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Struggle to get to 1200 lines - mom2huskies

Posted: Jul 15, 2011

Geez it has been a struggle to get to 1200 lines per day this week. I used to be able to do a lot more. What happened?

My pay has fallen 3 checks in a row. I am not - doing anything differently

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Just seems fishy.

lines are falling - oldMT

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I know. What is up with this? They seem to gradually fall week by week. Are they calculating them differently. I have the same client but do have lots of dictators.

falling line counts - kcmt

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I have been wondering the same thing. I usually had no problem doing 200 lines/hour. Then, my primary was taken from me. My line count went down I thought due to having to look up prior reports for unfamiliar dictators. I also heard that we are no longer being paid for things like headers and ctrl-shift-L for numbering. I recently received a phone call from my CCM asking me to change my work schedule. When I balked at this, I was told that I should do it if I wanted to have steady work. Now, I am struggle to meet the 150 lines/hour minimum. I am not normally a conspiracy theorist, but I am finding it hard to believe this is all unfortunate timing or coincidence. I have also noticed that my lines used to be divided about 70% ASR and 30% straight typing. Yesterday, I had a grand total of 20 lines straight typing. It really just does not pay me to sit here sequestered from my family for hours on end to be paid such a pittance.

Thanks for listening.

Me, too - Hurtin hands

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I've really been trying to work hard every day, taking only potty breaks, doing mostly ASR but my line count is dropping, too. What's with that. Most days I'm also getting more and more ESLs, new residents, etc. but take care with those documents, still under the pressure of time to get them all done. I'm not wasting any time just to see how many lines I can do, trying to beat the day before, and am shocked to see my line count falling. It's all too weird because I remember when I used to work hard, I'd make 2000 lines a day on average.

I have done 2000 in a day on more than one - occasion straight typing.

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Now struggle to make the 1200 a day. My check was $600 and some change for 2 weeks. I just want to give up. Every pay check it drops just a little bit more.

paycheck smaller - shelley

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I am in the same boat. So frustrating. Does anyone know the real reason why paychecks are smaller

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