dial it back, jack

you're spreading it on a bit thick -- GREAT place to work, NEW (clients next week) - INEXPENSIVE insurance (sometime in the future) - MASSIVE HIRINGS (proof they are growing) -- I am reading between the lines here and now would be a good time to stop the hype. Sounds like the same PR team to promo TT.

• Another Keystrokes question - New Keystroker
  • ex-keystroker - SCTX
    • If you missed TAT three times, you should be out. I only give my employees sm - Small MTSO
  • I am not on the Keystokes bandwagon, but sm - LTMT
    • I was offered 9.5 cpl less than 6 months ago. - not a stroker
    • 7 cpl is ridiculous! sm - Thanks for the warning
      • No one makes $0.07. The range is sm - KS Lead MT
        • yes, they do - cpl depends on a lot of things....
        • Is this Meditech? - :)
          • I am not on Meditech and I started at 0.09 ten months ago. sm - KS MT 2
      • I will be making 9.5 cpl - New Keystroker
        • Hmmm...not sure who to believe now sm - Couple more questions
          • I have 5 years of experience - New Keystroker
          • Read their job postings. They put the starting pay as 0.08 to 0.095. That is what I found. Why no - KS MT 2
            • Simple answer, because companies lie! - sm
              • I guess I have been lucky to have worked for 3 great companies. The only problem with the 2 before - KS MT 2
  • How do you accept - and plan to start a position
    • Was just curious - New Keystroker
    • kinda agrees with my point - whoa
      • I am not anonymous - ccamplin
        • There is insurance. Some consider it too high but they are getting sm - KS MT
  • dial it back, jack - whoa
    • I am sad that you are so cynical... - Denise Thompson
      • not anonymous - I do work for Keystrokes, I thought I made that clear - ccamplin
        • Comment not addressed to you but to "whoa" - Denise Thompson
    • I am still not anonymous - ccamplin
    • No TT PR here...I can't quite believe there is a company (sm) - Another OhioMTa
  • Everything DeeDeee said about Keystrokes was right on...(sm) - Another OhioMT
    • Wow...they sound like they are the best - New Keystroker
  • Keystroke Info - DeeDeee
    • does Keystrokes offshore? - no message
      • Owner has stated emphatically "no"! - Cardiology MT
      • No! - NM
        • Thanks for info. Makes a difference whether I apply or not. - no message
    • Thanks so much! - New Keystroker
      • Sounds great as long as you are a fast learner - on their accounts.
        • Lots of new accounts. I called the office to ask a question and sm - KS MT
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Anyone have information on this company out of southern california?   Thanks a lot!

Do you now or have you previously worked there?  Can you give me more information?  Thanks.

I work for Transolutions, and the do use dial-up and I believe they do PT also.  I am FT, so I am not sure about PT.  Also, Spheris also uses dial-up and has PT and also supplies all the equipment you need.

Last I knew they paid for your second phone line.

Does anyone still work using a dial-up connection?  We are facing a move in a couple of weeks and it has come to my attention that I may not be able to get high-speed in our new home.  My only options may be dial-up or satellite through Wild Blue.  Are their companies out there that are still using dial-up?  I really love the company I am working for as an employee right now but I would go back to IC if I had to.  Thanks for your help!

and willing to answer a couple of questions, could you e-mail me?? thanks!

If you have DSL or cable, you'll be okay at KS.  If you only have access to dial-up, they have almost no accounts.  I know most people have DSL/cable, but there are still a few of us that can't get it.  I've been with KS for about 6 months and will now have to look for another job because of this.

I only have dial up and there are no plans to add DSL in the area that I live in for at least another year possibly two.  Satellite is out of the question due to too many trees around. I live in the woods and believe me its hard to get a clear view on the satellite dish we have now. 

If anyone knows of a company that still uses dial up please let me know. 

Thanks

It's getting harder to find places who will work with dialup or else it's so slow you can't make it worthwhile.

Please give me some companies that I can do QA or edit for?  thanks, I don't have broadband right now. 

I work for MQ and have done so for almost 7 years now w/o any of the problems that others so often complain about here.  I think it depends on the office you get.  A close friend also worked for them and the office she had was horrible.  Anyway, they accept dial-up, I believe Medware does, but not positive, and Spheris too. 

A suggestion would be to call the local phone company wherever it is you are moving to and ask them if they have plans to get DSL in that area.  I called ours recently and was told they plan to extend out and have DSL available to at least 80% of their customers by the end of this year.  So, you may not be w/o it for all that long. HTH.  Good luck.

Need info on Transolutions and any companies that allow dial-up, 19 years experience, looking for new job.  Does Transolutions dock pay for mistakes?

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!