It's called greed and most companies are starting to become

• What's up with AllType? - disenchanged
  • HERE'S WHAT'S UP WITH ALLTYPE - gk
  • Did this happen to all QA or just a few - ???
    • ALL TYPE QA PROGRAM - SPELLED OUT - gk
      • $8.75/hr nice hourly wage? - knows how to read
        • Apparently they do not think we are capable of doing the math. - noname
    • Only a few were affected so one must question who really is at fault here. - amge
      • Nothing to do with quality. - it's clear to me.
      • There were more than just a few affected. - sm
      • Ya think? If there were just a few - noname
  • Did this happen to all QA - ???
  • From what I heard, this only happened to only 5 QA. - ???
  • Sorry to hear that. I talked with Ann a few times, and it sounded like a good company. nm - LTMT
  • It's called greed and most companies are starting to become - MT of many years
  • Offshoring. They use it, it works, and that's what - MT2
    • another thing - disenchanted
      • I agree with you. It happened to me too. - sm

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Thanks for posting your experience.  This is what I've been saying to people of Transcend regarding VR for a while now.  Your statement about "strange as it may seem, VR picked up foreign accents better" was very interesting.  When we think about it, it shouldn't really seem that strange because after all WE are teaching the VR system what the ESLs are saying.  Every single time the system got it wrong, we had to replace it until the system actually "recognized" it on it's own and started typing it automatically.  It wasn't the machine picking it up on it's own and doing well, it was the skill of the MTs constantly correcting the same thing over and over and over until the machine finally "got it".  Once the MTs poured all their sweat and tears into correcting it, they were no longer needed as much on that account and were switched to others that needed the training.  Slowly, but surely we became less valuable. Kind of like the production management team Transcend just let go. 

I'm starting to see why so many new people are hired on at 10 cpl now, why the "policy" as far as raises had changed, and why the new direction for team leaders.  If the plan had been to transition all accounts to VR all along, they wouldn't be able to get many people to accept new jobs by coming right out and telling them they were being hired for 5 or 6 cpl.  They had to offer some sort of enticement.  By making the new base rate higher and doing away with annual increases, they would save money realizing that the rates would be cut to 60% in the long run with editing. They must have realized that a lot of the people there for years who had started at 8 cpl or less would be upset with the changes and the problems - and would need to be replaced as they left.  Just my opinion, but maybe this was also the reason for the cut-throat approach to promoting "get work while you can" when it's low and not taking an active role in remedying the situation.  As long as they didn't have to come right out and say we need to cut back, the MLSs would do it on our own because we couldn't afford to wait for work to miraculously appear. 

I'm quite confident, and actually know for a fact, that some who had been working there for a while were told of the team leader positions before they were even announced - otherwise how would I have gotten that inside information about the PMs that I had posted on the Forum before it was announced?.  Also just my opinion, but what a convenient way to keep the "cheerleaders" who started at less than 10 cpl happy.  Offer them an hourly position because the management knows for a fact they would never stick around for 5 or 6 cpl just editing if they are producing 400 lines per hour while typing.  The rest of the MLSs would eventually get sick of scraping and clawing for work and would leave on their own.  A whole new labor force with a whole fresh set of people not aware of the problems brewing just under the surface or even close to a clue of what will hit them in the future.  A whole new work force that won't be eligible for raises for 3 years and most likely won't stay on anyway when they see what is going to happen. 

Cece, you're living proof regarding what I had been saying about needing less people for VR in the long.  Someone emailed me the other day and said that it was told to them by management that at this point 60% of the work will still need to be typed.  I wonder what that percentage will be once the VR system is fully operational and running at peak performance, and the usual "slow times" roll around.  If we thought it was cut-throat before, imagine it when only 10 people are needed to edit a huge account like the one BT started out with on ERs, which actually happened at Transcend. Now just imagine the quality of that work when people are scrambling to do as much as they can as fast as they can to supplement the 40% reduction in rate. Quality won't be as important as making their usual paycheck to pay their bills OR they will be hiring brand-spanking new MTs fresh out of school or new to at-home work that think they've won the lottery at 10 cpl. They won't be paying for quality, they'll be paying for quantity.

FN is so very greedy.  Keep 'em over-covered for TAT.  Keep the gals scraping for bits.  They would rather have way too many MTs than have just enough.  I see things have certainly not changed...

QA, lies, lies, and more lies.  They lost a couple of accounts and they lost a major account, what little was left wasn't much.    I've heard L started another company and M is still her slave.  Don't know any other details.

QA, lies, lies, and more lies.  They lost a couple of accounts and then they lost a major account, what little was left wasn't much.    Owners divorced.  I've heard L started another company and M is still her slave.  Don't know any other details.

Until about the last year it was a great place to work and it took a lot of adjusting going from gross lines to 65 lines. 

results I went over her head.  Got another account, but with 3 accounts still not enough work to get in more than 20 hours/week.  I worked a shift that was part 2nd/part 3rd.  Some days OT was offered, but then there wouldn't be work the next day. 

I've got about the same amount of experience as you have.  I know what you mean about working at home and trying to take care of yourself, too, sometimes hard to balance everything, but for right now, even though I miss the social aspects at times, think this is what I still need for right now.  Just need to a 'little'  more exercise time somewhere, or in other words make it a priority!! to fit it in.  Thanks for the encouragement!  Good luck to you

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