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Article about economy slump pushing ppl down the ladder. MT - is talked about. On MSN Economy Watch. nm

Posted: Sep 10, 2012

Article on MSN Economy watch. sm - anon

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Interesting, indeed. Thanks for posting. I posted the link here. It is very sad that the person who wrote the article thought that the situation of the MT named in the article was "extreme" regarding the steep loss in her wages. Definitely not an extreme example as far as our profession goes these days.

He didnt say it was uncommon, he said extreme. Which it is an - extreme reduction in pay. nm

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extreme - anon

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I respect your take on the article. My impression remains that he is saying that her situation is extreme; i.e., exceeding the ordinary for a medical transcriptionist.

Her situation was extreme. It was not uncommon. - Agree to disagree (but I am right) nm

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There's a link to MSN within the article for more - stories from people, because - s/m

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they plan to do a continuation of the story. I wrote and told them the MT they mention in their story is actually one of the luckier ones, and that many of us are actually even worse off, as far as how far our pay has fallen.

I think this is an excellent opportunity for MTs to get our story out there. Maybe if enough people in MT respond to MSN's story, someday they'll do a story highlighting the medical industry as a whole. Could expose a whole lotta closet skeletons.

Although the situation of that MT wasn't the extreme - end of shrinking MT income, -S/M

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I think compared to workers in most other professions who have also seen their share of problems, the situation of MTs IS extreme.

Article about economy slump pushing ppl down the latter - Disgusted

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What on earth are you quibbling about?? We all know the basic idea stated in the article is true--many probably weren't making as much as this person in the article, but the dramatic pay drop for the same work and the fact that there are few good options out there I think we all agree on--we all know we are not making the same $ for the same amount of work and that it's true all over not just 1 or 2 companies, and we know about offshoring and automation! It's a shame we all turn so easily to nit-picking at each wnen we're all in the same boat really.

Correction - Disgusted

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That should be ladder, not latter!

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