It's a slightly old article -

• OUTSOURCING: This is a MUST-READ! - Typingperson
  • Links EVERY AMERICAN should read - anon
  • Here's that link again..... (sm) - Typingperson
  • speaking of outsourcing/off-shoring - Watching it unfold
    • Here Here!!! I just called the Social Security office to apply for benefits, and somebody is already - paintyper
    • You hit the nail on the head. sm - MSMT
      • Amen to that. If things don't improve, I'll be forced out, too (nm0 - after working my @$$ off for 30+ years! :(
    • I agree - tired of working for nothing - m
  • I saw that article too - Alisi
    • 800$ week?? - ME
      • Keystrokes - New Keystroker
        • Don't expect that to last - classiqueen
        • That wasn't my experience there. I wasn't on that kind of all-inclusive acct, either. nm - Glad I left. nm
      • i clear over 800 a week, 40/week; 30+ year experience. (nm) - betty
        • i strive for $1000 a - anon
        • I'm also 30+ years, and the miniscule - (sm) - Typingperson
        • Or you're paid by the hour/not line - ME
          • I used to make that much, too - On the right accounts
        • More like 80 hours/week hu? - ME
          • Only 36-40 hours a week - New Keystroker
            • Which company do you work for?? - ME
        • WOW, must be nice!! - ME
        • Yes, it's possible - On the right accounts
          • All in the account - Babe
          • EXACTLY!! - ME
    • He is GREEDY!!! - ME
      • No, he IS American. Which is of course (nm) - a large part of the problem.
      • Born in the USA - With all due respect
        • Your physician - anon
          • He is glad he is part of America - With all due respect
        • He sounds human!! - ME
      • Who isn't...? sm - m.e.d.
        • Shame on him then!! - ME
        • oops...not about GREEDY but... sm - m.e.d.
  • Ooops! Forgot to add the link: HERE IT IS: (sm) - Typingperson
    • p.s., why not e/mail the articles author, - sm
      • It's a slightly old article - - 2002 or 2003, I think.
      • Absolutely! - sirpercy
        • You're so right! It's bad enough that a low - (sm) - Not holding my breath
          • You are right not to hold your breath - sirpercy
            • I'm just SO tired of living from paycheck to paycheck, and always (nm) - worrying about paying my rent.

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My story:  I started a week ago with sneezing.  At first, I thought it was allergies because we took DH's truck for a long drive (the one he takes the dog to the shop in).  But after 2 doses of Benadryl and 6 hours later, still sneezing.  The sneezing started up again the next day and by the third day I was coughing.  The coughing got worse as the week went on and it got to the point where I was gagging on the mucus.  I self-medicated with OTC stuff -- Robitussin, Mucinex, etc.  By Sunday, I was on the couch the entire day.  My body hurt, my ears hurt, I had chills, still coughing and sneezing.  Finally on Monday, I called my doc and made an appt for that afternoon.

My doc did a thorough exam on me and told me that what I had was more than likely viral and that antibiotics would do me no good (I'm old school, I say give me the Z-pack and send me on my way), but not this newbie.  He gave me an inhaler.  We have 3 of those in my house already and told me to continue with my OTC stuff.  I paid my copay and left.

Needless to say, the next time I get sick, I'll wait until I'm dead to go to the doctor's because I'm sure it's just a virus and we can't really treat a virus.  Maybe that's the prob with the workload.  People aren't going to their doctors because the doctors aren't doing much to help.  Save your money and wait it out.

I did happen to review a chart of the 50 states and did not run across anything where they required a set weekly amount.  In my state in the NE, to qualify, you must:

1. Have worked a total of at least 20 weeks within the last 56 weeks (year).

2. The total $ amount you earned during the past year is added up and averaged by the number of weeks you worked. (i.e., if you worked for 30 weeks this past year and earned a total of $15,000, you averaged $500 per week). 

3.  This weekly average is divided by 2 ($500 divided by 2 = $250.)

4.  Any week in which you earned $80 or less is thrown out - so as not to unfairly lower your average. (May be $90 or $95 now, as this was taken from 2005 data.)  For example, if you started your job, say, on a Friday and earned $80 for that day, that would not be counted.)

