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High quality, cost effective and customer focused - words that spell exploitation. . . - TexasT

Posted: Nov 06, 2011

Am I the only one that feels this way??? Tell me, please, how do they expect us to make a living when they are paying squat to keep their cost of service down??

Yes - sm

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they do expect that and they do expect people to work for peanuts on voice recognition and they will continue to use it and pay you peanuts until you refuse to do it.

so did you refuse to do it? and how much are you making now??? - TexasT

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or are you not working in this field anymore?

I did refuse - sm

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to do it, am still in this field and am making quite a bit more than minimum wage and no I'm not a liar.

I refused too - sm - SingularJoy

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I refused too. After getting tired of making $3.00-$4.00 an hour at my last two MT jobs (with 30 years experience as an MT) - as employees, which I'm sure is illegal - I found that I was able to go back to school on a full grant because I made so little money. At the age of 50, I enrolled in the University of Phoenix. I obtained my Associates Degree at 52 and immediately got a job in a completely different field making 125% more to start. I found that I loved school so much that I stayed. I'm one year away from a Bachelors in IT and at that time will begin my Masters in Information Systems.

Refusing worked for me. It will work for you too.

Full grant? Nice. Can you tell us how you received your grant? - Thank you n/m

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nm

Full Grant - Singular Joy

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If you work as an MT then it's likely your salary is so low that you are near the poverty level or below. This makes you eligible for financial assistance for college. Call up your university of interest and apply for financial aid. That's what I did.

Good for you - sm

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Congratulations on your achievements. To those that say they can't do anything else, read what she did.

Another thing people keep saying on here is that VR is here to stay and I better get used to it if I want to stay in this field. Well, the people who are telling you it is here to stay are the companies making fortunes off the software and those of you that keep doing it for half the pay. If you refuse to do it, they will either increase the pay or go back to typing. I have read on here about we have to accept technology and look what happened to the telephone operators. The telephone operators did not have their pay cut in half when technology took over. In most jobs where technology has taken it is done so people can be more productive but not have their pay cut in half like with VR. If you want to accept this, go for it. If not, just say no!

You have totally inspired me - to check it out

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I just got approved for governmental benefits (food stamps and state health insurance) because my pay has gone so low with Medquist. I've been so preoccupied with keeping a roof over my and my son's head and keeping food in our stomachs that the idea of applying for help to go back to school to get out of the field has totally gotten by me. Sometimes I don't even make minimum wage - I BET I would be approved for some type of grant. THANK YOU for landing a major seed in my mind - I'm going up to my local community college tomorrow to speak to someone.

Congratulations on your success ... we are all rooting for you and hope you continue onward in your studies. You are a true inspiration!

You go girl! - SingularJoy

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I know your pain. Thirty years in the business, and the last few made me feel desperate and hopeless, like I wasn't worth anything and couldn't do anything else. Well, you can do something else. There are 68-year-olds in my classes who are making career changes. It's never too late.

Would you mind emailing me? - sunflower

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Just wondering what you are doing now and what field did you get your degree in. congratulations to you! that is an accomplishment!!

What I'm Doing Now - SingularJoy

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I spent a couple of years getting my Associates in Communications. Just after graduation, I got a job as an accountant of all things. I just got a call one day from an employer who was in desperate need of an accountant. I had done my own bookkeeping when I owned a transcription company, so I knew how it was done. I took the job. Now, I'm in my last year of getting a degree in IT/Web Development. When I finish next December, I'm going to getting my Masters in Information Systems. If all goes as planned, I'll complete my PhD in Information Systems the year before I turn 60.

Knowledge is power.

Also trying something different - TryingtoHelp

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I agree with trying something different. I am taking a shot at writing about these MT issues. I could use some input from, I guess, 3 MTs with many years of experience--like myself. Would appreciate your advice with HONEST feedback (good or bad).

I really am - TryingtoHelp

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Really writing about MT stuff (vampires, too), but it is part of a short-story: The Bitten and The Unbitten: Who's Your Daddy? The MT parts WILL be relative to OUR MT issues. Hmm, I guess you could Google the title to access story for some real proof. It's entertainment but not, if you know what I mean.

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