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My dream job - Robin

Posted: Oct 08, 2012

I was offered my dream job over the weekend. I don't want to name the company as they were great. The woman who hired me was terrific. I know I wasn't their first choice as I got the call on Saturday, could I start right away.

I filled out the contract, printed all the information. It took me all day Saturday. I was anxious and excited. As the day went on I noticed little things that I wasn't told about the platform. There was no spell check, would have to type in Word and transfer the work to the platform. That should have been my first red flag. When I tried to get into the program my computer would say, not a secure site, every time.

QA would have to be done in an IM program, transfered to them, wait for the QA and then transcribe again.

By Sunday morning I realized my foot pedal wouldn't work with their platform and my computer was putting up firewalls all along the way. So my dream job turned into a nightmare and I lost a weekend. I finally gave up.

I know I didn't ask a lot of questions, but who does, we all want that job so badly. I also think they should have told me I would be toggling back and forth for every report. So time-consuming you really can't make any money. I am still searching. I hope I will find that job. There seems to be a lot of work out there, but it is so hard to get the right fit.

Thanks for listening. Nobodys fault but my own.

I can't blame the company, they were very nice.

Dream job - Sorry

[ In Reply To ..]
First, I'm sorry things didn't work out for you. :( Like so many other MTs, I've had to jump from one job to the other (not my style) in the past 6 years just to make ends (barely) meet. It's very stressful to complete new-hire paperwork and scary to step into the unknown.

You say that this company is great/nice, but my guess is they knew exactly what they were offering. I understand why you didn't ask so many questions up front (been there, done that), but here's the thing: No matter how many questions you ask, the very thing you neglect to ask is the very thing they're withholding. Recruiters are reluctant to disclose the issues that have caused them to lose MTs in the past.

Don't blame yourself or your equipment. Who could possibly anticipate no spell check or QA by IM? Ridiculous! Who would even think to investigate THOSE things in advance?

Your dream job may still be out there! I wish you the best!

Live and learn - anon

[ In Reply To ..]
I've been through similar and it is heartbreaking. It takes me a good two weeks to recover from this type of thing. I just had this experience a few weeks ago. It hurts very badly but you will bounce back. My thing is to keep looking for a job even though you think you have one or even have one, that's what I call insurance for job security which we have very little of. You take and and don't ever give up. Good Luck.

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