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mercedes transcription - onita

Posted: Dec 22, 2014

I notice this company has some openings. Awhile back I had noticed some negative posts concerning the company and am wondering if anything has changed.

There's lots of work at Mercedes - Mercedes MT

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I work for Mercedes Transcription. Nice people. Pay is always on time. The pay is low; however, there is always a ton of work. There's always a tradeoff with any company. The last company I worked for paid more per line but there was never any work.

Yes, but Mercedes does not pay for spaces correct? - sm

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That is a HUGE problem for me if no spaces are paid and this is all straight typing right? I had a bad experience with a company who did not pay for spaces, only VBC and it took forever for my lines to add up. Not paying for spacing = Low line count = Low pay check.

I heard they are straight typing, 6.5 cpl for line VBC only. Can you confirm this? Thanks.

No spaces - katrina

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I bet that is right. Seems like that is what I heard on here previously, that is was 6.5 cpl but hadn't heard about spaces. Figured it was VR.

Not true to my knowledge - workerbee

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To my knowledge, this is not the case yet, because as I understand it, we would not be getting 6.5 cents a line, but even less per line.

Still low pay after having a good pay before. It is true that we do have lots of work. They are always asking for more help on other accounts to comply with TAT. We really come through for them though and manage to get the accounts all within TAT.

I just hope they won't overhire because we will be back in the same condition as when it was all one company.

Good luck on your being hired though. They have already hired a few now.

mercedes - onita

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I have not been hired, I was just kind of inquiring about the company. I have not even applied yet but was thinking about it. Hope you all don't get in a situation where they overhire.

What I like about Mercedes... - Happy camper

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Communication is excellent from team leads/others. They let you know how the accounts are looking and answer any questions pretty quickly - often minutes. The pay is a little on the low side but the account I work on has a lot of "normals" which makes up for it and the dictators are excellent.

Set schedule/IC? - curious

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I used to work for OTI, so I am wondering if the scheduling works the same under Mercedes, i.e., you just declare the number of lines you intend to produce on any given day, and as long as you meet the requirements for the pay period, they are flexible. When I went on the Mercedes site, there was a question about which shift you'd be willing to work and gave three choices. Do you work within the confines of those hours, or do you adhere to a set eight-hour schedule? Thanks!

Schedules.... - Happy camper

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On my account they request you advise your lead each week what you'll be working and focus mainly on the number of lines more than the hours of the day - but that may also vary as if an account has very tight TATs they may need to request schedules that are adhered to to meet the client requirements.

Thanks! - curious

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Thank you for your response. That seems reasonable - to require a certain number of lines within a given timeframe. I'll have to give it some thought. All of my accounts went to Mercedes, so hopefully I'd be able to get some of them back, if I apply and they rehire me. The pay and the hours are concerning. This is why I didn't sign in the first place. It sounds like it's better than we thought at the time of the split. Wish I'd known.

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