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Keystrokes lack of work - cautiouscat

Posted: Apr 12, 2014

Anyone out there work currently for Keystrokes 2014 in the Chicago, IL area? I am experiencing a drastic slowdown in work available and wondering if it is the hospital or if Keystrokes is singling me out. I am not sure I trust what they have to say about things, seems a bit scripted to me, but I want to trust them as the work is good and interesting.

Keystrokes last of work - Sara

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I had to quit keystrokes after a month because there was not the amount of work I was promised. The work is interesting. The platform is the old Clarity one that Spheris rolled out 1000 years ago and is kind of clunky. The people were great. Not getting paid for spaces wasn't. I don't think they are singling you out.

Probably not singled out - SM - Marta

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Hi Cautious! I cannot picture them just wanting/needing to single you out of work - unless there is cherry picking going on. However, in my KS experience I would venture a guess that your account is saturated with MTs that were put on there if THEIR other accounts got slow. THAT is very typical and common here. HOw long you been working for them? Rad or HIM?

Probably paranoid - cautiouscat

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Im probably just being paranoid. I came from a cozy account that went Dragon to this large company. The pay has been comparable overall, I just don't like committing to hours when there is no work to be done. Im a busy person :) I have worked for less than a year for them. I do love working for them, however, just want the work! Im not used to counting on work pools!

Probably Not! - Curious MT

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Was the account you came off of that went to Dragon Keystrokes' large Hem/Oncology account? I have worked for them for several years now and am struggling to make ANY money at all! I believe the account I'm on currently is strictly overflow, but they won't tell me or either it is overstaffed because I rarely have work at all and no backup account, so if they are singling you out they must be doing the same thing to me except it sounds like you have a lot more work than I do currently!

IDK anymore - cautiouscat

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We will see what the future holds anyways. I sure hope the work picks up more cause I do not make enough money for sure.

Some accounts are just overflow. I was hired and - me

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thought I would have plenty of work. There was the first few weeks, but afterwards I would get emails telling me to not work for the next couple of days. I found out the account was just overflow, though I was not told this when hired. I was then given an account with a lot of work, but it had lots of difficult dictators, a crazy amount of account specifics, had to use a C-phone and a horrible platform that was not MT friendly and I couldn't make much more than minimum wage.

was that account with difficult dictators, and a crazy amount - of account specifics with a c-phone

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in chicago, beginning with an S? If so, I was having difficulty making any money on that account also.....extremely difficult to understand doctors, but lots of work.

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