Did you ask them? I mailed mine back and they were OK with that. sm

• Anyone actually get a callback from taking the test at Keystrokes with their recent ad? sm - just wondering
  • It may take a few days...they are EXTREMELY busy - SM - KSMT
  • I didn't have to test and I can't remember if they - me
  • Keystrokes - Soon-to-be Keystrokes MT
    • New hire paperwork - TP
      • Did you ask them? I mailed mine back and they were OK with that. sm - OrthoPro
      • Reply about MT having to use Kinkos - Miss Willy
        • new KS MT - tired fingers
        • Free sure. There are free on-line fax - not a KS
        • I agree. It should not cost you to - apply to a company or fill out paperwork.
      • This is your job. You need to have the necessary equipment - LT
        • I agree - Babe
          • A fax machine is not pertinent to being a trascriptionist - sm
            • Lots of times - Babe
              • Ummmm....what does a fax have to do with - sm
      • I have a standard response to that when someone asks me why they have to do that. sm - Hiring Manager, Not KS
        • I disagree - sm
          • Look on eBay...that is where I got my 2 fax machines - ER MT
            • You are missing the point... - sm
              • I disagree. I would rather pay to fax back than to have to get dressed up, put on sm - OrthoPro
              • A little testy are we? - Babe
                • Not going to argue with you - sm
          • WHat if the job required you to wear a uniform. - me
      • Invest in a printer/copier/scanner. - MslaMT
        • Yes they are very cheap & you can e-mail - Cell phone only - no msg
  • They just e-mailed me - to find out when a good time to call.

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The accounts weren't too horribly bad.  The reason I ended up leaving was because slowly but surely they began to inch closer and closer to paying QA by production.  When I first started, the quota was something like 30 reports a day.   We simply had to make sure that we QA'd all reports that were close to being out of TAT first and then do the rest.  Then, my supervisor left and they hired a new one who immediately called a big teleconference meeting and said we had to up production to 60 reports a day.  Then, they started counting lines.  Which was fine because they were still paying hourly.

Next, there was an MT who used VR software because she was blind - yes blind.  Again, when I first started, I was told we had to edit her entire reports because she used the VR software and we had to make sure that everything was correct and made sense.  Then, we are told only check the blanks.  I wasn't comfortable with that and I continued to completely proof every word.  Then I was called on the carpet not because I wasn't meeting the production quota, but because I was ONLY meeting the production quota.  I told them I was proofing all of the MT's work that used VR, I was told that no one ever told me to proof every word of the VR reports and that I needed to fill in blanks and move on.  When I voiced my concerns, I was told that was my job, to fill in blanks and I should move on and strive to product above the standards.  Next thing you know, rumors abounded about changing the QA staff to being paid on production.  So I left. 

There just seemed to me to be too little concern for quality and more emphasis on quantity and I just didn't want to be part of company who would take money out of my pocket just to line their own and that's what they were doing by putting QA on production.  I also am not comfortable with the job of QA being thought of as a blank filler.  There is much more to the QA profession than just simply filling in blanks. 

I don't know if Transcend ever did start paying QA by production, but I could see that the idea was being floated there.  Maybe there was a enough protest that they didn't change from hourly. 

Good luck to you!

I am the one asking for info with 25 plus years of experience. 

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You've only got a few more days before it should be there. 

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