DONT DO IT.. STRICTLY INDIAN RAN
Posted By: Words of Wisdom here... on 2006-04-24
In Reply to: Focus Infomatics - tenhogues
You will get IM'd to death by your supervisors in India. Your line count never quite adds up, say you work 8 hours, your lucky if you make $50. The worst part ever is that your work is penalized for errors. It is very convenient that the people doing YOUR QA are located in India, nice switch huh.. You work like a dog to get a whole $100 a day, which takes like 12 hours only to find out your whole check was penalized 10% based on what the QA person in India says. So, basically on one check you have lost a whole day's pay. It is truly not worth it but to each their own.
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Strictly Indian-ran, low pay, and difficult communication to say the least.
The only high point I used to be able to say is that they paid on time. The strange thing was that every other month OR LESS.. they would change a pay day on you i.e. your last day on the pay period is Saturday and you plan to work that so you have an another day to get a decent check, and then on Friday, you get an email telling you that the pay periods have changed and the cut off is that day. I am not sure the idea beyond that other than they are really tight sometimes making payroll so they try to get creative. Was not my idea of fun. I QUIT..
They are strictly Indian-ran with a "front" place of business in Mass.
If you like getting low pay and badgered everyday by people either A. Do not understand English or.. B. Do not WANT to understand English, then finish their test.
The only positive is that they pay on time, but they do move paydays a lot so that you would count on having so many days in that pay period and a day or two before the pay period is to end, they move that day of the pay period end so you'd end up with a day cut off your check that you expected. It seems very odd to me why the pay period would change so much. Also, your line count never seem to match up. You will work on a 5-page report for an hour and somehow you only end up with $8. The other down side is that you will have Indians quality checking your work, which is bad enough.. but then your pay is docked according to what accuracy rate they give you. As you can see... too many red flags. The best word I can think of to describe them a company is.. RIPOFF...
MDI is strictly
statutory. Set up your own benefits package; I did. I would rather be SE and have control of my schedule. All of the other stuff you can get through insurance companies, brokers, etc.
Strictly TAT
I am a relatively new graduate and am looking for companies that have TAT. I am applying to a lot of places but most say Flexible schedule which in my mind isn't really TAT. What companies let you sign in and out as you need to? Ultimately I can work 40+ hours but not necessarily with a strict schedule.
Strictly TAT
I am looking for an IC position. I have come across companies that let you pick your schedule. That's not really what I want. I'm more trying to find companies that say, You can work when you want as long as you achieve your line count or number of hours. I really don't want to test with every company with that says Flexible schedule unless this is what they are actually offering.
I know there are some out there somewhere, right?
they are (or were) strictly overflow accounts
so it was feast or famine. Private or paranoid?? QA person was so nasty. The overall manager had such a flat affect - never sure if it was just to keep us away or whether depression played a big part.
Games?? Did you ever try to verify your line counts? My accounts were typed with set margin and supposedly they were adjusted to come out to 65 character lines, but you could never come up with the right number of lines, no matter what line count program you used. I think they count part of the report with one margin and use a different margin on others. We had no support - technical or managerial - on weekends, evenings, or holidays. You just fly by the seat of your pants and hope you don't mess too much up.
I also did not like having to buy all the expensive equipment you had to have, like only a Cisco modem, at $350 or more, etc.
I work strictly through internet; they have some accounts
that you work off phone lines but not many. If offered a position, state you only want internet work and nothing to do with phone lines.
Do they offer any overtime or strictly 40 hours?
You can email me if you like. Thanks for info.
Doesn't Keystrokes have strictly OP accounts?
I thought they posted not too very long ago for a position that was strictly ops. I don't work there so I don't know first-hand, just sorta recall seeing it on the job seeker's board.
Good luck with that search :-)
Focus is Indian run and you'll be editing Indian
work, so seriously doubt you'll make a bunch of $$ on editing. 99% of the MTs love KS. If you'll just scroll down the page you'll see dozens of posts about them.
I dont cherry pick, never did. I dont do that to my coworkers on my account.
What is the new status. I dont understand what it means. I dont need their benefits nor do I want
them.
I dont know what that means. I am an SE. I dont sit and wait for work I come back in when it is
there so I never had to deal with Amherst when there was no work because I just stopped working and did other things. My feeling is if this doesnt work there are other jobs out there.
I just dont want to hit that extra space if I dont get paid for it, ya know. No message.
