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Anyone at Chronicle finding their line count going down - Wondering

Posted: Jan 20, 2010

since our change? I'm a quick learner and all, but it seems like since our change on Monday it is harder to get lines in.

yes sm - chroniclegirl

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Yes, it seems slower or something. Like my fingers are moving but the text is not going onto the page as fast? I am not quite sure what the deal is.

Thank you - Wondering

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I thought it was just me or my system. The program seems so damn slow when you choose a job. Too the new keys for making headings and subheadings is slowing me down on jobs that are only a little over a minute. I'm kind of getting worried now when they move to ASR is it going to be bad. What do you think?

Have you been told what new pay will be yet? I agree - the platform is even slower than before.

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No, I have no idea yet, but there is no paycheck - Wondering

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in my account. I have direct deposit and it always is in my account. I do separate work that also pays through ADP and it is in my account. If you have DD too, can you please check to see if you were not paid too?

The whole thing is a mess. I called the supervisor number to - find out how to do something and

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got an answer. Later I got corrections back from QA that I was doing it wrong. I wonder about making lines to once it goes to ASR. I run out of work as it is now so can't imagine what's going to happen.

Slowness - Wondering

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I am so glad I posted and so appreciative that you 2 answered. I thought it was just me or something and it has been driving me bonkers.

slow.... - chroniclegirl

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pay day is the 25th right? I don't expect that until Monday.

As for slow, not only is the system slow with the change but I have not had a full week of work since before Christmas because of lack of work. I understand through the holidays but I would think it would pick up. I wonder what will happen when this moves to ASR and we have to do 3 times the lines to make money, will we run out of work everyday then? I also have no heard what the pay will be. They did say they would know in 10 days or so, so maybe next week. Personally I am looking into going back to school to do something else. This is just too much.

Paycheck - Wondering

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No, payday is not the 25th. It always lands on a Thursday. It is easy for me to keep track of because my other work runs on the same payperiod schedule and they both always go in at the same time.

They pay on the 10th and 26th. There is not - a set Thursday paydate? Pay is never late.

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Always ontime.

Paycheck - Wondering

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No, I have never been paid on those dates regardless of holidays. I went ahead and sent my resignation. Between it being harder to make lines and now this, I seriously do not need it.

are we talking about the same place?....sm - chroniclegirl

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Are you working at Chronicle Transcripts? My pay schedule is twice a month. Pay period ends on the 15th and the last day of the month and pays on the 10th and the 25th. Chronicle has never paid me late at all.

Update on pay and slow program - Wondering

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Kevin sent me an e-mail asking about why I resigned. I gave him a call and he explained what the issue is regarding payment. The payroll service has been sending payments to some earlier than is supposed to be, which obviously is my case. I have always been paid before the 10th and 26th. I also mentioned that APEX has been working very slow and it is slowing down my production. He is very willing to work with me to see what it is that is bogging things down. I did not mention posts here from others also facing the same issue, but I did ask him to send out an e-mail asking everyone how things are working for them. If you are experiencing the same issue with things running slow, please send in an e-mail and say something. From the posts in response to my original post, I see that I am not the only one having this issue.

I worked there a year ago and they working on things then. The - platform was slow and always

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had outages. It's amusing they're still claiming they're working on it. I can say they always paid on time and that was not a problem. I hope it's not the same dictators because the ones I worked on were terrible and I can't even fathom how they would go to ASR with that group. Good luck and I hope it works out for you. I made the decision to move on and it was the right choice.

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