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A huge eye opener - anon

Posted: Dec 08, 2013

I had a HUGE eye opener yesterday. We are not the only ones who are being replaced by software, it is happening in every single industry - I read a big article yesterday announcing this "really cool" (the article's opinion, not mine) new way to place an order at Chili's - on an iPad type tablet that is brought to your table when you are seated - point and click. Then your order goes directly to the kitchen electronically and your dinner is brought to you by a staff member when it's ready.

WE know very well where this will go because this is the reality that we've been living for years now. Everyone thinks this is a really cool way to place an order and super innovative of Chili's but in reality it's one step closer to doing away with the wait staff/the human element/the "expense".

We're farther along with this reality at MModal so we have a better ability to see what's happening but mark my words, eventually these types of software will render the human factor in every industry - not just ours - obsolete.

Probably next ... - anon

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You will go to ER and enter your symptoms on a touch pad and computer will direct you for testing and then dispense medication - the only other humans will be other patients.

probably a lot more personable that some of the ER doctors and nurses - that are in there now

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and a lot faster too. I'm all for it.

Either that, or robo-docs.... - FedUpMT

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I actually wouldn't be a bit surprised ... - XYZ

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It would eliminate that nasty "human error" element that involves human emotion and faulty decision-making. Anyone who doesn't see this coming with the way everything else in healthcare is becoming "automated" should think again.

exactly. India is no longer the threat. - technology is.

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A bigger threat than technology itself is the way - American big business uses it to -sm

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trap, enslave, use, and then spit out human workers. Our government can no longer protect us or give us a break, as it, too, is owned and operated by Big Business.

actually that is really cool. Im tired of tipping everybody - and their mother

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I would love to see that everywhere.

I would'nt get rid of wait staff totally - think about it like this..

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when you are seated, most of the time people have questions about the menu, ingredients, how they like their food cooked, can you bring me this, can I substitute that, can you take this back & fix it because this, that or the other is not right, can I get plastic silverware please?? and on and on.

Also, who will bust the tables and bring refills? Sure you can get your own refills, but what about those folks who order water, but go up and get Sprite instead? something like that can cut back on wait staff, but not eliminate them altogether.

well yes then you could pay the remaining staff a living wage - I often choose restaraunts where I dont

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have to tip over those I do have to tip

I love tipping - wheres_my_job

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nm

I agree, it's scary... and sad - JustMe

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There will be all of this technology but no one will have jobs to be able to afford to use it. I saw where Amazon is coming out with a drone to deliver packages which will replace delivery people. I miss the good ole days where people actually interacted with each other in person. That's what life is really all about. It's a shame what the world's coming to. :-(

I like the concept of "labor intensity" - wheres_my_job

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Yeah, machines are great, machines can do many things. But social interaction face-to-face, voice-to-voice, is fundamentally important also. At this new job I started, one of the other women said at the end the other day, "I like the pink flow in here, this is a good group of women." (I and this other woman are new, it happens to be all women). I leave that job lighthearted!

Of course, it involves mail, and so everything will sooner or later go over to online statements - so this job is going to DISAPPEAR - AND SO WILL THAT "PINK FLOW" my coworker mentioned.

I think it's outrageous and destructive that the opportunity for people to work together is being obliterated, except for that tiny minority of people involved in automating everything. I LIKE WORKING WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE SAME ROOM, AS PART OF A TEAM OF EQUALS!!!!!!!!!!!! I LIKE WORKING WITH MY HANDS!!!!!!!

Really, this is so outrageous, and it's just the same old war against labor on the part of management. It's unfortunate because machines could be used to ENHANCE LABOR INTENSITY, ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE, PUT PEOPLE FIRST. But no, make sure the superwealthy get even wealthier!!!!!!! I guess they see the coming environmental apocalypse, and they want a ton of money to survive it.

