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What are the bonuses for a good QA?

Posted By: nm on 2005-07-17
In Reply to: Why not mention the other side? That MQ payes BONUSES FOR GOOD QA scores! - So Twisted




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    Why not mention the other side? That MQ payes BONUSES FOR GOOD QA scores!
    Whine, whine, whine, but those who are GOOD get $$ for good QA scores! Improve your skills, make more $$, and whine less!
    I am SE. We used to get bonuses. nm
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    SE bonuses
    if I were you I'd be asking some questions
    but bonuses are just that (SM)

    Bonuses are not guaranteed.  They are supposed to be based on certain criteria, example, if the company makes money, if your performance meets the criteria, etc.  It is the deafening silence that speaks so loudly.


    BONUSES
    Last year we got 50.00 gift cards to Target or Amazon and I sent a group gift to the office staff from Hershey's - it was a computer monitor made out of chocolate which I personalized.
    X-Mas Bonuses
    We're having a luncheon next week at the office. They have secret santas and we're getting $300 bonuses. This is the first time in 3 years that I've gotten anything. When I was an IC I didn't get a card or a Merry Christmas.
    Bonuses at MDI Florida?
    I have read that MDI Florida gives bonuses for employees that go the extra mile.  I have been there over two years and work hard but have not seen a bonus yet.  Do they given them out often or at all?  They forgot us for transcription week and do not so anything for birthdays so it would be nice to get something out of it all. 
    NO BONUSES WHATSOEVER
    I will get better and improve my skills in time, as I already have, but if these new things are implemented, I will not be given the opportunity to further improve my skills and get better. I will be canned, I suppose, for not meeting quota. From what I gather on this board, everyone with MQ has a different contract. I am new...you have probably been with them for awhile. I HAVE NO BONUSES WHATSOEVER FOR ANYTHING, NO MATTER IF MY QA SCORE IS 100% (IT WAS 98%). You probably have an older, better contract. Most of us are not whining, we are AFRAID. I actually ENJOY working for MQ (look out, I am ducking as I speak), and would like very much to stay, improve my skills and speed AND make more money. And what the heck is this about not more than a certain percentage of reports going to QA? How ridiculous is THAT? (Sorry for being out of the loop, but I do not receive any communication from MQ whatsoever and only hear these things on this board.) If they make a requirement of only a certain percentage of reports going to QA then the MTs are going to be forced to GUESS what the doctor said when he is coughing, slamming the door, phone ringing, TAPE SKIPPING, cut himself off, unintelligible foreign dictator, obviously said the wrong word by mistake, etc. These things I always send to QA. They are the experts and they should decide whether to leave a blank or risk filling it in, not me. If I was so experienced as to be sure what to do in all of these scenarios, I would be QA!!!!!!!!
    MQ Bonuses ... How it works for me
    As long as I have produced a total of 1600 lines on weekend days (however I choose to do it) and have 98% QA or better, I qualify for bonuses once I reach 6001 lines in a payperiod. Bonuses go up to an extra 2 cents per line. They are paid on the bi-monthly check!
    Oh, is that so? We get production bonuses, but none for
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    I remember bonuses. We would get 10%
    a Christmas bonus. I still have my gold Seiko as a gift for my 10 yearanniversary with the company.
    Dies anyone know if MQ is getting rid of bonuses SM
    for SE and if so, when does it begin? thanks.
    I don't know what others make on their bonuses.
    Mine is usually a thousand; sometimes in the 900's.

    No, I won't be happy about it if the bonuses are cut out. It's not the only thing keeping me with MQ though.

    I do more work for MQ than for Spheris because MQ pays me more. Spheris doesn't pay quarterly bonuses and their incentive is limited to 1.5 cpl while I can get 2 cpl at MQ.

    Losing the qrtly bonuses will not be enough for me to quit MQ.
    When is MQ getting rid of the quarterly bonuses? SM
    Does it start before or after the OCT bonus?
    We had weekend bonuses
    When the work was heavy or for holiday weekends for everyone PT/FT but that was cut out in June completely.
    Bonuses and overtime
    You're very lucky.  Do it while it lasts.  Once worked for a company that always did that and out of the blue they changed and went on a hiring spree and then not enough work.  Would rather work for one like yours.
    Speaking of bonuses...
    We were getting $3 extra per rad report when out of TAT, but now it is 25 cents. Talk about going from filet mignon 2 horse meat!
    Sign on Bonuses
    When are sign on bonuses, relocation assistance, usually paid out?
    While getting more bonuses and flexibility and
    Make sure you get the whole picture, okay?

    Those production bonuses
    have always seemed pie in the sky, to me.   They're offered so you bust your butt trying to get there, but why would a company want you to earn that consistently?  Stands to reason it would be cheaper for a company to pay two part-time, no-benefit people for 175 lines per hour each than one person for 350 lines per hour plus bonus.  Or am I just way too suspicious?
    Yes, bonuses are reserved for the pets, not
    based on cooperation, quality, or anything else, just whether your team leader thinks you are wonderful and so does Deb, but if you are on Deb's list, you get nothing, so just stay quiet in your corner and say nothing or she will slam you.   
    Is MQ still paying quarterly bonuses? SM
    I was expecting to get a July 15 bonus. Has this changed? TIA
    Company Bonuses/Raises
    Any companies out there that still give these?  (especially "Cost of Living" raises...)
    Most industries do not gives gifts or bonuses...
    I would be happy if I got something from my company, but I would not be upset it I didn't.
    Why do companies pay hiring bonuses,

    advertise in hundreds of papers nationwide, spend $$ printing and mailing out postcards advertising for new MTs, when if they would just pay their current MTs 1 cpl more, or offer benefits or better benefits they wouldn't have a problem. 


