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Just got hired by Nuance - Excited

Posted: Sep 28, 2012

After 8 years as an IC, I am FINALLY going to get some PTO and much-needed insurance! Yes, I AM super excited about working for Nuance!!! The recruiter that interviewed me was AMAZING!!! It is a big change for me, but I believe it is going to be a good one :)

Congratulations! nm - anon

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Excited - anon

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Sorry to let you in on this, but you won't be excited for long. My condolences.

Sorry

exicited - anon

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Don't go by this poster. Welcome aboard!

Excited - anon

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sorry about the typo

excited - tired MT

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I am with you. When I started, I, too, was excited. My how things change. Picky QA that make you feel like you are not smart enough to be a MT, etc.

So sorry - my condolences

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Yes this company sucks. Beware of the Nazi QCs!

I, too, was an "IC" sm - sm

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Even though I never worked for anyone else but my former employer. No raise in 4 years, no paid vacation, no benefits. I am very happy w/Nuance. Good luck!

Congrats and welcome! - Another Nuancer nm

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Fantastic positive attitude!! Congrats and best wishes!! - nm

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Welcome - CatLady

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I was an IC too for 10 years before I was hired by Nuance. I've been with Nuance almost a year now and I do only editing, no transcription. For the most part, I like it. Like you, I never before had PTO or benefits with any company and as you well know, self-employment taxes stink. The staff at Nuance is very nice, the tech support is great at Nuance, the pay is direct deposit, and you will have benefits (I only signed up for the eye portion because I have other health insurance). Plus, you'll get to contribute to a 401K if you'd like. The only complaint I have had so far is that I do, on a daily basis, run out of work several times a day. In my experience, they seem to have too many people on each account, but I have yet to make on less on production pay than I made on hourly (12.00 an hour) when I was first hired. I also had to buy another computer so that I would have access to more accounts. Apparently, they do send out company computers, but I wasn't given that option (team leader told me it was hard to get a company computer, but someone on the same team got one shortly after I asked about it, weird). Anyway, being as that there are so few transcription and editing jobs out there that pay anything anymore I think Nuance is a good company to work for, but you likely will not make anything close to what you were making as an IC. Then again, you'll have to factor in the PTO, benefits, 401K, and the fact that you won't be paying self-employment tax. One more thing, unless you're close to retirement age, you might want to start planning for training to supplement your career in the medical field because as the VR software continues to improve, the competition to keep the remaining spots will increase. Ultimately, transcription is just a small part of Nuance as a whole.

Hope it works out for you. - RC

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I work part-time for Nuance and part-time as an IC for local doctors. I hate working for Nuance and only did it because I lost a huge account to EMR.

The pay is god-awful. I don't know how people who only work for Nuance get by. If I didn't have my local IC work, I'd be up to my eyeballs in debt.

just hired - anon

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enjoy your excitement...I was too 4 months ago...needless to say, I'm over it now :( Seriously hope your luck is better than mine.

just hired - mt20years

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Nice to hear about someone being excited and I hope your experience is a positive one. I was just as excited, but after ridiculous QA and running out of work during the week and them begging for weekend workers EVERY weekend, I have to say that has taken away all my excitement.

I hope your experience with Nuance is better than mine.

Welcome to the ++++iest +++hole of all companies - nm

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Dislike all you want, I speak the truth. Wish I had been told the truth. - nm

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OP: Thanks for the negativity - Excited

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Seriously, just because you can't seem to make it work doesn't many there are not MANY successful MTs working for this or other companies that you people seem to ***ch about all the time.

Yes, I am excited to start my new job, and I am sure I will be pleased by what the company has to offer me. (And no, I am not a newbee excited about finally getting hired without a clue about what real-world MT is about... I've been with my current company for eight years and work in-house before that for a couple of years).

I am just trying to be a positive person and making the best out of what is happening to this profession.

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