seems most are heartless now

Posted By: me on 2006-03-01
In Reply to: I'm so tired of getting taken advantage of - Are there any reputable companies?

I hired a girl the other day whose husband became critically ill and she was afraid to leave and go to the hospital with him!! Nobody should have to work for a company like that!! There are always some people to take advantage, but really, people have emergencies, they get sick, they have kids who get sick, etc.

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I'm so tired of getting taken advantage of - Are there any reputable companies?
- seems most are heartless now - me
- Is there a part of this story we are not hearing? Never heard of company doing this with only - ONE day of being ill and no history of other issue
  - What more would you like to hear? I gave you the whole story. - Original poster
- What makes you so sure it is YOUR job? Maybe they just need more help - txmt
- I am surprised you were treated this way after only ONE day of being ill. - nm
- Maybe they are just so busy and need another MT and the job posted is not yours. sm - Sunshine!
- This is sad. - kl
  - You're right. It is miserable to be a US employee anymore. - Original poster
- Yes very sad - sorry
  - I'm so tired of getting taken advantage of - - Are there any reputable companies?
- See Message - anon
  - Are there any reputable companies - My2cents2
    - I am not 'covering' for MTSOs - anon
  - very true; also..c msg - aa
    - Oh, I've been the recipient of that junk too. - original poster
      - that is sad, you're right, NO job is worth all that - aa
  - Good post... - NM

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heartless SPi

Obviously, your post shows that you have been through the same situations I experienced, and for those of you who still may be folishly thinking you'll hang in there as another posted suggested, or even applying for Heaven's sake, I can verify that the above post is 100% spot-on.

Even if they FINALLY have moved one of the 3-4 people left who know how to run a MT service into a regional director position in the past few days, why would any intelligent person decide to hang in there for one second longer to be mistreated and demoralized? I can assure you, if they give him no more support than they have their other managers, it won't take him long to become disheartened and leave as well.

They get what they deserve. Wake up! SPi is a huge company owned by a cororation the eqiuvalent of AT&T in the Philipines who have no regard for our US family!

That was rude and heartless
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Wow! That was Cold and Heartless
I am not in any way, shape or form a supporter of AHDI. In fact I despies them. I think they have sold this entire industry down the river.

I should be surprised that they treated you in this horrific way, but sadly, I'm not. They are all about money and padding their own pockets.

I did happen to get a very small raise when I got my certification, certainly nothing to write home about and certainly nothing to compensate for the expense of maintaining their credentials.

I just did it to see if I can accomplish it. I don't know if I will bother to keep it up either.

I'm sorry you had that experience at such a hard time in your life. I think we both agree that AHDI sucks...as in the loud sucking sound from dollars leaving your wallet...

Yep, it was cold and heartless
which was pretty much the tone set by the original queen bees who set the organization up eons ago. As a Californian, I saw first-hand the shenanigans. I once went to one of their daylong seminars at a hotel in Berkeley just to give them a fair chance. Guess what the presentation was? Some plastic surgeon who gave a thinly-veiled infomercial for getting your boobs done. That lack of professionalism, coupled with the coldness and heartlessness they showed to a friend of mine, was enough to convince me that this was not a group I would want to give any time/money/loyalty to. I didn't, and I have been just fine.

Milk - how heartless
I can relate. I returned a purchase (a dress) in order to get groceries instead because was hit by unexpected medical expenses ($15 copay and $40 copay for meds for my son).

I work for Keystrokes and I am not heartless or hateful...
I think the other posters just had horrible, horrible experiences with this person when she was there and they are just still very angry...sometimes anger makes you say things you don't necessarily mean...they are just trying to stick up for a good company and not let one disgruntled former employee badmouth them...