THOSE THAN CAN DO, THOSE THAT CAN'T, TEACH..SM

So those that can't cut it in Court Reporting go into medical transcription because MT standards are lower, but where a $45-$50,000 salary is the norm?  Where we're treated wonderfully, we're expected to be glued to our seats during out shift while we're not paid for that time, where often no work exists during that time and we are expected to make up our line quotas (of course, we owe these lines to the company on a pre-existing basis) on our own time later? Wonderful!  I could go on and on, but you probably wouldn't get it if you tried.

 I don't know what field you're in besides teaching, but it's not medical transcription.

• Recession proof job - Wondering
  • I don't think... - cartwheel
  • I don't think there is such a thing as a recession proof job... sm - Getting Out
  • Wondering, does your college teach SM - MsIndigo, aka InTheSameBoat
  • It will be totally off-shored. It's gone. Not something for the - future.
  • Future of MT - gourdpainter
  • The way I see it sm - My 2 bits plus inflation costs
    • Great input, My2Bits and other Can-Dos. NOMORE - MsIndigo
    • FINALLY - found three MTs who I agree with completely. - D-MT
      • I love it too. It will just be gone in a few years. It's just - reality.
    • great post...and I agree... - MtMommy
    • Wow, very excellent post! - my income is going up too
  • Personally, I think anyone that is interested in - sm
  • MT IS THE ONLY JOB WHERE INCOME...SM - NC mt2
    • Amen! - nm
    • I have ALWAYS made more than the year before as an MT sm - YOUR opinion, not MY experience
      • See if you'll be producing more after 30 years of MT'ing and at 50+ years old. - tt
        • well i'm taking some comfort in - sm
        • I was just thinking that... a lot of it has to do with me - veryoldMT
      • Are you responsible for your own taxes? - sm
        • your questions sm - YOUR opinion, not MY experience
      • honey, that's your speed increasing, not the pay scale, and by the - mtminded
        • These people who think 40K is great sm - i'm with you
          • Never made this much doing clerical - my income is going up too
        • I wonder how many hours she works or weekends - NM
          • Don't be so quick to doubt - my income is going up too
            • Forgot to say that's 5 days a week - my income is going up too
              • more cpl? or same but faster? - mt4now
          • that was working for a hospital direct, honestly calibrated line count... - mtminded
  • How I see it - blackswan
    • Ditto that. - amen
  • As for recession proof sm - My opinion again here
  • Recession proof .. ?? - winnie
  • What people have to understand is we are competing on a global basis now. nm - MTx20
    • I agree that has a lot to do with it. - sm
  • Corporate greed is driving it right out of existence - in the USA. Not many MT's -sm
  • I'll give you sm - My opinion
    • Expander training - lk
    • Where were you when I entered the MT - sm
    • Hear, hear! Read My Opinion's opinion. - MsIndigo, aka InTheSameBoat
      • That's a great company you work for. I - Backwards typist
    • Yes, when you treat the MT like.... - Jtaime
      • It is the attitude of newer MTs (not all) such as yourself that cause these problems. sm - Long-TimeMT
        • SPEAK FOR.... - cartwheel
        • THOSE THAN CAN DO, THOSE THAT CAN'T, TEACH..SM - NC MT2
          • I transcribe FT and teach PT because I WANT to share my knowledge and experience with sm - Long-TimeMT
        • I SO agree with you! - lk
    • Don't you think, though, that one reason seasoned - - see/msg.
      • WELL SAID, THAT GOES FOR ANY INDUSTRY..SM - NC mt2
    • very well said... - Sue
      • What happened to common sense? - Alice
        • Sue, a former nurse AND can do over 600? SM - MissIndigo
          • Thanks - Alice
          • I am not following how you make the macro, in word? or expander like shorthand? Help me. - digging in
            • Alice and Digging In, SM - MsIndigo, aka InTheSameBoat
      • Yes! Also very well said. nm/no more - MsIndigo, aka InTheSameBoat
        • I mean Sue! Excellent point. No MORE - MissIndigo

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the feedback they send back so that the MTs will make a note instead of ignoring it.  I understand it must be frustrating for you to have to correct the same mistakes over and over, but can you understand how frustrating it is for an MT to get 5 different feedback answers from 5 different QA people?  Being mean and nasty and saying the work should be offshored just cuts off your nose to spite your face, no work here for the MT, no QA for you.  I will agree with you on one thing, this job is a thankless job.  We as MTs will never be recognized for the hard work we do and the conditions we do it under, just get griped at by those who do not appreciate or understand what we do, nor will QA be thanked or appreciated by anyone except those MTs who know how bad a report has to be to sent to QA.  I'm curious, were you an MT before you started QA?