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power hungry

Posted By: MT on 2007-01-25
In Reply to: WE WANT TO BE HEARD!!! - HOW ABOUT THIS?

Couldn't agree more, they don't want any communication going on but through them,because they want to be in charge, probably the reason for the breakdown in communication. No input is ever asked and in fact you are just downright steamrolled over. Everything hush hush, goes on in every company I have ever worked for. Don't know how these folks manage to get themselves to the top, they are the most incompetent idiots I have ever seen in most cases. Must be doing a lot of dusting under the executive desk, way down under.teehee


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Agreed. Nothing worse than Power-Hungry QA - ugh - nm
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I hear ya! A lot of us are going hungry like never before.
19 dollars in the bank, with payday Monday, but then again the bills are paid! This is the kind of diet we should put on as advertisements for e mail sites or even here:
Guaranteed way to lose weight: Check this out. They open link and then see a picture of an MT.
C'mon on, we're hungry, give us more than a bone
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Oh, I'm not gonig out of business. I'm finding plenty of hungry MT's to fill my slots...
just a general comment on the trend in MT, which some people continue to be in denial about.
Never have I seen such abuse of power
the ones who cake walked into their positions of power don't know what to do with it, there only about 2 really good account coordinators and QA forget that, it is all messed up
What power? QA has no real say sm
over whether anyone keeps a job or not.  Your work is either correct or it isn't.  If there are no errors, then QA can't really pick at you, can they?
because Uncle has all the power
and we do not! like it or not, right or wrong. It is illegal to not report the income. I don't guess I'd be making it public knowledge that I did that or was trying to find a way to do that. The fines/ penalties can be expensive. And afterwards, you can bet the IRS has your returns under a microscope.
The Power of ADHI

IMO, is next to nil.  They are not who decides that certification is a requirement.  The industry would have to be on board with that.  Since the MT industry can't agree on what a line is, what an MT is, how payment should be rendered, etc, and since it's heavily impacted by the dollar, it's not likely that you will see mandatory certification any time soon.


Health Information Technology positions will often request certification by AHIMA.  It has taken AHIMA a long time to get where they are and ADHI is still years behind.


I have another profession and yes, for the most part, all fees including continuing education, as well as certifications fall to me.  There are some employers who will reimburse or pay up front, however.


Look at how many ads REQUIRE CMT.  And ask the question, who has not been hired because they didn't have it.


IMO, certification of offshore personnel is going to be designed to placate possible purchasers of those services by certifying legitimacy.  You are more likely to find offshore certification required well before you see it here. (Which is unfortunate because there are many US MTs whose skills are severely lacking just as much as some offshore MTs.)


Maybe you don't have the brain power...Or,
Ever consider those possibilities, hun?

Food for thought, anyway.
Knowledge is power!

I just wanted to thank you all for sharing.  Every opinion and every point of view are valuable.  The truth really will set us free --eventually.


thats what ya call girl power!!!
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like I said below major abuse of power
only 2 account coordinators worth their salt, if they cake walked into their position they are on a power trip and don't know what in beans they are doing, QA is just a mess that is pathetic esp. the upper crust there.
The MTSO has no bargaining power with the

on a net 30 day basis.  If you are lucky they pay sooner but there is nothing that forces them to do that.  They are used to all their vendor accounts being net 30 days and that is just the way it is. That's the way the business world works.  The IC is also in business.


I think it's the MTSO who most often gets the short end of the stick.  I pay my subcontractors every other week whether I get paid or not.  My clients can (and do) take 30 days to pay me.  I still pay my subcontractors.  The clients are happy; their work is done.  The subcontractors are happy; they have been paid.  Me - my mortgage my not be paid because I had to pay my subcontractors.  


I currently work for MQ and I am doing everything in my power to get away from them ASAP. sm

I have feelers out to about 5 companies right now and will be sending out another batch of resumes this week also.


Working in the cesspool has taken its toll. I am fortunate in that I do not need health/dental insurance. One of the things that has kept me at MQ was the 18 days of PTO that I earn (yes earn) a year. Unfortunately, I wind up using a lot of that to make up for being out of work, etc, so it winds up not being truly *my time off*.


I just wonder if it is best to look for an IC position and just take time off without pay or try to find a company that has a good PTO plan.


Are there any companies out there that have a good PTO plan (definitely more than 5 days off a year) and how do they calculate PTO pay?


Thanks in advance.


I figure knowledge is power
I agree with you, I believe that it is to your advantage to be a well rounded employee. But, I also know that when you are depending on this as your only source of income (luckily I do not) you want to make as much as you can and ESLs make that difficult sometimes, especially when you receive different ones all the time.

I also believe that the doctors could have a little more respect and at least TRY to enunciate. Some don't even bother.

So I guess I agree with you, but I understand everyone has different circumstances.
Then quit. There are other jobs out there. Only you have the power to change your situation.

A company full of people on a power trip!
Absolutely correct, as well as the fact that most people who move up in that company are totally unqualified butt-kissers.

Yep.
Way I read it, it give MTSO the power to snoop in
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