I worked for Oracle back sm
Posted By: MQ-MTr lnng, long time on 2007-01-27
In Reply to: Oracle (OTI) Transcription - Curious
around April of this 06 for about 3-4 weeks and it was a total joke. They don't have instructions to their platform in any kind of organized form. Their training is about 1/2 to 1 hour and then you are on your own. I made absolutely no money and have been doing this for almost 30 years. I wouldn't go there. The people were nice except the one that i dealt with in Human Resources before I started. That should have given me a clue. I live in the south (originally from Michigan) and happened o say you all and she had the nerve tocorrect my grammar. None of her business. Obviously she doesn't know anything about being rude or different parts of the country. I should have just called them back after that happened and before they sent out my information/supplies and told them to forget it.
I have a motto of my own that is if it doesn't come easy, don't do it. I went against my own values that time and got in a total mess. Their platform then was a joke. I don't know if they have changed in or not, but I wouldn't work for them again.
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I worked in QA for Transcending back in 2000-2001. They were paying hourly back then. SM
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!
Did you miss where I said I recently worked at Oracle. That's firsthand, hon. nm
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I worked for them a while back...
I never got to their required line counts because of filling in so many things with each report. Finally, the recruiter called me and told me we would sever the relationship. I sent the equipment back and got paid for my lines. Working at much better place now where all the demographics fill in automatically. Was not a traumatic event to leave them. Go on with your life. There is more out there in the world. Bueno suerte!
You must have worked there a while back because...sm
The rental fees have been gone for quite a while now. The company has been restructured over a year ago and extra management added so questions can be answered promptly on accounts. Potential new employees are given in writing details of the pay rate, scheduled work hours, etc as part of the employment package.
I have worked for them and went back sm
I left primarily because last fall they didn't have enough work and we aren't talking low on work, we are talking absolutely NO WORK on the system for hours at a time. I don't know if they were overstaffed or what.
I was invited back recently and jumped at the chance. The new MT manager is a gal I worked with previously, but she had been promoted and she has many excellent ideas about how to make her organization a team. I really enjoy her.
As for the work, right now there is no problem at all. I think that this gal is pretty careful about hiring and not overhiring. She will ask if you can work more and go to a couple of crosstrained MTs she has and best yet, she will get right on there and type herself before she will hire a new person. I love that feeling of reality and support on her part. Her boss is an extremely nice, very professional gentleman whom, I believe, truly cares about the MTs and his staff.
They pay well IC and I'd go for it. The platform is a Word client and I love it. It took about 3 hours for it to go smoothly for me, if that long. Tech support is wonderful, he knows what he is doing and he is pleasant.
Umm email if you need other information.
Worked for them a while back...
What's going on now?
I worked for them a few years back
Never had any problem. I was on a surgery center acct, loved my supervisor. I ended up quitting to go back to an in-house job.
worked with them quite a few years back...sm
owner and her husband were great people and fair. Plenty of work all the time. I just could not get used to NOR did i like that EMDAT platform. it was taking forever for my lines to add up. I detest Emdat.
I do not want my youth back, worked too much
and wound down to only 1 job now, not full time anymore and drawing full retirement SS along with my pay from my job. Now, this is when it gets good and feels just like when we did make the big bucks only now I am not working excessive hrs, much easier in my later years.
I worked there a few years back.
There are good and bad. My experience is from a few years back, so I can't say how they are now. First, they have EXCELLENT trainers and support staff. Very professional and the owner is very kind. I really liked her. The bad was that I think when I left I had about 4-5 accounts and still sometimes ran out of work. They would just keep throwing another one at me. I would learn it, and it would be low. This may not be a problem still. I don't know. You have to set a schedule and work that exact schedule if there is work but flex if there is no work. You have to have a time clock, which I did not like at all. I think they only give about 4 days off the first year and you CANNOT take unpaid time off, so I did not like that either. They may have ironed out some of those things. They are very nice people though. Hope this helps.
A few years back I worked for
an MTSO that asked for suggestions from all its MTs on how to make our working experience better. So I made a few recommondation, one of which was for some kind of forum where its workers could get together, get word help, share tips on the platform, accounts and difficult dictators, and kvetchz some. The response that this has been considered but voted down by management because such forums tend to become negative.
My idea had been that if it were a company-sponsored board the comments would be more constructive than anonymous bitching and ranting on a board such as this; then management would have a handle on what was bugging people, and could respond and maybe remedy some things. Apparently their fear was that people would be frank about problems they were having, others would agree, and the suits would then have no way to claim they were unaware of problems.
So we had to turn to a forum like this and management definitely monitors what is going on, yet can deny that knowledge and not feel obliged to respond or fix anything.
EVESDROPPERS SELDOM HEAR GOOD OF THEMSELVES.
Yes, worked for them back around 2003 (sm)
Stayed about 3 years. When I started, they were still Edix, and they were fabulous! Good line rates, great QA team, and some of the nicest trainers I've ever worked with.
Then they gobbled up a few smaller companies, became Spheris, and took away our quality bonuses, moving to a strict production-based incentive program. It was still okay for me, because I really liked my accounts and had a great supervisor.
Then they chased off some of the best supervisors, and then I moved on.
I tell friends who ask now that it's a great place to build experience if you are just starting out, but that I would never advise anyone to stick with them long-term. There are better firms out there. Not bad, but not great, in other words.
