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Would work for JLG before Transcend, having worked at both previously. nm

Posted By: Bling Bling on 2005-12-28
In Reply to: Given a choice, which would be the better company, JLG or Transcend? (nm) - anon

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Anyone work for Transcription Connection in Ohio? I worked there previously & am wondering
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I worked for them previously. Very good, growing co., wonderful MTSO, average pay but lots of work.
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I worked there previously as well.....
Everything the above poster said is pretty much right on.  The QA is really irritating, there are two of them and one is extremely nice and helpful and the other one does correct punctuation that shouldn't even be corrected.  The format is in Word and the Word punctuation will say it is correct and after the QA corrects it, Word will actually say that is wrong, but QA will say her way is right.  I have even spent time searching for the puncutation rules that maybe she goes by and never any luck.  QA is a little inconsistent as well, such as they do things a certain way for a while and with no notice, it is changed and you are marked off for that.  Other than that.........I never even spoke to the owner of the company in the whole 2 years that I worked there, the only issue I had was lack of work more often than not.
Owner previously worked for MQ
Need I say more
If anybody has worked there previously can you please email me? sm
This would fit me well, but I have read a few negative remarks. 
Can I ask who you worked for previously. It may have been on one of the accounts or companies I
worked for..When I went to work for that one and ended up making $9 an hour, I was so disappointed because I figured since I was a high producer at my other job and made big money plus I had experience and needed no training on the platform I was sure I would be doing well. I am more convinced than ever that they fix the line counts. They have to or there would not be the huge difference. Of note also was that the low paying one was the easiest. The account was a walk in the park so I really thought I'd make a great living as the other job was a lot of ESL etc. Boy, was I in for a shock.
Transcend bought MDI, so if Transcend sends work offshore, so does MDI. nm
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I worked for Transcend!

I know nothing about Transcend. I worked for JLG

back when they were supposed to be a really good company and they paid by gross lines.  But I was on an account with the CRAPPIEST mushmouth dictators I have ever heard in my life.  My account must have been just overflow of the dictators the hospital MTs didn't want to do because every single one of them was bad.  I made okay money, but I think with gross lines I should have been able to do so much better - and I could have if the dictators were decent.


Okay, then one time there was no work on what I usually work on so I moved over to ERs.  I was in heaven!  The dictators were so good and I worked right along and made great money that day and I was thinking YEAH - THIS IS THE WAY TO GO!  Except then I got an email telling me not to do the ERs, because they wanted to save them for the people who couldn't do anything else.    Oh - so because I'm a very experienced, GOOD MT I have to get stuck with the crap and you give the newbie/know-nothing MTs the GOOD dictation?  Um, I don't think so!


And now I see they pay by the 65 space line instead of by gross lines.  Just wouldn't be worth it to me.


I have worked for MQ and Transcend
I cannot recommend either of them. I don't know about Spheris. Good luck. You might make more at a smaller company or hospital. That is what I did.
worked for Transcend

Two years ago, I worked for Transcend.  However, at that time, they seemed to be over-hiring, and I kept running out of work!  Eventually, I went somewhere else, but left on good terms with them that if they ever needed the help, I'd consider going back.  They were actually good to work for, the people are nice, the communication was great.  The only thing was I got ALOT of ESL that were extremely hard (have 13 years working as acute care MT).  Good Luck! 


I worked for Transcend, but unfortunately
They were a good company as far as I could tell.  Ditto above, plus they were true to their word and paid better than most I see posted here.  I was on Beyond TXT as well.  They hooked me right up with my specialty that I'm great at, and they answered all of my questions.  Don't know about Sten-Tel.
I really liked Transcend when I worked for them.
it up due to a family emergency.  It went very smooth from the time I was contacted by the recruiter, equipment, and training.  All was going great!  They pay on time.  They paid for training.  Unfortunately, when I contacted the recruiter after a few weeks had passed, the schedule was not one that I had originally signed on for, so therefore, I couldn't take the position.  I highly recommend Transcend!  They were wonderful and so understanding! 
I have worked for Transcend for several
months and I think it is okay. My team leader and ROM are both nice. For full time you have to make $900 per pay period. That is not hard to do. I don't know what the benefits are for part time but full time seems pretty good. They also gave a $25 gift card to Walmart for Christmas. That was nice.

