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Transcend - Part timers - jm

Posted: Dec 20, 2011

I am starting to wonder if Transcend has more part time workers than full time, excluding the TLs. It just seems like it is such a fight to get enough work to be full time. It also seems like it saves them in the long run to not provide insurance and now gift cards at Christmas if they have more part timers, just my feeling.

Part timers - MT

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They told me I can switch to FT when I want to.

Transcend PT - LeeLee

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Have worked for them quite a while. They always tell you that you can go FT anytime. I have had a terrible time getting enough consistent work to meet the requirements. Work-wise they are a lot like other companies. I was told I could switch platforms, but would have to take a pay cut and they would "guarantee" me all the work I could handle. We all know there is no more guarantees in this business. Who is to say the client they give me would not quit or cut back what they sent to the company?

Part timers - DZ

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I will start PT with them after the first of the year. I had worked for them before but had to quit. I am hired back now for PT status. I don't know what will happen to my FT job in the near future, so I want to have a backup plan. I don't need the benefits of FT, I just need the extra cash and I think that is why they hire a lot of PT people. They maybe have a lot of people work PT because they currently have other jobs and some of us don't like putting all our eggs in one basket lately with the future of MT unknown in the near future (especially for some jobs).

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