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Leave. Give It Up. - FactoryMary


Posted: Jun 01, 2011

After working for more than 30 years as a medical transcriptionist, having gone through so many changes in the field, I left it all behind a year ago.  I worked the last ten years at home, the last few I was with MDI/Transcend.  MDI was a great company, but it all fell apart when Transcend took over.  Hope DF is sleeping well on her $16 million, I know many transcriptionists are not.  I saw my pay dwindle down to almost nothing and my TL cherry-picking, which really cut my income.  Also, the ROM was a total Witch with a capital 'B'.  I was no longer making ends meet, and decided quickly the industry was headed for disaster.  I knew I had to make a change, but was no longer interested in working on-site as a transcriptionist in an office or hospital, mostly because I did not want to tip-toe around sensitive personalities.   I took a job at a local factory that pays me far more than I was making as a transcriptionist.  My fellow co-workers are fun and far from sensitive.  A sensitive personality isn't going to cut it here.   It is a union job, so the benefits are outstanding.  It is not easy to be hired here, the company has few openings as turnover is low.  I  am proud to be part of a company making an 'American-made product'!  The job is very physical, which I actually enjoy as I spent so many years in a chair, looking at a computer screen.  My point here is that you must consider other options that you never thought of before.  Medical transcription started crumbling when we were allowed to work at home (suddenly every mother out there said "Oh, I can do that, too!") and VoiceWreck really put the nail in the coffin.  I was not appreciated while I did transcription.  I am appreciated at my new job.  I am very happy with the decision I made to leave transcription.  Each of you that are unhappy with your jobs will have to do some soul-searching as I did and think outside the box.  Transcription is not the be-all and end-all of jobs.  I had to do what I had to do to pay the bills, and I am very happy I did.  By the way, I get 1 paid week of vacation at 1 year, 2 weeks at 2 years.  Also, the company shut down for 1 week (with pay) at Christmas.  On the down side, it is very hot in the plant- no AC in here.  Gatorade and water are encouraged, occasionally someone passes out.  I am now having a normal life, meaning I come home and enjoy being home without worrying about a line count that was increasingly difficult to make.  Only you can make the change you need.  You gotta do what you gotta do.  Good luck. 

Good for you, I think? - StillLoveMT

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Sounds like you made a good choice for yourself, but you said, " On the down side, it is very hot in the plant- no AC in here. Gatorade and water are encouraged, occasionally someone passes out." I'm sorry but what good is a union if your job allows people to pass out while they work?

Nah, give me my non-union MT gig anytime.

Leave. Give It Up. reply. - FactoryMary

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This is one of the reasons the jobs pays much better than transcription--the working conditions. Only the strongest are going to make it here. Some days are easy, some days are difficult, but I would do this any day knowing I am paid by the hour, and the production lines only went down at Christmas, and we were paid for that. Nah, I would rather work my butt off here than wishing and hoping for enough lines to type. Sorry, but medical transcription burnt me one too many times.

Great message--find what's right for you. You don't - make what I do, but I could not do your job. NM

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Love it!..sm - OuttaHereToo

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I'm so happy for you. I can relate to everything you've stated, and I'm on my way out as well, before the bottom completely falls out. I have 17 years in the game (..and that's exactly what it is).

Ditto to sm and FactoryMary - LTDN

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Meeting with local docs and getting their accounts in a day. I can't freakin' wait to get away from voice wreck and the company I'm with. They've screwed me over and I'm done with that...after all these years, now I'll be my OWN boss and not an IC. Man, this is a long time coming!! Wish me luck!!!

Being thankful to get a job where people occasionally pass out speaks volumes about Transcend... - Just My 4 Cents

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...and the state of medical transcription in general. I'm glad that you found a job that pays you well, offers good benefits, and gives you peace of mind.

wow, a company still on American soil, you must be in one of the - (very few) right to work states.

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congrats! sounds like a good fit for you and a weight has been lifted.

Right to work state - Anonymous

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What does that have to do with jobs being kept on American soil? All "right to work" means is that you cannot be required to join a labor union.

Thank you so much for your post - USED TO BE PROUD MLS

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Thank you so much for coming on the board and posting. I can tell transcription is still a little bit in your soul. I have been in this business for a good 20 years and it took me a little longer than you to see that maybe this is not going to get any better. I am in my early 50̢۪s, but I would still be willing to do something that takes a little physical labor. I am in the process of looking into something else now. I do go to the gym and try to stay a little physically fit as this job sitting for 12 hours sometimes waiting for work; my body takes what feels like a pounding. I to am an MDI Transcend buyout peon. Most likely when I find something new I will visit this board as I truly did love what Transcription used to be when we were rewarded properly for our knowledge of the Medical and English language.

Leave. Give It Up. - FactoryMary

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Thank you for your comments. I am happy with the change I had to make for myself. Obviously going to work in a factory is not for everyone, but it works for me. Unfortunately experienced medical transcriptionists are no longer appreciated. I needed to face up to the fact that sitting and waiting for work was not paying the bills. It was a hard decision, but the right one for me. I can say one thing, as hot as it gets on the factory floor, the job of a transcriptionist is much more stressful as you wonder if you will get enough lines in to make a decent count. Good luck to each of you.

FactoryMary - Rottie mom

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I, too, was an MDIer who left right after the merge. Is she sleeping well? Oh, yeah, 16 mil will buy you a lot of sleeping pills.........

Good for you - Shirl

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I just sent in an application to be a 3rd shift screenprinter. It pays less than I "could" make as an MT, but not less than I am making. The rate I'm going on SR today, I could put in 15 hours and still come up short. I've found this extremely unacceptable. SR is so unpredictable. Last week I was happily averaging $12-14 an hour. This week it's more like $8. SR learns? ha ha ha Forget it not learning medical language, I'm sick of fixing formatting that SR refuses to comply with. Sometimes that takes more time to clean up than the rest of the report.

I'm enough of an insomniac, I can most likely still pull off working 3rd shift, especially since it's a short commute - 5 minutes tops. I could also crash and burn at it, but I just can't not give it a shot.

unfortunate that "normal life" equals working where people "pass out" - nm

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Leave. Give It Up. - FactoryMary

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No one is making me, or anyone else do the job I do. The pay and benefits outweigh the not-so-good stuff, like boring work and too warm during the summer. I sit and analyze products go by on a conveyor belt right here in America. Beats sitting and waiting for transcription work that is going over seas. Transcription has seen its hey-day. It will be no more. I have a few working years left in me, and I think I should have made this move a long time ago. Again, my choice works for me. Everybody is different and has to make their own choices.


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