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MT depression

Posted: Sep 8, 2015

Anyone just sit and cry doing MT - not because the report is depressing but because you are just so down about your job? It makes it worse when you are older and you feel like you are stuck between a rock and a hard place. By that I mean you are and "older" MT and really do not want to train for anything new but can't quite retire for a few years. It just stinks.

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mt depression - 1shopper

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Honey I am in the same boat, 20 years in WITH schooling and my son makes more at Walmart stocking... This ship has long ago sailed and apparently I sunk with it! ha ha. I myself just have to hang on a bit longer so there is a light at the end of the tunnel even though I am not too gung ho on starting over again at something else.

MT Depression - Disappointed

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After harboring suicidal thoughts for about a year, I talked to my doc (about 1½ years ago now) and she diagnosed me with clinical depression. The lousy job and even lousier pay were part of the big picture but a pretty good part of the depression. I'm like you that I'm within a couple years of retirement and don't want to jump to another job at this time really. I'd just be getting into the swing of things at a new job and would be gone and employers know that too so it's tough finding another job (I have tried). Now that I'm on medication for the depression, it is better but the job still stinks. Like most everyone else here, I went from a job paying over $50K per year to less than $20K per year. It's a terrible situation and the employers should be ashamed of themselves really.

I did, and then I left M*Modal - Looking back

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I can't believe I stayed with a company that made me feel that way. I ended up there through a buy-out. I've been in the business 25+ years and had never felt that way before. I had a great supervisor and worked M-F days, but everything else was so frustrating and the future looked so depressing (stressful demands, low pay, nitpicky offshore QA, 20+ accounts, horrible dictators, cumbersome platforms, etc.).

The last time being an MT had me in tears was the day I quit MM effective immediately. That was almost 2 years ago and now I work for a small, family-owned company in QA and enjoy my career again.

So, there's hope! It could be the company and not the MT job.

I used to, but I finally quit. Who needs MT? - Quitting works better than Prozac!

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crying over the keyboard - Effie

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We use to have a part-time transcriptionist who would come in at 3 p.m. to type radiology until 7 p.m. So she worked a whole 4 hours. And I really liked her as a person.. but she would come in and 5 minutes into her shift she was sobbing about how much she HATED being a transcriptionist.. I eventually had to fire her as she called in so much..and I really hoped she would find a job that did not involve a keyboard.. but of course a few years later she called for a reference and she was still at it.. that was really sad.

Now me, I am 60 and studying to be a coder. Its not that I WANT a new career.. but its what we all need... and I cannot afford to retire.

Depressed MT - R

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I too, am a depressed MT. I love what I do (at least I think I do), but hate the company I work for. New rules every time I turn around, low money. I too, worked for a company I loved, and people who treated you as a human being, but they allowed to be bought out, and have been depressed ever since. I have done this for 24 years, too young to retire, but what are my options. I wish I could find a family owned business to work for. I would leave this minute.

MT Depression - Suggestions

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My suggestion is to try and get away from your work area as often as you can. Get out and walk or engage in a hobby, anything to give you a break from your keyboard. Crying at work everyday is not good and depression needs to be taken seriously. Why do you not want to train for anything new? Even with a few new office skills you might be able to get a job working on site that will get you out of the house. I was never any good working at home and only did it for a couple of brief stints. I was lucky to have an employer who gave us a choice.

YES - MeToo

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In this for 25 years now. I used to work for The Q until the cesspool came around, and then I realized after crying at my keyboard on a daily basis that it was not worth it, and I gave my notice.

I moved on to a great company that I loved, who has now been bought out, and now I make less than I made when I began 25 years ago. I find myself HATING my job. At the first tear, I will def quit. I am stressed to the max, but feel it is getting too late in the game to retrain. I am OLD and feel older, but mostly b/c of this situation/job. I am currently looking outside of MT, finally.

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