I don't think that histotechs are disrespected at all. There is always going to be that one person in any job that thinks they are better than you because of whatever reason. HTs are not the highest paid people in the lab (or the lowest for that matter), and I think a lot of times people in management, PhD, or MD positions see us in a light that mirrors our salaries. The fact of the matter is these days you have to basically have a college degree to become a HT, and hopefully as the "old-timers" who didn't have to have a degree retire out of the field we will be paid more according to the education that a lot of us paid so much money to obtain.
I still hold firm to the belief that you get what you give. If you act like someone who should be disrespected you will be. If you suggest new ideas for improvement, go over and beyond your "pay grade", then eventually you will be paid for that financially and with respect. If I couldn't live like that I think that would be a very difficult and frustrating way to live every day. Therefore, I choose to have a good attitude about being away from my family everyday (because I have to have a job), and do the best I can to make others have a reason to respect me. Just my two cents...I will step down from my soapbox now =) Sarah Goebel-Dysart, BA, HT(ASCP), QIHC (ASCP) Histotechnologist Mirna Therapeutics 2150 Woodward Street Suite 100 Austin, Texas 78744 (512)901-0900 ext. 6912 -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Blazek, Linda Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:15 PM To: Rene J Buesa; Clare Thornton; 'Emily Sours' Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Unregistered HT Wow René, I didn't realize you had such a demeaning and disrespected career. I have been in this profession for almost 40 years. I have worked for some of the greatest pathologists you could ask for. They have respected me, asked my opinions and shared a great deal of time at the microscope with me. Maybe it has to do with attitude...... -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Rene J Buesa Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:30 PM To: Clare Thornton; 'Emily Sours' Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Unregistered HT The issue remains the WE cannot impose on others how we are viewed. No matter how many brain storming meetings there are about "demanding" respect the issue remains that those who have to respect us have to do so. Short of a national strike (absolutely impossible to achieve) or a national union (that will be fought to the death) the only thing we can do is to stand for our rights of being treated as professionals every time somebody, either pathologist or administrator, disrespects us. And who, may I ask, will be able to do that in an economic situation as the present one? Who is going to risk his or her job just "to demand respect"? That is an illusion. Unfortunately the economic situation impedes any action and those who can will keep disrespecting us as long as they can get away with it. Having a good "position statement" about "what does it mean to be a professional" is an exercise in futility that probably for those who wrote it may have meant being able to have 1 or 2 days paid without actual work to do. René J. ________________________________ From: Clare Thornton <cthorn...@dahlchase.com> To: Clare Thornton <cthorn...@dahlchase.com>; 'Emily Sours' <talulahg...@gmail.com> Cc: "histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:20 PM Subject: RE: [Histonet] Unregistered HT My apologies, the editorial was in the September 2011 issue of Journal of Histotechnology. I have a pdf of it, will be happy to email. Clare J. Thornton, HTL(ASCP)QIHC Assistant Histology Supervisor Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services 417 State Street, Suite 540 Bangor, ME 04401 cthorn...@dahlchase.com -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Clare Thornton Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:20 AM To: 'Emily Sours' Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: RE: [Histonet] Unregistered HT Look for a position paper presented by members of the NSH BOD in the Journal of Histotechnology after the national convention in Vancouver last year. I'm not sure of the exact issue (thought I still had it on my desk). This will explain what being a laboratory professional is and why it is so important that as histotechnologists we are viewed as such. Clare J. Thornton, HTL(ASCP)QIHC Assistant Histology Supervisor Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services 417 State Street, Suite 540 Bangor, ME 04401 cthorn...@dahlchase.com -----Original Message----- From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Emily Sours Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:58 AM Cc: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] Unregistered HT Do you get paid more with that title? Just curious, I'm not sure what "laboratory professional" means, as I'm not in that kind of lab. Or is it a respect thing? Emily "By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they accept a new story for their lives. 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