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It has been said many times on this board - HappyMT


Posted: Dec 06, 2014

and I will say it again.  Get out of Nuance!  Stop being negative about this profession, describing it as obsolete and going to machines, etc.  It is that attitude that will push this profession into just that, for good!  I left in October.  I see others who have posteod here who have left even before that.  I found a wonderful small company to work for.  I cannot put their name here, as at this time they are not hiring, and they would be flooded with resumes, which would not be fair.  My point is, there ARE STILL GOOD MT COMPANIES out there.  You have to search and search hard.  I spent over 6 months applying, testing, interviewing, and even hired on for a few, before I found the right place for me.  I see jobs posted now on other sites that sound promising.  There cannot be another MTSO as bad as Nuance anywhere on this earth, so why sit there and wait for the final axe to drop, that is if it is the final one.  I read this board and just wonder why anyone would want to give them any more opportunity to ruin their lives!  Tidy up your resume, type a letter of application, save it to your desk top and when a promising job opens up cut and paste it to an email, taking a matter of a few seconds, and send it in!  Watch the boards who post jobs, check them every couple of hours, as I found mine by seeing it only an hour after it was posted, and got my information to them only a few minutes later.  I was contacted later that day and hired via phone interview!  Please, please everyone, give yourselves a fighting chance as well as a Chirstmas gift this year, the gift of a new job, with people who still care about their team of MTs, who pay a decent line rate, who respect and appreciate you, and know how good it feels to wake up each morning looking forward once again to working in a profession that many of us have spent many years of our lives doing.  I wish that for each and every one of you! 

I totally agree!! - I also found a smaller company to work for

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Don't give up hope!!

Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, - but

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unless those wonderful small companies are paying 10 to 15 cpl, which would be a wage adjusted for inflation (I never made less than 9-10 twenty years ago) there is simply no future in this job, as wages are in a downward spiral. I don't consider 8 or even 9 cpl really a "decent" line rate, because that is what I made just starting out 30 years ago with no skills.

However, anything anyone can do to escape Screw-ance will most certainly be to their benefit.

My problem is I wasn't originally hired by - Ben Tover

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Nuance. I was hired as an IC by a different company and within a few months Nuance took over AND I was forced to become an employee. I have been submitting my resume daily to other companies, but I imagine with them getting so many resumes I am getting lost in the sauce. I have over 20 years experience, so that's not the problem.

Same here, I - never

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signed up for this place. Was an IC and that company got bought out and then THAT company got bought by Nuance.

Never signed up for this. I always gave new companies the benefit of the doubt and gave it a chance. It's just gone from bad to worse now.

I wonder if they even consider morale and how much of a difference it makes. People need to feel appreciated to give it their all.

My morale and motivation to do anything for this company is at an all time low.

Me,too - HappyMT

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I never signed up for Nuance either. I was hired by Zylomed/Accentus and then along came Nuance and acquired us,too. I went through the same thing with MDI and Transcend, who ironically Nuance also acquired (Transcend). So hopefully, with the small company I am with now, I will be safe from the giant MTSOs. Only 55 of us and it is owned and managed by only MTs. Super nice people and I am very blessed to have found them. You can all find good places as well. They do exist, just don't give up hope!


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