Just received the email about new RAD rates, what a crock! - soapie12

OK, I'm a little late to the Basher's Ball here but, geez, this sucks!!  So, bear with me, I need to vent!!!  

PTO, hmm, there was a time when a loyal employee who stuck it out with the company through cuts and low work was rewarded by increased PTO for time with the company.  I guess we can add loyalty to the list of things that companies now punish you for thus creating a society of workers who are losing sight of what the word loyalty means.   

I saw only one thing here that benefits me and that is getting paid by the line instead of report as I have an account in fluency that creates loooong reports and have always felt cheated a bit and struggled to get my 12 rph when working only that account for a day.  I think this is only Phase I of switching all RAD to lph versus rph.  I assume they are using this as a test to see if the company comes out a winner.  If so, then in about 3 months (which seems to be their habit so far) we will probably see other RAD programs/accounts being switched to line pay then, once all accounts are switched, RAD MTs will be held to the current MED MT lph requirements.  

The thing that really got me going though is the new pay rate...industry standard my behind!  I've noticed in job searches that many are offering $0.09 per line straight and $0.05 to $0.06 per line SR for those like me with experience.  Also, based on the current rates MM RAD MTs get, I did the math.  $1.20 straight with MMs crediting us with 12 lines per report comes out to $0.10 per line.  $0.72 SR with MMs credit of 12 lines per report comes out to $0.06 per line.  Hmmm, $0.10 and $0.06 is definitely better than the $0.08 and $0.048 we will soon be getting.  Great, a pay cut and a huge one which, when compared with the MED MT tiers takes us from the equivalent of a Tier III to a Tier I.  Since RAD is a specialty, we should definitely NOT be equivalent to Tier I (although I always thought equivalent to Tier III was a bit much but Tier I)......that's a slap in the face and too large of a cut.  

So, to sum up, their lph/rph requirement to keep your job has been raised to what I consider above the industry standard but your pay for doing so is being lowered to below industry standard.  MM leaders need to go back to school and take the math courses they obviously skipped or slept through.  Oh yeah, a business ethics course would help provided they actually learn something AND apply it.  

Just so you all know, I am not angry for me as I don't depend solely on this job for money to live but I used to and I am truly scared and angry for my lovely co-workers who do depend on the money from MM to survive.  I doubt I will find anything, but I am keeping track of all these changes MM is making and feel its time for me to check with my State's labor board to make sure these changes are legal/acceptable.  If not, guess I'll be askin my Labor Board to help me put things back on course or get some $$$ from MM for not following the rules.  I'm just so fed up right now I wanna go over there and spend about a week straight just verbally ripping our higher ups a new one!!!!  Not that that would help but it would sure make me feel way better.  Good luck to all of you and I pray you all find someplace better than MM real soon as I don't see this company changing for our good anytime soon.