Apathy gets us nowhere

Posted By: VA MT on 2009-03-08
In Reply to: They might not, but I would still get satisfaction knowing I didn't keep quiet about it. sm - Confetti

I agree. Not everyone has to speak up, but some have and hopefully more will. I'm just not sure I can any longer keep quiet.
What has kept me going - it certainly has not been the pay - is that I love MT work. All of it, even the most difficult dicators. No matter what I have done to make myself valuable, no matter how "smart" I work, there is not a raise to be had, and leaving MQ was a hard way to go, as most places offered a pay cut from 10 cpl to 8 and 8.5, no matter my experience and credentials (the CMT meant nothing to the majority of places I contacted).

I am disheartened, finally. I want it to be different. I can't sit back any more and "wish" it - AHDI is not doing a thing for us. They put all of this money, time, & energy into the visible black character (VBI) - this is for the MTSOs, not us. And is there any MT (besides those in the upper echelons of AHDI) who doesn't have a concern that though they SAY it is for more uniform billing methods for MTSOs, that it might trickle down to us?

Maybe I will put myself out there and at least be satisfied, as you say, to know that I didn't just sit back and blame.

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Dropping AHDI and CMT - anyone else? - VA MT
- Agree - Alice
- We should ALL write them & - catsxoxo
  - Whew, I feel better! - catsxoxo
    - Good for you! - VA MT
      - I looked around the USMLSU site but didn't see much...nm - TechSupport
        Evidently the site is brand new - VA MT
        I've got 'em on my radar screen...thanks! nm - TechSupport
- dropping AHDI - fedupMT
- Perfectly rotten organization...sm - TechSupport
- I failed to rejoin AAMT aka ADHI four years ago. - I am right behind you.
- I dropped my CMT about 5 years ago... - Zville MT
- I dropped my AAMT and CMT 15 years or so ago because - dnr
- I dropped my membership after 13 years. - Sorry I waited so long to do it!
- I would write a letter to AHDI and tell THEM, too, why you are dropping. sm - Confetti
  - To Confetti - anon
    - They might not, but I would still get satisfaction knowing I didn't keep quiet about it. sm - Confetti
      - Apathy gets us nowhere - VA MT
  - Good suggestion. - VA MT
    - Sombeody actually wrote a really good letter to Advance a few issues back. sm - Confetti
      - May have missed that letter to editor (small msg) - VA MT
- Your gut instincts are right - anon
  - Your gut instincts are right - VA MT
    - AHDI should be investigated by the gov't. - sm - Topaz
      - Need an association who gets back to being for MTs! - VA MT
        I'm down for that! sm - TechSupport
        Not anti-AHDI but pro-US MTs - VA MT
        I respectfully disagree....sm - TechSupport
        Points well taken, thank you. - VA MT
        Heck yeah. Need leaders to come forward, moderators, a sense of patriotism (we pay taxes). - I am right behind you.

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Just accept it. Apathy is the answer? I don't think so. SM

I don't want to accept the demise of my career. I don't want to move on to something else. I may be studying for another career field in my spare time, but that doesn't mean I WANT a new career. I love medical transcription. I've always loved it. We used to be respected, paid what we were worth. Now, globalization of the work force threatens to end everything I worked hard to achieve and I'm supposed to just accept it?

All the more reason to call. Apathy such as
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I am talking about OP's apathy allowing bad
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