well here is my problem with that..

Posted By: tired on 2005-10-01
In Reply to: Get over it - check it out

First of all they don't pay us when they run out of work. Most places that require a time sheet pay you for showing up. Secondly they pay by production. And when they run out of work, send us to another account, another office, etc. we don't make any training bucks, we lose bucks until we catch on. And this will tie my hands, like most of you I work a second job because I don't trust MQ will be there for me. I could do this on 30 hours a week, but not on 40. A person can only work so much. It will make me very nervous just having one job. I can't tell you how much that second job has saved my behind when we were out of work, computer broke, hospital shut us out, you name it, in 8 years i have seen it all. And NO compensation when things go wrong. So I had to compensate myself. Will think long and hard about remaining FT and sacrificing my safety net. Anyone else feel the same???

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Did you read in the MQ packet where it said... - sick of working holidays
- Get over it - check it out
  - That is not true. Many use 37.5, I have seen as low as 32 - MTLyn
  - well here is my problem with that.. - tired
    - yep - no name
    - I would be afraid to lose my safety net if I needed X amount of dollars to live. I am sitting here - MQMT
    - For what it's worth ... - Busy MT'ing
      - I don'thave a problem if MQ - I have a second job too
        Oh, I understand. I wasn't condoning the practice - Busy MT'ing
  - 39 hour work week - my mistake
- What is the new status. I dont understand what it means. I dont need their benefits nor do I want - MQMT
  - 16 hours a week or 8 a week and get - then sign up for
    - Why would anyone work 8 hours a week. The poster above said 16 or 24 hours a week. - MQMT
- Doesn't matter - ALAMT
  - it did say that we get paid if - tired already
- But look at it this way, maybe there will be enough - I hear ya
  - I did go home from an inhouse MT service - you didn't upset me but

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