Yeah...well, this butt wouldn't go in that seat!

• This is ridiculous...sm - Amazed!
  • I wish you would respond....I do. - SM
    • I just wanted to let you know that I did reply to their email. - Amazed!
    • You've got it--and I agree! But try getting others to - see it. No so easy. nm
  • paid for spaces - keyboardjockey
  • the thing is, SOMEONE will work for that much, which is an insult to us all! - shaking my head here
    • Yep. And it brings down the pay. - *sigh* - nm
  • Wow. That's really beat. There's a butt for - every seat out there. - nm
    • Or - there is a seat for every butt! nm - Butter
      • Yeah...well, this butt wouldn't go in that seat! - nm

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Listen, this industry can only do what WE let them do people.  I finally got tired of spending my time to test only to get no response or such a low ball offer that I wouldn't even have considered it anyway, so I put ME in the driver's seat.  I am a CMT and have over 25 years MT/QA experience, so guess what-I tell THEM what I am going to do or not do. I had 2 job interviews this morning, BEFORE testing, and turned both down as soon as I heard the offer, much to the interviewers dismay and surprise.  Look, if the majority of people don't test without getting the specifics of the job first, then they can't require that.  If you are getting low ball starting pay and crap hours, if the majority don't accept it, they can't do it.  It works much like a Union, majority rules.  If they can find people to do the job at slave wages and crap hours, they will do it!  What are some not getting about this.  We are the experts, we say what we do! 

I DO NOT test until I am contacted by phone by a company representative, NOT EMAIL, PHONE, which I state on my resume.  Listen, I might not even be interested once I hear what the pay/hours are, therefore why waste my time. We must make them respect us for what we are good at, AND without MTs/QAs they don't make any money. 

It is time for US to tell THEM what we will do or not do!  Think about it when you are frantically sending out resumes all over cyberspace and taking tests that require YOUR time.  Demand some respect for what you know and do and stop being bullied!

the MTSOs or Suits cruise these boards??   Or have we forgotten WHAT COUNTRY ARE WE LIVING IN, ANYWAY?  They don't like us networking with each other?  TOUGH!  That's just tooooo baaad; OK with me if they like it, OK with me too if they don't like it.

Of course, THEY know that WE know that they're ------g us left, right and around - naturally DON'T WANT US COMPARING NOTES - sure, keep the dimwitted MTs isolated, so we can figure out a few more ways to keep exploiting them.  Don't want them comparing notes, though, because a little light might go off in their brain, and they'll tell each other, Hey, that's not right, let's do something about it.  That's the last thing they want ... for us to unite.  Decades ago, labor union opponents (i.e., Suits) found out the hard way that THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS & IN UNITY.  Because once we MTs start becoming more proactive regarding our rights, watch out, MTSO's!  

Yesterday I spent waaaaaay too much time on these boards and not enough time on the keys. 

Will catch up on lunch and after shift.  Can't give it up totally you know.

Good luck to all  of us in the industry.  What is good today may be crap tomorrow.  We just never know.

Diddles:

To me these things are a big red flag about a company. My reaction would be that they are very controlling and if they are trying to control your speech on the Internet there will be many worse things to come.

I believe a lot of these companies make you jump through hoops, i.e., testing, paper work, etc. before they give you any answers about specifics just so you WILL feel like you have already invested a lot in time and emotion and will not turn back, which is another very good reason to not allow them to silence us on the Internet.  There is very valid information to be shared about companies which is neither bashing nor praising but just that - information allowing us to make a decision about whether a company would be a good fit for us or not - BEFORE doing all the testing.

You must have some doubt in your mind about this or you would not be here asking the question. Go with your gut instinct. There are many good companies out there who do not impose these types of restrictions.