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offered a position with Acusis - wondering

Posted: Jun 06, 2011

I was offered a position with Acusis. Am looking for information on the company as I cannot seem to find much recent info. Any help is appreciative. Thanks in advance

Nothing special about it one way or the other. It's - just a typical, mediocre MT company. nm

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ACUSIS - WONDERING - sm

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Review the MTStars company board and past postings about Acusis. Many part-time MTs were laid-off in January without warning because Acusis lost big accounts (one to Transcend). As an example of "team building", they post all MT names who achieve 100% QA (I've never heard of a perfect human being), 99%, 98%, etc. Some of these MTs are awarded $25 gift cards and their names are also published. QA is more concerned about comma placement than correct usage and spelling of terminology. Let's not forget the "counseling letters" that are "put in your file" if you don't lick your supervisor's foot. Acusis purchased Digital Records Corp in Santa Clara, CA, which was a great little company, and promptly lowered the CPL from 9 to 8.5. The IT for Acusis is located in India, as are the majority of their MTs. The company says they give their accounts a choice to use Indian MTs or American MTs. Of course, they give them a big discount for using Indian MTs because the dollar-to-rupee exchange rate is insane and Acusis makes a bundle. Now, are you still wondering?

Some were making 9.5-10 cpl @ DRC, and it - was still lowered to 8.5.

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FORGOT TO MENTION - sm

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Forgot to mention the most important rule to follow if you accept a position with Acusis. Last year, all Acusis MTs were warned that if we post anything about Acusis on MTStars, they "will know who it is" and you will be fired.
Another company owned by a man who has no understanding of transcription as a profession, but who is making a fortune off our skillset and throwing us table scrapes. We have become like the women who worked in the sweatshops in the 1900s.

acusis - tammysue

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Well, sounds like I made the right decision not to take the job. Just didn't feel right. thanks for info

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