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I've made up my mind. - sm

Posted: Dec 04, 2014

Eight years ago, I started school for medical transcription. I had grand dreams of being able to have a well-paying career while still staying home with my kids. After all, based on my husband's pay we could not afford for me to stay at home without bringing in an income and preferred to not have to pay for daycare for our 2 (now 3) kids.

Now here I am, with my head in my hands, making exactly the same as I did when I landed my first MT job. This is the only profession I know of where you can have 7 years of experience, while meeting the company's ridiculous quality requirements, and still consistently have your pay decreased.

The only way I can make up for what they are now going to start taking out of my paycheck (and the food out of my kids' mouths and the clothes off their backs) is to work the "overnight" shift--providing there is enough work to do at that time, of course. But now with the news of this new pay plan in place, N has overhired and overstaffed to the point that there is not enough work to go around anyway. Good luck making any of the quotas now.

So, that's it. I am looking for a new, non-MT job. I would rather work overnight stocking produce at the local grocery store for $10 an hour than deal with this crap anymore. The stress just is not worth it to me. But with having young kids still, and my husband working during the day, I would have to work the graveyard shift somewhere, but I bet I would be better appreciated anywhere else I went. Heck, I might even get a raise once in a while!

Don't Work Night Shift!!!!! - Babs

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do not work night shift. Cell phones, ESL folks galore, snorters, pigs, loudies, you name it, and that is IF you get work. You will hate anything generally after 10pm where ever time. DO NOT try to make another $200 each month doing this, it is JUST NOT WORTH IT. Think of it, if you had to get caught up at night, and you whipped out your cell phone at your house, outside hospital, in car, you name it, wouldn't you blaze thru your work to enjoy your time off as a doc or nurse? No No No night shifts, keep it anytime before generally 7pm or so I find.

I don't plan to. - OP

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I'm looking for a job outside of MT. Time to get my dignity back.

She said she's getting OUT of MT. - nm

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8 yrs ago was time enough to discover - MT was a dying profession

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I'm sorry you made the decision you did. When I went back to MT work in 1994, my ex told me it was predicted to be a dead profession in 10 years. It's just taken slightly longer.

I have been at this since 1972 and have had salaries ranging from 350/mo FT to 73K per year to 30K per year currently. Thank heaven I can retire. I would be scared feces-less if I had to rely on being an MT for the foreseeable future.

Good luck.

I guess I should say I do not completely regret my choice. - OP

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By choosing MT, I was able to stay at home with my babies and not have to send them to day care. Have I made a ton of money? Of course not. But I have been able to help pay the bills and contribute to my husband's salary while still being the primary caregiver for my kids. That was my goal when I went into this profession, and I have met that goal. My kids are school age, and now I feel that I can get an evening or overnight job outside of the home, sleep while they are at school, and then be together as a family for dinner every day. At this point, I would be very happy with that arrangement.

I am not worried about this job anymore. I am good at what I do, and I meet all the quality and LPH requirements. I have never missed out on incentive bonuses, and more often than not I receive the quarterly bonuses as well. I could continue on this path and still make my modest pay, but I am just sick and tired of the stress that comes along with this job. For what I get paid, I could find something much, MUCH easier and stress-free and have my dignity back as well. That's the whole point of my original post.

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