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No family support - Badcat

Posted: Mar 29, 2010

I was all set to just quit MQ this past weekend, I had just had enough, even though I don't have another job yet, but am finishing my courses, which I am almost done with. But my husband got upset about being the only breadwinner and dipping into the savings. I can't get him to understand what I have to go through. I keep hoping they will just fire me or lay me off so I can get unemployment, but so far nothing, even though I'm certainly not turning in the work I should be.

The thought of working even one more day for this company is enough to make me sick, but I have no choice at the moment. Maybe my husband will understand after I wind up in the ER with a stroke, but sorry will be too late then.

Budget tweaking? - Anonymous

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If you really cut out some things, don't buy any clothes or take a vacation, eat at home all the time, etc. maybe you wouldn't have to reach into savings, plus when you do finish school and get ready to look for a new job, you will be in a much better frame of mind. You have OUR support!!!

I thank you - Badcat

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Thank you for that. That's why I love this board.. people who understand!! If I could tweak the budget any more I would, but since being rehired at MQ I've already had to tweak it in all those ways, and still we come up short for the mortgage sometimes. We got this house when I worked for MQ before they started robbing people, and now their tactics are starting to sting.

Hopefully I can be done soon but I'm not even sure I should put MQ as work experience.. who knows what kind of things they may say to a new employer about me.

Support - Anon

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Even if you have to work a few more months at MQ (if we all last that long) at least you have a light to walk towards. That will make getting up and going to work a little easier!!! Hang in there.

No support - Daisy

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I'm so sorry that your husband is not giving you any support. That must be tough and just adding to the non-support you get from your job. I have prayed that God will give your husband ears to hear, eyes to see, and a heart to be supportive of his wife.

I bet if any of our husbands had to work for Q, - Anon

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they would sing a different song about quitting!

A couple of things - husbands

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You can quit the Q and qualify for unemployment and you will get a lot more money with UI

Get Elizabeth Warren's "All Your Worth" at the library. That will take care of the rest of it.

Good Luck

Get hubs to sit down at your desk and try to type one of - your worst ESL/mumbler reports.

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I know. People are gonna squawk about HIPAA. At this point, do any of us really give a rat's backside?

I have actually done that - Dinosaur

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I had my husband sit down and listen, this was years ago, before HIPAA. It was a relatively easy dictator, but an ESL (because that is usually what I get). I wanted him to give him a fair chance, the poor man looked like a deer caught in the headlights.

Husband - Anon

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I have had my whole family listen (as long as they didn't hear a name, plus it is in another state, and they couldn't understand a word of the ESL doc anyways, don't think it violated anything). They have told all kinds of people how horrible my job is!!

I did that recently, as a matter of fact - Pressure Everywhere

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My husband was angry that my paycheck was low (nothing new for the last I don't know how long) and I was in one of those moods because I had to get my electric bill extended for a bit.

I sat him at the desk, put the headphones on him and said "listen, that's why!"

UG!

I have - Badcat

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I have done this, or tried to. I have told both my husband and stepson, just sit down and put the plugs in your ears, I will fill in the patient information for you, but you try and type this report, or edit this report. They don't even try to take me up on it because they will know that they can't do it. They KNOW my job is hard to do. I can just imagine the screaming I would hear if my husband's company docked his pay down to what I am now making. I'd never hear the end of him and he would certainly quit.

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