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I've come to the conclusion - anon

Posted: Mar 04, 2013

that I currently hold my last job as an MT. Part out of choice and part because of the changes in this carreer. When this job ends for whatever reason I am getting out of the industry. I have lost my enthusiasm for this dying profession. I do need to earn a living and have plans for the next chapter of my life, but there is some settling of my mind with this decision, which was a long time coming. Good luck to all that stay.

I feel the same way - exactly

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I am at peace with my decision now, finally.

same here...finally at peace with it - anon2

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Took me a while to realize I was not in control of making my job as an MT viable and successful. It had nothing to do with my attitude.

This professional career has become a three ring circus.

I've never heard it put better (nm). - anon

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GOOD for you guys. I am old and rural, or I would have gone - long ago. It is harder to think about than do. :)

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I'm with you. I'm currently only in it for the health ins., - as I look for something else. (NOT in MT).

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When I finally find something else and make a change, it will be to a stable, RESPECTED field - NOT transcription, not even healthcare. Healthcare has become a total employment armpit.

MTSOs - ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION? - This post expresses how MOST of us feel.

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Don't imagine that this post needs a thousand affirmative replies to confirm its truth. Most of us are even too tired to do that.

And YOU KNOW that neither off-shoring NOR speech recognition will save your bacon.

We're not only getting out, but we're advising those we know not to enter the profession.

So you fiddle while Rome burns. You pay peanuts. You kowtow to clients' outrageous demands, because you think you can keep passing them off on us. And you think that tomorrow will be just like today.

Well, it won't be.

Day of Reckoning - FedUpToHere

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I totally agree. I've been in transcription for approx. 15 years and while I am still passionate about it, I know it's time to get on the life boat before the ship finally sinks. MTSOs have made a mockery of this profession, one that I had planned on retiring from when I'm old and gray. That's just a pipe dream now. I do not want to leave transcription, I truly do love it, but I really don't have a choice. I hope I am around to see the day of reckoning.

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