ScribeAmerica reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(5,119 total reviews)
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Tony Andrulonis

71% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

ScribeAmerica has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,119 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ScribeAmerica employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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3.0
Sep 14, 2017
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Pros

- Gained a significant amount of medical knowledge, substantially more than I gained as an EMT. By shadowing physicians over the past 1.5 years I have gained enough clinical knowledge that I can "diagnose" many common illnesses. - Physicians are wonderful to work with - On slow shifts you are basically being paid to complete your own work

Cons

- Pay is borderline minimum wage, janitorial staff at the hospital make more - Almost impossible to qualify for benefits , I work 4-6 shifts a week (36-60 hours) and am still considered "part time" as you must work 36 hours a week for 6 months in a row WITHOUT MISSING A SINGLE WEEK in order to qualify for the incredibly minimal benefits - Difficult to reach full time hours as SA intentionally keeps every program overstaffed as a way to reduce OT pay and compensate for high turnover rates. Be prepared to work only a a dozen hours or so one week then 36+ the next - SA demands perfection from scribes, unless you have outside medical knowledge YOU WILL HAVE TO STUDY ON YOUR OWN TIME in order to be an efficient and competent scribe. - Generally there is nearly no paid time off (if you do get PTO it is so minimal it seems borderline illegal, basically maxing out at a few shifts a year), scheduling is irregular and unpredictable month to month, you are required to work multiple major holidays a year and 2 weekends a month - You will have all of the burdens of being a hospital employee w/ none of the benefits. Hospital will not cover your healthcare costs, your parking costs, you will not qualify for the hospital 401K, etc (e.g. You will however be tested for tuberculosis multiple times a year, require vaccinations, require urine and blood screening for employment, as well as a physical examination as the hospital requires for all of "their" employees.) - You will have coworkers who are generally less than competent that were hired regardless due to the high turnover rate and constant need for new scribes to throw into the grinder. Many scribes display a level of professionalism that is as low as the pay.

3.0
Sep 26, 2016
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Pros

Work environment was the center of the medical field, and learning and networking opportunities were abundantly abundant. There was nothing better in the world than being a premed student working directly alongside experienced physicians.

Cons

Scribe America had a policy that allowed them to terminate anyone, for any or no reason, at any time. The site I worked at over-hired, and then the chief scribe terminated me while falsely accusing me of having an insufficient working pace and quality. Management "gave me a second chance" by putting me in probation by having the Quality Assurance Specialist watch over my work in real time. The QAS told me I was fine and had virtually no room for improvement, then I was terminated soon after. The physicians I worked with were alarmed to find out that I could no longer work with them after being the only scribe out of 12 that was asked on multiple occasions to stay past my working hours to assist the physicians during the time frame that no scribes were assigned to work (as proof that I was more than acceptable among my group). To make matters worse, they had another policy that prevents terminated employees from working at other scribing companies for one or two years (cannot remember exactly) after their termination.

1.0
Mar 30, 2016
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Pros

ScribeAmerica is great if you are looking for a part-time, temporary position to gain exposure to healthcare prior to med/PA school, but prepared to work hard for little pay!

Cons

- Upper management is extremely unprofessional, inexperienced, and only interested in creating drama. This trickles down to poorly trained chief scribes. - The amount of "office politics" and favoritism is absolutely disgusting and sickening. Those who are friends with management go further with the company despite lack of qualifications. - To get ahead at ScribeAmerica you need to be malicious and tell management whatever they want to hear. You also need to do whatever they say when they say to do it, even if it means degrading or disrespecting your employees. The lack of integrity of these upper 20 year olds is disheartening for our generation. - All management levels are remotely managed which leads to little guidance on all levels whether it's the VPs to the project leaders or project leaders down to chief scribes. There's less appreciation for your work when they don't see it. - Absolutely no one in the company cares at all about the wellbeing of the employees they do not know. - Upper Management doesn't follow their own policies, so why do we hold our scribes to the same policies?

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