That oldies song: "I think it's so groovy now/that people are finally getting together." No, they don't think it's so groovy. They think it's so groovy to put millions of people out of work. Who cares. Look, there's a drone that looks like an ugly flying spider! Landing in your backyard! Dropping some product in your backyard 'cause you couldn't wait a frickin' DAY OR TWO for it! It's so exciting!

Labor intensity - Anon2

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I work with a group of people in the same room as part of a team of equals. It does not involve mail, it does involve the EMR and it has to be done on site. There are still jobs that permit you to work as part of a team that permit you to "work with your hands." Some that I can think of: Nursing, rad tech, veterinary tech or assistant, hair stylist, working in a call center, to name a few. Personally, I hate on-line statements; most companies still give people the option of opting out.

The next generation will be in trouble - anon

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My good friend is an elementary school teacher - she told me a few days ago she can always tell the kids in her class that don't interact much with people and spend all their time at home on electronic devices because never before has she ever seen a generation of kids so completely incapable of communicating effectively and articulating themselves. She said sometimes it's even hard to get kids to look at her in the eye when they speak.

What will it be like for these kids when they are grown, if already in elementary school they are unable to communicate effectively face to face with other humans? It's not just communication that will be affected, it will be emotions like love, connection, and empathy. I was reading an article not too long ago discussing the advances that the robotic industry has made in duplicating human "emotion" in the next generation of robots. They have somehow been able to replicate very close expressions of enthusiasm, excitement, sympathy, and even humor. None of us may be around to see it, but just watch, at some point in future generations these robots will even begin to replace relationships.

They're probably the ones who will survive the - coming new age... the rest of us -

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are the ones who will be in trouble, because most of us already are. The middle class is almost gone; it'll be completely eradicated by the time most of us hit their mid-seventies. There will only be the ultra-rich, and the ultra-poor, and I doubt any of us is going to make it into that first category.

I saw on the news yesterday that angry workers in Bangladesh burned down a factory that supplies clothing for Gap and Walmart. This country better hold onto their hats, because this kind of anger will be coming soon to a Walmart near you.

why i dont shop at Walmart and you shouldnt either - among the richest in the world

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why would you continue to give them your money? Don't say it is because it's cheaper to shop there. I bought a full sized loaf of Sunbeam sandwich bread at the Dollar Tree for $1. You can't get quality bread at Walmart for that price. You end up spending more money than you originally intended when you go in there anyway. I haven't been in Walmart in years. it's a trap!

"Let them eat cake" - Val

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I didn't see it but I was told that on the Jon Stewart show there was an excerpt from a Fox financial show and the speaker, in reference to raising the minimum wage, said something like he knew that people's kids were starving but Wall Street was more important.

I heard an excellent show on PBS a while back which explained how Microsoft and its programs have destroyed the middle class. Programs now substitute for actual knowledge in things like transcription and accounting. Gates is doing his best now to destroy education by promoting computer-based education.

The description (I think it is further on in the comments) about the children who have poor social skills because they were raised by computers is chilling.

By the way, apparently Marie Antoinette did not actually say, "Let them eat cake." It is thought that a pamphleteer attributed the words to her to further enrage the populace.

RE: WAL-MART - Jasmine

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I'll put it this way, I RARELY shop at Wal-Mart! Only when I HAVE to!

MT - mt

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Regarding MT, I still can't imaging medical records being done completely by point and click. There is too much detailed narrative. Also, not sure physicians are going to want to do clerical, editing their SR.

doesn't matter what they wont they dont have a choice - no power for them

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administration decides not the MD

There are a lot of thing I never imagined - sm

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but they happened. Its called advancing in technology. Things are going to change, they have to. Bottom line is money and competing in the world. Society has and always will advance. Our kids will be ok because they are the ones that will be running it. Life goes on, life changes, and we survive. But prepare yourself for the changes, don't stick your head in the sand and say, "I can't imagine." I'm a 60s baby, who would ever have thought video games would advance to what they are now. I started on pong with 2 paddles and a blip on the screen. Who would have imagined a space station and rockets that go to and from, and computers and the internet. How did people do this job without computers? and now the internet is putting Stedmans out of business, who needs that, google rocks

Exactly!! My son is 14 and already makes money on YouTube - with his gaming videos

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all he has to do is record the games he plays, sits back and waits for people to watch them and collects the money. our kids will be fine because unlike us they don't sit around an complain about the world changing. They go with it. I would never want a life of waiting tables for my son anyway.

