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Advice on companies worth going for - mwn


Posted: Jan 29, 2015

So here is my story. I have 9 years of experience in medical transcription, including independent contractor and a full time hospital transcription employee. I was notified in August of 2014 that my job was being outsourced. I asked over and over when I would hear rumors but was assured that was never going to happen. Yeah, right. I was shocked when I was told. The state that I live in actually offers the shortest amount of weeks to draw unemployment benefits, so that ended. I am researching and researching and applying with companies now but I wanted to ask if anyone has any advice to offer on which companies are actually worth going for. I have read so many horror stories and don't want to pick a company in which I may not get paid or not be treated fair. I know this has happened to many transcriptionists around the world, but if anyone has any feedback I would greatly appreciate it.

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Get the heck out of MT. If there is such a thing as a good company, it's not going to be good for long.

End of story...

WOW! - Mwn

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WOW!

Advice - Sunny Girl

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I was in the same boat you're in, when our hospital outsourced us in Feb of 2013. I didn't take the so called job that was offered with the service that took it over because of the lousy pay and the attitude of the operations manager who was trying to "recruit me." I started to do dog walking and pet sitting at first and now I'm in school to be a vet tech. I loved being an MT, but the pay is just too low and too demeaning.

Advice P.S. - Sunny Girl

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Sorry, I forgot to give you my actual advice, which would be to get out of medical transcription and start something new. It's not going to be there for you in the long-term.


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