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Help me decide - stressed

Posted: Mar 29, 2011

Hope someone can help me. I have worked for a couple of MTSO for around 10 years. Will be switching to VR soon. I am starting to have problems forcing myself to work at least 2 straight hours without interrupting myself either out of boredom or because someone interrupted me (I work from home). I can never seem to get over 200 lines per hour and the benefits are not great. I applied to a hospital in house (about 35 minutes away). The only shift they had was a weekend evening shift along with a couple of odd week nights. Their benefits were great and they pay hourly plus a bonus. I know I should jump at this as there is a pension plan along with a stack of other benefits. I would most probably make more money working for them. My thoughts are maybe down the road I could work from home or possibly change shifts or even part of my shift at some point. I should be so excited but all I can think of is having to commute at night and give up my weekends. It is not like I really do much most weekends anyway with teenagers now and I typically work these hours on my own unless I have specific plans, then I just get up and leave, which I will not be able to do working remote. Any thoughts or ideas. I am not getting younger so getting my foot in the door of a stable company before I get older makes sense, right?

I tend to think this is something only you can muddle through, - you know you best. sm

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what works for me works for me tailored to who I am and what I've been through. Period. Any advice or 'ideas' I could offer would be worthless, pretty much. Not in your shoes.

good luck, though.

held decide - cr

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That 70-mile round trip drive would decide for me, especially if it's late night driving, unless there's a chance I'd eventually be moving closer to the hospital. It's hard not to get bored and restless sitting in one spot, doing the same thing for hours. I do too, and I can't do 200 lines an hour either. In the end, you're probably going to do what feels right over what might make more sense. That's how I've lived my life; of course, I'm a mess too - haha.

Decision - Anonymous

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With gas approaching $4.00 a gallon, that might cancel your wage increase. The commute is more than an hour out of your day, spent on the road. At your new job, you will probably be expected to sit at your desk for longer than 2 hours at a time. I work on site, and trust me, there are a lot of interruptions and distractions. You probably won't be escaping VR, for long anyway, I think it's a fact of life. You say you're distracted at home now, but then say this new job will give you a chance to work at home later on? That part was confusing to me. Anyway, as was mentioned, only you can decide. If you think it is a better opportunity, then it is worth a try.

Burnout - Need a vacation?

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I am a fast transcriptionist and up until about 2 months ago, I could burn up the keyboard, then suddenly, I found myself feeling just the way you do. I sit and look at the screen a lot and make myself grab a job. But I think I am just in burnout mode. It's been almost 2-1/2 years since I took a vacation, so I took next week off. I will use all the hard-earned vacation hours I have earned, but it can't be worse than what is going on in my world right now. I have worked in-house, and my hospital outsourced suddenly. I had fantastic benefits, but no commute as I worked remotely. Given the chance to get back to that pay and those benefits, I would jump at the chance, but then, again, I would hate that commute. Any chance you can relocate?

Help me - mt1347

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Yes, it does make sense. Ask yourself you feel 5 years from now if you stay where you are, as opposed to 5 years from now at the inhouse position where you will have benefits, steady hourly pay you can count on, PTO, and a pension plan. You should try the in house-you can listen to music or recorded audio books to make the commute more pleasant and 35 mins. is nothing. Remember, things change - chances are in a year or so, you will be offered a better shift at the in house job. If you truly hate it, you can always quit and go back to working at home.

Burnout - Need a vacation?

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mt1347 is right, I think. I think I would commute to take an in-house secure job. One of the most important things in life is satisfaction with it. I agree. I think maybe you should try it! Good luck!

help me decide - Stressed

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You are right. You sound just like my husband. I think I have made my decision. I will be working a lot less for a lot better pay and benefits. You never know when these nationals are going to merge or change and there is no security. I think I will suck it up and try it. I do not have the best work habits at home and get interrupted a lot, so this way my home time is my home time. No pressure to get back on and do more. Thanks

Decide - Anonymous

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I wanted to share something with all of you in regard to job security in an on site position. I have a wonderful employer (been there 17 years) and a great on-site gig, great pay and great benefits. Our clinic is going to Epic and Dragon Speak in June. The plan is to cut the MT staff by 90% with the goal of eliminating transcription completely. It won't happen overnight, of course, but it's going to happen. Unlike you, I'm looking for a job with an MTSO because I love transcription. I'm getting close to retirement age and want to keep working as an MT rather than change careers. The point is, the job that I thought would last forever could be gone tomorrow, and it could happen to any of us, there are no guarantees on site either. Hopefully this will not be the case for you. Best of luck with your decision.

So true, Decide, but Stress needs reassurance right now. :) - Stress, it sounds like a good

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decision. I had trouble sitting and working once (when I was going through menopause), which made me feel bad well beyond just losing money because I knew I should be doing much better. Your on-site position will give you some extra support you can use right now, and you'll sleep better at night knowing you're doing what you're supposed to. Later on, home may or may not look good again, but right now just go for it, make the change. A changes go, BTW, it's a pretty small one and not irreversible.

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