Online killed books. Encyclopedia Brittanica died after 100+ years. SAD - sm

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Technology won't replace EVERYTHING. We still need "paper" for the bathroom. You can't wipe your you-know-what with an iPad. LOL

It's happening already at the clinic I work for. - We got VR a month ago, and - SM

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now several of the Drs. I used to transcribe for every day are no longer in my pool. They enter all their own info. into pre-made normals that come up on the screen. I estimate the unemployment line is in my future by Jan. or Feb. 2014. Not much time left.

I saw this first hand from the other side of the fence - as a patient

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The last time I went to see my doctor, the assistant sat at a tiny table in front of me in the exam room with his lap top, and his screen was literally a point and click screen. There was a "check box" for symptoms, a check box for smoker vs non smoker, etc. It took him about a minute to go through the entire history and physical on his screen, where in the past it might've taken at least 10-15 minutes. Anyone who says the doctors/assistants "don't have time" to use point and click better get their heads out of the sand - it's a HUUUUGE time-saving measure for them and this is not something that's "in the future" - it's already here and it's already being used all over the US.

all of my doctors do it now - i thought everyone did it

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the OP must be behind...

OP wasn't talking about doctors they were talking about restaurants - NM

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NM

That is why MTs need to retrain NOW - Do not keep on delaying

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That is what we have been telling you all. Get out of this industry now.

You all keep thinking you will ride it to the end, but once you are unemployed it becomes almost impossible to get a job.

you dont have to tell me twice - graduate in May

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Absolutely right on the money! - bcath

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I have in the past tried my level best to help my fellow MTs get out of the business by informing them of things that might help them get out but, to no avail,(just on this board it seems). I got attacked for the support I tried to extend. That doesn't bother me cuz you have to have a thick skin. I heard a saying lately and it seems to fit like a glove. "If you are in hell, keep going." Nuff said.

"It's happening already at the clinic I work for" - You should - not be surprised..see msg

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I am shocked that there are any clinics left with their own transcription staff. Most of them went to template point & click systems quite some time ago. I imagine if it's a private clinic then they may still have their own transcriptionist and notice I used the singular form & not plural.

I didn't think clinic jobs existed anymore for MTs.

I found a local clinic job - bye bye birdie

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We went electronic with ECW. I transfer patient questionnaire info to the EMR, enter all the meds, history, etc. The doctors dictate HPI, PE, Assessment, and Plan, I type it in Microsoft Word, and copy and paste it into the EMR. Yes I am the only transcriptionist. Thank goodness it pays by the hour because it is tedious and slow for sure, but the doctors didn't want to enter data (which I don't blame them) and I am happy to still have a job.

Same thing with self-check outs in retail stores - - we do not ever use them.

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Sure there is one employee standing watch but it takes the job of 1-3 people. I'm sure they don't care and it won't make a difference but somehow it makes me feel a tiny bit better .. LOL

That's a REALLY good example ... - anon

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You are absolutely correct about the self-check outs. My grocery store has twice as many self-check outs as they do manned registers. Eventually cashiers will be a thing of the past.

Im guilty of using self-checkouts and automated car - washes. I just wanna get in and out.

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me too. This is the next stage in evolution. if you cannot adapt - you will be left behind

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I actually go to college with someone my age (36) who does not own a computer or a smart phone and does not really know a whole lot about the internet. I can't remember what her major is but she had a phone interview the other day for a human resources position. Ha!! Sure let her get the job and look like an idiot because she doesn't want to get with the program. I know us ladies here are beyond that point because obviously we all work online but it is really all the same. Menial tasks are being replaced by machines. You need a more cerebral skill set to survive. You either need a hands on/person to person job or to be independently doing something like web design or You Tube videos make it these days. Our days here at MModal are numbered.

