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You know, I just realized something.... - Not myself

Posted: Jun 09, 2014

I really do not like being a negative person, but just tonight I realized how this profession has changed me. I used to be a happy, upbeat person and now I find myself becoming fatigued, negative and bitter. It's like being in an unhappy marriage :( I have no faith in companies doing the right thing anymore or treating people like they are people and rewarding people who are conscienous about their job with raises. I don't like giving this profession this kind of power over my feelings like this. I stay stressed out because from day to day I never know what's going to happen. I have been laid off twice from 2 different companies due to downsizing.

I have only been doing this for almost 10 years and it already feels like 50 years! I hate to sound so down, but just sitting here I was really thinking about my thought process and when it comes to transcription it's not a very positive one. I feel edgy all the time and indecisive about where to go as a new profession. I used to work in a casino but I don't really want to go back to that. I have had coding training, but I'm not certified and I have gone to some chapter meetings but even if I have my credential most of them say "You have to have at least 2 years of experience." So, I don't even know whether I should even be out the money for the credential exams, or if I should just go back to school and go for the RHIT.

I know there's a new place out there, but......where?

I hear ya! - penny

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I just let my MT job for the same reasons you listed. After 20 years of this, it is not the same job anymore. Is there a company out there somewhere that just wants a good MT that does her job at a reasonable pace, not hurrying to get the line count in, just doing a good job at a good pace. If you are out there I would love to find you and have a "normal" work life again. I am so sad that this profession has come to what it has. We are smart people that do a very important job and now make so little money. I could make more slinging hamburgers in a dive.

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