All these acquisitions? - BTDT Nervous Nellie

Let us see...

The Q bought JLG and AllType

Nuance bought WebmedX

Between Nuance and MQ we are going to have 2 companies with 90% of the accounts, fighting to be "competitive" and that means trying to out do one another cutting pay and benefits, using progressively worsening platforms, making it more difficult to earn a living.  You can't work more hours, that is against the law.  Monopolies like this should also be illegal.  There is no competition now, a couple of companies will call all the shots. 

There was almost nothing worse for this industry than the appearance of the Q, that is until Nuance bought Focus with their long-standing focus on offshore MTs.  They have managed to turn a brilliant and luractive industry, made up of trained professionals, into a sweatshop for typists. 

None of this bodes well for the career MT who cares about her work, her accuracy, her knowledge and her speed.  No company truly cares about accuracy anymore, it is lip service when you have MTs with 2-3 years of experience as QA people (I know one company whose QA supervisor has never been an MT, and she is in there "doing" the job).  These people have very little knowledge of terminology, platforms, grammar and punctuation, so the idea of accuracy is anyone's guess.  The focus is on production, production, PRODUCTION and the company's needs.  We, the MTs don't count for much.

I guess it is true that slaves can't be fired, they have to be BOUGHT.  Guess what the Q and Nuance have been doing?  Slave trading.