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and the SURVEY SAYS! - Richard Dawson

Posted: Sep 11, 2012

That the enhanced compensation is in place, we have been BOOSTED and we are one big happy globally rebranded party! Whoo-hoo!

Tell me, Richard, just what IS the enhanced compensation? - * Big Kiss nm

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what exactly does that mean? - boosted? enhanced plan in place?

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I knew it, I knew it - bj

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I knew that was gonna be our raise as soon as they implemented that. So, we get to give ourself a raise if he implent all the shortcuts and keep ourselves in our seat and insert a catheter in our bladder so we don't move til our shift is finished. They can kiss my big ole fat.

I guess next survey say We Want Money. Not use those fancy - big words like compensation, that SM

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can have all kinds of meaning. SHOW ME THE MONEY.

LOL - did anyone ask them if they'll pay for our - urinary catheter supplies? LOL

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Didja notice our "enhanced comp" is some suits reason for - a million dollar income. How convienent. nm

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Ummm, you mean 2.5 million dollar income - A YEAR!

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The pregnant lady who is to fight for MT's is only 350,000 a year and does not include bonuses or stock options.

that's not what it says - downtime

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It says "enhanced benefits", meaning they improved our insurance. then it says Continued progress on our corporate job structure project

Which means they're STILL trying to figure out what to pay us.

I dont see how "continued progress on our - corporate job structure project"

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means they are trying to figure out what to pay US. Sounds more like they are trying to figure out a way to bring their cronies in on the $$

to me, it sounds like... - sm

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"Continued progress on our corporate job structure project..."

Translation: "We are training more Indians to take the work from the US MTs."

"Began Performance Management Process mid-year - review process

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for U.S. corporate employees"
what does that mean? I thought performance management was when you did something wrong and they put you on 100% QA??

for corporate employees - downtime

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is that us? I thought it was the hourly type people.

It means the suits are getting a raise instead - broken promises

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US corporate employees are everyone in the US who are paid hourly. It has nothing to do with us lowly MTs again. When Vern refers to the employee survey results and improvement in satisfaction he obviously means the corporate people.

they said something earlier this year - downtime

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they were "realigning" job descriptions or something. I think that's what they are talking about. MModal pays it's MTs all over the map right now. I think they want to make it where everyone gets paid the same.

All paid the same now - broken promises

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Sorry sista there is no more pay all over the map anymore. All new hires are at 4cpl ASR and the tier rates are the same that they have been since 2006. Most people took a pay cut last year to the top of those tier rates to "pay us all the same" even though many had been grandfathered at a higher rate as compensation after Medquist took over their companies.

All we are waiting now is for the new plan to tell us how low the new rates will actually go. I am predicting that minimums will go up and the line rates will go to 8 and 4 across the board. Every time they cut ASR from 80% to 70% to 60% they stated that the technology would more than make up for the pay cut, which we knew was what they told themselves so they could sleep at night with all their guilt. All they can talk about is the Boost program and how they have made our job so much easier with 7.1. Email after email touting all the good things they have done to "help" us. A pay cut is coming, it is just a matter of when. Don't say you weren't warned.

actually that is not true - living proof

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some of us got grandfathered in at a higher rate, and are still receiving it.

Grandfathered or not, pay cut is coming for all who - Kiki

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make over 8/4, including myself. They are laying the ground work right now to do this. I completely agree with the other poster. The Boost program (why else would even give a crap to "boost" our performance hence pay). They will do that and then they will say, "OK!, now that everyone has "boosted" their performance we are going to drop your pay but NOT TO WORRY you will still make the same, as your production went up with all these great things we have done to help you speed it up like Boost and new features on DQS 7.1 that increase your production. Like being able to search Google easier" (IT"S NOT easier).
That's what they mean by getting EVERYONE on the same page, everyone paid at 8/4--new employees are ALL getting that. They have to ease the older ones into it first.

that's what I think will happen too - downtime

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I just wish they'd get it over with.

never said there wasn't going to be a pay cut - downtime

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Please don't call me sista. I really hate that. I never said there was not going to be a pay cut. I'm just saying they haven't dropped the other shoe YET.

WHY these people aren't sitting on their rears - in a JAIL CELL is totally beyond me. nm

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they aren't doing anything - illegal

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what do you think they are doing that's illegal?

It is not illegal, but greed. How they can sleep - at night is beyond me.

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More power to them, but money is not everything and does not make you completely happy.

All that money can buy a really cushy mattress. - nm

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Well that I agree with - downtime

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Have you seen the movie The Company Men? I keep thinking about it. Everyone should see it.

They want us all to make 4/8 cpl - mom2huskies

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That is what it will probably come to if there is any work left for US MTs.

This is what it means from the SEC files. - What company is trying to do.

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We increased our offshore production volumes from 42% for the three months ended June 30, 2011 to 47% for the three months ended June 30, 2012. We also increased our use of ASR technology from 74% to 77% during the same period. We increased our offshore production volumes from 42% for the six months ended June 30, 2011 to 48% for the six months ended June 30, 2012. We also increased our use of ASR technology from 73% to 76% for the six months ended June 30, 2012. As we continue to increase the use of ASR technology and move production volume offshore, we expect to continue to reduce costs

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