There are NOT enough "cerebral" jobs to go around - wheres_my_job

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A) There will NEVER be enough of those "cerebral skill set" jobs to support the earth's population.

B) Not everyone has the aptitude for "cerebral skill set" jobs. Humans have ALL KINDS of aptitudes. We shoot ourselves in the foot to narrow the range the set of good-paying jobs to those involving "cerebral skill sets."

then those who cant will work in retail or fast food - same as those who couldnt before

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worked labor jobs.

Those jobs don't pay enough, and there aren't enough of them anyway - wheres_my_job

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good grief. Why not bring up the drug industry - illegal - and the prison industry - both growth industries, right? People are doing that too. Is that a solution as well? Fast food, retail or crack?

You don't understand. She doesn't care about those people. - "Survival of the Fittest"

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But why are we all under some time pressure? - wheres_my_job

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Not all cultures have such a need to "get in and out." Can the American problem with obesity be tied to sedentary jobs coupled with so-called "hectic lifestyles" (as they are referred to in "women's" magazines) that are extremely stressful for millions of us?

When I go to the grocery store, there is a line at the self-serve checkouts. If we replace cashiers completely with self-serve checkouts, there will STILL be lines - especially if people start using them when they've got an overloaded grocery cart. Don't see that at self-serve checkouts yet - those people with the "bottomless" grocery carts.

I've used automated car washes, AND the ones where you clean your own car - that's a niche job compared to "cashier." I also use washers and dryers, and all kinds of automation. I'm on a computer right now! Frankly, I wouldn't mind bringing back the gas station attendant (no desire to pump gas in the winter OR the hot summer), and I question whether cars washed by humans have less environmental impact (in terms of energy consumption and wastewater produced) than automated car washes.

Another issue is the assumption that blindly automating every frickin' job you can - not just jobs, but job CATEGORIES, is inherently a good thing - that we DON'T have to think about the long-term political and economic consequences of this. Before anyone says, it's always been like that, historically, that's the "march of human progress" and things like that - consider also that large-scale war is also part of "the march of human progress" - I'm thinking specifically of European history, and the impact of do-whatever-you-want, don't hafta think about the social impact, industrialization. I don't care for future generations to go through their own version of WWI and WWII, thank you.

SAME THING WITH SELF CHECK-OUTS - Jasmine

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Hi,
The thing is, they could never COMPLETELY remove the Security factor by eliminating all human staff because if they left it up to each individual's good will and faith, you KNOW they would be robbed blind!

I totally love this. I never thought about it that way. sm - overunder

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Next drive-thrus will be computer automated - pull-up, press a few..

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buttons to enter your selection, hit enter or total & pull right up to the window to get your food and drive off.

We order Jimmy Johns on-line all the time for lunch at work. More and more restaurants are having the option of ordering on-line.

Dont forget about the automated bank teller. - NM

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Oh, there'll be humans left... - poorhouse

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Those will be the humans directing all the robots and automation...the CEOs, of course. They always come out on top somehow, some way.

RE: CHILI'S NEW I-PAD ORDERING - Jasmine

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Hi there,
This is just like at the supermarket, when you want to exit quickly, and there are the "Self Check-Out" lines where you run your items over the scanner and the machine will total it for you, (first check English or Espanole)

Looking at the BIGGER PICTURE - L&L

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I just watched a documentary on NetFlix, Death by China. EVERYTHING is being offshored over there...manufacturing as well as R&D. Besides losing jobs, the technology we develop is being stolen by the Chinese, and eventually they will be building their own versions of our products besides just making them for us. The US needs more manufacturing and manufacturing jobs. The majority of jobs are now low-paying jobs in the service sector. Never mind your Chili's waitperson making next to nothing, all the good jobs that used to support families are gone gone gone.

you will never convince me we need industrial jobs - we need jobs where we use our BRAINS

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doctors, nurses, lawyers. I have worked an industrial job and it is absolutely the most boring soul crushing thing ever. I felt like a robot, doing the same task over and over. Americans need jobs where we think, create and lead, not where we take orders from a supervisor to produce more, more more.

