In other professions, maybe, but not MT. In MT,
Posted By: it just means you're gullible. on 2008-09-02
In Reply to: I got mine 2 years ago for myself-sm - CMT also
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any other professions.....
Yes, other professionals have similar boards - nurses, teachers, etc. You can Google message board nurses, etc. and see what you come up with.
Your point about other professions
not being docked for not making production is quite the contrary. I worked in fast food for 8 years. I'd seen many fired for not making the grade. The same for tickets from metermaids (although in my area is the cops who have to make their monthly quota of tickets). What about car salesmen? Do you really think they will continue to pay salespeople who do not make sales? My point was directed more towards the fact that anywhere you work, regardless if it's production or otherwise, you have to show up for work and do a decent job. If someone constantly misses work due to illness, etc., eventually they will be let go.
Now I do not agree that anyone should be penalized for not making their line count if the work is not available. But that is not the case here.
I do not look at the MT profession through rose-colored glasses, either. I have a second income which is much more profitable, but it requires a little more travel, so I prefer to hold onto MT more so for the winter months and the flexibility it offers me with regard to my family's needs.
As for MQ, it did not go downhill because of TAT. It went downhill for a lot of other reasons, cheaper labor available in India, wanting to avoid paying unemployment, greedy suits, etc. The TAT issues were easily met with E-time and BOBs.
Not flaming you either, but I just don't see it your way. Have a good day! 
during history a lot of professions went
down the drain.
It is not O's fault if technology takes over. This is the sign of the times.
You cannot go berserk because your profession becomes obsolete or curtailed.
VR was only the 1st step.
And Obama did not invent computers, VR and EMR and he is not a VR- or EMR salesman.
Change of professions
MA doesn't pay well enough to make it worthwhile, at least in my area. I went to school for that and ended up in transcription b/c the money wasn't good. I am in the same situation, mid 40s, thinking of going back to school. I'm considering radiology tech or ultrasonographer. I would consider respiratory therapy too, but I hate drawing blood. These professions all pay well enough to make it worthwhile IMO.
Here's a funny for you. I switched professions at age 48.....
I jumped into MT from a accounting/administrative secretary work. Got sick of the backstabbing and college graduates booting out all the oldies who knew their jobs. I was next.
I have no desire to go out there for a regular job. What I see in stores and shopping reminds me too much of people at places I used to work, so even Wal-Mart, etc. doesn't turn me on.
My dream is to hit the lotteryand retire...fat chance since I never play... LOL
Companies organize, not professions
Unions are formed at the company level. A union can be formed to represent a particular group of workers, but only individual companies can be organized by the union. Unions generally focus on larger companies, as that's where the union dues are going to be significant. If you work for a small company, your company will almost certainly never be unionized. It's just not worth it for the union leaders (no money in it for them). And ICs cannot be part of a union, only employees of companies. The MT profession itself cannot be organized, only at the company level, and only if the majority at the company vote for the union.
Good post, Amber. And true, too. All professions
restructuring. But anyone with eyes can see that even though the MT profession has changed, there's still a TON of work out there. You know, it behooves the employers out there to have doom and gloom run rampant and the MTs thinking that they can't do any better than 6-8 cpl. Sometimes I wonder if they're the ones spreading most of the doom and gloom, and then some naive MTs are picking it up and shouting it too!
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