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So freakin bored! - adkmt

Posted: May 19, 2011

Lately I am sooooo bored with work. I do about 1/3 regular transcription and 2/3 ASR and I'm bored out of my mind. Very seldom have to research much other than doctor's names or equipment names. Same dictators saying the same things with the same irritating quirks. ASR with the same stupid mistakes to change in virtually the same reports I did the day before.

Is there some way to cope with the boredom? Do I need a new account or something? I'm getting to where I have to force myself to stay off of other sites and push for speed. I need the lines desparately, but just can't stand the long hours of sameness right now. Can you burn out in 4 years of doing a job?

Any advice?

Anyone? NM - adkmt

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NM

So freakin' bored - nina

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Only 4 years?? Try 15 years, then talk about being bored. It's all part of the job . . . it goes with the territory.

bored - FL MT

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I have been at this for about 18 years and I am not bored, hardly ever. It is nice to have little distractions, music, laptop on the side of computer to keep an eye on e-mail, facebook and MTStars, walk with my dog outside. Gosh every once in awhile I learn something new from these docs. Lot of repetitive stuff, but for some reason I am not bored, I love the written word.

Thanks for the reply. sm - adkmt

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I loved it when it was all regular transcription. It flowed then. I guess mostly it is the ASR that is driving me crazy. I need to get out of this rut though. I need a vacation, but who can afford one?

bored - nina

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So true, the speech recognition does make it harder. My account is straight typing, so it does make it a bit easier to stay focused. Sorry if I sounded crabby in my earlier post, didn't mean to sound that way. I do get bored at times, especially when working late in the evening, it is so quiet in the house and I want to fall asleep.

boredom/occupational hazard - old hand

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I have been bored with this for going on 30 years now. I don't know what to tell you that will help except that the work we do is really important. I sure wish the money was better though; a good paycheck used to help -- a lot!

It's the speech recognition - mt

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It isn't as engaging as typing. I don't feel as accomplished as I did when I would type a report either. If I get a run of actual typing lines, I feel let down and all my motivation is gone once I finish those and am back to editing again. I know exactly how you feel. I leave the news on in the background and if something sounds interesting, I will quit for a second and let my brain be refreshed with whatever may be happening. Then I go back to the grind. I also check on here a lot to see what people are saying.

How funny. I feel I've accomplished more by editing more. - When I have to downgrade my time to

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typing, I feel I've accomplished less, grinding away getting those words on paper. Shouldn't some machine be doing that for me? :)

Attitude is so important. Editing IS higher-level work, plus our production is much higher. The assumption initially was that editing would be paid more than transcription, and I think if we had that proof of value we'd feel a lot better about editing itself. The quality of drafts allowed to come to us would also improve if our time cost more.

Response - SS

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I agree; I think it's the VRE. Editing isn't as stimulating as straight typing, and editing is quieter, too. I like the rhythm of typing; I have felt so out of synch editing.

That's a good observation. I'm the one above who liked editing, - but it IS more of a trying to make time

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on an obstacle course than jogging down a quiet path.

Exactly - adkmt

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My editing consists of stopping every few words to add The in front of Patient, change mL to cc, because our account wants it, but ASR doesn't do it, change punctuation because the dictators run the sentences together or else over punctuate, separate medications into numbered lists because the dictators can't seem to say "next number" which would automatically list them, and a long list of other mindless changes. After a year of ASR, I could still type most reports almost as fast by myself using expansions.

A change will do you good - Daisy

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A change is definitely in order. Does your company have any other accounts or specialties that you could learn?

I've only changed jobs a couple of times in my career but I can tell you that the buzz from learning a new company lasts me at least a year or two. Learning new accounts, new dictators all keeps you on your toes. Change is scary, but the excitement will keep you awake!

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