Fatcat, didn't we play chain socks once?
Posted By: Teardrop on 2009-01-07
In Reply to: A woman who went crazy - fatcat
I hope you're the same Fatcat from the other board.
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Whoops! I meant to address this TO fatcat, not FROM fatcat. Sorry Fatcat!
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A chain??? Please explain...
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Just click on Play then click on Play again to pause dictation
I'm working in Bayscribe right now and that appears to be the only way to do it.
Play to play
Play again to pause
Play again to start play again
Hope that helps.
It's a chain that people buy into to. Many locations. nm
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I live in a very small town that won't allow chain-
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I hear Medware just signed large chain of Hospitals
Should be hiring many MTs in next few weeks, heard from the recruiter. I am testing with them now, what they offer is alot better than the National I am with now. Good insurance and line rate, hope to get on with them.
Fatcat correcting fatcat
I meant to say THEIR face, not THERE face. Have been up since early morning working and it shows. Sorry.
They play a lot of games. Pay was on
time, but they do have their favorites who get the good work. Used to run out of work all the time and have to wait for more overflow to come in, so bailed out.
Play favorites.....
pay is good, but they still play favorites and some typists make off like bandits on cream of the crop dictators while the rest of you get the scum.
It all boils down to who will play the game
There have been a lot of good MTs at OSI. Most of those who do excellent work and have years of experience have left OSi because of tactics such as this. She may have a good work ethic and sunny disposition and do good work but is not in a better position to supervise other MTs who are better all around. The point is that people new to either the MT industry or to OSI are most often the ones promoted because they are most assuredly YES people since they don't have enough experience to know any better that OSI consistently does things such as break the wage and hour law among other things.
make sure your player is set to play
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Unless you have another way to play your voice files, use
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Can't play the game unless you have the equipment.
Express Scribe does play that!(sm)
Not sure about Gear Player, but in open Express Scribe and go to settings, and then settings, and go to the tab files, and you should be able to check the box there. You can also go to the WMA file right click and select open with and then select your Express Scribe. Good luck on the test!
Two companies that do not play games
are MDI-MD and Landmark. Good honest people at both companies.
It's one of the tricks that companies play on us
so that they can control our productivity, penalize and pay less, despite getting their work done. The same thing happened to me a year ago, we were asked to follow dossier given by the client, but then a few QAs followed AAMT BOS, etc. Nevertheless, we were penalized left and right and eventually when we stood up and reported their actions, then it stopped completely.
The beauty of this job has been that I can play with Junior (sm)
and still make decent money. It all depends on the company you work for. And 20 years from now, I'll be doing something else.
Help! How do I play this test file?
I'm taking a test for a job. I was sent a file that opens in Creative MediaSource. How am I supposed to transcribe this when it's going so fast? I need to use my foot pedal but there is no option. Please someone help me! I want this job!
our fund of knowledge comes into play
with each report we type. If that doesn't justify a decent compensation, I don't know what will.
Should we just hop to the problem parts of the report since we are only getting paid for that part of the report, eschewing the rest, not making sure it makes sense? It's outrageous, and we should all refuse to do it unless we get paid the same as straight typing. Why should technological advances cause us to lose pay? No one else is taking a cut except us, yet we are the glue that holds this profession together. I know it's all been said before, but it's wrong, and if the MTSOs read this board, they will at least know where we stand on it.
We earned our knowledge through blood, sweat and tears over the years, and we should be compensated for it. Why shouldn't we?!
Ask about what role American MTs will play versus their
I'll play - EZ lunch decisions
I don't have to make the decision the night before or in the morning whether to pack a lunch or buy. Can decide to make rice in the cooker, microwave a meal or just eat a sandwich, or even not eat till I'm famished, all up to me and not a clock.
I know, that wasn't the point. It was simply the play on words....
......simply the play on words in the Google blurb that fit the situation, not the whole related article.
Can you download Express Scribe and play the file thru there? nm
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ho ho ho but the hosp can play Russian Roulette w/going to court with
Those medical records became cheaper for hospitals how? When they go to court with those expensive incorrect records and LOSE, wonder if they think it was cheaper?
Or the voice files may already be there "somewhere" for you to click on and play and you
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I had that happen and had to play them in Windows media player-nm
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You'd play lousy poker - obvious bluffer.
Don't have to have the last word to have the last laugh, and I'm having a good one.
Such an easy mark. . . such a short fuse. WOO! I am laughing out loud.
DocQ, hmmm, how to play audio from keyboard??
Can you share. Didn't know, worked on platform twice and nobody ever said this.??? Can you share?
FTP is just to move files around, not play them. That would be software like ExText, ChartScript,
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Very similar thing happened to me. They play head games.
Your friend is better off moving on - but I am so sorry this happened to her - they really are a horrible company.
Odd way of doing business. Most places dont have time to play those games. They just get rid
of people and move on.
If offshore owned, they want to play by their rules, treating MTs like slave labor, much like
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No experience because I couldnt even take the transcription tests. The voice files would not play.
How about you? I was bummed. I was really interested in the job but I tried everything to get the voice files to play but they wouldnt. Oh well, I guess if it were meant to be, then I would have been able to take the test.
Anyone else have problems taking USA Type test? Cant get my comp to play the sound file.
