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acceptable quality now 99.3? - come on

Posted: Dec 11, 2012

they raised the bar again? 99 was impossible now it has to be 99.3?

who did? - anon

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who did?

we were told in meeting today - nm

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nm

I never get "meetings" - what the????

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I guess my "Abbreviation of the Month" does not care!

Indian ME/MTs - sm

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Are the requirements the same for the ME/MTs in India?

can't be - they would not be able to keep them

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I know because I've seen their work.

Interesting - sm

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I see. If I worked for MModal and was fired because I only had 99% accuracy, then I would probably sue them based on the fact that the requirements are not the same for all employees.

GOOD PLAN! - I will too!

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:)

I dont know why we cant do that now - so uneven its backwards

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We dont get free lunch, we dont get insurance for our families, we dont get "Free multiple levels of QA," and we have to pay for our own internet and electric bills! I would say that is discrimination if I ever saw it.

Free lunch? - sm

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Are you saying that the MEs and MTs in India who work for MModal receive all those benefits you listed?

They certainly do. Previous posts even have the link to prove it. - nm

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don't forget the gym membership to the Indians ..nm - anon

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nm

I really need that - why cant we have that

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So unfair. I wonder what the discrimination laws are for global employees. I think I will have to check that out. Maybe that could be a new class action...

But what about the difference in pay? - interesting idea

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Couldn't they just say it all evens out in the long run, since their US MTs are paid a higher line rate than the Indians? So all the offshore perks are really just equitable compensation in a way? If they were paid the same, then hot dang, what a great lawsuit that would be.

They COULD say it all evens out in the long run - sm

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but does it really? An Indian MT's pay rate may be lower, but what they earn may be worth more money in their economy than what an American MModal ME/MT's paycheck can buy in the US economy.

Also, I wonder what the employee/work volume ratio is for the US MModal employee versus the Indian MMOdal employee. Do they overhire there as they do here? No doubt more and more work is going to India, but I wonder if each MT there is ending up with more lines at the end of each pay period than the MTs here. If so, that would make the job in India even more lucrative, relatively speaking, than the MModal ME/MT jobs here in the US.

Free health insurance... - MT

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If I remember correctly, don't the Indian MTs receive free healthcare for their entire family for life? If so, that alone would come close to exceeding the pay gap between US and Indian MTs. Imagine the cost if the company were to provide free healthcare for an entire US employee's family for life.

These bloodsucking CEOs should all be - TARRED AND FEATHERED.

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Gym Membership - prissy

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They're going to need that gym membership after eating all those free lunches and getting their butts transported to work.

An example of India MT accuracy - FossilMT

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Just looked at a report by an India MT and this paragraph was at the end of the report: "If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. primary care physician, Dr. Vaughn in detail. They are artery and Bentyl p.r.n. ENT at the thank you." How does that get by QA?

If you go to Mmodal India and hit the apply link - sm

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The job description for MT states they are required to do 75%-80% accuracy (really?!). Editor, QA, and all the other MT titles do not have anything along those lines listed, so I'm not sure if they are held to higher or lower standards.

Well - ORMT

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Maybe we will all become QA folks for the Indian MTs. I cannot see how this is saving the company money, to have reports going through 3 stages of QA before being sent to the client. I just don't get it.

so no one else has heard this? - come on

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did I just misunderstand?

My friend in the West was told 99.5 - believe you

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She just had an audit and they told her the expectations are now 99.5. I wonder if they raise and lower the expectations based on the audit?

Never heard that, but apparently differnet regions - make up their own rules

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Its beyond me!

India is probably backed by some kind of - government regulations?

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they have gvt oversight and we should have some kind of collective bargning system...but we sit here and take it so...

If MTs stay above 99.3, TSM looks real good to those above her. - Incentive for TSM to set standard higher. SM

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If she can convince you it is higher than it really is, and the MTs believe her, that TCM's numbers are going to look really good to her bosses.

I don't think I can do it - sayonara

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I just don't think I can maintain that day in and day out.

Well, if it is just figment of TSM imagination, and isnt really - that high, not a prob. What would she SM

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tell those above her, "this MT cannot maintain 99.3" ? They would set her straight in a minute that was not the percent to be maintained. If you cant maintain that, I bet you never hear a thing about it.

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