I think it's the other way around.

Posted By: - sm - Sally on 2007-03-22
In Reply to: A perfect exampled of why wages are so low in our profession currently. sm - mj

Companies don't pay low because they have bad MTs, they have bad MTs because they pay low. There's a world of difference there! You know the old saying: You get what you pay for. If you're going to pay 6-8 cpl (or less!!), that's what you're going to get. Enjoy!

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How many others out there..... - earlybird
- My biggest irritant is the MT that leaves 20+ blanks in a report... SM - QALady
  - TO QA - JBMT 10years
  - The solution is simple - MOMT
  - I am not a new MT and I also do my own QA - MT or bust
    - Well said! We MT's have to take the good with the bad, as well! - Jurassic MT
  - A perfect exampled of why wages are so low in our profession currently. sm - mj
    - I think it's the other way around. - - sm - Sally
      - Other way around . . . - ERMT/Oncology MT2
    - When I started MT (30+ yrs ago) our "QA" were our senior (sm) - Jurassic MT
      - Well said. - typingforpennies
      - Hey, I never said that an MT shouldn't send anything to QA at all. SM - QALady
    - QA Lady - typingforpennies
      - This has nothing to do with being a "newbie." It has to do with not bothering... - QALady
        Good heavens! Where is this hostility - coming from? - sm - Sally
        So if MT 'incompetence' is job-security for you, then - what's your problem?
        Good lord, obviously you've never - QA also
        But you get DINERO for doing that! If it's the same mistake, - isn't that easier? No dictionary-diving?
        Gee...isn't that the profession YOU signed up for as well? - flimflam
        Um, no. Not the same ones from the same MTs. - QA also
        Exactly what I was thinking. We listen to and type the same stuff over and over all day... nm - NewBMT
        You are just full of compliments. - You need to get out of QA.
        Right on! - typingforpennies
      - I do QA too and happen to agree with above - sm
        I guess I'd be cranky too, if I had such an (sm) - Hardworking, yet still human/fallible MT
        BAJ? - QA2
        Harsh. I guess in your book, quality inspectors - QA also
        Huh?? - QArbouncinq
        How hard is it to type a word in a blank space? I'm afraid - my heard doesn't bleed for you.
        Yeah, we have no skills or intelligence whatsoever. We just fill in blanks! Geez! A monkey can le - QALady
        a monkey can learn to type (cut off) - QALady
        Has it ever occurred to you - flimflam
        I've never said "I'm better than the MTs." There are MTs out there that know... SM - QALady
        You have let your QA position - much more experience than you
        Crap. Try actually reading what she said. - QA also
        I agree with you! I do - earlybird
        HEART, not "heard" - U no wat I mean... - No bleeding heart, here.
        I personally will NOT spend too much time looking for a word. I listen 3-5 times if I still don' - NewBMT
        We DO listen to the dictation! How else would we fill in blanks? - QALady
        Decent QA will not give a quick read without listening - QA
        Not in all companies! - QA
        Sorry, didn't realize I used same name - different QA person here - QA also
        Don't presume I am not doing my job - sm
      - Please disregard the typo . . . - typingforpennies
    - I think you have it backwards - poco
      - I think there's a difference between going the extra mile - QA also
        thanks, but......... - earlybird

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