I think so. I have lost my sense of humor. I need to get it back. Has anyone found it? sm

• Keystrokes - just wondering
  • Obviously their equipment policy has changed - Former Keystrokes employee
    • do you mind saying why you left after 4 months? - others before you have tried.
      • I left because sm - Original Poster
        • Same here - susie quintata
          • I worked under her too and she sent an email that she stepped down from management, which I think sm - KS Rad MT
            • The "lead" probably quit if she had to spend her time begging for workers...sm - MT
            • Not demoted - MTer
            • Wow, that's good to hear - Former Keystrokes employee
      • My answer even though not the OP. sm - ex-Keystroker
        • I left for the same exact reasons! - Also ex-Keystroker
  • They have weekend Radiology jobs that were posted on the job board May 8..(sm) - Another Ohio MT
    • There were different accounts on that job posting, some required C-Phone and others did not..(sm) - Another Ohio MT
    • I think those required C-phone and - a long distance plan.... Not sure though..
      • I just bought one for $150 on Ebay. If you don't want to do it, don't apply. sm - ??
      • I replied and was hired for one of those positions. It is internet. Not sure about all sm - New KS MT
      • C-phone - Jo
        • That's strange. A few weeks ago someone - posted that KS no longer provided equipment
          • They sold off what they have. They might have more on hand, but I think that sm - ??
          • Keystrokes equipment - Anon
            • they only charged me - Eagerbeav
              • With a Smart A mouth like yours, I woulda charged ya double - anon
                • I was told my - BuckyB
                  • LOL - Love that reply; keep 'em coming.
                  • and posts like these are why good threads are removed. Why does everything have to sm - GivingMeAHeadache
                    • I agree, but... - Anon
                    • Thank you, I get tired of snotty answers too - Moving On
                      • one MTs smart aleck - Candybutt
                        • I think so. I have lost my sense of humor. I need to get it back. Has anyone found it? sm - GotAHeadache
  • I bet if you called them they - MTME

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apparently has to dealing with MTs all day.

You people are unbelievable but then the moon is getting full and you come out in droves.  I like her sense of humor as well as her willingness to help an MT.

I am sure she knows the many personalities of the profession and is not offended which is evidenced by her remarks and good for her because if it were me, I would tell you what you could do with your remarks.  Trying to help you say by pointing out what was obviously a transposition, I think not. No one on this board is trying to help unless it was that recruiter. Apparently too many out there with not enough to do.

depressing situation for the employees.  I don't work there anymore, but I know I would be devastated if I had to take a drastic cut in my pay.  Anyone who tells you that you can do 2-3 times the amount of lines doing VR has to have brown eyes because they are full of it!

LIghten up.  I doubt the CEO of TT or anywhere else for that matter gives a hoot what us peons think, do, or say as long as we keep those fingers flying and bring them in an income.

Just my opinion.

to complete the required work week when there is no work?  Before everyone jumps on me saying that I am lazy, don't want to work, need to ask for more accounts, etc., give me a break.  I am quite new to the company, and I rely on a full-time work week for my benefits for my family.  I already have 5 accounts and have asked for more.  All are out of work (or so I am told).  I have four small children, so working all hours of the night and the wee hours of the morning is not possible on a daily basis (but I am willing to do what I can to get my hours in). 

I am asking an honest question here:  Is there no leeway at all during the extremely slow holiday months?  It is bad enough that I will pull in less money, but even worse that I could lose my benefits.  YES I know it is slow at all companies during the holiday season. YES I know I could get a job somewhere else. If a current or past WMX-er could please just give me some insight, I would greatly appreciate it. :-) I got up earlier today to get a jump on things, and I ran out of work earlier!  LOL  I ran out of work at 10 a.m. (again).

The accounts weren't too horribly bad.  The reason I ended up leaving was because slowly but surely they began to inch closer and closer to paying QA by production.  When I first started, the quota was something like 30 reports a day.   We simply had to make sure that we QA'd all reports that were close to being out of TAT first and then do the rest.  Then, my supervisor left and they hired a new one who immediately called a big teleconference meeting and said we had to up production to 60 reports a day.  Then, they started counting lines.  Which was fine because they were still paying hourly.

Next, there was an MT who used VR software because she was blind - yes blind.  Again, when I first started, I was told we had to edit her entire reports because she used the VR software and we had to make sure that everything was correct and made sense.  Then, we are told only check the blanks.  I wasn't comfortable with that and I continued to completely proof every word.  Then I was called on the carpet not because I wasn't meeting the production quota, but because I was ONLY meeting the production quota.  I told them I was proofing all of the MT's work that used VR, I was told that no one ever told me to proof every word of the VR reports and that I needed to fill in blanks and move on.  When I voiced my concerns, I was told that was my job, to fill in blanks and I should move on and strive to product above the standards.  Next thing you know, rumors abounded about changing the QA staff to being paid on production.  So I left. 

There just seemed to me to be too little concern for quality and more emphasis on quantity and I just didn't want to be part of company who would take money out of my pocket just to line their own and that's what they were doing by putting QA on production.  I also am not comfortable with the job of QA being thought of as a blank filler.  There is much more to the QA profession than just simply filling in blanks. 

I don't know if Transcend ever did start paying QA by production, but I could see that the idea was being floated there.  Maybe there was a enough protest that they didn't change from hourly. 

Good luck to you!

happier.  I am on a different account then the first time and it is as if it is a different company.  I have a great lead who leaves us alone most of the time but is there when I need her.  It showed me that you can have a different experience within the same company.

I have to say that in the few weeks since they have the new office, it is much more organized probably because there are a lot of people there all the time.  I had the pleasure of speaking to the new HR manager who was HR at a hospital, got my questions answered about insurance as I am going to full time and had a live voice pick up the phone.

Not all change is bad.  This is one company that has changed for the better. 

A particular company is now telling its employees that they are considering a pay raise AND dropping their daily line expectation from the current 1000 lines per day.

It is implied that the MTs are expected to work seven days a week because the company is under staffed.

What logic is there to dropping the daily line expectations and giving a raise when the company is under staffed?