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Medquist? Good or Bad to work for?? - post

Posted: Aug 26, 2010

Any information on this company? Good or Bad to work for??

re: good or bad - Kiki

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It's both, depending on the individual.

There are many MTs who on a daily basis have no work. No work = no pay...

There are also those who seem to have an abundance of work, hence what they consider "great pay".

I personally make a good living, 27,000 a year. Not bad. Husband works FT. I like my hours and the flexibility allowed in working at home.

(no flamers please, just MY story).

re: Medquist - EBV

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I like working here also. I work only PT, do MT and VR work. I've got a good supervisor. I don't get benefits though, too expensive, not worth it. Got those through DH.

I've been with MQ for 14 years and started FT. I also enjoy a certain amount of flexibility and have steady, predictable pay.

ALSO, this is JUST ME, I don't want flamers either!

Good or bad depends on expectations - Adios

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If you want to work f/t and expect to make a living, you will be frustrated beyond belief. If you used to make a living as an MT/ME you will be frustrated beyond belief. If you want p/t and your financial health does not depend on this job, you probably will be okay. If you are a new MT/ME with no expectations and don't believe what you were told when you were hired you will probably be okay.

It is not a particularly friendly work atmosphere. Not as much flexibility as there used to be. If you don't start out on 100% ASR you will soon find yourself there, which means 40% drop in pay.

Beyond that, same thing we tell everybody who asks. Paychecks are on time. And there are benefits available if you can afford them.

I personally cannot wait to get out, after over 10 years. This company has gotten too big and has taken over the industry in terms of pay, policies, etc. Not healthy for one company to have this much control, especially when their own workers are, on average, not happy. It is a very big corporation with a very big corporate attitude. Everybody is busy trying to hang onto their job.

Again, if you are not counting on this income to pay bills and your expectations are not too high.....

how much hand holding do you need? - NJA Queen

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Me, I just punch in, do my job as best I can when there is work and punch out. I don't send to QA and rarely hear from or contact my supervisor. Some people can't work like that and need constant feedback and contact with their supervisor.

If you are a newbie expect to make very little money and have some of that money taken from you for the FTR program. I have never recommended this company or profession to anyone, but especially someone just starting out. The QA program has drastically changed from when I started 10 years and now is very unfriendly to newbies. The QA are paid by the line too, not by the hour like they used to be and therefore the time factor just isn't there for mentoring. We all are doing what we can to keep our jobs and keep the creditors at bay and looking to see if something better is available.

I agree - sm

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If you don't need the money, if your husband works and you only do it for a little extra, fine. One can not make a living on what they pay. Their voice recognition is TERRIBLE and has to be edited word for word mostly, so those reports take forever to do and pay much less.

People, don't go into medical transcription, go into HIT. That's the growing sector. Managing EHRs. I don't think anyone has figured out yet what that's going to consist of once everybody gets transitioned, but that's where we will need to be.

RUN! - fromspheris

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I would not work for this company if I were you. I can't even understand why they are hiring. There is no work and my paycheck for two weeks was barely 325 dollars. Cannot live on that and am looking for a new job. Check out all the other companies before considering this one. They are awful and I can't believe that some of the things they do are even legal; in fact, I don't think they are! I am very happy for those of you that it is working out for, but it is not for most people here.

Bad company - you will be sorry - golden girl

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I worked for Medquist for almost 10 years. The first 7 years were great, but in the last 3 years since CBAY bought them, things have been going downhill. Pay cuts, bonuses disappearing, constantly being asked to work weekends and nights when hired for the day shift, punished for sending blanks to QA,account jumping causing lower pay. Many people have no jobs available on their shift even after switching to the undesirable weekends and nights while others have jobs and OT. They don't make sense. I always had work while I worked for them, most of the time,but if I did run out, you have to make it up on the weekend.

I quit 3 months ago and am glad I finally had the courage to make the move. After I sent my computer back about a month later Medquist calls and asks what they can do to get me to come back. I told them at this point there was nothing they could do that would make me return.

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