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My turn to say goodbye - anon

Posted: Feb 20, 2014

I have been envying all of you who have already left, and now it is my turn to say goodbye. I regret leaving all the nice people I worked with but do not regret leaving this company. I give Nuance a 65% quality score as an employer (failed audit, no bonus, needs mentoring!!)

Thank you for all who have posted on this forum. Hearing your stories helped me when I was struggling and thought I was alone. I hope you all find yourselves in a better place soon!!

Goodbye - Wishing On A Star

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Good luck and best wishes to you wherever you are going. I wish the heck I could get out of here. I am 60, toothless because I cannot afford dental care, have no insurance at all so hope I never get sick, and because of my appearance and 20 years of sitting at a home computer doing this work I feel very unfit for going out into the world again. Especially with the way I look, I feel no one would want me in their office or representing them in any way to the public. Again, good luck to you, hope you find happiness!

I can so relate - to what you say

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And yet someone dislikes this? I wonder sometimes if some of us work at home because they are incapable of working with others since compassion seems to be something that does not come easy.

I appreciate your sharing and I believe there are many of us who feel the same. What was at first a delightful profession where you could earn a good income and use your brain, now has become a really bad job where you can't make enough in 40 hours and you are often waiting hours a day just to get that in.

Hope things get better.

Relating and compassion - Wishing On A Star

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Thank you so much for that reply. I feel so alone sometimes, even my husband (best and only friend) doesn't seem to understand what this job has done to me. The only good thing about it anymore is not having to have a second car and therefore actually I am saving us whatever amount of money that would have been costing us. It's good to know others are out there who feel like me and it's nice to have this forum to share on.

goodbye - sm

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I feel you. I am also without teeth where they are most important, the front. However, I went to a dental school nearby and got teeth for a very low price. Do you have that option.

Question - Wishing On A Star

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Actually, I might. Can you tell me how much you did have to spend, and how long did it take to get fixed at that dental school?

I go to a dental school also - they are excellent - wheres_my_job

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Every so often I have to come up with $350 upfront for a crown (there goes tax refund), but otherwise very flexible with payment plans, everyone super nice, motivated. I recommend dental school for dental care. Explain your situation and see if you can work something out with them, maybe they have some funding available, grant for low income, etc. Good luck!

AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRANSCRIPTION - Millie

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When I see how many of us are pretty disgusted and disheartened with the state our profession has fallen to, i have an idea and I am throwing it out there hoping maybe some of us intelligent people could value ourselves enough to consider a different profession entirely - and this is GUARDIANSHIP. Most states need guardians desperately. In my state, it is only a 40-hour course that you have to take and then about a 220 question exam to become a certified guardian. The pay in my state is awesome - $70 an hour and the hours are your own in that profession as you can schedule as many hours as you want to work a week, depending on how many wards (people you are guardian of). This is particularly good for people who have children at home that need attending to, teenagers, or someone who just wants very flexible hours. I am going to probably check into this and take the course to understand more of what it involves. It is an honorable profession and a needed profession. This, as opposed to the horrible mistreatment we are suffering at the hands of Nuance and other companies who do not value their employees. I hope this is of some help to all of you who might be interested.

Another idea - Done with MT

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Thanks for putting that interesting suggestion out there. I am going to research it. Another idea for people wanting to get out is a communications officer, or 911 dispatch. Twice a year they take applications and give tests. The pay is way better than MT and is consistent and you never "run out of work." They like medical transcriptionists because of our ability to hear and listen as well as transcribe what we hear. So the necessary skills are there. The only drawback is that it is shift work, meaning you may work a 12 hour shift during the day from 7am to 7pm and then 3 months later they switch you to night shift from 7pm to 7 am. I applied, tested and was offered the position, but finally declined due to the graveyard shift which would affect being with my family during the day. For those of you who like working nights this could be a solution for you. Contact your local public safety department and inquire about filling out an application. Hope this idea might help someone!

Guardianship? - me

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Interesting. I guess I'm not sure what you mean by guardianship. Are we talking children who are waiting to be adopted, or something else? Do you have a website or anything like that for more information? I googled it, but didn't find much as I'm not really sure what I'm looking for. Thanks for the suggestion! Getting pretty desperate here for other means of employment. TIA :)

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