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Waiting for the axe to fall is STRESSFUL! - kiki

Posted: Nov 04, 2009

The account I am on now is a very large ******** that apparently have

in their account absolutely no off-shoring (though I'm sure MQ could get around this), and as o

YET have not run into the NJA situations (in fact we are usually behind and being offered OT).

However, I can't help when I'm reading this board and seeing a lot of NJA complaints that this

will soon enough happen to us all. If I didn't come to this board I'd be blissfully unaware.

Actually, that would not be good--I'd rather know what's up. Been this has been grinding

away at me for a couple of years no, and it's taking it's toll on me, as I'm sure it is on

all of us. Too scared to just quit. I'm a single mom with 2 teenagers.

Also, I think I probably make what they think is too much. I've been here 10 years and started out with a pretty good line rate. I once got an entire 1 cent per line raise, which I think was a clerical error most likely. So, WHY haven't they gotten rid of me YET? I also live in CA, and I know they must not want to have to pay me my benefit rate when there is NJA, which is probably WHY I don't get NJA. But it can't last!

Thanks for letting me vent. I don't really have anyone who would understand, and I've been doing a good job of keeping my angst hidden from my kids. Take care all.........

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I, too, am in California. - Scooby-Doo

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I don't work on your account but also rarely run out of work because they probably don't want to pay our state-mandated policy when we run out of work. I love transcription and want to ride this out and being my sole supporter, feel the same anxiety, but also feel the need to be prepared. Kiki, look into my post below about the Trade Act, in case you feel they are trying to push you out. It's better to have a Plan B and Plan C in case they ever give us the axe.

Thanks, Scooby! I did see that and in fact copied the info down. :) - kiki

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I did look through that One-Stop site info. What especially - kiki

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interested me was that Medical Transcriptionist is listed under the high-demand jobs, expected to grow faster than normal through 2016. I do wonder if they are taking into account the off-shoring sitch, though, and how that might affect things drastically.

It does give me hope that the this career might not be a total bust. I really didn't want to have to retrain all over again, not to mention I love my job. So might not have to change careers just COMPANIES.........

High demand - Scooby-Doo

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I don't mean to burst your bubble, but I'm afraid you may not be realizing something. It may be a high-growth position, but it is also one that is increasingly being thrown to the Slumdog Millionaires, so to speak. I'm still hanging on to the hope that our dictation will boomerang back here to America. I cringe every time I hear the word, Global, in any way. It could be a trend.

Not stressing anymore - ORMT

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I too have had plenty of work and OT offered almost every weekend. I also make, according to what I read here, a high cpl and have pretty good accounts with few ESL. I got another part time gig as IC because of the uncertainty at MQ and so am not stressing over MQ anymore because I have something to fall back on. I will stay with MQ because the pay is better for me than any place else I have worked in the past and applied for recently (cannot find anything as employee status comparable)and I really like the PTO, which I do not get as IC.

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