MT burnout
Posted By: burned2acrisp on 2008-08-28
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Does anyone else feel like this career is a dead end road? I can't keep up like I used to. I'm making less money now than I made 10 years ago. Being paid on production is really stressful to me compared to hourly. I have a new super who breathes down my neck and lectures me when I'm not up to count for a day, which only adds to my already feeling negative about myself. Don't think there's anything else I can do, though, after almost 30 years of doing nothing but MT work. How do YOU guys deal with extreme burnout?
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30+ years, less money, stressed. I do love MTing though, just not making it any more. I quit working for 2 months - went through enormous withdrawal for a few weeks (hurting wrists and hands and neck that hadn't bothered me before), and slept quite a lot for a couple of weeks. Gradually energy came back and in about 6 weeks was ready to work again. Found an IC position (rented the equipment) and now also a full-time for bennies. Hope soon to be back in the black. I hope you can take some time for yourself and recharge. Best wishes..
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Anyone else as sick of MDI/Transcend as I am? I am so tired of them talking out of both sides of their mouths. Run out of work and their response is - "oh here, just move to this account and type". Then they want to know why the hell the line count went down that day!! EXCUSE ME??? You just put me on an account located in a different state, different hospitals, different cities, different nursing homes, different rehab centers, and you expect me to be productive?? By the time you research everything, get the information you need so you don't send in the blanks to QA, you are lucky to be typing 100 lines an hour! I'm tired of being bounced around like a ping pong ball and treated as if I'm a nobody when if it wasn't for the TRANSCRIPTIONISTS who BUST THEIR TAIL ENDS every day, work over time EVERY WEEK, they wouldn't exist! So how about paying a little extra to the people that have to switch on a daily basis because they over staff and then run out of work! Or here's another BRILLIANT IDEA - - - try telling the ICs not to work when the work is slow, or move THEM to a different account! It seems that it's always the hard working dedicated ones that work there that end up getting shit on. If anyone is considering a position with Transcend and/or MDI - THINK TWICE! They will promise you the world when they are trying to hire you, but TRUST ME they will take that world right back as soon as you start to feel comfortable. You might get 1,500 lines in one day, and then 500 the next! Good luck to you! I'm ready to throw in the towel. 
If all true, I forecast a bout of burnout in the near
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Burnout...wanted to work smarter, not harder.
It seemed like I was sitting at my desk for 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, just trying to pull the bare minimum. I had to hop around from one hospitals operating system to another and to another constantly...and if you've ever had the pleasure of doing that, you know that lines don't come easy that way because you spend all your time waiting for things to load and what not. There just wasn't enough work to stay on one account all the time, the way I think it should be, so instead of becoming an angry and bitter employee, I left.
They really did try to make me happy, but all they could offer were more hours, or more accounts, and like I told them, I simply wanted to work my 8 hours and make a decent living. Had a really hard time doing that over the winter. I think they overhired but I never asked that question head on. It was a great company when they first started out, but then got really big really fast. Great benefits though, if you can make the lines.
If I needed to get my foot in the door, I'd work for them, get the experience, and move on. It's that kind of place. But during a moonlighting gig I tasted freedom, more money due to a more efficient way to work, and better overall work environment, surrounded by people who truly loved their jobs, and when I was happy to log on for THAT job, and got sick to my stomach when I had to log on at DVHP, well that's when I knew it was time to be on my way.
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