This is what you said in your original post RESPECT..sm
Posted By: lara on 2009-10-04
In Reply to: THANK YOU - THAT IS WHAT I MEANT! - frustrated old MT
We need to know more than most RNS, LPNS and
I dare say doctors -
Another case of swelled head?
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My original post
I apologize for stirring up a hornet's nest however, I see soo many people complaining on here about the fact that they only want to work certain hours, they don't want to work weekends, and so on that it angers me. Yes, I work weekends, but that is because of the fact that my s/o works on the weekends, so generally I take a day off during the week, that way, I can run my errands. I am an employee for a company, however, I really don't have set hours, nor do I work a straight 8 hour day -- I generally work more, because like all of us, I have bills to pay as well and know approximately what I have to make to be able to have a roof over my head and food on the table. I am my sole support and live in an area with a relatively high cost of living as well. I was making great money up until a couple of years ago, but things happened and I have had to take a job at a lower rate of pay, but at least it is a job. The key here is being flexible in your hours. If there is no work available, then maybe there will be in a few hours and you have to explain to friends and family that this is how it works. Luckily for me, I found a great fit with a company, its only one account, one hospital and I have never run out of work.
In my original post about this, I wanted to say sm
edict rather than law, but figured I'd get jumped on using that word. One of the late-night talk-show hosts referred to it as a law when one of the guests was baiting him to say, Merry Christmas.
The point is, you knew exactly what I meant in the first place. Oh well. Glad I gave No Name a LOL! Laughing is healthy. 
Yes, the original post that started this all was by DK.
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Maybe you should reread the original post. sm
OP thinks no response required when you apply for a job. 
Re: The flame by my original post
Folks I'm sorry someone considers my post a flame. That was not my intention, but then again I have never been treated worse by an employer in my whole professional life. That's why I'm looking forward to working for a company without local roots and the small town, small-minded mindset it brings.
Go to your original post. Scroll down a bit and look
for the see related messages in blue. Click on that and you'll get past posts.
follow up to my original post
I see certain people on this board, who post under the same names and I can take a 1 hour break, a 2 hour break or a 3 hour break and they seem to be whining and complaining about life -- yet they can get new puppies, new kitties, new other animals but BOTTOM line -- oh gee no work guess what people -- I have to swtich back and forth between 2 accounts on my MAIN account and 2 accounts on my secondary -- I literally work till I dropand thank heavens, I am in a relationship where my significant other understands -- yes, we ALL have to deal with being on hold with India, but that is where you take a day, to pay the bills, vent with customer service reps, etc and move forward -- and like I told my other half -- bill dosent get paid its YOUR responsibility - a relationship, whether it be marriage or othewise takes 2 people.
And as I mentioned before, TAKE THE time to learn online resources as well -- for example, if you hear Kem-7 THINK Chemistry-7 -- learn punctuation, grammar and most of all spelling and --sorry been working from 7 am to 11 pm -- with VERY few breaks -- might help in the long run
By the way, I nearly forgot this original post, as
I got so absorbed in reading the GREAT posts below. I am now so proud to say that I have just done what you suggested, and am now joyfully employed with one of the three companies you listed - go US MTs! I left the company-who-shall-not-be named due to these issues, and feel I have at least tried to do something. Its a good feeling, too, for a change.
The ORIGINAL post ONLY intent was
to help protect fellow MTs from working for this schister of a MTSO. THAT IS ALL.
No more information needed in so far as what steps we are taking to secure payment, except that we will prevail. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT.
think you need to read the original post again. NM
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your original post about is it fair sm
to have these horrid dictators for the test. Back to the question......YES IT IS. That is probably a sample of what this company does. You took the test, you didn't like it because the dictation was bad, so move on! Yes this profession has come down to lines and cpl etc etc and its a darn shame. If you don't want the crap don't work for a company that has crap dictators. I don't know where you are going to find that though. All companies have accounts with bad dictators. you are bound to get some of them. Doing them all day long, no I wouldn't want to either. That is why they tested this way because that is probably the account. Believe it or not, there are folks who have an ability to decipher these dictators (I don't want it either). It has changed old MTs like me who have been in this business for 35 years.
Bad dictators have always been part of the profession, its a part of medicine! You don't have to do it, you tested, you didn't like it...GREAT move on
Um, I think you need to read the original post. sm
It really might be a good idea to read a post before ASSUMING that you know what it is about and spouting off at the mouth. I'm embarrassed for you.
original post was dated 8/12 --sm
and is stuck between *has Spheris moved* and WMX post. It had 90 something views.
