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Please share your success story on getting - away from this company. I need a pep talk.

Posted: Sep 30, 2013

I still have a good 15 months left of school, at least, and this place is just killing me mentally, emotionally, physically. I love studying for my classes, though I have such little time for just that, because it is going to lead me to a life without MM, but I need your inspiring stories. Share anything and everything you are willing to about your escape, please. Hopefully there will be many responses because my intent is to then bookmark this page and refer to it often when I feel like I can't take another day of this. Thank you!!!!

Sorry. I got nothing - NM

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I'm so happy - RADMT

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I quit MModal 3 weeks ago! I felt the same way as you do and decided you only live once, and I want to live it by being happy at what I do. I do transcription for a local radiologist here, make 4 times the money, and love it! Good luck with your schooling and I wish you could find something else to do while you finish school that makes you happy. Life is too short! Good luck and there is a light at the end of the tunnel for you!

Beautiful - thank you!! - OP

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I wish I could find something else too, but I just haven't found anything that pays any better, either the same or even worse, which is unfathomable. I agree "you only live once," so it is of the utmost importance to live each day happy and not so full of dread and worry. Thank you for posting!

I have looked too, can't find any MT that pays better than M2 - sm

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one was an IC at 7/4, obviously no benefits or holiday pay. The other was 6 cpl for both straight and VR. I was like, screw it i will stay here and tough it out

MT pay, etc - redmaj

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It is a sad, sad situation. I just dont understand it. We need an associates degree for this job, and LOTS of experienc to make money being paid per line. Never thought I would say "back in the day" regarding transcription, but we used to be one of the highest paid professions in the medical field other than nursing, etc. What the hell happened????

Overseas happened! - radmt

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If a job can be sent overseas, no more high paid high producing for us. Period. I must edit 2000 lines to make $100. Guess to be considered lucky as at least that work is available. I'm trying today to see if its feasible for me. Or if I run out. I guess the latter.

Life is better - Be Brave

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I was laid off last month, I have looked into TAA and I am very interested. And I also have gotten a client of my own at a decent rate of pay, part time, which I can keep should I decide to take advantage of TAA, with the approval of TAA. Hang in there, life really is better without MM.

the great escape - MT Gone

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I as an MT for over 10 years. I loved it. Then "Medquist" (now MM) happened. I started laying a path for escape. I did it. Am I doing exactly what I want, No. Am I better off financially, yes. Am I treated better where I am now, yes. You've made a plan, keep telling yourself this too shall pass.....if you're determined enough it will.

Great advice - thank you everyone - sm

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I'm more determined than ever and am keeping my eye on the prize, so to speak. I fantasize about being free of these chains, this unbelievable pressure to produce, literally, perfection on a daily basis day in and day out at the cost of my sanity. I once loved my job - LOVED it - but it has become this ridiculous work-at-home monstrosity that is apparently aimed toward housewives who just want a little pocket money instead of being valued for the skilled profession that it is. Our skills are valuable and necessary to provide quality patient care - why these MTSO's, especially MM, do not realize this I will never understand. I'm so tired of feeling like a factory worker on an assembly line in my own home. I'll bet many assembly line workers probably make even more money than we do.

Thank you for the encouraging words.

Best decision of my life - exMM

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I also quit MModal 3 weeks ago to take a job at a local hospital as an HIM tech. It's a high-pressure position working directly with the physicians, and I absolutely love it. Never a dull moment! The environment is the exact opposite of MM ~ I am told on a daily basis how much I'm appreciated. The fact that I have a life and responsibilities outside of work is understood and respected. For the time being at least, I can work all the overtime I want. Everyone who works in the facility in ANY capacity is treated with respect. I come home every day exhausted but excited about what the future holds. It took me 2 years to find a job in this small town with decent pay ~ still not what I was making as an MT prior to off-shoring and speech wreck destroyed the industry, but with definite opportunity for advancement and OT I am far better off now and in the long run. Even my kids have commented on the change in my attitude and how much happier I am. Hang in there! There is life after MM, and it's an incredibly better one!

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