My sincere well wishes

Posted By: gourdpainter on 2009-09-05
In Reply to: on MDI merger, anyone feeling guilty? - sm

for all of you. May all of you have the best of fortune and not lose your jobs to some foreign country, have abundant work and may there be a chicken in every pot. After all, this IS America. United we stand, divided we fall.

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on MDI merger, anyone feeling guilty? - sm
- Heck no I don't feel guilty. (sm) - UmmmNO
- I've been through mergers and sell-outs before. SM - Oldie But A Goodie
  - Oldie but a Goodie - fatcat
- My advice is don't get too comfy. It's only - been a couple weeks. There - sm
  - oh believe me, I will. - sm
    - I gave mine a chance, but the changes that - came about have increased my -
      - I too looked hard - sm
- reading some of these posts I have one word... - sourMT
  - The nosedive this profession took was because - of CORPORATE GREED, not
    - I disagree in a way... - sourMT
  - Brown noses = big money makers in our business. - Ain't that the truth
    - Not blind. Brown nosers make great workers for the - company. nm
      - Only when they are siphoned the cake jobs. - Watch the work backup when they have to do it all.
    - I don't think they're blind to it - CynicalMT
  - No back breaking here. Trying to empower sisters, - make them see THEY have power to help selves.
  - I've always thought that - CynicalMT
    - the corps make their money on this behavior - sourMT
      - HOW TRUE...from romance to finance, women are the first... - ndmt
        That sort of behavior was well illustrated by - the Salem Witch Trials, and
        And just how old are you, lol. - Personal knowledge or heresay?
        What on earth is heresay? - not grammar cop just curious
        It's what you say when you are here, discussing - hearsay about heresy. nm
        I love relevant, current references in posts. - nm
        "Those who don't learn from history are - doomed to repeat it."
        There are certainly more current examples to learn - from than the witch trials, lol.
- Me too - Teenie
  - Sorry, but your post was so lame. You mean well - but were such an easy sell out. At
  - What's with the big change of heart? Were - MTs who complained threatened?
    - What sad is they're almost turning on each other.. - CynicalMT
      - I caught that... - Huh
- Let me get this straight. Your employer - sm
  - Kinda like being RAPED, and then believing - you brought it on yourself. Absurd!
  - In all fairness, the American people need jobs. - LOL at OP
    - I was wondering if those might be bogus posts - that were planted by mgmt.
  - In all fairness, MANY companies do business overseas sm - another side of things
    - As I've said before, just because "everyone is - doing it" doesn't make it right. nm
    - There ARE many companies that do business - Yes, you are right
      - And I sleep well at night, knowing I have provided - for my family. SNORE.
        You may sleep well at night - sm
        Can find examples of ANYTHING you are trying to - prove via history. But it doesnt feed the kids. nm
      - Good for you s/m - gourdpainter
    - There are 2 problems with your example. First...sm - ndmt
    - what a horrible antiamerican attitude you have.. - OMG
      - That sellout sounds like an excellent candidate for - MIDDLE MANAGEMENT.
      - I don't think it's horrible, it's reality sm - like it or not
        I'm sure you'll be singing reality in a different key - gourdpainter
        Don't assume my job isn't on the line. sm - I work for MDI too
        If I assumed anything I would assume your job IS on the line. n/m - gourdpainter
        that's the spirit. nm - ummm omg
        That's reality. nm - you're in denial
      - So, where do you work so we can apply?nm - anon
        Where I work is for a small - No turncoat here
        You are a smart cookie s/m - gourdpainter
        I work for a small company and - sm
  - I think you will be very happy at Transcend... - Happy@TRCR
    - Transcend Pay day schedules - ticked off
      - HUH? twice a month IS every 2 weeks nm - .
        UH! No it's not 2x7=14; twice a month 2x15+ n/m - AnnuderMT
        Maybe there is something we - fail to understand about the plight
        Well, maybe - me
        What you are not getting is the change. - AnnuderMT
        The only constant in life - is change
        In theory I agree with you - AnnuderMT
        okay, now you have some of us really - Bummed out
      - Learn to budget. If you need to go to payday loan places, it's YOUR OWN FAULT. sm - TooOldForThis
        Whoa.... - What an attitude!
        1) You can't afford the BC you were diagnosed with - (2) Shut up and deal with it
        some posters are trolls.. - seriously
        my goodness, how UNKIND. HOW UNKIND!!! - .
        And only "one" can get herself out of bad situation. - Not easy, sure, but pity party is no help
        Stop ASSUMING and judging and blaming - Me
        Stop putting up with adults who are children. It is IRRESPONSIBLE to go to a payday loan place. sm - TooOldForThis
        This is a person who finds it SO easy to judge - me
        I'd be willing to bet the OP has - a newer car than yours, a bigger TV
        ASSUMING makes one look stoopid - Me
        No, not disappointed - at all! Was expecting the ''walk a mile'
        Ever heard of the pot calling the kettle black? - Me
        So now you're psychic and know - what I look like, and that
        Well you ARE entertaining if nothing else - me
        And misspelling stupid makes one look how? - nm
        the word was *misspelled* because of --sm - anone
        LOL - partially right - me
        I know it was not a type and know poster thinks - "assuming" if clever way of calling someone
        Above type = typo. Just seems childish - and jr high school. nm
        yep. quite obvious..but yu who childish..not her.nm - nnoemoos
        I hear that...sm - anone
        Great post and very true! I read these today and was amazed that someone's first thought was pay - HappyCamper
        OMG - more from the knee jerk gallery - me
      - so true... - jbird
        Every company I have worked for (5 total) has paid twice a month. sm - TooOldForThis
        about pay - jbird
        paydates - pumpernickel
        I'm not sure I exactly follow the logic - AnnuderMT
        remember managing on ONE job? nm - anon
        Since when?? Many, many people, not MTs, I have - known since childhood, have had 2 jobs. Common.
    - They offshore to India. - 'Nuff said
- My sincere well wishes - gourdpainter
  - Always keep an open mind, but... - Patience
    - no doubt - sm, OP
      - Principals - gourdpainter
    - I always keep an open mind - gourdpainter
      - yes, as an ex-MQ person - sm
        Yep, my grandma used to say - gourdpainter
  - You said a mouthful, sister. United we stand, - sm
- Not feeling guilty about taking new job - NorCalMT
  - Smelling the coffee and not the roses. - winnie

