Doesn't that chip on your shoulder ever get heavy?
Posted By: EX-MQer on 2007-09-20
In Reply to: They are not YOUR expanders! - Belongs to MQ, not you!
Maybe you should consider a career change. Being locked up all day away from the real world has obviously made you bitter and a tad dillusional. Have you considered counseling?
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Chip on your shoulder?
I was an MT in a hospital for 29 years. That doesn't mean I know everything or have experience in every field. 28 of those years were in Radiology and 1 in Medical Records. In radiology we did not type cardio ultrasounds. That was done in cardio. We didn't have PET scanners yet so I have no experience in that. Some hospitals don't have MRI or CT's. Yes, I think you are out of line. They are not mind readers.
Please take the chip off of your shoulder ...
As I've stated, I'm only sharing my experience with Precyse and have acknowledged that the experience of others may be different.
To answer your question, I don't REFUSE to do ASR. In fact, I'd like the opportunity to give it a try, but because I haven't been able to make my minimum line requirements in a while for the reasons that I've already stated it hasn't been extended to me.
To address your statement that Precyse must not be all that bad because I'm still there, I didn't say it was 'all that bad.' My focus was on the fact that I, and others that I know of, are not making a decent living wage there. They have great managers, good team spirit, they treat their MT's with courtesy and respect, and have good affordable benefits in respect to the rest of the industry. I, though, have just not found the money to be there.
The OP asked for experiences and I gave her mine as honestly as I could.
You have a chip on your shoulder.
If you take 5 cpl and work set hours as an IC, then the MTSOs think everyone is willing to accept that and it makes us all look bad like we don't know what we're doing. It is no different than offshoring in my opinion. Offshore MTs will accept very little per line and work endlessly. If every American MT decided to let MTSOs make demands on us as ICs, then we are giving in and have no reason to gripe about offshoring. Does that explain it to ya' a little better?
It's the same as underbidding. If the MTSO can get away with it, they will, because in the long run they save money. Think about it for a minute and it will make sense.
Chip on your shoulder (sm)
Your words, such as QA, being QA, was having their version of fun, are very telling about you. Sorry, you lost your credibility with statements like that. They show a definite attitude about QA before you even receive any edits.
Did someone knock a chip off your shoulder?
kisses and hugs
Tell me about it! My chip grew into a block and the
disappearing. I don't know how some folks make it at all, medical bills, kids, and our ever-present little buddy NJA.
Clanks Coffee Cup (throws boa across shoulder)
PERFECT! Perfect. Made me laugh out loud!! Thanks, MT!
Wow, I just made an appointment for bad neck and shoulder pain. I went through
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Yes, VERY heavy ESL.
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Why would getting top heavy with
I can understand not answering emails but top heavy with management really isn't any of the MTs business.
despite the heavy negatives
i vote MQ; tried a couple smaller companies -- but when you roll into the mix all the various factors, its my choice place to be. and furthermore, its my family's sole income and as a FT employee -- i'm not even worried about the lawsuits and all. The company is constantly improving. There are no signs of sell-out or collapse, only of strength.
MDI-FL'ers, can you do 250 LPH, even with heavy
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Very heavy HISPANIC ESL
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Heavy turnover
Big turnover on this account. They constantly advertise. Look elsewhere.
OSI heavy on the offshoring, I believe.
Heavy ESL account...sm
I happen to work on the heavy ESL account at Axolotl. It is difficult, I won't lie. There are not many Asian dictators, but I have many years of experience with ESLs and I do find it to be quite difficult. I have only been with Axolotl since July and just moved over onto this account a few weeks back, but it was my secondary prior to that. I think with time, they are very doable; however, it is not a huge money-making account. I can't come near the 250-300 lph I used to be able to do (which might be age showing, too), but I love this company and they are very accommodating in many ways! Work has been slow lately, but is supposed to be picking up as this account brings on more work. If you are up for a challenge and would like to work for a great company, I'd say go for it. They are really, really good about filling in blanks and providing feedback and you can even relisten to the job which helps you learn them better! e-mail me if you'd like!
Heavy ESL is probably exactly why I got that callback...
now that you mention it. Before I quit, they had me in a very heavy ESL account. That's not specifically why I left (didn't help), it was a combination of things, mainly that I couldn't move through the junk quickly enough to make a decent paycheck anymore and knew it was not gonna get better there. Of course, I was told at the time that was all they could give me. We do not have a fit for you, yeah, buddy. Going back would just mean more mistreatment. I personally hope they have to fold.
