it demonstrates that

it demonstrates that [2008-05-11]
this company lacks the integrity to give straight talk and cares not one iota about their MTs. They spout propaganda about how special we are and how they appreciate it, but their actions prove otherwise. Every change they make lately is for the purpose of making things tougher for us. All the changes I see are very punitive, and I'm sick of their double standards. You MUST work x number of hours with specific schedules, punch a time clock that doesn't give you even 5 minutes leeway before you have a red outline around the time, and I could go on and on with all the ways they are trying to punish us. We're adults, folks.

This is a sample cardiac catherization report...s/m [2008-11-22]
Hope this helps, SG: Cardiac Catheterization TITLE OF PROCEDURE Left heart catheterization. Coronary angiography. Left ventriculography. Saphenous vein graft angiography. Left internal mammary graft angiography. PROCEDURE IN DETAIL: After informed consent was obtained and premedications administered, the area of the right femoral triangle was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. Xylocaine 1% was used for local anesthesia. Modified Seldinger technique was used to place a 6-French Hemaquet in the right femoral artery. Using standard Judkins technique with a JL4 and JR4, left followed by right coronary angiography was performed in multiple right anterior oblique and left anterior oblique views. The right coronary catheter was used for angiography of the internal mammary. A multipurpose catheter was used for right coronary artery saphenous vein graft angiography. Finally, a pigtail catheter was used for left ventriculography performed in the 30-degree RAO view. VasoSeal was used for hemostasis. The patient tolerated the procedure well. There were no complications. The patient remained in a sinus rhythm. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was 16. There was no gradient between the left ventricle and aorta on pullback. Left ventriculography revealed mild global hypokinesis but low normal left ventricular systolic function. CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY: Injection of the left coronary system demonstrates a left main which trifurcates into an LAD, ramus, and circumflex. Left main has a concentric 60% to 70% distal narrowing involving the trifurcation of the LAD, ramus and circumflex. There is no damping or ventricularization with catheter engagement. The LAD is a fair-caliber vessel which gives rise to a moderate-sized proximal diagonal and multiple septal perforating branches, and the LAD terminates just at the inferior aspect of the left ventricular apex. There is competitive spilling from the mid to distal LAD via the internal mammary bypass. The mid to distal LAD is widely patent and of fair caliber. There is luminal irregularity in the proximal LAD with no obstructive lesions. Likewise, the first diagonal has diffuse irregularity but no obstructive disease. The ramus is of smaller caliber and free of obstructive disease. The right coronary artery is dominant and completely occluded near its origin. SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT TO THE POSTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY: This graft is widely patent, briskly filling a fair-caliber PDA and a larger posterolateral system. There is some mild luminal irregularity, but no obstructive disease in this system.

What to do. [2008-04-19]
Please email your supes' manager,the director, and the VP of service delivery. If you do not know who these people are, email mtquestions to ask . Send them all an email that details all of your issues and provide specific examples. If possible, attach some of the emails that your supe sent to you that demonstrates that he/she is being rude so they can see it in black and white. Request to be changed to another supervisor. Plead your case well and back it up with proof...you should not have a problem.

What a ridiculous comparison. [2007-03-13]
Regardless of how a company pays its MTs, to try to demean the necessary qualifications--the specialized knowledge, years of experience and expertise--by spewing silly childish insults, calling MTs ''factory workers'' doing ''piece work'' really demonstrates how bitter the pathetic poster is. (Most MTs probably couldn't care less whether QA is behind or not, but to claim the ones asking a simple question on an MT forum are ''glorifying their position'' shows the poster has some major issues and really bad manners--poor bitter thing!)

I think you have the right idea but wrong figures [2005-10-04]
the incentive is indeed only 0.01 cents (one penny) for each of the lines between 1201-1300: 1300 lines @ 0.09 = 117.00 99 lines @ 0.01 = 0.99 The incentive only applies to lines 1201 through 1300, which is only 99 lines. Your base rate applies to all the lines you type, correct. But incentive is the additional penny per line for 1201 to 1300, etc. The plan even gives the example of if you type 1250 lines, you get your base rate for all 1250 lines plus an additional 0.01 for each of the 50 lines past 1200. Also, on QNET, under MT/ME Rewards Plan is a series of small video clips explaining how each part of the new plan works. It demonstrates the same thing. The incentive for all work under 1550 lines is hardly anything at all. An MT will really have to get quite a few lines into the 0.035-cent (yes, three-and-a-half cents per line) incentive tier in order to have earning power.