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I just HAVE to sound off a little bit. - So tired of having carrots.....
Posted: Nov 15, 2014
.....dangled in front of me only to have it yanked away shortly! I am tired of not knowing from one day to the next whether there will be work or whether I will even HAVE a job!!!! Tired of chasing after work that does not exist! There MUST be SOMETHING out there for a 50+ year old person with 20+ years of medical transcription experience to be able to support themselves on, but if there is, I have not found it yet! I have said this before, and I will say it again. MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS SHOULD NOT BE PAID BY PRODUCTION!!!!!!!! I really HATE how fickle this industry has become.
They Have Dangled Carrots - For At Least 10 yrs
[ In Reply To ..]This is not new news, the carrot dangling. Been around at least 10 years.
So, forget MT work already. Forget your 20 yrs of MT experience, and do something else.
Yeah, I know it's not news.... - just had to.....
[ In Reply To ..]....get it off my chest. And yes, I AM trying to find something else.
good luck to you! :) - mtforyears
[ In Reply To ..]Trying to do the same thing here. I know when we give job searching our all, we will find something much better than what medical transcription has become. It is sad because when I started back in 1998, it was such a great job. Good luck to you! :) You have taken the first step by deciding to leave transcription.
In same boat as you - 1VeryTiredMT
[ In Reply To ..]I too am looking for another job, but when you are in your mid 50s it's not that easy! Plus when you've done this for 20+ years, not really trained to do anything else other than minimum wage jobs. Which, LOL, is what I have now, so go figure.
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