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Blanks: How are they calculated? - poorhouse

Posted: Jul 14, 2014

Just wondering if anyone knows what the formula is on how they calculate your percentage of blanks left? They show me a percentage but a percentage of what? Lines? Words? Reports? Ugh. And, one blank may count for one word or an entire sentence.

I just don't get it.

Dishonestly, with cheatware. - nm

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Sounds about right...LMBO - DFRSB

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Hahaha!

Probably created a new position...Blank Checker - poorhouse

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Seriously, someone would have to examine all the blanks left to see if there truly needs to be a blank there or not. And, for whatever reason, here lately all my doctors have been yawning through their dictation. Not only does that make /me/ yawn, but I also cannot make out what they're saying 90% of that time.

I'm not too impressed by this new tactic, Battle of the Blanks. My first thought when I read the email was "gawd, that's dumb." But, whatever. I'm not making the big bucks to make those kind of idiotic decisions!

Blankety Blank Blank Blank - Battle

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We could have told them that if we don't send blanks to QA for fear of being punished, more blanks would go to the customer. What a blankety blank blank clusterfudge of a crock of blank company.

More blanks because out of self protection. - survival mode

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1/3 of the blanks I leave are for self preservation. Even the QAM has advised to leave blanks for self protection (verbally, not in writing)

Most of the blanks I have sent to QA they can't fill either.

I send some documents with more than 2 blanks straight through if the blank is due to noise interfering with being able to hear. No need to add to the QA percentage.

From what I understood... - anon

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It's the number of lines in the document sent to QA. For example if you submit one blank, but the document is 100 lines, that 100 lines is counted and is used to calculate the percentage against your total lines. Crazy if true.

Just as I suspected...dumb method. -nm- - poorhouse

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I only have a BS in math, but even I know - L&Lb

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that is no way to make those calculations.

I wish corporate wouldn't keep hiring all these high school dropouts.

We were told - sm - Raven

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It is the total number of jobs you submit with blanks. Doesn't matter what the blank is for, how many blanks are in the report, etc.

wow, blank data - L&L

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MTs in my group can do 1000+ jobs with 5% blank submission (per pay period?)!!

Give me their work, and so will I. My docs do nothing but mumble making even "easy" reports difficult.

Only Mmodal could come up with something so idiotic as this "contest."

We have one 1000+ at 1.5%. - The Hell I say!

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Those of us with the most experience who consistently - sm

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get the absolute WORST dictators and most difficult WTs of course will in no way stand a chance of winning. It's not bad enough that we already are punished for our experience by getting difficult work all day every day, thereby cutting our production and pay anyway. Oh well. Maybe at my next job I'll pretend to be a newbie to get the good stuff.

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