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Ok, ladies, Verified by payroll, MMEs dont get paid for additions. So - just why are we filling those blanks?? nm


Posted: Apr 15, 2014

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Because . . . - anon

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The client wants a "perfect" document?

Do you not even understand the job of a QA? I'll never know why they - sm

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promoted all these people with no QA experience into the MME position, while screwing over actual QAs. Just another one of their poor decisions IMHO.

You make no sense. I have 20 yr exp. What does qa with no - exp have to do with not paying for additions? nm

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You can get paid - MT

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If you are making a lot of corrections outside the blanks you are to email your HDSM and they are to let payroll know so you get paid for 100% rather than just jumping to blanks.
Not talking about corrections outside of blanks. Talking - those reports with 10 blanks SM
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we are expected to fill in. I doubt MM will pay for the whole report if all I did was fill blanks. So again, the question. Just why are we fillng in those blanks?
Because that is the job of a QA. That's how it works, everywhere. - It averages out with the easy ones. nm
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Again, what are you talking about. I qa for another MTSO and I - get paid based on the report SM
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I submit, not the job the MT submits. Easy and hard has nothing to do with it. You want me to fill in the blanks but you dont want to pay me for that? Would you expect to be paid based on the job the worse MT on your team submits? No, you want to be paid based on the job you submit. Same with MMEs.
I've always been paid QAing by the original line count, regardless of - what I do to the report. NM
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Sure, by companies like MM. DOesnt make it right just because you - are okay with it. And you being okay SM
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with it, is what allows it to happen. Another example of a female work force that wont stand up for themselves. Do you think your hubby would be okay getting paid, not on his merit, not on the job he did, but on the job the guy one desk over did? Would you be okay if this was happening to your dad? Your mom?

If you put in your time and effort to paint somebody's house, and they said to you "the last guy that was here did a so-so job and I will pay you based on that job", would you be okay with that? If your kid babysat for a neighbor only to be told I will pay you based on the job the last babysitter did, would that be fair?

Get real. Everyone expects to be paid on the job they do. Who would ever think it would be any other way?
For example.. - In this MTSO
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An MT submits a 10-minute report with 1 line typed and blanked the rest. Lets say the MME can fill in the rest of the report. The MME typed 100 lines. Unless she submits it to her manager to get credit for typing those lines, she only gets paid for that initial 1 line. That's how it works here at MModal.
That's not what we are talking about. - sm
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We are not talking about getting 100% review credit for a fill-in-the-blank report. As I said elsewhere, for example, an MT submits a 10-minute report but only typed 1 line and blanked the rest. The MME types 100 lines into the report that were blanked. Regardless of leaving it under a feedback marker, the MME will only get credit for the initial 1 line. I have experienced this and have had to submit to my manager to get credit for straight typing, not the QA rate.
That's part of being a QA. I'm surprised they adjusted the line count. - nm
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Obviously, you haven't had it happen to you for 2 hours straight - sm
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The MT had audio issues with her computer and instead of reporting it do anybody, figured it was the dictator's problem and kept submitting barely typed reports to QA.

I don't work for charity. Not only does it drop my pay, but drops my benefit rate. Being payed a dollar for 2 hours of work. I don't think so.

Maybe you fill them in because it's your job duty - sm

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And you do get paid for it. You get paid the MME line rate for QAing reports. Geesh people.

Exactly! If they are that unhappy, send that QA work my way. I rarely - get any these days! nm

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Do you want to be paid based on the job another MT submitted? - No, you want paid on the job YOU did. nm

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Would your parent want to be paid based on the job a co-worker did? NO. Does MM Pres want to be paid based on the job the VP did? NO. THis is so simple. Has nothing to do with my specific rate, has everything to do with wanting compensation for MY job, that I did.

If this was so okay why is it not in our contract? Why is it not told to us. Couple of years ago when MTs were encouraged to become MMEs, were they told "and, oh yeah, you dont get paid on the job you did but on the job the MT did." I dont think so.

THis is basic human nature, wanting compensation for YOUR job well done. Not compensation for the job Jane Doe did.

So you'd be happy with be paid for just the work you did - sm

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according to your logic, we'd only be paid for the blanks we filled. The MME didn't type the report, so they shouldn't get paid for it, right? With your thinking, if an MME got a 100 line report, took 3 minutes to fill in a blank that was 10 characters long, at a rate of 3 cpl that would equate to 9 cents per hour.
I have been told even a blanks only job should be quickly looked - over. If there is a critical error on ANY qa
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report, I am expected to find it. I have been told to skim and check formatting on every job.

I just cant beleive some of you think it is okay to be paid based on a job someone else submitted.

By the way, this is the argument MM has given in the past. "But look at all the other lines you get paid for." Just the fact that this is MM's argument should tell you the logic is flawed
Why don't you say MMEs should be paid hourly - and stop stirring the pot. nm
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Funny you say that. I DO think qa should be paid hourly. - No stirring here, just facts. nm
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When we were QASs, we were paid hourly, as it should be. - sm
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That used to be the industry standard, but as with everything else in our industry, MM led the charge in ending it. Do they want perfection or speed? Choose one, because you logically can't have both.
And there were way fewer of these horrible auditors back then.... - nm
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According to your logic, MTs should not be paid for lines in a template. - That okay with you? nm
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As an MT, if you were checking your lines and discovered you - were not being paid for every SM

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third line would that be okay? After all MT is your job, just do it. ANd dont forget, this was not info told to you in an up front and honest way. This was info that has been basically kept a secret from you. You had to find it out on your own. But it is your job so you must be okay with it, right?


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