I think what might happen is that so many people are going to leave the MT/ME field because of the lower wages, that there is going to be a really severe shortage of experienced MT/MEs, even worse than now. Hopefully, that will mean our wages will be driven upwards again to keep the really good people from leaving the field.
There could be severe ramifications for the health care field if there are mostly inexperienced MT/MEs, so I think they are going to be crying for us oldies but goodies and maybe realize we are worth more than they thought.
From experience, I have found that most new people take at least a year to get anywhere near being very good and/or fast IF they are going to at all, and IF they do not poop out before then (no offense to you newbies).
Like was said in an earlier post, a lot of the new people are just wanting to go into this field because of the promise of $40-$50,000 per year. When they find out this is not necessarily true, they are not going to stick around unless they really, really love their job.
Therefore, again, wages will need to increase to get and keep really good and dedicated people. |
