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Im about to give up and I'm ashamed..... - nunya

Posted: Dec 20, 2014

You know I am really really starting to lose my confidence in myself. I have been doing this for so long now and yet it seems that it gets harder and harder just to make a decent living. I dont really blame anyone...hell I could blame the president, the economy, the past companies Ive worked for, but somewhere along the line I lost that fire and I dont know why. Obviously Im like a lot of you here, Im tired of the changes. I was raised in the deep south by my grandmother who was as southern as they came and she used to tell me "be thankful you've got a job"...and that has stuck with me all these years and no matter what I was doing I was always grateful to be working. Even now Im grateful. But also uncertain is like a dark cloud hanging over my head right now.....sorry, just had to vent a little. Anybody else feel that way?

You are absolutely NOT alone - Alice

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I think there is a syndrome kind of like PTSD or battered MT syndrome that many of us experience after being basically battered by companies such as Nuance and others. But, we get into a rut, constantly thinking that things will get better. In most life experiences, if you improve, the situation improves, but I don't think that's true for the MTSO industry. I think they treat us like rented equipment while we are not equipment and we don't do well under such treatment. Most of us don't cause waves because we need whatever job we have, so the MTSOs are getting away with this stuff. I don't know the answer. I just know it's NOT YOU, it's them...

I'm about to give up.... - peg

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NO, you are not alone. I have also been doing this kind of work for over 20 years. I used to love it, and there are parts of it I still do but the parts I don't love are taking their toll. I'm not at an age where I can start a new career but I am seriously considering seeing if there is something else I can do work wise though I've felt so beaten down that I wonder if I can do anything else!! My confidence, too, is so low I can barely see it.

Im about to give up and I'm ashamed - fivefingers

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You are certainly not alone in this. I, too, after 35+ years in the business, have completely lost my confidence. I second guess myself all the time. Good luck to you, and everyone else in this dying profession. I wish I could give you a pep talk, but I am so down on myself and my abilities right now, that I cannot.

I sympathize completely - with you

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After 25+ years I ended up at the other big MTSO after a buyout. I gave it a year because I had good supervisors, a M-F schedule, 5 cpl for VR, and good insurance. Even with all those pros, there was the offshore nitpicky QA, 25+ primary accounts, myriads of specs, VR platform designed for the facilities, not the MT, unpaid demographic time, etc. Earlier this year after the umpteenth day of tears of stress and frustration and the lowest paycheck I had ever received, I quit effective immediately. It took a couple of months to find a real IC job. After dealing with strict time clocks and keyboard monitoring time, that was a priority. I don't know how anyone can do flawless work while staring at a computer for hours at a time (clocking out for any extended breaks would make my shift SO long).

I'm happy to say I found a rainbow on the other job board for a smaller, family-owned company who had just received some new accounts. Fast forward and I like my job again (never thought that would happen). Great communication, lots of compliments for a job well done, helpful, constructive, non-punitive QA, flexible IC schedule, assigned accounts, and even a promotion and raise. Hope this gives hope!

35+ years here, too. I didn't lose my confidence, - just my ability to earn a living at it.

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It wasn't my fault. It was the company's doing, because they no longer wanted American MTs. It's not your fault, either.

Nunya - Lee

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You vent away. You are voicing concerns and feelings that so many of us have. The industry has turned into a regular slave market where we feel dehumanized, unappreciated, and downright used. When a person makes nearly half of what they did 20 years ago and has so much experience, it is really disheartening to get that paycheck and it can take the wind out of anybody's sails.

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