Transcend does not send work offshores...sm
Posted By: Cindy Wellborn/corporate office on 2005-11-06
In Reply to: Transcend! - nm
and continues to fight against offshoring.
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Transcend Services doesn't send work outside of the US.
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Transcend has taken on new clients and Spheris offshores so they are not allowed to
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Read the post again, it says Transcend is taking new clients. SPHERIS offshores therefore they are
Transcend does not offshore and they are sponsors of MTStars.
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I won't work for a company that offshores.
don't work for a company that offshores
The only chance we have, since our president obviously doesn't care, is to NOT work for any company that offshores. Hang up your headphones and walk out.
Otherwise, all is lost. You may have a job today, but it will be gone tomorrow - just as soon as they can get those offshore jerks trained enough to spell "dokter."
Not true. I work for a company that offshores.
Good grief.
Transcend has never sent work out of the US.....sm
I've been with Transcend for over 7 years now and we've never used offshores labor. Please e-mail me with the information regarding which recruiter supposedly claimed that we did.
I work for Transcend and it is NOT
always broken. Once you learn the program, just like any other program, it is fine. I am currently an employee.
I work at Transcend and am
very happy. The program is not horrible, it is actually very good once you learn it. It goes very quickly. They matched what I was making at my other company. I have plenty of work. It has turned out to be a very good experience for me.
Transcend work
I have plenty of work now. Transcend has added a number of clients, and still wanting help. It took a little bit to get everybody on board, but plenty of work now. They are giving bonus for new MTs right now.
Transcend pays 3 cpl for all work done....sm
on the 6 major holidays.
I work for transcend and use shorthand. nm
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Speaking of offshoring MT work, who does not directly send work offshore?
Just curious. Has anyone got a list of companies who do not send work offshore? Precyse? MQ? Spheris?
Good. Why dont you send some our way. What office do you work for so I can call and get your work.
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Transcend is a great place to work
I can't believe all this negativity! I just love my job with Transcend. From the recruiter to my TL and ROM every single thing I have been promised has happened! I'm very happy! Yes, you do have to produce - but what MLS position don't you? Transcend also gives you the tools you need to succeed and will help you get better, faster and making more $. Stop bashing this company! They truly are awesome!!!! And the promote from within! They are so big on internal growth!!!!
A co I used to work for would send me
hard copies of supposedly MY reports with errors. I would instantly know it wasn't my work, and would look at the MT ID # at the bottom of the report - NOPE, not mine. Naturally they were sending me the worst MT's reports, too, but I was fairly certain it was the person mailing them that was making the errors because my QA scores were very good.
I say let them try to send all of their work offshore
I think they would end up with some unhappy clients.
unfortunately they send work to other countries
they offshore to other countries from the usa because what's important to most dictators, and again unfortunately, is the cheapest price they will get for transcription......now, I didn't say they would receive good quality MT work back - but they will only be paying 3, 4 or 5 cpl for that offshore work.....so they have chosen to COMPROMISE QUALITY!!!! Blechhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Do you normally send your work each day as 1 email ? - sm
If that is the case, then make sure you save all the sent emails (I save it all) and then all you have to do is bring up her email address, select all the appropriate emails that were all ready sent, hit forward for all of them and enter in her email. Should take you less than 5 minutes to do all this and be relatively painless. --- if this does not work, yes, go for the billing route, she should be saving the work or at least keeping a backup copy of it for a min. of 3 months. I could see a file now and then but not all the time as she is doing. Very disorganized. Good luck.
Does anyone send cards or anything to the office they work for? (sm)
Years ago when I worked for a smaller company a bunch of us made a big box of goodies and mailed it to the office. They were such great people, helpful and cheerful. The company always sent us something and we didn't want to just send to the owner of the company so we felt a card in a box of goodies everyone could share. Smaller places have more of a personal feel .
Now I work for a larger company and home made goodies may not be such a good idea. (The shipping alone would be a killer.) I guess a card addressed to "everyone" will have to do it. Thought about having X-mas cards made up with my family picture on it and sending that to kind of help them also put a face to the name. Too much? Think I would be better off with just a standard card?
Those of you that are doing anything for the office you work out of, what are you doing? Would love to "borrow" a really good idea.
TIA
They'll send an email out when they need extra work done.
The bonuses are tied to taking on extra work on top of your regular workload, not production or longevity. It's per extra shift or per extra report on backlogged accounts. Call and talk to them if you have any questions.
Keystrokes does not and will not send work out of the United States. nm
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Do you honestly think MQ doesnt send work to India, etc.
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Just got E-mail from someone who is Pakistani wanting me to send them work for 3 cpl. (sm)
First off I am a MT myself, not a company and have no idea why they are soliciting work from individuals, unless they think we will sub-contract it to them.
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I would just supply one digital copy, either send the work back
via an FTP site or email attachment or whatever, or keep addending to a CD, but let them keep their own archives. And why can't they print when you deliver the CD or the work in digital format? I don't do any printing at all. Everything goes back digital and they keep their own copies. Once I bill for the month, everything gets deleted, as it should be under HIPAA.
Just say it's not going to work out, quit, and send the stuff back. Not like you'll be using t
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Make off shore work illegal (to send to), lower dues, better pay - nm
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SPHERIS offshores
They told the hospital I was working in that they didn't but low and behold, they do. They joined up with Healthscribe, who makes no bones about the fact that they have a company in India. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS THAT THEY HAVEN'T CALLED BACK.
Whoah! I did not know OSi offshores-how do you know this? (sm)
I've only been there 9 months. One of the reasons I applied to OSi was that I heard they did NOT offshore.
I have enjoyed 'almost' every minute of working for them. I have only run out of work twice and then they switched me to another account so I could keep going. In fact, lately, I've put in extra time because the workload is so heavy.
