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I can't believe I worked so hard for so little money. - dnr
Posted: May 20, 2011
I even did overtime and it didn't make a difference in my take home. Maybe it knocked me into a tax bracket :( So much for being rewarded for hard work. I'm going to have to calculate how much extra I can do before it is counterproductive. I had to do that in the past when I worked for a place that actually paid incentive. I discovered that, at a certain line count, I would start losing money.
so much for so little - a1typist
[ In Reply To ..]I believe it is a formula. Call me a conspiracy theorist or not, I just have not figured out how they do it, but I have noticed that if I have a good payday one week, the next I am knocked down with NJA or really horrible dictators until I am in the $650 take home range. I cannot believe that this is a coincidence. Something tells me they have a computer program for this sort of juggling! If you calculate that out per hour, it is the minimum wage in my state. I have been told by 2 former CCMs that the goal of Medquist is to have all of us at minimum wage within 2 years. I believe they are capable of that one way or another. It is not always about the pay decrease for ASR, it sometimes can be accomplished in other ways.
Same thing happens to me, at a different company. - I guess its becoming an industry standard.
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Minimum wage?! Taco Bell, here I come! - Jane
[ In Reply To ..]At least I could bring home burritos and then I'd be able to feed my family then.
I have noticed the same thing, but fear getting - put in a rubber room
[ In Reply To ..]for being a conspiracy nut. When I start bringing home over $1000 I can count on something getting changed -- accounts, regions, whatever. Why they don't want us to be productive and make any money I don't understand, but it has happened over and over. I get comfortable and good at my accounts and poof, it will change.
re: dnr - just mimi
[ In Reply To ..]For a while I was in your shoes, but now I'm getting work on a regular basis, equal transcription/VR work. I average about 14/hr. Right now I'm good, but I've been her long enuf to know that the boat is still a-rockin! I could be thrown overboard any day...
That's what I said to myself when I looked at my - paycheck yesterday. I hate paydays. (nm)
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