Did any of you try emailing or calling D herself? Perhaps things have changed sm
Posted By: LTMT on 2009-07-23
In Reply to: MDI low work - Frustrated
since I worked there, but it used to be you could talk to her and she would listen and make things right if she could. Maybe she is not as much involved in those things anymore and it is mostly C handling things. It just seemed worth a shot. It is sad to see so many people unhappy and scared for their livelihoods.
Good luck.
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Try emailing or calling your former STM. nm
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No communication? They are calling and emailing me
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Unless things have changed, no, you have to sn
use the Bayscribe spellcheck.
I see things have NOT changed there!
SOS - same old stuff, different company.
Maybe things have changed
for the better since the buyout last year. But, what you describe is not what they sent me in their information packet.
things have changed...
They did have Future Net when I was there, which is the best platform the have, but they had other accounts there were still on the old DOS Word Perfect, which seemed weird to me. Anyway, the ASR must be new. There was slso a lot of game playing going on when I was there, which is an understatement, and I will just leave it at that!
things have changed...
I had been with Focus since May and there were the American employees, as far as MTs and staff, but most of the team leaders were Indian and I am sure they had the Indian MTs as well. In May 2008 all the American MTs received letters that they were bought by Nuance and that all ICs would have to become employees. Just recently, all of the Indian team leads have been let go, so I am not sure what this means, but it does not appear that they are Indian owned anymore. The funny thing is prior to this a whole American QA team had been let go, so very confusing. The Indian team leads are being replaced with American tead leads now. I had no problem with having Indian team leads, as they were great to work with and respected our work. I did not have a bad experience at Focus during my time there, but the changes going on now are confusing and I am curious how things will turn out. They were my first company, so I wish them the very best.
I hope things have changed -sm
I worked for Edix too, and although I know some people weren't treated well there, I felt I really was. I had a really great supervisor. I just wasn't able to make money with that system. It was too slow, so I left after only 3 months.
Well, things have obviously changed in the last couple...sm
of years since you have been gone. Didn't seem to me that the right hand knew what the left hand was doing and just horribly disorganized. Sad testimonial of what is going on in the MT field as well as all over the US in all fields!
Things have changed since my last post right above yours here.
I let them know I was not making money and they started training all over again on a different account. I did not want to start all over again so I went full-time with probably the best company on this board and won't look back. Forget about struggling, and just putting up with something as I mentioned above this post (right above yours here), accept nothing but the best... and don't settle no matter what you do. No job is perfect, but there are managers who don't cheat as well. Go for the ones who don't cheat. Good luck to you.
I work there and things apparently have changed since you were there.
Not all the people you named are still there nor is the dental plan Delta. It is Guardian. Insurance is excellent.
Now, they hire employees and not ICs. They do that for a reason. They can better schedule and meet TATs that way. I think employee status warrants meeting your hours, but what I do know is that they do allow some flexibility and if you need it, all you need to do is say it as long as it is not 12-hr flexibility. If you have to run out and get the kids, tell them.
This company is a good company. The people are quite nice. Their QA staff is good. They do follow the BOS to a tee.
It's a personal choice, but if someone did not at least check them out, I think they are missing out. They are very good. Best QA staff I have ever worked with.
Maybe things changed since I quit there because I refused to buy
the equipment. It is not just a router, it has to be a Cisco router, Cisco modem, etc. And don't fall on the floor when you see the length of the gross lines, lol.
I am so sorry to hear that!! Hope things have changed
for your sake:( Terrible co. IMO
Very happy when I first started but things have changed -
I believe they have overhired and all the accounts are running out of work. There is a lot of demographic stuff to do too so that slows you down a lot. Pay per line isn't great but they do pay PTO in a fair way and I like the platform they use. All in all I'm still happy if they weren't running out of work -I will just have to wait and see how that goes.
You're welcome. As I said, this was 5 years ago or so. Things could have changed. sm
I would just be careful. They used to have a woman in the office named Crystal. I would call and tell her I had run out of work, and she would just laugh and tell me to take the day off! How nice ... except that I needed the money. In all fairness, though, I am sure they could not have stayed in business and kept employees if they kept on that way. I read awhile back that if you pay $20 each check or something like that that they will Fed Ex your check to you, so maybe they are trying, although I don't think you should have to pay for it.
Good luck in finding something. I know what it is like to be the sole source of income. 
so your point may be that things haven't changed.
nm
That's a shame. It sounds like things have really changed. sm
I was there for 5 years and always thought that D really cared about providing enough work for everyone. Maybe all of the industry changes have caught up there too. I hope things turn around for you and everyone else. Although I do not have a family, I am my only source of income, and I know how scary the no-work situation can be.
Good luck!
My how things have changed. I am now drowning in work from
the new clients, I guess, and they are bringing on two more this week. Hip, hip, hooray! Might even get a bonus!!!
Unless things have changed drastically, they are NOT nice to work for.