Overall, I am happy there. Hope you will be, too.
Since I have worked at Transcend
they've never given a shift differential or weekend differential. You can't cut what doesn't exist.
Since I worked on 2 different VR platforms at Transcend
I find it extremely hard to believe that you are getting handfuls of reports with only 2 or 3-keystroke corrections in the entire report in a day.  In all the time I've worked on VR I can't even count on 1 hand the days I've had a handful of 2 or 3-keystroke corrections.  I think you're exaggerating a bit or I've been extremely unlucky to get the kind of VR editing that I've gotten for a year.  On the other hand, I can pull an 60-line OP report in from autotext in less than 4 Keystrokes and do this repeatedly on OPs throughout the day.
This is a lot. When I worked for Transcend, I got a whole 0.025 extra for CMT. nm
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I worked on that account with a company other than Transcend.
It was the worst. I was glad to see it go. Sorry for whoever got it.
I love Transcend. I've worked for MANY
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my training pay was previously
$10/hr and it stayed there until my production exceeded that amount. I think its unreasonable to be paid on production from day 1, as there is always a learning curve (new equipment, new doctors, new acct specifics).
As stated previously....

This is an anonymous board.  Anyone can come here and post under any name.  That is not a clue that this is the 'real' person. 


As I said before, your posts come across as very snarky.  I am being honest with you.  You may want to work on your communication skills.  Communicating online is different than communicating face to face.


You mentioned 'bitter MTs.'  I am not one of the 'bitter MTs' that you speak of.  I have a great job (not with MDI).  The company I work for is not even mentioned on this board, and there is a reason for that .  Yes, there are 'bitter MTs' who post here.  And you know why they are bitter?  Because they are dealing with companies who do not have any respect for their MTs.  Now, I know you are going to carry on about how MDI appreciaties their MTs.  Well, I hope that's true.  Instead of trying to address their gripe here, I hope you are addressing it individually with the MTs who actually work for MDI.


I've worked for many nationals i.e. Webmedx, MDI-FL, Transcend, etc. and
I like Medquist the best.
Not true. I worked at Transcend for years and things have

For years people at Transcend were very friendly and the only time things got really heated on the forum were over personal opinion posts like politics and stuff.  Not any more.  More and more people are to the point of not knowing what to do with this company anymore.  People who have been there years and years have quit or are quitting, and I think most of the peers that are happy are relatively new and haven't seen the downward spiral.  A friend of mine quit a while ago and said she got a letter about a month after she quit asking her to sign a release saying she wouldn't take Transcend to court or be party to any claims relating to her employment with Transcend.  If things were that hunky dory they wouldn't be so scared that they need to ask people to sign waivers when they leave.


Yes, I have checked into and worked for several companies that use Escription and Transcend has the
best pay..now, they just need more work so if you have steady work, then I'd stay put.
Well that makes sense because had they really ever worked at Transcend that would know the pay rate
for editing has NEVER been 3 cpl. They have paid me more than anyone has EVER offered so that poster (Be Careful) is not a legit person who has worked for Transcend.
I worked for a lady's service who was bought out by Transcend
a few years ago and they offered her a position in the home office. She sold, had the job for a few months and then she was terminated. I know for a fact that Transcend said in a paper article in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution that they outsourced because could not find enough American MTs to do the work. Now what I find surprising is how many complain on here about sitting and waking for work for Transcend. Wonder how that happens?
When Transcend bought the company I worked for we were told they did not do IC, just PT/FT... sm
so this is news to me!  Maybe they allow different things for different companies they buy.  I also understood a little while after the merger that all accounts would move over to their platforms, but now I am reading that maybe not all of them did with other mergers.  I am sorry you all are going through this!  I remember how it was thrown on us so quickly too.
I have to agree. I had previously turned down 8 cpl but now...
I see where I went wrong. I passed on 8 cpl on an account with NO ESL because I thought 9.5 cpl sounded better. What I did not realize was that 70% of my account would be ESL so I now see that I could have made a lot more taking the 8 cpl. You are slowed down so much with ESL so I agree that you should factor all of that in before you turn down a job.
I have spoken to the owner previously - sm
Very nice owner, company seemed stable.  I did not end up working for her but I would have had other circumstances not come into play. 
As stated previously, do the search. It's all there...nm
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I have worked for MQ, Spheris back when it was Edix, Transcend and OSI. TransTech is by far the bes
The pay is decent, probably not the highest in the business but not the lowest either. The benefits are good. Pay is always on time. Great bonuses. Great communication and most of all I really like the people and it makes me enjoy being an MT again.
Same here as I posted previously. Check archives here.
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QTers - post previously true
Thank you to whoever had courage to post about QT losing their large account, for all I know their only account at this point.  I had for months heard rumors of the work going to outsourcing and now our latest check sure looks like an Indian had signed it.  So figured work would always be light and would have to supplement.  But thanks to kindness of a stranger posting where the account is going, I won't miss a beat with a paycheck and with an account I have worked on for a long time.   So if those of you were doubting whether it was true, it is true and I believe they are still hiring for more positions at the company that starts with W.  Good luck to everybody.  How could such a good company go down the pooper so fast? 
Nothing from Transcend, although I heard others got gift cards or at least a card. I've worked th
several years so if it was just a case of being forgotten that is still pretty pathetic. How do you forget your employees, especially when you get junk bulk mail from there regarding nothing that involves you..but at Christmas you were forgotten. Oh well, I have work and for that I am grateful so I'll be nice...
Transcend and no work...sm
I left Transcend over 1 year ago, and from what I have read here, nothing has changed except the forced VR, that I saw coming and one of the reasons I left.  The other was NO WORK, especially on the last week of the pay period.  On the weekend day that I HAD to work, I sat there and babysat my PC with NO WORK!!!.  It was so frustrating, and I was NOT one who got on and worked when I wanted.  I worked my scheduled shift everyday, all day long, and it was a struggle to get a decent line count...sometimes it was impossible because the accounts were over staffed.  I know there are slow times, but this was for the WHOLE year that I stuck it out there.  They had the most horrible accounts, sound quality was spotty and scratchy, and the dictators were awful.  The worst accounts were the ones you had to have a "faxed" copy of the patients in order to even start typing the report; had to search through tons of awful faxed sheets....ugh!!   I'm sick to my stomach just remembering it all.   Apparently nothing has changed, and only gotten worse, as evidenced by the constant help wanted ads and complaints posted here.  Sure glad I got out when I did.  Flame away with "things are different", but I don't see any evidence of it in the posts I've read.
How is Transcend to work for?
I worked for MQ for 6 years and it sucked. Management was terrible. Raises were unheard of and you worked your butt off. They appreciate no one!
So do you work for Transcend?

