Why are we not valued?

Posted By: MTMomma on 2008-11-13
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I cannot, for the life of me, figure this out.

One would think that an MT with skills and experience would be something of value. The MTSOs and the physicians we serve seem to not even see us as skilled human beings but rather like dull drones, machines without real lives who were created just to just pump the work out without much thought (it is as if they think we do not THINK!). With the ASR game in full swing, this feeling is more prevalent than ever before, at least in my experience/perception.

Why?

Why are the years of dedication it took to acquire these skills not appreciated? Why are they so quick to get rid of us? If our job is so easy a monkey could do it, then why does it seem so hard to me? Why do they think it is okay to not only freeze and regress wages, eventually cutting our pay in half for ASR work?

I find all this very depressing.

My company has announced it will begin switching us over to SR/ASR. I am really afraid this means more work for me for less pay. I wish what they are saying now will be true, that I will be able to do 3 times as much in the same amount of time, but I don't believe that. I am afraid it will turn out to be snake oil. I also think that if they are charging the clients the same for SR/ASR reports, then I should be paid the same.

WTH is going on? :(

(Do the MTSOs the cut rates for us to do ASR/VR charge the clients half as much as well? Somehow I doubt that. They get to pay us half for the same skills/work and make the same, thus THEY get a huge pay raise while we get slammed. Am I wrong about this? I would like to be.)

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Why are we not valued? - MTMomma
- ASR - nm
- I hear you sm - Appreciated MT
- I'm not sure, but if the client does not - sm
  - First off..there is no way the client is getting a - a price break...no way..no how
  - Clarification - MTMomma
    - WHAT? Does ex-text do that? These companies push so hard for VR, there has to.... - moving on
    - Question about ASR.... - abc
      - To Answer... - MTMomma
      - no - moonchild
        I do not think that they 'approve it, they just send it for editing...sm - abc
        Correct - MTMomma
        Oh wait... - MTMomma
        it certainly is not pay worthy at 4.5 line or 3 line. I know the companies cram it down our throats - moving on
        If this is the case, this proves that.. - abc
        ESCRIPTION INFORMATION - Renee
        the work first goes to the supervisors (if they have to type too) and they pick the best. Then filt - moving on

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That was what I was getting at. In a lot of other fields, a bachelor's degree will get you paid more than someone with an associates in the same. My thoughts (when entering school - and what the school told me) was that I would get paid more by having an associates instead of just a certificate. That is where my frustrating comes in. I wish I would have paid for a 4 month course instead of wasting money on a degree that hasn't gotten me anything more than a certificate would have. That was where I was going. I do not think I am well compensated only in that I wish I were getting paid more for having more education.