to work 24/7 and fight over the lines as they come in.
This could have been my post, but I was only there 3 months & left for same reasons. nm
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I left SPi 8 months ago and still get crap from them in the mail
I recently got a huge packet from them that took up half of my mailbox. It was a bunch of forms they wanted me to fill out and send back to them (tax forms and other SPi stuff). I haven't even worked there since last February! They really are incompetent and have no idea who is still working there and who is not.
Congrats! I left MQ 3 months ago and it is hard to believe
the difference. I am not with KS, but it is nice to feel appreciated once again and to have only 1 account.
I left 6 months ago, but they weren't paying OT then, but

I worked plenty OT. 


I left a few months ago, all my acounts went to India. SM
Try is and see for yourself. They are going VR for the rest. Good luck.I couldn't make a living there.
Left 3 months ago for lack of work
and haven't looked back.  It is just the nature of the beast than when a network of accounts change to VR and MTs are doing more lpd now, there will be less work to spread around.  There were already problems with not having enough work, so I did not wait for the transition to VR  I had already moved down over the previous year from full time to part time because of lack of work.  Glad I made the move because I am also the sole breadwinner for my household and can't afford to go without work.
I've been posting the same thing for a couple of years. I don't understand

why people feel like their company has to provide insurance and they may take a job they hate just for insurance.  Getting your own policy is almost always cheaper and then you aren't tied to a job/company you hate.


If you have pre-existing conditions situation may be different. 


I echo BTDT and left a few months ago. Don't bother. NM
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Lots don't stay. I left six months after the 1/1/06 disaster
In fact, I was so fed up then, I left without having another job. I just jumped away. Glad I didn't stay for the most recent round of changes. Judging from the MQ forum, it doesn't appear to have gotten better at the Q.
Unfortunately I went through the same thing a few months ago.

I had been with the company for years and was loyal to the end.  There had been rumors for months but the owner lied to us when we questioned the rumors and we fell for it.  Getting another job was not hard, but I had been there so many years I was comfortable with the way things were done, the dictators, and while I had not had a raise in 5+ years I made decent money, had an easy platform, etc.


Now 3+ months later I am still not producing the lines I was before due to a different platform and the way they count lines.   I am making 1/3 less than what I did at the previous company, and paying bills was a struggle then. 


 


Going on 2 months of this same old thing at TT.
It is just getting worse and worse with no work/low work situation at TT.  You can make your decision.  Will definitely need more than 1 job.  I would reconsider making TT your first job due to no work for such an extended period.
About 2 months ago, the same thing happened to me.
I needed a core Codecs file located in Windows XP as the one I had was corrupt. You can get the codecs off of your Windows CD.

No audio device will work until you download the Codecs file you need.

Note: This may happen once in a while as files get corrupt from time to time.

Hope that helps.
Same thing that was happening months ago.
Paying late and wrong is a chronic issue for TTS.
Same thing happened to me 2 months ago.
they suck bad

LOTS of favoritism and other unmentionables.
I did the same thing about 6 months ago but am back at sm
Keystrokes again FT. I don't think they are allowing PT (KS) anymore either, so might want to check that first. What type of work do you do?

It was a big mistake for me as it is an IC position. The so-called raise actually cost me more in the long run with taxes. I was making 0.11, which was actually less than the 0.09 that I have at Keystrokes when I counted everyone in.

Just be careful and make sure that you are doing the right thing. A friend of mine left Keystrokes and now they are not rehiring her even though she has been trying for three months! They finally told her to give it up, that she would never be eligible for rehire because of a few things, but she learned a hard lesson.