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That bites.

Posted By: no worries on 2005-08-26
In Reply to: What to do. - Megan Nicole

When I worked in-house, our production level was less because we had to answer the phone and the door.  Even working at home for a hospital, we were only required to do approximately 110 lines per hour.  Of course, it was easy to do more.


It sounds like they're jerking you around in regard to your pregnancy.  That could be illegal.  Understandably, it is difficult to work and care for a child at the same time.  Do you have anything in writing about the daily production levels?  As for the routing, you might even have a larger pool of dictators if you work for a national.  For the most part, routing and carbon copies are all listed in your account specs to refer back to, however.


Do you use a word expander?  I wonder if that would help you out.  Maybe that's why they keep raising the production level is because some of the MTs are using Expanders and really knocking out the lines.


I think you'd be happier working at home with your baby.  I wish I had done it sooner because I wasted so much time working outside the home, being resentful, feeling guilty over leaving my kids at daycare, and going to college to find a bigger, better paycheck.  I started out slow in MT because I only had to make around $700 gross per month to equal what I would have made after daycare at my old job.


Well, you don't worry about any of this right now.  Taking care of yourself and that baby are your first priorities.  You didn't mention a significant other, but don't let anybody tell you that you have to work fulltime.  I always thought I had to work fulltime to be a productive member of society because it was drilled into my head by my family.  Being a good mother is a fulltime job in itself.  No stressing.  Everything always works out in the end.




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