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Be Thankful - tobeanmt
Posted: Dec 01, 2011
I have been reading a ton of posts here over the past couple of weeks, and there sure are a lot of unhappy people. It is understandable considering what people are unhappy about. With the way the economy is I am thankful I have a job even thought I hate it. I work in a call center and talk to people all day long, probably 100 people a day if not more. I want to get into transcription to get away from people. Not only do I not care for my job, but I have to drive at least 40 minutes one way to get to the next town to go to work. On top of that you have to deal with the office politics, the different personalities on your team, the work environment, etc. I think you all get my picture.
Even though transcription is not being very nice to you, there is always the alternative of working in the type of job I have. No one is appreciative of the help that I offer, everybody wants something from you, and people in general are just plain rude. All of that for crappy pay. Now I'm not saying that the people who are unhappy don't have something to be unhappy about, but there are people who also hate their jobs, but don't have the commute, the office politics, dealing with people not only the phone but people who you work with. Transcription might not be treating everyone like they are used to, but I would bet that if a lot of you had to go to an office environment with a commute to do a different job, you just might realize the convenience of the job you currently have. The convenience of not having to commute, being home for my family, and office politicies are one of the main reasons I wanted to do transcription. I've been in the corporate world for 30 years and am looking forward to being in the comfort of my own home doing a job I enjoy as opposed to all of the things I mentioned above.
I understand why people are unhappy and you all have a right to be. Just remember there are unhappy people in different jobs that wish they could do what you all do. I'll trade jobs with some of you any day. Hopefully I'll be doing the type of work you do in an environment where I might actually be happy. Just remember not every job is perfect. I hope you all have a great day.
So, because you are unhappy with your job - working MT
[ In Reply To ..]no one else is allowed to vent about their jobs? Only you are allowed to express displeasure with the conditions of your employment?
You've never even done this job or experienced the realities of this industry. Walk a mile in our shoes first, then tell us how to feel. Our experience is just as valid as yours.
Be Thankful - tobeanmt
[ In Reply To ..]All I was saying is that MTs are not the only ones who are unhappy. You're right I have never done your job, but reading the posts on here make me wonder if I want to even though I spent a lot of time on money for an education at one of the top schools.
Don't feel so attacked by my post. I was just stating that maybe MTs aren't the only ones who dislike their jobs. Just because I'm not a working MT doesn't mean that everyone is doing something other than MT work is happy.
I hope that when I do start working I don't become like people on this board that seem so unhappy. Life is too short to spend time complaining about something. Be thankful you have a job even though it is crappy....LIKE MINE! You are not alone in the crappy job department. Sorry if you took my post the wrong way. It was in no way posted to upset anybody. I hope you have a nice holiday season. I plan to.
Be Thankful - tobeanmt
[ In Reply To ..]I want to mention one more thing. You should also be aware that I worked for a company for 22-1/2 years when me and a few hundred other people were shown the door because our jobs were being outsourced to India. I am making $17,000 less a year than I made before. Things are tough everywhere so just because I am not a working MT doesn't mean I haven't experienced the same type of things a lot of you have or will in the near future.
People come here to vent about MT - working MT
[ In Reply To ..]because this is an MT board. How hard is that to understand? The fact that other people may be unhappy with other jobs is irrelevant. People vent about MT here because other MTs are having the same experience and can understand. If you feel compelled to tell other people how to feel about what happenss to them in their jobs, find a call-center board and tell them they should be happy and not complain because MTs have a rough time, too. Sheesh. Get over yourself. We don't need your advice.
Be Thankful - tobeanmt
[ In Reply To ..]Get over myself? I didn’t come here to be attacked. I came to this board to get information on becoming an MT. My post was simply to point out that MT is not the only job that is affected by outsourcing, crappy pay, etc. Look beyond yourself and realize that your career is not the only one that is affected. My advice to you is to CHILL OUT before you cause yourself to have a stroke. If becoming an MT will turn me into someone with an attitude like yours, I might rethink my career path.
totally unnecessary, vitriolic attack - sheesh yourself
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You can't fix what's broken with people like that - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Counseling might help.
