What a tale of woe I have to tell you....sm
Posted By: anon on 2007-08-20
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I have been there several years and am leaving; my last day is next Tuesday. It used to be a great place to work and I never had any complaints until the last few weeks.
1. Most work has become ASR. It's the way of the industry nowadays, but on top of everything else, it's harder to take. 2. They have cut ASR pay to match industry standards. Can't blame them for that, but again, on top of everything else...
3. Most rarely have their primaries or even secondaries much anymore. They have a national work pool now. This means that an MT could have several reports for accounts she has never seen before, which means corresponding client profiles with each one wanting things done differently. That slows things waaaaaaaaay down.
4. Supervisor Musical Chairs. Last year, MQ made some major changes and gave everyone new supervisors and told us to get to know them. We did, and a year later, most of us ended up with new ones.
5. No more matching of 401K, as of April 1 this year. They will decide whether or not to contribute to our 401k again later this year, but no guarantees. Take a wild, bloody guess what they decide to do.
6. Incentive program was slashed dramatically. I am personally out $300 a month. What is left will not be given if an MT has more than three critical errors. I haven't had any personally, but many are reporting critical errors for what are considered minor infractions.
7. A freeze on raises until further notice.
8. Outsourcing a lot of work to India, leaving the ESL work for us.
That's just off the top of my head.
If you decide to go ahead and work for them, good luck to you. You will need it.
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