I am also from Warminster. Guess I know why we are all looking. Thanks for the info. Nice to know

• Are there a lot of people leaving MQ right now. Seems like that is all I see and I suppose many more - MQPA
  • There's a lot more staying than going, - sm
    • I'll never complain about MQ. nm - I agree
    • I am glad you think so - MQ FT
      • Stop saying that just because someone doesn't - Busy MT'ing
    • I see a lot of people posting on here about quitting MQ and I was just wondering where they all went - MQPA
      • Don't believe everything you read. sm - well
        • Well, I know that MTs from my office have quite MQ and they dont post on here but I dont know how - MQPA
          • Actively looking! - Another MQer in PA
            • I am also from Warminster. Guess I know why we are all looking. Thanks for the info. Nice to know - MQPA
          • That's an impressively long sentence! - nm

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I am just really nervous.  The company I have been with for over a year does not offer benefits and it is really scary to go switching jobs for benefits.  I do have a family and need benefits.  But I would rather be certain in my accounts and my company that I am work then to take a huge leap of faith, get a job where you cannot meet production due to whatever reasons and then be out of money, job, etc.  This is a scary field to switch jobs in.  Thanks for all info!  I appreciate it!  You may have just saved me from making a huge mistake. 

everyone is when they are trying to get you to take a job.  The pay seemed decent for being an employee, but if the line counting method cannot be trusted, then I'm not sure that is so great either.  And I'm a bit nervous about not having direct deposit.  I have heard the check is in the mail story before ... ugh.

Thanks to everyone for your input.  It certainly gives me something to think about. 

I would suggest carefully evaluating your situation.  SS has a site on the internet and/or you can go in to their office.  Some of the people in the SS offices are very intelligent and helpful, others are dumber than gourds.

When I did my calculations I came up with at full retirement age I would get right around $1800/mo.  Early retirement it would drop to around $1200/mo.  My husband is a retired Teamster (union) and his retirement is around  $4000/mo plus his SS of $1200 (he took it as early as possible too) and my SS is also $1200.  If I continued to work, even with the allowed income before the 1 out of 2 $ penalty, we would be paying taxes on 85% of our SS income.  Since I quit working the percentage we pay has gone down some...I leave that up to our CPA to advise us.  We both have taxes taken out of our SS as well as his retirement so we usually don't have to end up paying any taxes other than state at the end of the year.

I also earn income but I have a sole proprietor business so that my income is offset by deductions, which means I don't pay taxes (legitimately) on it.  You might be surprised at the deductions you can take as a business, which isn't that hard  and not expensive to set up, the same as the biggest corporation.  We deduct travel expenses, which is entirely legal so long as you do something related to your business during your travel.  This isn't hard either.

Every one is different.  Our farm is free and clear as are our vehicles and we have no payments of any kind other than insurances, property taxes and utilities, so there is no reason for me to work if I don't want to.  Retirement was hard at first after going to work for a  half century.  After a year, I am busier than when I was working for a paycheck, I enjoy my life 24/7 and so retirement at the earliest possible moment worked for me. 

Chatty and I can only tell you our experiences but each person is different as is the amount they will receive from SS.  You might come out better than you think being retired, that is if you want to retire.  I feel like I paid enough taxes in my lifetime and I concluded I could do other things to occupy my time that didn't require paying taxes let alone putting up with the crapola from any MTSO.

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Has anything changed in 9 months? Particular worries are the invoice/pay time; one post mentioned 2 to 3 week wait and another post stated 1 week. Info from the company states pay is sent out 10 days after the last day of the billing period, but we all know what is said and what is done isn't always the same. Another concern is the platform; some mentioned it was slow and cumbersome. They have 2 platforms from what I can gather.. Are they both slow? It seemed like certain specialties were done on certain platforms, or at least that is what I got out of the archives. I really hate to jump from the frying pan to the fire so any info would be VERY much appreciated.. the good, bad, and the ugly! TIA!!

Along with the platform, ESL %, pay range, lpd required, split shift or 12-24 hour window available, I would be interested in knowing your personal experience with this company, what type of relationship you have with supervisors and other coworkers, etc.  Otherwise, the all the 411. 

Thanks!

love working there and why? Do you easily meet your incentive pay or as past people have said, the ESL are so bad that you never meet the line count. I need current and new information. Isnt there a company out there that has a handful of happy employees or does all of them have both the haters and lovers. It is so hard to sort out fact from fiction sometimes and all of us have different expectations. It kind of goes along with the one man's junk is another man's treasures theory, I suppose.

full-time referral!  The trick there is the new employee has to be meeting their minimum line requirement by 90 days. Good luck!

because, after looking at her reports, they see that she knows what she is doing!