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Moral support...I need to know I'm not the only one - going through this. sm

Posted: Nov 24, 2013

Since MM bought out my company a few years ago, I have lived every day in fear...fear of audits, fear of pay cuts, fear of getting fired. I'm a single parent, and this job is all I have to keep food on the table, pay my bills, and take care of my kids. I enrolled in an online course a few months ago, which is somewhat empowering, but I can't shake this morbid fear of losing my job right now. I know there are other jobs out there, and believe me, I have looked, but the jobs I have found are either the same or even worse, so I stay in the hope that I can get out on my own terms and not MM's. Meanwhile, this 99.6 hangs over our heads every single day, with each and every report. It's so outrageously unrealistic! Of course we all strive for 100% on every report, but there are important factors that aren't being taken into consideration with the auditing process -- the audio quality, the dictator for Pete's sake. How easy is it for me to hear one thing and the auditor to hear something else?! To miss "an" or "the"?! I'm turning out thousands of lines every week, many thousand, so what are the odds that I'm not going to make a mistake? Not very good. I really just needed to vent and to hopefully get some moral support. Thanks in advance.

yes, it stinks - dnr

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As far as 99.6% accuracy requirement, I figure it is out of my hands as just 2 so-called punctuation errors can fail you and is a bit subjective. Add to that, they are not consistent. I just continue to put in my best effort.

I hope you are working towards getting out of MT'ing. No living wage anymore. MM MTs are eligible for the Trade Act Assistance program until March.

NOT THE ONLY ONE - gltrgrami

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Trust me, you are NOT alone. I am a long timer MT and I have never worked for any company that has so many unrealistic expectations. Poor sound quality, terrible platforms and most of all bad dictators. Nobody is perfect! What one person may hear, somebody else could hear it quite differently. We are only human. Evidently they aren't. This is the first job I have ever had where I wished they would fire me so I could draw unemployment. What's really sad is I don't care anymore about the quality. I'm tired of working for crap. I just went part-time to relieve some of the stress that I am feeling. Ã� actually make more money drawing my Social Security and working part-time. God Bless us all!!

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