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Motivation - Rosie

Posted: Apr 03, 2011

If you are a part time MT, what would motivate you to go to full-time. Also, what do you think would motivate a low-producing MT to increase production?

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Question 1=Good benefits, a living wage, the ability to flex and superior supervisors/managers.

Question 2=Good benefits, a living wage and adequate compensation for poor ESL dictations and native American speakers who choose not to provide quality dictation when they actually can.

One word: MONEY. - s/msg

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And more of it per line. At my low pay-level, working longer/harder/faster has little appeal, because I know at my cpl rate, it won't amount to a hill of beans.

However, if I were making a few cents more per line, then the earnings would justify the extra hours I put in.

This is why MTSOs are shooting themselves in the foot by paying us so little. They THINK we'll just work harder and produce more when we're paid less, but I think in many cases, the exact opposite happens.

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