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Transtech and companies who say they do not offshore. - anon


Posted: Jun 01, 2011

Noticed that all we have are foreign dictators and the difficult dictations.  A lot of the hospitals use 2 services and those that offshore are known to send OUT all the easy dictators because....the foreign countries cannot understand the difficult dictators either...not even if the doctor is from their own country.  They have to send them easy  work so it does not look AS bad when it comes back and the doctors don't complain too much, or then do not want their work sent out at all.   

I don't know if it is because of VR and the better dictators edit their own reports or because of all the big companies that offshore.  TransTech is one that says the do not off shore, so sharing an account with one that does then seems to be still our problem for 4 cents.

Who do they share accounts with? and don't you mean 4.5 cents?(sm) - Aunt Suze

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are the new people hired getting 4 cents?

Yes, 4 cents. Not 4.5 either. New people you ask? - anon

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Yes, new and used! Because it is the "going rate" and, you know, you are just checking...anyone can do that, and do it faster and get double. Halve of 8cents a typed line is 4...so everyone thinks it is fair. Everyone who does not do the job that is.

Focus I hear offshores. Nuance seems to be coming up the stretch and in the lead. - anon

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Nuance seems to be the VR company to be taking over now.


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