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MT week gifts - Kandy Kane

Posted: May 23, 2010

flash some cheap piece of garbage

trinket trash

not much thought behind it

they need to be reminded that they need us far more than we need them

I really wish they had not sent it to me

trash it really is

I hate my job

Can't wait to be free of this garbage

it's worthless to me

I hate our anal QA department

Did get a cheesy gift in the mail

Incompetence

worthless trinket

complete lack of taste, thought, imagination

typical, useless, cheap

lying suits

slap in the face

such a ridiculous gift

cheap Chinese trinket

corporate equivalent of wife-beaters

You're all right, you totally deserve something completely awesomely outstanding, maybe a roll of toilet paper to go with your crappy attitudes.

Another POV - Alice

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Maybe the company you are referring to was cheap and all that, but it IS an acknowledgment of MT week. Some companies did not acknowledge or thank their MTs, did not even send out a "HAPPY MT WEEK" email.

Of course, MT week is still in progress, so there is some hope that they will come around in the next few days.

I wonder if I can conclude that those companies who did nothing for MT week are the ones that would be the most uncaring and ruthless employers/clients? DUH?

I think Kandy's post was against the MTs doing the cheap gift complaining. - n/m

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n/m

A story to be learned..... - I like to be appreciated

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Sure we all want appreciation, we all want an atta boy, we all want recognition for how hard we work and for our loyalty to a company, but complaining is not the way to get it.

Here is a true story of what happened when people complained:

I worked for a large HMO and every year for Christmas they did a huge catered employee luncheon, then there was a Christmas formal dance and everyone was given a $25 gift certificate to a local grocery store and a box of See's Candy.
Then one year they changed it and gave us a box of candy and a small catalog we could pick a gift from (instead of the grocery coupon). Well people started complaining "What if I can't find anything I want in the catalog, can't I get the money instead?" And the bitch*** began. The next year, we got a luncheon and a Christmas formal dance and a few candy canes tied with a ribbon by the hospital volunteers.

My point being they don't have to give you anything and when you complain over what you do get and bash the effort of the company, what you get is nothing!!!!!!

Here's a story to be learned. Forget knick-knacks - parties - trinkets - Show Me The $$

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Save all the stupid stuff because in the end truth be told a raise is enough of a show of appreciation for most MTs. There simply is no better reward.

yawn - nm

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:O

not trying to argue, but a luncheon and formal dance isn't exactly nothing - sm - sssdt

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Sounds like people got everything but the gift card, and the change from candy and catalog to luncheon and dance actually seems like an improvement to me. I'll take a free lunch!

I'm more interested in my work than a present - My Career is not summed up in a gift

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Sounds like to me people have their priorities mixed up. If your self-worth is measured by a gift you receive on MT Week, you need to find a new career.

MT week acknowledgement - PedalPushr

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Acknowldging that MT week actually exists such as a quick appreciative email from the head of the company or snail mail card.

Cionfused - RLee

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Was this comment aimed at the MTs that you think are ungrateful and have so-called "crappy" attitudes?? That is the way I am interpreting it - or was it a slam on the MTSO's?? It could be taken either way!!!!

Build a bridge and get over it already! :) - nm

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:)

If they spend too much they lose; if they spend nothing, they're insensitive - No way for them to win this one

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I don't see any way for a company to win this one.

If they do nothing, they are insensitive.
If they do too much, they are criticized because they should spend that money in better ways.
If they do a token gift, they get bashed.

No way to win. I will give them that.

They could send money in the form of a raise. - Win-win

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Cheap trinkets, token gifts, ignoring MT Week. All typical of MTSO owner attitudes toward MT.

We need a raise to match the cost of living. We need a raise for years of service.

Yes, you are getting a raise.... - and still

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you will come here and complain about: not enough work, they steal my work, I can't make my lines, I hate ESLs, I hate VR, I hate traditional typing, they don't give me enough time off, I hate my job, they are greedy, they still need to pay me more. Meanwhile, you: Don't work your scheduled shift, call off sick 5 minutes before your shift starts, refuse to work extra when asked, can't take constructive criticism from QA without being offended, don't answer your phone during your shift or answer emails sent to you, ask to flex your hours at the drop of a hat because there is something else you'd rather be doing, spend your time on Facebook or MT Stars when you should be working, ask to have work saved for you so you can go to lunch, sit in a 3-minute job for 1 hour while you talk on the phone to your mother, call yourself a professional yet whine about the work types and dictators you get. There is no pleasing some people. MTSOs need people who are willing to work...not whiners and complainers. This job has gone downhill rapidly due the the lazy work ethic of many people. Have some pride in what you do and do your job to the best of your ability or maybe find some other line of work.