Count on heavy Mon and Tues and then
computer up to 14 hours or so a day to wait for work to drop in to get your line count, or you can just work 365 days/yr. They will tell you to work outside your schedule if there is not work and expect you to have a consistent daily line count.
You are NEW !! TransTech is HEAVY into VR. Where did you get your info from?
Every account is about 75%-80% VR -- unless it a new account which the voice machine has not been able to interpret the doctor yet. You just wait . . . your turn is coming for VR. They beg for more editors to be trained each and every week.
How well does eScription do on heavy ESL physicians?
Also, how long after using this platform did you find yourself doubling in your productivity? Anything you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
How many of these VR lines for heavy ESL dictators?
Thanks.
Their pay is the pits unless you're a heavy producer. nm
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18 years acute care, heavy ESL. Thank you.
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Can you give the initials of what the heavy ESL accts were?
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The work is pretty darned heavy now!
People have said the ESL load with FN is very heavy AND they don't offer DD. nm
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CS.net slow and horribly "click-heavy." Anything
On my TT account, the only times heavy editing
Is required is if there is a bad connection (static and muffled connections wreak havoc with Escription, as with any VR system). Other than that, my production is probably 2.5 times greater than it is with straight transcription; essentially, the means my pay increased slightly with the transition to VR.
I believe the poster means that if you cannot catch *nonsense* the system churns out and correct it, then that person really shouldn't be an MT because details is what our jobs are all about.
Wow, that's a sturdy, heavy cup -- I'm surprised. I didn't take the job with them sm
about a year ago and I have had regrets a few times, but seeing all this I guess God was looking out for me and I made the right decison after all. I'm so sorry that this is happening to everyone. I never heard of cutting someone's pay after hired but then again, a lot of things have happened in the past few years that I never thought would happen.
Good luck.
Doesn't apply if your OSI account doesn't use Ichart.
It is the Ichart only for OSi where you are cheated.
Lots of people like it here even though the ESL load is supposed to be heavy. nm
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HEAVY ESLs, will not switch accounts if you are having difficulty, and more...sm
Plus you have to pay $25.00 every payday to get your check UPS to you. Now, I never have known UPS to charge $25.00 to mail a letter overnight! They must be making profit off of it. The worst ESLs ever! I have worked for many years as a MT but NEVER had this horrible of ESLs. Not to mention the VERY RUDE QA staff! Supervisors and work flow are nice. I would think twice. But pay was always on time and always correct. You just have to balance out. They used to run out of work too. Don't know if that has changed or not.
Posts here from last month said the ESL load was unusually heavy. nm
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Don't know but it's a heavy duty load. Average full day would be
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Are the bulk of the ESLs you work on heavy Spanish?
Thanks for all the other information you have given me too.
I was switched from one heavy ESL acct to another and couldn't get the lines, so I bailed. Other
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AllType 6 months ago offered 8 cpl to start and only up to 8.5 cpl with heavy ESL production. Want
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Very heavy Indian affilitation and tech support, if that matters to ya. nm
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how is the company? do they pay direct deposit? do they have heavy ESLs? Do they pay on time?
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Very heavy ESL on my acct, needed a Cphone, other things. They were very organized in their
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The account is not bad but it has heavy Hispanic dictators. I worked on it for another company and
get used to it, it is a great account. If you really want a different account, just talk to them. They are really good about switching accounts for people. Call Becky in the office. She is the HIM coordinator now according to her email signature line. She is the best!
Post from June 2006 said the ESL load was very heavy and you needed a Cphone & 2nd line. Used to
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TT doesn't pay for spaces or ExText doesn't
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That doesn't fly - KS doesn't offshore
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He doesn't trust VR, or doesn't trust his MT to train it correctly?
Or perhaps his MT(s) has/have been filling his head with horror stories about VR and how it is a lawsuit waiting to happen?
Personally, I don't see any reason an M.D. would not trust a VR program, unless he's seen the products of a report edited by a less than competent MT who didn't do their editing job appropriately.
okay, that doesn't really help. I really need to know
the major city that is near you, how far away it is, and also put the next major city to you. For instance, if you live in kissmee, florida, you would put Orlando about 30 minutes away and Tampa about 45 minutes to one hour away.
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It doesn't mean anything now though.
I don't care if I got anything, but if it didn't come until all the posts about not getting even a card, it just doesn't mean anything.
for CMT...CMT really doesn't mean....sm
a heck of a lot, as I know plenty of CMTs who make errors (just like any MT who sometimes does), errors like typing Port-A-Cath as Porta-Cath. For decades, *CMT* yielded NOTHING extra $$-wise. Today that is changing a tad.
It doesn't get better than this! NM
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And if you think she doesn't already know, I
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