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My thoughts exactly, why waste my time when you know you are only hiring full time? nm

Posted By: MTneedswork on 2008-10-08
In Reply to: Why don't they just tell you there is no work for you? NM - curious cat

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Precyse Solutions is hiring part-time and full-time right now.
Saw this on their website.
they do but as of their last job ad they were only hiring full-time...
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I'm lookin for part-time work (about 3-4 hrs daily) after 13 years of full-time, anyone know of a
company that is hiring flexible part-time?  I'm starting a career in real estate but don't want to totally quit transcription, but I think most places require 25 hours a week and I cant work weekends, as real estate sales are the biggest on the weekend with open houses and people off work to shows homes to.  If you know of a place I'd sure appreciate the info.  Thanks!
Not what I was told; 3500/wk part-time & 6000 wk/full-time. nm
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MDI-MD: What are daily line requirements for full-time/part-time? Thanks! nm
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I have one full-time job and 2 part-time jobs. It can be tricky at times, sm
but at least I now have plenty of work always. I have some big financial goals, and right now that seems to be the only way to accomplish it.  I can't see any reason why it would not be legal -- why would you say that?  I am cheating no one, except myself (out of sleep and a social life).  Fortunately, I am single with no children or anything.  I cannot imagine doing this if I had a family.  At least my dogige understands. 
Full time/part time based on # hours or
# lines per pay period, nothing to do with quality. The lower the quality the higher the pay it seems.
Solution: Find another job, part time or full time.
Post your resume, hope for the best.
Depends on how flexible you need to be and if full-time or part-time
They are a little more flexible if you are part-time.  Not so much full-time, where you can be a little flexible within the day (not a strict 8-5), but if you are scheduled for Monday, you have to work Monday unless you request off, and if you are scheduled for a Holiday, you have to work the holiday, unless you request off.  They encourage you to clock out every time you are not typing to keep your lph rate up, which means an 8 hour day can turn into 12 hours at the computer.  If they run out of work (which they do quite often), you have to make the time up.  They are also leaning more towards Voice Recognition, so MTs are getting trained on that, but not sure what percent will go that way.  It does affect how much work you may get though in the other accounts.   
They are advertising for full time HIM now, do they still hire part time? nm
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Full time but no work half the time-nm
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Question on MDI-MT full time vs. part time
Does anyone know how many lines per week or per pay period are required at MDI-MT to be considered full time?  Thanks.
Part-time MT getting full-time work ??????

TransTech should not be giving out work to PT people on their DAY OFF, or any other time BEFORE a full-time MT has enough work    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Full time is 40 hours, and yes they have part-time.
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Were you full time or part time?
I would like to get about 1500 lines a day in if possible - not possible? The pay seems good.
Not sure about part time but for full time you get SM
up to 12 hours to do a 7 hour shift. Webmedx requires 35 hours a week for full time, not 40.
Full Time vs. Part Time
Can anyone tell me how many minutes of dictation is considered to be full time?  I do clinic dictation and am wondering if I am actually doing part-time work or full time?
I have a full time and part time job also. nm
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part-time IC is 5000/pay period and full time IC is 10,000 per pay period. Need to talk with
recruiter about cpl, I'm sure it varies with experience. 
Thank you! I won't waste my time!

Don't waste your time
7 cpl is peanuts and not paying headers and footers is just wrong, you might as well be working in retail or answering phones for a living.
Don't waste your time

Don't waste your time
They are very unprofessional people.  Don't waste your time.
Don't waste your time
The QA people are not consistent. Don't waste your time.
RE: Don't waste your time
Is that the best you can do? If you did your work properly, then you would not have a problem with quality checks!!!!
Don't waste your time. sm
Been with them for a while. They cheat you on lines. They send out emails then don't follow through on them (regarding pay - I have one stating that from a certain date and ongoing that editors would be 6 cpl for over 1200 lines - Did Not Happen).

Accounts are not that bad. They do have a lot of ESL but most places do. The account specifics are tedious and have been redone and are still tedious if not worse so. This is really bad if you are on several accounts as you waste a lot of time going over them because god forbid you don't put that physical exam in paragraph form like the specifics state.

Very, very, very strict work schedule. Constant threatening emails about getting wrote up if you are not on to work when you are supposed too (yes I know you should be BUT there should be some flexibility as that is one of the big reasons we work from home).

Management leaves a lot to be desired. Can't get a straight answer. One will say this and then lo and behold another one changes it.

Line counting software goes down pretty often too. Of course, then you can't keep up with your lines until it is fixed. Once it is fixed, you will have to check to see if every job went through and most of the time you will find that at least 1 or 2 did not. Then you get to email and email and email and hope they get it straightened out before pay day.


