Wow, what a twist on my intent.
Posted By: Still with MDI for now on 2009-09-09
In Reply to: I kinda hope you don't. - CurmudgeonMT
Wow, I never imagined this response. I truly was posting only with an intent to help. So many MDI MTs complained on and on about not having work. I refuse to play a victim but certainly do NOT see myself as vulture because I take responsibility for myself. There are 30 or more accounts at MDI. Long gone are days of having 1 to 3 accounts. There are no personal accounts, again, those are long gone. I do think that fact stinks, and I agree with a poster below that it has encouraged us to turn on each other. I never dreamed I would be labeled a poacher, a bottom feeder, or a vulture - but I shouldn't be surprised, as this forum has nasty floating karma that always crops up somehow. Most companies have valued MTs being cross trained, NOT to pit us against each other but to get good coverage for accounts. I have always believed cross training was a good plan and love learning new accounts.
I don't have the luxury of sitting back and being happy with 12 jobs to do at my leisure, as I am a breadwinner and my full time paycheck is required like most of us. I can see all of your points, but it's kind of like many debates occurring here - how many of us have the luxury to stand up on principle - against offshoring, against VR, or now, what, against being cross trained? So that we can honor some kind of now antiquated view that every MT gets to have one personal account that no one else should be able to work on? I can't imagine sitting back and saying, no way am I going to cross train, if I run out of work, so be it. Who can do this?! Someone who does not need their full time paycheck maybe. If it's going to be implied the cross training is now somehow unprincipled, then remember if you point the finger you got 3 fingers pointing back at you. I don't think any of us have a right to point at EACH OTHER for trying to make a living when we most of us are still here, complaining about no work/offshoring/VR, we haven't quit, we haven't stood up for our principles and banded together, no, we are picking at an MT like me. Go figure.
If the company was a small one and had a few accounts, well, that would be how it was. If there was no other work to back up, then I would HAVE to find a part time job somewhere else. Don't worry, I won't come take your 12 jobs out from under you. For goodness sake.
Wow. I'm actually flabbergasted. I guess no matter how you look at it, everyone has the feeling that someone is screwing someone over. If I sit with here no work, I get to complain (over and over and OVER on this board) that it is MDI sending my work to India or to Transcend or overstaffing, or, now, is it actually because your fellow MTs DARE to cross train, increase their chances of actually having work???... and watch my bills pile up? That seems pretty short sighted to me and is not the route I choose as many on this board seem to have chosen. But, if I take control of the situation and eagerly learn new accounts that seems to be appreciated by the company and helps pay my bills, well, I'm a poacher, taking my sisters work, a vulture just waiting to snag YOUR personal jobs. Wow. As I said, when my account is slow, I have enough accounts that I only go to the ones that are busy. There ARE MDI accounts that are busy and will absolutely absorb other smartly cross trained MTs to get in some work - you just have not found them yet. Nobody can win here on this board. I wish you all the best of luck.
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Do you always twist everything to fit what you want? I bet they are glad they did
not hire you :)
I think it is clear that the intent was not to
warn other MTs, but to warn the non-paying MTSO of the upcoming wrath about to be unleashed. Why not just send her an e-mail? I dunno. 
You misinterpret what was said, twist words--sm
and thoughts. YOU said you did not personally give $..and I said, yes you do and explained by what means. I am not suggesting anything beyond that. YOU come up with a solution. You are looking for an argument and I am not going to give it to you. Take it to the politics board.
The ORIGINAL post ONLY intent was
to help protect fellow MTs from working for this schister of a MTSO. THAT IS ALL.
No more information needed in so far as what steps we are taking to secure payment, except that we will prevail. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT.
The original intent of the board was probably to be supportive
and not nasty like you wenches. See the moderators' warnings above.
Don't twist my words. I said that I type 1600+ lines per day. sm
I do. My personal requirement for myself is 1600 lines, 1400 lines if I am not feeling well or have kids home without a babysitter. MOST days I type in the 2500-3000 line range. There are days I do more than that, but not many. I do not work overtime very often; I have 5 kids and it is impossible for me to do so. Don't read more into this than there is.
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