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This is so scary - regarding work sent offshore - Extortion attempt

Posted: Apr 01, 2015

Too long to post here, but this is a must read. Link below.

Outsourcing - lovemydane

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It is extremely scary. Here's the thing, MOST, not all, but most of the transcription companies out there AND the hospitals do not care. The bottom line for them is money and saving it. And unfortunately it is not just the offshore MTs.

offshore - mtph

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not all offshore do not care. it is the contractors in US that do not care for MTs offshore. i was not even paid for the 3 months i worked for my contact in South Carolina. I worked for Ms. Milcarek for almost 3 years and then suddenly she was not able to be contacted. she owed me 2700 dollars. we love the job and we are committed to the job.

To MTPH - MarineMom

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First of all, your grammar sucks, and it's amazing to me how any of offshore work passes QA...but does it seriously surprise you that us U.S. MTs "do not care for MTs offshore"?? Let me give you just a little HINT why that is... YOU. ARE. TAKING. OUR. JOBS!!! SO no, we really don't care for Offshore MTs ..

offshore - mtph - fedup724

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Offshore MTs pass their QA because their QAs are also offshore, or so it goes with the company I currently work for, and hopefully will soon be a previous company.

This is so true. - more

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At the company I work for, you can see the jobs that have been QA'd including offshore and can see the inconsistencies in how they audit US MTs as opposed to offshore MTs. Totally different. What for the offshore will be a minor error will be a major for the US.

No sympathy at all.

Let them eat cake.....or edit for their own ESL docs - nitpickedtodeath

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Hey....I have a brilliant idea. How about all the MTs in India get all the ESL physicians originally from India....all the Asian MTs get all the ESLs originally from Asia...and leave the US MTs with our own docs. No more wondering how to rearranged a sentence to make half-ass sense and getting dinged for it anyway..just because. I know that even some EFL docs are hard to understand because they cannot muster up enough strength to actually make their lips move...To remedy that, require them to make their own normals...a win for them, and a win for us. The greatest win, however, would be for Nuance to take a nose dive in the shallow end of the cess pool that they themselve have created. After next week, I am OUT OF HERE....

Sorry I late to discussion - U.S.M.T.

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I/we wondering if 2700 dollars or rupees owed.

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