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Question about work going overseas - and Nuance

Posted: May 31, 2012

I've tried finding this info on my own but can't seem to locate it on any reputable/trusthworthy site. What percentage of the MT/MLS jobs is sent overseas? I'm only asking because I was "bought" by them a short while ago and have recently purchased a house. When I was "bought" by MQ, all of my work went to India or somewhere unknown. My QA scores were always 99% to 100%, I could breeze through the line count w/ no problem, and I had a team lead I liked, so I shouldn't have been on their radar to shoot down, unless it was simply because I had been there since the HealthScribe days and, thereby, after the many pay cuts still managed to make a little more than the starting MTs did.

Appreciate any links or insight and TYIA.

Work going overseas - beaten down

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A great deal of it; I was "bought" or more like sold into slavery to Transcend, which is now bought by Nuanace. First two weeks of my honeymoon was great. Now I sit here with no work, daily, work 12 to 13 hours to get 8 hours of work in and there will be 300 jobs in QA holding with Indian names attached to them. Once the Indians go to bed, we might get a little work on our account. Yet - Nuance runs job ads.

Beejeebers! - SeaMT

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Maybe the I in ISR stands for Indian?

Excuse me, just couldn't help myself (roaring laughter)

how about we do this? - ray

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How about we contact our local hospital board of trustees and query them if/how much of their transcription is going offshore? I would be quite sure they have no idea and probably don't care much BUT you can mention patriotism, the economy, the fact that they gladly accept federal and state payment for service, etc. etc. Maybe a grassroots effort along these lines would help. The "clients" can always refuse to allow offshoring if they are aware of it.

jobs in QA holding - just curious

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Just curious -- how can you tell how many jobs are in QA holding? Maybe you are on a different platform that I am but on our platform I don't think we can see that information (if so, I obviously don't know where to look! smile). Thank you.

Not the OP, but - sm

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The OP is probably QC for Nuance. I used to be and could see those jobs as well. We used to be allowed to QC those jobs in India when we ran out of work, but that was stopped months ago.

jobs on hold - curious

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Thank you for your reply, appreciate the information. :)

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