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No work, can tell it is pay day crunch time - Another MT

Posted: May 29, 2011

Hi there fellow MTs:) You can tell it is the end of the pay period and there is no work again. We have gone through this every 2 weeks, and even my backup account has gone dry too. My pay has dwindled so much I don't even know if you can call it that. Well, all the very best to every one of you and have a safe Memorial Day.

Maybe for your company - Not for mine

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My bucket is full of work ... as usual.

Not everyone on these boards works for the same company or even for the big fat nationals.

Sweetie, this bucket is empty too. Playing the game of MT. - anon

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The hospital wants holiday coverage, of course. They don't want to pay someone to be there and pay holiday coverage. So, oh, the MT at home can sit there checking all day for 4 cents. That's good business practice.

Not everyone is exploited - Old Pro

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I have had plenty of work this weekend, and not at 4 cpl, either. The reason I say this is I want there to be a fair and balanced picture of MT. Not all companies are bad. Some of them (generally the smaller ones) treat MTs like people.

agree with Old pro - anon

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I agree, but those companies are getting harder to find. IMO, the bigger the company gets, the worse the conditions. I am changing to a smaller MTSO and hoping for the best.

You should be greatful instead of condescending - not everyone has work

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I too have plenty of work and am grateful for it - Agree with OldPro

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Not everyone is in the boohoo, poor me boat.

I guess it seems that way because those are the most vocal folks .. like a passel of caterwauling banshees.

Grateful here too - MT

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I'm grateful as well. I choose the kind of company I work for. I have been with a small company for 3 years now, just started with two companies a few months ago and am training for two more this week for a total of 5 and not one of them requires a schedule and not one of them contain ESL. I still make $30+ an hour. Yes, I have lost my job to VR and drop down menus, but I didn't let it get me down. I go out and get 'em and am proactive about my situation. I also worked for another company a few months ago, but too many ESLs and I couldn't make money so I didn't continue. I was asked to test for another company and the test file was so horrible that I didn't waste my time. You get out of it what you put into it and I have certainly proven that point!

Never said I was boohooing - Another MT

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I would never sit around boohooing over anything, just made a simple statement that with this particular company, not ALL companies, that this was happening and has become a regular problem. I have over 40 years experience and always hung in there, gotten work and gone on to do the best I can do; in fact, supported 4 children as an MT, and worked 2 jobs doing it. Not everyone wants to work 5 jobs, nor has the time or energy to do that. Eventually, we all slow down, have medical problems, hand and back problems. It is not that we don't want to work as hard as we can, sometimes we just can't. I am grateful for my time as an MT, and at one time I was definitely making good money, but not with VR, and working below minimum wage. Sure, you can go out and get many jobs at one time, but that should not have to happen. I am proud of those that do that much, and I say good luck to you:)

Grateful - MT

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It's not like I'm working 5 jobs every day. They are private doctors or small companies and each of the five supplement each other. When one doc isn't working one day, I work for the other, etc. I'm just saying a person needs to be proactive if they are not happy.

Just sitting here - working the holiday

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Waiting for work.

Have a safe Memorial Day to you and everyone on this holiday.

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