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For the Q MTs that have tested for a higher level tier: - what is the downside of doing this:

Posted: Oct 02, 2011

and do you recommend doing this?

Thanks

tiering up - jrb

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I tiered up to tier 2 and she said my pay would put me back to close to where I was. What a joke. I went up 0.002 per line. how does that sound?

that was my thought; thanks - n/m

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nm

If the reason you want to test up is for more pay; don't hold your breath... - Kiki

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But if you just want to more work types (possibly more difficult) I'd do it. Being able to do all work types will only help you if and when MQ finally ditches all their American MTs and we all have to hopefully find work elsewhere. IMO

I appreciate your input; thanks - n/m

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nm

"Tearing" Tiering up.... - Fomer MT

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The day my account of 10-plus years "disappeared." I was given the option of testing for a higher tier. The Email stated it did not necessarily mean higher pay per line! HUH! I was already doing "the big 4" and anything else that loaded into my job bank, but was being classified as Tier 1, betting you can guess why. So I guess the only upside would be as someone stated, getting reclassified which may help in a job search later on, that is if the Q hasn't gobbled up everyone by then. As for me, the day after my account went away...... so did I - to another line of work where I'm appreciated and can pay my bills!!!

Tiering up - sm

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Okay..I started at tier 1 ten yrs ago. I made killer money and looked forward to working there each morning. I kept saying, "yes, bring it on" every time they offered to raise it a tier. Was a level 4 before bought by the Q. After the buy-out and the pay cuts, my pay was about 1/6 of what it was when I started as tier 1. I agree that it would be beneficial if you had the experience on acute care, but I am so glad I got out. Best of luck, and of course, this is just my opinion.

thanks for your replies. I am also worried that - if I go up a tier:

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I will be put on a difficult account because of my tier level, not get more money, and end up making less than before.

You got it/ SM - Anon

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If you tier up, you will possibly get a tiny CPL increase, but harder work and leaving more blanks that will likely eat up any profit.

That's why I didn't tier up - JS

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I did OPs for 1 year, but when our pay was cut, I decided I would no longer train to tier up and dropped the OPs. I feel for those who tier up and get stuck on difficult OPs and lose even more pay.

takes forever to even be able to take the test - just saying

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I have asked for over a year to tier up (currently a 2) and the CCM always has one excuse or another- first they need to audit, then the audit team is backed up and blah, blah you get it. My CCM did tell me that just passing the tier test would make me ELIGIBLE for a raise but not necessarily that I would GET a raise. I just gave up asking to tier up.

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