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Are we paid for Standards? - confused

Posted: Jul 05, 2012

Can anyone tell me if we are paid for standards brought into reports or only what we add to it? I did a very long OP note yesterday that had a large standard and quite a bit of dictation along with it and am surprised to see I only received 9.38 lines for it. Something doesn't seem right, I know I type more than 9.38 lines even without the standard!

I think they quit paying for them and didnt tell us that - and a lot more

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I also think they only pay for 1 space whether the client profile says they want 2 spaces or not.

What bothers me the most is that when I was hired 15 years ago, I knew what I was paid for, and that was everything! Everything on the header page, all cc's, everything, even the footer with my initials.

When they stopped paying for things over the years, I was never informed! I somehow think they would have to inform us of what they are paying for or not, but I guess they can get away with doing anything they want.

They better be paying for them... - BrendaK

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I work later today and am going to look at the compensation handbook. And I'm sure going to be looking very closely at my own line counts to be sure.

There's a "compensation handbook"?? - anon

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I've been here for 16 years and never seen a compensation handbook.

And yes, they DO stop paying us for things without telling us. Like the poster above, when I started with this company we were paid for everything - headers, cc copies, etc and over the years those have disappeared without telling us. They are probably removing things from our compensation with the launch of the new software right now as I type this - with no intention of letting us know.

I have an MT Rewards Plan document... - BrendaK

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dated Jan 2012. Can't tell you where it came from, but it says we *are* paid for standards/normals. It also says policy can be changed at any time.

Guess to know for sure is to contact HR?

If you think - Alias

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If you think you're not paid for things now, wait until JP Morgan takes things over. Can you imagine a bank/investment company wanting to put money anywhere but in their own pockets, especially one that's being investigated like they are? From the hands of one unethical company to another. Will the employees of this company ever catch a break?

Just wait . . . JP Morgan Chase reputation - anon

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/jpmorgan-chases-consumer-reputation-yougov_n_1540582.html

Another One Equity web news item to check out - soapie12

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I found this while checking out One Equity on the web. This was posted today 7/5/12 on the nasdaq.com site. You will probably have to copy and paste into your browser. My antivirus/firewall did NOT give me any warnings so I hope you all can check it out. http://www.nasdaq.com/article/mmodal-shareholder-alert-the-briscoe-law-firm-and-powers-taylor-llp-investigate-sale-of-mmodal-inc-to-one-equity-partners-20120703-00522

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