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Keystrokes tiered pay system - Im just sayin
Posted: Aug 13, 2010
Just wait and see how many are singing the praises of Keystrokes after the tiered pay schedule starts on August 16! I went through a pay reduction tier structured exactly like Keystrokes (at a company which I shall not name), and believe me EVERYBODY lost money. Those of you who are fulltime that think it won't be you, just wait until they shift a bunch of other MTs onto your accounts in order to "spread the wealth." This is already going on. My fulltime account, which always had a backlog and used to always have OT on the weekends, suddenly started running out of work as soon as this tiered system was introduced. It is hard to make those high production levels when there isn't enough work to go around. I haven't quit yet, but having been there, done that, as soon as my pay scale drops below what I was hired at, I will be gone. I would rather know what I am being paid from line #1 than to have to struggle and stress about meeting some level in order to make the rate they agreed to pay me when I started 6 years ago. Good luck to all, I truly hope I am wrong.
Not a Keystroke empl, but a tiered system makes NO SENSE - Happy MT Robin
[ In Reply To ..]I don't understand a tiered system at all. Just because I work 12 hours a week for a company I'm valued less? I don't think so. My work is just as good if I'm working 12 or if I'm working 40.
Those at Keystrokes who are going through this have every right to be horked off, imo.
I work for the other company that pays on a tiered scale. - The Other White Meat
[ In Reply To ..]They changed their numbers on August 1. More lines required for the higher pay, every week. No more twice monthly paychecks but payed every 2 weeks which makes it real hard to even get more than 6 cpl because, despite multiple accounts, there is no work. If I have multiple accounts so do those other MTs and they must be going from account to account to account to get their lines. They are not to blame. It's management. Being paid on a tiered system may work for a few but I do not believe it works for the majority. More money in management's pocket. What's that word I've seen others use? Oh, yeah. GREED.
I think it is about time.... - suzieq
[ In Reply To ..]Don't you think it's about time the government got involved? This is just so unjust that I can't believe it!!! Sounds so illegal and does not look to get better any time soon. Though the companies will say there is nothing illegal about it. I can't believe this is allowed. You would be better off being paid hourly at some job, if there are any available anytime soon, than not knowing what the heck you are going to have at the end of a pay period to make ends meet. Bust your butts to work over 8 hours a day, and I am sure it is more like 10-12 hours/day for a measley amount when you factor all your other expenses in that go with this job, i.e. internet, long distance, etc. I sure pity you poor people working from home. UNBELIEVABLE..yet most of you will stick with it and a ways down the road will wonder why. The pay is not going to be there compared to several years back. You are all being stabbed in the back. If you want me to work 8+ hours a day or provide so many lines per pay period, by God then provide the dang work. That is all there is to it. I don't work from home any longer, but this just irritates the heck out of me and I get on here every so often to see if anything has changed. NOT!!!
I am work at home IC set to make 35,000 this - year as an editor. SM
[ In Reply To ..]And those "other expenses" are a tax write off. I know each day what I made and have never failed to meet my personal daily line count, which far exceeds what any company has ever expected. I work hard, I benefit, not some employer. By the way, I have one job that I work about 5 hours a day and the other job is maybe 1-2 hours a day.
**No more tiered system - KSMD
[ In Reply To ..]I just got an email that the tiered pay system is no more. Keystrokes listened to their employees and admitted it was a mistake and now they aren't going to do it.
I KNEW this was a great company and while the pay change wouldn't have affected me right now, I am so happy for my fellow employees!!
GREAT companies do NOT act this way. - Grrr
[ In Reply To ..]I find it ridiculous that some of you peeps are quick to forgive the recent actions of KS. The fact that they considered implementing the tiered pay scale in the first place speaks volumes about how they feel about their MTs. I wonder just how many were forced to resign because of this... only THEN to find out KS reversed the policy. I smell a ploy to oust some MTs from their payroll.
Bitter much - KSMT
[ In Reply To ..]The tiered system didn't affect me, I do over 30,000 lines a payperiod. However, I am glad to see that they aren't afraid to admit when they are wrong and take steps to fix it.
Haven't you ever made a mistake? Just keep swallowing those bitter pills. Must make you very happy, lol.
Great companies can admit that a mistake was made. BAD companies sm - My2cents
[ In Reply To ..]make a mistake and don't fix it or ignore it.
Many companies make mistakes and admit it; Microsoft is a great example of that for a great company (think WindowsME). MQ is a great example of that for a BAD company (think national pools).
I was told that less than a dozen people quit, and I think there are more than 1000 that work at Keystrokes now.
Enjoy your crow. - atagirl
[ In Reply To ..]n/m
I wondered if they paid their financial consultants on a tiered basis-NM - Mountaingirl
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