That explains ALL your childish behavior.

• Food for Thought - Worker in USA
  • That sounds all well and good - until that employee at home
    • So you get a backup, like I have - anon
      • Again, easier said than done. - sm
        • So you charge ,12 cpl...(sm) - Dinosaur
          • I've offered this before. - sm
          • I agree - teaser
    • you get a network of MTs to cover as backup whom you can trust. kinda like docs are "oncall" - LMT
      • Easier said than done, but you keep beating a dead horse. - sm
        • as an IC you are a business - I Agree
        • sounds like YOU are - edit
          • And you are doing nothing more than whining. Re-read the post. - sm
            • to me, your response is RIDICULOUS! - edit
              • Oh, it's you, Shroom. I'd recognize that attitude anywhere. - sm
                • WRONG, whoever shroom is - edit
            • why don't YOU do what YOU say - edit
              • Is this the last we have to read from you? - sm
                • bye, ding dong, good riddance!! - edit
                  • That explains ALL your childish behavior. - nm
                    • "Childish?" Look at yourself - edit
                      • You really need to understand the issues. - sm
                        • 21+ years, and you think you - edit
                          • Thankfully, self-employed so I don't have to deal with the likes of you. - sm
                          • I meant CNA, - edit
                            • Two dogs, barking at each other - through a fence.
  • While I would like to see that happen, too, - I don't see it as an option. sm
    • Doctors' offices, not hospitals - anon
      • All of a sudden you have these - accounts where you have no vacation
      • As with everything else in healthcare, the downslide of MT - started when the HMOs moved in. nm
    • How would the doctors/rich HMO CEOs feel about - working for less money each year? nm
      • You may not believe this, but doctors are working for less - money each year.
        • you are right - I do not believe it - I - know better
          • small mentality usually means small pocketbook - Yes, they DO work for less now.
            • Depends on where they work......... - NM
          • big homes do not mean - just me
      • They do have to work on less insur payments, etc. - But that has no effect on this issue.
        • Gaaaaa.... don't even get me started on what the - insurance co's. have contributed to this mess!
    • And high producers do not want hourly pay. - We like at-home production pay!
      • In my experience hourly employees - don't product as much as cpl workers.
        • Depends on where you work and how you're paid - and treated, among other things. nm
      • Being a high-producer is a good thing, but so is quality, - sm
        • Hey, I have never made lower than 99% on my - quality reports. Never.
          • LOL - I agree with you. - beating the dead horse sm
          • So if you were making 7cpl and were offered 10 cpl, - you would turn it down? nm
            • Depends on incentive offered, benefits, and - nature of the accounts, work schedule, contracts,
              • Provided bennies were identical? - nm
        • Furthermore - sm
          • My former job paid by the hour. Higher producers with - higher quality got more per hour. nm
        • The big companies are cheating you? - They are providing you with health insurance
          • what big company actually provides you with health insurance? sm - LMT
            • On-site employee status is not cheap either. - Healthcare is expensive everywhere.
          • When paid hourly, we still had a minimum daily line count - which was higher the more we made. nm
            • Who is cheating who then? - I have never seen it work that way.
              • Well see, the thing is, your experience is only - one in thousands. Everyone's is different.
  • Hourly or Per Line? - Neesey
    • Why *settle* for less than you made in the ྌs? - Did healthcare/meds/co-payments drop in price? NO!
      • ? I don't know what that little square is - - It should be 񓟜s"! nm
        • Aaaaah! Okay, I'll spell it out - nm - Nineteen eighties. sheeshhhh
  • most private doctors... - missed TAT etc
  • May I just add... - Worker in USA
  • I Agree 100% - worried MT
    • You're right. (sm) - So tired of being devalued!
    • Exactly! What are the big nationals providing? - mtstudent
      • It's cheaper to hire a national than pay employees - and overhead. NM
        • What are they providing to the MT? - mtstudent
          • The big companies are cheating themselves, as well. - see mssg.
          • Low wages? I make approx $60K a year at - a national. ? LOL
            • How? By working 12-hr days 7 days/week? - High producers should get MORE cpl, not LESS!
              • No. I work four 10-hour days. I'm really fast, really - experienced. On rare
                • I found that the more OT I made, the more of it - went to the government.
                  • I don't do that much of it but my wages have pushed me - into a higher tax bracket.

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I wanted to have a serious discussion about the value of taking the test compared to the value of the profession at this point and where it's headed in the future.  I do take a lot of pride in my work, but taking the test and maintaining my certification are something that will put a strain on my already strained budget.  I'm wondering what good or if it will do any good at all to spend the money to get a 1 cpl increase and still come up short after a 55% line cut due to VR.

I keep reading posts that say if you're not happy get out, there's other jobs. And posts that say VR is the future for MT, so get used to it.  When hearing all this, it makes me wonder if I'm smart to invest to secure my future or just get out now before I invest all this and be obsolete in 10 years.

This is because this MT is curious, you don't have to mention names of where you work, just curious:

1.  Has anyone here ever had problems contacting the company they work for as an employee with noncommunication from supervisor frequently? 

2. Regarding scheduling and work times, do you find that you run out of work when you were given the impression when hired there was tons and tons of work; then none for weeks during your shift?

3.  Have many of you out there MT or QA ever been terminated without notice, and or by e mail after a lot of noncommunication?

You can answer any or all of these questions.  Trying to get a sense of the trends out there right now, and wondering if it is best to become an independent contractor, because at least you have a contract, and or the ability to get a schedule you set so you can have a number of clients and you can have more control over work.  Also, reliability of companies regarding sudden lay offs and no notice terminations seem to be happening lately, so trying to get a sense of that too.

Thanks in advance for your comments.

No wonder you believe what you do.  If all I had was good dictators, I may not care as much either.  I appreciate reading all of the responses.  Some of you really do get it.  You understand the lack of ethics of cherry picking.  They're robbing the rest of us of income, since our $$/time is reduced with the disproportionate number of bad dictators the ethical MT gets when there are cherry pickers on the account.