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SUITS MAKING RULES FOR UNDERLINGS - 99% ACCURATE
Posted: May 20, 2011
It is obvious that those in charge have NEVER typed a word and have no idea what transcription is all about. They need to go on Undercover Boss and spend one day at the computer and listen to what we listen to and then tell me we need to be 99% accurate. What a joke!
Ever notice how they announce these things before - Christmas or during MT week?
[ In Reply To ..]I've come to expect bad things in May and December.
BAD THINGS - WFP
[ In Reply To ..]Ive gone to expect bad things every day when I log in to work.. sigh
Yeah nice timing. We appreciate you MT's. - Now up your production,
[ In Reply To ..]improve your accuracy, take a pay cut, and oh yeah maybe lose your job, but we love you MT's.
Just when I thought they could not sink any lower - boy, was I wrong
[ In Reply To ..]Just finished my minimum wage shift of 8 hours of trying to decipher reports dictated in what I swear is not the English language only to see that starting June 1, 99% accuracy on all reports, or else..... Can't send it to QA or we'll get docked, can't send it in with so many blanks or will get docked, and now, I guess we all need to learn to speak fluent Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese by June 1st, or else. I am headed for the fridge now for a cold one!!! I'm so discouraged right now. This is just not right! But like the poster said, one thing to look forward to is unemployment benefits when they finally fire us all over this or else just go ahead and lay us off already! We all know is coming. I think I would make more on unemployment than I do right now. Anyways, sorry for the late afternoon rant, but I can only get knocked down so many times, ya know? Have a good one everybody.
Has anyone been let go - Because of less than 98%
[ In Reply To ..]I was just wondering how they handled that. I just passed a 3-week audit. I kept getting 97.9. Then I squeaked by. Oddly I've always been over 98% since 2001 when I started with MQ and have over 20 years of experience. If they fire us because of less than 99%, couldn't we still collect unemployment if we said they changed the original rules of when we were first hired?
What's the legal term - For when suits do that?
[ In Reply To ..]What's the term for when a company changes the job description midstream so much from when the employees were originally hired on that it's impossible to meet the requirements? This in conjunction with drastically reduced benefits, several salary cuts, they're obviously trying to get rid of us so they can say they're forced to sent our jobs overseas.
twilight zone - a1typist
[ In Reply To ..]Is it just me or did I read that memo wrong. My understanding is that this will be better and easier for us!@@# Am I reading it wrong or is that what they really said? Can't believe anything they do would make it better for us. Please help me on the understanding of this latest ax to the heart.
According to the note, bringing it in line with ADHI. - dnr
[ In Reply To ..]The organization that was supposed to stand up for us MTs. Thanks ADHI. This is one reason ADHI has none of my money, plus, their work has helped cause drive my wage into the subterrain.
suits making the rules - kittykat
[ In Reply To ..]What a bunch of jibberish. Yeah, both sides of the coin. I cannot tell you how many times my check was messed up and they had to send me the difference by overnight, no less. And you are right, don't the doctors have to be a little bit more perfect? Like when the say right in the heading and you type a very long report and then they say left (which is a critical error), so you have to either proofread the report which takes longer, or hope for the best. Are they held accountable. Or how I have a couple of docs who EVERYTIME cannot get the case correct. I have trained myself on those docs to listen to the complete sentence and still it trips me up.
Heck they can't even get the type of report right. - How many times do you
[ In Reply To ..]to go back because they say procedure note and it is a history or they say history and it is a discharge summary. That is BEFORE they even start dictating.
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