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Wow giving away close to 400 in gift cards - sm

Posted: May 15, 2015

Are you freaking serious??? How many MTs are there in this company? What an insult..And no I'm not playing your games, entering your contests, or doing anything but look for another job.

Yeah and I've lost $15K/year - Whatever

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in income. I lose $400 every PAYCHECK. ha!

I bet only a few of those will actually go to an MT - mom2huskies

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I would not be surprised if most of those cards are already going to corporate.

To put the quality of these gift cards into perspective - I won a 42 inch flat screen during MT week

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back when we were either Spheris or Medquist. Very nice huge flat screen TV, love it. Still have it. Was able to replace one of my old dinky TVs with it. All I had to do to be eligible to win was be in good standing, getting my line count and QA and then you were entered. None of these games. Just going my job. Now they think these gift cards or so great. Give me another TV please!

those were the days - old&tired

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Spheris knew how to treat their MTs. I had been an MT for 30 years when I hired on with them in 2005. I remember getting a good size cargo bag with their logo on it one year and another year getting a glass globe with a Spheris computer inside which is still on my desk. ALL MTs got this,then there were the contests that had many winners, and you didn't have to play games, you were automatically entered. They also sent birthday greetings and a message on your anniversary how much you were appreciated. Little things like that go a long way. After working for MQ in one form or another for 30 years (MRC, TL, etc), it was refreshing.

While I'm on my nostalgia trip, they had good incentives for both PT/FT for OT. Also, their IT support was great. One call usually got things taken care of AND they were friendly. When a new version of CS came out, it was ready to go,unlike Fluency which has numerous little things that need work-arounds. Maybe Corporate should start demanding 97% quality from them!

400 in gift cards - wow

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I just told my husband how much they are giving away in gift cards and his response was the same as yours "and how many employees are there?" Shameful... I cannot wait until I can leave this company, and it will be w/o any notice. I think I'll just not show up for work and let them figure it out?...

FOUR HUNDRED GIFT cards - not $400 in gift cards

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basic reading comprehension and all that.

and so what is your point...their gift cards are typically - a whopping 13.00

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make me care about this %^#%*(%^ company.

400 gift cards - Wonderboy

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I got one of those silly gift cards last year for $13. No place to spend it AND since I live in Oregon I paid 24% tax on it (15% federal, 9% Oregon). So really it was worth $9.88. Pay me a decent wage and stuff these cards.

The hospital that outsourced my dept to MM sm - nm

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didn't acknowledge MT Week for 2 years even with some reminders sent. I appreciate MM's efforts at making our week special. It's a slap in the face to be deliberately ignored.

MT Week - JustMe

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It's a slap in the face to be made to jump through hoops to be recognized. I have to jump through enough hoops already...after 35 years I can get my work done without being monitored every second, while having my paycheck cut in half from what I was earning 15 years ago.

They should just give us all gift cards - why only 400?

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I agree it is a slap in the face that for one week a year Mmodal pretends like they care. I guess it alleviates their guilt for the way we are treated the other 51 weeks and justifying no raise in line count since 2006. Just give us all a gift card. Why make us play games? How much extra money have we made the company with the MOT? Especially since the MOT is supposed to continue with no end in sight we all deserve at the very least a gift card with a thank you.

MT Week - What a waste

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I agree, a slap in the face is right. What is a measly gift card compared to the torture they have inflicted on their MTs. Talk is cheap and so are their gift cards. Give me back my good job, with good pay and benefits and treat us like we are valuable employees all year long. Again, it is like throwing peanuts to a hungry monkey and that is exactly what they think of us.

The day is coming though, when U.S. MTs will be done with this place. They started it and now they can live with the consequences. I hope they drown in their own greed and cruelty.

MTs are leaving, no one wants to work for this company any longer and it is posted all over the Internet, not just here. Facebook screams of the injustice when working for M*M.

Payback is a bitch as they say and I hope they get theirs!

MT appreciation - Evelyn

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I started with Secrephone (now MModal) back in 1988 and lived thru all the buy-outs and corporate crap until last year when I finally retired. Back in those days, MT Week was celebrated with beautiful gifts -- cut glass plates from Tiffany, gorgeous picture frames, etc. Then it went to gourmet chocolates. Then the chocolate boxes got smaller, then the $13 (?) gift card. Yes, the economy sucks but it's the corporate office who decides what to give. You can't tell me they're not making enough $ to show their workers how much they are appreciated. So glad I'm out.

i appreciate you - moonchild

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i get that you feel some recognition is better than none, but this from MM is a complete and sorry joke. i have played their little games in the past and never won a thing. i think i will give myself a great big I APPRECIATE MYSELF gift by not playing any of their games and also not doing any OT this coming week.

My feeling is that it isn't corporate who (sm) - nmx

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actually cares, but there are some who do who are offering these games and twisting the $uits' arms for gifts for us. I appreciate their efforts to brighten our stinkin' MT lives a little bit.

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