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Worst of the Worst - Frances

Posted: Jan 24, 2015

Today I seem to be getting the worst dictators in the history of mankind. After a while your ears simply give out. Enough already!!

Worst - mjb

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I'm with you. I hate when I get those days. They drag on and on!

with those kinds of dictators... - JOttS

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the MTSOs should be charging them more and paying more to their MTs for working those accounts--if they're not doing so already. The hospital I once worked at did just that. They called it weighting those dictators heavier than the easier ones. It only makes sense to pay the MTs more and charging those accounts more for the degree of difficulty, longer time, etc. Hard to believe that MTSOs don't do this already; however, if nobody has done so before, there's no time like the present to make this suggestion to your MTSO. At least that would give you some satisfaction in trying to make a difference with these obscenely difficult dictators. The worst they could say is, "oh we can't do that; we'd lose our customers," but they may even take that suggestion into consideration for new contracts. They should be able to tell how difficult a dictator is going to be and charge accordingly at the onset. JOS

They USED to pay more but - stopped long ago, nm

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They took that away a long time ago. - One of the first to go.

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In their crusade to pay us less and less each year, that was one of the first to get axed. This is job is one of the only ones I know of where the more difficult the job, the less you get paid.

OMG...LOL! You are living in fantasy land... - too funny. Thanks for the laugh....n/m

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MTSOs don't GIVE they TAKE.... - You would probably get laughed at

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(even if behind your back) if you asked to be paid for for ANYTHING. MTSOs take take take:

Here's a list of things I can think of right now that have been taken from MTs:

1. Pay (Lowered line rates)
2. Difficult dictator differential
3. Reimbursement for internet
4. Production bonuses
5. No (or less) graveyard/weekend differentials.
6. Last but not least, our DIGNITY.

Can anyone think of anything else they have taken? The list of things they GIVE would be 0.

Part time - Nana

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No more paid time off if you're part time. Less paid time off if you're full time!

These posted reasons... - JOttS

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are precisely why I never have worked for an MTSO but also why (during the best years of my MT business) I was able to pay my subcontractors a better than MTSO wage, and they were happier than most MTs I see here who do work for MTSOs; and I was very happy to be able to pay them better. If there were more posts here on this subject, and if some MTSOs that are having a harder time retaining and finding good MTs come to this site and read those posts, the smart ones would (or should) sit up and take notice and think hard about how they can make things better for their MTs. Okay, okay... so a lot of y'all think I'm in dreamland--so be it... but eventually, something's gotta give. There are some MTSOs who are not so ruthless that they can do better by their MTs. It's a matter of letting them know how unsatisfied you (their MTs) are with what they are expecting in return for compensation. If this is an important career and job for you MTs, then for crying out loud TALK TO THEM! You've got to be willing to take the chance to make or offer suggestions to your lead people, etc. No guts, no glory... just sayin... JOS

We were promised to get extra pay - Never Happened

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for the more "difficult accounts." That was years ago, and we never got an extra cent. I no longer work for this pathetic company, and from the looks of what I read on here, they will never change, except to get worse. I honestly feel for all of you who are still trying to earn a living with this job. Best of luck to all of you, really.

I have some real butt heads for dictators - sm

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I have complained and complained, same response, we will tell them,,and ta da..Nothing happens. Garbage in garbage out..

For my regular bad dictators - tiredMT

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I just go back to the old way of doing it and make shortcuts for their PEs, ROS, anything they normally mumble through and try and catch a sound here and there that confirms that it is correct.

that's probably one of the best things... - JOttS

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you can do, which should help improve your line count for those routine parts of the reports.

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