I AM in this business but won't let myself be a doormat.

• Being driven crazy! - MT Kid
  • Maybe you could have said yes - MTME
  • I am having the same experience. - MT ing
  • IMO, so many people have quit, they leave - Former SPi too
    • Soooo many people have left! - MT Kid
  • You should of said you would do the reports and then went back - to bed. Let them deal with the mess the next day,
    • Surely you are not in this business. Just a passerby? - rofl
      • I AM in this business but won't let myself be a doormat. - What are they gonna do? Write me up, dock my pay,
        • I meant your bad grammar - went back? wow - grammar police
          • What's wrong with "went back to bed"? but (sm) - huh?
            • gone back to bed - but i understand about brain being off - Not the grammar police
              • You forgot "should of" nm - memt
                • Nope, didnt forget - the went grated my nerves, the other didnt - grammar police
          • It is Sunday, my brain's day off. - nm
    • That's hilarious..and then when they call to fire you for not doing them..Tell them TOO LATE.. - Funny Bone
  • I would just.. - edit
    • Make an auto-response for their emails.."I DON'T WORK HERE!" nm - R
      • LOL! I should try that! - MT Kid
  • They won't stop either. sm - former spi
    • former - mk

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Hi Janine  -

Thank you for your kind words.  It's too hard being the only parent, the only one making the decisions, with no one to bounce off ideas with.  I hate it.  It's not what nature intended, but nevertheless it's what happened and I am dealing with it to the best of my abilities.  I've screwed up royally in some cases, but for the most part, I hope my role in my son's life will be perceived by him as a positive one.  He tells me what I consider are horror stories of his roommates and the relationship they have with their parents: they are 'best friends' who party with their kids and look the other way.  I am a pit bull who lives by the rules and there is no bending.  More times my son has said in anger you are SUCH a mom!  and that gives me the warm fuzzies! 

Now, for the gratitude trick you talked about.  I don't look at this or any profession with gratitude at all.  What I have gratitude for is the fact that such a profession exists that I can do from my home that I just stumbled upon.  I am not one to be taken advantage of.  I had no training in this field.  I started off in another aspect of the medical field in a higher paying career that I have a degree in and I just happen to be able to type really fast!  When the sole responsibility became mine to raise my son, I knew something had to change.  I fell into this quite by chance, and fortunately for me, it enabled me to make a living AND raise my son at the same time.  It was MY choice to make the sacrifice because it fulfilled my needs.

I have had to fight for raises, and each time I did, I got one.  I keep statistcs of my work daily - how many lines I type, what type of reports I'm typing, how many hours a day I put in, how many days I work OT when requested, etc.  When it starts to look like I'm doing too much for what I'm being paid, phones calls start going out to the powers that be.  I give them all the facts and then request an increase in my rate.  I have not been refused yet, but I've only asked for an increase a few times.  I do not whine, yell, or treat my superviors with rudeness.  It's more a matter of fact, professional tone pointing out all I've done over a period of time, yet still at the same rate I started with, and that I feel I deserve an increase.

Aside from that hideous national company I worked for, the two other smaller ones I've worked for treated me with nothing but respect, as I treated them.  I think smaller companies are by far the better way to go in this profession. You end up building a relationship with management.  I have issues with my current supervisor's decisions, and believe me, I write every single detail with dates and times down, save every e-mail I get from her, and when the time is appropriate, I will have a conversation with her expressing my unhappiness if this continues. Currently I do use my own PC, but my company has provided me with everything else I have needed, they pay my long distance phone bill, and I have the best benefits I've ever had, and that includes my original career from back in my other life.  I cannot put a price on benefits, as for me, that is a very important part of working.  My current rate of pay is lower than my previous MT job, but the benefits are above and beyond what my last employer offered, so in essence, it's a wash.  I was paying double for health/dental insurance compared to what I pay now, and what I have now is better.  I looked at other jobs with companies that made you pay for everything, health insurance was expensive, etc., and I never even applied. 

