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Finally! - been looking and finally found!

Posted: Sep 16, 2014

I have been (as some of you all have) trying to get out of this transcription "hell" for years! I finally, finally landed another job! It it outside of transcription. Its with Verizon! Finally! I know no job is heaven, but at least I'll get a raise every year.....................and not have to wonder in agony what is going to happen today......................what are they going to take away from me today............will I be able to pay my bills, will there be enough work..........

I wish YOU ALL happy hunting for the ones that want to get out of this, "hell" and for the ones that are happy, I wish you well too!

I wish I could have stayed in transcription and I hate losing the skills it takes to transcribe, but in general we are not appreciated, are lied to, are abused, etc., etc.

Free at last! Thank God Almighty! I am free at last!

I think you'll like it! - sm

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I have a friend who has worked for AT&T as a customer service phone rep for 5 years! He is making more money than I make full time at our university. He gets a raise every 6 months. Good benefits, too.

Just remember that the customer is NOT mad at YOU when they call. They're mad at Verizon. My friend said it was hard at first, not taking everything personally, but after awhile it didn't bother him anymore.

Good luck to you!

Finally! - been looking and finally found!

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Yes, I have to remember not to take it personal and put myself in the customer's shoes. I intend to succeed! Thank you everybody for your well wishes! I will miss transcription though. I learned something new almost everyday!

care to share more? - thinking

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I am considering getting out after almost 20 years. Would you care to share how you found something like this? I live rural so need to continue working from home if at all possible. Thanks

Finally! - been looking and finally found!

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There was an ad in my local newspaper. The guy that interviewed me understands that I have been in the medical field for almost 20 years, but I am going to school for business administration and marketing so he took a chance with me! Very glad that I chatted it up with the receptionist before my interview, because he said he doesn't really hire people who are cold or rude to the receptionist. Give it a try! I really hope you find something else. Transcription unfortunately is like working in a sweat shop!

With MT any more... - it is like they are

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pissed off at us for even daring to exist. No appreciation any more for what we do.

Good luck in your new job.

happy for you!! and me, hopefully I won't get India or Japan next - time I call Verizon about anything. :-) NM

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yay you!!! Nice going!

paid by the hour - cindy

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You will see how great it is to get paid by the hour. When I went to CNA from transcription I was getting paid by the hour and it was so unreal. Here I am shopping for a lady going through Publix and getting paid, didn't have to worry if there was work, get paid by how many groceries I got for the lady, LOL. It was great. We should automatically get 10.00 hour just for our knowledge, and then the line count should be on top of anything else. The reason this whole crap of line counts started was to make us go faster and the ones that went faster than the slower ones got paid more. But this field is so unfair. I will be out of this soon as I get my license and many more will too. Then who are they going to be correcting on Fiesa. Oh maybe they will finally get what they want, all their work will go to India and they can deal with all the mistakes on the reports that come back. We will all be gone from this endless no thankful field they call Medical Transcription. We don't get paid for our knowledge we only get demonized because we didn't put an is, are, was or the in the right spot. Who cares if everything else on the report is totally correct.

Finally! - been looking and finally found!

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What do you mean? Its not great to get paid by the hour? No job is perfect. I realize that but is transcription worth the headache anymore? There are so many variables that are out of our control........like will there be enough work, will we will lose our main account, will the service we work for be closed or brought out, will our line count pay be cut? Too many variables for me and I am more than sick and over it.

No job is perfect, but on most of my jobs I have held in my lifetime, I have been appreciated because I show up on time, give 100% on the job, don't call off a lot and I am dedicated to the company I work for.

In transcription (except for my in-house job that got shipped to a transcription service) I have NEVER been appreciated, lied to, had too many chiefs and not enough Indians, things promised and never received.

Things are not rosy on any job, but I'll take it over transcription almost any day. Shoot, I use to get a cost of living raise and a yearly raise before!

I am not sure what you mean by your post about hourly wage not being so great, and I do not want to argue because that is not what my post is about. I just want to encourage other transcriptionist to keep looking, hoping, improving in other skills, but to me transcription is a dead end, unless you can get with a good in-house company.

I wish you well and all the best!

Believe me - There are plenty of

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Indians!

Cindy - at least its guaranteed money. I'd do hourly - in a flash but to each their own meds. NM

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hello

Finally! - been looking and finally found!

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:)

I believe you and poster above misread her post - KC

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It sounded like Cindy was agreeing that hourly pay is great, and how much she appreciated it after moving from transcription to CNA.

Finally! - been looking and finally found!

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Yes, I did misread her post! Thank you! I am sorry Cindy!

whups - sorry - poster above. Nm

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./..

In a similar boat here, got cafeteria job at school....sm - TransitioningOutofMT

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But am still doing MT to appease hubby who wants me to make my student loan "worth it". The first 2 weeks weren't bad, but as times goes on, I'm hating MT more and more. I feel bad that I no longer want to be in the field I went to school for, but at the same time, I don't want to miserable at home when it's time to logon (which now, I currently am).

Finally! - been looking and finally found!

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I am the opposite. I honestly don't hate transcription itself. I've learned so much from it. I started out in radiology, then orthopedics, then some clinic, then acute care and cardiology. I absolutely love transcription in-house or at home, but I HATE HOW WE ARE TREATED! I DESPISE MY, "SUPERVISORS". I HATE BEING LIED TO AND ON (o.k. enough with the caps :)) and I hate being treated as though I am 2nd class or 3rd class employee when I know I am a 1st class employee. I am not perfect, but I sure try to give 100% most days and I LOVE the medical field in general! Its been my bread and butter for almost 25 years. I love it! On all of my jobs, be in fast food, CNA, sales, etc. I have always been a valued part of a team. I lay low, don't try to cause trouble, go with the flow even I don't personally agree with it, get a raise, get paid time off, get overtime if I won't it, etc. But this transcription is an as ungrateful, abusive, un-professional as it gets! I will tell everyone to get the h___ll out and I tell everyone who gets so excited about working at home doing transcription to NOT WASTE THEIR TIME! Sorry for the caps and long post. I have been holding these feelings in and not posting on this board for years............ :)

Finally! - been looking and finally found!

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I meant overtime if I want it............
:)

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