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disgusted at what some copmanies offer - shannon

Posted: Aug 19, 2010

I cannot believe that some companies out there actually offer 5 cpl for straight typing. How can anyone live on this? If we wanted to be paid like that, we could go work at McDonald's and skip college!!

I think McDonald's employees make more - to be honest...nm

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At McDonalds, there is also an opportunity to advance - to manager. Little to no chance in MT. n/m

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McD's also offers benefits that are actually affordable. - sm

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Plus, when I worked at McD's, I didn't have to constantly stress that I would lose my medical coverage if I didn't make enough burgers each hour.

That is too funny. - lhfg

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Wish I was joking... - sm

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I really want medical coverage for my family, but cannot afford what my company was offering. Plus I was constantly threatened that if I didn't get my line count up that I would lose all benefits, so what was the point of being an employee? I only took the employee position for the benefits. They could care less that my work was always accurate, lowest QA score being 99%. When I did get my line count up, they then told me I was sending too much to QA. They didn't care that most of the blanks I sent to QA, QA didn't figure out either. They were always threatening to take away my benefits for one thing or another.

I am now working as an IC and am so much happier with my job, but still no benefits. In my state, employers must provide benefits to anyone working 20+ hours a week, so a PT cashier job at McD's is looking better and better every day. When I worked there before, I paid practically nothing for great insurance that included medical, dental, and vision (I think they took out about $17 a paycheck if I remember correctly). It was great coverage with very low copays. Compare that to the $350 my last company wanted and that was basically just for catastrophic coverage with a huge deductible. I just don't get why these employers with hundreds or thousands of employees don't offer better coverage. Oh wait, yes I do. It is pure greed.

Right you are - Desperate

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I was reading the employment classifieds today, as I often do, and I calculated that if I delivered newspapers for 6 hours a day and donated plasma twice a week, I could make more money in a month than I do as an MT with 20 plus years of experience.

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