sentence structure? perhaps
Posted By: What? on 2007-10-23
In Reply to: was there any complaint - jlw
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I agree. You still have to know punctuation, proper English, tenses, sentence structure, etc. Show
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My SE pay structure currently
I work for the Baltimore office of MQ. I am an SE with MQ since 1998. When moving to DQS, I received info on the "DEP Pay Structure"
The required minimum through the Baltimore office as of today is 4,000 lines per pay period. Never heard the 6,000 number, maybe that is different office (which seems crazy, but nothing surprises me!).
There is a shift differential for MTs who consistently maintain production in excess of the MQ required minimum (4,000 lines per pay period) and who transcribe the majority (i.e., 50% or more) of their total production during the weekday hours. I won't go into these details, but all of this info I am paraphrasing directly from an email from my supervisor regarding the DEP Pay Structure - again, for the Baltimore office.
There are also small differentials for holidays and weekends, but there is a minimum required for that also.
Then, for this office at least, there are incentive tiers. to qualify at all, MT must transcribe at least 14,000 lines in a pay period.
The tier offers an extra 0.0005, 0.010, and 0.015 for each level of the tier, with (for example) the 0.015 being for 23,001 lines or more per pay period.
Don't know if this info has already appeared, so sorry if it is repeat. It may conflict with other offices, dunno, but this is how I am paid as an SE at this point.
New pay structure (sm)
It only involves the editing/reviewing staff on the Merit side. Yes, it is bad! $8 an hour with incentive of less than 2 cents per line. Like I said earlier, the US employees are getting the same pay as the India staff. Our hourly rate was nearly cut in half.
No structure/system at MDI-MD...sm
I feel like they have too many MTs typing amuck anywhere and everywhere whenever they want 24/7 causing everyone to have to work 24 hours a day to get their lines in. I have been chained to this computer for over 5 months now.
New MedWare pay structure for editors
MedWare changed the pay structure for editors about a month ago. We knew the new structure with the per hourly rate (single digit) plus incentive (under 2 cents per line) was insulting low. Then a message went out this morning from the Director of Transcription with the Editor payroll summation attached, and we find out that they changed our pay to exactly what they are paying the offshore editors.
I am sure this is great pay for the offshore editors, but really leaves a bad taste in my mouth knowing that I am paid the same wage when I have to review their work 100%. Of course, they are probably making more with the incentive then I am because I have to take the time to clean up their shabby work and make the chart ready for the client.
Of course TransTech pays for spaces and they have a easy to get bonus structure.
I make as much as I did at the hospital, because of the bonus structure, retroactive to line 1. They pay for spaces and expanders, and they have ops normals too. Just wanted to put an FYI so people think TT does not pay for spaces, of course they do. You can make a lot per line with the structure and also differential and bonuses almost every weekend at TT.
I say you need to do away with everything in your sentence after
the word UP. These companies know it is hard work and you don't save any time if you are an MT and they are selling it to the MTs like their job is just to fix the transcription. IF ONLY that were true. In many cases you have to take out the entire transcription and retype it. The companies know this unless they did not test it first. The poor MTs or editors do not know thisSad
LOL at your last sentence. nm
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that was said in just about every sentence, to those
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Your first sentence says it all.sm
Most likely, both The bottom line with this UNDER 40 HOURS paranoia seems to be that, with the combination of no-money VR and straight dictation that is virtually impossible to understand, the MTSOs know that to reach their required daily/weekly line counts that we have to work over 40 hours a week to do so - no way around it.
Therein lies their dilemma: They know we have to work twice the hours to make our lines, but they can't acknowledge it without getting into deep doodoo. They're handing us a double-edged sword.
LOL well I screwed up that sentence but you know what I mean nm
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With regard to your last sentence (sm)
I bet I can guess who is the scammer and who you are working for now. You are right on both counts - 
Finish sentence below
So, if you did 100% ESLs yourself the past 5 days let me know and I will gladly retract the statement. If you did not then why did you not help, and get over having to do the easier work? Just tell me that you helped out with the tough ones and I will retract and assume that there are more ESLs here than I was told.
Also, I will GET OVER IT when I am actually assigned the WORK TYPE I was hired for. What was that you said... GET OVER HAVING TO DO WHAT YOU WERE NOT HIRED FOR? Oh yeah, I forgot Bait and switch is the norm these days. IMHO.
please correct your sentence above
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Spaces after sentence
I don't work there but am considering applying, so I called and asked them about this. Jason said a QA person told him to check the settings in Word & make sure that the problem is not there.
I think that sentence applies here -
you know, the one they use when they don't want to come right out and say you're terminal:
DON'T BUY ANY GREEN BANANAS!
That's an impressively long sentence!
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Or the ones who dictate a whole sentence while yawning!
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2 spaces between sentence; add headings when possible;
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Doctors would be okay if you corrected your sentence LOL
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Commas aren't put in a sentence just for sm
the fun of it. They're there to clarify meaning. A misplaced comma can change the whole intended meaning of the sentence.
Remember, too, you should be following client specs, right or wrong, over BOS. When there are no client preferences, BOS rules. You must do it the client's way as they're the ones paying for your services.
If you truly think it's a personality clash with the QA person, then go over his/her head. Some QA people have no right QA-ing.
One time years ago I was marked wrong for Groshong catheter because the QA person had never heard of it. (She was the owner's relative and did not have that position for very long!)
I hope this problem resolves for you soon. Keep a cool head and try to work things out in a professional, gracious way. Professionalism carries a lot of weight.
Correction to last sentence of my post...sm
It should have read:
Doing so makes you as unethical as the accusations being made.
Should be too! Went to continue the sentence and didn't.
I hate when I am rushing and can't correct my mistake fast enough before I hit the send button! LOL
sorry "most" of the time - dropped my sentence. nm
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PS: In fact, read the 1st sentence, last paragraph: sm
It says that is my take on everything. It wasn't meant to be viewed as carved in stone.
Maybe you should learn to read - like the entire sentence!
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Meant employee and not employers in the second sentence
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Hey Princess, you never start a sentence with the word "but"
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