working multiple companies
Posted By: KANN on 2008-09-30
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For those you who work a full-time job plus a part-time job for a different company, are you using one computer for both? I thought maybe I should buy a second computer???
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working for multiple companies
I was wondering if any of you work for multiple accounts, and if so how you manage your time between the two of them. I have been trying to work on one during the day, and one at night, but its not working very well for me at this point.
I am working for multiple companies
I was working 1 job full time split shift afternoon and back in the evening to 1 a.m. The second job I work around it, either in the morning or third shift. They are pretty flexible.
But now I am in a similar situation. I just took one job split afternoon and overnigt and the other job early afternoon split to evening. I sleep during the mornings and after dinner time when my husband watch the kids. I will manage to get 2 full days off when I go to 2 F/T instead of 1 set and 1 flexible job. It should be interesting. I wish you luck. For me, at least the bill collectors are happy now.
multiple companies
you mean companies, not accounts, right? I work part time for one, one full day on Monday, a few hours most other mornings and sometimes on Sunday evenings. I work full time for another Tuesday-Saturday afternoon-midnight. Working out for me. I need the extra money.
1500-1600 doing acute, multiple, multiple work types. NM
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Working PT and FT for 2 different companies. (Sm)
How do you all do it? I am trying out another company to see how I like it with anticipation to switch over. In the meantime, I am working 40 hours for one and 20 for another. There is still a home to maintain, meals to prepare, grand kids to take to and pickup from school (their mother is a single parent and a nurse so her hours are worse than mine).
I am only intending on doing this for another few weeks until I make my decision, then doing only 1 FT job.
I know there are those of you who do this on a regular, steady basis and I admire your fortitude. You are made of stronger stuff than I am.
Working for 2 companies.
I am just starting that process. I work IC at one company and am taking the other one on at full time. I don't know how long I will keep the IC company, but I am going to keep them for at least a month. I don't think I could juggle 2 for very long, though with the IC job, I'm not scheduled hours so that will help.
Working for 2 companies or more
It can be done, if my "main service" is low in either of my 2 accounts, which it normally is when I first start in the morning, then I work for company #2 until work starts picking up in my "main service." I also let the main service know that I am working for the other service and to just call or email me if work starts coming in.
what companies are you all working for
Off QA review in 3 or 4 days????
Let's just assume that your company tells the MT to follow the BOS to the letter, and the platform is user friendly, and the MT has 5 or 8 years experience. Even given that scenario, someone new to a company cannot be expected to turn in a report with 98 to 99 percent accuracy in 2 or 3 or 4 days. Maybe it would be possible if the MT had only 1 work type or transcribed only 1 doctor. But throw in 5 or 6 work types, each with a some pecularities to them, a different doctor for each report, maybe the same doctor twice in an 8-hour shift.
Or how about an MT that has been following the BOS to the letter and switches companies and now has to transcribe verbatim - that would make q.d. CORRECT if dictated. The MT has to stop and think how to transcribe what normally would be INCORRECT. So the MT hears *hs* and accidentally types at bedtime.....you get the idea.
If a company told me they expect me to be off QA review in 3 days, I would take that to mean they don't care about the details of my work, just turn in what looks good the untrained eye, and let them get their lines billed.
Working for 2 companies
I have a question for all of you that work for 2 or even 3 companies at a time. Do you ever have trouble with different platforms not working on the same computer? In other words, if you have one account that uses ExText and another one that uses Docuscribe, do you have problems? I have been thinking about trying to work for 2 different companies since I can't seem to make a living doing part-time work, and "just maybe" if I go with 2 different companies, I will have enough work (hopefully). Please let me know your experiences, please. Thank you.
Contracts for working at companies?
Hi all,
I was wondering, do MOST of the companies require you to sign a contract to work for them? You know, saying how long you will work for them, etc? I have heard a lot about this lately. Is this the norm? It seems to me that one wouldn't want to work for a company requiring this, as I would think that if they were a good company, employees wouldn't need a contract, they would just stay because they are happy?
