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After I was terminated by Transcend, I thought my world had come crashing down on me, and I picked up the pieces and started to look for work. In the meantime, I filed for unemployment, never thinking I had 1 chance to gain that at all. My judgment came in from the review board in the State of FL., and they determined that there was no fault found on my part when the company terminated me, and that I had carried out my duties, as described in my job description, with no intent on my part to deliberately disobey any superior or cause harm to the company in the execution of my daily responsibilities. In other words, they let me go solely based on my standing up for myself and questioning what I thought was a direct error on their part, which caused someone, who I cannot give the name of here, but is well recognized by all MTs of Transcend, as well as the ROM and my supervisor, to conspire to terminate me based solely on my proving to them, through e-mails and correspondence that I had kept, that I was not wrong and was judged wrongly. This caused a great deal of anguish for my family, and I cannot tell you what it cost me healthwise. Now, in retrospect, I probably would not have done that, but based on all of the MTs leaving Transcend, I feel I was justified in the determination by the review board. I have been hired by another MT company and I am very, very happy. They treat me with respect and kindness, which amazed me at first:)
Just remember, keep your head held high, don't settle for being treated as a slave and some person that does not deserve respect and kindness, because you are worthy of that kind of respect. I am just sorry that the MT business has come down to this, and even sorrier that the tactics these companies use with regard to their MTs is deplorable.