Correcting 2021

History Queen · 07-09-2021 8:51pm #1

Hey, just wondering if anyone has been paid yet? No sign of anything here yet.

RealJohn · 07-09-2021 9:05pm

Nothing here yet. The letter said we’d be paid within 18 working days of the end of the marking. That would definitely have been last week, unless someone delayed the sending of the forms of account by several days. Irritating, given that they said that in the context of also not giving us an advance this year. If you were conspiratorially minded, you might think that they’re trying to scare examiners off so that they can do away with exams altogether.

History Queen · 07-09-2021 9:30pm

It's very annoying. I'll give them a buzz tomorrow and seeif I can get an update, if I don't get caught for s&s.

am_zarathustra · 07-09-2021 9:49pm

I emailed them, got a generic....."yep we said 18 days but like did you really believe" that response. I wouldn't be holding my breath

rainbowtrout · 08-09-2021 9:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117860409#Comment_117860409

It is insulting when there was no advance this year. I'm going to take a guess that not paying an advance meant that a heap of admin staff were not going to be tied up at the start of July processing advances and were freed up to process the incoming LC supervision claims faster - and I did benefit from that - I got paid within 2 weeks of sending it in. But no advance and then not keeping to 18 days is crap. Shouldn't be making promises they can't keep. It's not a good way of retaining examiners.

History Queen · 08-09-2021 9:19pm

I didn't get a chance to ring today so no update here.

Random sample · 09-09-2021 10:04pm

Colleague in another subject has been paid, my subject has not been paid yet.

RealJohn · 09-09-2021 10:48pm

I wonder if the fact that I’m involved in the appeals (as I imagine many of you are) is their excuse for not paying us yet.

”Sure, we meant 18 days after [i]all[/i] of the marking, [i]including[/i] the appeals. [i]Honest.[/i]”

Edit - do we not have italics anymore? This new format is rubbish.

am_zarathustra · 09-09-2021 11:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117870147#Comment_117870147

What subject, if you don't mind me asking!

Random sample · 10-09-2021 9:41am

There’s a limited number of examiners involved in appeals, you get a separate bunk no and it’s completely separate. I don’t think it will affect pay.

Though I just read that the appeals are free this year, so we might all be back with full bunks!

It was Irish that was paid.

am_zarathustra · 10-09-2021 2:15pm

They were pushing for more people to sign up for the appeals this year and the point inflation will make it worse!

rainbowtrout · 13-09-2021 10:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117871173#Comment_117871173

I'd say given the grade inflation that a lot of students got the higher of their two grades from the accredited grade so won't bother appealing. It's clear that teachers overestimate a lot of grades in comparison to the normal curve so I'd say a lot of students will take the grade and run. Far less students sat exams anyway, so proportionally the number of appeals should be down in comparison to a normal year.

Correcting 2021

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