You can buy XP from Dell. I started with a different company about 2 months ago and sm

• Ever been fired from Keystrokes because of Windows Vista? - In shock
  • WAIT! Before this gets further out of hand with the nay-sayers on here, talking about small claims - TiredMT
    • Ex-MQer, now KSer. . . - In shock
      • Just like we've been saying all along. nm - exactly
  • Zylomed did me the same way - SCMT
    • But it would be her word against theirs - - txmt
  • Good example of why you shouldnt have to be out - money to go to work for someone. nm
    • It's like saying that you don't need the proper tools to be a carpenter. You can't use on - HappyKeystroker
      • A $1000 computer is bit different than buying $10 - screwdriver specially after being told Vista would
        • what??? - me
          • Downhill trend - PoP
  • Keystrokes/Vista - grayingMT
    • Geek Squad - In shock
      • You have too many inconsistencies and incorrect info in your posts. sm - KS4
        • No inconsistencies. Were you there? - In shock
          • A new computer for an operating system???? - pxmt
          • One thing I learned from nationals is that sm - fn
          • Ok, this REALLY does not sound like Keystrokes - KSMT Also
          • Don't buy new - buy refurbished - Old Broad
          • Dell's website offers computers with - Windows XP. nm
  • Can you exchange the computer for one with XP? sm - nm
    • Maybe you could swap hard drives. - midwestmt
    • I wish I had those options. - In shock
      • Sure sounds like the old "CYA" syndrome to me. Are they giving you another acct? - TTer
        • CYA I guess. - In shock
          • You're not alone. - ODonahue
            • "head over heals?" - ksmt
              • You just proved my point. - duh
  • So sorry that happened to you. nm - IC-MT65
  • Vista/Keystrokes - cj
    • Please, whatever you do SM - suggestion inside for in shock
      • I am using Parallels Workstation - teaser
        • Just teasing? - In shock
          • here is the website - teaser
        • Where do you get this program or device? Sounds cool! nm - No KVM switch needed? NM
          • It's at the link enclosed. sm - nytescrybe
      • You will have to completely format the hard drive first - KSMT
        • That is what I would do. What is the advantage of Vista? There are so many problems with it. - Moving on
          • I never even heard of Vista before. . . - In shock
            • You can still get XP - KSMT
            • You can buy XP from Dell. I started with a different company about 2 months ago and sm - JumpRope
              • You can buy XP from Dell Small Business section. - tillie
          • I actually like Vista - KSMT
            • What exactly is different about it? Can you give sort of a short overview? - Computer savvy not
              • It is the companies that do not want to pay to upgrade to get compatible with it. nm - Vista is great !
                • It is the hospitals that have not upgraded and most of the tech companies that sm - IT
      • Microsoft said I could. . . - In shock
        • SELL on Ebay and start over - Me
    • Thanks. - In shock
  • sounds like you "technically" never started, so you could not have been fired.. - MtMom30
  • Vista will not work with Keystrokes accounts - KSMT
    • Then I will have to hear it that way. . . - In shock
      • It was not me - KSMT
  • Sounds like you misunderstood to me. No one from any - me
    • I had a very long conversation . . . - In shock
  • Keystrokes' ads all say WindowsXP or 2000. Vista is not compatible sm - Keystrokes Mgr
    • You say "No one would have told you to purchase that." sm. - Just me
      • mistake - grayingMT
      • If you read their ads, you see that they are XP and 2000 only. sm - GeekSquad Wanna Be
        • Exactly!!! - KSMT Also
    • I was told to buy Vista. . . - In shock
      • I believe you, too. You couldn't have pulled that out of a hat. nm - fn
      • I believe you - SCMT
        • I believe her too. sm - MeToo
          • same here....was told one thing; turned out to be another. - n/m
      • in shock - sm

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starting out right out of the gate producing around 2200-2500 lines in 6 hours, best I have EVER done since leaving my local clinic and going with a huge company.  However, it seems that once the honeymoon was over, things started to change and now, on the same dictators, I barely get 1600 lines in a day.  It is a Word-based program and in the beginning I had no problems with the programs opening or typing in them and now they seem to freeze all of the time which, of course, slows my production tremendously.  I cannot figure out if it is my computer or something that they have in the program to keep you from doing over a certain amount in a day, which I am not sure why they would. 

