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applying for unemployment is stresful - wheres_my_job

Posted: Mar 01, 2012

There's a guilt factor - well, I SHOULD stick it out. I SHOULD make it work, I SHOULD be able to buckle down and eat whatever crap for whatever pay. I should, I should, I should, and it's off to work I go...

I think being an MT these days has a lot in common with a domestic violence situation: No matter how bad things are, it's always the wife's - I mean - the MTs fault. It's not the voice recognition software, it's YOU. It's not the pay scale, it's YOU. It's not the on-again off-again relationship, I mean, work flow, it's YOU. It's not being switched between a zillion different accounts with a zillion different account specs, it's YOU. It's all your fault things aren't better. You cause your own suffering, you, you, you...

...then when you apply for unemployment, cause you left the relationship, I mean quit your job, FOR GOOD CAUSE...wham! Along comes the guilt and self-hatred.

Maybe nobody else who's been a victim of domestic violence wants to own up to feeling these things - maybe you're all tough and hardened and don't give a crap, but I'm really struggling with the guilt and self-hatred. Can't afford therapy right now. It's terrible. Thanks for listening, this is my therapy session for today.

I do not feel guilt or self-hatred on unemployment - sm

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Epic killed us and I went on unemployment. I make more on UE than I did on the downtime they were paying us before they fired us. The way I look at it is that my unemployment is the cost of Epic doing business. I would have been happy to do my job well for the rest of my life. Epic took my job with a government mandate scam. The least I can do is make them pay by refusing to work.

That's why I'm not gonna quit, my compay will - have to fire me. (nm)

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Unemployment - Angela

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My company said I quit voluntarily, which I didnt. They basically let me go. I got UE for about 1 month and then they appealed it. I havent gotten any money since and am struggling to live. They really messed me up. Have another appeal next week. They keep saying I voluntarily quit and there was plenty of work; thats why they asked for their equipment back and sent me my last check.. Its been pure misery going through this... Glad to know some get it...

Exactly! Then we have.... - Also

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In addition, there are the MTs (really MTSOs?) who constantly condemn other MTs on here. "If you're not making $33 per hour in this field, your work must be subpar!!" "You just aren't motivated enough..." "your work ethic isn't strong..", etc. I am SO TIRED of reading that garbage on here!

Those people make me laugh. SO obvious they aren't - actually MTs. Real MTs know the truth. (n/m)

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I feel the same. Company blame me for everything, - its always MY fault, not theirs. s/m

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They tell me I SHOULD be able to make decent money; maybe I'm not working
a - Hard enough -(all day, 6 days a week?)
b - Fast enough -(when I try to type really fast, their software stalls out.)
c - Long enough -(14 hours/day? what about sleeping?
d - Smart enough -(What's so 'smart' about poring over 50+ pages of hot-key instructions? It's faster to just type the regular way.

And then there's all the see-sawing on the part of their so-called 'QA':
First, they tell me my line counts could be better. So I speed things up, then the next day they've got their panties in a wad because I missed something VR typed. (Maybe if I wasn't zoned out and half asleep from the boredom of doing VR editing, I might have caught it. Don't worry, next time I'll tape my eyelids open.) And like the above poster mentioned, the account-hopping doesn't help much, either. After a full day of 'Hospital Hopscotch', one account looks just like the other, and it all becomes a blur.

And don't you just love how they go into apoplexy about a single style mistake (not anything that changes meaning of the report, or affects patient care), and start the threats about suspension, pay-docking, termination, etc., and yet when you do a beautiful job on the other 99.9% of your transcription, that doesn't even add into the equation?

But, like you say, even though we know we are in the right here, and they are in the wrong, the constant browbeating does start to take its toll. First it's the self-doubts. ("Am I losing it? Am I really that crappy of an MT? Maybe they're right"). Then the worry starts: It's already hard enough to keep up with the bills while working, and now we get to worry every single day about being let go for a single error (when their VR makes about a thousand errors... PER PAGE!) Eventually the worry turns into depression, and the self-doubt into self-hatred. Especially when you're eating nothing but Ramen day in and day out, and your friends can afford to go out to dinner once in a while. When you can't afford the rent on a 1-room studio, and most of your friends either own their own homes, or can at least afford to rent an apartment with its own bathroom.

What really gets the self-hatred going is that ridiculous, DUMB hope when I get up every morning thinking, "Today will be different. Today I'm going to drink 4 cups of coffee, type like the wind, until my fingers are on fire, and set a new record for lines per hour."

