Congratulations on being so blessed.

• I have been an MT for 20 years and have a job..sm - Is the grass any greener?
  • Yep, I hear ya - Oldtimer
  • greener grass?? - jane
  • Stay where you are - it is a great deal. sm - MT of 25 years
  • Congratulations on being so blessed. - wannie
  • 350 lph when when a majority of us don't even make $10 an hour out here?! What are you asking us - for?!!! nm Stake in my heart
    • Even if you only made 6 cents a line, that's 12.00 an hour at 200 lph. - If you can't do 200 lph, don't blame the job
      • Definition of a line can cause - discrepancies.
        • As can the looking up of addresses, names for the copies, deleting stuff that's not used on the - template, etc. etc. NM
  • hang on with both hands - and don't let go - arizo
  • Apparently you have not read any boards in the last 20 years, sm - LOL
  • I'll say! - burnie
  • Are you (nm) - IC or employee status?
    • I am employee status...nm - OP
  • You've got to be kidding...right? - holy cow
  • I'd kill for what you have--- be thankful -- sounds very good to me! - nm - XXX
  • Sounds good to me - Jen
    • i don't understand - nn
  • if I was you, I would hunker down and don't look up. You got a good deal going there. - jay
  • Is your company hiring? - I'd love to work there! nm
  • 10 cents a line, 350 lph sounds pretty good to me! - and also sounds like good company
  • Just my opinion, but - sm
    • That was certainly not my intent. I simply...sm - original poster
    • i don't think - ginny
      • More than $35 an hour for a national? I don't believe it. nm - No way
        • i didn't say - ginny
      • that's why you were asking about GBJ - right - uh huh
        • I was asking about - ginny
      • Let's test it - if you are not bragging, tell us - where you work.
        • GIVE UP THE GOODS! - MT12YRS
          • Oh, for Heaven's sake - - just me
  • Sounds like you have a bed of green pasture already...sm - Linda

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I certainly envy you....you're 1 in a million.  Most would not feel that way.  This is just too tough a question as there are so many variables.  I know my decision is coming soon, and I just hope I make the one I can live with.  I actually bought a house with 2 living areas with that in mind but.....as the time approaches and she becomes more and more obstinate and difficult to handle, it's a very scary thought.  I just pray she goes in her sleep still healthy. 

I agree with the positives.  I too make awesome money (3-4K) per month and besides that have been able to watch my children grow up and be here when they get home from school.  It is less stressful on our family life and allows more time to spend with my husband at night.  I too do not have to buy clothing, minus the jeans to go into the office to pick up work, and do not have to worry about when the kids are sick, can still work, etc.  It has been an extreme blessing in my life, and I will do it as long as possible.

I don't think there are many jobs where you can make great income, have flexible scheduling, wear jeans to work or work in pajamas, and make dinner all in the "regular work day."  Not to mention I type outside in the summer by the pool, great idea!!!! Makes for a nice office!!!

muscular legs, which I still have, even at 45.  I can sit cross-legged like a kindergartner listening to a story, BUT, lately I can't get up without hobbling around like a newborn horse for 5 minutes.  It's like this horrid painful stiffness.  What the heck is it? 

Glad to give you that extra little "push."  As you adjust to your new methods I bet you'll see an even bigger increase in your paycheck!

I am so glad that you have decided to do this. I am proud of you for taking the initiative to do this.

We know that to MQ we are only a "number", so they will replace us with another "number", but this job has become so very stressful -- not knowing from minute-to-minute or hour-to-hour if there will be enough work for all of MQ MT's on our accounts !

going back to school.  I'm always amazed when people defend the future of MT.  I've seen it go from a clerk/typist job in the hospital that paid minimum wage to a "profession" to an assembly line job, with the assembly line  "out of jobs" a good bit of the time. 

At least they can't outsource dental work....but then the question will be whether anyone is going to be able to afford dental care or anything else for that matter.  I don't think it's just MTs who are suffering.  Everything is going up except wages, which are going down everywhere.  How can Americans, with our cost of living, compete with $15 a month workers?  I don't remember the Great Depression, wasn't born quite yet, but I sure remember my parents talking about it.  Their greatest fear was another Great Depression and I wonder if we're not about to see what it was all about.

This is one MT week you will remember!  Congratulations!!!