5.  Your weekly benefit amount is roughly $250.00 for 26-39 weeks (depending length of recession).

* They will always use the separation criteria from your LAST job as reason to deny or grant benefits - whether 1 day or 1 year.  For example, you may quit a job after years of employment, then work at a temp for for a week - get laid off of that temp job after that time for lack of work - you're in luck, since they'll use criteria from that last job for your UE claim.

I did happen to review a chart of the 50 states and did not run across anything where they required a set weekly amount.  In my state in the NE, to qualify, you must:

1. Have worked a total of at least 20 weeks within the last 56 weeks (year).

2. The total $ amount you earned during the past year is added up and averaged by the number of weeks you worked. (i.e., if you worked for 30 weeks this past year and earned a total of $15,000, you averaged $500 per week). 

3.  This weekly average is divided by 2 ($500 divided by 2 = $250.)

4.  Any week in which you earned $80 or less is thrown out - so as not to unfairly lower your average. (May be $90 or $95 now, as this was taken from 2005 data.)  For example, if you started your job, say, on a Friday and earned $80 for that day, that would not be counted.)

5.  Your weekly benefit amount is roughly $250.00 for 26-39 weeks (depending length of recession).

* They will always use the separation criteria from your LAST job as reason to deny or grant benefits - whether 1 day or 1 year.  For example, you may quit a job after years of employment, then work at a temp for for a week - get laid off of that temp job after that time for lack of work - you're in luck, since they'll use criteria from that last job for your UE claim.

I did happen to review a chart of the 50 states and did not run across anything where they required a set weekly amount.  In my state in the NE, to qualify, you must:

1. Have worked a total of at least 20 weeks within the last 56 weeks (year).

2. The total $ amount you earned during the past year is added up and averaged by the number of weeks you worked. (i.e., if you worked for 30 weeks this past year and earned a total of $15,000, you averaged $500 per week). 

3.  This weekly average is divided by 2 ($500 divided by 2 = $250.)

4.  Any week in which you earned $80 or less is thrown out - so as not to unfairly lower your average. (May be $90 or $95 now, as this was taken from 2005 data.)  For example, if you started your job, say, on a Friday and earned $80 for that day, that would not be counted.)

5.  Your weekly benefit amount is roughly $250.00 for 26-39 weeks (depending length of recession).

* They will always use the separation criteria from your LAST job as reason to deny or grant benefits - whether 1 day or 1 year.  For example, you may quit a job after years of employment, then work at a temp for for a week - get laid off of that temp job after that time for lack of work - you're in luck, since they'll use criteria from that last job for your UE claim.

expected QA scores, and use stars and apples as QA scores or do they come in real numbers now?

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/business/stories/2008/05/25/ga100transcend.html

If they delete this link, email me; I have the article saved.

Thanks. 

 In 2003, Indian employees, who were working on medical records for Ohio’s Heartland Information Services, threatened to release confidential records unless they received a cash payoff from the company.

http://blj.ucdavis.edu/article/604/#_ftn60

and seem mighty proud about it.  LG states that about 15% of the work is outsourced to India (that was in May, 2008 - number more likely 35% by now), but that the clients are in the U.S.  That was a strange quote, IMO.

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/business/stories/2008/05/25/ga100transcend.html

If this link disappears, email me.  I saved the article.

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_12022094

Am I googling correctly, that Nuance is affiliated with both Dragon (speech recognition) and Focus Infomatics (Indian??). 

So, if Philips sells to Nuance, what are the implications?  Does Focus have American MT's?

I know these are scary questions and purely speculative at this point. 

the records were stolen FROM a Transcriptionist who was subcontracting, not BY a transcriptionist, probably as a result of a computer being stolen or a home break-in, although the article did not say.  It seems the only way to prevent this type of records breach would be to keep all transcriptionists in-house.  Or am I missing something? 

company that set up a dummy office in another state to license its hundreds of vehicles there to avoid paying taxes here where apparently it is higher.  I know it is not MT, just seems like Corporate America (or Corporate India) is packed with liars everywhere. 

As far as the MT part goes, I would be tempted to contact the clients and ask if they knew their work was going to India, but then I suppose that could set you up for a bunch of lawsuits.  Still, it would not hurt my feelings if they somehow ended up losing their accounts because of all of this deceit.