We have allowed them to redefine a "line." - Unreal.

Posted: Dec 19, 2014

I woke up this morning and the thought that has been swirling crystalized somewhat. Ladies and gentleman, those of us on platforms with "adjustments" have allowed them to redefine what a "Line" is. A line is no longer characters typed (including or not including spaces) divided by 65, which is an industry standard. We have allowed them to make how many characters equal a line a lot more than that, i.e. 5% more, 12% more, etc. !!! We are being penalized for working smarter not harder! If I was on an unproductive platform, I'd find a job with a better platform, or they should be paid more for those working conditions. Either that or eventually those places with "clunky cumbersome" platforms would have to upgrade their platforms!!! Why should we be brought DOWN to their level and not them brought UP to ours? Wait, that would mean one less Porsche for the CEO. Are we insane? That is equivalent to other employees saying sure, cut my pay 5% or 10%. An example would be: Just because we at Pizza Hut have better ovens and can make more pizzas in an hour than Dominos, we Pizza Hut workers don't need to make the salary we agreed to. Oh, and by the way, you did not put enough mushrooms on the last three pizzas out of the twenty pizzas you cooked today, so we are only paying you minimum wage! The time for action is here. I do believe the underlying goal is to get rid of US MTs. Let's give them what they want. For our health and sanity, we need to move on anyway. Yes, MT will be around for awhile longer, but when the facilities don't really care, most doctors don't really care, why oh why would we smart ladies and gentleman sit and worry about whether we put a comma or a semi-colon (in most instances) or write "7" or "seven"? I mean, have we really let them beat us down that far mentally? I am not saying that on occasion with this new "plan," decent income is not possible, it is. As I sat and anguished last night about sending a 120 line report to QC and how I potentially cost myself money, I thought how stupid is that! I sent it. QA filled in the blank. I can live with myself knowing I did the right thing. However, how ludicrous is THAT? Time to get out of the comfort zone ladies and gentleman. I will be gone by February 1, 2015. Think about it. Get out. Now. Just do it.