Just my opinon but sad....sm

• Elective surgery vent - on Thanksgiving weekend
  • I Feel For You - Amanda
  • I feel your pain, but remember there is always tomorrow. - MTMommy
  • Most of the posts are ... sm - full of opinions
  • If you really feel that way, maybe you should have sm - well
  • perhaps--sm - nn
    • "perhaps" poster above is right. Peace and Love will lighten your load. sm - Wise.MT
    • You are right - it doesn't matter what reports - I transcribe, but I still
      • sure we can vent about anything we want to--sm - nn
        • Things you don't know - Yeah, I'm stressed
          • God bless you for caring for that child, - sm
          • Just my opinon but sad....sm - JMO
          • Ya know what, you're allowed a bad day or two. We all are. Ignore all the judgmental SM - Tinks
            • Thank you, Tinks, for summing it up - Yeah, I'm stressed
          • To the OP - relax..
          • Is this your flesh and blood grandchild you are talking about?? sm - support?
          • Wow, sounds as though you are very resentful of this child and I hope you will once see - JJ
          • Your tone makes it very difficult to be supportive. nm - celestialmls
            • I agree about the tone..sm - nn
      • I think you should not "vent" but be grateful you have - have work and we have the

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First of all 4 years is not a very long time at all in this business.  You do not realize that, but you do ask some very valid questions.  First of all, the MT business is a very fast-growing business, true.  Hospitals, medical facilities, and even different state disability departments are all going with MT Services.  This is much easier for them as far as cost and coordinating work, employees, and equipment.  The problem is that such a great demand has caused large MTSOs to want in on the $$ action.  So much work is being offshored that you would not believe it even if someone quoted you a figure.  This makes it very profitable because they of course work so much cheaper than the U.S. MT.  This is driving the pay down in America even if you can find decent accounts to transcribe.  Everyone in this business will tell you how it has changed.  The schools will NOT tell you that. 

You sound like you are still young and torn in making a career decision.  You do need to find out the realities of all elements in the MT business, which means production, auditing, offshoring, pay per line, periods with no work, periods with too much work, scheduling, equipment changes, and losing jobs through no fault of your own, and especially the fact that the bottom line all comes down to $$ with companies, clients, and MTs. Comes with the territory and you have to be able to go with the flow and the stress of that, and be willing to accept constant change.  If you would prefer something a little more stable and less stressful, you should be checking into those options now.  I am pushing retirement age and change is not so readily available to me at this point, and considering where I live.  I love this profession, I really do, but if I were in YOUR shoes, I would look into other options and get started on a different career while I was still young.