There was nothing vitriolic about it. - Paula
[ In Reply To ..]You need to refer to a dictionary and look up vitriolic or adjust your sensitivity meter.
You deserved to be dressed down, and I think she did it in exemplary fashion -- actually she held her tongue better than most on here. Her post was straightforward and to the point, and there was no "vitriol" in it.
There are people who are always unhappy no matter what - Happy
[ In Reply To ..]Haven't you known people in your life who are always unhappy. You learn not to ask them how they are today, because they will tell you. It won't be good. They could inherit money and they would still be unhappy because it wasn't as much as someone else got and they had to pay taxes on it and now they have to figure out what to do with it. In other words, there are people who are never happy, never have been, and never will be. When they read a message from someone who is happy, it threatens them. They have to point out all the negatives in your life just in case you might have missed them. You can't win with those people. Don't ask how they are today. Just say "Hello" and keep walking---fast! Don't look back. Surround yourself with people who enjoy life and tend to make the best of their circumstances. You'll be healthier, happier, and more successful yourself.
Have you been reading - matchbook covers?
[ In Reply To ..]Or, better yet, listening on the spiel from online schools? Yes, transcription is an "at home" job where we can be with our families. I "type" with my child sitting on my lap! We smile all the time... awwww.
Yes, we all are lucky to have at-home jobs even though any job that can be done at home on a computer can be done, though very poorly, by someone on a computer in India. But hey, even though we get to sit with no work or lousy pay when we do have work... at least we don't have to DRIVE! I'm grateful.
My first job out of high school was as a telephone operator for the phone company back in 1990. It was a union gig... full medical, dental, vision, vacation, savings, top pay of $15/hr (again, this was 1990) reached in 2 years. It was horrible because I had to DRIVE there and had co-workers, supervisors, and managers... oh, and I had to talk to people. I can't stand that. Lucky for me our jobs were replaced by an automated "press 1 for" system by early '92, and I got into MT. I went to a secretarial school where my physical presence was required to attend and got into MT during the gravy years... just in time to see this career go from a well-respected well-paying field (with both secure in-house as well as lucrative IC opportunities) to a near minimum wage joke thanks to the MTSO takeover, India, VR, and shady schools promoting this as an "at home" profession. Many of us would do ANYTHING to have the in-house opportunities with job security and living-wage pay... maybe even affordable med insurance... even if we had to drive there. Heck... I'd give anything to have my old phone company gig back at the same rate with all the bells and whistles they offered.
Getting into this field so one can work at home is the WRONG reason to do so... no matter what any matchbook or online school says.
Be Thankful - tobeanmt
[ In Reply To ..]I understand what you're saying about the matchbook cover spiel. When I first thought about going in MT the thought of working at home was definitely one of the major reasons. Once I got into it while studying I realized how much fluff was added to the advertisements that were out there. I found the medical field interesting which is why I kept continuing to study. Trust me, I knoew before I even started with my course my kid was not going to be sitting on my lap...LOL! There was not one time that the school I attended made it sound like it was an easy career let alone one that was anything like the ads you mentioned. I have realistic expectations that MT is a difficult career that will take some time to make some real money. That is all well and good, but the appeal of not having the office politics, working with other people, etc. is even more of an incentive. Corporate USA sucks any way you look at. I've done my time in corporate America, and I would like something where I enjoy the work and won't get wrapped into the politics of it all.
The problem with MT is, you will NEVER be able to - "make real money". No one can.
[ In Reply To ..]Not when our pay continually goes DOWN, not up. Some of us are practically working for free.
Not true, and as you said inside your message, "some" are - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
For the post that no one can make "real money." - I beg to differ. See message
[ In Reply To ..]Of course it all depends on what you mean by "real money." I believe I do very well actually with pay, hours, benefits, PTO, and my company's expectations from me. I usually have plenty of work.
So let me ask you this. What do you consider yourself worth? What do you think you should be making? What is good money to some is not so good to others.
