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WMX/Nuance - We are asked to do OT every day and every weekend - anom

Posted: Jan 26, 2012

I work on an incredibly busy account. We are asked to do OT every day and every weekend. I'm just saying, it was one thing taking the cut in rates per line but they also increased our minimum lines per day to 1300 instead of the normal across the board 1200 a day and you want me to kill myself helping? It kinda took the "kick butt" out of my work ethics. I call it greedy.

WMX/Nuance - ANOM

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Amen. I too feel like I want to do everything I can to help the bottom line. But enough is enough. Do you guys think this is a breeze making comprehensive sense out of this crap? It's not. Greed.

Must be - Sickupandfed

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You must be on my account, same story. Since going back to Native and having our line requirements cut its a slap in the face having daily emails begging us to work more, stay working, commit to overtime for the weekend...FOR REAL? Who really wants to work every weekend for peanuts? We do have lives outside of this job. Its so not worth it. And it burns my buns when we get the mail saying "Send me your commmitments. I want to know if you are not going to do OT as well." Why? Shouldnt getting the commitments from those who are enough? Are they trying to "shame" us into replying saying "No, we are not a team player, we will not do OT."

Have an answer for ya - SeaMT

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Just hit the delete button when the request for OT shows up.

Great answer, I like it! - nm

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nm

My problem isn't OT, it's all the macaroni salad put through - for "editing" at half pay. I call it cheating. NM

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OT pay, how do they figure??? - anon

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Ok looking at pay, 6 hours OT, and it says $23.61??? And, you want me to work MORE OT and sacrifice any time with kids/hubbie for $23??? Hoping this is a mistake, trying to contact HR for clarification!!

Waste of time - Sickupandfed

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I hope it IS a mistake. To actually give them 6 hours of your time that you could have been with your family for 23 measly bucks is insane! I refuse to do OT, my time is more important than having pennies thrown at me.

How is Nuance OT calculated? - What?!?

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I just looked at my pay stub. Over 9 hours OT and made under $50. I am looking through my paperwork and cannot find where the OT topic is. Can anyone tell me how it is figured out and/or where to find the info? Thank you.

OT pays peanuts - mythought

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I had 1.5 hours OT 2 pay periods ago. I was paid $9.72. That is $6.48 per hour. And they want us to work OT? Like I'd work 8 hours OT for 51 lousy bucks.

OT $23 - embolicetiology

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Hey there did you get hold of HR? Just wondering if that was an accurate figure... Not that I expect too much fro them in general lol.

wmx/nuance - willow

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WOW WMX, you really ruined a good company. Greed. MTs do all the work and you get all the credit and the big bucks. Shame on you WMX for disappointing so many of MTS who worked there.

Here's your answer - mamabear

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OT is figured at 1.5-times your "hourly" rate. (Since we aren't paid by the hour, they take what we made for our straight transcription, divide it by the number of hours worked, and that's your hourly rate.)

So, for example, if your line count averages out to $10 per hour, then you would get an additional $5 per hour of OT that you worked. You are still getting paid the $10 for the extra hours worked, but that's added in your total transcription pay. So you're actually making $15 for every hour of OT.

In your case, if you worked 6 hours and made $24, that means you were actually paid $12 for each hour of OT you worked, or a total of $72.

I personally am loving the OT and I wish they would stop trying to hire more people! With OT, I can *almost* get up to my pre-Nuance pay, so at least I'm able to pay my bills. If OT dries up, I'm going to be looking for a part-time job....

Ah. Thanks for the explanation, Mamabear. nm. - What?!?

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OT calculations - Old Woman

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This was the way it was explained to me, but in checking my production pay, the "time" in time and a half is not paid in the production except for the lines produced.

In other words, our time is our lines and the "half" is half of our calculated hourly rate. In essence, we are not paid time and a half. They are paying in apples and oranges.

If you are able to get up to your pre-Nuance pay on OT, then you must be wracking up some lines. I personally can't due to NSA at least once or twice a week which can last anywhere from an hour to as much as 6 hours (or basically the majority of my shift).

At least a new speech rec engine is coming. - sm

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That will help.

SPEECH REC ENGINE - ANOM

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Oh gee that's a relief. I'll tell you, it pretty much better to be able to get it perfect if they want my participation an extra hour a day. They overreached when they reduced our rates, made the tier numbers greater and then pushed up the minimal lines per day up 100. Whom did you consult when you were told we would go quietly into the night without and that this was somehow reasonable. You guys better start hiring some MT's and forget about the "Best in KLAS."

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