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Anyone recently with Rider & Associates? Oldies or newbies? Thx. nm

Posted By: Wondering on 2006-05-01
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Rider and Associates


Hi out there!  Would anyone happen to have any info on working for this company based in Vancouver, Washington?


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Rider & Associates in Washington uses it on some accounts. nm
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You mentioned several reasons oldies worth more.
The oldie transcription is going to need little hand-holding to get going. QA utilization is minimized for the experienced transcriptionist. In addition, the breadth of knowledge that an experienced Transcriptionist has means she can be 'plunked' into any specialty and usually do well. It also stands to reason that the older, faster MT is going to make more for the company. It increases the amount of work the MTSO can commit to.

And, while spellings have not changed, sometimes to do this job well you have to know a little more than just the spelling to use the correct word, and a scroll down the Word Help board shows that the newbies don't know their stuff yet.

And frankly I don't believe for a minute that a newbie, who can't hear half the stuff they're hearing in American English, is really going to be able to plow through an ESL with even that level of competence.

There may be the rare gem of a newbie who has the background and drive to be as good as an oldie; if so, their skill will be recognized and they will soon be making what the oldie makes. Until then, there is no way that a newbie is worth as much as an oldie.
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BEWARE OF TRANS AM ASSOCIATES/MT PROFESSIONALS

Ok everyone if you ever get any emails or communication from a company that is same as the car trans am and associates also their software works with MT Professionals DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT EVEN BOTHER!!!!!  They are the biggest fraud and rip off company on the internet.  They are based in Valrico, Florida. 


They will say you can learn free etc etc and they claim to be Christian based etc.  They are so rip off.  You have to buy the software first which is over $500. total.  You do practice files they say everyone has to whether your an entry level or a pro at transcription.  Then you finish and if you finish before their two week minimum requirement you have to wait to download the next group sometimes a week or more.  Then after you do 4 groups you test and you may pass the test but they will say you have errors whether they are formatting, spacing, spelling, punctuation, etc.  It is a gip cause you actually probably don't have those errors.  Plus, they are not consistent at all regarding punctuation. 


So PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT HAVE CONTACT IF YOU GET COMMUNICATION DELETE IT OR REPORT THEM!!  THEY TAKE YOUR MONEY AND RUN. 


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I just read your post and I do not agree with you. I am a newbie who was hired by MQ to do the big hospitals and I am good. I just quit MQ because the QA was lousy and I had to jump from account to account. Then, on many ocassions I had no work available when I logged onto my shift. I respect your experience, but I know my quality is good because I graduated from the TOP school in the industry that demands it. Please don't lump all newbies together and do not blame it on JUST newbies. Thank goodness I took my NEW self and sloppy QA some where else.
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keystrokes newbies

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