ESL overload is what led me to 'quit' my job!

Posted By: Hayseed on 2007-11-12
In Reply to: I think she has probably just had her fill - FDs

I know exactly what the poster is going through. They may have used strong words, but they are strong emotions and I can soooo relate the need to vent! I had the week from ESL h-e-l-l a while back there and that's when I had a meltdown and quit my job. I wound up not quitting after all, but it made me realize that there's only so much a melon can take before it implodes on itself, ya know? Here and there it's do-able, but when you get day after day of it, and you are anal retentive like we tend to be, and have to have everything just perfect--it's killer. Makes ya really hate your job and no one wants to hate what they do for a living.

Hang in there OP (original poster). You are not alone!

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Tired of these low class foreign doctors - 2 cents
- I'd rather transcribe for ESL docs 8x out of 10 - SM
  - I so agree - ESLs once ya get 'em ya really - understand them the next time around...sm
- eh... - Newbie
- A disingenuous, don't you think? sm - Lyndia
- That's pretty vicious - sm
- I must say that - an
- many ESLs went to medical school in their own country - sa
- What an embarrassing, ignorant post - scribbles
- No racism. Just tired of the dumbing down of - USA. We dont expect foreigners to fit in with us,
  - after the native american, it was FOREIGNERS - who became citizens WHO BUILT UP THE US
  - We are expected to learn spanish, make - exceptions for foreigners, give them the breaks. n
    - and your point? My point is we are the..sm - who became citizens WHO BUILT UP THE US
- I understand that they are difficult - sa
  - Well if ESLs are here to stay, then all the more reason for them to learn the national language. nm - KyMT
    - LOL We have no'national' language! - scribbles
      - poster is right, we have like 85 or more...sm - it USED to be a small state...nm
      - For Pete's sake!!! - frustratedMT
      - English may not be the official language on the federal level, but it is the NATIONAL language. sm - KyMT
        florida not small state - over 20 million people - it USED to be a small state...nm
        You totally missed the point which was...sm - KyMT
        NO point, there are NOT 20 mill Cubanos... - it USED to be a small state...sm
        From one cuban to another - LYAM
        thanks!! for the confirmation/support!! - it USED to be a small state...sm
        my figures were off.....sorry...sm - used to be a small state.....sm
      - National Language - zippitydoodah
        Here, here Zippity - frustratedMT
    - I agree many need to learn how - sa
      - I don't think it's the accent that is the problem...SM - KyMT
        russian dictators do the same - Wladimir is pronounced Vladimir...n/m
        wisa-wersa pretty funny - sa
- My opinion. - Anon
- foreign dictators - HOMT
  - Sounds like a racist to - WVM
    - Great post!!!! TOUCHE!! Loved it!!!...sm - who became citizens WHO BUILT UP THE US
    - WVM Mexico for one - frustratedMT
      - we are hated all over the world today.... - blame u-know-who......N/M
        you obviously buy into the liberal - frustratedMT
        free? We are not *free* - what planet R U on? - blame u-know-who......S/M
    - Geez. give the girl a break already. For definition of racist, sm - Whatever...
      - Miami's job ads since 1980 have said - must be bilingual - so we're used to this...sm
      - Got a news bulletin for ya on racism - scribbles
        Tell me something I don't know.... - sm
  - I think she has probably just had her fill - FDs
    - ESL overload is what led me to 'quit' my job! - Hayseed
    - I agree, she's probably had enough - sm) - nm
      - yes there are some that don't even try to be clear - SA
        I bet most of them were nicer when - Z
        Just radiologists need every work to be right? - Doesnt it matter to other doctors? nm
        They ALL need the words AND the work to be correct. - Spooner
        Much more so than most others - Radiology
        Work = word - Above poster
        that is something I have always wished - sa

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yup. I think you are right...OVERLOAD!
I started all at once on a new job with a new platform and then the IT as well. I figured if I was going to be slow, I might as well be slow just once!LOL! Anyway, I did get my old Expanders in and it is not so much the bottom of the screen but more the markers, etc. i tried to switch to spacebar, but that was worse. Anyway, I may keep trying or i may go get a real job! Thanks.

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The ESL overload wasn't my cup of tea at all. nm
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That is exactly what it is. They overload these accounts, you keep learning new
ones as backups only to find that they then get overloaded and then you sit there and wait for work making probably minimum wage. Well, just keep two PT jobs and then when one runs out go to the other and let it go. The whole thing is not about the MT or what they make or how much time they spend playing the game. After awhile, you just say I will cover myself.

TransTech had an overload of ESLs for this experienced MT. Couldn't take it! nm
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