BTW you said it all in your post when you said ..JOBS. Americans need careers, not jobs!!

Right, beause we're ALL going to be "knowledge workers" - wheres_my_job

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My mom said something a long time ago, that I think becomes more resonant as time goes by. There isn't respect for people who work with their hands. For people who are "good with their hands." I might go further and say there is contempt for people who are good with their hands, who are "handy." It's all about the brains! The intellect! Smarts! Book smart!

I laugh at the notion that somehow acres of cubicles in which people sit at computers in their so-called "knowledge jobs" isn't ALSO soul-crushing. A worker can't feel like a robot in a cubicle farm, doing the same thing over and over? Exactly how many jobs will EVER involve thinking, creating and leading? Pure techno-fantasy, just as was the notion (popular back in the 50s), that the new technology we had THEN was going to lead to more "leisure time" for average people. you know, AVERAGE people, they are out there, or is no one supposed to be average anymore? There are no more people of average (or, horrors, less than) average intelligence? We must all be book smart now...even if we're not?

And then when all those cubicle farm jobs disappear due to automation...sure sure...more doctors, nurses, lawyers - is the day coming when a ROBOT will require their services? WHO is going to require the services, or can afford their services? Hilarious - an entire ECONOMY based on doctors, nurses and lawyers! That's ripe sit-com material right there.

I've worked in factories before. If it's soul-crushing, it's because we expect people to spend too much time doing it - I don't think a 28-hour workweek in a factory is going to be soul-crushing for millions of people - if the pay was good, the ergonomics were right, there would be MILLIONS OF PEOPLE who would be happy with that job!!!!!!!! They had a 35-hour workweek in Germany (oh I know, UNIONS, their bad), with all this automation, why not drop it down to 28-hour workweek, raise the pay, SHARE THE FRICKIN' WEALTH.

There are ways of thinking about labor, creativity, intellect, profit, automation, that are really groundbreaking, innovative, ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE for humans AND wow! easing pressure on the environment and other species.

Oh wait. Now I'm agreeing with you. Creativity, thinking, leadership. No, I'm not agreeing with you - your head is stuck in old economy "intellect" jobs - doctors, nurses, lawyers. Not a new job called "Labor Intensivist." You see, you get a PhD in Labor Intensivisation. It's an interdisciplinary field that draws on artificial intelligence, the social sciences, political science (everything has political consequences, right?), hell, through in gender studies for good measure...industrial design, economics...this SCIENTIST, the Labor Intensivist (call it LI - they like acronyms in computer sci, so you have IT, AI, and now LI) - basically they are a job designer. It's not like the old economy, where you just ASSUME what the job categories are - you have to frickin' DESIGN them, to get maximum SOCIAL benefit, maximum ECONOMIC benefit, maximum ENVIRONMENTAL protection. All three quantities must be addressed!!!!!! That's why you need a PhD!!!!!

That's right, so sue me - I'm a socialist.

"Doctors, nurses, lawyers" - Ha!

Where's my job - Anon2

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I'm glad you have your dreams. Please name a university that offers a labor intensivit program. Your plan might be viable except for a few problems: Most manufacturing jobs are already gone. Corporations do not want to invest money to make the workplace ergonomically correct or deal with labor unions, which is what drove the jobs away in the first place when they can get the work done offshore more cheaply and without the hassles. Get serious. No one pays a 40-hour-a week salary for 28 hours of work. Are you saying that in your world, no one needs to use their intellect, only their hands? I guess teachers, doctors and nurses will become obsolete; what an insult to the professionals who take their jobs seriously and care about making a difference in people's lives.

exactly!! and intellect doesn't only include those I stated - it includes landscapers, tailors, artists

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My main point was we don't need MANUFACTURING jobs. It has nothing to do with working with your hands. We need to learn to think for ourselves instead of being told what to do but some slave driver boss. If you want that kind of life feel free to move to China.

