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As an IC, how long do you wait for work to come in? - Curious IC


Posted: Jan 19, 2011

4 hours into a shift and no work, not one lousy job, and no explanation.  As an IC, I am not inclined to sit around and wait for hours on end.  What do you all do when there is no work?

If you're an IC, you shouldn't have a shift, so..... - sm

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as an IC, if there is no work I read, watch TV, clean house, or do whatever until there is some work!

As an IC, you technically work when you want to; - sm

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however, the MTSO is not required to give you work as an IC. If they know you are available, ask them if there is any work available. If not, then you are off. You do not sit and wait around for work. Where I work, I let them know when I can work and they tell me if work is available during that time frame or not.

I'm out of work a lot lately.... - Ugh

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Yet they sent emails out saying that out of the 224 MT's I am in the top 10. I guess the others just never work. Today I've sat here for ten hours already and had done a total of 197 lines.

About 2 hours max - see message

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I've worked IC jobs where they expect you to be there certain hours. If that's what's going on with your job, tell them you won't do it anymore.

In IC jobs where I can make my own hours, I wait 2 hours at most and then move on with my life. I also leave if I only get 1-2 jobs in an hour with no expectation of more to show up. Generally, I make sure I have plenty of quick things to do while I wait, which does make the time go faster, but my job has a queue that only refreshes every 5 minutes. If your queue refreshes immediately, I can see why you'd want to stay at the computer the whole time.


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