I made $3,000 more in 7 months than I did annually with Transcend after working with them for almost 4 years.   I can't say that I'm surprised that Transcend has now gone the way of offshoring because they are the kind of company that will stoop lower than low, but I will say I'm a little surprised that everyone was so up in arms on their company board when finding out about it.  People were warned about this company over and over and over and over.  The ones who tried to warn others about it were called liars, inferior MTs, troublemakers, the list goes on.  Yet, here it is 7 months after the last exodus, which was only 6 months after the previous exodus, and the proverbial stuff is STILL hitting the fan with this company.  It was once said that time would tell if the troublemakers were telling the truth or not.  Aren't you guys at Transcend tired of being shocked yet? I'm curious to see how many left this time.

and I can see how that can get to be a problem.  I have experienced that before, where an MT will just figure I'll know what it is right away, so why waste HER time looking it up (one actually said that to me - ACK!)

But so far what has worked for me is being downright snobbish about who I have working for me.  Fortunately I worked with several really excellent MTs before I became an MTSO, so once I started getting accounts I hand picked the best of the best.  I pay them well, but I expect them to be so good that really I don't even need to proof their work; I trust them that much.  They will occasionally have a question or ask me to listen to something, but that's pretty rare.

Now when I get to the point that I need more MTs, and I may need to coming up in a month or so as I may be adding a big account, then I am going to run out out of good MTs that I know...so I will be in the same boat.

I think most of the national companies require 98% on quality checks.

One thing you might do is offer an incentive - review their work for a period of time and pay one amount for MTs whose work you don't really have to check, and then a graduated scale from there.  Those whose work has to be gone over with a fine toothed comb shouldn't make as much, as you are spending your valuable time proofing their reports.  Those who are worth their salt will step up to the plate.

and click on either desktop or laptop, on the far right side of the screen is an icon asking if you are looking for XP.  If you click on that, it takes you to a screen offering XP on the same machines that show Vista, and the price looks comparable.  I have not gone any further, as I am not looking yet, but it does look as though XP is offered at a reasonable price through Dell.  If anyone else knows any more, please let me know.  TIA.

He may have sold out to Nuance in March of 2007, but he still runs the show!  Second of all they are absolutely NOT bringing any accounts whatsoever back to the U.S.  That's just plain fabrication, deceit, lies, BS -- whatever you prefer to call it.  It just ain't true!  They just recently laid off the majority of the American QA staff and have forced the skeleton American crew they have left to go to production.

The lie that they are bringing work back to the U.S. was started and perpetuated in January of this year as a negotiating tactic to get the Indians to continue to work for peanuts instead of giving them more money.  When the Indians called their bluff, they hired a bunch of American QA people only to fire them at the end of April, beginning of May when the Indians caved.

And finally, they are an Indian run company and their QA and MT staff is 80% Indian.  I have the actual figures given to me by the Director of US Operations at Focus.  Focus employs 3800 Indians!  Does that sound like a U.S. company to you?

Oh, and the Director of Recruitment posted that 90% of their operation is in the U.S.!!!!!  He flat out lies.  He also says everyone laid off got a nice severance package.  Total BS!  Half of those laid off had to call the company and scream bloody murder when their checks were deposited as promised.  The other half will be calling tomorrow!

I'm sorry this happened to you, but when the first month's check didn't arrive, that would have been it.  I still enjoy transcribing (most days) but not enough to do it for free. 

Good luck to you in getting your money   That's an awful thing to happen to anyone.

the first time you call to place an order, you speak with a pleasant, articulate American, but any call after that goes straight to India?

The last time I called Dell, there was such a communication breakdown that I demanded to speak with an American.