Your are right, I am not struggling NOW

Posted By: Sharon on 2009-04-22
In Reply to: How NICE - ?

I am working, my husband is working but I have worked long and hard in the past and just today got my first check from social security for working all that time in the past, the most 4 jobs at 1 time. I have now put in 48 years worth of work and still counting. I have paid my dues totally for me and some others. I still work because I love transcription. I have been where others are perhaps now, living on potatoes and beans each week to feed a family. I lived through it and could do again if I had to. If you can tell me what I can do NOT to pay bills, I will be glad to listen because I still have them to pay. Oh, my dinner out was the soup and salad at Olive Garden. Most know how much that costs, no drink, no appetizer.

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The ax finally falls at TT - UGGHH
- Oh geez, when I saw "ax", I thought we were having layoffs - HappyTT'er
- It's easy to tell which posts below are posted by TT management - LOL
  - ITS NOT A PAYCUT...ARE YOU THAT MUCH IN DENIAL??? - NOTmanagement
    - I am not a fast typist & I gave it a 100% try.... - my experience with this
      - How many people were on the same - Tell me
        What does it matter... - UGGHH
        Trying to answer your questions sm - MTisMe
        You are talking to one who has transcribed for over - Tell me
    - I don�t even work for TT - VR person
    - Only management would be so frantic about this. - ha ;)
      - Those are my thoughts exactly. No MT would be this vehement about VR - Just management trying to push it on people
      - Or a sensible employee - Yes, PLEASE quit!!!
        Good grief, take a Xanax. - whew
  - Why then are there MTs at Transtech - who do nothing but VR? nm
    - New, naive, desperate, carpal tunnel, slow transcriptionists... I don't know. - ?
      - or Flexible, Competent, Educated and Intelligent. - Disgusted
        If you aren't management & you're making good - sm
        Not management, never have been and don�t work for TT - Sharon
        Their assumptions/accusations are based on ignorance - Plain and Simple
        Really! - MT
        What is Obama doing on the Company board? - Linn
        Just reinforcing my point about ignorance, lol! - Proved my point!
        4000-5000+ lines per day of correcting awful VR? No thanks. - nm
        Where did your numbers come from? Don�t do that in a day. - Sharon
        Uh, you said you make 4 cpl, $20-something per hour. - sm
        Mine is combination of VR and straight but - Sharon
        Sorry, clarifying myself, that is 20$ per hour not day - Sharon
        Talk of "mass exodus" and trash-talking a great company - These people are unhinged
        Fortunately, not all companies are so greedy that they - sm
        Hold on there! Now I must step in. - Newer TT'r
        Am so glad you came in - Older lady here
        A voice of reason (FINALLY) - Bystander
        Why no answer? I keep asking and no one answers - Sharon
        You just contradicted yourself above when - sm
        Alright, no sense in beating a dead horse so - Sharon
        How NICE - ?
        Your are right, I am not struggling NOW - Sharon
        ALL RIGHT! - MT
        I had a good time but I struggled in the - Sharon
        Dead horse is right, Sharon - Let 'em go!
        The 'finer things in life' on 4 cpl?! LOLOLOL. - who are you kidding!
        LOL is right...If you're only making 4 cpl at TT - LOLing at YOUR salary!
        SAD, SAD - MT
        While you are laughing, that might not be a good thing because - This is bad
        No MT's salary alone provides 'the finer things in life'. You - sm
        I have just posted above if you are paid - Telling you
        Uh, hello. That's the average that VR pays.... that's what - the discussion is about.
        BASE at TT might be 4 cpl but if that's ALL you make - We're discussing TT and VR
        my TT pay for editing is - shu-shu
        Thanks for letting TT'ers know... - TT MT
        Oh good grief. A half a cent here or there does - sm
        YEAH - TT MT
- This is great news to me! - More work for me when...
  - What this poster said...DITTO - FedUp
    - Question - MT
      - Obvious lack of reading comprehension (no surprise there) - Rolling my eyes AGAIN
- I understand what you are saying - rjw
- Question for you - Sara
- Well thank goodness I dodged the TT bullet then. Sorry you - guys have to go through this :(
- Sorry to hear that. I don't have a problem - catsxoxo
  - since you doing twice the - rjw
- I had asked this several times, but got no response. - Was thinking of applying at TT
  - it depends on your account - wsd
- VR--NEVER - Another TT MT
  - NEVER say never - sm
  - The cut in pay is the biggest ripoff because VR is just - as much work as regular.
