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  • I got a new Dell 01/08 that did not have - sm - XXX
  • If your computer really does have - Annette
  • My first computer did not have enought USB ports to go around..sm - MT and worn out
  • What kind of foot pedal do you have? - sm
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          • Are you sure there are none on the front? sm - penny
          • That would be really strange - AnnuderMT
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You should NEVER accept 4 cpl!!  Wages are going down because new MTs (and offshore MTs) are working for embarrassingly low wages!  I've only been working for a little over a year, but I started out at 8 cpl right out of school.  Part-time or not, you're worth more than that.

You wouldn't take a job at McDonald's for $1/hour would you?

Good luck!  I really hope you either find a new company or tell the sorry excuse of a company you have now that you won't work for less than at least 7.5 cpl.

to look a word up when you're not sure.  You just said that you still have to look things up - good for you, at least you're looking things up.  I'm talking about MTs who don't bother to look anything up, just blank, blank, blank, blank because they know that the QA safety net is there to catch them.

I know, I know, with line rates as low at they are, MTs don't want to spend a lot of time on blanks - time is money, yada yada.  I hate to break this to all you MTs out there that think that way, but quality AND quantity is the name of this game.  Like it or not, you are expected to be both productive and accurate.  This is the profession you chose.  I know you just wanted to work from home, but just because you can look like a slob while you work doesn't mean you can produce sloppy work.  You still have to be a professional.

I agree with whomever it was below that said we are paid to QA NOT to train.  If you're new and unsure, then for a fee I will mentor you, but if you've landed a job as an MT with the same company I work for, then my job is to fill in your blanks or randomly evaluate your work.  I have to trust that you know what you're doing, why else would you have been offered the job?  Although I would swear sometimes that some of the MTs I QA had someone else take the test for them!

I get paid hourly for doing QA, so I'm not complaining about my job.  Actually, MT incompetence is job security for me, but every day I have more of an understanding as to why the line rates being offered are so low.

I have a question for those of you that work for national companies and have a set schedule. How important is it that you stick with your schedule? If you can get all the work done before the deadline, is it okay to take an hour or two off for something like cooking dinner or something like that, as long as your get all your work done by the deadline? Just wonderfing!! Thanks!!!

Julia

Jodi and ta-shi--you both have done an amazing job!  My hat's off to you two!  PLEASE make sure you CHANGE THE LOCKS.  Once he's out of the house for, I think it's 48 hours, he can't legally come back.  So don't let him muscle his way back in!!

Congrats!!

All of these posts are SO encouraging.  I would never recognize you as "bawling my eyes out" - you took the plunge and I can virtually see you getting stronger every day!! I am so happy that you found your power.  I just wish you could move closer to your family.  But your MT community "family" is always here for you.

We are so proud of you!!

Your president Bush, whom you *sound* like you voted for...is most definitely responsible for fulfilling his family's nearly 30-year pact with the Saudi's at ALL AMERICAN WORKERS expense.  They had a deal from nearly 30 years ago and now the Bush dynasty is paying them (the Saudi's) back by selling ALL OF US OUT, including our  PORTS!!!  He has jeopardized ALL OF US due to his NEED/WANT for global acceptance of HIM.

If you cannot *see* this - time for you to get some serious help.

When I worked at a hospital that had regular computer monitors, by the end of the day my eyes would be really tired and I usually had a headache, no matter how I tried to adjust the brightness/colors/fonts on the computer.

At home I have a flat screen and even after working all day, I could come home and chat literally for several hours using my flat screen and my eyes would not be tired at all.

I highly recommend them! I have a ViewSonic 17", which is plenty big enough for what I need, which includes transcribing, internet, some Photoshopping/graphics, and playing computer games like Freecell and Scrabble for relaxation.

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