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I am finally out!! =) - memls

Posted: Feb 20, 2015

I am finally no longer a medical transcriptionist! No more stress!! No more crappy shifts, crappy dictators, crappy PMs!! No more accounts specs! No more anything! I read on here all the time how people say you can do it! you can get out of the field and find something else but I never believed it! Now I am! I accepted a job with an answering service making good money, benefits, PTO, 401 my own hours and I can do it from home! so ya it can be done people!!

Congrats! hope to follow you soon. :) nm - me

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I envy you! - mamaoh6

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I thought about going into closed captioning but can't afford the tuition. Plus not sure if I'll be much better off. Best of luck to you (feel like I'm waving bye from behind prison bars..)

Good for you! - yess

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You go girl!

Good for you! Congratulations! - All the best!

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Yeah. Manpower is hiring for tax support - IMANMT2

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the first interview and the assessment is simple enough if you can look stuff up on the internet and know anything about your computer and have common sense.

It is a little shocking at first to be treated like a human being but it's like riding a bike ... it all starts coming back. :D

I am out too!!!! - MTold27

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I finally got a new job too. Can hardly wait to be out of this job. I have been miserable for 3 years. I was hired right before WedMedx sold out to Nuance, been miserable ever since. I just got off verbal warning for production and was told if I slipped under 100 C-LPH at any time I wil go straight to Performance Plan and have 4 weeks to make improvement each week or be fired. This week I will slip below C-LPH due to computer problems with Enterprise that IT tried to fix but only made it worse!!! Can hardly wait to give my notice on Monday!!!!

Just in time...Congratulations! - Good luck to you!

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Good for you.. - gonesoon

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Now, you watch - QA will ding you for anything they can - that's what they did to me on my last day with Nuance - QA dinged me, QC dinged me, for the same report. My reply on Fiesa was "don't care - it's my last day."

I am finally out - squirrel

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Feelsgood, doesn't it? Ever since the "standard line" went to a 65-character line, it's been downhill ever since. Feels good to be away from this dying business.

Gone as well - nomoremt

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I just turned in my time as well. I don't have another job to go to but we are going to try to survive while I look. I just can't work this way anymore. Good luck to everyone leaving. I wish you all well and for those that have already left good for you!

No more MT - mama

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Don't blame you; this business is dying. You'll find something and start anew on a different path. Best wishes.

Thank you mama! - nomoremt

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Thank you so much for the best wishes. I know I'll survive. I've already found something to do that actually pays well!!

I was hoping - memls

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when I gave my 2 weeks notice to SS that they would just automatically lock me out of the system...LOL..no such luck..there is always tomorrow though.. =)

lmao - lmao

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That's toooo funny... you hoping they would lock you out, lmfao.

What company are you working for?? - grace

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What co are you working for and how did you get the job. I would be very interested in something like that. Would be happy with any info.

It is... - memls

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It is a locally owned company where I live.

I am so lucky to have gotten out too! - Survivor

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After 25 years of transcribing, I got fired by KS for low productivity. I was humiliated but my family rejoiced. I had been depressed, miserable, stressed and isolated for years. In Washington state we have a government-funded free program called Worksource whose entire purpose is to help people get jobs. So I took some of their free classes - skills assessment, resume writing, completing an application, and interview skills.

I decided I deserved to work someplace that made me happy, and I targeted my favorite storage and organization store. I did my homework: I read everything I could find about the company including the application process and interviews, I visited one of their stores, I attended one of their free workshops and chatted with one of their managers. I was hired within a week of submitting my application, and I still can't believe it!

My job is so much fun! For the first time in years I know what my coworkers look like! Management and coworkers are so positive, supportive and warm. I have benefits! I enjoy going to work! And I never thought I could successfully get out of transcription, but here I am, in my first retail job at 60 years of age and making more than I made at KS!

Believe in yourselves, everyone. There IS life after transcription, and it is so much better! If I can do this at my age, so can you. Life is too short to be a miserable slave. Good luck to you all, and I wish you all the best!

this is awesome - memls

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It is stories like this that make me feel better about my decision. I had 17 years in the business and I just couldn't take it anymore. Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone =) Congratulations to you!

My family felt the exact same way - before I got out

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I was sooooo unhappy and so stressed. I'm so angry that the majority of their time growing up was spent watching me sit at my computer waiting on work or working off my shift to make up for OOW situations, or working overtime to make up for the crappy pay...

My kids love me again. I told them how sad I was that this career didn't turn out the way I had planned when I started 25+ years ago. All that education and training down the drain, but you know what? Kids are amazingly supportive when they see their parent struggling so much just to put food on the table.

We're going out to dinner this weekend to celebrate my new job and hopefully new career - I found my dream job working for a vet clinic! It CAN be done folks!!

Me too - aching fingers

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Good for you. I plan on getting out in April or May after 25 plus years. I really love transcription, but sadly the "powers that be" have ruined it. I certainly don't recommend it to anyone when they inquire about what I do.

I did it too .... - and I am OLD, lol

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It took my last company (TTMS) being sold out (to iMedX). That made my 4th buyout in the last decade or so - and I decided I wasn't going to go through this crap again... ever.

I spent the entire last year looking for something not in the medical field and even at my age, I finally found something else. From my experience with past buyouts, I knew about how long I had before the work started disappearing, and I was right on target, so I got the freak out. I start my new job in a couple of weeks!!

Ya gotta think outside the box and not be scared to make the change, people, but you definitely need to make the change. Everything is going EHR according to the new laws passed. There will not be a need for MTs in the very near future. Heed the warning ;)

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