Ditto what HappyMT said
Posted By: sm on 2008-01-16
In Reply to: Lines - HappyMT
On my primary account, I average 1500+ lpd and rarely work more than 6 hours a day. If I switch to one of my backup accounts, I am able to maintain 200+ lph even if I haven't worked it in a few months. I have 4 accounts - 2 C-Phone and 2 internet and I only have problems with one of the internet accounts only because the account specifics are very difficult.
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I agree. I work 30 hours per week and make 45K a year. I am by no means an exception. I know many, many MTs who make more than I do by working part-time. The naysayer seems to have forgotten an important fact of life: In life you have one of two things. You either have the results or you have the reasons you don't have the results. And all folks like that have are reasons (they can't get in the zone, they went to a matchbox school, their mama didn't love them, insert your favorite excuse). Maybe MT is not her thing. I hope she finds something she can love and grow with, not tear down.
HappyMT, Do you have MDI-MD website?
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I second that advice from HappyMT
Amen to what she is saying especially about not posting here and if you were not doing your job, you would not be there. Do not just assume something before you find out the facts.
Ditto that ditto..ESLs drove me out too...nm
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Ditto, ditto, ditto. My experience exactly.
I have never typed so fast and made so little in my life except for at Amphion. Good for supplemental income but not if you really need some money.
ditto
Excuse me for speaking my opinion. If those in the management team weren't so worried about shooting off RUDE emails maybe they could reply to a question I had last week that is now 120 hours old and still have no answer to my question. People just blow me away especially at SS.
Ditto.
Don't stretch what I said. I said it was rude to say get a life to someone who is trying as hard as they can already. That's what my post was about, so don't twist my words either. There is a shortage of work and you know it. You said it's common this time of year and I'm not arguing that. I'm agreeing with you. About time you recognized that there is a work shortage and stopped candy coating it. Because this shortage has been going on for a while now, not just the summer months. My post wasn't so much about the shortage as it was about the rude comment. It WAS rude to those people who are already giving up a lot of their life to Transcend.
ditto for me
Same here. (actually twice)
Ditto
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Ditto everything you are saying. MQ is definitely up to something and I think a lot of MTs are and
will continue to walk as they continue to come up with new ways it seems to get rid of MTs and QA people. I still think they are getting ready for a merger or sell out.
ditto
leave email address
Ditto
I found nothing to like about it either. I'm actually taking a pay cut, to have more restrictions and expectations put on me, and benefits I don't need or want.
The $50 I'm losing every month on my internet pay was enough to make me want to quit, the rest was just icing on the cake.
Ditto - NM
Ditto - sm
I agree - and when you have no idea what to get anyone, let alone the money to buy it, plus all the other preparations that go with the season, it's just not worth it. The real reason for the season is totally disregarded. I truly hate this time of year.
Ditto...
Didn't pass the test either - though I thought I did pretty well. Said I could retest in six months or if I was willing to purchase the required textbooks I could retest immediately. I emailed them back asking what the required textbooks were, but never got an answer. Oh, well!!
Ditto.
I'm always amazed at this. Yes, they most certainly do beg for the jobs and then when they get it...cry, cry, cry.
If you want work that is somewhat easy, go do clinic work. There is no such thing as easy acute care work. There are lots of dictators on most acute care accounts. Hospitals are pretty big...ya know? Big hospital=lots of docs.
You may want to go get a job in a different field. Your poor skills as an MT has nothing to do with Spheris. You'll always have poor skills if you don't try.
ditto the above about ETP
Totally disorganized, unprofessional, plays favorites, lies about work amount, low work most of the time and just generally treats their employees like cattle, worked there 4 years much to my dismay!!
Ditto that.
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Ditto what DRC-MT just said! :-) nm
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ditto
double ditto
Ditto
I couldn't have said it better myself. Having done the rounds with other nationals and working in house, I am thrilled to be with this company after my 25+ as an MT professional.
Ditto that.....nm
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Ditto on SS.
Ditto
I have been an intern with Deb for a month now and she more than goes out of her way for those of us determied to be an MT. She is always nice and helpful and I feel very lucky to be learning from her.
Ditto!!
What an organized piece of sorry xcuse of a company!! I don't like having to ask and ask and ask and ask about my check. And, you see this woman on IM but yet she never answers you unless you send a threatening IM about reporting her to the company she subcontracts for. Gone from there for good!
Ditto!
Beautifully said!
Ditto and then some
None of SoftScript's managers know proper grammar or spelling, just pathetic, but must be an embarrassment when they contact their clients. With managers that dense you can do much better.
OSI managers know proper sentence construction with the exception of QA manager who is in a class by herself but they send work offshore so you don't need that.
Oracle and TTS are awful overall and MDI in FL outsources as well.
Hope this helps. Slim pickins.
ditto that
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Ditto.
They also give an anniversary bonus of $100 for each year you've worked for them. I'm a year away from my 5th anniversary when I will bump up to 3 weeks vacation. Great place.
ditto for me
Ditto
I also would like to thank DRC/Acusis for the very nice MT week gift. I am so proud for work for such a wonderful company.
Ditto for me...
Trained 1 day, worked 1 day, then no work...... quit.
Ditto. :-) nm
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I ditto that. nm
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Ditto
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Ditto here
Had huge issues with their line counting method. However, if everything sounds ok to you try it out and let us know if its gotten better.
Ditto! - nm
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Ditto
Believe me I feel your pain. When I started at MQ I used dial up (i'm in the country too) but then was able to get satellite 'net. I don't know if they woulda hired me if I had been using satellite before but they know now and although they made it clear they don't prefer it, they know it's what I need for my job. Because of other problems I'm looking elsewhere for a job but the current trend is No Satellite internet, so I dunno. I may be stuck there afterall.
ditto what you say...
and I'm a GaGirl too...
DItto....nm
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Ditto ditto ditto
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Ditto
Same type of experience for me
Ditto!
Nm
ditto too
I have always gotten a prompt response to anything I asked. There is absolutely no problem with communication or anything else as far as I am concerned.
ditto
Everything she said! Like it much better and also like being an SE again.
DITTO! nm
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Ditto
My biggest beef is the poor communication. They ask you not to email unless it is emergency but then they get more email than they bargained for because they won't answer you until you send 3 or 4 emails. If they would answer the first one I would not have an issue. My honeymoon is definitely over.
Ditto above - just go away.
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Ditto
And plenty of work! 
Ditto
MJ,
I couldn't have said it better myself. I am glad to see that someone else is happy with the way Landmark treats them despite the current rough patch. They are clearly doing the best they can to provide their employees with work as fast as humanly possible.
Ditto!
My experience was the same. I know what you mean about overtime. Good luck getting overtime with Keystrokes. They do not calculate hours worked even though they hire employees. Like you, I found a great company after that mess. 
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