TTS - pleasures of spending the past 4 months - scribetimes

Posted: Apr 03, 2013

The pleasures of spending the past 4 months being micromanaged at TTS has resulted in my leaving for greener or shall I say different pastures.  I actually am very glad I learned the eScription platform...it is a pleasure to use.  My account with TTS was a real plumb ripe for the picking...sweet and fast...really didn't have much trouble making 350 lph editing; however, despite hitting this line count, I barely made more than $10 an hour.  Well, this notwithstanding, I persisted working hoping to break the sound barrier of 450 lph so that I could raise my earnings...i am sorry but i just don't feel great about blanking and not researching anything.  We are told to blank and move on to the next document.  My account ran out of work a few times a week, however, they never saw it fit to provide me with a secondary.  Kept my 99% accuracy and my line count where it should be and got tired of begging for a secondary.  Gave them my notice and received a scathing 3-page diatribe from the ice cave about how I wasn't working during my designated shift hours, which was quite impossible when I was running out of work.  Frankly, I didn't read the entire thing because it consisted of a laundry list of dates and times I wasn't working due to running out of work.  My take is that they over hire.  There are no account managers, only one "escription team" to which one must address any and all questions.  Heaven forbid you have a question...you may have to wait 24 to 48 hours to get any response.  A lot of emails are generated by some type of robotic system it seems.  The final thing to watch out for is that their software is encrypted with spyware and malware which bloody well screwed up my PC.  I suppose I just wanted to warn unsuspecting editors that, although they put a positive spin on having to produce a minimum of 250 edited lines per hour each and every hour, any hour you fall short will be questioned and you better be ready for excessive micro-management to such an extent that any mature adult will feel they are working for a group of frustrated gustapo.  Other than that they are excellent.