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How is it fair - sm

Posted: Jan 08, 2014

Everyone of my accounts now requires manual addition of CCs and/or manual addition of ADT information and I don't get compensated? This rots, getting ready to quit.

I would ask: "How is it legal?" SM - SamMT

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If you are hired at $__ CPL at a certain character line rate, ALL of those characters need to be paid -- not only what they FEEL like paying (i.e., like only paying for dictated lines, visible black characters).

Spaces are characters, as is manual insertion of CCs, demographic info are all characters.

Suits will tell us, "Well, it's part of the job". No it isn't our job -- if it isn't compensated! We need to stand our ground with this B.S. It might be like directing an in-house office employee, MT or other, to clean the toilets or fill the water tank with ... "It's part of the job".

Legal Smlegal - Agree

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Stop and don't do it. When you are compensated, then do it. I would like every MT to just do what they are supposedly paid for and let the rest go. Let M*M figure it out or do it. Again, giving into their demands, just makes it worse for the MT. If you can't stand up to them, then get out. To me that is the best solution, because it will never change. Look what has happened over the past 5-10 years. It is beyond anyone's comprehension. Like the other post said as well, this place is toxic!

I think it would be more like telling an office worker - sm

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to clean the toilets, etc., AFTER their shift is over when they aren't being paid... since they expect us to do CC's for free. At least the office worker would be getting paid for it.

Fair - You really need to ask?

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NOTHING is fair with M*M and it is only getting worse. They run ads that they are hiring, saw one today and yet firing at the same time. You need to get away from this toxic place and find a job that doesn't make you ask that kind of question, because there is absolutely no future or present with this place.

I agree, need to get out - but

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My current situation doesn't allow me to go outside the home for a job. Was thinking of just F11 all those reports, then at least I get paid my full line rate...

Agree too - But

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I am in the same situation and I look for other MT jobs all the time or other WAH positions to no avail. Like you, I try to skew the system, so to speak to my benefit and not theirs and please no flamers about you're hurting the other MTs; let them do it too! Again, this company gets away with murder and it is time to not do it. Hopefully somewhere out there is another job for me and that is about all that keeps me going with this hot mess of a company. Good luck to us all!

Where did you hear that? - JustMe

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I'm just curious where you got the idea that if you F11 you would get paid full line rate? It's my understanding that if it comes to us as an ASR it is paid at the ASR line rate. Please let me know because it was my understanding that we're not allowed to F11 and if we do we have to fill out a Remedy ticket in order to be paid our full line rate. Thanks!

F11 changes it to straight typing - sm

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not "supposed" to use it..But I have long standards they want so I use it all the time, have not heard of any complaints recently

And you get paid your straight transcription rate? - JustMe

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After you upload a report and you check F9 you see it listed as straight transcription and not correction?

Supposed to be paid that way - but

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It is Mmodal and they have ways of cheating everything..nothing new here..

Yes, you get paid the straight typing rate for F11. - but

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You will find the job listed under transcription if you F11.

But, unless F11 is used because of mandatory standards, if you use it more than a few times in a month, you will hear from your TSM, and eventually get written up.

It will not be listed differently. - It will be paid correctly

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At least a few years ago, when you did F11 it will convert the report, however, it will still be listed in the Fluency manager as an ASR. They use a different system to calculate pay, however, so this doesn't matter. You will still get paid the straight tx rate whether or not it is listed. I had doubts at first, but I have confirmed this to be true.

I use it for horrible ASR reports - where I basically have to

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type it from scratch. The last memo I got was that we were to use it "sparingly" (paraphrasing) and didn't have to fill out a Remedy ticket anymore.

You are correct - anon

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There is actually a corporate policy against using F11 without specific approval and anyone found to be using F11 as a general practice without their TSM approving it will be putting themselves on the fast track to the unemployment line.

True, it was even discussed in a recent corporate email - NM

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NM

Do you have the date of that e-mail? - I am not finding anything

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recent. The last one I have is from August. TIA

It was a little more recent than that - SuzieQ

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I read them and then delete them so I'm not sure, but it was sometime in the fall.

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