Who needs a white paper? That's old school now. We've got Google. Put in vbc standard rate and see what comes up.

It's an interesting issue! Assuming that MT managers are willing to make business decisions based on information gleaned from the Internet, rather than doing a real business analysis the question becomes: What exactly would it take to really enact a new standard of MT pay?

Would Julie's publishing a white paper do it? What about a few ads on MT employment sites? What about a few posts on MT sites and WAHM sites to the effect of, "When my company switched to VBC my line rate went up to 16 cents per 65 characters?"

I mean really!! Maybe there is a group of untapped managers out there just waiting to be exploited by Internet savvy, MT employees. Maybe we could indeed turn the tide of dropping MT compensation rates!

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