I feel that $30,000/year and up is pretty good pay, depending on how hard it is to make it. I make right at $40,000 for less than 40 hours a week.
You say "some of us are practically working for free." Really??? Why?
The MT industry is changing. We have to embrace VR because it is not going away. I believe there is currently a weeding out going on of bad MTs, meaning those who are not reliable, skillful, and those who do not wish to evolve with the business. A few other good MTs will go with them. I believe this process will take another 10 years. Once we reach that point, and there are no MTs left who will actually work for "practically free," the industry will evolve again. I am not saying MTs will get rich doing this, but I do not believe companies will have the option of over-hiring and under-paying. There will be good, serious MTs who will not tolerate that, as there will be serious, good paying jobs available.
In other words, if a company presently advertises for a job paying 2 cpl VR and 6 cpl typing, there is someone out there who will take it, or "practically work for free." We need to evolve past this.
I used to make $47K a year..."decent" money. Now, - its about $18K/yr. Poverty-level.
[ In Reply To ..]I used to work 8-hour days, 40-hour weeks for that $47K. I got paid vacations, good healthcare, and a 401K match.
Now I work 12-hour days, 6 days a week (not 7, because in Cali. you can't work 7 days a week without getting overtime). Although I'm working harder, the line counts are fairly static because the software is user-unfriendly, and also because the work now dribbles in, bit by bit.
And the cpl keeps going down. In 1975, 6 cpl was great pay. In 2011, it's CR@P pay.
The fact that you live in Califonia is a big part of your problem - sm
[ In Reply To ..]California has those rules that make things worse and then the cost of living is sky high. No wonder you can't make anything when others do. Have you considered moving?
Not necessarily. - PassingThru
[ In Reply To ..]If that poster made her $47K per year while living in CA, then your point is moot. Her wages have dropped precipitously from before, all while living in CA.
The ONLY thing she listed in her post specific to CA was that it prevents her from working 7 days per week without receiving OT pay. Surely you're not suggesting that she slave 7 days per week -- are you?
Same boat. - VeteranMT
[ In Reply To ..]Same here.
No benefits, crappy pay.
I used to have incredible benefits and was paid quite well.
And I don't live in CA.
All these pipedream posters need to realize that this is a SYSTEMIC problem.
Additions to your list from what you've written - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Poor attitude, tacky language, desire to blame someone else rather than fixing what's wrong by getting a better job.
My "tacky" language on this board - VeteranMT
[ In Reply To ..]Since board posts are merely casual messages, my "tacky" language on this board has no bearing on my work as an MT.
You don't know me so don't know SQUAT about my attitude. The ONLY information you have on me is 1 post that I made to VENT on this board, like countless other underworked, underpaid MTs do.
You don't know my work history OR how many jobs I've applied for recently, so you're not in a position to comment on that EITHER.
If this board weren't moderated, my language toward you would get a lot "tackier," trust me!!
CORRECTION: overworked, underpaid - VeteranMT
[ In Reply To ..]To normal people it would be obvious so not worth mentioning. Not on this board!
Veteran MT - MT2
[ In Reply To ..]It is my feeling that the person posting these just work posts is an MTSO. No SEASONED MT could possibly say these things knowing how this field has changed, pay gone down, loss of benefits, loss of job. 15 years ago, I was making 10 cents a GROSS line. Then it went to 10 cents a 65 character line, then 9 cents, and down and down it has gone. SR/VR, Offshoring, and now EMR are fueling the downward trends. We are working twice as long for half as much. No true MT would continue to post like this person is to you.
What I'm hearing is different from what you are hearing - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I'm hearing this:
1. If you aren't doing well, see if there is something that you can add or do differently to increase your quality and/or production rate so you will make more money.
2. If that doesn't do it, change employers.
3. If you are unable to find an acceptable new employer and you can't make any improvements or additions to your skill level and/or production, change careers!
