It was a gradual decline. Most of us were just in denial and
Posted By: soon to be ex too on 2007-08-08
In Reply to: QTers - post previously true - Soon to be ex-QTMT
believed the stories.
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Decline.
I declined the offer. I was very insulted. I started averaging my lines & well 2 cents is horrible.
Last 5 years downhill decline
is what I have seen in the MTSO/working from home environment. I had an easier time finding a job (5 years ago or so) with half the experience that I have now. It is my opinion that a lot of this is happening because of the MTs coming on in this timeframe. Their education is not of the same quality for the most part. I cannot imagine learning this at home and being good at it. I had a hard school and it was still very hard when I had my first on-site job. As far as the overseas thing, call me hopeful but I'm hoping within time, it will decrease. Here's why: In my own experience, a US company is happy to pay me say 5 cpl to edit reports typed 100% overseas by say India. Now the quality of these reports is AWFUL when they get to me. The process to get them to me is this: They get typed by an overseas MT. Then they get edited by overseas QA. Then they would come to me for 100% editing (mandatory on every report). Imagine the delay of time this causes and how can they make a profit paying me 5 cpl to edit when its already went through at least 2 other people? Wouldn't it be cheaper, faster, less of a risk as far as quality and as far as privacy (as they don't have to abide by our HIPPA laws) to just pay a good US MT say 8 cpl to type it to begin with? Give it some time. We are all pioneers in this work-from-home career. No one has done it before. We are all learning as we go and our companies will learn as well. Eventually the cost of shipping vital information overseas with no regard for privacy laws will become more of a financial risk than it is worth. If my health records with my private info went overseas and my identity was stolen because of it, you can sure bet I'd be suing the MT company who sent it there. It sucks right now but here's hoping the good US MTs and QA will keep their heads held high and have a positive outlook for the future. :)
Agree with you both, this is how the decline of MedQuist started, sm
having to clock in and work set hours. I loved working for them before all that crap started.
Is everyone in denial?
any OBJECTIVE person who didn't want to stick their head in the sand and conclude that because Transtech was the least of the worst that they were the best MTSO to work for, by reading this whole thread can see that there are a lot of MTs who work there and who aren't happy, otherwise something as little as 2 weeks pay without working would have LITTLE impact on them, if they were happy OVERALL. Wake up and smell the coffee, the INCESSANT advertising (because of the VORACIOUS turnover) is the real TransTech, not the postings of Pollyannas (ostriches) who are in denial of reality. I used to work there, so I know.
Sounds to me like she isn't in denial
Just because she is making technology work for her while others refuse to do so and do nothing but complain about people in India, I think the smarter person is her.
ITS NOT A PAYCUT...ARE YOU THAT MUCH IN DENIAL???
Dear lord, lady, how many posts do you have to read that there is NO cut in way with VR before it sinks in?
I'm so frustrated with you and other posters with your mindset.
I am not management; I'm 99.9% sure none of the other VR supporters posting are mangement, either. The people at TT do not have to waste their time coming on these boards to coddle the likes of you who are hitting the panic button because *GASP* you have to learn something new.
Not happy about it? You know where the door is.
The rest of us will be happy to pick up the extra work.
Well, Cleopatra queen of denial - ever occur to you that if someone
this industry has gone down the toilet and there are so few companies worth even working for these days? You're amazingly misguided, but whatever gets you through.
Thank you for your commentary, Cleopatra Queen of Denial
The sky may not be falling but what is falling is the bottom out of this business.
Outta here while I still have time to get an education and move on.
I wish you the best of luck.
Also easy to put an end to it if the company would simply communicate their denial of the rumors, as
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