CPL isn't everything
Posted By: AnnieM!AnnieM! on 2007-03-11
In Reply to: I think that it depends on the person - as to whether there are pros or cons.
Bingo to the post above: "Why has this profession come down to CPL?"
I've been an MT for over 15 years by choice. This was not the profession I started out in. Newly divorced with a young child at the time, I needed a job I could do from home. I took a job with a national company as a direct employee. That type of working atmosphere was not for me. When I started running out of work routinely which was reflected in my paycheck, my supervisors told me I'd just have to deal with it. I gave my notice.
It does not come down to cpl for many of us. A smaller company can be a good fit for many. I've been with two other companies since that national, both small companies. VR put me out of my last job. I am now with my third company in 15 years, another small one, and I hated it, until I came to this site. I read what a lot of you are going through, about the horrible jobs, the horrible pay, the lack of work, the ESLs, etc. It put things in perspective for me.
I am on the low end of that infamous CPL that everyone here focuses on. Sure, I'd like to earn more, but there are other factors that compensate for that low CPL. From November to the present, I have only put 1,000 miles on my car. I do not have to worry about buying clothes for work. I am here if my family needs me. I will take a cut in CPLs just for being able to work from home. I have wonderful benefits. I have more paid time off then I know what to do with. I can work extra when it's available if I choose. I have gotten to know my supervisors and they know me. I have never had a phone conversation with any of them without spending time laughing over something silly or funny that we both relate to. When I call with a problem, the same human answers the phone every time and they LISTEN. Every day I work, they get 100% out of me. It is recognized and appreciated and THAT means more to me than a CPL rate on the high end of the scale with a supervisor/company that gets sick of listening to Employee #625 call to complain that there is no work. I understand what many of you go through and are probably thinking: laughing with your supervisor doesn't pay the bills. Happiness does have a price, but CPL rates are not the only consideration in taking a job. There is no perfect CPL rate. We are all different in what we will tolerate and accept and, in what we need to live.
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