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Oracle or Landmark? and why? - Tom72

Posted: Sep 23, 2010

Which one would you choose, and why? (I am experienced on Bayscribe, a platform they both use.)

I saw the Oracle add. Does anyone know what they pay? - need a job

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Or what ASR pay is?

Oracle pay - sm

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8 cpl for transcription, 4 cpl for ASR. IC only.

Landmark - Landmarker

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I work for them as an IC and have for about 2 years now. I really like them. My account has steady work. QA is good - helpful, but not intrusive. You're not inundated with e mails and junk all day long. In fact, I rarely hear from them unless it's e mails letting us know about changes in templates or messages being passed along from the doctors about things. They leave you along and let you do your work.

Pay has always been accurate and on time.

Landmarker - Tom72

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Do you have enough work? Are you fulltime? What platform do you use? Thank you.

not my experience with LM - dmz

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Supposedly my "acct" got cancelled suddenly (that very afternoon) and there were "no other positions" so I sought other work. I found QA for the particular acct I was on very tedious, nitpicky to the point where I was glad the acct got cancelled (if indeed it was)...it was a bayscribe acct, but my experience with QA was terrible - it could have been the hospital specifics that were anal, but I never looked back after that acct supposedly got cancelled, just found something else to do.

dmz - Tom72

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My concern would be whether there would be enough work. I already have my application in someplace else; will see what happens. Thanks for the information. I am looking for Bayscribe-based work. I know Oracle and LM use it. Any others out there who use Bayscribe?

Landmark - ExLMer

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Tom, if you apply to Landmark, make sure to inquire if it is an overflow account you'll be working on or if it's their actual account.

I found the people at LM fine and had no problems with QA; however, most of the time there was not enough work on my accounts to even bring in a decent part-time supplement. Also, the overflow accounts I was on had horrid audio quality from being recorded and re-recorded multiple times. Even with the volume all the way up and no other outside noise, I could barely hear the dictators. After completing a few reports, I'd have a blinding headache from straining so hard to hear that I'd almost be glad when I did run out of work early to give my ears (and overworked brain) some rest, lol!

Good luck, whichever way you decide to go; however, if you're looking for a FT gig, make sure and find out from LM if what you are being hired for is an overflow account.

Reply - Landmarker

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I'm on Bayscribe. Yes, I have enough work. I have gone part time with them, as I got a job with a comparable line rate at a company with employee status. When I was working FT, though, I did have enough work and the only times it really slowed down were around the holidays. There was a slow down when spring break came, too, but it didn't last long. I'm on a clinic account.

There's another poster who says "everyone's mileage may vary" when it comes to MTSOs. My great experience with a company could be the next person's horror story. I have nothing bad to say about the company, though, and have had only good experiences with them.

IC? Does LM offer that? & also (sm) - kacey

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did anybody experience a pay cut recently there? know somebody who works there and they did, a big cut with hardly any notice, but they claim it wasn't their work it was supposed to be the account paying less. Doesn't make sense & don't know what to believe. What is happening to this industry? What is going on at these companies?

Yes they do offer IC - Landmarker

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I think it depends on the account, though. I'm an IC with them.

I don't know about Landmark's account, but I do know that a recruiter with another good-sized company told me that they had just been underbid on a potential new account by a larger MTSO that off shored and that there was no way the company I was talking to could compete since they refuse to go offshore. The rate she told me was something in the 9 to 10 cpl range that the MTSO was charging the customer. You know if they're charging the customer that little, they're not paying much for the MTs.

I also know that I had foolishly told somoene what I was making at Landmark and they applied and were surprised and a little angry when the account they got hired for didn't pay the same rate, and it was in fact lower.

I think the rates the Mts make depend quite a bit on how much that particular client is willing to shell out. that's just my impression, though.

It sucks that they didn't give anyone notice that the pay rate would change, but accounts come up for renewal probably annually, possibly every two or three years. Sometimes it's a choice of keeping the business at a lower rate or losing it entirely.

To Tom72 - my experience

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I work for LM on a Bayscribe account. Pay is okay, always right, always on time. QA is not a problem. Tons of ESL.

LM Health Benefits - orlmt

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Is anyone partaking of their health benefits? If so, would give a quick breakdown for employee-only medical?

benefits - mt

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Depends on what state you live in, but approximately $215-250/month for employee only.

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