FOR MDI MTs on the fence - sm
Posted By: ExTranscender on 2009-08-28
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Just in case someone at MDI is still on the fence about staying with Transcend, I want to share with you the caring, big happy family nature of Transcend. When one of my parents died suddenly, being the responsible MT I am, I called the office to tell them, as obvious this event did affect my schedule. Their response? Does this mean you aren't finishing your shift?....not ONE word of sympathy, no card, NOTHING....just something to think about if you're still on the fence about staying or leaving.
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I'm on the fence on this one......
He made some good points, and if some of the upgrades he talked about happened they might be good (excluding VR, anyway! UGH!) but as someone else said, the recurring theme of the meeting was MONEY, and GROWTH. How fast or rampant that growth may be is anyone's guess. I'm not ready to dust off the ol' resume yet, but instead will probably ride it out ---- FOR NOW anyway, to see just how much of this meeting was truth and how much is fiction. I've been to SO many meetings at other companies in the past (sometimes about MT, sometimes about other things), but have learned over the years that you just can't trust the bigwigs not to be giving you a snow job. At the very least, today was fortunately not a mass lay-off. But I've learned that in this profession you just never know for sure what's over the horizon.
Then there is the other side of the fence .....
This is the direct opposite of a cheerleader. This is a person who belittle any and all conversations/questions about a company. They try to steer newbies away from the company by slandering them and bashing them, sometimes with not so factual comments. There is a fine line to walk and it is hard to determine who is who sometimes. Best to use your judgment.
Looking from the opposite side of the fence
Remember QA person, you are getting paid by the HOUR to research blanks, MTs do not, they work on PRODUCTIVITY. Now, I don't leave any blanks because I have personal pride, but when can't understand it and I spend 5 minutes on ONE WORD I figure my job is done. You QA people can research it from there, because the last I knew no one works for FREE, or maybe you would like to? I can't buy groceries or pay the bills with all that free gratis work the company and you QA hourly folks would WISH I did.
I love your analogy of the fence painter s/m
You are right on. Some of us are old enough to remember when we worked directly for the hospital. Rarely, if ever, was there a shortage of work. There is no shortage now either regardless of the economy. What there is is an oversupply of typists. With the health care reform on the table, hospitals need to cut costs associated with their necessary medical record department. Are they saving money by outsourcing? I think not.
Only the American workers in any industry can change the way they are treated. They must band together by whatever means, not necessarily unionization per se. While it is about unionization, I would suggest everyone get and watch the movie Norma Rae. The point is change doesn't happen without those who are willing to make personal sacrifices to see it happen.
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