outofhere
Posted By: fatcat on 2009-09-07
In Reply to: MT - outofhere
First of all, my condolences on the loss of your husband. I am so sorry for your loss. Thank you for answering my question. I am a bit older than you, (mid-sixties), and I feel much the way you do. In the early 90s I was making about twice what I do now, and like you, with much less effort. I also saved a lot of money by working at home and not having the aggravation and expense of driving on the California freeways. ESLs were rare. My niece has one little girl 16 months, and is due to have another baby in November, so she has her hands full. Her husband works two jobs just to keep food on the table. My niece actually graduated from emergency medical technician school right before her marriage, but being an EMT requires long shifts and time away from home and that does not work with her husband's schedule. As to MTing, there is an additional problem for her; she shares my feelings about being very pro-American worker, and I think she would not want to work for companies that offshore. She follows her auntie on that one! But even if she were willing to do that (and I would not try to influence her either way, it is a personal decision each person has to make for themselves--if she did it I would not beat her up or make her wrong for doing it), I just feel that this profession has lost so much. We used to be respected. When I worked in the hospital before we all were moved to working at home, I knew people from different departments and they knew me and as big as the University of California is, we had our small circle of friends and colleagues. It was kind of nice to sit down and have a cup of coffee with other adults. Still and all, my niece still would like to do this, despite my dire warnings. If she wants to do it, that is, of course, her own decision, but I hate to see her spend so much money on MT school when I think in 10 years more, it is going to be completely changed. I think department heads used to respect us, MTSOs generally do not. There are wonderful exceptions out there, but the problem is just that, the ones who will treat you respectfully are the exception, not the rule. My niece wants a large family and I think her choices for working at home are limited. I am not sure what she is going to do, but I cannot in good conscience tell her that I think MTing is going to be a good career, because I do not think it is. (Her mother is a floral designer, but my niece has absolutely no interest in doing that. It is just not her cuppa cuppa.) Anyway, I hope you and I can both hold out until we can retire. I have three years until I can collect my full Social Security and I am counting the days! I shed tears daily for what has happened to our profession. Thanks again.
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