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lazy and cowardly - she gets her lap dog BB to do her dirty work for her

Posted By: and then hides from emails, IM and phone on 2005-10-25
In Reply to: hmmmmm. was that before she got lazy? - amazing

so she doesn't have to deal with it.


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    Lazy?? When you have 100's of people to reply to....that isn't lazy
    Apparently you've never had your own MT company. There is just sometimes no other option but to use generic replies due to the overwhelming responses to ads run. I wish people who post at this board would put themselves in other people's shoes and quit being so quick to judge. You have no idea what the person running that company might have on her plate. And to the lady who started the post...give the people a break. You didn't get the job. Move on.
    You are so right its their dirty little secret
    They have always skirted the law. I know alot of MT's who worked 6 and sometimes 7 days a week and not a penny extra. One coordinator told me to add my weekend lines to my lines from during the week but not record my hours I work extra and team lead said it is all about the lines anyways. They call you on the weekends to work and it looks like they would pay more for weekends but they don't they just want you to work on your day off on the weekend but not even pay a shift differental much less overtime. Never looked back so glad I am gone. Never again. They do not appreciate their MT's at all. They don't care about anybody except their own pockets.
    Dirty tricks

    If they tell MTs that an account is going away and that the MTs need to find other jobs, that's the equivalent of a lay off, at which time the employee would be entitled to unemployment benefits.  However, if there is no work and the employee does not show up, the company can claim that the employee was fired due to a no show.  With this scenario, the employee might not be able to collect unemployment.  Employees need to show up, count all hours worked whether actual jobs were available or not, and report all of those hours on the new timesaver website. 


    If you receive any complaints about reporting all hours worked on the timesaver website, keep the documentation, like emails, etc., and report this to DOL.  Also worthy of reporting would be the fact that you are not receiving minimum wage from the company for all hours worked.


    Then, file for partial unemployment benefits, especially if you were earning substantially more over the past several quarters.  The partial unemployment benefits are calculated according to the average of what was earned in several previous quarters of work.  Then, you receive the difference between what you are actually currently earning and your calculated weekly unemployment benefit.  These benefits may be different in each state.


    I learned about these steps after I left the company 2 months ago; wish I had known back then.


    DIRTY RATS - But at least they are HONEST
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    Ooooo, what a dirty word you said LOL

    I don't think they would offshore. They were always against it.


    My work has only been slow since Memorial Day. At the time, I figured it was because of the holiday, but it's getting worse now that the VR push is in full swing.


    I think TT does owe us some kind of explanation to put our minds at ease or else to let us make up our minds on what to do. 


    I have worked at MQ before and I would say that HIS has them beat when it comes to playing dirty!!
    nm
    Is it co. policy to keep dirty, little secrets quiet?
    x
    Not true! I do not view all MTs as "low-down dirty scoundrels" at all...

    I am a realist, however, and not everyone is a honest, trustworthy person.  A lot of people out there want something for nothing and there are some who even feel entitled to get something for nothing!  As a manager, I've seen my share of bad seeds and my share of the cream of the crop.  If you don't have minimum requirements, you will always have a few who will abuse your generosity. 


    I've seen it happen.  The supervisor before me wanted to be everybody's friend.  The dept., under her tenure, had the highest rate of absenteeism throughout the hospital.  Minutes of dictation on the system were out of control and nearly everything work type was 70% out of TAT! 


    Like us our not, managers are not here to be your friends.  We are here to run a department.  We want to care about our employees and for the most we do, but there has to be a line or else things fall apart.


    Not too lazy?
    Okay, so he/she was not TOO LAZY or TOO BUSY to come back 6 weeks later and take the time to send that rude rejection notice that was the subject of my original post.  I stand corrected.
    lazy has a lot to do with it

    cut out for this job.  Those are the ones who usually have all of the complaints.


    No, this GP original post here is not the norm; at least not in my circle.  Sorry you all have such a time with these MTSOs. 


    Hey I have an idea!  Why don't all you whiners start one up yourselves! 


    hmmmmm. was that before she got lazy?
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    I'm not too lazy to research this...
    The only esoteric element about your postings is how you manage to transcribe with all of these conspiracy theories running rampant through your brain.

    What a delightful co-worker you must be.

