Seems really unreasonable to lump the "slackers" in with hardworking MTs
Posted By: just my humble opinion on 2006-07-09
In Reply to: Most of the AMTs I have known waste a lot more time than Indian ones do. - Oh my goodness
and in doing so penalize the hardworking MTs with lousy wages to cover up for the slackers.
There are slackers and losers in every single walk of life, every country, and in every business. To lump every AMERICAN MT into the American pieces of wasted breath pile as you have and also the OP is ludicrous.
There ARE American MTs out there like me who work seven days a week, put in huge production totals with no errors, and who work HARD to support themselves and their families.
Instead of giving away our work maybe the companies should get rid of the dead weight, instead of selling out our business and our country.
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Actually, I can lump them into one category.
Why else would they work for 5 cents a week? It is not being racist, just honest.
Hardworking MTs, if u can't take it anymore
This career has careened into the toilet. If you are a good MT and can type fast and have good grammar, there is always a job for you as a legal secretary. This is NO JOKE. They will hire you without legal experience. They do pay very well. Your job will never be replaced by an Indian or other offshore person. The medical benefits are not always great but sometimes they are. Just know that you do have another career waiting. I am not saying lawyers are sweet to work for, but they do pay, they do give generous bonuses at CHRISTMAS, they let you say Christmas even if they are Jewish. They will become very dependent on you, as lawyers can't tie their own shoes. Think about it!
do not lump us all into that group, please!
Some of us out there still do what we say we are going to do, produce excellent quality work, and have plenty of experience. I just cannot find an honest employer who pays well these days. Seems there are issues on both sides of the fence! I am not sure what the solution is. Ideas? :-)
Also, if MTSOs want MTs who are loyal, hardworking, and take great pride in their jobs by truly ....
dedicating themselves to knowlegdge and producing correct, Grade A reports, then how about paying us as the highly-trained, skilled, hard-wokring, tecnical, workers we are....we are expected to always stay abreast of every medical procedure, drug, medical instrument, operatative procedure, and special procedures, in every specialty (especially for those of us doing acute care and surgical, also radiology/nuclear medicine), we must update references, computes, learn new platforms, train our ears to decipher the SLOPPIEST, LAZIEST, RUDEST dictating physicians, not to mention all the various dialects and accents from all over the world, have superior knowlegein grammar, punctuation, and style....there are highly-paid executives who cannot keep up with what we do, honestly. We have sold ourselves short for way too long, back when I first came home out of hospital, I was lucky to get 6.5cpl, back in 1994, doing all acute care, had 7 different hospitals, we were one of the first live systems. I was out of work, and after getting my associates, being a part of the AAMT (who never helped me personally), 28 years of in-house training, radiology, surgery, etc., it took me months to get someone to pay me what my knowlege/dedication/experience warranted, I still had MTSOs offering 6 and 7 cpl......what??? and I am an IC right now! I finally found an MTSO who is paying 12cpl, and I work my tail off for her, love the company, but I still believe by and large that we are being fed CRUMBS OFF THE TABLE. How do I know? I have a friend who has a company with 75 MTs, I see what she bills and what she pays, and I also know what other companies are making off our backs. Not all MTSOs, to be sure, but most. And remember MTSOs, a lot of us old-timers who were trained in hospital and college, are going to retire, if you want to attract really good young MTs for your company, you had better take a better look at your bottom line and what you are investing in...IMHO!
300 lph on DQS is not unreasonable
If I have my best account, the one I have made up normals on because the same doc's say the same thing, I can average 300 plh no sweat. when not on that account, it's usually 150-190.
Use the expanders, make normals and that will help increase your line rate
I don't find this unreasonable (sm)
Everyone works differently and what's wrong with someone asking a valid question without someone else jumping on their hind end?
Personally, I'd rather work on line counts than hours because I can easily crank out 2000-3000 lines in less than an 8 hour shift if I'm motivated to do so.
Maybe she would rather work hours and not have to stress over how many lines she's cranking out.
We're all pretty much based on production so if she wants to do 5000 lines a week one week and 2000 lines the next and she finds a company willing to allow her to take on an account that's flexible, who are the rest of us to say she's trying to take advantage?
It's her paycheck and her job.
I don't think it unreasonable. I know lots of MTs
who don't have their own computer - which seems stupid to me, but they don't. If you get company provided computer then if there is a problem it is their responsibility. The deposit basically ensures that you return the equipment. I've seen more than one post where an MT will get equipment and never do any work, they just wanted a new computer.
Your concern is 'not' unreasonable
It's just that no one on the board here can really verify one way or the other if there is a real problem. I realize you just want others to say what type of counter they use to see if another program squares with TTs figures or yours.
If it makes you feel any better, I have taken note of your concerns. If I spot a discrepancy I will let you know (after advising TT of course), but frankly - the amount of discrepancy appears to be just a few dollars. It took me a long time to find TT and overall they are a good company, so for 'me' it would not be worth arguing over - especially since they are adamant they are counting fairly...
It seems to me after all this discussion that the would immediately seek out and fix any true deficiency with the counter...
but then what do I know?
2500 to 3000 a month is not unreasonable. SM
I do about 2000-2500. It depends on the work type. I like OP notes (if I am fortunate enough to get them). ERs would be nice too, but haven't done those in years. I work for MQ.
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