Working for Proscribe was anything but acceptable....

Working for Proscribe was anything but acceptable. Listed below are a few reasons why I decided to leave the company and pursue a different career before applying to graduate school:

-Before applying for the job be sure to know that training costs paid for by Proscribe are considered a loan and if you quit within a certain period of time you are expected to pay back the time you were trained.

-Before applying for the job be sure to know that once you sign your employee contract you also are signing a do not compete where are you are not allowed to work for any other scribing companies for a extended period of time.

-You will not get breaks or lunches, which are supposed to be provided by the employer by law. You are encouraged during training, or better said, informed during training that breaks or lunches are not to be expected given you are working around the schedule of a medical provider. You are free to take breaks at any time during your shifts, but providers will continue to see patients which ultimately stacks onto your workload making it hard or sometimes impossible to finish charting within 30 minutes after your shift. Staying beyond 30 minutes after your shift is against Proscribe s policy and can lead to reparations. I can say from personal experience I have worked 10 hour shifts and I ve only been able to use the bathroom once. There was no time for lunch there was no time for breaks. The longest break I have ever taken while working was approximately 10 minutes long. Again, this type of work and behavior is promoted, encouraged, and expected by proscribe and it s management.

-Perhaps my biggest issue with Proscribe is the disjunction between their expectations and the resources they give you to meet said expectations. Scribes are supposed to be detail oriented, quick on their feet, and be able to handle working in a intense environment. It would be no issue if Proscribe would invest money back into resources to allow scribes to meet these expectations. There were multiple computers that were either broken, well beyond their life, or had major issues including unchangeable zoomed in screen making it impossible to complete work, poor battery life, or were just slow in general. I cannot comprehend how a employer can expect so much out of its employees without giving them any of the necessary tools to be able to meet those expectations. Many times it felt like we were set up to fail based off of what we were given and what we were expected to do with the tools provided. It s inexcusable.

-Now this really isn t an issue with Proscribe it s self, but get ready to work with some pretty difficult people. Many of the medical providers I worked with had very specific changes and request that they wanted for their charting which made navigating as a new employee pretty challenging. Many of the medical providers list in their preference sheets things like do not speak to me while I am charting, use common sense, do not interrupt me, and many other things that make scribes feel insignificant, undervalued, and dismissible.

These are just a few of the reasons as to why I decided to leave proscribe. Their ways of navigating business are inexcusable and in my opinion wrong. It feels they take advantage of pre-medicine or pre-healthcare students without providing necessary resources to complete their job in a successful manner. Finally, Proscribe does not compensate scribes well enough for what they do. Again, inexcusable.