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If I cant make QA, dont give me work. Dont dock
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Probably not - I believe they are Indian run or Indian based company. nm
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Go to their Indian website or other Indian websites
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I didnt get the packet, do we have to take their insurance if we dont need it. I dont want it. Wish
I would have gotten the stupid thing to read.
Well, I know that MTs from my office have quite MQ and they dont post on here but I dont know how
many. I think MTs with MQ may be getting second jobs and just working for 2 different places at the same time which is probably the smart thing to do anymore because MQ will continue with this short TAT and as it spreads throughout other offices people will continually be running out of work especially after going on DQS.
You obviously have the wrong company. If they dont IM you, then you dont have it on..
I smell management. Nothing you said makes sense unless there is another Focus out there.
Sorry if I dont like gutter humor. Also dont like
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Strictly IC, good company, hard accounts, good platform.
Good pay, always on time, no direct deposit though.
Dont kid yourself that people dont know what is going on. Do you honestly think these office people
dont talk. Maybe you should make sure you know what you are talking about before you open your mouth.
Indian ran?
ugggggg
They ARE Indian!!!
If you want to take a chance and not believe what you read, you will see for yourself that they are ALL Indian RUN!!!! Some people are so hardheaded....they are a horrible company and Bobbi is a real MEAN person to deal with as well....NO WAY FOR FOCUS!!!
CMT for Indian MTs
As an Editor who worked an account for several years transcribed 100% by an Indian company, I am surprised to hear they are able to pass the CMT certification exam. Their transcription was comical at best and sheer nonsense at worst.
HIS has been Indian since day one.
It has not one whit to do with AAMT. This company tried to recruit me years ago when they were first started and they were Indian then and still have their heavy ties. You lost your jobs because Manor Care will not be deep pockets to a dying entity any longer and can't even sell the damned thing!! Blaming AAMT is easy. I think the letter you got may have been from the executive director and not the President. Each of us, has to take responsibility for the choices we make with employment and having been through a lay off with HIS I had to blame myself ultimately for making a choice to be lied to and believe it because it suited me at the time. Offshoring is over 15 years in existence and I guess here to stay so the next time you make an employment choice be sure you pick a company that does not offshore .. in the meantime, put the blame where is squarely belongs at your own doorstep and not AAMT.
...that should be Indian MTs. nm
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Indian MTs
There are always exceptions. I emailed often with one of the Indian MTs at one time. His English was probably better than my own. I think he was starting up his own transcription company and he was kind enough to ask me to work for him. (I was already working, but I considered it nice of him to ask). Really, I do think he was the exception, he was a great fellow. He was supporting his mom, his father had just passed away. Now he has gotten married. I do not exchange emails with him anymore but, if there were others like him, they would do pretty good. I do not really think that there are others like him though. Honestly, my primary account probably has 80% of his nationality. Wish they could type those.
Indian.
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indian
Didn't you know this board is run by Indians??
I wonder what they pay the Indian MTs? ..sm
I guess it is now equal, we are paid the same as the Indian.
did you mean by chance Indian
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So is that why the new US MT supervisor is Indian?
?!?!?!?!
I was doing some research on Indian
MT companies and from what I can tell probably all work is done in India. They do hire U.S. editors, or at least they used to.
So, are your editors Indian?
I highly doubt it.
Indian company (nm)
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That is correct! I don't! Obviously if you can tell they are Indian....
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indian company
i bet it's an Indian company
Sounds like an Indian to me...nm
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They are not an Indian company - they are in NY
but they were offshoring A LOT of their transcription work. In fact, they lost quite a few clients about a year ago because the quality of the transcripts was just AWFUL!
Indian and Philippine.
yes.
I don't know name of company, but there is an Indian
company with at least a store front in MA. Tech people could possibly be in MA, but are probably in India.
You mean they are hiring US MTs. Wonder why. They are almost 100% Indian. nm
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All of the Indian MT work I have
proofread is full of errors. I guess there are exceptions out there.
Says they also use Indian MTs on their website. nm
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Lartech is in TX but I think is mainly Indian run.
and very much slave labor pay.
They are Indian owned
Do a search on the Company Board. Many negatives and they are based on India. Can they even post job ads on this board?
Do you mean apart from them buying 2 Indian co's
They are wonderful for Indian MT.
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OP is probably Indian, hence the spelling.
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