Of course the companies are making money off of us, that's why they exist.  Of course the owners make more money than us, that's why they are the owners and we are the empolyees.  If  you work for a company that makes you feel that we should be ashamed for wanting to be paid more, then shame on you for staying there.  No one should be used or taken advantage of. If you are a great MT, exceed your company's standards, the perfect employee who doesn't call out sick every other week or start work late, then back up your performance with facts and statistics and go to your supervisor.  If they don't tell you what you want to hear, maybe it's time to look elsewhere.  Most companies will not give you what you are worth until you stand up for yourself and you fight for what you deserve. It's not easy finding a good company, but it's not easy finding great MTs and a smaller company recognizes that.  This is a dying profession and many of us would be better off doing something else.  Everyone is different, has different needs and expectations, therefore we all have to weigh the pros and cons of working as an MT.  If your cons list far outweighs your pros list, why are you still an MT?  When I say 'you', I don't mean YOU, Janine, I mean all of us!  If 'you' feel worthless, you have allowed yourself to feel that way.   

and there are certain questions they are not supposed to ask employees.  What other ways can they invade your privacy?  I would look elsewhere.

Duh!  I guess I don't.  Just supported 2 children all by myself until they left for college with my MT wages.  Nope, sure don't know anything about this business which has kept me employed for 25 years. 

I don't have to know what Andrews is, I learned the right way - on the job.

Just wanting some opinions about what people think of companies that have been around for 5 years and how to weigh the pros and cons to leave a company if the one that has been around less would pay better?  thanx!

If the girl has transcribed errors more than likely from my experience it is due to POOR TRAINING on (OP) or Rad MT's part.  If she was such a good trainer or whatever, the girl wouldn't be making errors!  Sorry, but sometimes ya' gotta' step back jack and look in the mirror!  There's plenty of companies looking for radiology MTs.  Furthermore, the girl probably never got a bad vibe from (OP) Rad MT OR SHE WOULDN'T BE ASKING HER FOR A JOB REFERENCE ya' think????? 

it is feast or famine.  The company can't give you work they don't have.  My company had clinic and acute care accounts.  Unless there is work leftover from yesterday there will be little work today and even less tomorrow if the clinic MTs work weekends.  My company pays holiday pay.  You could take PTO if no holiday pay, or you could anticipate the holiday and the lack of work and work extra when there is work. 

I do acute care work and we're on OT, even this week, though by Sunday and Monday it might be a little slow. 

I can understand your frustration though. 

I've just read a lot of the comments and it made me wonder if most of us have forgotten how to communicate without taking offense at every little thing.  Come on folks, we all work hard and would like to see this particular career become more than it is right now.  I think I understand what the original poster was trying to say, but obviously it did not quite go over as it should.   Now that being said, let’s all take a deep breath and stop with the Xanax talk...lol...Heck there have been days and doctors and companies when I felt like I needed to be on Xanax.  The only way you find out anything is by asking a question.  Let's be more respectful about how we post and word our post.  Now, have a good day all.

(sometimes they are identical) you need to know what hill you're willing to die on. 

The OP can either establish boundaries early on and learn also what hill the boss is willing to die on, or she can surrender the first battle and become a slave.  The boss has won the first volley and she knows it.  Do you think she'll be more or less reasonable next time?  You don't have to yell or be disrespectful, but you do have to take a firm stand, otherwise you walk around with a ''kick me'' sign on your butt. 

I am looking for information on how to send a complaint to The Better Business Bureau in PA.  Or maybe there is another route to take.  Toth Transcription owes me money since July and will not even respond.  They need to have something done to them!

Base rate is $49.95, plus taxes and what-not.  I explained to them when I signed up that I was using it to access dictation files from a hospital, and after talking with a manager, they told me it was okay, that my account would probably still be flagged for high usage, but they would note it on the account ... whew! 

I have also used The Neighborhood in the past by MCI (www.theneighborhood.com) and they assured me that unlimited meant unlimited ... no matter what you use it for.

Good luck!

Can you email me your contact info?

Thanks.