This is absurd
Posted By: EmmaMT on 2008-12-24
In Reply to: The Rates Are Posted Here and Posted Below - Initiative Volunteer
Many MTs are making $1.50+ per page, > 10 cpl, and I disagree with your VR line rate.
What you don't seem to consider are the costs of the service owner. While you may not feel they are worthy or significant, they DO impact profits. And service owners deserve profits, even good ones. Without them dealing with the crap from clients, making sure they are not underbid, stroking egos (including those of MTs) you'd have no work.
http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_16246.html
I've spent many years as a service owner and I paid well. But as costs began to increase exponentially and rates decrease exponentially, I chose to hang up the MTSO hat and just do MT.
If you are being paid less money than you feel you deserve, have less work than you feel you deserve, why do you stay with that company? It becomes supply and demand. If you say no to crap salaries, then the work will either become more valuable or go offshore.
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That's absurd
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I get frustrated with those people working as an IC who don't have a clue what that means, not saying that's you, just going off the question.
Maybe you want to look at what constitutes an IC (look it up on the IRS page) and then see if YOU are adhering to the description. If not, then insist your EMPLOYER list you properly.
You should have given a contract to every client (this means every service who thinks the only one calling shots is them) stating your availability, price, etc.
And for goodness sake I've no clue who would have told you there were earning limits, but can you imagine telling the dude building a house, you can only pay him $25k and then he has to get someone else to finish??
absurd jobs
what **** is going on with job postings for 6 and 7 cpl. who is taking this seriously?
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That is absurd reasoning and a
pretty more defense for them putting too many bodies on an account. Taking work away from someone else's primary is hurting them. Having someone be on multiple accounts with picky account specifics is a sure way not to make any money. And like the Suits, we are in it for the money, as poor as it might be on our end.
That's absurd. TransTech has nicest QA sm
people I have dealt with, ever. Never ignorant to me and always, always very professional.
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