I can relate. Out of everything you said, what always irritated me most..sm
Posted By: lil on 2007-12-11
In Reply to: I would respectfully use the words "force" or cause to describe....sm - CindiRI
is when doctors cannot take the extra few seconds to offer demographics when they are right there in front of them on the chart. I have also spent so much worthless and unpaid time searching for spellings and addresses for referring physicians, etc. The sad part is that I know for a fact that these doctors had the charts directly in front of them to offer that information, but instead chose to skip over that information. To this day with a national, I still have this problem. The only good thing was having my own local clients, and getting to the point of being able to say enough is enough and ask them to please include spellings and addresses of doctors in their dictation if available. It was amazing after several requests how much more efficient I could be as an MT when they provided this information. I wish the personnel who were in charge of establishing and maintaining clients could make this a mandatory part of dictating a medical report. I understand there are cases when the doctor does not have this information available, but I have learned that more times than none, it is right in front of them. If I operated a transcription service again, this would be mandatory from my clients. It's really not that big of a deal, and enables the Transcriptionist to do their job, which is transcribing not searching address databases on the internet or trying to figure out how to spell Dr. Toomelahubab.
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My tax lawyer told me they CANNOT by law ask you to commit to certain times if you are an IC. That includes this business of asking you what hours you will cover stats. He says the IRS would raise holy bumpkins about this. He said if they are coming to ask you to adhere to a schedule, let them start paying you benefits. Like you, I am irritated.
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IMHO, the reason they are not telling you the pay rate is because they know you will jump ship if you know. If you wait until January, there will be so many MTs on the job market hunting that you will have a tougher time getting a decent gig. They are banking on that and that you will have to stay out of sheer desperation. Just my thought on it, based on how they behaved in the past (not telling us what was going on when there was not enough work, etc.) You can bet the rent they are not going to increase your pay--or even leave it at what it is now. Wait and see. And yes, it is their company and they have the right to run it any way they see fit, but it cost them their credibility with me.
getting irritated
I was with MQ during their debacle and did not want to get hit again, so I went with a small local company. They are rare but they do exist. And they actually have a heart and recognize that we are people. Good luck to you. I think you are wise to get the ducks in a row!
getting irritated
If people liked MQ, they will love Transcend. Smaller company, same playbook. Nuff said.
getting irritated
It is kind of the luck of the draw whom to trust. This small company is actually owned by a friend who told me if I were ever available to call her, so I did and now I do overflow for them. My advice would be to apply to many places (after having researched them, of course) and see what happens. Plant a lot of seeds and maybe one or two of them will grow. Or maybe they all will. As far as trust issues, I trusted MDI implicitly--who could have known this would happen? While I support any MTSO's right to do whatever they want with the company they created, I do not think the duplicity of not telling us why there was no work for so long was the right thing to do. I have no hard feelings. We all have our ideas and standards and I just felt that this was a good time to move on. My family took quit a hit due to the MDI lack of work and was not willing to go into the holidays like that. Too many people to provide for. Keep looking. Don't get discouraged. There are good companies out there. Speaking for myself only (I am sure others will disagree and that is okay), I will never again go with a large company. I think you are much more apt to be treated like a person with smaller MTSOs. Good luck to all MDI/Transcend!
Mega D@mned Irritated
Someone should compile a list of these and shoot them off to MDI. Of course, their spies are probably monitoring this board.
I can relate....
I worked with many MTs who were just as annoying, if not more so. It is not easy to ignore them. It is not easy to act like they don't bother you. It is an extremely frustrating position to be in. I wish I had an answer....but I don't.
When it got to the point that my productivity was suffering, then I had to do something. No employer wants to pay you or any other MT to socialize. It is not your job to listen to the complaints or bragging of another ad nauseum. I just had to cut them short by keeping transcribing  ....sometimes even as they continued talking and/or bragging and/or complaining until they felt they were finished. 
Good luck to you!!
I can relate to that.
I also worked for an MTSO and did not know my schedule from day to day. I didn't like the fact that I had no idea how much my paycheck was going to be. I also did not like that BOS was not followed. That's a bad habit to get into. I'm much happier now working from a pool. At least I know how much I'm going to make because there is always work. I also didn't like the fact that I was never told of my physician's vacations until I asked. My boss also was crabby when questioned about BOS and physician's vacations.
I can definitely relate. I don't have any
kids (not my choice, I just couldn't), so at my previous job before I resigned, it seems the MTs with kids always dumped their work on me. Yet when I needed help, my kids this, my kids that. I finally resigned and told them before I left point blank goodbye everyone, you will have to take advantage of someone else.
I can relate to the hunger........sm
Been hungry now for about 3 months, never enough food and running out of food with nothing to buy it with. I am going for food stamps tomorrow, enough is enough of playing around with the MT business. I found a really good job after playing around with a certain company for longer than I should have!!!
That's such a shame, and I can totally relate.
you might be. I had a feeling things were going on like that, and being on the MT end now, I don't know how you do it. You are wonderful and talented and intelligent QA person, and a super help to me. You are the only one I ever trusted right at the git go, as there are games galore. Don't let anyone there ever let you feel otherwise. I can imagine the games you are experiencing, have been in a whirlwind of them myself with the same gals, and if it helps at all, I am going thru very similar games as well, and have cried myself to sleep many a night. Its not worth it, and I'm throwing in that towel, too, really soon. It will be their loss, and one thing this has taught me is never believe anything one reads on this forum, especially the glowing reviews of super companies. The reality is a slap in the face, and in my case, a near disastrous slap in the pocketbook as well. If you are you, you probably know who I am, and I think you're the best. I also am a very good judge of character.  Promise to keep in touch if your throw your towel first, okay?
Obviously, I can only relate my own experience, but when I talked to D, she gave me sm
another account. One other time, she switched people off my account so that I could do as much work as I want. I am not insensitive to your plight, and I apologize if I came across that way.
D has always helpful and responsive when I have talked with her about any concerns I have, but I realize not everyone's experience at a company will be the same. I certainly hope it improves for everyone, but no one could blame someone for leaving if he/she does not have enough work. No one can live on just fresh air and sunshine.
Good luck!
Sorry, can't relate! I had 2770 lines for yesterday and I have
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I so totally relate! I go back to the days of mag-cards,
I took a Wang course at the local Jr. College because my boss said they were getting one. Suffered through a year of typical school garbage: a semester of 'The History of Word Processing'; a semester of classroom work for Wang information; then another semester of lab -- made all the more exasperating because the PC I'd been assigned to kept breaking down on my lab nights. Ah, yes. The good old days.
But at least back then, a person could rent an apartment and fill their refrigerator on what we were paid. Remember that? Nowadays it's nothing but a distant memory...............
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