Re: Hope nobody needs help!

RaeMorrill <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote here for all to
seenews:q11Pe.30489$Hx4.20952@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> Exactly, Neal. Now whether your work would have actually been cut back
> you wouldn't know for certain until you implemented the rate hike. Might
> be that was just blowing smoke and that because you do good work
> reliably, you'd still get plenty. It's not easy to find good MTs or MTs
> who actually are reliable - at least from stories I have heard along the
> way. I also know I am getting an excellent line rate from my MTSO and
> that there is a limit beyond she can't go because she can't keep going
> up on her rates to her client and expect to keep them. We are both
> "small potato type" businesses, and that's the way I want it. I don't
> want huge line committments daily or weekly. I like the set up in which
> I'm working, so I'm not going to rock the boat too hard. If something
> else better came along and I two MTSOs I knew were tickled to have me,
> then I could be in position to dare "rock the boat" with one or the
> other, letting the chips fall where they may - i.e., knowing I'd still
> have plenty of work from the other. If I were working simply to keep
> myself busy, rather than actually having a need for the income, I could
> afford to play prima dona

Right - and you handle yourself as a true IC in that respect. Many people
get into this and have no clue and need you to hold their hand and then
they get mad and say you treated them like an employee. I have started to
make it my rule not to hire someone that does not know how to give me a
bill, count a line or give me a bid. I certainly won't be as likely to put
myself in a sticky position by offering to mentor/train someone because
they will apparently complain about that too in the end.

I have resumes from people who don't have any idea how to bid on an
account. They say - I've always been told what the pay is and what the TAT
is, etc. They don't have contracts to present to me but then they get
upset when I present them with one and say it is one-sided. DUH. Provide
me with one of your own, then. If you do not know how to conduct yourself
as a business then don't get bent out of shape when I write out something
to protect myself that you think does not protect you enough. Write your
own. Take some initiative. Don't ask - What do your other subs make?
When I ask you what you charge. Don't ask - How do I count lines? when I
ask you what your line rate is. Don't ask - What is a line? when I ask
you how you determine a line. Don't ask - You mean I need to get a line
counting program? How do I give you a bill? How do I figure out my total
due from you? It really is ridiculous. If I hold your hand and tell you,
then you are going to scream that I didn't treat you like an IC. OTOH, if
I don't (or someone else does not) tell you, then you don't have a
paycheck. I have someone right now that I "met" on another message board
who really wants to become a "real MT". By real, I mean that she has
always worked in house, has no clue about working/running as a business,
etc. She has failed numerous tests because she was taught incorrectly in
house, etc. I am doing my best to help her get her "bearings" and help
mentor her but this will only end up benefitting someone else (another
MTSO) because I am afraid that she would come back and scream about being
treated like an employee if I were to take her on as a sub. It really is
ridiculous that you cannot help someone for fear of them going after you in
the end.
.

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