I'd love to learning kickboxing

Posted By: fatcat on 2008-09-22
In Reply to: Yep, 24 hrs for national, IC for 2 local clinics, also teach kickboxing and sales rep for a clothing - Deb - not taking any chances.

Are you in LA?

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Extra job security, anybody do this? - Fatcat
- I have worked 2 jobs for years. One - see message
- 3 Jobs and Counting... - GothMT
- I have tried to do more than 1 job - olderMT
  - So, in other words, I have cut back to 1 job. - olderMT
- I have for years. - D-MT
- Yep, 24 hrs for national, IC for 2 local clinics, also teach kickboxing and sales rep for a clothing - Deb - not taking any chances.
  - I'd love to learning kickboxing - fatcat
    - Santa Cruz, CA - nm - Deb -
      - Deb - fatcat
        Fatcat ......... sm - LTMT
        Deb - fatcat
  - I wish I had the energy to do all that you guys do. How do you stay motivated? NM - MT10
    - Well, I grew up poor and had a really bad marriage and decided (sm) - Deb -
    - I'd like to know the same thing! nm - Me too
    - I stay motivated because - fatcat
      - Have to agree ... keeping the lights turned on, food on the table, and sm - LTMT
- Yep, been doing it for years. - Larissa
- ditto here (sm) - dln
- I have a full time and part time job also. nm - MT and worn out
- I currently have 3 jobs, so I am right there with ya. sm - LTMT
  - LTMT - Fatcat
    - I have worked 2 jobs almost all of my adult life. sm - LTMT
      - LTMT - fatcat
    - I'm with ya - lllandroverladyl
- Quite a few posters have mentioned doing this..nm - Bayou MT

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I love your posts - I'm learning from them...sm

Thank you again for taking the time to type this very informative post. These types of posts actually help many people, I do believe. Like you, I do all my own MTSO work and have not yet had to farm any out. My MDs are great in that they all pay me by the 15th of the following month. I pretty much demand that because the work is all back in their offices by the 30th or 31st of that prior month....so wanting to get paid by the 15th of the following month is reasonable. I am sorry for your delinquent client but my docs know I only bill out once a month and that cuts down on the billing part of being an MTSO.

What I HATE about being an MTSO....is all those receipts you have to keep all year long...but it's not the keeping of the receipts, it's the TAX PREP that we face within the next 6-12 weeks....oh what a mess that always is....not a mess - but so time consuming that I do hire someone to do that clerical stuff to get things ready for the TAX people......my daughter is the one I hire (and yep, I do pay her well to do that part of the work).

Again, thank you so much for your informative posts. Be well....

What could be more appropriate for learning the ropes than learning how to spell? You are in for a
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Yep, 24 hrs for national, IC for 2 local clinics, also teach kickboxing and sales rep for a clothing
nm

Learning
All of what you say is absolutely true. I probably also am one of the higher paid MTs around today and I don't do it making 6 cpl. I have continued to learn for the past many years and will continue to learn to the last day working out my notice, that's just me. I don't think MOST new MTs are ever going to see the day they will make $25/hour or even close to that. There are reasons other than money, and I don't care to post them, that I am leaving MTing for.............gourd painting.

Learning VR.....sm
If an MT with many years of experience on EXText and a variety of other platforms were determined to take a PT job to go ahead and learn VR, which would you think is the best platform to do that on, and which company would you recommend for doing that? Any and all information appreciated! TIA....

learning VR ?
If you continue to use your mouse tomake corrections, then there is nothing to learn.

But if you decide to use 'hot keys' or 'short cuts', then there is.

It is said that letting go of the mouse usage, will speed you up. I do not know if this has been proven yet.

I am a 'mouse' person and I just cannot let go of my 'mouse.'

I assume a lot of MTs are like that.

Maybe there busy learning their new
I think someone posted before that they were getting like 9 new accounts. So, maybe everyone is tied up and can't really take a coffee break. I'd be stroking those keys too if I was making 9.5 cpl (their starting rate per one post). I'm glad there's at least one company out there that pays well. I really don't think though that someone working there for only three months could really have anything bad to say. I think someone else posted that KS promises lower health insurance premiums soon so that is a good thing.

I am interested in learning more...
Please email me at dmorganzack@yahoo.com

Any new account will be a learning
Just mix it in with your experience all around. You should be fine.

Learning curve
I'm not going to toot the speech making money horn, but I think it's a learning curve. I'm having a hard time giving up my mouse but still doing about 3 times the work and saving my wrists in the process. TT has offered a refresher course and paying us for taking it, I think that's not only smart on their part but good for TT MTs. Speech is here to stay and I need to suck it up and go with the flow, still too many years before I can retire.

VR learning i s a myth
VR is not taught by MT in most cases because it is *back-end* voice recognition program. VR can be taught by the dictator on *front-end programs but most docs don't care to spend the time doing it. After 1-1/2 years of doing VR, and being told it would *learn* over time, I found out that was a lie. I have brought to bosses' attention the same errors in docs' formats, the same errors in punctuation, numberint, etc, etc, as requested and nothing has changed. I just do the best I can, knowing that the platform/program I work on will never improve.

I'm with you. I'm willing to take a temporary dip in pay while learning, but MQ better leave
nm

Too soon to really say. I felt I did okay the first day given the learning curve.
I am hoping my production will increase by at least 150-200 lines a day over the first few days and that should more than bring me up to speed.

Add me to the list of those interested in learning more

Learning curve? You mean to learn VR?
It was about 2 days for me, not much time. Is this what you mean?