Any suggestions? I really want to take the test but their sound file keeps loading onto my music program, and when I try to load it on Windows Medial Player it tells me I need codecs, so how would I find that to load?
The company hiring you should provide the Dictaphone pedal or the adapter to play the ExText
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Don't need to record files. Pull them into Express Scribe (free on line) and play them thru there
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After all these years, if I use Media Player, I just have my test outline ready and play the voice
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how are you supposed to work and watch your mail all the time to play a stupid contest?
Transcend cares only about the big pay for its managers and corporate people, nothing for its MTs. Pay used to be decent, is less than mediocre for that horrible editing platform we are forced to use. ROMs have nothing to do but yell at the MTs and invent first grade games to play. I would rather have had the $1.48 postage and $1.00 it cost for the mouse pad and strip calendar.
Remember the old days when Edix used to give the Drake and Drake drug book for MT week? That was when Edix was a good company, too.
Fatcat
I do not do homework for others unless they want to pay me. I am too busy makin my lines, and apparently you could be makin more lines too by getting off your high horse on this board and spending more time making your lines!!! You are so funny....
Fatcat ......... sm
Not sure where you live, but my local YMCA offers kickboxing classes, free with membership. Also, i just recently bought a Kathy Smith Kickboxing DVD for $2.99 from eBay. I haven't tried it yet because I'm afraid I might destroy the apartment -- coordination is not my strong suit! (ha) The class at the Y is fun ... I'm sure you'd enjoy it! Plus, if you're like me, after sitting all day, it is nice to get up and move the legs and get some circulation going.
Fatcat
She is a known troublemaker on this board.
Well said, fatcat (NM)
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Tell me where fatcat.
I need part-time, 24 to 32 hours per week. No one wants to hire part-time.
I have applied at 15 or more places. Pass every test, get offered a job for 7 cpl or when I give my schedule, they say NOPE.
The stress is killing me. I think I have an ulcer. The migraines are back and I spend the better part of my shift crying.
Looking for Fatcat
I would like to ask you some questions through email. Thanks.
fatcat
The first letter of the company i work for is T
To fatcat:
I'm just wondering if you could tell me anything about your company: things you like/don't like, pay, platform, etc. I am also interested in this company. Thanks for any info you can give!
Thanks you so much, fatcat. It does seem
like most companies require you to have your own computer. I guess I worked for MQ too long....They provide the computer but too many other down sides to working for them. I think I will see if I can pick up a used computer to start with.
Thanks for the info about the statutory status, too! I was thinking it meant you were sort of on-call employee. I get it now. THANKS again!
Thanks to all and Fatcat ...
I awoke with basically the same feeling. I work for a wonderful company, have a wonderful husband, kids and grand babies so I have a lot to be thankful for. I know that there are many of our fellow MTs who are struggling out there right now, I wish with everything in me that I could change that for them but since I cannot, I was hoping that a positive post would help to uplift everyone at least someone. Like you and probably most on this board, I have had some pretty horrible experiences but seem to be on the right path, which I hope continues. Hopefully I have kissed the right frog this time, lolol.
For those of you out there who are struggling I wish you the very best and lots of luck!
Fatcat
I'm not sure if this explains anything, but I remember a few weeks ago getting an email telling us they had a new account coming on and had hired about 30 MTs to cover it. Unfortunately, the account didn't start when expected and those MTs were training on the other accounts. I thought the account started last week, but I'm not 100% sure about that.
There was also a lot of talk in the last few months about adjusting our schedules to accommodate the evening/late night and early morning work flow. They may have ended up hiring more MTs to cover if the work wasn't getting done. Unfortunately, I think that SE/IC companies are forced to hire more MTs than needed sometimes because they can't enforce a work schedule like the employee status companies ('cept for MQ; they overhire and then send all the work overseas. I think the Indians just like to watch the Americans scramble).
I think the work flow also ebbs and flows more in the summer months due to holidays, vacations, etc. My accounts have been low also, but I don't really mind. I like an unexpected day off. I expect things to pick up again soon.
Fatcat
After being brainwashed for so many years by the Q, MDI has been a breath of fresh air! I wouldn't think of changing companies, either, and since I'm not the breadwinner in our house and I have a second income myself, I won't fight for the lines. If the work is there when I'm available, so be it, but if not, then I don't worry about it. I check back throughout the day, but I won't sit and wait for the work. I know there are others not as fortunate and I'd really rather see them get the work.
LOL, Fatcat!
Your friend had it rough too, lol! I'm about an hour north of Bakersfield, more in Fresno territory, but I certainly relate to his difficulties with that two years. I believe Fresno and Bakersfield are cut from the same cloth. I had to move back from this area from a gorgeous northern coastal town (Pacific Grove, if you're familiar with it), about 6 years as my mother was ill, and I think I'm still in the throes of culture shock!
I just don't understand what's going on with MDI-MD at all, Fatcat. Normally when one of their MTs reports having no work, they bend over backwards (and IMMEDIATELY) to rectify the situation. This time the pleas are met with silence. It arouses my suspicions that something is going on behind the scenes of which we are unaware.
I might be WAY off base here, but you know D pretty well. Do think there's any conceivable possibility that perhaps they're brokering a deal to sell MDI-MD? I hate to even think that it's just one of a few unpleasant possibilities that has crossed my mind during this disheartening time.
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