4. I'm also hearing that it doesn't make sense to sit on one's behind typing complaints and whining instead of taking steps to change your situation.
and a new one
5. Have a professional look at your resume and cover letter to see if it can be made more effective.
That's because YOU wrote it. - VeteranMT
[ In Reply To ..]You know nothing about me or my situation -- that means you are IGNORANT of what you speak.
Only a FOOL opens his mouth on a subject he knows nothing about.
Obviously you meet the definition.
Some of us were talking about this thread - sm
[ In Reply To ..]We came to the conclusion that any attempt to help is met with crude, vulgar language and messages with name calling. WE all agreed that those people cannot be helped. Several of us have benefited from information we got here about resumes and other topics, so we hope the helpful information continues. Please keep trying to help those of us who are interested in learning.
Good point. I suspect it as well. SM - VeteranMT
[ In Reply To ..]You are exactly right, MT2.
ALL the realities of the milieu we work in are COMPLETELY IGNORED by that person. Their being an MTSO is the only thing that makes sense.
I don't doubt that at all. - nm
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Yes, we're all LAZY. LOL - HeardThisBefore
[ In Reply To ..]There are TONS of well-paying MT jobs out there, TONS.
We are all just TOO LAZY to go get them.
We are NOT applying ourselves enough. We are NOT submitting enough resumes, networking enough, testing enough.
We ALL have HORRIBLE attitudes, and THAT is what prevents us from having our DREAM JOB, which is just ONE APPLICATION AWAY.
GIVE IT A REST, LADY. We have ALL heard that garbage before, and at this point EVERYBODY knows better.
I'm not sure about 'Dream Job' but lots of people are doing okay - Some doing more than okay
[ In Reply To ..]I'm not sure anyone has their 'dream job', but it's certainly possible to get a good job with appropriate pay, as long as you don't have an over-inflated idea of what you're worth or have so many bills to pay that no reasonable job offer is going to pay your bills.
Thank you for posting. This was excellent, well-written information - nm
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I agree about being thankful. - Returned to MT
[ In Reply To ..]I was one of those unhappy MTs though I didn't post on here at the time. I had been a floater at clinic before so when I was offered a job as a front office coordinator I jumped on it. On paper it looked like a really good opportunity. The reality was that the negatives did not outweigh the benefits. The long commute, rude/lying patients, and especially the office politics made that job more miserable than transcription from home ever was.
I'm glad I ventured out of the home office to check out the grass on the other side of the fence though because it made me much more appreciative of the transcription industry. I would rather work 3 MT jobs than 1 office job if that's what it takes.
Forgot to mention - Returned to MT
[ In Reply To ..]the pay and benefits of working in the office. I made 13.75/hr. That's $110.oo a day. Subtract $10/day for gas. That left $100/day divided by 11 hours (hour commute each way plus mandatory 1 hour unpaid lunch). That comes out to $9.09/hr. I figured in the extra 3 hours because working from home would allow me to actually be working those hours with a second job.
My last check there was for 48 hours in two weeks because their policy is if the doctor is out, you don't work and don't get paid.
The insurance was almost exactly the same premium as my current MTSO and my last MTSO. Unfortunately, we didn't have the option of going to any hospital. We HAD to use the local facility and no dentist or eye doctor would accept it.
It's not just transcription that's suffering right now. The cuts and outsourcing are in every industry.
Be Thankful - Justme
[ In Reply To ..]I know exactly what you mean about office politics and they/it definitely exists. While I am currently working PT, I try to ignore the gossiping, people not doing their jobs, etc. etc. etc. Best of luck to you! But then I come from the old school! Work at work and play at home!
I'm definitely thankful. - mthead
[ In Reply To ..]Hubby and I recently met with a financial planner to figure out how to fund our retirement and our kids' college education. The planner is urging me to get a job in the "real world" as soon as possible. I dread the commute, the politics, wearing business attire, and worrying what to do with my kids on breaks and sick days. I don't make a lot of money as an MT, but I love it and don't want to leave it. I have to do the math and prove to him that I'd barely break even, and even if I did, what price tag do you put on the stress of working with so many people in an office?