Don't waste your time.
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Don't waste time here.
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Bad - do not waste your time.
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WASTE OF TIME
Not being paid for the demographics and performing more as a secretary than an MT.  I did it for a while but finally got fed up.  There are a lot of other positions out there that does not require all of that garbage!!
Waste of time!
They call you once and never get back with you. Dont waste your time.
Me too. Waste of time.
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LOL Don't waste your time
same old same old, some things never change, working out my notice now
Don't waste your time
The audio is very poor 80% of the time, and with the time it takes to study the seminar material they give you, the $50 per audio hour is not a good deal at all! I felt this did not compensate my time and skill as an MT. Also, I had to call and email often to remind the owner to send me my check.
Thanks, won't waste my time then, been
there, done that!
You sure have a lot of time to waste here. TT
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Waste of time.
This example shows pure nitpicking and any QA who indulges in this waste-of-time should be written up and, if she does it again, relieved of her duties. MTSOs who dock pay for MT errors should ALSO be docking QA for this kind of nonsense. This splitting of hairs over minor points and nitpicking accomplishes nothing but to inhibit the MT by making her doubt herself, thereby slowing her production. Obviously, terminology, medication, formatting mistakes are valid QA concerns but this post shows what happens when a company permits its QA staff to run rampant with an inflated sense of self-importance. The QAs in this example are just as guilty of keeping MT wages down as the crooked MTSOs.
Don't waste your time. Very

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It IS a waste of time
Further, it enables an organization that has been instrumental in supporting offshoring. I have been an MT for more decades than I can count, and even in this economy I make great money. I have never needed the CMT, nor will I support the organization behind it. It's superfluous and it has, in my view, actually harmed the profession by getting in bed not only with offshoring but with MQ.
Don't waste your time
Read previous posts on this board.
Don't waste your time.
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DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AT SPHERIS!
Spheris is not MT friendly.  Having worked there in the past for 3 years (and having had the good sense to get out), I know first hand how they handle things, like a 3-ring circus.  It is a wonder they haven't gone out of business because they are losing all their accounts and their people, from what I hear.  A few of their supervisors are vicious backstabbers and have a tendency to run good people off, but I guess that could happen anywhere. Spheris likes to buy out the little companies and put all their people in important places and goodbye to the rest of you little people. If you are planning to go to work there, please don't let me influence you in a negative way; however, I do hope you prepare yourself to work in at least 6 accounts on a daily basis after the first month or so.
waste of time reading someone who says nothing.
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don't waste your time on Focus
see negative feedback on several pages
I wouldn't waste your time.
I wouldn't trust the companies saying you get paid when we get paid, as that could be never.  Word for Word is another company that has that policy, and they make you sign a contract that it is okay by you not to get paid until they do, yet they say it pays every two weeks.  I'm not sure, I'd waste my time testing.  I listened to a few of those files from Nicholas, and it sounds like the old bait and switch.  I'd be very careful if I were you!
It is really a waste of time. They same companies
they represent post ads.  Going through TM you just have to take one more test and do one more interview.  You don't get a better deal going through them and if they only represent a couple of companies, neither of them particularly that good that isn't much help.  You can get more info from the company ads. 
So true--Big waste of time.
You are so right--And it doesnt make one bit of difference whether QA is paid to find errors or not. The back-and-forth nit-picking, petty, so-called corrections that are usually just personal preferences is exhausting, demoralizing, and a big waste of time (which equals money) for the MT.
3 minutes is a waste of my time.
I have my own spread sheet that if I feel the need I can enter each account and it will show me what I'm supposed to be paid. Right now, Deventure pulled the info from all accounts for me. Escription shows you what your line count is after every note if you want to check. After a blank that line count can change and sometimes that doesn't happen for 24 hours, which would be AFTER they want the line counter entered. I turned down job offers from Transcend several times because I think their pay is low. If they cut mine from what I currently get, I'm out of there.
ATSI-RUN, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME
They are they most dishonest group of people to work for.  RUN, don't waste your time with them.  
I concur, don't even waste your time
I was there for about six months and it was one of the worst experiences I've had yet. My biggest gripe was running out of work all the time. I very seldom made more than 500 lines on any given day. When I complained to my prod. supervisor she was helpful and added on another account but it was more of the same. I wound up with three accounts with no work in any of them.

On top of that you get the usual mess of working with each client's profile preferences (which is no big deal cuz that's standard) but one hospital was a doozy. Pretty much everything you've ever learned about medical transcription, just throw it out the window because there were four pages of do/don'ts, and Always Always do this except for. Everything almost completely opposite of how we all learned. And that was just one account.

Why a company would allow any hospital to dictate such terms is beyond me. Then to make matters worse their QA was terrible. Literally I would get different rules for each QA. I could always tell who was on depending on how they checked my work. The pay was actually decent and they were generous with allowing me to have a flexible schedule. I never had any real problems with any staff although I wish I could find their recruiter and ring her lil neck.

Never again. Never.

If you're looking for part-time work to fill your time this might be the right place for you. If you're working to pay the bills, just don't even waste your time.
Last year $36K part time, going to make more this year full time BUT sm

I AGREE it IS getting harder to make money.  I used to make $24 very part time 10 years ago and now...well it is Word and platforms versus WP5.1.  I got 7.5 cents a byte line then and I get 9.5 cents a character line now.  That IS a huge different in point of fact.


OH I WANT MY WORDPERFECT 5.1 BACK!!!!! Bwaaah!