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Makes me sick India MTs get a fixed monthly - salary, awards after working 5 yrs.

Posted: Apr 27, 2013

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Inviting applications from MTs, Proof readers, Direct Posters and QAs from Bhubaneshwar region.

On being an MModalian, you have the following benefits:

Fixed Base Salary.

Attractive Performance Linked Incentives for achievement and exceeding targets.

Quality Incentives from line one

Incentive protection for initial months.

Lucrative Night shift allowance.

Performance Allowance over and above Gross..

Flexible Working hours.

Performance based promotions as per Career Pathing and Development (CPD)

ASR in use for higher productivity

Leaves, Public holidays as applicable

Lucrative Employee Referral incentives.

Reward and Recognition for Good Performers.

Loyalty awards for 5 yr and 10 yrs completion.

Medical insurance for employee and family

Accidental insurance for Self.

Highly motivating and open work environment with lot of employee engagement activities.

Interested candidates may please forward resumes to: [HIDDEN TEXT] / [HIDDEN TEXT] / durgaprasad.nandikolla @mmodal.com

Remuneration:

Fixed monthly Salary
Performance Incentives or Production incentives
Allowances & Other monetary/Non monetary benefits along with Fixed salary

They get incentive pay too. - dnr

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And quality incentives too. Although, who judges that.

ASR for greater production?? Hasn't worked out that way for me.

Indian MTs - Indian Standards

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You just need to ask one question. What is the line rate after adding up all those goodies? I doubt it will go past 3 cpl for straight transcription.

Perks or not, MT is not a living wage in India - either

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It's not that the MTSOs are discriminating against US MTs in favor of Indian MTs. Their only loyalty is to their own wallets. They probably think it's great (and find it amusing) how many of us blame Indian MTs for "taking our jobs." Our racism and nationalism just help obscure the real issues about how the extraordinary greed of the few "haves" is grinding the many "have nots" deeper and deeper into poverty, here in the US and in many other countries as well.

It's not racism or nationalism - duh

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It's being mad that our jobs are being taken and being bled dry because someone on the other side of the world with, let's face it, poor QA, does our job for an obviously low accuracy requirement and still MTSOs will hire them.

I agree - Anonymous

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Food for thought: $1.00 US is 0.02 Indian rupees. Indian work week: 6 days (Monday through Saturday, typically 12-hour shifts, no overtime pay, no "minimum wage" guarantee). The reason for some of the "perks" people read about in regard to on-site services at Indian MTSOs is because they are not permitted to leave the job site to go for a burger, pick the kids up from school or any of the other things we take for granted. I reside in the US but I've been curious about how they do things so did some research. The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence, ladies. If you think the MTs over there are the ones benefiting, think again. It is all money driven and the corporations are the ones making the profit.

The fact is.....India MTs are salary, we are line count - I believe this is illegal.

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No matter how you slice it, it is ILLEGAL. We are global.

I am sure MM would be thrilled to pay us the same salary - they pay OS. Would you like that? nm

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Except they do have to pay US MTs minimum, USA law. - MM is hoping we will keep working SM

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betting our skills, ego, wishes that we can win the gamble and be able to do this for, at least, a little over minimum wage. If we can only do it for minimum, might as well do something else.

Indian MTs - GlobalMT

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MTs in India must be paid according to Indian standards, not American standards. India used to be an English colony; hence, they are paid x1 a month, just like many countries in Europe.

These MTs are just as exploited as we are in the U.S. They are not "taking our job" but the companies are finding new workers, India, Philippines, etc or wherever, to get as much done with a minimum amount of expense.

Be mad at the companies, not the MTs in India. They just try to survive, just as we do.

True, don't hate the player, hate the game. NM - anon

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Yep, the perks are about the only inducements they have to keep workers there, who've just - about had it as much as we have.

