Major Vent - fed up

• Major Vent - fed up - MTangel
  • Home-based MT is often a ripoff. - cyborg
    • Hit the nail on the head!!!! - MTangel
  • JADED, BORED... sm - Unemployed Elf
  • Why? We're just "typists." sm - gettinold
  • What's the deal - Wendy
    • MT isn't the only profession - cj
      • The deal is.. - MtMe
        • Some of them are... - MT
    • I can't tell you how often I've considered sending anonymous letters to hospitals/docs! nm - Confetti
  • That's why, when QA gripes about a missing semicolon or - generic mistakenly capitalized "affecting - sm
    • I did get a chance to do that once sm - NHMT
  • I know. Is it too much to ask for a little common courtesy! - Lonestar
    • Residents and PAs drive me crazy - PAMT~MDM
      • Not giving a patient's name - fatcat
    • I have one to add - Colleen
    • My very (ahem) favorite ... - Totally
    • You listed the basic ones - Happy MT
      • major vent - starla
        • Not only mispronounce but make up meds - The Residents do it too..
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I especially like the PAs who mumble and don't even know how to pronounce the medications and believe they are actually MDs

I hate my job with a capital H!!  I truly feel like screaming (or crying, but I'd prefer not to expend that much emotion on it).

I have about 90% ESL doctors, half the time there's not enough work--so because of the two above issues I can never make my lines (not to mention the fact that I'm a perfectionist so spend/waste way too much time trying to fill in all the blanks on the ESL reports).  I've gotten two nasty certified letters from the company about my poor line counts.  I just feel like giving up...but of course I can't do that because I like living in a house and eating! ;)

I know my days are numbered there, so I've been furiously testing with tons of other companies.  I hope and pray something better comes along! 

I'm really beginning to lose some self-esteem over this whole issue...but I KNOW that I'm a very, very good Transcriptionist (I just suck (excuse my French) at ESL doctors).

I wish I could have learned by other peoples' mistakes!  But , no, I had to make my own mistakes!!  LOL.  Several people tried to steer me away from this company.  A few people couldn't say enough good things about it.  I guess that's just life...we all have to learn the hard way.

Oh, well...I truly appreciate having a shoulder(s) to cry on!

Hugsss to you all (especially to the HL transcriptionists),

Just Me

I worked over the weekend (not scheduled, just didn't want a Monday backlog), and guess what?  The worst account has hours! of dictation by the worst! dictators doing DS they should have done months ago...all dictated after I signed off for the weekend.  It is all being routed to me to knock 'em out!  I feel like screaming!  If Dr. I-don't-know-English-carries-on-a-conversation-with-the-nurses-while-dictating-old-reports expects me to understand EVERY word...well, I just CAN'T!  So I'm sending some to QA who seems to have woken up with a bug in the aadvark this morning and is correcting me on the stupidiness, nitpicky things....Nail me for a medical mistake but please, telling me I don't use enough commas just got on my last nerve!

AAARRRGGHHH!!

Thank you.  Please return to your normal programming. 

I am so fried!!    At the same time not surprised.

I know this is the holidays and all, which = slow, but...I was hired at the best national for full time, five days a week.  I asked for backup accounts from day 1 and got ignored and/or the run around.  Ran out of work my very first week and I have run out of work consistently since.  Long story short, when I pressed the MTSO about lack of work, I was finally told that I'd only be busy a couple days a week.  Why did you hire for FT, then?  

Backups are coming soon, but thankfully I have OT at my PT job, otherwise I'd be so screwed.  So fellow MTs, I've learned not to leave one MTSO for another until I know for sure I have everything covered.  And by choice I won't leave my guaranteed $$, med center job. 

with a throbbing headahce and chest pain.  Every Friday, and I mean EVERY FRIDAY, I have a day from hades on my account.  I work on a difficult account, lots of ESL, but generally I enjoy it and get work sent I really enjoy. I'm used to the doctors and it is not a problem any other day of the week, EXCEPT FRIDAYS, when I have one awful report after the next.  I will have the worst doctors, one right after the next, without any let up. It could be random, I know, but I assume they are cleaning the mess out before the weekend, when they have less expereinced people working.

Do other people have the same experience? I work for a large company, not MQ. The other large company. And please, no discertations on not being professional, etc. I'm actually concerned for my health. 

I have noticed many companies advertising for Independent Contractor positions yet dictate a certain schedule like a full-time employee, i.e. 1st shift Sun-Thurs, etc. 

Now,  I am aware they need to staff accordingly and have coverage, but come on....these companies do not truly know what IC status is all about.  

If they want you to work a straight 8 hour shift, Sun-Thurs. than hire as an employee and give benefits darn it.    The companies want their cake and eat it too.    No overhead with ICs, but dictate and demand certain schedules and pay squat for it. 

Ok, I'm done.....had to get that off my chest.  Feel better now!

I am just one of the millions of MTs in the world who is tired of being overworked, under appreciated and fed up with being treated like crap in plain English. I am also tired of companies who treat you like an employee when its convenient for them and an I.C when its convenient for them. I decided to be an IC to get away from the unflexibility of being an employee, you know...the fixed hours, and days, constantly being told what to do and how to do it and dealing with the too many chiefs and not enough Indians syndrome. So, I become an I.C. and I just figured out that I have none of the benefits of an employee, but still am doing the same things as when I was an employee. According to the law if you are an IC, no one should be called your supervisor or tell you how and when to do your work as long as the outcome of the work is the way they want it. I realize that companies need to know our schedules and such to better distribute the work, but come on lets face it, we all became IC's to get away from the drugery of constantly having to answer to someone and the freedome of being our own boss, but in the end thats the last thing we are. Another complaint...what ever happened to manners...I am referring to the courtesy of answering an e mail or a phone call? Somebody needs to put out a book of etiquiette on e mailing people. 

