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I just don't care any more - Fatigued Fingers

Posted: Aug 07, 2014

FIESA and its humiliating and debasing scores, micromanagment, a bitchy supervisor, crap dictators, have all contributed to my feeling of just not caring any more. I clock in, do my time, and clock out. I know that my work is good and that my QA is much higher than FIASCO says it is, but I just don't care anymore. I am one of the older workers, and I have this feeling that NUisANCE is trying to get me to quit. Well, guess what? They're not going to win. I'm going to stick it out until full retirement age or they fire me, whichever comes first. In any case, I can't wait to get out of this business altogether.

Just don't care anymore- - I know just how you feel

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and I don't work for N but with what has happened after working so many years it is hard to get the enthusiasm I once had doing this work when made to feel stupid and unappreciated. What everyone forgot looking at the $$ only, is that it takes a lot of intelligence to do these reports. I hope things brighten up for you and that you have things away from your job that make you happy, that is the only way I make it day in and day out. Problem is I can't wait to be done working!!

I hear ya! - I quit caring over

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a year ago and as far as FIESA, I really don't give a crap about their so called corrections that have nothing to do with pt care. They might make me sign off on them, but they can't force me to learn anything from it! Like the poster said, I know I am a good MLS and I REFUSE to let Fiesa define me! I too, do no more than I have to, sign in, do my time, and sign out! Every day I can hardly wait to be done!!

What happens if you don't sign off on them. I haven't. I had 1 critical error. Other than - Questioning New Nuance MT

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My lawyer said never sign anything without him seeing it first - I put a period . in the feedback box

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And go on to the next item. I am not signing anything I cannot listen to again and refute. Also tired of having to correct "QCs" on their mistakes all the time!

Likely not much but it could be considered insubordination - AnonQC

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And you aren't really "signing off" on it; you're merely acknowledging that you VIEWED THE CORRECTION -- something many posters on this site don't seem to realize. If you think it's wrong, challenge it. Your TSM will listen to the job, and if it IS wrong, it will be reversed.

AnonQC - sm

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Yes, take your time copying the mistake, emailing your TL (as I have done many times in the past), and don't even get a reply on things I KNOW are marked wrong, not just things I "think" are marked wrong.

I understand why MLS no longer care. I don't.

Probably less time than it took for your post - AnonQC

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IMO

I stopped replying in hopes I would be fired. - Didnt work. Luckily, - sm

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I finally found another job, and QUIT.

I'm with you !! nm - mt2

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x.

Don't care anymore - anonymous

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You are exactly right! No one wants us to be able to stay long enough to get retirement. All these newcomers switch jobs like they switch their under clothes. Everyone wants ICs, no one supplies PCs, but we're supposed to work long and hard with no help when the PC goes down. I'm not a programmer or an analyst so now use my own care to drive the PC 30 miles to someone who MIGHT be able to fix it. No working for days. No payment for downtime. No insurance benefits yet. But the non-MTs are still making money. Maybe a teamster or 2 would be willing to help us organize.....

There's an almost immediate sense of freedom - that comes with not caring anymore. S/M

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Don't you agree? Suddenly all the ridiculous drama of this job: The politics, the performance management, the lousy dictators, the low pay, it just ceases to be such a big deal. There's a certain relief in knowing you've sunk about as low as you're gonna get, and that things just have to get better. You become aware that:

Unemployment isn't a death-sentence, it's a 6-month vacation.

Any job is likely better than this one.

They can write you up, they can fire you, but they can't KILL you.

Your blood pressure lowers, and you have time to do other things in life, in addition to job-hunting. Or, you finally decide to take that SS money, that allows you to take your time finding something else, preferably part-time and easy.

I remember the first time I realized I Didn't Care Anymore. I was inhouse, still, but it was already bad then, and the writing was on the wall as to where this job was headed. (India). I just stopped caring. It was Friday. I packed my car and gave myself a few days off, and took off for Lake Tahoe. I called in sick all week, and basked in the beauty of the mountains.

Sense of Freedom - Fatigued Fingers

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Good for you! Sometimes I call in sick just to give myself some me time. I don't look at World Client, I don't do FIESA, and I certainly don't check Spark. As I said earlier, just the bare minimum.

Don't care anymore - sigh

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I'm experiencing utter apathy for the first time in 22+ years of MT. The last 3 years have aged me 20 years, and FINALLY my employer was abusive enough that they pushed me over my limit. Will they write me up? PLEASE DO. Sock it to me. Give me your best, because I no longer care. What if they fire me? NOT a problem. I'll find something else. They don't own my SOUL, and I'm saddened that I gave them so much power over me. I don't work for the evil N...just a Nuance wannabe. It's funny how you can finally take a deep breath when you realize it can't possibly get any worse, and the only direction left is UP. They can keep their freaking drama; I NO LONGER CARE. :)

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