Are you making 10 cpl with Transcend?  If you are is that what you started at and how long have you been with them?


RE: So do you work for Transcend?
Yes I do, and I have been with them one year as of July.
Transcend...anybody able to work?

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Does anyone work for Transcend doing...sm
editing for voice recognition?  I am thinking of making the transition as my hands are tired! But don't want to make a bad move and get paid nothing for hard work.
Currently work PT for Transcend
and so far doing okay.  It was a challenge to learn Beyond TXT, but so was DQS, I have a problem learning new programs.  The people are great and they have their own forum and web site to ask questions.  No shift or weekend differentials.  You have to E mail tech, but sometimes I just call them.  They usually get right back to you. I heard a lot of negative posts about them on this site, I guess disgruntled ex-employees need to vent, but I have not found what they said to be true. It has been a positve experience for me.  They leave me alone to do my work and I am picking up speed.  4 weeks now.  I do get some hard dictators, but also some easy ones. I don't listen to a lot of the negative posts because in my experience, they are exaggerated.  I have another job and that company gets a lot of negative posts also and the job has worked out fine for me.  MT stars in general gets a lot of doom and gloom posts.  The sky is definitely not falling.
I work for Transcend and it is no
company out there.  The posts below are not true in my experience about as the person hiring was very nice to me and not rude at all.  Please do understand, though, that every account they have they hope to get on VR and pay the MTs half per line what they are making doing MT, because it is expected your production will double on VR. So if you like doing VR and can do double what you transcribe, this would be a good company for that person. In the meantime, they still have plenty of regular work. Hope this helps. 
I work for Transcend. Beyond TXT
to others I have been on.  Also, all accounts will be going to VR in the near future, so if you like VR at half your line rate, go for it.  Otherwise I would seriously think about this one.
All Transcend work going to ME
If you want to do MT, be prepared to being switched to ME in the very near future.  This company wants all accounts on VR.
What is Transcend like to work for? How about MDI-FL? They both sm
talk a good game, but it sounds like a sales pitch and I want to get some honest opinions before leaving MQ.
I used to work for Transcend.
I also thought their platform was terrible and the training was a joke.  That is why I left.  They have the worst platform I have ever worked on. The training was the worst also.  And the technical department, if you have a problem, you have to email them and wait and wait and wait for an answer, sometimes not until the next day.  And they were crashing on a daily basis.  Reports did  not show up on my line count.  I had to constantly email tech to see why a report did not show up.  The worst company I have worked for.
I work for Transcend
They are a very good company to work for.  I've been with them over a year now and have been treated very fairly and kindly.  I highly recommend them.  They're looking for MTs, so definitely consider them as your home.  Hope this helps.
Transcend work
Where is it?  I guess they have none.  Anyone else having this?
Transcend work
My accounts are pretty busy this morning.
Transcend must have sent all their work
over to India this weekend too. Nothing available on my accounts. What else is new. This is getting to be routine.
Anybody work for Transcend

who is a team lead and would like to share some info on how they like it? Feel free to e-mail me.