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I don't know whether to laugh - or cry

Posted: Dec 27, 2011

As I was doing the "webinar" today on time clock procedures for the company that has bought the company that I have worked for for almost 10 years, I was cleaning out some paperwork. I found my original contract, level 5 transcription . . .

9-1/2 cents per line (plus shift differential) almost 10 years ago

Plus I think I got an additional bonus or something for being a CMT.

Off to cry in my coffee. Oh what the heck, might as well laugh!!

Cry ... - Webmedx-er

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That's what I've been doing for the last 2 weeks since we found out about our pay cut. My paycheck is going to be at least $400 less than what it was a month ago when I add in the new pay scale and the higher insurance premiums. Nuance Management has no clue how difficult transcription is. I type every day while my fingers are going numb (literally!) and now I'm going to have to type even more just to make ends meet.

The problem we have is that we are all at home, working on our own, so there is no way for us to get together and create a backlash against them. If every transcriptionist "called in sick" on the same day, maybe that would get their attention? Or maybe not ...

I'm glad you get to type everyday :) - sm

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Really just taking a jab at the fact that everyone I know who works here has been OOW for 2 days and had very little today.

That, mixed with the unobtainable incentive has me heading out the door before I even got all the way in the room.

If your talking about Nuance... - blondie

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I have been OOW lately frequently. I'm glad I have another job I am currently training on. On Christmas day, I was scheduled to work. I did 1 report, which took 10 minutes. Then kept getting NJA message. Yesterday, I got 550 edited lines in all for my shift. Today, I got 288 edited lines and 90 standard lines for my shift. So my week has been VERY slow at Nuance.

Not sure if the OP was but I was and the one above me too. - sm

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I made a whopping $13 Christmas Day, about $30 the day after and almost $50 today. And to top it off, I was told I have a very small window to flex my hours in so there is no way I can make them all up.

There are so many issues with this company it's unbelievable. They've gotten too big for their own good.

Just started with N----- - stressed MT

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Just started with N----- about a month ago after they took over the transcription for the health system I worked for. Not very impressed so far and making very little money. Feels so hopeless! Trying to decide whether to give up on being an MT altogether or finding a new place to work. Can this really be what the industry is now?

The answer to your question is 'no, but it's one part of it - for sure

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The whole industry isn't like that, but parts of it are.

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