You will get calls at all hours to work, mostly because no one has enough sense to realize that there is a big time difference between the east coast where they are and the west coast where I am. I routinely got calls from Rose between 4 and 5 a.m. to see why I was not working when my schedule was for 7 a.m. pacific time. The accounts were awful. And the recruiter is just that - do not believe all the praise and glory she heaps out. She may be sweet but don't fall for her line of bs.
Search the boards. Things have changed for the worse, IMO. nm
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Everything I read suggests that unfortunately things haven't changed...
at that time the Suits were making promises ... like a 2-hour TAT on all WTs ... and they were willing to allocate as much manpower as possible to win the contract ... it was nuts.
Evidently things haven't changed since I left. Sounds like they've gotten worse - LOL
nm
The owners haven't changed, MT supe hasn't changed
I've been in their office. I know the people. It is a sweat shop and you will never be paid a decent amount or get respect. You won't know which is a good or a bad day for the person you report to until you literally get yelled at.
They have to offer bonuses because their reputation is that bad and nothing has changed. You may get work that has been recorded 3 times from some of the worst accounts you could ever imagine. They take accounts no one else will touch. That hasn't changed.
They changed buildings so maybe the phone number also changed...
They are still going strong...
Emailing everyone
You go!! Don't forget Lou Dobbs...he loves to talk about the evils of outsourcing...this would give him LOTS to talk about.
Try emailing QA sm
I was off QA after about 3 days.
I would like to know also, why emailing you?
This is what this board is for, to post so others can see and make decisions on places.
Maybe try emailing
I would try emailing again and checking status of what they are doing. I know they were very busy with a lot of applicants. Wouldn't hurt to just get your name out there again and email to see where they are at.
Maybe instead of emailing...
If you have a phone #, give them a call and hopefully you'll get someone to talk to and get some kind of explanation.
I think I'd be a little concerned because, as KYM points out, you're not getting a response from more than 1 person/department.
I'd definitely be polite but proactive and find out what's going on.
Good luck :-)
as far as them emailing me...
I've had 2 companies tell me they were interested and wanted to set up an interview date, then heard nothing after I responded so I can't help but wonder what will happen with any other company from now on.
Testing was on the typical mttest site-real easy. I don't know if I'm supposed to mention what specialties I had on the transcribing part, but I had 4 files that were actually pretty good.
I saw 2 old posts about them before and it just mentioned that people were happy with them. I didn't see anything negative.
Sorry I can't give any work experience with them. Good luck to us and anyone who applied though.
Would you mind emailing me?
I'd like to reduce the hours I work and/or pick up another IC job. Thank you.
Emailing daily log........ sm
Do yourself a huge favor. If you don't have a scanner, buy one! I keep a handwritten log and at the end of the day I just scan it into an email. You certainly don't need another screen to contend with.
would you mind emailing me.... TIA nm
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Do you mind emailing me regarding
Are they very strict on the requirement of having 5 years experience as an 'editor'? I have been an MT for 8 years but have only edited for a few months.
Would you mind emailing me too... sm
I've been thinking about applying there myself... thank you.
Allegiant MT - Would you be interested in emailing me?
I'd like to ask you some questions. Thanks
Why don't you call your manager instead of just emailing? nm
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Why only emailing you for answers, why so secreative?
NM
Good luck with emailing that one
like a 12-year-old IM'ing her pals. How professional or NOT. Unfortunatley this situation is not isolated as there have been many before you and surely will be many after. No no communication, no nothing. Some of us were just smart enough to get out while the getting was good.
Hey shortcake, would you mind me emailing you about JLG?
nm
Fatcat, I just tried emailing you, but it came back.
Could you email me, please? Thanks!
They contacted me within 30 minutes of emailing my resume!! nm
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Have you tried emailing Instant Text tech support? sm
Sometimes if it doesn't work exactly perfect they can send you a fix to make it work. The link is on their webpage somewhere and they have a forum where you can search, too.
Only took 5 min & my post re:dont waste time emailing
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CALLING ALL NEW MQ MTs
What incentives were you hired at? If you are an SE, were you told you get quarterly bonuses? PLEASE REPLY!
Just keep calling (sm)
Don't be nervous. Same thing happened to me. They are spread pretty thin there, with people wearing a number of hats. They don't really have one person who does only recruiting that I'm aware of, unlike the other companies, hence the disconnect in getting back with people.
Have you tried calling them?
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Calling on ICs
I have always been a FT employee for a national ...I understand IC status but very unfamiliar w/companies hiring IC status....Any advice on ICing greatly appreciated and good/bad companies....How is money doing Rad as compared to hospital basic 4...?
Thank you
keep calling
630-553-3680 I played phone tag for quite awhile before I finally got to talk to the recruiter. I believe they must be really busy hiring these days.
No name-calling, please. (sm)
We all have to get along on this board. If you don't care for what someone is posting, you can disagree but you cannot use foul names or vulgar references.
First off an MD would not be calling HR to
talk about an MT. They have a contact and if they had a problem with the work of an MT they would call their contact, not HR.
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