    - VR is actually MORE work - You have to proof it 100% VTT
      - Line pay is a LOT more than hourly pay - QA
        Kudos for trying, QA, but you can't reason with these people - Mass hysteria, like Chicken Little
        I guarantee you I could type the sm - MT30+
        You are SO right, MT30+ - Another MT who is 30+
        yep and the newbies haven't ever sm - MT30+
        I am astonished at your statement - Newbies?
        why if you started in the 70s and have sm - MT30+
        VR issues - Newbies?
        I was responding that QA line pay is better than hourly pay - for QA (not VR)
        Not necessarily. When you have new MTs, - another QA
        I'd have to get $23/hr to make the same - as my QA line pay - nm
        Then be grateful you have good accounts, good MTs, - another QA
        No some are terrible but I've managed - NM
        Problem is that a LOT of hourly QAs - twiddle their thumbs
    - Especially if you use a lot of expanders and templates. - Another TT MT
      - Where do you get your stats from? - VR person here
  - If you don't catch all the nonsense - you shouldn't be an MT (nm)
    - Pure BS - You don't know what you are talking about.
      - Or you're just incompetent? - RightBackAtcha!
        You have NO IDEA - QA (nm)
        QA - Oh, I'm rapidly getting an idea and - TotallySympathetic
      - No, you're supposed to proofread everything - QA has to deal with your garbage
    - Please clarify - waitAsec
      - On my TT account, the only times heavy editing - TTer
    - And I am sure you are perfect too! - Another TT MT
      - Now you're just boring me - Yawn
        Many times the truth is both boring and painful. - Another TT MT
        I work IN an office for a Dr. who refuses to use VR - because HE does not trust it. nm
        He might say that but really mean it - Jan
        Or his MTs have him convinced of its supposed inadequacy - Curious
        He doesn't trust VR, or doesn't trust his MT to train it correctly? - Different Perspective
        Wrong! He does not like it and talke to associate - Drs who also do not like and will not use it.nm
        Because not everyone is taken in by LIES. - Another TT MT
      - Agree! VR is nonsense and should NOT be used in - the first place -puts everything at risk.nm
        That's a ludicrous statement for too many reasons to list (NM) - Guess you're bailing on TT too
        Why don't you TRY listing them, - Another TT MT
        Because you are tunnel-visioned and closed minded - Not to mention unreasonable
        Just because this is YOUR experience, does not - mean others dont have valid points too!.nm
        I would agree but most of these posters... - TTer
        Sticks and stones... - Another TT MT
  - You honestly never saw this coming? - VR
    - Agree with you 100% on VR, loving it - Janna
      - I hope to God you never type my medical report! nm - TT MT
    - Oh, I saw this coming alright - Another TT MT
      - VR - Amazed
        So, like I said, of course, you are perfect, then. - Another TT MT
        VR spews out what is not even dictated! - -only asking for trouble -should be illegal.nm
        It likes to omit things too! - catsxoxo
        And this somehow DOES NOT compromise patient care??? - Another TT MT
        Right.. how does it NOT compromise care - It is another added risk that is not necessary. nm
        I tell you why - VR here
        Yes, but we need to be PAID according to our education - For unscrewing VR
        I have to say, it all depends on the system - VR here
        Are you American? Your grammar is awful. - nm
        American, yes I guess we still count southern as Americans - VR here
    - I smell the coffee - Thank you for saying this!
- No different than any other MTSO - that I know of (nm)
- Maybe that is why they hired so many people - lately (NM)
  - Of course, that is why TransTech hired SO MANY MT's as of late because they had this big - TT mt2
    - Yeah, and the really sad thing is they will lose the GOOD MTs. - Another TT MT
      - I'm not going anywhere - wsd
      - Where exactly are they all going to jump to? - TTer2
      - Are you the Jim Jones of Medical Transcription? - Holy Moses!
        Wont be so funny and entertaining when a few - lawsuits shut it down.Easily amused?nm
        The envelope please.... - Member of the Academy
        You are right. I have tons of work..and no VR - Thank God... give yourself the award.nm
        Yep - buh bye - more work for me when you go
        Thanks for saving me from posting that SAME sentiment! - FellowTTLover
      - OMG, how overly dramatic, lol! - LovinVR@TT
        I agree too - TT-er
        Same here - I'm smiling and loving it! - LoveTTLoveVR
        I agree - NM

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it would only hurt those struggling to make their line count
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