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Cesspool revisited - shipwrecked

Posted: Nov 10, 2009

Remember a few months ago when most of us were in the cesspool, getting dozens of reports from all over the country and all different specialities? I've come to the conclusion that the whole cesspool thing was just a major scam to get us so upset and ifrantic that when they finally gave us some semi-stable accounts, we be so grateful that we wouldn't notice the how our income was dwindling. Pretty slimy.

Reason for cesspool - Scooby-Doo

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The cesspool suddenly began without any warning to the MTs back in Jun 2007. We were told the reason for it was one of us MTs went directly to the top of the administration, whoever it was at that time, and complained about having no work. The wrath of MQ came down hard on our heads and basically shoved the cesspool down our throats. Who knows if that was really the reason, but once again the lowly MT was blamed. Whether management knew what effect the cesspool would have was never revealed. Perhaps they meant to scare away us MTs whom they felt were being paid far too much because soon after that, it was announced that MQ was soon to be taken over by CBay. It was around that time as well that us MEs were told that their brilliant ASR was advanced that it almost doubled our lines so for MQ to "stay competitive," we should be happy to take a 30% pay cut in ASR work. It wasn't until a few months ago that we were allowed to return to work pools of a few accounts. (I now have 6 that I work on regularly.) It seems that every year they drop a bomb of some kind on us.

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