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Advice about leaving - MT

Posted: Nov 16, 2012

I do not want to continue working here. I do not even want to sign in today. Can't say why b/c I do not want my identity given away. But I just was put in CA and do not want to sign in anymore. I just give up. I will not put this job on my resume. Will there be any repercussions... I just give up. :(. Thanks for the advice. Please no flaming. I have had enough flaming and threats at this job to last a lifetime. :(.

I think you should put this on your resume. Any other MTSO will - understand why you are not here anymore. If you ha

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here for any length of time (personally I have a year in and feel like a superhero that I have that) they will give you extra points. If you dont want them to talk to MTSO, they will understand, but I dont think any of them do much as far as talking to past jobs. I think saying you survived working for MM, would only be to your advantage.

Curious - anon

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What is CA?

Corrective action. i.e. not meeting line counts. nm - anon

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Sorry this is happening to you. :(.

DSP (double secret probation) will be next. Ridiculous! sm - shortcake

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I'd quit too - Drone

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If they did that to me. If they cut my pay, put me in the cesspool, or put me on any kind of 100% review, I'll just say so long.

I am leaving this job. I gave my notice. No one cares here. - They only like to offshore. sm

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I have bent over backwards for this company. NO MORE! I'm done with them. I am not wasting another moment on these people. There will be no domestics by the end of 2013. I'd bet my glass of wine on that. They plan to offshore it all and no one can tell me any different.

The platform is acting up like crazy and I think I know why.

This place sets you up for failure and will drive you insane. Well, I for one, will not give them the satisfaction. Goodbye MM!

You don't know that.... - anon

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"There will be no domestics by the end of 2013" Stop trying to start rumors. You have absolutely no basis for thinking that. Thanks for leaving, more work for the rest of us, who like to work rather than complain.

Welp the largest account they hired me for went entirely offshore. - Once they get a taste of that

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savings, they will keep at it.

You can hang in there and think I'm starting rumors all you want, you'll go down like the rest of us have.

Come back in about a year and let me know how it works out for ya' doing the work that you think you're getting from me when in fact I had no work to do.

Why do you think they are being so picky about QA and their rules are so strict? It is so they can fire you. You're an idiot to think otherwise.

Since you only bet a glass of wine, I doubt - your very sure of yourself.

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I know all about losing accounts to India, the very first count I ever worked on went there. I also know that they don't plan on sending all work offshore and I know some clients won't allow it. As long as I continue to be a high producer, work OT whenever I can, and do high quality work, I don't have any fear of losing my job. If it were to happen, there are plenty of options out there. I don't find any reason to be an alarmist. I'm still making 50 grand a year here. I think I'm doing just fine.

since you only bet a glass of wine..... - adnap

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Care to expand on how you're able to make 50 grand a year? There were some of us who were making that and now don't because of ASR, lousy dictators, lousy accounts, cesspool, etc. Is your rate at the top of your tier? Do you have a primary that you're mainly in all the time and are able to whip through dictation because of familiarity? Do you get a lot of straight typing? Do you not ever get NJA?

I'm just curious and I'm glad that you're making that kind of money, but that seems to not be the case for the majority as evidenced by posts.

Everyday working at MModal gives me reason to be an alarmist because you never know what the heck is going to be thrown at us and usually not anything for our benefit. You are doing very well and I hope for your sake that it continues, but having a backup plan just in case things start going the other way might not be a bad idea.

I only wish the best for all of us.

you don't know that... - anon - covah

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Well, I wouldn't say that she's trying to start a rumor - just stating an assumption that if you look at the history it could certainly be a very strong possibility. And yes, there are companies that will not offshore, so if MModal thinks that it is profitable to keep them then there will probably be some domestics, but the minute that's it's not profitable to keep US MTs doing those accounts you can bet that they've got a team that is keeping stats on this and making alternative plans for down the road. But on the other hand, don't ya think that their marketing strategy is going to be hammering those who haven't considered offshoring and painting a rosy picture for them that it would be better for them to offshore just like they've done when they hire on MTs with promises that they obviously don't keep or fail to not be complete and leaving things out just because the MT may have forgotten to ask about something. No doubt, they will do their utmost to offshore as many clients that they can, and no, I don't have a "basis" for that, but just looking at their history it's a pretty good assumption I would say.

I wouldn't say she was "complaining" either. Come on, can you truthfully say that they really care about MT/ME's? They only care about us if we can produce for them and do it at an unfair wage. This bull about going by the market I don't buy -- why can't they do the honorable thing and reward those who have done a good job for them instead of putting out ads on every website there is looking for more MTs. Oh, I forgot they don't care about quality that someone with experience can provide - they're just looking for quantity of work.

Gonna get off my soap box and if you want to flame me go ahead -- my feelings won't be hurt by a long shot - I work for MModal and have been quite numb for sometime ha!

me either - anon

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I dread getting up in the morning, and I have always enjoyed what I do. Last week I started sending resumes out and have had one job offer and two more interviews set up. There are other places to work out there, even though they would have you think they own the MT world.

me either - anon - covah

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I hope that you get an offer soon and don't look back at this place - we all deserve better than how we're being treated, especially with respect to wages and the fact that they made it plain to not count on raises when upper management is just having a grand old time living the good life off of our sweat and don't care if we can't put food on the table, pay the utilities, mortgage, car payment, etc. Upper management at MModal is like our government - they're taken care of with their high salaries, excellent benefits for life, pension plan, etc. and don't care about those beneath them who are struggling. How can they be that heartless when they know how much everything keeps going up and up and they won't even give us a cost of living raise!! We should be reviewed every year and at least get something. Who wants to work for someone if you're not going to be rewarded for doing your job?? Yep, it's definitely time to send out the resumes - anything has got to be better than this!

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