MQ board - the cyber watering hole

The Medquist board is a lot like going out to a bar after work with a lot of people from work and shooting the bull (minus the drinks, of course).  You fast learn who the relentlessly negative people are as well as the relentlessly positive (as in Pollyana with pink glasses).  Not interested in either of those extremes - then don't open their posts, just like you wouldn't sit with such people or engage them in conversation in the bar.  There are people who offer concrete advantages to Medquist just as there are people who offer concrete disadvantages.  The more you read, the more you see a pattern to both.  These are the most helpful.  There are people that offer useful tips in dealing with the software and increasing production.  No, not every Transcriptionist at Medquist knows about this board, but that doesn't tell you anything about how they feel about the company.  It only tells you that they don't know about the board.

The only paid training I had was for the original ASR class.  For DQS, I was mailed a VCR tape and an instruction booklet.  For refresher ASR classes, it was on my own time.   

There is flexible part-time under 24 hours as I am considering going to that myself.  Since I am already an employee, I have the advantage of being able to ask my supervisor what her expectation is for that position since the consensus seems to be that the reality of the position will be determined that way.  What a new person should expect - quite honestly, who knows?

Best of luck in whatever you decide.

• Medquist Part-Time and new employee training - JenZ
  • They do have flexible part-time positions- but - MT2
    • Just quoting what I was told by MQ.... - CindiRI
      • No, they are actually 2 different positions - 24h PT and 20h PT (20 is the flex one)
        • Please stop with wrong info. LOL - Chdck your facts first.
  • I agree with poster below, but for some answers - see message
    • Nope. No 20hr position. Please don't give wrong info. - lol
      • There is a part-time and a flexible part-time, just left there and they offered - kate
      • are you sure? - see message
        • You're getting warmer! - lol
  • Have you read the posts on the MQ board?? You might - want to re-think such a move right now. NM
    • Can't go by that board. Only a small fraction of sm - MQMT
      • MQ board - the cyber watering hole - Glory1863
    • part-time - gl
      • Not exactly true. Your friend might want to re-read sm - MQMT
      • They do have less hours, but it is - MT2

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Thanks so much, Moderater, for this post.  In my opinion, it should be posted on every board.  I hesitate to come to this web site now because of all the negativity that I see on it on a regular basis.  People posting cannot even ask a simple question anymore without being attacked by some other poster.  And I am really weary of seeing posters correcting spelling whenever they see a mistake that is quite often, and obviously, simply a typo.  There is not one of us who is perfect and who absolutely never makes a mistake, and I really don't care how long one has been in the business.  I have been a transcriber for close to 20 years; I take great pride in my work and I have a great reputation, but I think I would be quite foolish to think I never, ever make an error or a typo, that I know more than the doctors know about medicine (and that is not to say that I do not question something if I think there has been a mistake made by a doctor), or that I know every possible thing there is to know about medicine. 

We should be helping each other out on this site rather than taking all the bad feelings we have about our own jobs and life situations and turning them against others who are in the same profession and working just as hard, for just as many hours, and for just as little pay.  You are exactly right, Moderator, about the cyber-bullies who pretend to have some inside information on other posters and who claim to know more than anyone else.  The bickering back and forth on these boards is simply out of control.  What I don't understand is how these cyber-bullies have the time to jump all over every poster they don't like or whom they feel the need to ridicule. I cannot imagine having the time to have a cyber argument over a petty matter where I would have to keep posting my nasty comments to someone I do not even know.   For me to take the time to write this post is difficult and cutting into my transcribing time, but I am doing it because I think it is important to support you, Moderator, in this instance because I think this site could be so much more useful to many of us if there were not all of these personal issues popping up.  However, would I have the time to stop and correct someone's typo or to insult someone I don't even know?  I don't think so.  I am way to busy for that. 

I think that the majority of people who use this site have something positive and constructive to contribute and it really bothers me when I see some of these people abused for no reason at all.

So, again, thank you for your post, Moderator.  It's about time someone pointed this out.

the first page of the Company board will be removed to open up space for other companies to post.  Enjoy the new Medquist board set up for you.

Thank you,

Administrator

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I never see any postings from MTs of Louisiana and when I asked a question concerning LA MTs I would never get an answer.  What part of Louisiana are you located.  Do you work as an IC or employee or for a hospital?  I have been trying to get an estimate on what Louisiana MTs are paid as I think the amount that I was told by the hospital was too low.

Then that is Terry and they are out of St. Louis MO.  I currently work for them.  Good company to work for.  Terry is very enthusiastic about MT.  I enjoy the accounts, very low ESL if that is a selling point for you.  We also have always had plenty of work and if ever I've run out I just let Terry know and she hooks me up with another account to fill my time. 

HTH.

when FN changed your pay from per report to per line (I think that is what they did).  Those posts would be further down, around the date you were switched.  If you do a search, you should be able to bring them up and then you can email the posters if you want. 

Is this the info you are looking for? 

This is a company based in India.  This Chloe person.

Transcend is already hiring 20 MTs...

Do you think they are anticipating needing more MTs as the MDI girls wise up to the junk?