Strictly TAT
Posted By: NewbieMT on 2008-09-20
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I am a relatively new graduate and am looking for companies that have TAT. I am applying to a lot of places but most say Flexible schedule which in my mind isn't really TAT. What companies let you sign in and out as you need to? Ultimately I can work 40+ hours but not necessarily with a strict schedule.
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MDI is strictly
statutory. Set up your own benefits package; I did. I would rather be SE and have control of my schedule. All of the other stuff you can get through insurance companies, brokers, etc.
Strictly TAT
I am looking for an IC position. I have come across companies that let you pick your schedule. That's not really what I want. I'm more trying to find companies that say, You can work when you want as long as you achieve your line count or number of hours. I really don't want to test with every company with that says Flexible schedule unless this is what they are actually offering.
I know there are some out there somewhere, right?
DONT DO IT.. STRICTLY INDIAN RAN
You will get IM'd to death by your supervisors in India. Your line count never quite adds up, say you work 8 hours, your lucky if you make $50. The worst part ever is that your work is penalized for errors. It is very convenient that the people doing YOUR QA are located in India, nice switch huh.. You work like a dog to get a whole $100 a day, which takes like 12 hours only to find out your whole check was penalized 10% based on what the QA person in India says. So, basically on one check you have lost a whole day's pay. It is truly not worth it but to each their own.
they are (or were) strictly overflow accounts
so it was feast or famine. Private or paranoid?? QA person was so nasty. The overall manager had such a flat affect - never sure if it was just to keep us away or whether depression played a big part.
Games?? Did you ever try to verify your line counts? My accounts were typed with set margin and supposedly they were adjusted to come out to 65 character lines, but you could never come up with the right number of lines, no matter what line count program you used. I think they count part of the report with one margin and use a different margin on others. We had no support - technical or managerial - on weekends, evenings, or holidays. You just fly by the seat of your pants and hope you don't mess too much up.
I also did not like having to buy all the expensive equipment you had to have, like only a Cisco modem, at $350 or more, etc.
Strictly Indian-ran, low pay, and difficult communication to say the least.
The only high point I used to be able to say is that they paid on time. The strange thing was that every other month OR LESS.. they would change a pay day on you i.e. your last day on the pay period is Saturday and you plan to work that so you have an another day to get a decent check, and then on Friday, you get an email telling you that the pay periods have changed and the cut off is that day. I am not sure the idea beyond that other than they are really tight sometimes making payroll so they try to get creative. Was not my idea of fun. I QUIT..
I work strictly through internet; they have some accounts
that you work off phone lines but not many. If offered a position, state you only want internet work and nothing to do with phone lines.
Do they offer any overtime or strictly 40 hours?
You can email me if you like. Thanks for info.
Doesn't Keystrokes have strictly OP accounts?
I thought they posted not too very long ago for a position that was strictly ops. I don't work there so I don't know first-hand, just sorta recall seeing it on the job seeker's board.
Good luck with that search :-)
They are strictly Indian-ran with a "front" place of business in Mass.
If you like getting low pay and badgered everyday by people either A. Do not understand English or.. B. Do not WANT to understand English, then finish their test.
The only positive is that they pay on time, but they do move paydays a lot so that you would count on having so many days in that pay period and a day or two before the pay period is to end, they move that day of the pay period end so you'd end up with a day cut off your check that you expected. It seems very odd to me why the pay period would change so much. Also, your line count never seem to match up. You will work on a 5-page report for an hour and somehow you only end up with $8. The other down side is that you will have Indians quality checking your work, which is bad enough.. but then your pay is docked according to what accuracy rate they give you. As you can see... too many red flags. The best word I can think of to describe them a company is.. RIPOFF...
Strictly IC, good company, hard accounts, good platform.
Good pay, always on time, no direct deposit though.
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