I'm with you! - MT2
[ In Reply To ..]I am a single parent and I too had to face the fact that I can't continue to be in la la land regarding real world, and bills. But when I looked at the jobs outside which are not MT (the hospitals around me are all outsourced), I get a disgusting feeling in the pit of my stomach and just know that I would regret ever having to get up and face the rat race and hamster wheel. So, I decided to bite the bullet and take 2-3 jobs at home typing as an MT to equal 1 job's pay. I have had 2 and adding a third, and it has worked. My pay is up and will be up more. In other words, for me, it is a small price to pay working lots to avoid the kind of stress I personally experience 40 hours a week outside the house plus commute and psychological dealings with the office politics. I have learned to know myself and if I have to do it I will (work lots and lots at home to avoid hell outside)!
Well, call me two-faced because I love AND hate MT-ing. - Oh, by the way...
[ In Reply To ..]Not sure what you have been reading or, better yet, your interpretation of same, but what you said about your job, i.e.:
"...alternative of working in the type of job I have. No one is appreciative of the help that I offer, everybody wants something from you, and people in general are just plain rude. All of that for crappy pay."
...is exactly what we are talking about here and this is the place for it. Should we be thankful? Are you? IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT WORKING AT HOME. In fact, working at home makes the above items you speak of in your post about your job worse when you don't physically have contact on a day-to-day basis.
Be careful what you wish for.....
Be Thankful - tobeanmt
[ In Reply To ..]I realize it's not all about working from home. I understand everyone's frustration, obviously if you said what I am unhappy about is the same thing a lot of MTs are unhappy about. I am thankful I have a job as should everyone else who is bringing home a paycheck. There are lots of people out of work and losing everything they have. What I am wishing for is a job that I enjoy regardless if it's working in an office or at home. The extra stress of the commute, getting to work on time, cost of a work wardrobe, etc. just add to the stress of going to work. I know MT is not the perfect job, no job is. I just want to work at something I enjoy.
we are thankful, too. we see the good-bad to everything - in life but filter to concerns only.
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Be Thankful - tobeanmt
[ In Reply To ..]I understand. A lot people forget the good, but always remember the bad even if the bad is far less apparent that the good.
please don't preach. Might be a good idea to move off this subject. - Good luck to you. NM
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It's fine to both love and hate a job, but either be able to be thankful for it or do somethin - The Way I See It
[ In Reply To ..]If you have a job you can't be thankful for, why on earth are you doing it? It makes no sense. Leave it for someone who can and will be thankful for it and go find one that you can be thankful for. But whatever you do, find something positive rather than complaining and feeling sorry for yourself. That does nobody any good. Take action.
"The Way I See It" has a point. Love it or leave it. - see message
[ In Reply To ..]There is no denying that there are bad companies out there who over-hire and under-pay, and perhaps have some shady practices as well. However, no MT is forced to do this work. There are jobs posted every single day on this board (30 in the last month), and others as well.
You have to "grow where you are planted or change gardens." You may have to try several different companies before you find the right fit. Many of us have been there. You do not have to "settle" for anything.
Someone on here said many MTs are "working practically for free?" Why work in the first place? I can not feel sorry for someone who settles for this, does nothing to change it, stays in this business, and complains constantly. Too many jobs are posted for this to be the case. I believe the truth is that you have MTs with very low skill levels who have to accept that kind of pay, and they are not good enough at what they do to even obtain another job. They have some self-improvement to work on and are too lazy to do it. My goodness, I do not consider myself the BEST MT. I do not even do operative reports or radiology. However, I have been around a while. I know how to do research. I know what to look for in a job rather than just anyone who will hire me. If I have to be reduced to working minimum wage, I will be gone.
I also have absolutely no sympathy for those who work for nothing and complain about it - In fact
[ In Reply To ..]I read the messages of the people who are working for little or nothing and wonder what they are thinking! They need to get motivated and do something different. It's pure laziness to sit around and gripe and complain that you aren't making any money. Go make some money! Nobody is holding you down but yourself. It isn't our fault that you're failing and we can't help you. You're going to have to go find something that you can do well enough to make money. No, it may not be easy and it takes a 4-letter word, w-o-r-k, but it's a lot better than sitting around on your rear complaining that things are just awful bad.