Contracts for Working at Companies
If you are truly an "Independent Contractor" then YOU present the company with YOUR contract for THEM to sign. YOU bill THEM for your work, after negotiating a price. Have you ever had work done on your house by a contractor? Did you give him a contract, or did he give you one, after the two of you agreed on a price for specific work? Did you tell him what hours he would work, what tools he would use and how he would use them?
The U.S. Department of Labor has guidelines for deciding who is and is not an "Independent Contractor," and working at home has absolutely no bearing on it:
http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs13.pdf
If we boycott working for companies that offshore,
boycott medical providers that offshore, and write to our politicians, maybe we can change things. I won't go to any local doctor that uses an offshored transcription outsource. Hit 'em where it counts, right in their big fat wallets. They put us out of work and reduced our wages, so why do we owe them any loyalty? Why should we pay higher medical bills when they're too cheap to pay us what we're worth? Pretty soon, we'll all be on unemployment, foodstamps and Medicaid. One way or another, they'll have to cough up.
sick of working for crappy companies?
I have been thinking about starting my own company. I have done some research and it looks like all I really need is an FTP site, handhelds (that the doc's purchase themselves), and to get accounts. If anyone is interested in doing this with me let me know...or if anyone has any other information on starting a company input would be appreciated!
Why are we working as IC's and the companies are making profits off of us? Lets cut out the middle man and make the money we deserve!!
True, but that doesn't mean we have to embrace it by working for these companies!
have a spine and absolutely refuse to work for any company that outsources offshore.
Working for offshore owned companies and feeling
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so all these companies are really Synthescribe? Glad I did not get started working for them! nm
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So, are you working for the same company. I have worked for 2 companies and I have noticed a huge
difference in the lines I got from each company. The accounts were similar. I never ever got what your talking about but I would average 600-700 lph at one company and the other one I was lucky to get 400 lph so then I figured out they didnt pay for spaces, footers, headers etc.. and that does factor into your line counts on that platform.
I hate when companies treat us like we're working for pin money
Am I supposed to be happy when a company only gives me 200 or 300 lines a day when they promise you a certain amount (that is higher than that)? How would the company employees (not us lowly transcriptionists) feel if the company told them that they were only getting paid 100 dollars this pay period, that there wasn't enough work. Not enough to pay bills and keep food on the table, just pin money.
Sheesh.
Why do you take MULTIPLE
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Other MTs with multiple sclerosis
Hi,
I am wondering if there are other MTs out there with multiple sclerosis and how they are doing dealing with a chronic illness and working in the MT field. Also, are you working full-time, part-time, IC? I have only one year experience but am considering returning to the field.
Thanks,
MSMOM
The key to multiple accounts sm
Most people are intimidated by multiple accounts but think about it, an H&P is an H&P, an OP is an OP and an ESL is an ESL, doesn't matter where it comes from. You CAN program account specs in your mind for those you get regularly so that the specs come right up along with the dictation. The exception would be an account that you get maybe once in a blue moon and then anyone would probably have to give their memory a little boost. With the way work is assigned these days, it is an absolute necessity that anyone who wants to make any money needs to be able to switch from one account to another without missing a beat and it CAN be done.
Does anybody else out there take multiple antidepressants?nm
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Any other MTs with multiple sclerosis?
Wondered if there were any other MTs out there with multiple sclerosis. I am not presently working but considering going back to MT. Before tried to work for a company that wanted set hours and with the fatigue associated with my MS that was very difficult.
Thank You.
isn't that the deal with multiple...sm
ports for extra printers, etc., and you can switch back and forth from one to the other?? I had several for multiple printers on all computers years ago. I think that's what they were called. I can elaborate if on the right track here, if you want.
even with her multiple personalities
you can just tell it is her. She is pretty pathetic. Makes you almost feel sorry for her........NAW!!! She has stepped on too many toes around here to be getting any sympathy.
Multiple Accounts
For those who work for transcription companies, how many different accounts (facilities) do you transcribe?
multiple accounts
So far, 7 but not all dictate heavily or daily.
multiple jobs
I actually have three... All of them are independent contractor positions, one is strictly weekends and overflow.. One i work when there is no work for the other two, and one is full time IC
Can be one specialty or multiple ......
