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all the things we do that aren't production - bitchinandmoanin

Posted: Dec 08, 2014

Here's the thing that gets me. We have a punch in for production or continuing education, but what about all the general stuff we do that we either have to do on our own time, or if we do punch in, it will go against our production rate. And it may be that it is just a small amount of time everyday, but the fact is the salary people don't have to read their emails or maintain their computer systems on their own time. We have our Quality person who is maintaining a book of all things related to our customers in our book of business. Shizit, I don't have time to read a doggone book. It seems like they should at least give us 15 minutes a day, a punch in for miscellaneous nonproduction tasks.

It is illegal for you to work in any capacity - without getting paid

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You think McDonald's employees come in and prep before their shift? Or are paid per hamburger?

Wake up Nuance...I think your "new and exciting" changes are about to be counteracted.

Call your HR rep.

Nothing will change - sm

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We have been handling non paid crap for years and years..I don't agree,,,but no one ever complained and it is too late now..

Did you think you were getting paid a salary when you - were hired

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Your argument is ridiculous. When you were hired you knew you were getting paid per line, and you accepted that position and you accepted the pay for it. Now that your pay has been reduced and they're using a new formula for figuring out your pay, you want to be a salaried employee??

Here's the FACT. You won't like it. They changed how the figured out your pay and although you didn't like it you continued to work. That's the same as you accepting the change in pay.

And as for salaried employees having it so great, I can tell you it's not so great. They get hired on to make x amount of money per year, yes, but then they have to work until the job is done. Could you imagine being a salaried MT and having them tell you that you have to produce 3000 lines per day and as soon as that work is done you can go home for the day? There would be no OT, no clocking in or out, just do the work and you're done. Many people would be working 12 hour days and weekends.

If you think McDonalds has it so good, I'm sure they're hiring.

There have been a lot of recent lawsuits on - salaried employees

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and they are watching just how many hours the companies are requiring them to work.. We could be put hourly, but then at anytime they could raise the line count so that it is hard to meet it. Been there done that with a 15 dollar an hour job I had..This job rots, its not necessarily because of the pay scale, it is because of the crappy dictators crappy equipment they use, the multiple CPs and nonpaid stuff..But like someone said maybe a 15 minute freebee a day would make everyone happy.

when I was hired in, it was dos 3.1 . . - bitchinandmoanin

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There were branch offices where you picked up the computer and got your training. You were paid $10/hour for the first 3 months. They paid your telephone bill. You called your boss on the phone, and she was nice to you. You were paid 8 cents a line for TYPING, and you made a decent living. You didn't punch a clock. There was really no internet to speak of. Yes, I have been here a VERY LONG TIME.

I too have been here a long time - clyde

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When I started as a newbie I was paid minimum wage until my production exceeded minimum wage. We were paid $2 per page and you better believe we used those returns lots in operative notes! My phone bill was never paid by the company. I believe I started out at 6.5 cpl and climbed up the ladder until I was making 10.5 cpl. We got bonuses and were offered OT often. When the work flow was high like it is now they would open up OT and start a competition. Everyone got paid for their OT lines, but the person who produced the most got, for example, $200, 2nd place got $100, and 3rd got $50 in addition to their pay. MT week we always got something special (and not some stupid letter in the mail saying "we made a donation to a charity in your name." What charity? Uh...you don't remember. Of course!). We got quarterly bonuses based on productivity. The managers knew those who needed extra work and were always willing to offer it when it was available.

Yes, I've been around a very long time too. And yet I never expected to get paid a salary, or paid to log in and out of Teamwork or read an email or talk to my supervisor. I was hired to be paid by the page, and then by the line, and that's the work I did and that's how I was paid.

I just don't understand those on here who are complaining about 15 minutes. For most of them it sounds like they're making minimum wage already so what they're complaining because they aren't paid $2.12 every day ($8.50 minimum wage divided by 4 to come up with 15 minutes' worth of pay) for maintinence activities? Wow!

And did you ever think that things are more expensive than they were 20 years ago when you started. Gas certainly wasn't $4 a gallon, and a gallon of milk sure didn't cost $3.69. Cost of living went up, our wages went down, bonuses disappeared, incentives disappeared, OT was laughed at, and suddenly we weren't making as much as we were before and everything was costing more.

But I'm sure that extra $2 a day would make a huge difference in peoples attitudes! haha! #sarcasm #Icrackmyselfup

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