No, no one answered her original post.
She then came back and posted a very rude post in which we responded rudely back. Maybe if she had kindly come back and asked why no one responded to her post she would have gotten nicer answers. The fact is, I did read the initial post and did not respond to it as it would have taken way too long to go into detail everything that being an IC entails. If she had been more specific with what she wanted to know, I more than likely would have responded to the original post.
HOW do read my original post
and come away thinking I was equating 'wearing clothes from WalMart - to - creating medical records with gross errors?'
Seriously, how? If you still do after re-reading it, then you just didn't get my meaning.
Please re-read the original post.
There was no question as to whether someone had to work it or not. The question was to why there should be incentive pay to go along with working those hours.
Your rant, while posted in this thread, actually does nothing to address it, but rather seems to have provided you a place to vent....why so blue, Boo? Did you have to work the weekend?
Follow up to my original post
I worked for a company where it was a combination of VR and straight typing -- I never knew what the next report was going to bring and at the same time, started working for a company that does straight transcription. I am not adverse to VR, if that is all that is done; however, these companies have started the thing of paying one rate for straight typing and another for VR -- that's where it is very frustrating as I am sure it is to many of you. I know the goals that I have to set for myself in order to keep a roof over my head, pay my utilities and keep food on the table and if it means putting 12-15 hours a day in, then I do it, knowing what my priorities are. For those of you that are fortunate enough to have a spouse who also brings in an income, that is all well and good, but many of us are single and have to do what we can to survive. My rent alone is close to $800 a month, then I have cable and electric on top of it to pay, and right now, I have very little food in the fridge but I am managing to get by.
Inside is original post by DK...read it
JLG IS DISHONEST
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Posted By: DK on 2006-04-02
I just completed an interview process with JLG. The owner presents herself as an MT who understands our situations. But they are very dishonest. Do not trust them. They are liars. I just wish I could find some honesty in this business. I have been in it for 20 years. It used to be a professional career with integrity, but not anymore. The disadvantage of working over the internet is that companies do not see you as a person, but as a computer, or a typist. They don't have to look into our eyes when they lie. They just really don't care. Thanks for listening.
Jo..I e-mailed you a response about your original post....(nm)
mmmm
not offensive - the original post WAS racist......
I lost the original post, but found it again sm
Please email me too with your experiences if you cannot post on the board. I really am interested in anything you have to share on this journey!
reread original post pleeeze!! She did not
say she was an employee. Really people....we need to be careful when we spew this crap!
Open your original post and then near the bottom
of the page you'll see something about see related messages. Click on that and it will bring up info. You'll have to click on the posts.
I hope you saw my original answer to this post
over on the main board before they moved your post and thus dropped my reply....
$48 for the medical, $10 for the dental, and I don't know how much for the vision because I didn't opt in for it this year. That's per paycheck, do double that to get the monthly fee. I did opt for the higher-deductible medical; the lower-deductible premium share was about twice as much.
Goodness...read the original post again..you are way off the mark.
Sounds like you have the problem.....and are very willing to attack, gut and spit out.
Of course I could be wrong.
Very odd, I put your original questions in quotes, but they did not show up in the post. nm
Read the archives or open your original post and
click on related messages.
I'll help! I left MQ at the time of this original post
I found a great job with a great US company, and have my self respect back. Enjoy my work again. Go USA!! Go MTs!!
Stop justifying/explaning your original post (sm)
Those of us with some compassion understood exactly what you were trying to find out, Alice. You don't need to justify or explain that post for the benefit of that black cloud hovering around the boards posting negative responses to everything she reads. Your post was fine, and your concern was understandable.
Ignore this person, who obviously just enjoys p*ssing on everyone's parade because she feels someone p*ssed on hers.
Good luck to you in your decision making, and I hope you make the right choice in finding a good fit for you.
did anyone get a response from the original poster? this post is just fishy, especially since they
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If you find the original post so offensive, why did you respond at all?
Why don't you get a clue? A good number of people enjoyed this. If you dislike it, you can just move on to some rosy-happy-fun filled post and leave the rest of us to chuckle without being harassed.
Looks like the original post got pulled, too. Too many of us looking for "the" place to work,
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You are correct. I totally read the original post wrong but
I had a long day, but that does not change the fact that the Allstate ad IS appalling. :(
Try re-reading the original post...you're missing the point
Testing with New England Medical Transcription - follow up to original post
I sent an email to the recruiter when I was unable to access the files and received one back from her this morning (Monday) informing me that apparently someone who was also testing had inadvertently deleted the files off the FTP site.
