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I am so confused...why did this company hire me?? - passing through

Posted: Feb 17, 2010

I was hired a month ago by a large MT service that starts with a T. They were really needing help. Well, for the past five days there has been no work. I mean none. Why did they even hire me? I gave up a different job for this one, as I thought the T had better benefits, but now I am stuck and wishing I had never taken this job. Why do companies do this? This business just gets harder and harder to take. ;o(

Do you do all work types for acute care and ESL's? - Trying to figure this out. nm

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I do ESL and the work types they will let me... - passing through

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still new enough that I do not have all work types yet, but have enough that if there was work it would be there. There have been emails about flexing and using PTO since the work is low. I just don't understand MT companies anymore.

I am assuming T is Transcend - they suck - no bones about it - cooper riley

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Are they keeping you on ice until a large account comes on? - Sometimes they over-hire for that reason.

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Dried Up Jobs - MT

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The companies seem to over-hire to just have their butts covered in terms of manpower. You're not the only one. I have the same problem. Finally left a gawdawful place, only to be working for another gawdawful place. (Though not quite as gawdawful...)

Be careful - RLee

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It sounds like it may be TRANSCEND - and if you have been more than 3 consecutive days with no production, according to what they told me this week, it is reason for termination. :)

I am so confused...why did this company hire me?? - passing through - bapinmich

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I have had the same problem since November. After holding the same position for 8 years, was phased out due to the hospital cutting costs and taking everything in-house. I have worked for 2 companies that guaranteed work of 1000-1200 lines per day and have not seen it happen. It is very frustrating..good luck to you, hope you find the right one soon!

None - Grandy

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If this is Transcend, good luck. When I worked for them, they were stripping all of the decent work off of the account and sending it offshore, claiming that is all those transcriptionists were capable of doing. They were telling the client, who had requested that their work be done in America by Americans, that there were no American transcriptionists who work do this work.

In my opinion, just a nasty company, if this is the "T" you are referring to.

I sympathize! - ggmt

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I'm right there with you! I suggest you ask them to put you on more accounts to get more work, the worst they can say is no.

I got hired 4 weeks ago, was told I was replacing a single retired MT on a low volume account. The team leader immediately assigned a bunch of other MTs come in and work out of "my" queue and now I sit here getting maybe 300 lines a day. So fun.

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