Why, if you have master's degree, etc.
Posted By: Questions on 2009-04-01
In Reply to: Time to get out!!! - Anon
are you doing transcription? Hmm, let me guess- so you can stay home with the kids?
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I am 40 and just started working on a master's degree and
a certificate in medical coding at the same time. I plan to get my doctorate degree also. It is never too late to learn. Go for it!
test master
I handle testing for a big company. I'm shocked at how many MTs fail testing when they list their years of experience. Most of the time, I think they simply are so puffed up about their abilities that they blow the seriousness of the test off. I've definitely learned that anyone boasting about their years of experience probably will do poorly.
We don't give out or test results either and those who test know it up front. I don't blame my company, either. People lie, cheat, and steal. I've had people try to take tests for others, lie about their identity, use other people's resumes to obtain testing rights, etc.
It's disappointing that this is the population we have to choose from. No wonder work is going overseas. It's worth trying it out since what we seem to be finding here are such underqualified, unskilled labor who demand so much and then refuse to do certain shifts, certain worktypes, certain dictators, etc.
I think the MT field is basically getting a slap in the face for everyone taking for granted the privileges and good times we had. Reality is setting in and nobody likes it.
That's great! Congrats on your Master's.
What type of career field are you in now, if I may ask?
Congratulations on that! I have considered going for my master's, too,
but I am worried if this is the right time especially in the area I live. Good luck to you :)
Hafta laff -- SM thinks she's quite the master of sarcasm.
HIM degree here too...sm
I have spent 14 years of my life going bankrupt because of transcription. I can't wait to get out of this profession. I have never, in my whole 43 years on this planet, seen a more fraudulent, lying, scheming profession as medical transcription. I can't wait to be with people every day again. I can't wait to wear nice clothes. I CAN'T WAIT TO EARN A DECENT PAYCHECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What degree do you hold?
I hold a bachelors in psychology and I wouldn't trade my education for anything. By the way, I've left MT and now have a great career in a completely different field thanks to my bachelor's degree. I'm now working towards my masters.
I think they ALL overstaff to a certain degree.
Some, of course, are way, way worse.
I have degree plus some post bac
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college degree?
Since when does a Transcriptionist have a college degree? It is not considered a college degree - it is a diploma or a certificate program.
I am very happy at present with my job as a MT. I do wish that I made more money than I did 16 years ago when I started, but I still make more than many college degree people. I am one of the people that spent the last year complaining about my income and you know what - in the last 3 months I sat down and took a good look at what I was doing and realized that a lot of my low income times were my own fault - how much time was I spending on this board, how much time was I spending walking to the laundry room, turning the TV, listening to the radio, fixing lunch for my family? I finally got me a timer and set it for an hour and work my hour instead of getting up and guess what? I consistently make $35-40 an hour - that is not cherry picking my reports, that is taking first in/first out as they come to me from the company I work for. I don't have a small clinic that I get the same doctors over and over, I work on a hospital account and have a lot of doctors and on top of that, I have only been on this job for 3 months so I am not used to these doctors by any means.
Anyway, I understand that we should have higher wages, I understand that we should be upset because our line rates are not going up and seem to be going down, but we cannot say that this profession is not a financially rewarding position if you are willing to work for it.
Where else can I go with a 1-year DIPLOMA and make $40 an hour? Then you add into the fact that yes, my power bill and internet bill is there for me to have to pay, but I am not putting gas in my car at $2.78 a gallon and driving 30 miles one way to an office, that I am not having to eat my lunch out every day, that I don't spend that extra 45 minutes to an hour driving each way every day that I don't get paid for - yes, I think we are still in a financially rewarding career!
I AM SO GLAD I got a degree is something else
and then went on to do MT while I was raising my kids. Falling back on the first degree now, something that took 5 years of college. I'm a bit sad to see MT go, but today I got news that my co. is putting us to voice recognition with a 3CPL pay, and I just can't do it.
Good luck.
I have NEVER been micro-managed to that degree.
But I also get my lines plus every shift. This could make a difference. If they feel someone is not doing their job because they are not meeting productivity, they might be watching that individual.
I have never been told that I could not sign off more than once during my shift. If something comes up and I need to do it, I just IM my Editor or send an e-mail to management.
This is exactly why I told a poster earlier to get her degree! nm
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Gee...are you at all aware of the degree of negativity you have? If your negative... sm
attitude spills over into your employees... then I think you should expect just what you are getting... if anything at all...What I am so tired of is just anyone thinking they are management material ..and are also in the wrong profession... I have had more than my share of you people also...
Yes my college degree is worth more than $11 an hour.
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I have an A.A. degree in English from a 'real' college that
Sounds like AHDI ('All Hindi-speaking Dufuses International') is just trying to find another way to lure MTs into wasting their money on their ridiculous 'credential'.
And if they did elevate the credential to the equivalent of a degree, then they'd have to also acknowledge that MTs be PAID as 'professionals', as well.
I laugh every time I read something that group generates - it gets more ridiculous every year, doesn't it?
You hit the nail on the head. No "average" joe is going to go to that degree of applauding the
Good call..
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