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I find it very interesting - sm
Posted: May 12, 2014
That since they firing of people for being under the 99.7% guidelines, they are swamped with work. I no longer get the daily, you missed a comma or inserted a word emails. The ones that supposedly came from the facilities for being wrong. What happened, all the sudden those people are not working also? Something fishy
You see how well that unreasonable 99.7% quality requirement is working, eh Modal? - and they wonder why they have problems. nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Hello...FYI the 99.7% requirement doesn't even - SM
[ In Reply To ..]start until July. They don't fire you immediately for being under 99.7% either. You go through the performance management protocol, which can be found on the MM intranet. Get a clue!
They pushed the 99.7% back - to July, they tried it
[ In Reply To ..]and realized it didn't work, it is unrealistic. Wonder what will happen in July, when it STILL DOESN'T WORK!!! I hope my new job comes through and Im outta here before then, cause Im done.
99.7% - Shorty
[ In Reply To ..]Sorry to burst your bubble but 99.7% is in force as of now, at least in my region. Fell 0.4% below and received a voice reprimand so to speak.
Ummm...evidently all of us werent told - that they were moving the date
[ In Reply To ..]Clue this
Wake up on the wrong side? - Try again
[ In Reply To ..]My goodness, do you need to be so freakin' snarky about it?
99.7% doesn't start until July? - BH
[ In Reply To ..]Well, I got terminated in February 2014 for audits slightly under 99.7%. They gave me 3 audits, 1 week apart. I tried to do better each time, but each report that came in was from a different account and had a hard time keeping rules straight, much less getting used to the doctor's unclear, mumbly dictation.
Now, I am having trouble finding an MT job at home because the computer they supplied was XP and also my personal computer is XP, and can't afford a new computer now (Windows 7).
nm - nm
[ In Reply To ..]I would just draw unemployment until it ran out before I would look for another job.
ridiculous and unrealistic - thankful
[ In Reply To ..]I don't work for them, but 99.7% rounded up is 100%, so they expect something from you that is humanly impossible. Maybe you can get lucky sometimes and they happen to pick ones to audit that you just happened to make no errors on, but that is just ridiculous. When will transcription companies realize they need to keep the same transcriptionists on the same accounts so they can become familiar with the account specifications, which will in turn mean more money for the transcriptionist, a happier client, and hopefully a happier employer (or should be anyway)? The same QA person (or small group of QA people) should also check the same transcriptioinist's work. No matter what they say, QA people always disagree about what is or what CAN be correct. Get a clue MTSOs.
I was told they wouldn't fire you for being under 99.7... - that the audits are just for learning purposes.
[ In Reply To ..]Can't say I believe that entirely. Obviously, if they want you gone, they can make up whatever reason suits them.
They dont need to make up a reason. At will employer, can just say - see ya, youre outta here. nm
[ In Reply To ..]x
Ok, so add to that: See ya, youre outta here, it just isnt working - out like we hoped it would. Still UR gone. nm
[ In Reply To ..]x
If that was true, I would not have been on performance management for falling under 99.7%. - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
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