I think this is an idea (from my heart)

I think a really positive thing to do because there is so much discontent and distrust and distress in this field - at least 90% of it warranted - would be to start a space or maybe even another forum here on MT STARS for something like How To Get Free or Back To the Light or who knows what - just a place to post and network and throw out ideas and experiences and tips of how to get out of this field and start again - or like someone else wrote -  use some of our skills but in other ways we might never have thought of on our own...

• Leaving transcription? - Justlooking
  • Once the kids are bigger sm - Karen S.
    • I'm an EMT too - ER MT
  • Nursing school for me right now, can't wait to be done. nm - MTing
  • Nope, hope to supplement my retirement years. - Patience
  • For career changes, here is a fun site, some stuff is free sm - jana
  • I left for 2 years... - Izzie
    • Leaving transcription? - Justlooking
      • leaving transcription - ecj
        • Have you considered radiology tech or lab tech? - me
  • I left the field for good earlier this year - MT no more
    • Leaving transcription? - Justlooking
      • Hi Justlooking--is there a doggie - MT no more
        • Leaving transcription? - Justlooking
  • I have a few more years of this - to get my children through grade school.
    • I think this is an idea (from my heart) - what do you think
      • I like it! Most sites having to do with career changes - sm - Flibertygibbit
      • Leaving transcription? - Justlooking
      • i'm wanting to get out the MT business myself sm - need a change
        • Almost desperate to get out... - Lynn
          • maybe this would work.. - what do you think
          • I don't see retirement in my future, unless it's the - 'Smith & Wesson' retirement plan........ (nm
          • Leaving transcription? - Justlooking

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I haven't a clue what you are talking about.

What makes you think think I am suddenly trying to fix it?  You must have a pretty hard life, or maybe too good of one to have that kind of heart.  This isn't new, this is something I have been working on for some time.  And, you know, I could tell you about the fire and the parents and all that, but you don't deserve it!!!!

with all of you MDI-MD/Transcenders.  I've never worked for either company but I know the drill.  Anyone remember ddi, Inc.?

Now is the time to act.  Contact your representatives in Congress.  HAVE YOUR SAY.  I did and I actually got a phone call the other day from Washington DC regarding a letter I had written a short time previously. 

Now is the time to stop the offshoring and I believe it is also time to trim the fat in health care and one good place to start is putting transcription back in the medical facilities where it belongs.  In short, cut out the suit's fat paychecks. 

Don't waste your time ranting here it MIGHT get you sued.    TAKE ACTION.

If you stand up for what's right it'll be alright.  What goes around comes around.  I believe that.

This merger should be of interest to all MT's.  I have never worked for either service, but I have been following the discussions to see how my fellow MTs are being treated by their companies, as well as other company discussions.  It could happen to any of us that work for MTSO's and has happened with a couple services I worked for.  Nobody is stopping anyone from starting new topics.  Just bypass the ones you are not interested in.  Don't you realize that this may be the only networking avenue these MTs have open to them right now?  Count your blessings if you work for a company that doesn't offshore.  Thankfully, mine doesn't.

If people had paid attention back in the 1970s and 1980s when our manufacturing base started eroding, jobs going to other countries, maybe we wouldn't be in such a sad state of affairs. Offshoring is nothing new, just new to medical transcription.  Millions of Americans (mostly blue collar) have lost their jobs to offshoring in the past 4 decades, but few paid attention because it wasn't their problem. 

This merger should be of interest to all MT's.  I have never worked for either service, but I have been following the discussions to see how my fellow MTs are being treated by their companies, as well as other company discussions.  It could happen to any of us that work for MTSO's and has happened with a couple services I worked for.  Nobody is stopping anyone from starting new topics.  Just bypass the ones you are not interested in.  Don't you realize that this may be the only networking avenue these MTs have open to them right now?  Count your blessings if you work for a company that doesn't offshore.  Thankfully, mine doesn't.

If people had paid attention back in the 1970s and 1980s when our manufacturing base started eroding, jobs going to other countries, maybe we wouldn't be in such a sad state of affairs. Offshoring is nothing new, just new to medical transcription.  Millions of Americans (mostly blue collar) have lost their jobs to offshoring in the past 4 decades, but few paid attention because it wasn't their problem. 

How is it to work there?  Are you able to get the lines and make decent money in an 8-hr day with it being 75-char line?  That seems like a really long line.

TIA

I am one of those unfortunate souls who lives paycheck to paycheck, and it would only take one or two disasters to send me spiraling.  Of course, right now I am working 3 jobs, so I hope to build a little safety net, but this is not about me ... I feel bad for you.

Maybe you should try getting on with a company that pays weekly -- that should get you the money you need quicker.  Off the top of my head, the only company I know that pays weekly is New England Medical Transcription.  They used to just use Word with an FTP transfer of work, but I think that has changed.  Still, probably the setup would not take long.  Or, if you are really desperate, perhaps you could try a temp agency for something.  I think they pay weekly, although the people working there do not get near what the temp agency does .. sigh.  

I'm sure things will start picking up for you.  Perhaps if you explain your situation to your creditors and such, they will understand and give you a break.  Everyone knows about the devastation in Texas and surely would be sympathetic. 

Regardless, I'm sending lots of positive thoughts your way.  Good luck! 

nm

If you email me, I can give you the name of a company who offers this. Please be sure to put in your subject line of your email that it is in regard to a post at MT Stars, because I try to be careful of what email I open. Also, if you could give me an idea of how long you've been an MT, that would really help. 

a good time is working like a dog for $11 an hour making some young white hotshot rich, this is an ideal career opportunity.

How about a -----Watchdog Group---?  Possibly representative(s) in each state.  This group could appoint a committee to... say check on companies.....etc.

I'm sure that out of the thousands of US, some of you are good at writing letters getting a point across, organizing people, etc.

Personally, I had always thought AAMT was a bunch of baloney (just my opinion).  They used OUR money to more or less screw us.  Maybe there is something legal that can be done?  Maybe they did a breech of contract so to speak.

Basically, senators, news media, etc. can help.  At the end of the road, it is OUR problem.  No one knows it like we do.  Therefore, we are the ones with the solution.