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Passed up a great job offer - jo48
Posted: Feb 19, 2013
I had a job offer with a local hospital as a transcriptionist making 15.37 an hour which would be a raise from my dead end job I have now of scheduling. I have been a transcriptionist for 14 years and had to take a totally different job just to get a paycheck when our department was outsourced last year. So on a whim I applied when I saw a job opening at the same hospital that outsourced the entire transcription department. I was offered the job and accepted it but my husband was so stressed about me possibly losing the job if it is outsourced again that he did not support my decision so I turned the job down. Well now it is my biggest regret because I did not make my own decision and I hate the job I am in now. I feel very depressed and it is drudgery to go to work each day. I know I should feel lucky I even have a job. I am just very disappointed that my hubby did not support my decision and I blame him for me having to ultimately turn the job down. I am going to have to go to counseling for this as well as other stuff. Has anyone else on this board had to deal with this kind of thing and if so any advice would be appreciated...
Call them back and see if they filled it yet. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]They may not have filled it and you might be able to get it anyway. Tell them you had second thoughts and would like the job offer after considering everything.
passed up a great job offer - jo48
[ In Reply To ..]I called them back the day after I turned it down and they had already filled it
passed up a great job offer - jo48
[ In Reply To ..]I feel like such an idiot but have learned a lesson that I need to make my own decisions from now on..I am too old to let others do that for me
Cheer up now! Everything for a reason.... - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Maybe there was something quirky about it keeping you from taking it. I hear ya' about letting others decide, but in all fairness your husband probably was right about it maybe??? In other words, things happen for a reason.
Just keep your eyes open and you'll find something fabulous. Jobs- they come and go.... I wouldn't be so hard on myself or on your husband, as he's probably trying to look out for your best interest and sees how the outsourcing can affect your morale.
My husband went through it with me and it was not a good time, let me tell ya'...
We got through it, and you will too!
Best wishes from one MT to another in this crazy mixed up profession we endure (but hate to love or love to hate)... hahahah! Just trying to cheer you up is all!
Thanks! - jo48
[ In Reply To ..]Thanks for cheering me up! I appreciate your kind words!
Well... - see msg
[ In Reply To ..]I wouldn't be so harsh on your husband--or yourself. Gosh, if he encouraged you to take that hospital job and they ended up outsourcing again or paying you peanuts on production pay, you'd be second guessing that, too. And if you had decided to take the job and it didn't work out, you'd be blaming him, too.
This isn't a therapy issue, it's an issue where nobody has a crystal ball.
If you hate your job . . . - Suggestion
[ In Reply To ..]Taking the MT job might have been a bad move just because it would have put you into another job which would lead nowhere.
Look closely at what already happened to you. You went from an MT job to a scheduling job that you hate. Why? Because you aren't qualified for anything else.
What does that tell you? Look at all the jobs at that hospital. Do you see ANYTHING that you might be able to do with a little extra training?
I sure do, and I don't even work there.
I also wonder if your hospital has funding for training. Mine does -- they will pay for a degree program leading to something they need, like nursing, health information administration, coding, and so forth.
Take a close look at the department that hired the MT. If it is Medical Records, do they have other jobs you could take if you got some training? Health information technology is a 2-year program that isn't terribly difficult. Coding is usually a 1-year program, and you can learn it online. Some coding programs, like Andrews, teach inpatient coding as well as outpatient, which is what your hospital would need.
Of course you ARE depressed and it WILL BE drudgery to go to work if you hate what you are doing. How is therapy going to help with THAT? Why should you expect it to make you like your job? Why would you WANT it to make you like something dull and miserable?
As for your husband, I think he gave you good advice. Don't beat yourself up over taking it. It gave you a chance to get out of MT before it's too late for you.
Go back to school. Get some training. Get a better job. Worked for me. It can work for you.
Suggestion - jo48
[ In Reply To ..]I am checking into a coding progam at a community college that is 4 courses and it allows you to sit for the CPC exam for coding. It is online too. Does this sound like a good program or are some of the online coding schools better?
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