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The general physical atmosphere seems awful to me, some locations as bad as call centers with the factory-like cramming in of bodies, but so much worse than doing call center work in that kind of environment, I'd imagine, with trying to hear to actually transcribe/edit over all that background noise of other MTs. I don't envy them one little bit, "perks" or not.

http://mtherald.com/awful-future-prospects-for-medical-transcription-career-in-india/

Quality incentives? - India QA

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Quality of India MT work is awful. I've had to proofread the junk, it looks like a 3-year-old typed it. Obviously they offer quality incentives because they know nobody there will get the accuracy required to earn it, LOL

They lie to us,,they lie to them - nm

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Supposed to be one global company. - Global labor lawsuit.

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It may be okay to have different line rates, but if we are getting paid by line and India MT's are getting paid salary, well then, I SMELL LABOR LAWSUIT.

Some thoughts - Anonymous

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First of all, recruiters in India just as in the US, probably say things to get bodies in the door. If anyone gets paid salary, it is probably the managers and maybe the QA staff, if such a thing exists over there. The facility where I work (I QA the account) uses an Indian company for their transcription. I know what they charge us but I'm guessing that the MTs see very little of that. I can't say what the working conditions are like at M-Modal India, but the company we use is staffed 24-7. including holidays (ours and theirs). I know they work weekends because there is always work to QA on Monday morning. I'm not defending anyone and I'm sad that they took work away from domestic MTs, but I don't think life in India (including the working conditions for MTs) is very good. Also, you can't compare dollars to rupees. .03 a line might seem like big bucks to someone in India. Look at what happened recently at the garment factory in Bangladesh - I know it's a different country, the none of the US labor laws are applicable in third world countries.

Article posted above, MTs are salary, shift diff, incentives - in India. America MTs.. nothing

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It is not right. We are global. I smell a rat!

Your options and more thoughts - Anonymous

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"Fixed base salary" may mean a fixed line rate. I think many US companies pay weekend/evening differentials, many American MTs get that. Many companies also offer incentive pay. It also says that they provide insurance but it does not say if it is employer paid, I think you probably need additional information before making so many assumptions. Your options, as I see it, are:
1. Do nothing and continue status quo.
2. Complain to corporate and see how far that takes you.
3. Find another job.
4. Relocate to India and see how well you are treated.

If you try to compare your salary/line rate to theirs, you are going to lose that battle every time because of the huge difference in the exchange rate (which is why the work is going there to begin with). It is like comparing apples and oranges. They are getting their work done for pennies on the dollar, and that is the name of the game. Sorry to be so blunt; I anticipate numerous "dislikes."

No dislike from me; I realize this is my own fault - I stayed here when India

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bought us out. It's nobody's fault but mine. I still like to complain once in a while.

I agree with you. I have 1 more month of college - AND I AM OUT OF HERE!

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Woohoo!! Everyone needs to leave this sweatshop. :)

Check it out. (sm) - Asked & answered

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From just about a month ago...

"I've been looking at exchange rates as well as information on salaries for MTs in India trying to figure out what they are earning. As best I can tell, a rupee is worth about 2 cents. If my math is correct, a starting MT is earing about $160/month. I cannot find any information as to their line rate. If anyone has better math skills (and it would not be difficult) please correct me. At that rate, you can see why they want all the work to go to India. Even their cost of living is not that low."

and

http://mtherald.com/awful-future-prospects-for-medical-transcription-career-in-india/

Yes - Anonymous

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That is what I found as well in regard to the exchange rate; assume that their line rates are lower than ours. I also learned that the 6-days per week, 12-hour day is standard. No overtime pay, etc. (see my earlier post). What bothers me is what the MTSOs and other companies charge the hospitals and other health care facilities, yet the MTs share in very little (if any) of the profit, regardless of where in the world they reside.

I get a fixed salary too - cr

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It's called minimum wage. Of course, where I live, minimum wage is REAL minimum, but at least I can count on that much - for now.

How can you "count" on anything at all - What with NJA? (nm)

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Mine is the highest and sometimes I make under. - Mine is $9.14 an hour.

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Sometimes I make $7.80 an hour, but MM has to pay me my $9.14.

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