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Ever have days that you just don't care. This is one - wannie

Posted: Oct 14, 2013

of those days that I regret ever having gone to work for Transcend who later sold out to Nuance. Never have I dreaded getting up in the morning and going to work like I do now. VR is a train wreck; it never learns, adds things that are not even close to what was said, adds things that weren't said, etc. FIESA is a big, fat joke. Nuance is a pain in the patukas. Sorry, just needed to let it all out.

It's destorying itself - Janey

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The VR is getting worse, it is worse now than when it started, it does not recognize as much and it is leaving out big chunks of sentences. It types conversations the dictators are having with others around them, not correctly, so having to delete whole paragraphs almost of jibberish. Forget it if there is background noise, you type the whole report almost. It think this company is going to destroy itself.

I never thought I would say this, but today is one time - wannie

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that wouldn't bother me one bit. I have never worked for any company, big or small, who had so little regard for their employees. If this company is going to destroy itself, I hope it hurries. I've about had all I can take. Been looking for another job, but live in a very small town, not a lot of opportunities, and the ones that are out there pay low wages. I'm not getting rich at Nuance, but definitely can't afford a big cut in pay.

Been one of those days for me too - Fedup

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Got an urgent email from my TSM about a call tomorrow because of my line count being under what it should be. I try and try, but there are days it's impossible with the dictators who try and eat and dictate, or who take phone calls and don't pause the dictation. Had a 28 minute dictation the only day and it was only 40 lines because most of it was a phone call he took while dictating. Don't know how much more I can take.

Right there with you. I have the same problem. - Discouraged

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I get dictations that give me about half or less what should be expected. I have also had jobs where I have transcribed almost a whole report and then the dictator will decide to cancel it and say they'll redictate it later. I have been told to just cancel it and that's that, that I won't get paid for ANY of those lines, or that time, even though I did the work, that it is just the way it is.

I have never worked for a company before that did not pay me for the work done in those situations. It has always been that if those lines were transcribed, they were billed, because we (I) did the work, and it is no fault of the transcriptionist if the dictator canceled the work after the fact.

In what other job would anyone ever get away with not paying someone for work already done? I don't know how that's legal.

So those are lines transcribed that I don't get paid for and that don't count towards the LPH requirement, even though I did the work.

Try figuring out your LPH adding in the average lines per minute for those jobs for the time you worked on them and I bet you would be much closer to the LPH requirement, so it's not that you're not making the grade. I am in the same boat and I am sure I will be getting an email soon about a call to tell me LPH is under what it should be too.

Every single day......sm - LoveMT

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I just don't care about anything anymore. I don't care about anything except doing my 8 hours 5 days a week, and making sure my reports are accurate (according to my standards and not the ridiculous QA offshore) and leaving the damn job right at my computer after I clock out.

I have never been in such a miserable job in my life, and I am actively seeking a way out as soon as possible. I am giving only what is required of me, not an ounce more, ever again. Tired of being jerked around and cheated out of what I've earned.

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