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want to avoid listening, so can I ask these questions? - too complicated for me
Posted: Dec 11, 2012
I can see from all these posts that they have made it as difficult as possible to understand this new pay plan. Can anybody tell me when it goes into effect and when we individually will know what our personal rates will be? TYIA.
I thought it was mandatory to listen. I was going to set it to play - when I leave my office tonite. nm
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Listen to the Recording - Rainy
[ In Reply To ..]If you didn't make the meeting, click on the link that should have been e-mailed to you so you can hear the recording. You will then see where you fall in compensation rate. It's really not complicated at all. Not much different than the last compensation plan except for the new bonus and the acute care MLSs getting a cut on straight transcription. The new plan starts Dec 22. There are a few other changes, but It's not as bad as I thought it would be. Yeah, I'm sick of the pay cuts, too. But where are we going to go? I am holding tight until I get a job at a local hospital getting paid by the hour.
I have been through enuf rigmarole w/them to last me a lifetime. - Not going to listen. nm
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Just to clarify, only the Editor B's are getting a cut on straight. - mraker
[ In Reply To ..]Editor B are the MLSs who aren't on eScription or NetCare, which is Editor A. So, Editor B = Dictaphone, Beyond Txt, etc. Editor B only got a straight rate cut, NOT on the editing rate.
It really is worth listening to. Unless someone would like to pay me to produce a Cliff Notes version, ha (which I've very nearly already done for certain parts of it).
Well, if you "watch" the meeting, you will understand. sm - anon
[ In Reply To ..]I hope the visual is available to everyone and not just the audio. You really need to see the charts to absorb all of the changes as they may apply to you as an individual. We have multiple companies that have been brought in under one roof. It's a mess for sure.
I'm a "B" and my rate was cut on transcription.
Touché. How about "experience" the meeting? - mraker
[ In Reply To ..]To cover both the auditory and visual aspects of it. ;) As I said earlier, I always screenshot these things and hold on to them. I have yet to receive any info in a (nonexistent) Employee Manual or otherwise that covers it all to the same degree. I was able to compare my screenshots from the December 2011 Comp. and Benefits webinar and also discovered one other miniscule little improvement; i.e., the shift differential now starts 2 hours earlier (8 p.m. to 6 a.m. instead of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.), which is of some very tiny benefit to me.
Sorry you got a hit. Out of curiosity, if you're willing to say, what percentage of your work is editing vs. straight as a B?
Mraker: I thought Editor B's were getting cut - in straight and VR rate?
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It will be 8.25 straight, 4.63 VR for Editor B, Acute Care. - mraker
[ In Reply To ..]I'm an Editor A, so I'm really not the one to confirm this with, and now that I look at my charts from the 2011 presentation, it shows the exact same figures for Editor B for Acute Care as for this year. Editor C, though, which no longer exists, were at 8.75 and 4.63. Editor C was Webmedx Enterprise (E5) and Chartmatrix, so perhaps those are the ones who are now subsumed into Editor B and are talking about a pay cut from 8.75 down to 8.25, which, again, is only for straight, while their VR stays at 4.63.
Speaking for myself, any change, up or down, in straight pay would really be negligible since it's such a tiny percent of what I do. Any pay cut is abhorrent, but I hope those who took a straight cut while staying the same on VR can think about it that way to help soften the blow some.
addendum: Editor B *Clinic* took more of a hit, though. - mraker
[ In Reply To ..]Editor B Clinic (vs. Acute Care) went from 8 and 4.5 down to 8 and 4, making a bigger impact since the cut is on the VR. And former Editor C (E5 and Chartmatrix) Clinic took a hit on both, from 8.5 and 4.5 down to 8 and 4.
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