And yes like the poster above stated, those days are GONE. Who grows up and says, I want to work at an assembly plant when I grow up? Very few people.

YES WE NEED MANUFACTURING JOBS - wheres_my_job

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Re: "It has nothing to do with working with your hands." Yes, it absolutely does. Now we're going to throw in "landscapers, tailors, artists" and THAT'S going to produce enough jobs for everybody?

Cure for "slave driver boss" - UNIONS.

Re: "those days are GONE." Of course they're GONE, I'm not saying "those days" aren't. But there can be "new days" that DO include a healthy manufacturing sector, as well as the jobs you mention.

"Who grows up and says, I want to work at an assembly plant when I grow up? Very few people." PLENTY of people would like to have assembly line jobs - maybe not YOU, but you've got some pretty big blinders on, if you think everyone wants OR IS CAPABLE of what YOU seem to want. Look at the big picture, take the TOTAL POPULATION into consideration - not just people who look their noses down on manufacturing or have got their head stuck in some Laverne and Shirley version of manufacturing.

Nobody offers such a program NOW - wheres_my_job

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Computers haven't been around all that long. Brand new, in fact, relatively speaking, looking at the historical longterm.

All that you say about China, manufacturing, labor unions is looking BACKWARDS and projecting that forward - that's the only dynamic that can occur in the future, because that's what's happening NOW. I'm not at all suggesting turning back the clock, going back in time AT ALL. I'm suggesting a way of going FORWARD - and I'm sure there are other people at think tanks, who have the leisure to think about these kinds of issues, who are ALSO envisioning and doing interdisciplinary research around what I'm suggesting.

The 40-hour week was ALSO once only a dream - and it came to pass. So why not 28 hours? There's no reason why it CAN'T happen - except for some very backward narrow-minded antimanufacturing thinking. So it being a "dream" has no bearing on whether or not it's POSSIBLE.

Gosh, I propose a PhD program, and you accuse me of saying no one needs to use their intellect. You are funny. And my point still stands: The occupations of teachers, doctors and nurses are NOT enough to sustain an economy, in tandem with tailors and landscapers and whatever other niche job categories you come up with.

Nice try, but fail.

Just a heads up - for you

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WMJ is the type of person who would like to be paid for doing nothing. She doesn't fully understand how the world works, so don't waste your energy debating her.

Why not take your own advice, and not read what I write? - wheres_my_job

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LOL - I get paid for what I do, and have no desire to get paid "for doing nothing."

Sigh. It's always evidence someone's losing an argument when they have to resort to misrepresenting their opponent.

Have a nice day, and consider sharpening those debate skills, 'k?

Hmm.. Who will fix your broken water pipe or power lines? Grow your food? - We need ALL types of jobs ..

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Industrial jobs may not be for you --- and that's fine. But ... you need to stop and be thankful for the people who are willing to get dirty and work with their hands and bodies, and whether you believe it or not, brains are required too. Just sayin'

who said electricians and plumbers werent cerebral? - I think they are. mindless manufacturing jobs

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is what I was talking about. I am still going to need a hairdresser and seamstress. These involve creativity. You are looking at it so cut and dry and it's not. The trades we both describe, you can be your own boss and that is exactly what you need to do to survive.

doctors, nurses, lawyers - from your comment. - but I do understand what you are saying ..

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My point was that we are all different - that job was not for you, maybe it is for others. What I find sad is we are such a society of wasteful people - get everything new that's made cheaper and does't last, so just throw it away and buy more ...

agreed. I dont believe in a throw away society and that is what - mass manufacturing/made in china promotes

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do you want that stigma associated with Americans? All they know how to do is manufacture and dictate.