I remember being in a bad job situation once - See message
[ In Reply To ..]I remember working long, hard hours and not being able to support myself and my child. I was too tired to even be able to think straight, much less look for a different kind of work.
Here's the difference though. I was too tired to hang out on message boards talking about it. If I had that much time and energy, I would have been on a job search, which I did. It's just silly for people to do nothing and complain that things aren't getting better for them. If they can't do better or have no other options, then complaining makes no sense either. It just makes them tired and bitter, and very boring, like a broken record. They need to get over it. Do something or don't do something. Just don't keep talking about not doing anything. Life is too short for that.
LOL Look to your LEFT. Get a clue. - Paula
[ In Reply To ..]Look to your LEFT, and you will find a Resume Bank, a Job-Seekers' Board, a Company board, etc.
MANY MTs looking for work spend time at this forum, and the above sections are the REASONS for that.
It's unbelievable that it has to be pointed out at all.
Me, too. I love transcribing the spoken word, but - I HATE getting lousy pay for it.
[ In Reply To ..]Meanwhile, as our pay plummets, everything else keeps going up. I rarely go to any market except the bargain markets to buy my food. But the other day I stopped by a Safeway on my way home to pick up some milk and cereal. And OMG! A box of the brand-name cereal is now over $6! For a box half-full of AIR! A package of 8 frozen hamburgers, that used to be about $5, is now $12! How are MTs supposed to survive in today's world on 3.5-8cpl?
How? The same way everyone else does - by hard work - Very few have it easy these days
[ In Reply To ..]It's almost like the old days my parents went through. They worked hard, literally sweat to make money, only to never really get ahead. Nobody ever promised us that we wouldn't have to work that hard, or did they?
Why do you imply that I (or others) are not working - hard? Were busting our rear-ends.
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You may be working hard at doing things the wrong way - Nobody here knows your work
[ In Reply To ..]Nobody here can attest to your work being hard, easy, good, or bad. I know that there are a lot of people who claim that their work is horrible when others doing the same accounts do fine with it. We all know people who claim they are the best when they really aren't that good and don't keep up with the changes. We don't know anything about the work ethics, personality, or motivation of anyone here. We just know that some people have arranged to do well and some haven't but refuse to do anything about it.
You're right: Nobody here knows SM - Logic101
[ In Reply To ..]You're right: Nobody knows.
That means the converse could be true as well: She could have decades of experience, be certified, utilize macros and other shortcuts like crazy, be a top producer with an accuracy rate of 99%, and have done just about every medical specialty there is. Maybe she had her own MTSO and authored a medical terminology book.
And she STILL can't do well in this lousy economy (with some regions hit particularly hard) *AND* in a DYING PROFESSION.
She's definitely doing something wrong if she can't do well - while others can
[ In Reply To ..]A little bit of shoe leather looking for a different job might be the answer.
Maybe she has looked. - YouDontKnow
[ In Reply To ..]You are hurling criticisms at people you don't even know.
For all you KNOW, she may be submitting resumes on a daily basis.
Anyone spending any time here knows how that there are TONS of MTs LOOKING right now, in the midst of buyouts, outsourcing, layoffs, and offshoring.
Why don't you at least ask questions, then after you get the info you can criticize. Oh, that's right -- you are here for a DIFFERENT reason. You're nothing but a troll.
Crack that whip, Suit! - "Hyaahh! Get to work, slaves!"
