I think the problem is
Posted By: MOMT on 2007-01-23
In Reply to: Thank you, Minnie. I really wish people would understand this (sm) - Boo2
that some people are coming into the profession BECAUSE it is a stay-at-home position.......not because they want to be an MT. I was an MT first and a work-at-home employee second. I don't think there is anything wrong with saying that being a mother is a priority....even when I worked in-house being a mother was my #1 priority. However, that did not mean that I called off work at the first sign of a sniffle. I am the same type of employee now that I work from home. I have a schedule so that I'm not working more than 1 to 1-1/2 hours during my children's *awake* time. I rarely take PTO so that if they are too sick for me to handle them ~and~ MTing I am covered.
What I am trying to say is that this can be done in a manner that is satisfying both as a mother and as an MT. Making demands as a newbie is crazy in *any* profession IMO. I wish the OP the best, and if she really REALLY wants it I'm sure she will manage. I doubt she'll make big money right away because of lack of experience. On-the-job-training is sort of a second half of MT training. School and then work experience -- in office and/or in hospital.
I hate it that the field is going downhill and I do think that people coming into the profession BECAUSE it is a stay-at-home job does have something to do with it. But there are SOME mothers, like myself, who are making it work....and maintaining the respect of my employer.
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