Hey all, I haven't been on here in a while as I was living my dream MT job life... That all began to unravel in the spring and I am just finding myself so discouraged and depressed at how all of this has turned out. I loved my job of almost 6 years, but unfortunately, our client decided to contract with another company and go to speech recognition. We were graciously offered positions by another company facing the same ordeal, that they had other clients to work with and would have work for us as well. I am working for them now, but I am not happy there. I have actually just contracted with Paragon who has rave reviews on the Andrews board, which makes me feel better, but this will be another whole ball game for me. Acute care, SR, new platform, and of course, new docs. I guess what I am looking for is some encouragement and hope. For those of you doing mainly SR, can you make as much money as doing straight MT work? I am grateful for the opportunity to learn this new field, but I will admit I'm a bit scared and feeling down. I would really appreciate some good advice and encouragement and your personal story of success! There's not much of that when searching the internet.... Ha ha. :) Thanks in advance.
You are right, there is no encouragement about this field on the internet! You should check out my post below about job rumors. Your post is the kind of thing I'm afraid of. What was pointed out to me is that things may change, but jobs will still be there. It just sucks to have to deal with the change!
Thanks, Sheri! I saw your post, and that is encouraging. Bleh, I dislike change, but it can sometimes bring great things! I think I am tired, discouraged, and frankly just need to know that there are others out there. I know I can accomplish all of this. I tend to just start at the bottom emotionally and work my way up. :)