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I'm starting to think I should go with Accentus. - mt2

Posted: Apr 19, 2012

I see they pay 7-10 for ST and 4-6 for editing. Better than what Nuance pays. Anyone currently working there?

mt2 - llm

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I was recently hired by Nuance but the way they have dragged their feet has me worried so I applied last night with Accentus. We will see what happens.

I have worked for both and to be honest I would - sm

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recommend neither. With Accentus, the platform they loaded onto my PC made it crash several times. Nuance was the same, except my PC did not crash. It just took forever with the bulkiness of the platform.

It's possible you didn't have enough memory to - maintain the additional software. I had

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that problem when I worked for a smaller company using my home computer and it ran extremely slow and took hours to install.

Sometimes it could take anywhere from 3 to 5 minutes to download a job, as I was maxed out on my memory usage for my PC. It didn't cause my computer to crash, but it didn't help my productivity either.

As for the other two posters. Accentus sounds like a good choice. They have a better pay scale than Nuance and it seems that with Nuance it takes a while to get started from the day that you are actually hired until the day you actually get started working.

This is so true - Was hired yesterday and start work tomorrow - Right after training

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Can't beat a 2-day turnaround. Also, regarding the other poster's problems with the platform, I just downloaded Emdat/Inscribe with no problems at all; however, I had recently added extra memory to my computer.

So far everything with the hiring process has been top notch with Accentus, so I'm really looking forward to getting up and running tomorrow :-)

Best of wishes, they sound like a great company. - Have heard really no complaints.

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nm

I had applied ats several places. Nuance was the first to respond.... - mt2

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so I took the job. Been there close to 5 months. A few weeks ago, Accentus emailed me and said their recruiter left and they found a bunch of resumes from last November. Asked if I still wanted a job. But if they don't pay for spaces, screw that. We're paid crap wages as it is. Keep us informed on how Accentus is. Ya never know, I may jump ship.

Accentus - Alice

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That's not as great as it sounds if it only includes visual black characters only, with no spaces included. Last I heard, Accentus does not pay for spaces.

The account for which I was hired pays spaces - Done on a 65 character line

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I'm also going to be paid 2 cpl for headers, etc., that appear without me having to type anything, too.

Some accounts may only pay VBC, but then again that could just be rumor, too. Just like that rumor the other day that Nuance only pays 3 cpl for editing.

I'd suggest anyone applying there ask the recruiter to be certain rather than speculate about it and perhaps turn down a really good offer due to what could be false info.

Interviewed and going to Accentus also! leaving nuance tired of what I think is a bogus incentive - with a 90 day penalty!

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Also I tkink VBC on 55 character line is might be OK.

I Past the test, good interview and now will speak to an account manager about start date. Accentus looks to me like it may be a good fit with all their bonus incentives that are separated out in different categories unlike where I am quitting.
Hopefully this company won't get bought out by Nuance

fingers crossed :)

I pray they dont get bought out either. They are one of few - where you can make more than 4cpl.

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Pay scale is better than most for ASR.

Please keep us informed! - mt2

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I am very tempted to reapply at Accentus. This bonus incentive at Nuance is a joke. And sending emails saying it's mandatory to work part of the weekend to keep the TAT in check. If I wanted to work weekends, I'd scheduled myself to do so.

I start tomorrow and I say go for it, mt2 - AccentusMT

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You'll never be sure if you don't give it a shot. If you're uncertain about leaving Nuance, perhaps you can try on Accentus on a part-time basis (if you have the available free time) to make sure it's a good fit for you, then make the change.

I say go for it :-)

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