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Is it possible to advance in this company? - slave wages

Posted: Feb 28, 2012

Any potential at all? Anyone know? I'm already an MME, wondering if there's another direction I can go.

Possible advancement - MModal Livestock

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If you work hard, do the best job you can every day and put on a smile, one day you might just get one of those employee of the month awards. Congratulations! It's supposed to come with self-respect, but they usually forget to include that.

I'm not sure when I realized I had reached the ceiling. Perhaps it was when, after working for MQ for 5 years, they made me verify that I was a U.S. citizen and not a terrorist (and making me drive 160 miles and back again without reimbursement to do it). Then, after doing so, I got a postcard welcoming me to the MQ team, thus psychologically invalidating everything I had done up to that point.

To answer the question more seriously and without venting years worth of cold rage in the form of sarcasm: There aren't a lot of opportunities. You can become a QA. I get enough trouble dictators as an MT though, so I'm avoiding QA positions like the plague.

MMmmmmmmmmmodal also claims they promote from within and you can become a CCM. Of course, I've never seen this happen. Ever. To anyone. Not even some corporate example on the propaganda letters.

If you're already quite wealthy you can become CEO. It's an easy position. The company ran aground some years ago, so you really can't wreck this thing.

My suggestion, it's what I'll probably do in a few years, dress up like a doctor, print out a fake doctorate and start practicing medicine. Could we really do worse than the so-called real doctors? When you think about it, knowing how to fake being a doctor is the last decent benefit we get.

Darn, and I promised no more sarcasm... oops...

Where can I subscribe to your newsletter? - LOL n/m

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We should all write our own newsletter :) - MModal Livestock

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I miss the old MQ newsletters. I loved those things so much. Laughter is the best medicine after all. Not that the Mission ONE statements aren't a good replacement. I especially liked the little diagram: Sales -> Implementation -> Operations -> Support -> Delighted Customers. So simple, yet so wise. It's like a corporate speak turducken.

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The first mistake you made was becoming an MME. They say that is suppose to give you a pay boost, but how is editing at 3cpl a pay boost?

Especially if you log-in and get stuck QA-ing other people's work all day. Sounds more like a pay cut to me.

Maybe go back to transcribing and see about getting a performance raise or something.

To answer you simply, NO - anon

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No matter how good you are, even exceeding all requirments, no matter how many more skills you learn, you will never be paid any more than you get right now, perhaps expect a cut in pay even. MT, MME, QA, highest tier level, expect no monetary gain whatsoever. But be proud of the company you work for and get all excited about the changes...yeah right Vern, what color is the sky in your world? Green I suspect, ha, ha.

Notice pay is not even addressed in Vern's letters to each of us about all the "great" stuff they are going to make better for us because of the survey results. I don't even read those emails anymore, just file where they belong in the trash bin.

Maybe I am wrong and am the only who pointed out in the survey pay being the most important factor now that they have cut pay back to barely livable bottom feeder wages.

even if you move to CCM they fire them too - no way

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I have actually heard of employees doing the opposite of advancing- moving down tiers or moving from MME to tier 3 because sad as it is they make more money. When you move up you are just eligible for a raise, doesn't mean you will actually get one and it had better not be over the ancient tier rates they haven't changed in 6+ years or you will be getting more responsibility for the same money.

How many CCMs and QAs in the past have logged into their computer only to find out they were fired? They had no problems pulling names out of a hat a few years ago determining which CCMs and work flow coordinators to let go. Moving up in this company is like putting a big bullseye on your back.

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