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Blogs from India - old and burned out

Posted: Mar 26, 2013

Been reading some blogs from India and it seems they are just as underpaid and frustrated as we are. It will be interesting to see where this all goes. There are some links posted below if anyone is interested.

Link - old and burned out

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http://mtherald.com/awful-future-prospects-for-medical-transcription-career-in-india/

It was pretty far down the board.

I've seen that too... - KD

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It's hard to care since they are doing our work. I would feel for them if they were struggling to get work from their own hospitals in their own country. Taking work away from Americans, I don't feel sorry for them.

Not a question of feeling sorry - old and burned out

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but rather where this is all going. I'm too old to be involved and will soon be completely retired but I can't help wondering what will happen with the industry.

Really? - Empirelady

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They're just working stiffs like you and me. You really need to direct your anger toward the companies who off-shore, not the poor people who are only trying to make a living just like you are and most probably live in poverty that you couldn't even begin to imagine. If I had a hungry family and someone came to town and offered me a job, I'd take it too.

Yeah, you can't fault them - mona

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I think they just need jobs as we do. These companies that offshore are the ones to blame. I try not to buy anything from any company that does offshore but so hard nowadays

I am with you, I no longer buy La-Z-boy - for that very reason

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There was a La-Z-boy manufacturing plant in my state, actually in the town I was born in, that employed a lot of people. They moved it to Mexico, and I quit buying their furniture.

La-Z-boy still has 5 manufacturing plants in US - Monroe Roots

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I just went to the La-Z-Boy web site and checked. The headquarters is still in Monroe, they still have 5 manufacturing plants in the United States, and they have 4,500 U.S. employees. However, I am sorry they closed the plant in your town.

The fact that they have 1 in Mexico still deserves a - boycott.

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the one that closed was not where I live now, but where I was born and left a lot of people without jobs. They will never get my business.

Do they sell chairs in Mexico? - Monroe Roots

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You are free to boycott whomever you choose. There are some firms that I choose to avoid for various reasons. I grew up in a community where nearly everyone worked in manufacturing, so I'm VERY familar with the pain and disruption a factory closing causes. But *IF* they sell chairs in Mexico, it seems fair that they build some in Mexico.

They have a plant close to me - Employs a lot of my friends

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I don't understand why they couldn't leave them all here. My young friends work production and make good money, but the work is too heavy for this granny.

I agree - 2nd shift

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Do you expect them to say, "Oh, no, I can't take a job away from an American!" I think not.

Not angry. Just indifferent. - nm

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Not at all angry at them... - KD

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To clarify, specifically from a medical transcription point of view, I don't particularly care that they are not doing well in this industry. All of my accounts are "global," so it doesn't pain me to see that they are not faring well in the world of medical transcription. I watch as my accounts magically disappear every evening, hundreds of jobs, poof, gone just like that. I don't have to wonder where they went.

It is a tragically poor country, and for that of course my heart goes out to them. I'm struggling to feed my family as well (though not comparing my poverty to their's as I do have food for my kids). I'm a single parent and sole provider for my children, my pay has been sliced in half thanks to technology, and I now contend with being out of work constantly due to offshoring and EHR. So again, not sorry that doing "my" job is not working out well for them. And yes, it is mine, and yours, and every other American MT struggling to make it right now. I'm not the least bit upset at them personally, just to be clear on that point, and I certainly don't blame them for trying.

Very enlightening to see they feel the same way - we do. NM

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I'm pretty sure that where it goes next from here is - CHINA. n/m

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The Philippines (already there, but not as much as India), Kenya (interesting), South America, - and China.

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I don't think there's enough of an English-fluent workforce in China compared to these other places yet, but there will be, and so that's down the road. A lot of it is just a sheer numbers game in terms of population in other countries compared to ours.

The medical transcription team at Flatworld

Our teams are located across different geographical locations – India, The Philippines, Kenya, and South America.

http://www.flatworldsolutions.com/healthcare/medical-transcription.php

Medical Transcription in Kenya; A challenging career option!

.... It is not a cake walk for Kenyan companies in this field to compete with the medical transcription professionals of the western nations who seem to enjoy all the advantages of language and backdoor environment. Every now and then there is an anti outsourcing voice raised for the work outsourced to other countries and trying to bring out faults in the work done here. At the same time, Kenyan industry is pitted against some new developing destinations like China, Philippines, Sri Lanka and others who are eager to fight out with Kenyan dominance. But still Kenya enjoys an upper hand with its efficient work force and competency which augurs well with the high demanding western world. Ultimately, what matters most is the honest work, truthfulness, and diligence which would win against all odds!

http://accurate-africa.blogspot.com/2011/04/medical-transcription-in-kenya.html

[edit]: Go ahead and shoot the messenger with your "dislikes." I am vehemently anti-offshoring of medical records, for both privacy and quality reasons. I thought those in the same profession as myself would like to know what the future prospects really are likely to be. If anyone's holding out hope that many Indians' apparent dissatisfaction with MT makes it likely for it to come back to the U.S., there are all these other countries for the greed-mongers to move on to next. Forewarned is forearmed, and knowledge is power.

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