WHO is getting a raise? You have obviously gone way off the deep end. - Get HELP!!!!!

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What a nuckin futz case just crawled out from someone's management team.

Give merit raises blockhead. Not everyone deserves a raise but you could give incentives to work harder and limit income for those who do not live up to company standards.

Get off your high horse, take a cut in your owner/manager pay and share with MTs who have brought money into your company and into your bank account.

I hate when management comes on a board meant for MTs like MT Stars to bash MTs. Just an example of the crudeness of managers who will stoop to new lows to defend their unwillingness to share income generated by MTs.

Not management my dear, just a part-time - mt who used to

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have to put up with nonsense from so-called professional MTs, which is why I left in the first place. If you work somewhere that offers tier bonuses, then you already get your raise if you beat your line count...how hard is that for you to figure out? I must have struck a nerve..did you see yourself in my previous post?

You struck no nerve - just my management radar - No way no how are you MT

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Why would you bash all MTs and how in the world would you know how every MT conducts themselves.

I stick to my previous post and theory about who would come on here and bash MTs and why they would do it.

Posts are usually from tight-fisted owner/managers who need to justify not sharing profits MTs bring into their company.

You think you struck a nerve? First you have to make sense to strike a nerve and then you have to have a credible story. You made no sense and had no credible story.

Wow, you certainly are high strung - and paranoid. I was not bashing

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all MTs...but those who felt a sting know who they are. Since I'm an MT also and have had to manage MTs in the past, that is where my experience lies. It's not entirely the MTSOs fault if you can't/don't make your lines, you as an MT have to take some of the blame if you fail to fulfill your end of the bargain. MTSOs shouldn't have to coddle you, bribe you, make you feel special just to get you to work. I fully believe that at least 40% of those who work from home wouldn't be able to make it in a "real" job in a hospital setting. Most treat working from home like they would a job selling Avon or Amway; they work when they want to if they want to and are very unprofessional. Just my 2 cents. I'm sure you will have plenty to say, bashing every MTSO, thinking they are all greedy monsters. I have to ask, why do you work for them if they are so terrible? Why let a company treat you like a so-called slave, treating you horribly every chance they get? Are you chained to them, do they force you to work for them? Find a different profession if you can't make it in this one...there are plenty out there.

LOL - high strung and paranoid? Really I just have a good sense of smell - when it comes to FISHY posts.

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Your attitude toward MTs in general STINKS.

You know nothing about me or other MTs. You can only judge others by yourself - which is another story entirely.

Take your 2 cents and buy something special for yourself. That's about what your advice is worth.

LOL...I will take my 2 cents - I make my line count above and beyond

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and will enjoy the next 10 days that I have off from my job...the nice perk that comes with making money as an MT. Toodles and happy complaining!

Oh my and - ...very sad.

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wow..that was about the most mean-spirited post I have read in a long time. I've been in this field for almost 40 years and have worked in pretty much every capacity, including MTSO, and anyone who does not acknowledge the downward trend in this industry on many levels, not the least of which is the way that MTs have been devalued and even mistreated, has been extremely fortunate, not moved around much, lives in a vacuum, is in denial, or is not really an MT. I hope you have been one of the fortunate ones Really...40% couldn't cut it? Interesting. You clearly dont think much of your peers.

It's a blathering non MT who gave her 2 cent opinion - worth less than 2 cents

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You know 99.9% of MTs would never come on MT Stars to bash a fellow MT. This is a greedy manager/owner pretending to be an MT - a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Who else would be so bitter and defensive?

We felt a "sting" because you are RUDE - Not because what you said is true

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Just more MTSO bashing of MTs. We're used to it and we can spot you a mile away. That's all.

that's a terrible thing to assume - sssdt

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I used to be an insurance broker (prop/casualty, not medical), doing the "real job" in an office with all kinds of education and accreditation. Because of health issues, working at home is about the best I can do nowadays. Yet I always run into people like you who think I've never worked a "real job" and am some inexperienced, sheltered little hausfrau. It was really bad when I went to school. It's slightly better on the job, but it's still always there.

I'll never understand people who think like you do.

Raise - kim

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Exactly. The answer to getting a raise in this business is type faster, turn your TV off and leave it off. Record your shows and watch them later. People take work away from you'all because they turn their TVs off and concentrate on beating their own "record" each day.

This is insulting - Another one who assumes..

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:-(

You know what happens when you assume - right?

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Not everyone is on a "tiered" bonus program. We work for chump change. If your situation is better, good for you but don't tell others that they should be grateful for minimum wage.

No raise in over 10 years - RU kidding me?

