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So glad I left when I did. In the 7 weeks since - sm

Posted: Aug 23, 2014

I left, it seems to have gone downhill quick.

Same here. I left about 2 months ago and come on here - sm - No longer broke!

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every once in a while just to see what is going on. When I was bought by MQ a couple years back for the 2nd time, I immediately updated my resume and started a long and exhausting hunt for another job. I was looking at anything but MT but finally took an IC with a very busy practice and could not be happier. They are friendly and truly appreciate the work that we do. The micromanaging, the constant threat of production management, the inconsistencies in everything from the rules for NJA to taking a day off to even failing audits and having pay docked and let's not forget paying for QA submissions really took a toll on me!! My entire family as well as my friends all celebrated the day I left because they could see the stress vanish away. My kids are still commenting that they no longer hear me screaming at the computer or see me crying anymore. They can come in and ask me a question or ask me to make them a sandwich, etc., and I no longer bark at them to leave me alone because I won't make my production requirement! Please, for those of you still being abused by this evil sweatshop, if you are unhappy, get that resume out, look anywhere and everywhere for anything. I did not realize just how bad it was until I started working somewhere else. Good luck to y'all!

Same here - Me 2

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I applaud both of you and I did the same thing. I spent a year in hades after I left as the job I found didn't last and turned out to be another M*Modal in a sense, but I prevailed. It takes work and I mean work; blood, sweat and tears to finally get out, especially in today's job market. For those MTs who feel it is too hard or just take it from M*Modal have only themselves to blame and to give this company any part of your time and energy and expertise is truly sad. I don't care what your situation is, there is a way out. How anyone can contribute to this blood sucking company is beyond me. Good luck to everyone who is trying and don't give up, no matter what!

The one positive from this job - sm

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Is that my kids saw the hell I have gone through, and actually have jobs they LOVE...I have always told them to find their passion and follow it because going to work everyday the way I have, just rots.

I echo this post. - MT

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I couldn't be happier since the day I logged out for the last time. No one should be putting up with such abuse. ANY job is an improvement over MMODAL. It is utter abuse they are putting their MTs through. No other word better describes.

I now work as a contractor-- NO ASR-- I set my own hours and work as much as I want, when I want-- a dream MT job these days. The job literally just fell into my lap. I certainly had no intentions of working MT again. I knew I was miserable working for MMODAL but didn't realize just how much life they were sucking out of me until I got away and could finally breathe again. No more stressing over quotas or passing audits. I will never put up with such abuse again under any circumstance. To think I put up with it 2.5 years since the day they bought out my company. I must need my head examined to have put up with it that long. It sure as heck didn't get better in time but rather continued to get worse. Then with all the stupid websites you had to go to for clocking in, remedy tickets, Utipro, inner circle, etc., etc., constant tests for this and that, yearly HIPPA tests-- NEVER have I EVER seen anything like it. And all for continued dock in pay while continuing to pile on new accounts. I swear it felt like starting a new job every day. An MT cannot make money operating this way. Pathetic company to work for indeed.

I will ride out this current MT job as long as it lasts but then my days working as an MT are done. I will not continue to do this work for such grotesquely low wages. It's embarrassing how low the wages have become.

I'm soooo glad I left - Acquisitions

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I've been at my new job full time for a month now. I actually enjoy getting up in the morning, driving to work and feeling appreciated and also paid for what I am worth - I'm happy and thankful for this opportunity. Don't give up - check Craigs list for your area - there are jobs out there...That's where I found this great gig!

Ditto - happy

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I left 4 months ago, and it was THE best thing I've ever done. I have started my own business and it's going really well. I no longer feel used. I now make more than double what I made with mmodal. If you're thinking about getting out, just do it.

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