and ponder this as well...

• in response to 'uncredentialed do-nothing MTs" - banshee
  • CMT does not guarantee a qualified MT, maybe - yet another MT who agrees with OP
  • Uncredentialed - greenjeans
    • they already know that and .. - winnie
      • Why go through credentialing - another MT that agrees with OP
        • Really all VR in 2 years - Quig
          • VR by 2010. - winnie
    • and ponder this as well... - banshee
      • I got a discount by joining a study group...I think they still offer that. nm - AmphionFan

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Make sure you are putting some of that "good money" away now while you are able to make it.  15 years from now, you may not be able to bang out those 1500-2000 lines per day and your check is going to shrink. 

I was just like so many of you and became trapped by what I was doing.  After 15 years of it, i was so severely burned out and I am unable to keep up that pace any longer.  I'm in school now so that I can get a better paying job outside the home.  Being here when my kids were yougn was wonderful, but now I need to get out, but I need to continue at the level of pay we've grown accustomed to.

1.  You can go ahead and cash the checks you received and it 's guaranteed money.

2.  You can wait and join the class action suit if you haven't and not cash the check; however, remember that in class action lawsuits the only true winners are the lawyers.  They end up getting most of the money in the end and generally the plaintiffs end up with a very small amount.  It irks me to see things like class action suits that results in the attorneys receiving millions of dollars in legal fees and the plaintiffs end up with less than  $100 because the legal fees ate the money available up.   Look at people who sue insurance companies over automobile accidents for example.  Say an attorney gets them $500,000 - well the attorney gets $250,000 for legal fees and the injured party receives $250,000 - and in situations where they receive large monies it's generally because the person is going to have permanent health problems related to the accident that future insurance companies will exclude paying for.   $250,000 isn't a lot of money if you have an injury that will cause chronic problems throughout your life.

3.  Remember that if you do join the suit that this will probably be tied up in court for years so don't expect a quick settlement if they do decide to settle.  Agreeing to settle a case outside of court doesn't mean the defendant is guilty - sometimes it's cheaper to settle out than to continue racking up costs associated with the lawsuit.  

As a note I don't work for MQ - I've just been out there in the legal world to see very commonly that what people think will happen isn't what happens in the long run.  The best you'll get is checks for any amount you weren't paid properly and possibly some interest, but don't expect to get a truckload of cash because they messed up your paychecks.  Instead if you wait on the lawsuit then you may end up having to share the back wages with the attorneys.