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It has been a long while since Nuance took - over my former MTSO

Posted: May 28, 2014

So I don't really remember, but I do NOT recall them offering a choice of NOT accepting to become an employee of Nuance, just all the details of what the merger or whatever it was would be.

I get that they would not want everyone to quit en masse, but was there no choice even offered, which is how I recall it, and is it legal for them to do that?

So has anyone else been allowed to make that choice, i.e., UE rather than being sold to the devil?

I would be interested to know the different ways in which we have all been duped, extorted, and compelled to become employees of Nuance, and if anyone escaped with any fair deal, if anyone's former company actually helped them make an informed choice, instead of trying to dupe them into thinking everything was going to be just the same.

No choice... - Tried of being stressed all the time

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It never even occurred to me that there were any choices...it was just, we are being bought out and everyone would go with them. I guess I was just happy to have a job still, but you made me think...looking back, we lost our jobs and UE may have been a better choice.

I feel as though there are hidden cameras in my house directly tied to Nuance management....Exciting news to me is NOT capacity organization whatever it is called....it is always DO THIS....DON'T DO THAT...SCORE NEAR PERFECT...NO EXPLANATIONS...There are so many things to remember and check and verify...etc...that have nothing to do with the actual work...I just want to work...Now I fear everyday that in October we will have a pay cut again just in time to not be able to heat my house for the winter. I am now on Medicaid and food stamps because I cannot afford to feed my family which puts more of a strain on this entire nation. Before the Nuance takeover, I was doing okay...could pay my bills and feed my kids.

In essence, Nuance is causing a strain on society by cutting our pay more than 50%. We all know the company income is the same--they are not charging facilities less for VR than straight typing, but are paying less for us to do the work.

So, no...my previous company did nothing except to say you will keep your job and your accounts...nothing about a drastic pay cut, etc.

This is exactly as I recall it too - can this possibly be legal?

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I think we all agree on the terrible practices Nuance has as an employer, but I wonder if a legal challenge could be mounted based on the changeover process alone, i.e., the fact we were just sold into virtual slavery with no choices given, not even unemployment.

Someone mentioned re-employment insurance, or other MTSOs sometimes offer TAA retraining when offshoring is involved. I see there is the WARN Act, but that seems to only require notification if mass layoffs, not mass pay-cut-by-half takeovers.

I think at the very least that UI should have been a choice, and with my previous income (rather than the Nuance terrible income) I would have at least been able to buy some time and a chance to look for a better job. Now it seems all my time is spent waiting for work and making up time, too tired at the end of it to do anything.

So sorry to hear of your dire straits. You're right, there is really no excuse for the extremely poor compensation we receive now, except they want more and they want to pay us less, and most of us are trapped because we have to make some income to pay for our former unimpressive lifestyle we thought would not be hard to maintain, yet now Nuance seems nothing will stop them until they truly make us all minimum wage or less.

What about? - soweary

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Class action law suit? There's one going on for Transcend before it became Nuance. However, I don't really think Nuance is involved in that case. We have been screwed royally by this company and they know that divided THEY STAND!

I knew it all along! - YB

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I could have predicted pay cuts but didn't dream it would be as drastic as it was. I lost my home, have no money in the bank for any emergency and I'm the only breadwinner. It can't get much worse. Not only this but this software program not production oriented at all -a real time waster dealing with so much minutia.

take over - YB

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I wasn't given any choice at the take over that's for sure!

I wasn't given a choice either and wish - sm

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I would have left when the merge occurred approximately 2-1/2 years ago. I stupidly thought it would be a good thing to work for a huge international company. Boy, was I wrong. Since then, a lot of my co-workers have left or are leaving. Nuance is the absolute worst company in the world. In addition, it's obvious that they hate America!

The choice was go with Nuance - or quit

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and if you quit you were SOL, no UE, no nothing... you lose both ways, and how!

It is just plain... - Diabolical

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and there will be a fair judgment someday!

no choice - outsourced to the outsource co - 10 days before Christmas

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xo

We were not offered a choice. Just - EXCITING NEWS

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You've been sold down the river!!!

There was never a mention of UE, so never believed it was an option.

There ya go... always on the edge of my seat - for more exciting news

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When you hear the word 'exciting' from Nuance, you can expect trouble ahead.

being laid off - and going on UI

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I've been outsourced twice now and both times it was done in the most unprofessional way. They don't want you to know that unemployment insurance benefits are an option because it increases their payment rate to SSI. Any time you are laid off, you are losing your job through no fault of your own, and in a hospital that means the department is closing too. Your job will no longer exist and that is about the only time you will qualify for UE without a headache. You will not be denied UE if your employer has laid you off. An IC is a different story.
Your former employer is told by the MTSO sales team their former MTs will be hired and make 8 CPL when it is really 4 CPL in a few months. They don't know you don't get paid for research, or demographic entries, or that the medical insurance is practically impossible to afford.

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