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REPUTATION OF PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS - JOJO

Posted: Dec 25, 2010

I am currently applying to Medquist. Does anyone out there work for them or have any info on the quality of the company? Thanks!

This has to be a joke, right? - nm

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Hey, it's Christmas. Even us secularists can scrape up - a little courtesy. Hi, Jojo. SM

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Look left. You'll see a forum just for Medquist people. A search on the Company Board will also bring up discussion. Please note in trying to evaluate companies that a lot of people come here to indulge personal moods and, sadly, even to spread deliberate lies. No company is safe in this time of traumatic and dramatic change, and certainly Medquist, the largest MTSO in probably the world, gets whole a lot of discussion, many blasts no doubt warranted, but... So for your own sake read everything and be very careful about what you believe, or you'll give up any idea of finding a decent MT job anywhere and just go hide in bed instead. Good luck.

JOJO - Sammy

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Unless you have been living in a cave, you are should be aware of this company's reputation. Did you know that their nickname is THE SQUID? Start by researching the many lawsuits brought against them some years ago--by investors, by hospitals, and by medical transcriptionists. This information is in the public purview and you can find it online. If you have a stock broker, call him and ask why they were delisted from the NASDAQ. There is a boatload of information about these people both in the MTS archives and in the general sources available to the public. Go to some financial databases and trace their history. Above all, DO YOUR HOMEWORK before signing on with these folks.

Working for Medquist - Jax

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I used to be an MQ cheerleader. I had a fabulous account with decent backups and a schedule that I loved. I made about 1800 a paycheck. Then, I got a pay cut for ASR 2 years ago, which cost me about 200 a paycheck. Last year, it was FTR and I had to pay to have my reports QA'd if they needed. Then, my primary account got moved to a new service area, and thus began NJA every day for at least 4-6 hours so they asked me to change my shift to graveyard, which I did for the promise of a differential. Lo and behold, my primary got sent to India, and I got transferred to a teaching hospital with over 790 interns and residents. Never the same dictator in a shift, 90% ESL and crap audio. That dropped my pay another 500 a payday. My old primary came back from India, but it got to stay in its old book, and I had to stay in my new one. Now, I have had my differential taken away, which will cost me about 200 a paycheck. I beg of you, don't put yourself through the crap this company dishes out. It is not worth it. I'm in the process of starting my own business (not in the MT field) because working for MQ has killed my love for this work.

Well stated - SM

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I think you said it all when you said you USED to be an MQ cheerleader. That is what the people who still have it good don't understand. That's why they call people like you and me whiners. Wait until it happens to them. I not only believe you, I have been there. There are no words to express my distaste for MQ. And before I get criticized . . . NO. Not every single company is run like MQ. Maybe the pay in this field is not what it used to be, but not every company is run like MQ. They are the bottom of the barrel when it comes to integrity.

MQ - Jax

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And while I'm thinking about it, I honestly believe they want all the US MTs to quit so they can tell the holdouts who won't allow their work sent overseas that there are not enough qualified US MTs to get them to allow it. That is why they are not just laying people off. It has nothing to do with unemployment, they have to pay a set amount for that anyway.

You make a good point. Will be interesting to see if this is - how it all plays out. nm

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HUH? - Where have you been?

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