 Lastly, to all the supervisors out there, lighten up...you are driving alot of good MT's out the door with your nasty attitudes and God complexes. Be patient with those just starting out. None of us were born knowing anything and you were once a newbie.  Stop making people afraid to ask questions because they will be made to feel stupid if they do.  Just because you work at home does not mean you should bring your problems with you when you sign on for the day. This is the same as any other job and you should not bring your personal problems with you. The economy is in bad shape and many of us live paycheck to paycheck and God forbid we miss a few....so we take crap from people because we know what will happen if we loose our jobs/contracts. I think alot of sups know this and take advantage of it. We should all be working together not against each other.

I swear the MT must be the most underrated and underpaid and underappreciated profession in the world. I was just thinking that the other day when I was typing for a doctor who had a mouthful of food while dictating and when he was not eating, he was coughing in my ear...this on top of a heavy Oriental accent of course.  Then you have to feel guilty about putting that report in edit.

You would not believe how many people envy us because we work at home. oh you are so lucky you dont have to deal with traffic and bad weather. Its not all its cut out to be I tell them. Lastly, I just wanted to say I am not referring to any specific company or person, I just wanted to vent and I am sorry if what I meant to say did not come out right or did not make sense.

Dont get me wrong, I am grateful for my job every day that I sign on to work in this day and age, but there are times again when I would like to drop kick my computer and my supervisor out the window. I hope you all have a great day and dont forget to get out there and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE

unions because someone is feeding you information from the 1920's.

No one HAS to join a union or bargaining agency.  You can work for slave wages, for free if you like; you are free to choose in the USA.

quit. One of the few people in management who knew what they were doing.  I feel sick.  My company is going down the tubes. 

I can't share this with anyone at company, so vented here.  Thank you for forum I could use, because I feel ill.  Everyone at this company is inexperienced.  They have already lost accounts.  Now what?

Maybe its me but I work and when I am downloading, I read the various boards  -- I see/read people that the productivity is there 250-300 lines an hour or more but what I am wondering about is bottom line  -- patient care  -- no, we are NOT doctors but how many MTs know how to really research the internet for drugs etc?  I see posts with word expanders  -- they are WONDERFUL tools, but in MHO, if you are a newbie, just starting out, get the disks, the books, and LEARN how to use the internet  -- I did QA for a company for a while, and I had a Transcriptionist (newbie) call me in tears because she was called on the carpet for typing (and I saw the actual report)  -- Kem-7  -- come on, everyone,  You should be researching and looking  -- yes, it IS hard, but I see a lot of the SAME names on this board, spending hours, gabbing and chatting and yet whine when they are not making a decent salary  -- bottom line, I am a single, widowed woman, been in this business for a long time and yes, I have my throw in the towel momemts but I also have a work ethic that is pull one's self up by the boot straps  -- yes, we have to vent about our men who are the southbound end of a northbound horse, but people do not realize that even though we work at home, we are working, spending hours sometimes taking care of the home front with bills etc and not getting paid for it -- Its not the companies, its trying to plan things and go from there  -- If you're married, hubby has to understand that this is NOT a hobby job, as do a few of you that I have seen a lot on this board  -- you do this and that , but yet you are the whiners and complainers when it comes to companies treating you unfairly or no work.

Maybe Wal-Mart for those of you IS  A BETTER alternative  -- for me I make between 40-50K a year, but I am focused on my job as well  -- blood, sweat and tears too.

I know this is probably petty, but does anyone else notice the line counter at OSi goes down every single weekend??  Do they disable it to keep us from knowing how much we've typed, afraid we might not work as much??  This is so irritating.  I like to keep track of how much I've done and this is very frustarting.  I hate just sitting here typing in the dark. 

Doesn't matter to me--with all the overtime available at Amphion, it's pretty easy to whittle down using PTO to a couple of hours instead of 7 or 8.  But more importantly to me is that as long as I don't have to work the major holidays that are most important to my family--Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's--I'm a very happy camper.  I was an IC for a long time before Amphion and was able to take my very first vacation in 5 years last year.

It just depends on what is most important to each individual.   

...usually there is no work at all.  I was told that this depends on the account though.  And your rate is x1-1/2 is paid for work done on the 6 major holidays.

burnout and my production has suffered, but I still am able to support myself and my family (My DH works so I don't have to, though I have been sole support in the past).  I am not a job hopper.  I was with one company 13 years and only left because they lost the account I worked on and I didn't want to do clinic work.  I've been with my current company almost 7 years, so things were different then.  I do make more than most MTs, though I haven't had a raise in 5 years and a few benefits have been taken away.    This past Sunday Parade magazine did a series on what people make and I make almost twice what a medical secretary was making (and I don't work 24/7 either).   

I won't say my company's name because they aren't hiring and haven't hired in about 2 years, simply because there isn't any turnover. 

growth just in the last week alone - all for the better.  Just be patient and it'll be worth your while.   You won't be disappointed.     I'd give it another day or two and call them just to follow up. 

Keystrokes is the best so far in my long and varied career!