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This is not true if you have multiple cards. sm
While it's true you need to have lines of credit to show history, NO ONE will tell you to keep open many accounts, because many open accounts represents POTENTIAL debt.
I think OP meant one IC job with multiple clients...
If you are working as an IC at more than one place, you only have one job as an IC but you have more than one client. Tis true.
Same here. Very low on work with multiple accts. nm
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multiple personalities (or names)
Yes, it seems she likes to change her name to make it seem like everyone is ganging up on you.......No, you are not losing it, but I sure wish she'd get lost. If we could all just not read or respond to any of her posts, maybe the she'll find it is no longer fun. That is what I try to teach my son. When someone tries to pick on you they are looking for a reaction. If they get it, it intensifies. If they don't, they lose interest. Hard I know, but maybe we can try?
Wow - I think she's wrong. It is an impression whether there are multiple
I didn't find it in my BOS-2E...I don't think you will.
Sounds like you need to get another 1-2 QA opinions and then to the QA manager.
Shorthand on multiple computers
If I buy a copy of Shorthand, how many computers can I put it on?
Multiple accounts/templates
I now use InstantText. You can give each account and each doctor in that account their own glossary. You can use includes too for drugs and surgical, for instance. In a glossary you can either "call in" a template or you can put it in there and save the formatting, depends on how you want to do it. The template can include margins, tabs, letterhead, headers, footers, pagination, or whatever you want. Right now I only do about 7 different ones, so I just lumped them up in one (using includes) because I have done them so long that I now remember what is in there.
If you use WordPerfect (5.2 or a newer one, but I like 5.2) it is a snap. You just use PRD (which utilizes function keys) and you store your documents and templates as usual and then you can "open them up" on the fly. I love this. You just put in the path to that document or template once and it is there forever or until you delete it or change it. With PRD you can have multiple glossaries too if your computer can hold them. The key for me with both Expanders was to be consistent with the way I save things. For instance, all the addresses used for an account (which can be many) I store under ad. So, if I want Dr. Harold Smith I type in adsmith and down underneath all the smiths come up and I choose the one I want to use and their I have it - I do two for each -one in standard form and the other like this: SMITH, HAROLD MD, 1111 FIRST AVENUE, ANYPLACE, ANYSTATE 11111. The other in the form for letters and envelopes. I have a drugs glossary, a surgical equipment glossary, and one for each specialty, sometimes a separate one for a specific doctor. I then use the "include" feature and group them up or mostly I now just use them altogether and I think that glossary (my everyday glossary) has about 8,200 entries or something like that. InstantText is wonderful. Try it if you haven't or, if you have, try to learn more of its features.
I've had multiple platforms.
Once you land the 2nd job, the tech person should be able to help.
Having multiple windows open
I mostly use online resources (rather than books) but find that it takes time to (alt+tab) through all the windows when I have a lot of open. ... When I have a lot open, I often accidentally tab right past the one I want (as I am trying to hurry) and go round and round a couple times.
Does anyone know of any other way to utilize the Internet in a more efficient way while working?
Also, I often end up with my sound freezing, etc. which I think is because I don't have enough RAM for everything I am trying to do. Any info on this?
Thanks so much!! 
Question regarding multiple accounts
I work for an MTSO and have multiple accounts with endless dictators. One of the most frustrating things is the account specifics and all the changes that continually come up.
We have online manuals, but on top of that we get tons of emails with changes for this or that account. It is almost impossible to keep it all straight. I will go through spells where I don't get one of two of the accounts for a few weeks, and then when I do I can't remember things or some of the new changes are not ingrained in my head yet. Even with email search, it is so time consuming to try to find the information while I am working. Not good for the line count!
Do many of you have this issue too? How do you handle it? It drives me totally crazy!!  
question regarding multiple accounts
I know exactly what you mean. I have multiple accounts, but one account specifically constantly changes things. My line count drops lower every day trying to keep and then, of course, QA has to jump in with their comments. I worked at one business where each client had to use the same account specifics. Alot easier!!! It is very frustrating, but the ones who are making the money from us do not seem to care
Thank too. - Always good to have multiple sites
Thanks.