Hairdresser, seamstress, plumber - all use intellect...and hands! - wheres_my_job

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And yet, these kinds of jobs CANNOT be the mainstay of an entire economy - even if you throw in your "knowledge workers," as corporations like to talk about them.

well obviously it is. The last manufacturing job around here was the Sony plant - closed down a few years back

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we are still here, the world didn't end. So what's your point?

What's your point? It's a brand new day - we're past era of plant closings - wheres_my_job

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The world didn't end - for you, apparently.

Look at the statistics as to what's going on in this country. It's not good.

But if things are okay for you...well good on you. That's all that matters to some people.

GM opens call center in Warren MI - closes Buenos Aires call center - wheres_my_job

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Important principle: If jobs can be offshored - they can be onshored back again.

http://www.freep.com/article/20131209/BUSINESS0101/312090072/

Totally disagree that VR is taking away our work - ari

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We have to almost do more work on VR work than straight typing. I believe it is outsourcing that is taking away our work not the quality of our work unless they don't do dictation at all and only use EHR techniques, which my family doctor hates because now he spends extra time and weekend time catching up on. Then there is the wonderful scribe positions, which are also taking away our work, but I just wonder how much time the doc spends on editing. They are making it harder and more expensive in the long run to do our job. I am so grateful I was laid off last August. My health is better. My life is better. My NERVES are better. I always just ignored my supervisor and all those annoying e-mails and phone calls. I just said okay, okay, and when I got e-mails. I would answer them with a pat answer "I received your e-mail about __________ and will be more careful in the future." Never heard another word about it. I am finding I really am not noticing a big difference in my money and a big difference in my lifestyle.

That's what I say on job applications... - sm

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I'm applying to any job that is not MT and when they ask why are you leaving your current job, why are you looking, etc? I always put "technology taking over" or something like that. VR will make our jobs obsolete in the future (if not already) so I'm trying to get out while there's even a remote chance. I'll stand all day and put together widgets or any job I can get that still need a human worker. Technology is good for some things but not MT, they need a human brain. I hope it backfires!

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Always wondered how those MTs got bazillions of lines with ASR. Have been getting accounts from all over the place tonight. On one of them the dictators use standards for nearly everything. Wish I could work there all the time. ...

Dec 04, 2012

I tested last week and got such bad dictation I could not believe it. I tried to transcribe it as if I was getting paid the usual 8 CPL and realized it would take more time to complete it and I would be making zero money. Sloppy H&P with a heavy accent, whispering AND loud background noise; a coronary catheterization dictation that I commend an MT on even completing that I was supposed to edit. I sent the test back anyway and got an email saying I didn't pass the minimum, whatever tha ...

Jul 21, 2011

or go get another job out of MT completely (not convinced any other company is much better).....I was thinking, well, what else am I qualified for? I guess I could waitress (never done before though), but Ihop has an ad for a waitress, waitress exp. not nec. I thought, argh, what can they possibly make, prob just minimum wage and lots of work and would I even be up to it? Come to find out that waitresses at Ihop around here (California) make minimum wage (8/hr) plus tips. ...

Jan 29, 2013

I'm in an HIT program after doing transcription for about 5 years and deciding that I'm tired of being a wandering sheep, and I just read the first chapter in one of my textbooks, which says that "speech recognition software is 95% to 99% accurate." I'll be pointing out in my class that that is a grievous error. ...

Dec 17, 2011

as we all know it is going to be totally different on 12/26..............why? Does anyone know what is happening the 26th? End of pay period is the 24th, 25th starts a new one so what significance does the 26th hold? ...

Jan 24, 2013

I guess I should plan for a week off for Valentines Day, hey? ...

Apr 24, 2013

I can't get to anything but the first page of my inbox. Oops, now can't even get that. Maybe I'll sit here and work on my Quality essay. ...

