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Oracle out of work - sm - anon

Posted: Feb 23, 2011

My friend just started and has been off of QA maybe 2 days typing full time and just ran out of work. I am supposed to train soon to come on board. Makes me very nervous that they overhired and are still hiring.

Out of work - NJA queen

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This is the first day we have been out of work. I just turned in my resignation at my other job to work full time with Oracle and now not sure if I should have. I think they have overhired.

Absolutely NJA Queen - You left the Q for the O, right?

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I think I've seen you posting on the Q board so I assume you left there for Oracle. Fortunately I only signed on for part-time at Oracle but I DID need the extra income. Were you hired for that big new 3-hospital account, too?

Im really disappointed, basically because I really liked the people, the managers were nice, the account was great and we were left alone.

It was great...while it lasted.

This is exactly what happened to me and I posted about it before (sm) - Ex-OTIer

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The people are generally nice but they are notorious for overhiring. I was hired on after the clinic that I had worked with for over 18 years decided to use Oracle full-time and do away with the "MT Department." There were 8 of us transcribing for 40 doctors, we were making really good money because there was always plenty of work and once we signed on with Oracle, after about 2 weeks, the work dried up completely. At that point emails and IMs went unanswered, no one to explain what was going on. One of the ladies that I worked with at the clinic spoke with someone at Oracle and found out that they had hired some 40 MTs for this clinic. Seriously, we had 40 doctors and 8 of us were covering it, keeping it within TAT, why on earth did they hire 40 MTs??? I would sign on as early as 4 a.m. and as late as 9 p.m., hoping to catch that time when there might be some work on the system but went from transcribing 2200-2400 lines a day to 150-700 a day. Needless to say I had to find something else quick. It was heartbreaking because again, I had transcribed these doctors with this clinic for a number of years. I cannot describe how frustrating it was for emails and IMs to go unanswered, not just myself but the other ladies from the clinic as well. We would ask, beg for more work, no answers and then the emails would come out and you would see all of these other accounts either out of TAT or close to it and the number of jobs available. After about 3 months I finally found something else.

I hope that this is not the case for all of the MTs that have been recently hired but again, they are known for overhiring, you can search the archives and will find the same information.

Good luck to you all and I hope that the work picks back up!

Funny, within the past few months I resigned from Oracle for another job! - me

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I couldn't take not having work for another month. I lost so much money.

Yep, even the new account is out of work - Le Sigh

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Just got to where I could whip out those reports right and left and then the dreaded no work happened. It figures and we can't say we weren't warned. I just never anticipated going from over 900 jobs and pleading for MTs to work over the weekend to zippo work by mid week. Guess all 90 of the MTs they hired all decided to show up for their lines.

I've asked for backup work so I'll see how it plays out. I really like the people, loved the account, and liked being left alone to work. That makes it more disappointing than anything.

Good luck. I worked there (too long) and never had enough work. - me in PA

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They totally overhire. That was my experience for 5+ years. The backup accounts were usually just tiny accounts that never had any work. I offered to work nights/mornings/weekends, whenever I could, but there was never work. Finally had to quit.

Le Sigh - In the know

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This company is (in)famous for overhiring. I will not work for a company that abuses its workers like that--and yes, overhiring is a form of abuse.

It's not empty this morning!!! - OTIer

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