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Employee-based company? Recommendations? - brown72807

Posted: Apr 18, 2012

Anyone have good recommendations on a good employee-based company to work for in terms of good benefits/401k?

Thanks!!

Walmart? - :)

Why respond with something stupid? .. :S - brown72807

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There is no need to be rude or snide. It was a question for anyone willing to give a helpful answer. Why even waste your time responding with something so stupid?

Not stupid. I have been an MT for 16+ years and - sm

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they were trying to tell you not to even get in to this racket!

Yea .. it was stupid. Not worth the post. We can agree to disagree. - brown72807

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No disrespect but I asked a simple question. If someone doesn't have positive feedback or help then dont waste the time. I am currently an IC trying to switch over to employee and figure out the best way to go about doing that from other people who have possibly done similar. If you can't say something helpful don't waste my time.

It was not stupid answer... - maybe it was a stupid question

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You wanted to know a good company with benefits and 401K. I dont believe any of the MTSOs are good companies with good benefits, so I gave the best answer I had. Maybe you should "do the work" and apply for employee based jobs that offer benefits and 401K and then if the hire you, great. Let us know if they are good or not. Maybe any answer we give is a waste of time because who knows if you can even pass a test or get hired. Maybe you have a different idea of a good company than I do! By the way, this was not a simple question!

This is going nowhere fast. - brown72807

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If you think Walmart was a legit answer then we really do have different ideas on things.

I've already started applying. Anything is better than what I have so the question was just a general one. If nobody can answer it then fine .. that's okay .. but no answer is better than a snide one IMO.

No worries, brown72807 - Pffftttt

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I suspect a few of the snarky comments today, not just on your legitimate question, are being provided to us courtesy of someone using a different handle than what that poster normally uses.

Disregard it. Ever since that "like" button feature was added, it appears some take a perverse delight in randomly clicking "dislike" on the most benign posts imaginable, and the snarkworthiness of the comments has also increased.

Blow 'em off, as difficult as that may seem. Just pay attention to the credible answers and laugh off the other ones, obviously posted by those who have nothing more productive to do all day than try to make others feel inferior (key word being "try" ;-)).

For one thing, I was not the one who posted what you - sm

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so poetically called a stupid answer. I was NOT rude in telling you they were trying to tell you to get out of this biz while you can. Good gravy!! Chill already!

Not sure where my post went, but I said - sm

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to calm down. They were not trying to be stupid. It was a legit answer in a humorous manner!

Why respond with something stupid? .. :S - brown72807 - VT Prepper

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I think you need to lighten up.

Employee-based company - anon

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I work for Nuance and I think the benefits are as good as you can find these days. Seems like no companies offer anything really spectacular. The 401K is fairly good - through Fidelity. The incentive plan is very nice. Hope this helps.

Thanks Anon! Appreciate the feedback ... - brown72807

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I have looked at them a bit and submitted a resume this morning. It's hard to know whether a company is good/bad when reading comments on here; sometimes it is hard to differentiate between who is negative in general or who may have really had a bad experience with a particular company.

Nuance - Brownie

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I tend to differ....The insurance is horrid with a huge deductible just to get blood work and forget anything other than an office visit by your PCP being affordable. 65.00 to see a specialist, I believe 250 or 500 deductible for blood work. Insurance here stinks.

Nuance - anon

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I certainly didn't imply that it was that good. I just meant that it seems none of the companies offer anything very good from what I can see.

employee based - luvslasvegas

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I would personally recommend you try and find something employee based at a local hospital. Those positions are very hard to find but well worth it if you can find one. I have yet to see a service that comes anywhere close benefit-wise and some hospitals do have home-based positions. Good luck.

Nuance - VT Prepper

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In my opinion, I don't think any "good" companies even exist. Yes there are those who have wonderful experiences and those who have horrid experiences all at the same company. But a good company that looks out and values it's employees in the transcription world is unheard of these days. There may be some, but they are the exception and not the norm. It's all about the $$$$ for the CEOs and those on top and screw the transcriptionist and the PEANUTS we are paid is evidence enough. AND before some of you MTs write about how wonderful your job is and you make $40,000 or better...don't even go there because you are either being paid by the hour, a paid company spokesperson or a down and out liar!

Nuance insurance/incentive - anon

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IF you only need benefits for yourself, the insurance is reasonable. IF you need to cover children and/or husband, the rates are prohibitive, IMO.

The incentive plan, IF you can get it (rather like an elusive carrot being dangled in front of our nose, and when you get close it is yanked away) IS helpful. BUT it is based on 99% QA and if you don't achieve that, you don't get a bonus for 3 MONTHS!!! I have many friends who had not scored below 99% for years, and suddenly now that this is the policy, they are getting 98.8 or 98.6% reviews.

Having said that, the Escription platform IS one of the best. So you need to balance that info. It works for some, especially if you do not need insurance for anyone but yourself. Good luck in your decision!

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