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History lesson - what are we - waiting for?
Posted: Oct 13, 2012
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We are waiting for permission to take massive action? Not advocating violence, but please leave your damn jobs. We deserve better. There would be no MTSOs without MTs. Don't you get it?
They already stole our jobs, sent them overseas, created software to replace us, and we are fighting over scraps at slave wages.
Those who are happy being MTs, good, but $8-10 an hour doesn't cut it in my world. That's not a living wage, and I am my sole support. If management is overpaid, make bonuses off what I produce, then I want the same.
Naysayers, nay all you want. Fearmongers, "they will fire us," THEY ALREADY STOLE YOUR JOB. People who claim to care about patient care, "what about the patients?" The hospitals made a decision to have computers, VR/SR do the work, let them have it. Hospitals want the work done in India to save money? Let the work come back from VR and India without editing.
Write letters, blog about the company you work for, tweet to and about upper management, make phone calls to upper management, ASK QUESTIONS, and respond to those ridiculous articles about how much money you can make with medical transcription. Slow down when there is work, stop working, or leave your job. Do it for yourself.
We are waiting till we get other jobs lined up - I dont know about you
[ In Reply To ..]I can't stop doing this till I have something else to go to but believe me the minute I do, I will give them back their job and I'm never looking back. Call me selfish, but I don't care what happens to MT after I'm gone.
same here, in school and hope to be out soon - anon
[ In Reply To ..]I am finishing up coding and then taking my CCS exam then I will be out of here without a glance back! Have friends who are applying anywhere and everywhere and are leaving as soon as they find another job.
nice idea, but - anon
[ In Reply To ..]So if I walk out on my job, are you going to pay my electric bill and buy my groceries after I have zero income...when my company fires me for being a slacker or no-show and glady hires a bunch of part-time newbies who will take any job offer because they have no idea what they are in for yet in this industry?
What I don't understand... - is that if so many are leaving
[ In Reply To ..]how come the pay for this seems to be stagnant and even going down? I know the reports I do would be way too hard for a newbie or even some Indian doctor to do correctly, and of course VR is still a hot mess. It's like we live in Bizarro world.
exactamundo - anon
[ In Reply To ..]It is Bizarro world which is why I want out. Working at home, I'm clueless as to what's really going on. At the age of 37, I don't want to stay in a profession that seems like a spinning plates act, always wondering when it's all going to fall down. Tired of the guessing game and being at the mercy of a big company who ultimately is gonna do what they want.
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