    It seems like in the long run they would come out better and it sure beats having to screen/train, provide equipment, etc. a dozen or more new MTs/week.  If the companies have the $$ for all of the above, why can't they pay their MTs more?  They may not be getting the line rate they used to get but the money is coming from somewhere. 


    Christmas bonuses/gifts

    Two questions: Do you receive any Christmas bonus or gift from your company, and do you give your company or team leader anything?  I was just curious. This is my first year to be working at home, as I have always worked in-house.  That was always the "fun" of working in the hospital -- the gift exchanging and Christmas parties!!!


     


    Usually bonuses are not under a supe's control

    Each company defines what qualifies for their bonuses.
    I doubt they make them unreachable as the whole point is to draw long-term employees.
    Nope, straight salary. No bonuses. nm
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    In lieu of any Christmas bonuses in the future..
    I would just like the opportunity to meet some of these guys in person...thank them for the work that keeps my bills paid...smile...and then smack the ever lovin' peediddle outta them for some of their, shall we say, "lackluster" dictating habits.  Yeah...I think that would be a glorious bonus
    Question for Patti regarding X-mas bonuses. See messsage.
    Hi Patti, if you did not get a bonus from your accounts, would you still give out a bonus to your IC's. I am an MTSO and I do not get bonuses from my accounts, but I would like to give a bonus to my ICs. I would like to get your opinion on what is a fair bonus amount to give, or whether you would just take them out to lunch. Thanks Patti.
    Ya know, the problem I have with giving sign-on bonuses is...
    Why dont they give occasional bonuses or some kind of acknowledgement to the employees who have been there and stuck it out through periods of no work or little work and expecting us to be "flexible" all day hoping there is enough work before the day is over. How about acknowledging them so they find a reason to stay instead of "begging" more people to come on board for a bonus only to find there isnt enough work to go around. Their whole process is messed up.
    I would think it is why bonuses are offered. If it for an exceptional job or for working above
    and beyond what is expected, then I don't think it is unfair. My company offers bonuses to those who, for 4 consecutive pay periods, meet certain line production and quality. Nothing unfair about that, as long as you know what the criteria is.
    This is 100% true - they get bonuses for selling the public
    useless items that they don't really need.
    I also work for both Spheris and MQ. If quarterly bonuses are eliminated I too will still be with M
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    I worked part-time for someone like that and they used the QA % to keep from paying bonuses
    the QA % to keep from paying bonuses and I think that is so wrong. I no longer work for them.

    Most of the reports that I had sent in were sent because the quality of the file was bad. it had a lot of skips and jumps in it and it could not be filled in.

    They required 10%. The closest I got was 33%.

    I think it is so wrong to require a %.
    $44,000 last year at 7.75 cpl with wonderful bonuses at maybe 30-35 hours a week, BUT
    then my bonuses were cut when we went to a new system and now I have to work 60-70 hours a week to make the same. So, really there are too many variables here.
    You don't get bonuses for doing it. It's just mixed in with the regular stuff, sadly. nm
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    Keep in mind..taxes for gambling wins, bonuses etc.. fall into a different category. Usually more li
    We love Vegas..and one year we actually won enough to have to pay taxes it was pretty close to 50% of the win..It's just like getting a bonus..not under a regular tax rate like 30%. Also our win was more like $5000 ..nothing compared to yours..I would definitely get a financial planner so that you can invest your money wisely and make it go further..$500,000 in this day and age will go quickly..I would probably work PT so I could spend more time with my family.  As it turns out, my life is also about to change in that we're selling a multi-million dollar business property and even though my husband wants me to stop working, it wont happen..I"d go crazy..but I'd like to stop working 70-90 hours a week and at least go to 40..which is PT for me LOL>.
    That is a good offer. Pay is not that good at UIMC. Good luck! nm
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    I definitely think they are one of the best out there. We also have been talked through issues over the phone and also had a warranty in which they came out and fixed it right at our home. My only complaint..and I am sorry for saying this.. but... when you call their customer service 9 out of 10 times...you get someone who barely speaks English and I just hate that. I think that is true of a lot of customer support centers these days, ironically they are rarely American anymore. I am not prejudice at all. I just find it frustrating to call in for help and the help you get barely understands you and you do not understand them, thus making the experience very frustrating..
    Expensive is right -- around $300 per credit hour! But they do have a good rep. Good luck! nm

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    but I live in the northeast and not much need for that where I live.  I also live in a small town so that limits my options.  I have spent the last couple of years as a substitute teacher to supplement my MT job and just completed 4-1/2 months as a long term sub which I enjoyed and was a change of pace from MT.  The only problem is as a sub or ed tech you only get paid during the school year so I would have to keep my MT job for summers and school vacations.  With the way things are going in the MT world I hate to rely solely on that.  I don't want to find myself without any job whatsoever.   


    Thanks for all the responses.    


    8 is NOT good if never going any higher - good to get the rust out in the short term though
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