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Sincere best wishes to you ...

Hi SC. First of all, let me say good luck to you in your quest for a raise at your present job. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you.

My personal experience is that in the 20 or so years that I've been in this industry I've never received a raise from the MT service at which I was employed at the time that I asked for the raise. Either they hemmed and hawed or just ignored my request altogether. (Let me specifically state that my work experience has been comprised of both MTSO's and nationals.) My solution, unfortunately, has always been that when I got to the point that I felt my increased skill and experience along with the cost-of-living merited it, I moved on to the next service. The new service/national would always offer me a significantly higher line rate. Ironically, I've been with my present employer for about 2-1/2 years of so. I emailed my supe about the possibility of a raise about a year ago ... and never received a response ...

Hopefully others will be able to present a more positive experience in this area.

It is my sincere hope that ALL RECRUITERS (sm)
have been reading this Board for the past couple of days. Hopefully, from this, they will understand the enormity of the fact that as MTs our discontent continues to escalate, nearing the point of boiling over to exiting this business. Then, where will they be. Without a job and unhappy. But we, on the other hand, will be okay, as we are highly intelligent at what we do and will figure out and make a way of finding our own accounts, which from what the MTSOs say, it very self-satisfying.

LOL!!! Of course they did. OSi wishes they could hire 2 MTs
Too funny!

Thanks for your good wishes and....sm
All the best of luck to you in your future....you'll do GREAT.....the dynamics of your posting(s) tells me that....*grin*

The kind that wishes they could do unto others
Deal with it.

My prayers and best wishes to Heartland's sm
US MTs who have been laid off. If it were me, I'd be tempted to drop a line to Gov. Howard Dean who is the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Howard Dean is also a physician, an internist, who I'm sure would be very interested in hearing from some MTs about this situation. I'd also contact one of the nighttime news magazine shows, Dateline, etc.

I wish you all the very best.

Thanks! We all appreciate the warm wishes from most of our fellow MTs. sm
I'm not sure, but I think Mary may have emailed Dateline. I hope so! I will definitely be contacting them for an inside investigation. It would be interesting to see how things are going over in India.

they say be careful for what one wishes for or jokes

that states that China will be taking over the USA in 2039....hopefully, by that time, I'll be dead! *LOL* but not really laughing.

And this might not mean much, but I note that the fortune cookies given out by Chinese restaurants in the SE USA now are educating us all to their alphabet and numbers; in other words, their language!

BRAVO!!! I send you my very best wishes for success! (nm)
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Wow .. it's great to hear from you! Thanks for the good wishes. sm

The thing with eTransPlus was not a good fit for me either. I think it is probably a good company, it just didn't work for me as my start date kept getting pushed back, I was running out of work, there were program glitches, etc. Sometimes some things are just not meant to be. I hope you get on with Keystrokes again. I know it sounds kind of gushy, but I have found them to be truly wonderful people. I don't need someone to constantly sing my praises or anything -- decent pay and plenty of work is enough -- but it is kind of nice to hear thank you every now and then, and know that if you have a problem arise, someone will listen and try to help you.

Again, thanks for posting -- great to hear from you! Good luck!

Sten-Tel is bringing all of their offshore work back in to USA. Per the client's wishes! nm
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