Should I Sign on with Portamedic Direct?
Bashing Portamedic (or any of the other big exam companies) is a sport lots of examiners participate in. I don't.Like all companies, Portamedic has a lot of good offices, good people, and good examiners. My issue with them is that the company operates like a dinosaur: it's big, it's lumbering, and it doesn't move quickly.
Portamedic Direct is their attempt get examiners who are not content with, say, 28% of billing. Unfortunately, I haven't seen a good reason for going with them. Portamedic doesn't have online access for examiners and they don't an online source of exam forms, among other things. Other companies -- such as Superior Mobile, in San Diego, to pick one example -- do. And SMM offers 75-87% (depending on the company) of billing. Why should someone bother with Portamedic's slow response to technology, when other companies are already ahead of the curve?
I'm not telling anyone to avoid Portamedic. I would encourage any examiner to meet with the manager at your local Portamedic office, and get signed on, to do exams called directly into the Portamedic system. Negotiate a good rate (I would suggest a bare minimum of 65%, but if you're at all good, it should be more) and work for them. But make absolutely certain that they know that you're doing work for a variety of sources. What you want is to make Portamedic (and the other companies you work for) compete for your business.
posted by Jim Huffman @ 2:50 PM
2 Comments:
Their Pasadena office made me fill out so many forms, and jerked me around so much, they kept telling me over and over "we'll start you this week" then they would ask for more info--- they even made me give them a copy of my passport!
They have a manager, a big black lady who is so rude, I was talking to the receptionist and she just interrupted and said "I am who you need to see"
When in all honesty, another manager Lisa, told me to avoid her at all costs and just give the receptionist my package and get out and wait for her to call. She said she could get me 40%. Promised me!!!
After treating me like crap, she (the black lady) handed me a huge stack of her cards and said send me directs, well I was just looking to supplement my income, because my loyalty is with EMSI, I asked her what kind of commision she offered, and she laughed in my face. Nothing she said! Unless I can send her 150 cases a month....
Then she said, after that, we can talk.....
Later in the week she heard about the 40 % and took the steps needed to prevent me from starting.
Huge waste of my time...yes her cards went in the trash ~
Their Pasadena office made me fill out so many forms, and jerked me around so much, they kept telling me over and over "we'll start you this week" then they would ask for more info--- they even made me give them a copy of my passport!
They have a manager, a big black lady who is so rude, I was talking to the receptionist and she just interrupted and said "I am who you need to see"
When in all honesty, another manager Lisa, told me to avoid her at all costs and just give the receptionist my package and get out and wait for her to call. She said she could get me 40%. Promised me!!!
After treating me like crap, she (the black lady) handed me a huge stack of her cards and said send me directs, well I was just looking to supplement my income, because my loyalty is with EMSI, I asked her what kind of commision she offered, and she laughed in my face. Nothing she said! Unless I can send her 150 cases a month....
Then she said, after that, we can talk.....
Later in the week she heard about the 40 % and took the steps needed to prevent me from starting.
Huge waste of my time...yes her cards went in the trash ~
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