Boy, do I know about this. sm

Posted By: Editor for offshore company on 2006-04-30
In Reply to: I've been approached by an - always curious

This is basically the kind of company I work for, off shore owned with a lot of the typing ( I refuse to call what they do transcribing) done there and sent here for QA. First, dealing with an off shore company is NOTHING like dealing with a US company. Their religious holidays and the unrest there means days can go by with work slowly trickling in and TAT going out the window. Also, they have a very low regard for women. I have close friend in middle management and they all but ignore her and her suggestions. The company I work for ultimate goal is to get rid of US editing. However, the accounts that get sent to facitilies bypassing US ED are routinely complained about because of poor quality. There is no way any offshore typing I have seen can be sent staight to the client, unless that client is willing to except horribly substandard work just to save a penny, and we all know those clients are out there. Turn over on offshore typists is really bad also. Just when it seems the typists are finally getting the hang of English grammer and sentence structure ( to say nothing of just basically understanding what is being dictated) it becomes obvious those people are no longer on the job and new typists are working on the accts. My friend says it's because as soon as these workers get more proficient with the language and grammer, they are lured away to higher paying jobs in other fields. Just be aware that by starting a company like this, you will not being doing blank edits. Often you will be retyping whole reports at an editing line rate. I think offshore MT is going to have to make big changes in how they do business and step up to the bar to do it the right way or we are going to have to dumb ourselves down to do it their way. This is just for starters. It will not be the money maker that you are anticipating. In fact, my friend thinks my company is going to try to make the books look good enough that the company can be sold to the highest bidder. I may be out of the frying pan and into the fire.

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I've been approached by an - always curious
- hmmm but if it were to get too - newmt
  - The problem is that can't find editors, certainly - always curious
- One other thing. - Ed for offshore
- Boy, do I know about this. sm - Editor for offshore company
- That might be a good plan - Reality
  - Thank you your reply. He/she says the client base - always curious
    - But how much are the US EDs gonna be paid? Typically this work is paid at 2-3 cpl. nm - Can you live on that?
      - The American editors would be paid - always curious
        Well, I would like to applyl. I hope you can make a go of it but it will not be an easy road. If - you want someone who has BTDT, let me know. nm
- Sounds like a great idea, would flush their "profits" - sm - XXX
  - Helping U.S. MTs is exactly my thought. - always curious
    - This is not a new market. Is being done with all offshore companies I have ever worked for. nm - Off shore work is horrible and a pain to "fix&#
- I would do it. - .

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