[ In Reply To ..]nm
They are crawling all over this board. NM - ItsObvious
[ In Reply To ..]NM
I have been called suit but I am not. Just goes to show you - dont know if one is a suit or not. nm
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Is your alias Passing Through? Or is PT your twin? - nm
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Transcription work - good/bad? - KEM
[ In Reply To ..]Read your post. I loved my jobs as office manager and admin asst in both an inpatient mental health hospital social work department for 15 years and at an outpatient mental health clinic for 3 years. Then, in 1999 we adopted twin infants. I turned 43 the day after they were born. They will be 13 this February. Childcare costs and no help from family, I became a stay-at-home mom. I love my girls, but I've felt like a prisoner for almost 13 years. In 2008, I graduated from MTEC after almost 2 years of learning MT. I have worked for a great company offering flextime and initially an abundance of work that was fabulous for me while I was learning the ropes in MT. The past year, there has been hardly any work, but I'm still with the company. This is my problem working from home: My husband has little to no respect for my job, since it has made me very little money to speak of. Since I don't make enough to assist with any of the bills, his expectation is because I work from home is to have house spic and span, clothes washed/dried/put away, dinner on the table at 5pm and be available for family from dinner time onward. EVERYONE thinks I am available for their needs at the drop of a hat - even relatives. NOT! The job I have... the work trickles into queue morning/noon and night. I'm constantly running up/down stairs to my office to see if there is any work. Some days none, others the "pool" that I'm a part of fight for what is available. My part-time job has turned into a 1/4 time job. To work at home, one MUST maintain discipline. It is very difficult when you have children as well. Last spring I developed a DVT in my leg that I've been in constant fear of it returning. I'm on Coumadin and probably always will be. I never used to have back and neck problems, but I do now. My posture has become very poor and I use a lumbar pillow and have a good ergonomic chair and keyboard. My vision has become very bad the past several months (I'm due for eye checkup), but I know its from looking at a computer screen. There are many health hazards to this job. In addition, I am screaming for human interaction, which I have NONE. It is an extremely isolative job. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who is thinking about a career change in their life. Pros of this job are being here for my girls and their needs and being able to attend to all my doctor needs as they arise; no gas expenses, car maintenance, no clothing or make-up expenses and no commuting - which are all HUGE! The grass is not always greener on the other side though.
Be Thankful - tobeanmt
[ In Reply To ..]Thanks so much for your input. The way my plan is to keep my job, going part-time, to keep my benefits and work there 2 days a week while working as IC doing transcription at home. That way I can keep my foot in the door at my current job and try transcription. I can't just let me education go to waste. I want to try and know that I gave it my best shot and not wonder what would have happened if I had tried transcription.
I am really unhappy in my job, but it is a paycheck with benefits, and I am thankful for that. I just want a job where I will be happy going to work without having to go in dreading it.
I think you've made a great point - see message
[ In Reply To ..]Each of us has our own specific needs. Some are flexible enough to work on-site or at home, weekends, holidays, nights, days, overtime, or whatever it takes. Some can do all sorts of specialties, for example. Others are restricted to only working at home due to health needs or because they have to be home to take care of family. We each have to weigh the pros and cons and come up with the best solution we can for our own situation.
I wouldn't insult a person who is doing the best she can working at home with a physical problem, even if she can't work as many hours as others, but she can't expect to get as good of a job or make as much money. To complain when others make more when they have the ability to do more or do it differently is just plain wrong.
In other words, we're all probably doing just about as good as we can, and we're being paid accordingly. Sure we can get stuck with a bad employer, but most of us have good enough skills so we can switch to a better one. If we have restrictions on how and when we can work or how much we can do, we won't make as much as someone who can do better.
I feel sorry for.. - Also returned to MT
[ In Reply To ..]I feel sorry for the people who got into MT when it was a career with advancement and opportunities. Because now it is basically like every other dead-end low paying job out there. However, it has many perks that a lot of other jobs like cashiers, call centers, waitresses, clerks, etc. don't have.
So it really depends on what you compare it to. It is way better than most minimum wage jobs, and you'll probably make a little more money than that. BUT if you are looking for advancement, pay raises, job security, extra pay for experience.... no, it isn't going to be for you.
I mean, nobody pays a cashier extra for having 25 years of experience doing it right? The going rate is the going rate.
I wouldn't feel too sorry. - Just sayin
[ In Reply To ..]Not everyone is complaining.
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