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Do you all mind sharing with me how much you take home - TinaBee

Posted: Jul 10, 2012

I was laid off last week from my in-house MT job. I have an interview this week at Nuance. I am wondering how much you all bring home in a 2-week period? I've never worked production so I don't know what to expect. And could you please tell me if you're part-time or full.

Thanks!

Full time and I make peanuts. - anon

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I work full time and I normally bring home $800 ish every 2 weeks.

I just lost my bonus for the next 3 months though, so crank that down to $720 or so.

I would highly encourage you to stay on top of your FIESA scores daily and challenge even the tiniest things, as it adds up. I was basically ignoring my FIESA scores and subsequently lost my bonus for the quarter.

When I went back and looked at the last quarter FIESA, there were several challenges I could have made that would have saved my bonus.

If you land at Nuance, that is the best piece of advice I could offer.

Thanks for the advice! But what is FIESA? - nm

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nm

If you get the job you will know but ... - anon

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It is a website they will give you access to that has all of your QA corrections. You go in and review the changes they have made to your audited reports. It shows what you typed and what they have corrected.

I just cannot stress enough the importance of watching it. It is a pain in the behind but definitely worth the trouble.

Beware Nuance...... - Lori C.

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I know many disgruntled transcriptionists who are employed now by Nuance after they bought out WebMedX. Nuance and Medquist are the monopoly companies buying up all the littler companies and then treating the transcriptionists like little sweatshop rats. Beware.....

Lori C. is absolutely right - Donna Z.

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Lori C. is spot on. Try to avoid Nuance if possible. I've worked there almost a year and it's less money than bagging groceries.

Thanks for the info, but.... - sm

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I need a job for just one more year and then I'm retired. So, I think I could put up with any place for just a year. I'm pretty much desperate!

Nuance pay - recentlyoutsourced

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Our hospital in Alaska outsourced our whole department Dec. 9, 2011 (to save money!- WHATEVER). We were all making over $25 an hour there. My take home was averaging about $1300 and is now about $700 or even less with Nuance. HORRIBLE.

Nuance pay-recentlyoutsourced - CE

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The exact same thing happened to me, right around the same time. In fact, my last day with my hospital (in california) was Dec. 8, 2011. I was looking forward to the challenge of Nuance, knowing I would be making less, but it was out of my control. Agree with HORRIBLE AND ADD DEVASTATING.

Thus the reason they outsourced - anon

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They had to pay you $25/hr plus a sweet beneifts package (I assume). They have slashed their costs by at least half and probably more.

They make money, Nuance makes money and we get boned.

exactly!! - no message

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