Oct 16, 2013

So, we were just informed that a huge account is being rolled out to EPIC and "assured" there would be "minimal" volume loss. Can somebody who has been through this please give us the true facts? I'm inclined to not want to drink the Nuance Kool-Aid. Thanks in advance. ...

Jan 29, 2015

worked for, I must admit that their unrelenting and harsh criticism of my work and their 99.7% plus demand for perfection has made me a better transcriptionist. I now work for a company where I acheive 100% on nearly all audits and had the same experience at another company before this one. I just knew I was better than N or M had me made out to be. ...

May 18, 2010

I've heard for maybe 10 years now that right now, 2010, is when vast numbers of MTs were supposed to hit retirement age and quit work. What is retirement age? I don't want to retire, but when does a person really need to retire even if they don't want to? ...

Jul 17, 2010

Small to medium-sized company lost a very large long-term client. Naturally, the MTs are to blame. Reason given was the work was out of turn around on weekends and MTs did not meet their commitments. I can't say what percentage of MTs did not meet their commitments. I do know that I always have. I also know that I have kept an accurate log of the work on this very large account and 75 to 90% of the time the work runs out on Sunday, with no work available on Mon ...

Aug 26, 2010

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/medquist-awarded-contract-with-child-health-corporation-of-america-101383704.html It does say hospital is outsourcing, so does that mean India? In the latest example of its support for providers nationwide, MedQuist recently signed an agreement with Child Health Corporation of America (CHCA) for clinical documentation and computer-assisted coding technology and outsourced medical transcription and coding services. MedQuist will implemen ...

Oct 21, 2010

Anyone else one of the new hires? Are you on the new huge account? I've been twiddling my thumbs now. Guess I need to apply elsewhere. I had been told before it was a good company, but I need to be actually typing. That really is a lot of MTs to hire and then not have the new account begin. I read, below, someone said it keeps being delayed. ...

Feb 08, 2011

Would really appreciate input from anyone who works on this account. ...

Sep 04, 2012

Just got email that stated that one of Nuance largest accounts has left them for another "vendor" They will be slowly removing them from pool and putting everybody elsewhere so they say ...

Mar 07, 2013

It takes up most of the screen, and I don't care about any of those statistics anyway. Just let me work without harrassing me about my stats. ...

Jan 07, 2014

workflow changes due to a large account being lost (wasn't my primary). Wondered why all of a sudden I was off my primary and getting mostly this account. Of course, they didn't know it was leaving until it disappeared. I'd probably have a heart attack if I every heard the truth. Never know what hospital is going to show up in the queve, more longer transcription jobs, ASR jobs that have to be typed because the ASR does not match up, some horrible dict ...

Jun 10, 2015

we have now and they keep requesting OT, how is this supposed to work!?! ...

May 31, 2011

off. Thx. ...

Sep 11, 2013

NUANCE! Yes, that's right. The account I have had for 5 + years has now gone with Dragon EHR according to email from TSM today. How do you like them apples? ...

Jan 31, 2014

20 MTs are being moved elsewhere. ...

Mar 01, 2014

I've had a huge drop in work at Landmark for the past 3 months. I've been there for 3 years working on the same account the entire time. I've looked at my paychecks during these same exact months for the past years and I had much bigger paychecks, meaning much more work. Here it is a weekend and I had hardly any work yesterday and so far no work today and this account always had work. It's been this way for almost 4 months. Anyone work on the big account that starts ...

Apr 19, 2010

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Apr 28, 2010

I just got an Email from BLR (Business and Legal Resources). They provide information to Human Resources Departments to make sure they are following federal and state laws. One of their upcoming Webinars is regarding “Employee versus Independent Contractor.” Too bad I cannot afford it ($219). I would really be interested in what they have to say since Employee versus Independent Contractor has been a hot topic on this Board, and from the responses, there are ...

Jun 02, 2013

Any suggestions to ease the pain - like a better way to delete? This is just too ridiculous. ...

Aug 12, 2012

has run out of work yet again, from last night and still this morning. Stupid me for believing the promises of a recruiter. ...