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Get over your sanctimonious BS - we haven't had raises in years. Asking for a token of appreciation from our complanies during NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MT WEEK is not whining - it is not too much to expect to be recognized and those of you who put people down should be ashamed of YOURSELVES. We work damn hard for what little money we do get. Appreciation is not too much to ask for ONE WEEK A YEAR.

Because you might be happy with slave wages and the "privilege" of working at home in your jammies, don't cast aspersions on those of us who want a little more out of what used to be called a "profession." Now its just a joke.

appreciation - anon

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Appreciation must be earned. Before you are appreciated you must appreciate. Any companies who might be reading these boards know that is not the case.

I've worked with MTs who sadly fit in with this description - Sad but true

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This poster just perfectly described some of the MTs I've had the misfortune of working with in the past.

Thank goodness working from home limits my exposure to these types of workers, because it's very demoralizing working with them.

while acknowledging there are people who - do these things it is offensive

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that you just assume everyone who comes to this board or has a problem with something is that person -- way to narrow opinion and those of us who do everything we are supposed to do, work extra when asked, etc., find it hard to not be annoyed by such attitudes

Agreed...In my experience, they admittedly are the minority - Sad but true

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It's amazing how just one of these types of MT can bring down the morale of a whole department, even when the vast majority are really good, industrious, conscientious workers.

You're definitely correct, though, in pointing out this is NOT typical for all MTs, just those few bad apples who squeak so loud they overpower and drown out the hum of the good MTs with legitimate concerns.

so you think it's OK for good MTs to be punished because of a few bad ones? - nm - sssdt

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nm

Yes, you are getting a raise... - and still - Silly Rabbit

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Hey, you just described me. ...and as aptly as you described me, at one time that must have been you. Congratulations on your improvement.

Excellent Message! I agree that work ethics have gone downhill - Maturity is out of fashion I guess

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I also agree that the whiners and complainers need to find some kind of work that they can do without whining and complaining. That would be a very good thing for everyone.

Just curious - Just me

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Do you work for TTS?

MT week gifts ... trinkets, etc - jj

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I had to laugh. Can't wait until I find another job so I can send it back. I would much rather be paid what I'm worth than get lip service and useless "gifts of appreciation". If you appreciate us so much, why not pay us what were worth, considering the fact that we are the ones, who earn your salary.

Simple expectation - Alice

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I was just hoping for a simple "Happy MT WEEK" email from management. I wouldn't expect them to go way out of their way any more than that.

I rented the DVD and watched "Capitalism: A love story" by Michael Moore this weekend. It explains a lot to me about the MT industry, as well as other master/slave relationships.

AS I see it, working for someone else was never meant to be a way of life, but a means to an end until you figure out how to work for yourself, OR you may decide to work for someone else for your entire career, but there are no surprises when it comes to being used by others. They will use you as much as they can, in any way that they can, and may or may not show appreciation for you. The choice is to love it or leave it.

Can you imagine what would happen if they just sent a Happy MT Week E-mail? - We would hear about that

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Many of the companies are probably struggling just like other companies in other industries all over the country. Nothing they do is going to please everyone, but that doesn't mean that they are all bad. Just like some MTs are doing very well, some MTSOs are trying to do an honorable job. By the same token, some MTs have very poor skills and sometimes even worse attitudes, and some MTSOs are dishonorable.

You would thin from reading this thread that it's a one-size-fits-all answer. It isn't.

I guess you're right - Alice

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Sadly, I've started jobs that have bombed simply because I felt that I was treated AS IF I were guilty of bad behavior before I even got started. It's like the MTSOs expect workers to be slackers until proven otherwise. Very sad.

I still would have liked to have received some token of verbal or email appreciation from the MTSO for which i currently work as an IC. Gratefully, I don't have serious complaints against the MTSO (knock on wood) when compared to the 16 companies that came before them in my experience.

Working off of a pool, my major "complaints" are with the other MTs on the account, who disappear when the worst dictators are at the top of the queue, and jump in when the good dictators are at the top of the queue. It makes my job less pleasurable, to say the least. I've been working in the medical field for 39 years, but just became an MT as a career change seven years ago. If I were younger, I would change professions again at this time. I will be of retirement age in 2011, and cannot wait. After that, I will find something else to do part-time, am looking seriously at selling a nutritional juice, no kidding.

Anyway,
HAPPY MT WEEK TO ALL!!

Alice

I work for 2 MTSOs, 1 rather large and 1 small... - RubySoho

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The larger MTSO sent us $15 Walmart gift cards and the smaller one gave us $10 Amazon giftcards and had games to play M-F to win other prizes as well.

Neither gift was monetarily significant, but they both meant a lot to me on a personal level. They're both great places and I feel lucky to work for both.

Some of us are VERY appreciative of the little things.

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