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I was thinking about applying for this company

Posted By: Not sure on 2005-09-08
In Reply to: This is new? - Curious

myself as an SE but I had been reading some bad things about it and got scared off. However, I have read some very good things about MQ too!


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I work every sunday now, and I would really like my weekends free.  I also don't like the software too much, and I have to pay LD.


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Would really appreciate any help/comments/pros/cons of this company. 

 

Do they outsource?

Have steady work?

Use voice recognition?

Pay competitively?

Health insurance?

Offer part time?

Allow you to choose your own hours?

 

Thanks in Advance for any replies!!!!     

 

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I'm thinking I work for the same company....
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I recommend posting your resume on all the free job boards and also applying to any company that meets your needs, as far as employee/IC and hours, etc.  


I have posted my resume before and got probably a dozen responses, most of which I weeded out right away due to low offers.  I tested for a few and was offered positions with all of them and even took one of the offers, but that company eventually went out of business.  I posted my resume again and months went by with not even 1 offer, and then several months later I got a few offers.  You just never know what the response will be. 


Not accurate. Must be another company your friend is thinking of.
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Just thinking it may be nice for others to know the name of the company IF they happen to hire
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The rates of pay you propose are very reasonable IF the following is true: These are seasoned MTs who do not need a lot of hand-holding, QA or blanks filled in, unless a very difficult/impossible doctor.

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Funny thing here? My company already follows that scale. We should work together, not at odds, to reinforce this industry and bring it back to where it should be, right here in the U.S.A. with a decent paycheck.
Xmas coming. New company, thinking about sending Xmas cards. (sm)

Thought about just sending one to the office in general, is this tacky?  I actually am in contact with some of them more than my direct supervisor. 


How do you all handle this, if you send cards at all, that is.  This is a fairly small, very family oriented type company.  If I were still with MQ you can bet I wouldn't even though my supervisors over the years did always send out a card to me on Xmas.  I just never felt very festive when I was working there.


Have you tried applying for

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Good luck to you. 


Try applying elsewhere. I have 8 yrs exp. and most
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thanks, I was considering applying
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Are you applying
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Won't be applying there.

Why do companies even allow this? It only allows the lazy MTs to make more money, leaving the MTs that will actually do all types of work by all kinds of dictators to struggle to make their line counts.  This is why I am currently looking for a new job.  I am tired of the cherrypickers on my account who refuse to work the ESL docs.  You know what?  I don't like them any more than you do, but I still do it.  Why?  Because it is my job!  


Sorry, just makes me so angry! 


applying
I think you might have better luck sending resumes to companies who are NOT posting ads on the Job Seekers board. Looking at the number of hits their ads are getting those companies are probably already getting flooded with resumes.
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Because they know we seasoned MTs won't just settle. Too bad we can't organize all MTs to not settle.
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