Thinking about applying with Medware. Is work and

• Thinking about applying with Medware. Is work and - pay okay (9+ cpl?) nm
  • They are a good company to work for - Sara
  • Medware offshores - kl
  • The pay stinks, in my opinion. - nm
    • Can you give specifics? Are the benefits at least any good? nm - Communication okay?
      • Base is very low - Disgusted OldTimer
      • You only get 3 holidays OFF per year. PTO is paid at a very low rate. There is 401k...sm - ....
      • Benefits are good at Medware - Wilma
  • Lots of work right now, but guaranteed you won't get 9cpl as a base. sm - ....
    • I should say that this is for ER work, employee, Merit system. nm - ....
    • IC rates at Medware 9-10 cpl - nm
      • How recent is this info? A contact said I'd be lucky to start at 7 cpl w/years of exp. nm - Searcher
        • Very sad, but true 7 CPL!! - samantha
          • Acute care work pays more - nm
            • Oh yeah, a BIG 8! lol. - Told them thanks but no thanks....nm
        • it is current info - nm
          • Are you on an ExText account or using the other software? Thx. nm - Searching
            • EXText - nm

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I work every sunday now, and I would really like my weekends free.  I also don't like the software too much, and I have to pay LD.

Thanks for all the info you gave me. 

I've heard a lot about VR and the VR platform.  Are all their accounts on this?

Thanks in Advance for any replies!!!!     

The OSi policy change has been discussed a lot lately on this board but if you decide to work for OSi anyway be sure to wait until after the holidays are over.  Here's why.

You will not be paid any extra for working on the holidays for 6 months after you are hired.  There is a 6 months waiting period.

After that - in order to be paid extra for working on holidays you will have to maintain at least 98% on QA for the previous 6 months. 

You cannot be on 100% QA for any reason during the previous 6 months. 

You will have to make your line quota for 6 out of the 8 previous pay periods, and if work is low or you take PTO or anything else TOO BAD.

You can't take any time off for 2 WEEKS prior to the holiday. 

You must work as scheduled the day before and the day after the holiday.

You must type at least 1000 lines the day BEFORE the holiday.  If work is low (as it always is around the holidays) TOO BAD.

You must type at least 1000 lines the day OF the holiday.  If work is low (as it always is around the holidays) TOO BAD.

Sorry to keep bringing this up but it is mainly to tell anyone thinking of going to work for OSi that if you signed on right now for a Sunday - Thursday schedule you would have to work this Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with no extra holiday pay simply because you have not been there for 6 months.  If you signed up for Tuesday through Saturday you would have Christmas Eve off but nothing else.  The same schedule obviously goes for New Year's.

BTW you are monitored by OSi's very own instant message system.  It is mandatory that you are signed on to this so you can be at their disposal.  So you WILL work the holiday for EIGHT HOURS even if there is no work.  You WILL be glued to your computer so you can play the instant message game even if you have no work.

This is just the latest jewel from OSi and probably comes from the fact that their new money partner has Indian interests.  OSi has always offshored to India, and with the new partner this will only get worse.

People have been warned time and again on this board but there were so many supporters of OSi that the posts would end up being removed by the board administrator because it would get ugly. 

Guess what?  OSi's supporters are leaving now with egg on their face myself included.  Are there enough MT jobs to go around for everyone who is leaving OSi along with all the other MTs?  Who knows?  Whether you are a current employee or potential OSi employee better make your move now to another company or find another line of work.

Truthfully - from an ex-OSi supporter who is now desperately looking for another job and I sure hope I find one before the holidays.  I don't care about my good standing or promotions or tenure at OSi any more.  I just want OUT - RIGHT NOW.