I am not fresh out of school, either, been an MT for 11 years, but this is my first national. They pay on time and direct deposit. Bennies are decent. QA are nice to work with, and they all are willing to answer questions anytime. They don't bug you either. No whips are cracked over my head. If I have a problem with my service at home... which I had power failures twice (just my luck-never had any in 15 years), no problem. I made up the hours later.
I'm sorry, but I don't agree with the posts against OSi. They've been good to me, but if they offshore, I'll be thinking differently. Maybe I'll suggest they offshore the ESL work to them. 
I really want to know where you got your info on outsourcing. TIA.
The offshores should be charging more, too....
... even though lots of their work is cr@p.
company that offshores. sm
http://www.imedx.com/
Do you care if your company offshores? ...
It really chaps my buns, and I will not work for any company that sends work out of the U.S. How do you feel about it???
I always ask if the company offshores. I have turned down
multiple positions because the companies offshore. I'm now in a dilemma as my company has started offshoring. They are not taking work from me to offshore, but they could not find enough qualified MTs to keep TAT where it needed to be and we were having to work like dogs. They knew they had to do something so they went offshore. I'm still not sure what the difference is - if they have to proof 100% of the offshore work, why can't you proof 100% of U.S MTs and train them trained, even getting a newbie, someone who didn't have the attitude that this is they way I've always done it, etc. I've seen the work that comes back from India and it is not client ready.
I have several years invested with this company. They pay better than anything I have been able to find thus far, I'm comfortable with my accounts, the platform is easy, etc. So what do I do now? There are very few companies that don't offshore, either to India or another country, and they are currently training women in Trinidad, so more work will eventually follow. If I do find a company that doesn't offshore, how long will it be before they do start offshoring. I honestly never thought I would be in the position that I am.
But the problem is, as long as the offshores
sell themselves so cheaply, even those workers in the US who have not been displaced will still have trouble eking out a living on such a low wage.
Spheris also offshores to India. Shameful.
I have been told and read that Medware offshores. I think you can do better.
There are many American companies that do not offshore. Please steer clear of any offshoring companies at any cost.
Spheris offshores - they are not allowed to advertise on this site - sm
I hope that helps in your decision making.
I just saw another MT site advertising a service that offshores that boasts the company as
transcription companies in the US! Of course, it doesn't surprise this long time MT considering the owner of the site highly promotes offshore transcription. I am disgusted and have canceled their newsletter.
Marilyn Richardson
ProScript Documentation Services does not send work overseas or employ any overseas MTs. (nm)
Transcend
I've been there almost a year and I've never had a problem with bending my schedule by a couple of hours. They would like you to work the hours you committed to, but no one has ever said anything to me about starting earlier or later or ending my shift a little early. But, I make sure that my lines are adequate before I stop for the day. I have had a couple people tell me that they will get an email or a phone call about working their committed schedule, but it was mostly for people who are not producing enough.
Hope that helps!
No to Transcend
I tried to work for Transcend for 1 month (I also had 2 other jobs transcribing to see which co. I liked to stick with) anyways, I was put on 3 accounts, of which only 1 had work consistently and even that account ran out. And the work I received seemed cherry-picked as I had heavy ESL, which I have experience with, but need high volume to pay the bills! I decided that I would stop working for Transcend and see how long it took for them to realize I no longer was working. Well, about 1 1/2 months later I was still scheduled according to their website, and had received no contact regarding my absenteeism. Eventually, I received an e-mail about missing work. However, even after another 2 weeks, I was still on the schedule and receiving CEO emails, birthday cards, etc... I sent the computer back and am working for a company that knows my name. I figured I would have that experience with a national. At least the co. I'm with now mixes my work with moderately difficult dictators to easy line accounts to compensate. Good luck.
Transcend
Can anybody tell me if Transcend allows you to be "flexible" with the hours you work (meaning, are they very strict about keeping certain hours or are they more lenient about having a flexible schedule as long as you get your hours in)? Also, do they require you to work one day on the weekend on a regular basis? If so, do they give shift differential? Thanks for your replies in advance!
Transcend/Beyond TXT
I know that a lot has been said about the changes at Transcend and their platform for some accounts going to Beyond TXT. It is a VR/typing platform. It has received some negative publicity here on MT Stars. I just want to give another opinion of it for all those who might have or are considering a position with Transcend. I believe some of the posts may have scared some people off.
I have been working on the new platform now for a little while and I have to say that I absolutely love it. The platform has been designed specifically for MTs with many of our suggestions implemented into the making of it. It is quick and very easy to type on. The thing I love the most about it and the company is that they are consistently making changes to it. The changes are generated by emails from MTs who type on it, making suggestions to make it better and better for us. I have never worked for a company that goes to that length for us.
This is my experience at Transcend and I understand not everyone has the same experience. No need to start flaming me for my experience. Just wanted to give my side to the changes that are happening at this great company. And NO I am not management.
But if it is transcend, you will only get about 600
lines a day because of the system being down, overstaffing, and then they will pay you a whopping 60% of what you make because you only "edit."
Any OSI or Transcend MTs out there? (sm)
Have tested for both. Any pros and cons from either (or both) would be greatly appreciated. TIA..
OSI/Transcend...sm
No offense, but read the archives on these two companies...there's not much good about either. I worked for both, and if I HAD to go back to one or the other, OSi would be the lesser of the two evils.
Are you with Transcend?
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looking into Transcend
Any info on them before I apply?
Transcend..OSI
Hey all...my husband recently lost his job, so I need to find more work. I'm looking into Transcend and OSI...what is your take on them? Thanks so much
Transcend!
Is anyone able to work??
Transcend!
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