So, you sit down, turn on the computer, log onto your company's transcription site, and there it is:

"NO JOBS AVAILABLE"

Shoot me. Just shoot me NOW.

No, it's that little bird inside... - wheres_my_job

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...it's that little birdie inside, quaintly referred to as "Hope" (Capital H) that sings and sings in one's heart, and never dies.

Just kill that little birdie, before it kills you.

LOL (I shouldn't laugh, but you so perfectly expressed the insanity we are caught in). thanks so much for posting, it gave me comfort (in that crazy-eyed I can't take it anymore kind of way).

All the best to all of us, onward and upward!

Before I shoot myself, I wanna shoot that little birdie - and cook it for dinner. ;)

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OMG - Where's My Job - Get a good grip on yourself. sm

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There is absolutely no shame in being on unemployment. In fact, it is a very good thing, especially for an MT. I have been there. In my state, you get paid according to the highest quarter income of your last 5 quarters worked. If you waited to file for benefits, your income with them would go down and down until there was nothing left to apply for.

Now, get that guilt stuff out of your head. The company you worked for actually paid those UE insurance premiums. They should definitely be used!! This is a time for you to concentrate on YOU. Honey, if you let the UE benefits make you feel guilty - you are going to end up cheating yourself out of a perfect opportunity to take your time job shopping. Are you going to stay in MT? If so, you probably know that test after test with different companies is almost as hard as working - all the searching and the applications. Same thing with a job outside of MT. DO NOT RUSH THIS. Take your time. You have at least some income coming in while you look for the perfect position.

I will warn you, the folks at the UE office are not that bright, but they will check to see that you have put in 3 applications each week before sending your payment. The thing is, keep very accurate records and be able to prove those 3 job contacts - get a name, number, test number, whatever. It is hard to verify jobs applied for on-line. UE employment tried to cheat me out of 1 week's pay because they did not know how to verify an MT job application.

I did feel a little bit guilty when I would get up and walk away from the computer after spending hours searching for something, but you need to do that too. Try not to spend most of the day at the computer. You are on UE, you have time to divide it up or it will drive you crazy. Do not take the first thing that comes your way - be careful. Make sure it is right for you, or pass it up and wait some more.

Remember - NO GUILT. This is a GREAT OPPORTUNITY for you.

wheres_my_job - there's - something fishy going on

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Employed/unemployed depending on tone of post. See prior posts below.

Fishy? - wheres_my_job

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You know how MTSOs are...who read this board. I need to be a little fishy don't I, because I am a little fish, in the mouth of a great big whale of a company. I think I'm mixing my metaphors, or making non sequiturs, but I think you get my drift (wood). Specificity is not my friend at the moment :)

I totally agree. - beenthere

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I was on UE for 2 months but I live in Florida - UE is crap - max is $255 per week. I started to worry so took the first job I was offered. So far, not too bad a deal BUT if my state would pay higher UE, you bet your *** I'd rode it out for 6 months. The company that let me go could have financed my mini-mental vacation. Also, apply for food stamps if you think you may be elligble. I only got 1 month's worth of those - then they decided my UE and my husband's SS check were "too much income". LOL - yea, right. DON'T FRET ABOUT THE UE - THAT'S WHAT IT IS THERE FOR. And take your time picking a new job. I took 2 mornings and listed the 5 required job searches. You can find a lot of companies online - I did mine UE filing by internet.

thanks for sharing your experience - wheres_my_job

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didn't think of the food stamps angle (though I hate hate hate the thought of "being on foods stamps" (but pride goeth before an empty stomach)). I read about the max/min UE payouts for the various states - it did list FL as one of the worst. that's terrible - I think it should be the same (and high) across the country. Give people a little breathing room, for crying out loud.

Thanks again for sharing your story, and all the best to you!

Thank you very much for your sensible words - wheres_my_job

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I should print them up, really, when I wake up at 4 a.m. in a panic, so I can review 'em and remind myself. Thanks again.

Nothing to feel bad about. - UE is okay.

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It is paid into already. I was laid off due to Epic. I am going to stay on UE until the right job comes along.

Hope the right job comes along - for all of us - wheres_my_job

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supposedly, the economy is picking up - we shall see if that is enough to encompass former MTs.

thanks for sharing your experience, it eases the panic.

I feel the same way. - It is my FU to EPIC

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