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Silent Type 2-day training? - jan2

Posted: May 12, 2011

Has anyone actually traveled to New Jersey to do the 2-day training?

Silent Type - jan2

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40+ viewed and no responses. I guess the answer is NO, understandably. Their MTs must all live in NJ!

Apparently they also pay by dictation - minute - not good for MT

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I looked into Silent Type before and found out they pay by dictation minute, plus the training where you have to go to New Jersey at your own expense. Both of these things would turn away a lot of MTs. Of course, they don't mention that in their ad, because not many would apply.

Apparenty they also pay by dictation minute - Jan2

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Thank you. I have now crossed them off my L O N G list. This is getting very depressing!

They used to reimburse you - meme

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If I remember correctly when I interviewed with them they did reimburse the employee after a certain amount of time for the trip/training. They didn't want to pay someone to come out to New Jersey to train for them to turn around and quit I guess. I'm sure the recruiter would answer your questions.

They reimburse after 6 months - OP

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but what MT these days can afford the money up front with what all of these MTSOs are paying.

not so sure about asking questions - confused

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I'm not too sure you can ask the recruiter questions. I got an e-mail a couple days ago about testing and I agreed to test but first I wanted to know what is the pay, what is the volume of work, and do they pay for the flight there. I never got a response.

They do NOT pay by the minute, FYI - sm - Jill

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They pay per page and have some formulation based on however many pages you do you get a certain amount of $$ - the more pages you do, the more $$ per page you get.

I did NOT work for them but interviewed with the owner. I would NEVER work for them and that's all I'll say. To each their own but I knew it was not the place for me.

Sorry, I stand corrected. I do remember - that they way they

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paid was not of benefit to the MT, at all.

Silent Type - Keepitreal

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I traveled to NJ for training but it was about 7 years ago. It is all legit. They take care of you while you are there and you train in their office. However, I did not stay with the company longer than 2 weeks. Their uber-QA was ridiculous. Dinged for commas, semicolons, that versus which.

Well.. - Silent Type

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I figure if their platform is so complicated you have to leave the state to learn it in person, I don't want to learn it. Also, when I was looking into this about 3 years ago, they paid UP TO $500 (something like that) for expenses, which if you are needing airfare, would not cover diddly. There's also hotel and food at your own expense.

They did provide transportation from the airpot to the hotel, and from the hotel to the training site, and back to the airport after the training.

Silent Type - SM

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I did go for the training a couple of years ago, was reimbursed $500, and love it there. I know I will be bomarded with questions, but all I am going to say is that Silent Type is the best kept secret out there.

Silent Type - lookingforwork

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Thanks for the positive feedback! Is it true that they do not reply to questions? I also was invited to test, but I asked a couple questions and have not heard back either. With the time and energy it takes to test for a company, I expect 2 or 3 questions to be answered up-front. Not too much to ask?

It is too much to ask - sm - Jill

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You need to wait forever for the owner to take time to answer any questions. Only she can answer anything. Hope you have time and patience.

Silent Type - anon

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Yes, actually went there for training. The training was pretty basic, just covered most of the account specifics. However, the account I was assigned had a ton of specifics that did not always apply and even ST editors did not always agree on the correct answers. They promised up to $500 reimbursment for travel after six months but I did not make it six months. They pay BY REPORT and you are required to produce a certain amount of reports per day - starting from day one. They did say there were a lot of normals/macros that would get pulled in and you get credit for but in the long run it did not pencil out. They said no one is allowed to return any jobs, once you download you must do it unless you call in and ask permission to return the job. I found I was getting some of the worse dictators ever and obviously run-back reports that no one else wanted to do. Would NOT recommend this company to even a seasoned MT.

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