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Softscript--don't expect a raise....EVER!!! - TickedMT

Posted: May 03, 2011

Over the 6 years I've been with them, have only gotten a half-penny/line raise once! That was after the first year...never again since and my accuracy has been above the required 98%, usually 100%....GREEDY COMPANY!

Ehh... isn't this the norm across ALL companies?? - has ANYONE ever gotten a raise

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Raise - Reality

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Yes I have gotten raises before but that was before competition got fierce with offshore workers doing work cheaper. I actually got a raise from MQ before they were bought out.

Reality - Raise???????

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Raise? With most companies like Nuance and MQ you get a pay cut. As far as smaller companies, they follow MQ and Nuance lead.

All companies are greedy and all companies are competing against each other for accounts so they drop the line rate or hire offshore workers.

Be happy you have a job but the worst is yet to come for American MTs.

Gave myself a raise - Drankthekoolaid

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They told me that what kept me from getting a raise was too many reports to QA. Every time I got within striking distance they would change my account. I would pore over reports to cut down on blanks which of course took more time. Then I figured it out. The account-changing was how they kept from giving me a raise, so now I proofread once and send to QA if necessary and actually make more money because I don't go over reports again and again. My account hasn't changed in over 2 years, so I know I was correct in my assumption.

That is - - So true

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It is evident that once you start gaining momentum monetarily, they put you on another account to deliberately slow you down.

Snakes, rats, weasels and thieves - Nuance, MQ, etc

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Once you (American MT)train the voice recognition they transfer the account offshore. Or if they see you are making more money on the account, it must be easy enough to do by offshore people. I did an account that was shared by India and American MTs. India had a national holiday and we were asked to provide coverage because of the Indian holiday. When I saw the easy work the Indian MTs did as compared to the garbage left behind ordinarily for American MTs I understood the game. There is no way for American MTs to make money doing MT work. Not when there are snakes, rats, weasels and thieves running MT companies with no regard for anything but their bottom line.

why would they slow you down when the less you make the less THEY make? - but, then, I do not work there.

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why would they slow you down when the less you make the less They make? - - but, then, I do not work there

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That's not so. They wouldn't make less because I'm making less. The accounts are covered by other MTs and the turn-around-times would not change.

Nuance, MQ, etc - Slowed down and switched

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The less production an MT has means nothing to the companies. They don't have to pay the bonuses if an MT doesn't produce and they do have coverage - more than enough - so the companies aren't affected by MTs struggling through ESL dictators or unfamiliar accounts and formats.

SS did this to me also - slowed me down

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Not once, not twice, but THREE times they did this to me. And after that third time, I said enough is enough and I quit.

I think the reason they do this is so hopefully fewer MTs will qualify for the benefits.

Raise - West Coast Girl

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Not only have I not gotten a raise in what 5 years now? I got a cut in my line rate-- after being told I was the fastest and best MT. Some gratitude!

NOBODY gets a raise - Bettie_Bgood

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I don't know where this got to be the management strategy - but doesn't it seem like, they all got together and decided, hey, you know what, why even BOTHER giving workers raises? Raises are a thing of the past. Outmoded like...well, I won't say, but think of all the things that are considered outmoded in today's business environment.

Yep, they love to give THEMSELVES raises, but not the workers. What's up with that? I mean seriously.

In 3 years I've gotten 2 raises, the last one in March. I know - me

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raises are rare, but they do happen. I work for a small MTSO (about 55 MTs).

Sooo glad.... - rainbow

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I am so glad to be working in-house after doing at home transcription for several years. I have a life and a great job. It is nice to not have to be married to my job and still get a decent pay check with benefits.

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