I have to say, I'm thoroughly disgusted at this point of reading about Paula Lawlor's ridiculous overpriced house and her woes of getting it built and having parties (Plan B column, 2008). I'm sick of going through the article and finding nothing informative about how her woes of this ridiculous home have anything remotely related with our industry.

I have been a transcriptionist for 12 years. I have been working for Diskriter for 4 years, and I'm barely hanging on by a thread with the work I am given. The volume has become less and less. For years, even as of this writing, there are constantly jobs posted about Diskriter needing more transcriptionists. These are the same jobs posted over and over and over again. I have asked countless times for more work, but to no avail-only to be told there is none, but yet no answers to why these jobs are posted.

Like many people, I'm about to face the possibility of foreclosure. I am selling possessions throughout my home to pay bills. I've cut out all unnecessary expenses. Of course, I've been looking for another job-anything at this point-waitressing, cashier, anything to supplement my pitiful fulltime income. However, I'm in a position just like everyone else today, competing with hundreds of applicants who have lost their jobs or have gotten salary and pay cuts. My pay has gone from $650/week to barely $250/week. If they have all of these accounts, then tell me why this is going on.

To continually see articles like Paula's and her bragging about her million dollar home is just a slap in the face. Does she have any idea of how many people are selling everything they have just to try to stay afloat? It's a slap in the face to consistently see postings all over the internet about Diskriter needing to hire more transcriptionists, yet I'm at home struggling to to make a line count because I am not given enough work.

If Paula is going to write articles for ADVANCE, how about writing about the industry? How about writing about something we could use and relate to in our field? Why did ADVANCE think we would want to read about Paula Lawlor's home on the ocean? Maybe Paula needs to wake up and look at what's happening out there, instead of figuring out how she is going to furnish her million dollar beach house and the woes of if her family will like her new home. She should focus on what's happening in her company and with the accounts, and maybe write some useful articles.

Distressed Diskriter employee