I worked for them a couple of years back sm
Nice bunch of people, all IC. Nice platform. Always had plenty of work and I think they paid 7 cents a line. I did weekends and always had work. I'd go back to work for them if I could. They had lots of radiology and acute care and tons of cardiac.
I tried Vonage a while back, but I didn't think it worked very well at all and got rid of it.
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I worked there and left, recentily went back and
this is where I will hopefully retire from. I went from company to company and was never happy with any of them. MQ works for me. Very happy that I went back!
And they have been that way since I worked for them back in 1999 or 2000!
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I worked for them a couple of years back... SM
They are a pretty good company to work for. Pay always on time. Work flow waxes and wanes sometimes, but pretty consistent. I liked them. Only reason I left was to take a job in the office which didn't work out. I'd go back to them in a heartbeat if I didn't need bennies.
Pay was low back in 2005 unless you worked the entire weekend. nm
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I worked for them PT awhile back -- 20 hours a week min., I think. nm
I have worked for MQ, Spheris back when it was Edix, Transcend and OSI. TransTech is by far the bes
The pay is decent, probably not the highest in the business but not the lowest either. The benefits are good. Pay is always on time. Great bonuses. Great communication and most of all I really like the people and it makes me enjoy being an MT again.
I worked at TC about 3-1/2 years back. I found everyone to be helpful and friendly. sm
The pay was pretty good and the account was easy. I just had some sound issues and got a better offer elsewhere. Does PY still work at TC? She is a great lady and I thoroughly enjoyed working with her! I'd say to anyone looking to give TC a chance! They are one of the better companied out there; small by mighty!
I worked for them years ago, back in 1994. No one was working from home then... SM
Well, if you were working from home, you were coming in and picking of tapes. It was a pretty good place to work. I was just starting out as an MT so it was really good experience for me. They paid me hourly, but I was in house back then.
I worked for Keystrokes a few years back. There were some problems but was told they were working on
I had heard that before, too many times to count, so I left.
I came back 2 years ago and it was like night and day.
All of the old problems are gone. They blamed them on growing pains and never denied them. Instead they fixed them. They have my vote!
Have worked for both. I am back at Keystrokes after making the mistake of leaving for Accusis.
My pay at Keystrokes has always been much higher because they seem to never run out of work. Accusis is mostly offshore, which is a negative to me. Ask Keystrokes to match the rate, I bet they will if you forego the review in 90 days. I will never leave again!
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I applied a month or two ago, received an email from someone asking if I would take a test and said she was getting ready to go on vacation for a week, so I hurried and immediately and told her I'd love to take the test. I never heard back. I waiting thinking she went on vacation and would contact me when she got back to do the test but nothing...very strange..Just wondered if this happened to anyone else.
Has everyone heard back from Keystrokes yet regarding the email we received a while back?
Just wandering why I haven't heard any response yet.
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Is this company on Long Island? I checked out their website and even tried calling once. Were you successful in contacting them? All i know is that the company is owned by some doctors.
Hopefully, you will hear back. Unfortunately, I immediately heard back from MD-IT
but somehow with over 16 years of experience, I blew the test. I was soooo disappoionted and yet pretty stunned. I am by no means perfect but I haven't flunked a test in years. I expected it in my early years but not this far down the road. I was so confident and they will not tell you which part you did not pass and why so it really just blew my mind. I must have been in shock for like two hours after I got the email. Oh well, someone will want me....hopefully. I was thinking about OSi but I don't think I could take another rejection if I never heard back.
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I'd try someone like Oracle
You can do IC with them, and they have someone in their accounting department that will actually figure out what your taxes should be for your paycheck, withdraw them out and give them to you in another check, so you can set aside. Then, if you really feel uncomfortable about the tax issue, you can prepay your taxes quarterly with the IRS. Transcend is not that flexible with employees, only with IC (that's what I am with them) - and even then, you'll be lucky, with their platform and stinky dictators, to make much money at all. Try Oracle ... you can change your schedule whenever you want, and there's the benefit of the tax lady who will help you with that aspect.
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Thank you very much. Unfortunately I haven't been an MT for long, about 2-1/2 years and on the website is says they need at least 3 years experience. I'll keep them in mind.
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Oracle is great. I worked for them recently but had to leave because of needing benefits.
Flexible - yes. You're an IC, and this is the company that comes closest to treating you as an IC. They give you a weekly quota, and you work when you want as long as you meet that quota. You work one weekend day.
Platform isn't bad. It's getting a bit dated, however. Software isn't written with MT input, which accounts for most of the problems MTs encounter with it. Still, it's not bad.
Some accounts are C-phone, some wav pedal. Depends on what account you do. You can probably rent equipment through them if you don't own it.
QA leaves you alone. You don't get QA reviews because they understand you're not their employee. I'm sure they do reviews of your work within the company, but you won't hear anything from QA as long as you're doing good work. None of the nitpicking that occurs at most companies.
Very little turnover. Friendly people in the office.
Keystrokes - I have no experience with them other than the things I read on this board. They seem totally unprofessional, and too many MTs seem to be having problems with them.
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they kept telling me that they wanted to hire me. I had to make 3 calls after that since they were not calling me back. The recruiter even e-mailed me back to tell me they had an account that I could have and then did not call me back. After that I realized they were pulling my chain, not being honest or not organized; whatever you want to call it. I went with my instint and just dropped it.
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