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Run, don't walk. There are much better

Posted By: positions out there. on 2007-07-13
In Reply to: Only paid once a month - I/M MT

This company wants total perfection from the employees, then let them do the work with no errors and see how far they get. LOL. Taking lines away for errors is BIG red flag. I'm not perfect, are you?


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Should I run while I can still walk?
I took the MQ acute care test and passed. I am a newbie.  I graduated from Andrews.  I was finally offered a position with MQ. I was thrilled, even though I was told I had to start on clinic accounts only.  Let me say again, I passed the acute care test.  Now,  my first week at MQ, there is no work.  I was hired in to do only clinics per my office.  Know this is my first full week and I am begging for work.  There is no clinic work and I sit for hours waiting for work.  When I do get work it is very hard, unclear operative reports, even though I am only allowed clinic work.  I have emailed my supervisor, no answer. I emailed her last week also, and last night.  I am thinking maybe I should take the other job offer I got and run.  Any suggestions. 
Run, do not walk...
To a company that will appreciate you. Did they give you a reason WHY you would be making less? I suspect it is because they want to fill their pockets with more of the sweat from YOUR brow. So it is $15 this time and you allow it. What next? Where will you say no - at 18, 20, 25? Go now with your head held high! :-)
Run don't walk :)
however, my *really bad* experience doesn't mean you would have the same situation.
RUN do not walk away from them!!!
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Run...don't walk...from SPi...sm
This company is terrible.  They are all about taking money away from their MTs/QAs.  They offshore their work....which wouldn't be so bad, but they have accounts that have requested their work be done by USQA, etc...so you know what they do?  Train their people over in Coimbatore, Manila, etc., so they can obtain a CMT and then they use them as USQA.  How crooked is that?  I also know of an assistant lead QA who recently left there and right before she left, she was out due to mental/emotional stress that SPi had placed on her because she was required to work almost double of 80 hours in a 2-week pay period or get let go.  They also have issues paying you what you are due when you leave....so, this place has not changed a bit.  I'm glad I'm gone as I am sure others that have left are glad they are gone, too.
Not sure where they would walk to since
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Run, don't walk!

Nastiest woman I have ever worked for. I quit and she had a fit ... sent me horrible e-mails on and on.


 


run don't walk
I'm so sorry to hear this.  I want to get out of where I am and was interested that MedScribe used ChartNet, an awesome platform.  Oh well.. so much for that good idea.  Guess I will stick with the sweatshop I'm at now. 
Walk in my shoes

I am very small MTSO and it still gets hairy with turn around time.  All it takes is for one I/C to say, today I don't want to work -- which they can -- like the one above said, I want to work when  I want to and do as much as I want -- and suddenly she decides not to work, well suddenly that leaves 1000 to 3000 lines to be spread around, times that by 2 and what a mess.  You cannot control what and how much the docs dictate.  I would not hire someone unless they were strictly for overflow without somewhat of a committment whether it be the lines or time that the could do on specific days.  Imagine having 15 people with this attitude.  Like I said walk in my shoes, it is a balancing act.  Too much work, they gripe -- too little they gripe.   But someone that wants to work when they want, how much they want could not budget accounts that way.  It would be strictly overflow and then if you weren't available when the work was you probably would not stick around nor again would I keep you around.   Sure an IC can set their own hours but I expect a certain amount of work done in a certain amount of time to meet my TAT and not be docked because we didn't. 


Run, don't walk away from this company.
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All I can say is RUN, dont walk
Also a note to future hires, if you get put on the EditScript platform make sure you don't get the team lead who's name is T...wont say name dont want to get banned...but she is terrible.
I can tell you run don't walk from Chronicle
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Did you just walk into the end of this conversation? You really
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I can't walk at the moment but

I'm definitely gearing up.  What burns me the most is that D says she's for the MTs, but where has she been these last few months when MTs have been starving for work?  Was she giving it to Transcend then?  How long have we been going without work because she was giving it to them?  And all along, she's been playing the supportive and caring act.  I think she quit caring back in April or May when we got that first shocking State of the Union about VR, cutting pay, etc.  It must have been in the works then. 


What a complete disappointment.  I came to this company because of their loyalty to the MTs and now this.  Back to the pavement.


constantly over-hire run don't walk nm
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You mean the woman who took her time to walk me
through a problem at midnight one night? She spent her time helping me at their website and she did not have to do that. You call that hateful?

You people are too much.
Run, don't walk, away and read the archieves!
Not a good company to work for at all.  Psycho management. Very inconsistent and unfair. 
Run don't walk away from Fast Chart.
I tested with them--and then I found out they were going to pay 6 cpl for IC work. Not only that, if you don't meet a certain quota, they actually charge you a fee to use their platform! They were rather fuzzy on the topic of whether this fee was waived if the failure to meet quota was THEIR fault, i.e. lack of work....

No experience beyond that; never worked for them, and never will, if that's the best they can do.
It is a very fine line you walk when you agree
to this - and you must be prepared to tell the IRS should you ever be audited (knock on wood) that the schedule you are working is the one you desire to work.  I would not commit this to writing - the employer is looking for trouble that way. You need to understand from the companies standpoint they need you to commit to a certain schedule because they need it covered - but I would not go so far as to commit to paper - just tell them you are a professional - you realize they need this coverage - and you will be there for them.
Here is my advice.......RUN, do not walk to the nearest phone book. sm
Look up Legal Aid of whatever city or state you live in. They are a group of lawyers and paralegals that do work for free or sliding scale, etc. They will do all the leg work for you. You supply them with copies of your documentation and any other records you have kept regarding email, snail mail, or phone calls.

The most important thing... when you talk to and deal with these people, document, document, document. Document EVERYTHING

Then go to the Better Business Bureau and let them know what is going on.

Call your state Atty General's office and tell them what is going on and give them copies of any documentation you have.

Then I would quit. I know she probably can't afford to and it is experience she may not be able to get anywhere else, but as the post below said, they aren't going to give her a good reference anyway if they have not responded to her mail and phone calls.

Let us know how it goes. Keep us posted.