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Seems like all I get lately is the bottom of the barrel, most - Kiki

Posted: Aug 15, 2010

mush-mouthed dictators, the WORST audio, more and and more often. Okay, this does not surprise me one bit (I know what is going on....convinced MQ is trying to get US MTs to quit--I know that)....it's just.........HOW do they know in advance who the crappy dictators are/poor audio is to make sure we get? They'd have to listen to it first. I don't get it. Could it just be that they tell they Indians to kick back all the crap and we'll do it?

And maybe only the ESLs work on Sunday - mushmouth

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All I ever get on Sundays is ESLs, ESLs, ESLs. Don't American docs ever work Sundays?? Then during the week I have been getting more and more junk, then cesspool. I remember when I used to get into a rhythm and increase my line rate that way. Now, I'm constantly being distracted. Isn't it odd how we're made to feel like WE'RE the ones getting sloppy, WE'RE the ones getting worse QAs lately. I also had that hunch they MQ was off-shoring the good stuff, too.

They want to slow us down. - mom2huskies

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In their mind we make too much. The less we make the more they can pocket. I.e., if we have decent dictators are lines are higher; but if we have a percentage of dictators who are ESL or have poor audio the lower our line count.

As much as I'd tend to believe the worst of MQ, this explanation - Kiki

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doesn't make sense.....slow us down? I we slow down, make less lines, THEY make less.....

I'm more inclined to believe they just want us to flat out quit so they don't have to pay unemployment and so they can justify sending more work to India, slowly but surely

Gotta prove they can't hire qualified US Transcriptionists - you know

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