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hey people, great job today 'disliking' - some companies currently posting

Posted: Jan 19, 2015

'jobs' on the board these past few days who deserve same.

We 'hear' you, and we believe you!

Thanks for sparing the unsuspecting the hassle and horror of some of these places...

Keep up the good work. It's all we can do to help ourselves and each other until something happens, and we all receive once again the respect, dignity and salaries we deserve.

IMO, I would say if you see 3 or more 'dislikes' on a job posted on Seeker's, RFYL!

Sincerely,

--Tired of being broke in the East but won't waste another minute being tricked, tormented and ____ by these vile MTSOs!

Can you think of another "T" word for the blank? I ran out...maybe "tossed," but I'd like to think of us as having the power to leave of our own accord when it gets too bad...!

Salaries will never return to what they once were. Why should they? - Proven MTs will work for peanuts. nm

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It is worse then you think - Passing through

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A friend who has been the transcription manager of a medium-sized hospital, not her decision by the way, tells me that her hospital sent work to an Indian company but that the Indian company sold their business back to an American company because they could not find Indian MTs willing to work for such low wages. So, if this info is correct, you are working for less money than an Indian MT with a much much lower cost of living than you do, and great benefits, is unwilling to accept. The good news, if you want to call it that, is that the work is coming home.

No, the work isn't "coming home" to live MTs, - its going to point-n-click. Or China.

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Yes... tortured! - JOttS

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is another "T" word... Maybe "thrown under the bus" is another good descriptor. JOS

OP: of course, tortured is the word - I am a little sick today

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and 'lost' the word as I was wrapping up the post...yes, tortured is the correct word...'thrown under bus' good too but perhaps a tad too mild...LOL

how about - trashed

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That's pretty much what they consider us these days.

Crocodile tears here all the - way around

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Hope most on the board find something they like rather that sitting her bemoaning the fact of how they are treated.

No tears here, just frustration - SeasonedMT

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I've become frustrated in my search for an acute care MT position. I've filled out scads of papers to prove that I'm American and know the HIPAA requirements. I have over 20 years' experience with as an acute care and radiology MT. I love the work that I do and have consistent 98% accuracy. When offered to be paid less than 7 cpl for straight typing and 3 cpl for editing, it's not worth my time and effort. I understand that MTSOs compete for their business by bidding low on contracts. However, their offers of low pay show lack of respect for what we do. How can we turn this low pay trend around to support ourselves?

We might have been able to turn it around, - or at least slow the downward spiral - sm

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somewhat, in the past, but it's too late now. The MT field as a whole is not only mostly offshored, but is also on its way to being 99.99% automated. The only choice now is to either consider MT a hobby pastime, or to get out of it if we want to be able to live on our paychecks.

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