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what I have decided....sm - confused

Posted: Nov 30, 2014

I have decided if this plan does turn out bad I will just sit back and work as usual. I make close to minimum wage now as it is. If I end up making only MW it wont make much of a difference. With that being said, I'll just work everyday and not push my self super hard to meet line requirements (it seems they are getting rid of them) and I wont work my tail off trying to meet all these requirements. I will work and do the best I can without stressing out all the while keeping my eyes open for something else. We don't make much anymore anyways and I know I took a paycut when transitioning to Nuance. Making MW will not change much as sad as that is. So why stress?! I need A job. MW is better than 0. No point in driving myself crazy with meeting QA requirements/LPH, etc. However, if the plan isn't too bad then I will strive to have better quality and possibly up my pay. I don't think it will be as bad as everyone is fearing on here (crossing fingers!). If it does turn out i'm only making MUP every single check I will be writing letters and I suggest others do as well. If enough people wrote we could start get get heard. A strike wouldn't be bad either and I would participate; however, I don't know if enough people would do it.

OUCH! Your post hurts! - sm

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I think maybe most of us on here are NOT making as low as minimum wage nor do we wish to. How sad that MT is now a minimum wage job! Also, it will not go as easy as your think. Nuance will NOT let us sit back, relax, type quality reports. There will be a lph requirement, and it had better add up to minimum wage or you will be OUT, no matter how much they cut our line rate, or, to put it this way, if they are basically cutting our cpl, then they will INCREASE our lph requirement to average minimum wage in our state. I predict this will be monitored very closely and those in high minimum wage states will be the first cut because we will not be able to achieve that rate. JMHO.

oh well...sm - confused

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From what I see on here and the e-mail it sounds like they will get rid of requirements for LPH. That's why I say that. I don't see how they can have a line requirement with it not being a "1 size fits all" anymore. That would contradict that.

Wake up! They'll NEVER get rid of their LPH - requirements.

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nm

LPH - mom22

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What has passed down from the TSM is 150 lph. Sorry, but it's there. Try getting that on accounts you have never heard of. As far as MW...I'm not even making that much, and I've been doing this for over 20 years!

I have NEVER made minimum wage as a MT. s/m - mt2

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Even with this crappy company, I average $10-12/hour plus I've been receiving the weekly bonus which ups my weekly pay anywhere from $13-15/hour. I will give this new pay plan 1 pay period. If they mess with my rate of pay, I'm gone.

Looking at my team's weekly metrics... - Min wage. sm

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for the last 2 weeks, more than 50% are under the 186 lph mark and would be making min wage in high-min wage states. The only common thread, IMHO, is the platform, so I am curious if our pay will increase based on our platform. Yes, it has been my choice to take the indignity N dishes out, but the company that paid decently and treated me with respect was bought by N, and circumstances have prevented me from changing jobs. However, I will give this new plan 6 months and if still at min wage, should be willing and able to jump ship. Good luck to us all.

team's metrics? - ceejay

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where do you find that information?

TSM sends it out. Guess not all of them do. - nm

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do you mind me asking...sm - confused

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how many lines you average per hour or pay period? The reason I'm asking is I'm very low on lines lately (obviously where the MW comes into play) and so I'm curious what others do. I have asked my TSM and they can never answer me. Is it SR or regular typing? I hope that stays the same for you or even better. I never make bonuses. They have switched me around on so many accounts and got rid of the main 1 I did for years. I can never get settled. That is half my problem.

I have never made min. wage either. - star

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My pay can vary from week to week, but the only time I ever received MUP was when I first started working as an MT over 7 years ago. Right now, I average over 200 lph, 8000 to 10,000 lines per week. I understand that if you run out of work a lot, you might not make that much per week; but unless you are incredibly slow or allow yourself to constantly be distracted during your shift, I don't know how any seasoned MT can be making less than minimum wage.

agree...sm - confused

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and thank you for sharing. I agree 100%. I have a ton of distraction issues and motivation issues. Thank you for sharing. Gives me something to set goals for. Knowing it can be done is a good thing for me.

When I was with a different company, they - raised our lph minimum and then -

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further lowered our cpl pay, as well as changed our accounts. I fell below minimum wage often, and whenever they had to give me MUP, I was always raked over the coals for it. They started with the threatening emails, and later started writing me up for it. I had two warning letters, with the next one resulting in termination, when I got lucky, found another job, and left them.

Neither have I. nm - wannie

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nm

Resigned to the reality that is Nuance. I think you described where ALOT - of us are.

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I am still anxious to leave for better income.

Except that by doing nothing, and just continuing - to work as usual, you are - sm

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doing exactly what they want you to do. They'll be getting their work done for them at bargain basement wages. It will buy them time and give them extra money to make the changes that are obviously in the works to move ALL remaining MT/VR work offshore, and shut down what little American portion of it still remains. Then, when the time for mass layoffs finally arrives, they'll use your production rate and/or need for makeup pay to legitimize canning you, and Unemployment benefits might be lost. Everyone is going to be job-hunting soon, anyway. I would rather jump ship NOW, leave them in the lurch, and get a jump on finding a new line of work while most other job-hunters are setting their searches aside for the holidays. The early bird gets the worm.

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