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Well I see there are no jobs available here this morning on multiple DQS accounts. What a job MQ is.
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Shortage on multiple accounts through a national. nm
x, nope, none, zip, all EMPTY
Got a Targus at CompUSA - has multiple USB ports -can
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How do you download multiple attachments to emails?
I just started with a company who sends their voice files via attachments to an email. Is their an email (yahoo, aim, aol, msn.....) that will allow you to download all attachments at once instead of 1 at a time? Thanks Karen
Me, too, except for those multiple toe jobs where they ALL get broken & reset! Ugh..nm
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Yes, been through the ovarian cystectomy multiple times. sm
Finally had a hysterectomy last year. If you are having laparoscopy, you will feel good the next day; however, I must tell you, air will get trapped in your diaphragm and you may experience excruciating pain between your shoulder blades for about a day. That has happened to me each time with laparoscopy. The CO2 gets trapped and eventually works its way out. That pain was worse than the surgery itself.
Good luck!
Speed results from multiple factors....
1. Experience: As you yourself suggest, time "in the driver's seat" will play a big role as you find yourself doing fewer and fewer "look-ups" - whether for terminology, physician names, etc.
2. Self-monitoring. Just keeping close tabs on your production will help. Try playing a little game with yourself to do just a bit better this hour than you did the last hour.
3. Make full use of your expander. WARNING: Many people actually overuse their Expanders and wind up with a jillion shortcuts that they rarely use or can't even remember. Create shortcuts when they make a difference, and use a good naming system.
4. Set up the proper auto backspace for your footpedal that will allow you to establish a rhythm in which what you are transcribing is "bracketed" by the next little bit and the previous little bit of dictation. In other words, you are always slightly listening ahead, transcribing and (when you lift your foot up and back down) reviewing the last bit. This "cycle" keeps what you are transcribing in context with what has gone before and what is coming next.
5. Pay CLOSE attention to the "story" being told - in other words, the context of what you are transcribing. Context is the transcriptionist's best friend as far as resolving ambiguous or difficult words and phrases, alerting you to omitted dictation, and alerting you to possible errors in what thought you had just heard.
6. Proofread as you go to minimize proofreading after the report is completed.
7. Spend only a reasonable amount of time on lookups, especially early in the report. You will often hear the confusing word or phrase more clearly later...provided you remember the blank you had earlier!
8. Discover "the zone". The zone is a mental state in which you are utterly focused on the dictation, almost like a trance state. Human beings are NOT MULTI-TASKERS! You cannot think about a million other things while you're transcribing and hope to achieve either quality or quantity. When you transcribe, transcribe and forget your personal problems. When you're dealing with your personal life, forget transcription.
9. Relative to #8, try to crate a physical space for transcription in which you are dealing with minimal outside distractions.
10. Use a GOOD PROFESSIONAL HEADSET. Most transcription companies distribute garbage earphones. Try a good noise cancelling headset such as the Kensingtons sold on Amazon.com for about $30...and don't let the price fool you. They're great.
BONUS TIP - POWER SESSIONS: If your scheduling permits, you will be more productive in four 2-hour sessions separated by a significant break period than in fewer longer ones.
I discovered power sessions when I was transcribing and attending college. It happened one semester that I had a class in the AM, one in the afternoon and one in the evening - that's the only times they were offered. So, I transcribed early AM, mid-AM, early afternoon and early evening, 2 hours each. I was never so productive in my life. Why? Less fatigue factor and a fresher mind. I really whomped the daylights out of the work for 2 hours at a crack, and then I got up and went to class, completely concentrating on something else. Then, on returning for another power session, it's almost like starting a new day.
The point is, 15- and even 30-minute breaks do not give you this fresh-start advantage.
A number of the people I supervise have improved their productivity dramatically simply by implementing the secret of power sessions.
Good luck!
Yes, about 65K and I've given all my tips multiple times.
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