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Any input regarding Keystrokes? - MT

Posted: Sep 22, 2011

Any input regarding Keystrokes? Good company or bad to work for. I need some input as I am thinking about applying with them. Thanks!

Works for me. - radMT

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Some love it, some hate it. I personally love it, having recently escaped from the scum of the MT world, MQ. They actually seem to want their MTs to succeed and appreciate them - not used to that :)

Thanks - MT

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Thanks for the reply. Will have to check it out!

Great company if - KSMT

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It's a great company if you don't like getting paid on time, don't mind constantly changing pay dates and policies, and don't need insurance.

Not to mention pay cuts, no communication and - being treated like a 2nd class citizen

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My advice is get a job at WalMart.

Almost forgot - KSMT

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I forgot running out of work or being so overwhelmed you are expected to work OT without getting paid for it.

Why, why why... - Happy KS

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do U continue to work for them if ur so miserable?? There are a lot of people who would like to work there but can't due to no openings. Please find something more to ur liking so others can give KS a shot - I have a friend who would LOVE to take ur place. Just sayin'

Not your business. - Go ahead and make that

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referral, you won't get that referral money.

Y'all are just hateful. - Peaches

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Yikes!

Why is it hateful - KSMT

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Why is it hateful to post an honest response regarding very real problems I have had with KS?

No, not ''hateful'' - Just truthful...

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Yikes!

KS is going down like everyone else. - EX KS

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I am now an EX KS employee. I worked for them for 6 months and loved it. However, in that short time they changed the pay dates on me twice - one time without any warning. Then "overnight" they lost the account I was working on and they said they didn't have any warning. I found that funny considering 3 weeks before that they asked me for my computer confirugations (which I found out was so they could put me on a different account). They promised me a new account within 2 weeks and I never heard from them so I started calling and E-mailing. I called and E-mailed 4 people and threatened going to the umemployment office before they contacted me back. Then a bunch of stories started coming out about how they tried to contact me because they didn't have any opening and I didn't contact them back and they sent me E-mails that I never replied to. Why would I not respond to phone calls and E-mails about a job when I needed a job? So, according to them, they gave my jobs away. I'm sure there were no jobs to begin with. They finally put me on a different account and on the first day of training the girl training me told me she didn't even know why they put me on there because they didn't have any work for me. GREAT! So I started typing and this girl ripped every one of my reports to shreads and refused to take me off QA, which was absolutely ridiculous because I had several years of experience typing this specialty and was really good at it. This went on for a few more weeks. I got maybe 4 reports one night and then a few nights later they would send me another 4 or 5. They ripped every one of them apart, changing entire sentences and words to make it look like I was messing them up, but I wasn't. I know this girl just didn't want me there and she was going to do everything in her power to make sure I didn't pass QA so I wasn't taking from their work pool. Finally, after trying to be placed on a better account and repeatedly being told they had no other accounts available, I gave up and left a couple of weeks ago. My advice to anyone interested in them is to beware. I guarantee they'll change your pay dates and run out of work. If you work there and are happy with them then that is great for you. I was happy there once too.

Worked for them for a short period. I was - Former KSMT

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more leary of the ultra positive postings by their supposed happy MTs (happyMT, happymommyof2, etc). I had the feeling they were just too happy to work there as an MT and way to hateful to others who didn't to be anything but someone with a very personal agenda.

Anyway, gave it a try. Easy to get a job there. I hadn't given up my existing job so it was easy to walk away. Did you think happy KSMT that maybe those posting negatives have not found another job yet or perhaps they have left? I didn't read in any of their posts that they are still there.

I don't think there would be so many negative posts if this happy person would not print her ultra positive posts and then slam the negative posts. I know I wouldn't have posted if I had not seen her again degrading others. Though I knew she could not keep from posting as she always does.

Sigh... - Happy KS

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Yes, U really know a lot about me. Except for the fact I'm a guy and I have never posted before. Guess that shoots ur theory, huh? That would mean there must be more than ONE happy KS employee I would surmise. And I would just like those who are so miserable at this company to please leave so my friend and others could take their place - we'd ALL be happier then, wouldn't we? Women - sheesh.

I had an easy time getting a job at Keystrokes. - Love your jokes

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Why doesn't your friend use you as a reference? You sound so wonderful in your posts that I think they would hire immediately someone you recommended. After all, they have a high turnover and they are always hiring.

Give it a rest, please. - JordanMT

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Enough with the KS bashing. I work for them too and like it very much. This place at least tries to work on their problems and help their employees, and these days that is quite unusual. Never posted before either but so tired of the bashing. So KS isn't the right fit for you - please try other companies, okay? Thank you.

KS works on their problems, that is a joke. - I was there many years and

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what had gone on and still going on would shock you. I was there when there was a handful of employees, the bigger they get, the worse they get. Very under handed place to work for.

Yep, a revolving door. - nm

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nm

Sexist Happy KS. nm - arnold

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When someone comes on board with a bad attitude, - they dont last very long

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Then they come here and complain. They got what they wanted, searching for a reason to complain, seeing what they wanted to see, then they come here for attention.

Everyone needs somewhere to vent - obviously the survey did not change anything

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nm

I got what I wanted in the survey. - Glad I work there.

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Everybody wants a free ride. If you work hard for KS, they notice, and the reward is there.

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