"Old Timey"
Posted By: Trixie on 2005-10-24
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 Just thought this was funny. On MT Daily, a transcription company is looking for a Transcriptionist who isn't an old timey transcriptionist, wants someone who knows computer technology, etc. She must think if we've been doing this a long time, we must be TOO DUMB to know computer technology. Gimma a break, pleeeease!!!
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Old Timey
The told who wrote the ad are asking for an age discrimination lawsuit. (My husband is a labor lawyer.)
Old Timey
The told who wrote the ad are asking for an age discrimination lawsuit. (My husband is a labor lawyer.)
Old timey MT
Ah, y'all missed the point ...it has NOTHING to do with age. Old timey transcriptionist...that means someone who does what they are told, does not ask questions, does not say but this is not consistent with AAMT style guide and does not demand to know the line count on a daily basis and demand to be paid on time! You know...old timey ladies who would NEVER make a fuss...someone who is grateful to be working at home and therefore does not EXPECT to be treated well or have vacation or consistent work flow or be treated anything like a professional. Sort of like the transcription companies who demand taht you not attach a printer to YOUR computer so that you cannot print out reports. They are not at all concerned about confidentiality (get real)...they are scared to death you will print a report and count the actual characters and lines and find out how badly you are being screwed on line count and pay. Sound cynical? Yep. Guilty as charged. And not without reason.
happy "old" TT'er
so, I guess I'm a happy old TT'er (only 1-1/2 years) and am very happy. it's the best I've found after going through a bunch of duds.
Different perspective on "old days"
I am a relatively new MT, just under 5 years in the field. But I used to be on the other end in the old days, trying to recruit MTs for a hospital and a large orthopedic practice in the late 1980s. MTs definitely COULD write their own ticket back then. We would advertise and rarely even get a single response, there just weren't enough MTs to go around. We were willing to pay whatever it took to get them, and it was a heck of a lot better than what MTs are paid now. And we tried to treat them well to KEEP them. But the field has changed and MTSOs are flooded with resumes. No need to pay well anymore with so many willing to work for peanuts because they are all competing for fewer jobs.
Old Timey? What a "professional" sm
way to place an ad! Obviously this person doesn't realize that those of us who have been doing this for a long time keep up with the latest as companies go into newer technology! Good grief! That is an insult! I just turned 50, been doing this 27 years. Gee am I suppose to now be buried in the old MT cemetery? Ahhhhhhhhhh!
In the "old days", the machine on my desk that played the tapes was called the transciber. sm
People who type the dictation are called transcriptionists. I realize in this new day and age where people would rather google, spell check and guess rather than look it up in a dictionary or other word reference and actually know the meaning of what they are typing, such things make little difference, but it means something to me. I also have hated the word typist since I do so much more than just copy type.
I know ... pay me and you can call me anything is the predominating theory here. I just have noted that it is usually the Indian-based company that uses the term transcriber.
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