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DQS Proficiency-Productivity emails ???? - Kiki1

Posted: Nov 29, 2010

First of all I wonder why I'm getting this email from "Sandra" at my personal email and not my work email????

Anyone else getting these and understand what it is about? Telling us exactly how many times we clicked the mouse, etc? Does anyone have any idea as to what they think they want to accomplish doing this? I know they SAY they want to help us be more "productive" and increase ASR productivity, but I'm skeptical. Thoughts?

I haven't gotten that email yet.... - They are probably

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still counting my clicks on the mouse!! hahaha

I got one and it's - pretty creepy

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if you ask me. Will they also check how much time I spend in the bathroom? :) Why do they consider use of the mouse a BAD thing? And how can I be spending 700 hours doing something when there aren't 700 hours in a week? Do they really mean minutes? My "gross" is less than my "net" (when it should be the other way around). Who designed this thing anyway?

I don't believe there is a way to monitor - bathroom time!!

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I'm anxious to see if I get an email breaking down my hours!! HAHA

The mouse is a "BAD" thing because it - cuts down on production!!

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It takes time away from the keyboard to grab the mouse and click away. I can't help it, I'm mouse driven and I don't think I can be converted, I've tried, but I don't know.....

looking up terms cuts down - on production too

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and adds to the "time spent with no audio and no keystrokes" or whatever the heck it's called.

MQ software used to be DOS-based and in fact there was no mouse for my old MQ computer, so I can see how they think use of the mouse is bad.

Yes, and reading through constantly new CPs cuts down on production, too - Kiki1

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They don't want our hands off that keyboard to do ANYTHING...that includes using the mouse, looking up terms, checking the CP OR going to the bathroom.

Your house on fire? You better not stop typing!

Creepy is right!! - Ang

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Had an immediate thought of being a puppet - beyond creepy - control gone wild. On a positive note, I used to fight against using the mouse and then realized as a person who played the piano for years I can use it to advantage. Can move mouse while using left hand to do other things - all in sync - to me, mouse is fine if you use it right - to move page around for example - sometimes faster than keystrokes - if you get both hands into it. Anyway,super monitoring or not, I am just going to be a regular person and not a robot.

at least we don't have the Impact Team - calling us

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and saying, "We see that your fingers are off the keyboard and your headset is off your ears. Is something wrong?"

Nervous clicking - Kittymama

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I do nervous clicking when doing ASR. Maybe too much caffeine, but I can't keep my hands still. Constantly moving, jumping around while waiting for dictator to catch up. I am I going to be penalized for that? My production is what it is, is cutting down on keystrokes going to make me more productive? Don't think so.

Keystrokes are high, compared to what? No baseline to compare to, just a bunch of numbers. It's crazy.

gross versus net - sm

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The gross count is lines per hour with inactivity figured in, making it less. The net count is lph with the inactive period taken out, which is why it's more. Net just means something was taken away from the gross, whether it is a positive or negative factor.

If you use the stats in it, it will help you. Problem is - most paranoids will not allow anyone to help them.

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Yes, it must be pure evil for the to try to show you where your weaknesses are in using ASR. No one said it is perfect and thank goodness else you wouldn't have a job. However, there are proven efficient methods for using it. The stats show you where you are in efficiency.

But, as I have said before, just stay with that stubborn, nobody's-gonna-tell-me-how-to-fail-dang-it attitude and you'll do just what you are: failing.

I think it is a waste of company for one reason only: Most of you don't deserve it.

At least they can say that they did all they could and you still were incapable of learning!!!

Out with the old ... in with the new!!!

agree, I need to be taped to my chair - sm

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I admit it, I'm one of those that types a half dozen to a dozen reports and gets up, chats with the family, even KVM to my non-work computer and putz around. I found that my putzing (including work related research) uses 4 hours(!!) out of my week. Using a little math on my gross and net lines, that's the difference between $13/hr to $18/hr. Granted a lot is for research, but that sure motivates me to stay on my duff and work.

Well, whatever they are doing, I still think it - Kiki1

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boils down to they want to set us up for another pay cut. They want to say that now that we have learned to be more productive, we are going to have to cut your pay and you will still make the same.

What they don't take into account is that ASR is not only NOT getting better, it is GETTING WORSE!

They are going to have a mass exodus of MTs if they cut pay again, I know it. But that might be what they want. Not me! They will have to lay me off or FIRE me......I don't care....I'm in CA and will get unemployment even I get fired. You hear that you sheister suits who lurk here!!!!

It came to my personal email as well. - I do not like that at all

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We have MQ mail for a reason. My personal email is just that...personal.

creepy personal e-mail - realistic

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If you belong to facebook or some other social network and you declared your employment with MQ, you are being hacked most likely. Has absolutely nothing to do with MQ.

No. I have not. - It has everything to do with MQ

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That makes no sense. - You are saying that

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a person is being hacked with ONE email from their EMPLOYER??

You make no sense at all. LOL

The bottom line is that MQ should not be sending business emails to our personal email accounts; that is why we have email through MQ Central. It has nothing to do with "hacking". Good grief! It has to do with someone at MQ messing up when they entered the email addresses into the system for this new "bogus way to cut our pay" email.

Hacked...lol.

mine came to MQ mail but MQ mail is down - NJA Queen

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A fat lot of good sending it to MQ mail does when I haven't been able to access my MQ mail. I probably will just get angry anyway looking at the report so it is probably for the best. Thank God for the delete button when it finally comes back up.

I don't know but all it did was annoy me. - grumble

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The data is confusing and doesn't address the fact that excessive keystrokes are needed because ASR SUCKS and so do the dictators. What I get from the data is that the 60% cut for editing is not justified at all.

Amen to that! - Just Sayin

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So true, it shows that 40% pay cut for ASR is not justified!!

re: Kiki1 - Kika

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Work sent e-mail a long time ago that if we preferred, we could get MQ mail at our personal address, but we had to give that info, so at somepoint you must have. I did, because I check my personal e-mail throughout the day and get "pings" with new mail. MQ Central only keeps us logged in for, what is it?, 120 minutes, doesn't "ping" so I don't know when I get a notification there.

My proficiency report was very helpful. I was very glad to see that I was was exceeding the LPH and doing pretty darn good on the other stuff as well.

It's MY opinion that this is a useful tool. The option is yours to take, like the e-mail says, participation is encouraged, not mandatory.

I personally don't have a problem taking a bit of time to check out the tips and tools modules a couple of times a week, instead of surfing the web.

Again, this is just MY FEELING on this.

I haven't gotten this email yet.... - wonder if all do? nm

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