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Synernet to change work pools, rapidly introduce VR. nm - Not lovin it

Posted: Mar 10, 2014

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Not good at all - MT

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I have always been very happy with the accounts in my work pool and I am definitely not happy that they are going to be changing. I'm also less than thrilled with VR starting. Between the new work pools and VR, I already see my paychecks going down significantly. I'm dusting off my resume and am going to start looking elsewhere. Synernet used to be a great company to work for, but that certainly isn't the case anymore, which is really too bad.

It just keeps getting worse. I used to be happy here. sm - Sad SMT

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When I hired on, I was so excited -- great benefits, affordable insurance, straight typing -- but the bloom is fading from the rose. Communication is horrible, and now this awful work pool idea. And of course there is the lovely VR looming over my head, which when I hired on I was told was a "remote possibility, not likely to happen." Of course, after doing this forever, I suppose I was the fool for believing anything that is told to me. This is very disheartening and I feel powerless to change anything at the company, so I suppose it is time to see what else is out there.

Is it me, my imagination or - MT45

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are they vengeful... sometimes give really bad reports sometimes when they seem stressed. or do I just get bad reports coincidentally when things are getting a little gnarly.. either way I don't like this.

Well, you could always try Fist First ... I mean Patient First. nm - LOL

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I think it's Patient Fist, sorry I couldn't resist - Still laughing-NM

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How rapidly? I missed the dang call - ConcernedMT

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How rapidly is this stuff supposed to start with VR? I don't know anything about Dolbey VR. I do know other VR programs I have worked with have been awful! So, really nervous about this junk. Good luck all with this transition, I think we are all going to need it.

Sounded like immediately for the account involved, sm - Mushroom MT

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so you would probably have been notified if you were affected. I know the account that involves the hospitals that recently merged is one of the VR accounts. I really don't know much. I'm not a big fan of VR but nothing I can do about it. I hope communication improves once they increase the supervisors and such. Hard to work in the dark, not knowing anything. Good luck to you as well. I think you're right -- we are all going to need it (or maybe just need good job-seeking skills to try yet another place and hope for the best).

Thank you for the information - ConcernedMT

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I think what gets my goat so much about the switching to VR is the fact they take away CPL, especially only having 2 weeks at regular pay and then taking away money. I venture to guess it is going to take more than 2 weeks to become acclimated to the VR. This just makes me so sad. No matter where we run, things like this are always going to happen. I love working from home and being able to be with my family more, but truly I think a lot of us are going to have to find something else if we want stability.

Since straight typing is only 7 CPL - what is the VR line rate

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4 - like everyone else

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There are companies who pay more per line - Straight an VR

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Intermountain and AHD straight 8 and .056 VR

Intermountain? - Always looking

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Have never heard of them, are they out of Utah? If that's the one, I didn't see anything on their web site about MT or working from home. Do you have any more information?

Things are really going on over there - MT40

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Between the training new accounts for everyone, the training for VR for everyone, being QAd on a lot of things. Wow. Stress city. Not for me. I do my best and that's all I can do. What more can be asked.

Yeah .. I wasn't too thrilled with the nastygram from S. sm - Disheartened SMT

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I think all of us as MTs do the best we can not to leave a blank. But, if after listening and attempting to figure it out, it goes to QA. Most of my blanks are because I can't even understand the dictator well enough to look something up -- I totally can't understand him/her! So .... out of nowhere, they throw us on new accounts and on the 2nd day we get a snarky note from QA. My give a darn is getting busted real quick.

I'm with you. What was up with that e mail? - MT1969

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I agree. I was really surprised about that e mail. Not the time to get people even more upset with something like that. I had to hit delete. That one certainly was not a confidence booster in any way, shape, or form!

OMG exactly! - MJ

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Exactly! I never leave blanks unless I cannot understand what they say! What happens if you legitimately can't understand what is being said, and you try and look, but who has time to look through 30 or 40 reports before they find it or "think" they have found what they said. Especially when you are working for production. This is getting ridiculous. I dread logging on each day.

Kind of reminds me of when I worked at a smaller company and they were bought out... - SMH

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I worked for a little company that was truly an awesome company to work for, then we had word we were merging with another company, promised this, promised that, and the next thing you know so many things changed. They slowly started taking away certain things like our 500 dollar longevity bonuses, then our downtime pay, and then they started picking us to death on QA. I was finally laid off with a bunch of others and now that company is no more. It seems like when the squeeze is felt from the company, then something bad is sure to follow. I am so tired of searching. I haven't been at Synernet for too long, but just enough to realize what a mistake I made in joining this place. :O(

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