I had posted that question right up under the original poster and prior to her post being answeredsm
Looks are deceiving and I AM paying attention.
Don't do it. Click on your original post and towards the bottom middle click
on related messages and you'll find lots of stuff, one of it good.
Hello??!! I'm the original poster! I think I can respond to the poster who replied to my original
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the same respect we once had
Meaning being in the same tax bracket we were in from 3 years ago back many years. If you have been in the field for a long time, you know what I am talking about. Someone needs to break this trend!
No respect for MTs
From what I hear they have little respect for their MTs, pay is way below industry standards, and they expect a lot but aren't offering a decent line rate for experienced MTs to join the company, very substandard line rates I believe around 7 cents a line entry rate no matter if you type clinic notes or radiology reports. Do a search, seems that quantity is more important than quality and they don't pay enough for either. Big turnover of editors too which in itself says something.
I respect much of what you said, BUT....sm
You are generalizing and surmising facts not in evidence (too much CourtTV!). Anyway, I have been an MT for 20 years, all types of MT, office, hospital, clinic, management, remote, locals, IC accounts, every specialty, radiology, psychiatry, even autopsies!! I was an English major before I transferred to human biology for Certification in Medical Assisting....4.0, perfect grammar, hard worker, very disciplined, average 200 lph or more, depending on accounts, platform, etc.....when I got back into MT after hiatus this fall, I tested with Amphion, along with several other companies....to my knowledge, I found all of the testing, subjective, objective, and transcription, really familiar and easy....after several offers from other companies and being hired at MQ at top Tier, I was told by Amphion I did not possess the special skills of an Amphion MT yet. Huh??????
with all due respect, but can we as MTs ..sm
ourselves really compare to doctors? Isn't this a bit swell-headed?
Why don't you try tomorrow to do a heart transplant? Let's see how you are doing.
respect would be nice
The big national company i used to work for gave no money and no respect.
I respect your opinion
but how many jobs even give you an option? You're an employee. Period.
If you look at the industry overall, look at IRS changes, look at global climate, you will see that this is a good thing. Or not.
I figure it's better to make lemonade when handed lemons than to see if I can be a sourpuss. :)
With all due respect, I have attended
with 2 nationals, one being the Squid, and I was quite frankly surprised at how tech un-savvy some of my fellow trainees were. They sounded like all they knew how to do was turn on the computer and get to their platform. Anything outside of that threw them into a tizzy and they were totally lost.
I can see where this particular MTSO is coming from, but she certainly could have worded the ad much better. It's rather insulting as it stands and I'm sure the kicker is that the pay is crap.
Appreciation and Respect
and money
Respect and professionalism
I agree. We deserve more respect, our paychecks on time and being treated like humans and not machines. I can do without the gifts, but more money like someone else suggested sure would be nice. The first post was truly from the heart. Thank you for sharing!
That's mature of you. LOL So, you don't respect
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have some respect for the polices . . .
of this board. It has been reiterated time and time again that there are to be no spelling police, not to mention no bullying or harassing on this board, but people like that just have no respect for those policies or for their fellow MTs (or probably anybody else on the planet), so they really don't deserve to have an entire thread devoted to their self-centered little rantings. I wish there was some way the policies could be better enforced so the trolls and bullies would stop dominating this board, but alas, they are persistent in their attention-seeking behavior. So really, maybe if we would just ignore them, they would eventually get tired of not succeeding at getting everybody stirred up and go away. And if I spelled anything wrong here or made any errors in grammar, guess what. I DON'T CARE! And please, get a life!
Lack of Respect from MDI
This is really so sad! Why are they lying and being so secretive? I have no respect for them any longer. The past respect is just that: Passed respect. It works both ways. HOW DO THEY EXPECT PEOPLE TO LIVE? Better to be honest about their situation, whatever that is, than this. And regarding the emails never answered, no answer IS an answer and the message is that you and your email are not important enough for them to pay attention to. Shameless behavior on their part and no sing-song email from the owner can discount the fact that they are blatantly giving the shaft to loyal employees.
I, too, have nothing but respect for MTSO
It's a mutually-beneficial relationship and while after the MDI debacle I'd never consider myself part of an MTSO as family, I am proud of the company, proud of my affilitation with them, and proud of the handsome paychecks with which my hard work is rewarded.
Not all MTSOs fit into the horrible category. Some of us are just lucky enough to have not have experienced it.
To those of you who have or are experiencing it, I am very sorry for you and I hope you find something worthy of your skills.
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