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We also work part time for MQ BECAUSE WE CAN............

now for all those down on us PT'ers.......go take a chill pill and MYOB.

What I do and how I work is NO BUSINESS of the *observer* nor anybody else. 

I am not a recruiter, but you shouldn't not hire someone because they have a life.  It is a shame that MTs do not use discretion when they need time off or need to shift gears so to speak.  The fact that you know personal information, i.e., mother to the doctor, kids to school, is unfortunate.  However, I would chalk this up to being honest.  I do not remember the last time a company offered to take my children to school or to pay my electric bill for using my own computer at home to do their work.  I am an IC, so I write it off, but if I were an employee then where is the compensation. 

Have you thought for an instant that some MTs think 7 or 8 cpl is not worth the hassle of being CLOCKED every minute?  I am a very successful Transcriptionist and do the work I am required to do.  I work for a company that knows the true meaning of IC in that I work from a pool.  If I cannot work today, then someone else is trained to do the work.  If I can work tomorrow, then all is well and everyone is happy including my bill collectors.

I am one of those that does not like to work when my husband is home, but I am reachable.  The fact that I have my own accounts is helpful.  On the other hand, I have offered to work more, and told that there is no work.  So, I go with the flow.  I offer up Sundays and offer two late nights a week.  I have also pitched in when someone took work and then had an emergency.  Computers do fail, children do get sick, and if I were on-site I would have to leave for these types of situations as well. 

I have worked on-site, and they were much more understanding that what comes from some of these rants regarding good MTs.

With all of that said, please don't clump us all together.  In all fairness, there may be an MT out there that does get looked past because they do not have the required hands-on experience, but they may be a great typist, and no one will give them the chance.    

WOW.  They have to drive a whole ten miles.  I am so jealous.   Since MANAGEMENT is based in Madison, Wisconsin and it takes 20 minutes to travel from one end of the city to the other, I do not think driving through the snow for a SPA weekend is all that much of a bonus.  Now Cancun.  That would be a bonus. 

Jealous of whom?  A pregnant girl wanting to start a family?  I've had 27 months (9x9x9) combined pregnancy of my own, so the 'jealousy' accusation is in your head only, dear, but thank you for telling me what I'm (supposedly) thinking, anyway.  And as for telling me to go break my leg and not having to worry about production I think those 2 are mutually exclusive issues - maybe you've learned to type with your toes, I haven't.  As far as my worrying about my production (thanks AGAIN for telling me what I'm thinking) - no worries at all there.

If I were you, I'd brush up on my basic grammar and watch those apostrophes where they're supposed to be going -- you couldn't pass a simple third grade spelling test and worrying about production would be the least of YOUR worries!

Jealous of whom?  A pregnant girl wanting to start a family?  I've had 27 months (9x9x9) combined pregnancy of my own, so the 'jealousy' accusation is in your head only, dear, but thank you for telling me what I'm (supposedly) thinking, anyway.  And as for telling me to go break my leg and not having to worry about production I think those 2 are mutually exclusive issues - maybe you've learned to type with your toes, I haven't.  As far as my worrying about my production (thanks AGAIN for telling me what I'm thinking) - no worries at all there.

If I were you, I'd brush up on my basic grammar and watch those apostrophes where they're supposed to be going -- you couldn't pass a simple third grade spelling test and worrying about production would be the least of YOUR worries!

Jealous of whom?  A pregnant girl wanting to start a family?  I've had 27 months (9x9x9) combined pregnancy of my own, so the 'jealousy' accusation is in your head only, dear, but thank you for telling me what I'm (supposedly) thinking, anyway.  And as for telling me to go break my leg and not having to worry about production I think those 2 are mutually exclusive issues - maybe you've learned to type with your toes, I haven't.  As far as my worrying about my production (thanks AGAIN for telling me what I'm thinking) - no worries at all there.

If I were you, I'd brush up on my basic grammar and watch those apostrophes where they're supposed to be going -- you couldn't pass a simple third grade spelling test and worrying about production would be the least of YOUR worries!

to bed, take a bit of time to figure out what KIND of experience you have.  Yes, near 20 years is nice, but with what kind of work?

Has the majority of that time been in a teaching facility of more than 500 beds with a high # of ESL dictators?  Trauma?  Complex surgeries?  Procedures that aren't performed everywhere?  Experimental procedures?

That and the willingness to continue doing that kind of work is what allows these MTs to make the high line rates.  The work is more complex, difficulty level is high and a higher line rate should be paid to compensate for that.

I must add one more, the illegal aliens that equal 84% of the emergency room patients, causing the hospitals to have to save money and cut us out entirely.  They use VR around here, if the doctors cannot speak properly they will have to learn or edit their own reports.

Our president is pushing for it also, but I don't see the cost of healthcare going down.  And when the microchip technology is in place, I just don't see the use for a transcriptionist.  Patients will be in and out, they'll read the microchip on your arm, all your info will be on a computer and they'll input anything new.  What little transcription is left can be dictated into the system.  To each his own, I'd rather be prepared.

Since the MT admits to basically having no real experience in acute care, there is no telling what those five reports may have looked like.  Like someone said, transitioning from radiology to acute care is a VERY BIG STEP and I would think nearly impossible to train unless you are working inhouse.  There's just too much to learn with acute care, I have been doing this for over 25 years and I STILL learn something new every single day.  Even if there were only formatting errors, that could still be a pretty big job - if you have no idea how to do your medication instructions, etc.  Just that is a lot to learn right there.  It sounds like the account manager may have felt there was just going to be too much training involved.  After all, I don't believe any companies offer to train from scratch do they?

I am feeling so stupid for being a part of this industry. I am envisioning the owners of my company sitting back with their cigars and brandy, and chuckling about what a good scam they have going.

We have all of these faceless entities working their asses off for us, we keep paying them less and less, and they still keep going, like little hamsters going round and round as fast as they can in their little wheels!  All for us!!  Go faster little hamster, go faster, I want to buy a new boat. Do we have the best gig going or what?

I have finally come to realize that this industry is one of those work-from-home scams that everyone warns us about! 

the number of times I haven't helped out when they have gotten backlogged, usually without being asked with never a thank you, but an e-mail or phone call asking me to do extra the next day and then the next.   I've always pulled my share and then some.  I don't care about a gift or even a card, but if I do my 40 hours/committed line that should be enough.   They aren't paying me when there isn't any work.  

Ultimately it comes down to they don't care if I'm sick or I have a life or not, they just want the lines done.  They didn't used to be that way, or at least they would offer incentives, which they rarely do now.   I can't stand threats about losing accounts.  If isn't my fault if they lose it.   If another MT is not doing her share don't ask me to pick up the slack. 

Just wondered why you left (if you don't mind saying, I understand)