Victoria

• How would you feel if... - Fed up
  • Me also, 70% pay cut after 1 year...like it or leave it. - sadMT
  • Start sending a flurry of resume emails - darlene
  • 75 percent!!! This is shocking... how could you - survive on 25 percent of your pay?
  • I hope you'll share the NAME OF THE COMPANY - with all of us! -- Topaz
  • When you struck this deal, did you happen to - get it in writing? (sm)
    • In writing - Fed up
      • At-will employment and implied contract - TechSupport
        • how interesting, you are knowledgable in - darlene
      • I don't think you'll have a case at all. sm - Multi-MTSO MT
        • If that'sthe case, then she should 'out' them in - any way possible: newspaper, blog, Yelp, etc.
  • another thought - older than dirt MT
  • Indian giver? - devil's advocate
    • In the MT field, I associate the phrase "Indian- - giver" with the Eastern variety....
    • Re the term "Indian giver" - fatcat
    • Give me a break please!! - Victoria
      • Victoria - fatcat
      • Indian giver..... - sm
        • you should be offended - devil's advocate
          • Please grow up! Making a mountain out of a - mole hill....... nm
          • I thought it came from the old West, when - some tribes bred and sold horses - sm
          • I have called my daughter that but she is - SallySue
          • Wow - Fed up
            • I'm with Victoria … don't worry about it. You meant no racist slur, and sm - LTMT
            • Don't worry about it .... - Victoria
              • that's exactly what the native people thought - devil's advocate
                • Get over it. It's just an idiom. - Silly English Language
                  • Years ago and I do mean years ago - SallySue
                    • Exactly. People still say 'dumb animals', not - because they're dumb, but they don't speak.
            • Actually it's the exact definition of it. - nm
          • Oh Good God. It's an ancient phrase that - SM
            • when you use the term "Indian".. - devil's advocate
              • Devil's advocate - fatcat
                • I'll be looking for those bell bottoms to end up on eBay! NM - AnnuderMT
              • Indian giver - Fed up
                • Indian Giver - Oldertimer
              • Would you just go away? Dont you have a flag to burn somewhere? - This is getting old
    • thats what an Indian Giver is - CherokeeMT
  • That is awful, but 75% of your pay? - Fingers
  • change in rules - older than dirt MT
    • sure do.. - Fed up
      • If you only have 25% of your pay left, I hope - you've cut back do just 25% of the work you did
      • Fed Up - MT
        • yes.. - Fed up

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What should I expect at MQ with regards to pay, schedule, management and workload? Pay is comparable and always on time.  You pick your schedule, although I have had to change mine several times to ensure work. Management... hard to say.  I personally do not have much contact with my supervisor.  It is frustrating when you need something or have questions and it takes a week to get an answer. Workload, well, you will not have one account. You most likely will have 4 or more a day that you bounce around to.  It is difficulty keeping all of the client profiles straight and QA gives contradicting feedback. 

Do they leave you alone and let you do your job or do they micromanage? A good mix of each.  They really micromanage your schedule.  Part time is 24 hours and do not work 5 minutes less or they will take an hour of accumulated PTO time.

 Do MTs work holidays? I had one holiday off in the past 12 years with the Q.  If you are scheduled to work on a Monday and Christmas lands on a Monday, you are expected to work. Sometimes the supervisor will approve time off  on a holiday but expect that you will work the bulk of them. You will not get off both X-mas and Thanksgiving. 

Is there opportunity for paid time off? Yes.  Your PTO accummulates for anything over 24 hours in a week and I think it is over 150 lines per hour. Remember what I said previously about not being 5 minutes shy of that 24 hours!

I know I would get experience with MQ or any other company for that matter, but aren't I getting experience with the company I am with now too?  I personally would not recommend MQ to anyone anymore.  I used to really love this company, and I am not sure if it is like this everywhere or not.  MQ is always hiring because they apparently have a high turnover rate. 

If I were you, I would stay where you are and get your experience with the company you are at.  You like it there and you said the pay was good.  Work is slow everywhere.  I run out at the Q.  The longer you do not have to do VR, the better.  Yes, you will have to learn it at some point, however, especially at the Q, it is awful.  I used to make over 25 an hour typing and I am down to about 13 with the speech recognition. 

I hope this helps you. 

this person is just trying to stir up trouble.  I remember the phrase from when I was a kid 100 years ago, but it seems you cannot say anything anymore without first checking to see if it is politically correct.  I would rather look at the heart of what the person is saying, what he/she meant, and not pick everything apart by individual words or phrases to beat the person over the head because perhaps they did not use the right phrasing or whatever.  Life's too short to blow up over every little thing.

I am sorry you were treated that way.  Seems best to polish up your resume and find someone who will appreciate all you are willing to give.  Good luck!