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How do they call this fair? - Irritated MT

Posted: Aug 15, 2013

So, I have a VR job and the VR is just bad. I FINALLY got to where I could make around $11.00 per hour and was thinking okay, maybe this won't be so bad. Well, just as I got up to where I could make a decent living, my MTSO decides to do a random audit and completely tore my reports apart. There were NO critical errors and no errors that affected the content of the report, just things like commas in the wrong place, using a comma when dictator said "and" and other simple things. I get an email from my supervisor saying that my skills are great and even though there are no errors that affect the content of the report (her words) it is IMPERATIVE that it be corrected exactly how it is dictated. She said all of my reports would be reviewed and if I didn't get the QA score back up, I would be fired.

So, I stopped for every single comma, etc. and produced perfect reports at $5.00 per hour!!! I cannot make more than that, because there are SO MANY corrections in the reports, it is impossible for me! I get another email from my supervisor telling me what a great job I have done in correcting my errors, taking me off of QA and basically saying "Great job, keep up the good work". Now, so I should produce PERFECT reports for a company while it is ME getting the short end of the stick not even making minimum wage? Do they see nothing wrong with this? I mean, she acts like "problem solved" or something, forget the fact that I am no longer making any money? How is this fair?

Fair? - SM

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What does fair have to do with anything? I suggest you exit that mind set immediately.

I average $10-12/hour. sm - mt2

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It took me well over 1 year to get that far, this being the first time I have ever done VR. I don't give a rat's behind about mark offs for commas, etc. If they don't like my work, they can fire me. I was looking for work when I took this job anyway.

I used to love being a MT - now, I can barely make myself sit here to work.

that's why I spend so much time on this board - I can't sit here! nm - me

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Me, too. - nm.

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You sound like my grandpa. - nm

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were you reared by your grandfather? - Was

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he the only adult you ever conversed with? It is fine to be enraged about unfairness, but to whimper "its not fair" is childlike. There is no pity in the workplace.

I never said anything about "unfair," I am not the - same poster.

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How does one "whimper" on the internet, anyway?

Get off your high horse, Gramps.

derogatory remarks about - the elderly

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are so-o-o unfair . . .!

Nobody "whimpered" - MT99

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This is a forum where MTs can talk about whatever they may desire.

True that - Goes

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for respondent as well? Yes? Tell me what tone of voice one uses when they say "Its not fair." Maybe whine describes it better than whimper. Perhaps it was a whisper. perhaps it was an excited exclamation. In any and all cases, complaints about fairness in the context of adult employment is inappropriate and irrelevent.

then why are their labor laws? - ?

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If there was no "fairness" in the work force, then employers would be allowed to pay a dollar an hour if they so chose. If she is making less than minimum wage, it should be reported.

because of - Democrats

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who want to RUN YOUR LIFE.

The whole of life isn't fair. Surprised it took you this long to - figure that out.

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Good grief. Could you sound any more - crotchety? nm.

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there - Oops

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Why yes, yes I could. I've been trying to rein it in. - Thanks for noticing....

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fair maybe but that doesn't make it - good

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the nitpicking over commas and such - for crying out loud it's a document, not a novel. It didn't used to be this way. When did it get this way?

My thoughts exactly - sm

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I've been doing this long enough to remember when punctuation and "account specifics" for that matter were at the discretion of the MT who used her own common sense. If there is a list of items, then SURE, commas would be a necessity for a better read, which I am sure we all learned that in what, 2nd grade? Other than that, could you imagine a doctor or ANYONE for that matter (other than another MT) reading a medical record and saying "Wow, she forgot a comma there" or "Now, didn't she know a semicolon went there rather than a comma". This industry is a joke now, to say the least.

Interesting... - (see message)

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I actually took an AHDI class on how to edit speech drafts a few years ago right before I decided to leave MT altogether. I had never done speech editing and I wanted to see what it was like before I committed to an editing job. One of the main talking points of the class was that for speech editing to actually increase productivity and be effective, and for MTs to make any money at all editing drafts since the pay is so much lower, standards had to be lowered. Basically we were taught to let go of correcting anything that would not change the meaning of what was said, even incorrect s-v agreement and stuff that did not conform to the BOS (interesting since AHDI puts out the BOS). No more perfect reports. It was about conforming standards to technology since the technology could not conform to standards. I guess MTSOs didn't get the memo...

have been micromanaged myself - HaveToHear

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i had several jobs that were micromanaged like that - I made less money, made more mistakes, and felt totally debased as a person personally and professionally. I kept looking for other work and finally found a job that is not like that on any of the accounts. Your response is normal. Hope you find something else...

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How do they call this fair? - Irritated MT

Fair? - SM

I average $10-12/hour. sm - mt2

that's why I spend so much time on this board - I can't sit here! nm - me

Me, too. - nm.

You sound like my grandpa. - nm

were you reared by your grandfather? - Was

I never said anything about "unfair," I am not the - same poster.

derogatory remarks about - the elderly

Nobody "whimpered" - MT99

True that - Goes

then why are their labor laws? - ?

because of - Democrats

The whole of life isn't fair. Surprised it took you this long to - figure that out.

Good grief. Could you sound any more - crotchety? nm.

**there** - Oops

Why yes, yes I could. I've been trying to rein it in. - Thanks for noticing....

fair maybe but that doesn't make it - good

My thoughts exactly - sm

Interesting... - (see message)

have been micromanaged myself - HaveToHear

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