IT has a looong learning curve. Am using it and you are right. I have to stop and think before ever
But, am picking up speed and accuracy is improving. It was either learn to use it or type everything out.

Thanks! Yes, I figure if I start out learning the hardest
it can only go up from here. My production is in the toilet though and being new, I have no idea how much of that to attribute to being new or having to rewind some ESL dictations a hundred times :(

Then provide samples and learning tools.
We are all only human. The doctor is supposed to be reviewing and signing these reports they dictate. Are they not? If they sign off a report that has an error, that then makes the dictating physician liable, not the MT. This docking for errors sounds like another scheme to make money off of hard-working MTs. tsk tsk

learning Escription/Edit Script
I work for Focus also and there is nothing hard about learning Escription---it is very user friendly. The test is learning the shortcut keys to become a faster editor. There is a website that comes with this platform that will teach you the shortcuts, plus there is a great forum board to learn from other MTs. I love the platform, but still working on speed.

Love, love, love TransTech! Not overhiring, just growing like crazy!
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Come on, learning correct spelling is important. No offense meant.
nm

i work 3 part-time jobs now. it can be confusing if you are learning both at the same time, but sm
other than that not a problem for me. best to get one down before starting to other or you might become overwhelmed.

I too love path & can't find it at home & would love to cross-train into rad in the meantime I do

Love this company, love my boss, very informative QA.nm.
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Does anyone think 41 is too old to go to nursing school. I love MT but I just would love to be a
nurse. I have such a interist in helping others and the medical world.

Love, love, love DeVenture
Super nice, flexible and just all around nice to work for.

Love, love, love Axolotl
I totally love Axolotl. Just as A-team said, fantastic benefits. Yes, strict schedule, but never ever had a problem getting off when I needed to. I wouldn't dream of going anywhere else.

I would love to know too, I love EXText
nm

Love Bayscribe and love the pay
At 11 cpl I love working for MDI Maryland. Bayscribe is a breeze. The lines build up so quickly. Everything is right there on the page. Sometimes, you have to fill in patient data, but who cares.... you do get paid for it. No holiday or vacation pay as it is an IC position. It beats 8 and 9 cpl any day. IMO

Love, love Archivus
Mind my asking what your line rate is? Do you have to work a schedule? Is their platform good? Anything else?

love/hate MT, mostly love it :)
i've long been dismayed with the direction in which this profession has gone, and i agree with the person who posted that women have accepted substandard wages and/or unfair IC or employment situations. It's very sad to see how, when outsourcing became the norm, women did not adequately negotiate to, you know, pay their bills!!! It seems this has resulted in lots of undercutting and lower line rates for everyone. I see some companies slowly improving and not requiring crazy line counts and hours in exchange for paying into health insurance. i entered this profession as a single female. i married an engineer and was living mighty comfy and cushy and happily doing 4 hours at 11 cpl in the late 90s. didn't have to worry about not having bennies at all. now as a single mom with a young child, i truly struggle. but i do love my work and hold out for my specialty to keep the line count up. still, i see the glaring problems and it's just a shame. if there were an MT union, i'd join in a heartbeat. no time/energy to start one and be some kind of norma rae, though!

Ah, yes, a love/hate thing indeed!

Best to all of you wonderful mts, male and female :)

Love it there

Okay, I have read all the posts and have been keeping up with all of this. I wasn't going to say anything, but some of the naysayers are getting a little nasty. I think that Transcend is a very good company. All of their pay rates and incentives, bonuses and benefits are public knowledge on the forum. It would make it very hard for preferrential treatment to go. However, I suppose it could happen. What I don't get is if it is happening to someone, why wouldn't they do something about it instead of putting up with it and complaining to the world about it while they do it?

Also, there are a ton of posts on here about Transcend from this thread that are not nice about the company and I haven't seen MT Stars pull one single post. I guess they aren't as biased as some would claim!

LOVE THEM!
I've been with them for almost 6 months, and they are the best! They truly treat their MTs with respect. I would highly recommend them!

love JLG
I have been an MT a long time and JLG so far has been the best company to work for. Work flow is constant, management is great, and so far, I have not run out of work. If I have my way, I will never go outside the house to work again. I cannot imaging having to drive into town everyday with the price of gas right now!!!!

LOVE MY JOB
I love my job. Best job I have had. People nice to work for, flexible schedule, no nit-picky QA stuff, like "comma in the wrong place". And great pay. RAH RAH RAH...I didn't even have to take any test. Sent them my resume, the called and hired me.

I love it!
"little control freaks with no experience other than raising a few kids" ROFL! Yeah, you have that description down pat. Honestly, with some of the ranting emails we get from team leaders or account supervisors, I'd hate to hear them dealing with their children when they think nobody else is around. OK, so one person on the team did something wrong, so let's scream at everyone!

I love OSi..but I wonder about this, too
nm

MDI-FL...what is it that you love?
I just got hired by this company and am looking forward to getting started. It sounds like a great company to call home and that's just what I'm hoping to do. I really need a fresh start after a bad experience with a few nationals. They seem to have a lot to offer. I would love some input from current employees on what to expect. Is the work volume pretty stable? Platform user-friendly? Easy to make line counts? Are most of the dictators pretty good? Do you they pay every 2 weeks or only on certain dates of the month? Is pay always on time? Have the changes over the years been for the better? Would you say this company is here to stay? Sorry for all the questions; I'm just hoping this is the last MT I'll work for. Any info you can provide on the boards or off the boards would be much appreciated!