    *YAWN*

    I wish I was a fat, lazy, cherry-pickin'
    MT who could work when I wanted, do the exact opposite as my company says to do and still keep my job! I am so sick of working with MTs like this. I work my hind of to get my report count for the day, usually having to jump between 4 accounts to get the minimum! Then I work with this girl who gets away with murder and the company does nothing about it! Why are the worst MTs the ones who get all the glory and get to keep their jobs to boot? I'm sick of it. This field is such a joke!
    I think the employers are just lazy, and don't want to do the taxes. nm
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    Smile. Nope. I'm in this because I'm too lazy SM
    and self indulgent to be management. Also really hate workplace politics. Been there long ago in another industry, done it, moved on. Isolated in the boonies now and loving the no-stress/no responsibility work we do. Haven't traded a word with my account manager (what's that title, anyway?) in months. Intend to keep on as long as allowed.
    She is meaning you will see lazy MTs while doing QA that no longer care
    nm
    OSI managers are too lazy to keep their own accounts in turn around time
    but if my a## were on the line my accounts would stay in Turn Around Time one way or another. Delegating work doesn't mean letting your turn around time go, patients are the ones who suffer the most.
    ...it can be done! I do this only if I have the wrong foot pedal hooked up & I feel lazy. nm
    s
    Honestly, people some people are lazy...
    plain and simple, sad but true.
    As a whole.. nice people to work for, decent benefits but the get off/on the system, work/no work,
    is maddening. I couldnt pay my bills or even work the schedule I was assigned. They would ask us not to work until work built up in the evenings and I specifically wanted to work days as I have kids etc. It just didnt work out for me but to each his own. It just seems there has to be a better balance in this business that what is happening.
    I did speak with my manager. Work was promised. No work there when I needed to work.
    I see the reports everyday too, but when I get work it is of bad quality, then there is no work unless I work diffrent shifts. Thank you.
    My liaison always says to work on secondary when primary is low on work/no work. n/m
    n/m
    That's going to be nuts...I do ASR work too, plus work split shifts. We'll NEED a spread shee
    NT
    Work is easy, very nice owner, pays weekly, work in Word.

    A majority of at-home MT is overflow work with in-house getting the bulk of the work. If they clean
    s
    Pay is always on time, direct deposit, very nice management to work with, and DQS platform, work
    load normally busy, but low now because of the summer slow down on my accounts.  Sound an issue on some accounts, but not others.  Overall, wonderful company.
    That is a BIG problem at TransTech is leads assigning work, rather than letting the work flow
    This TT MT just admitted to that fact.  It has been very obvious, as so easy to tell how work comes into our que and then gets pulled out as fast as it came in and replaced with YUKKY dictators.   VERY frustrating to us other TT MT's who take the JUNK that is NOT assigned to other MT's, such as this poster. 
    Ever thought of a home health care aide? Usually paid training and start work right away. Can work
    m
    Absolutely not! I work for the best MTSO. I am have been so blessed to work for the small company I

    I will share this about the MTSO I work for.  I called her late last Wednesday night after Church and told her I was compelled to help out with Hurricaine Katrina in some way and an opportunity arose for a small group from my Church to go to Louisianna this coming week.  Would she be able to cover my work.  She told me no problem without any hesitation and even donated money for the trip. 


    And I am sure there are plenty of good companies out there to work for.  To compare us to migrant workers is just not right.


    It does work, you do not need to "make" it work.. it works in all word based programs.
    x
    I did some overflow work for Landmark.. they are wonderful to work for.. very nice people.. pay was
    .
    They have to be flexibility because of the erratic work flow. No sense in a schedule if no work..
    nm
    I was told Escription would not work with Vista. Turned out it wouldn't work with my sm
    Office Basic Edition 2003 either, but no one could figure out why, it was supposed to.

    There is actually a section on the Dell website that offers Windows XP. I haven't checked it out as I'm not in the market, so I don't know if it costs extra. I have a Dell and it's been fine for me. I hate the ESL tech department, but it seems like most of them have that now.
    Yes they do send work overseas and do not hide this fact. There is plenty of work and they do pay
    well. Overall, I like having work as I have been at places where you had to fight to keep busy so this works for me.
    There is NO work at Transtech. Maybe they just choose special people to send work to
    df
    Are you required to work major holdays at KS. I know nature of biz to work them. Thanks for info. nm
    nm
    Great people to work for, but I had to leave due to lack of work. Hopefully that has changed. SM
    Most of us who do not live in California had to go IC. When I was there, they did not have statutory status, although they told me they did when they hired me. Their pay for VR is VERY low, not a living wage. Many of the folks in the office are ex-YOG and great to work for/with. Good luck.
    1200 lines daily is great if you have the work, personally, I never had enough work so
    I left and have NEVER been sorry!
    Don't know about radiology work load, but we have been scratching in the dirt for work for a numb

    of months now.  They hire, lose account, hire again before new accounts comes onboard, then have overhired, having to put new MT's on the current low workload. 


    Medical field is 24/7 work unless you work for a clinic or stand alone operation.
    I just look at the other cool people working holidays and weekends in the ICU, ER, paramedics,and am glad to be there. When you work in a hospital for a length of time, it becomes a necessary evil to show up at the worst possible times.

    Having a family or a life you'd miss from Friday at 5 PM to Monday at 8 PM must be hard and

    I think that there is a place for you where they can meet your requirements (M-F). There are plenty of those jobs.
    They require that you work in house until your have clean QA for 3 paydays then you can work
    e
    All nationals I work for you only work 40 hours unless they approve overtime.
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    I'm part-time and don't have to work all weekend. I work Tues-Sat.
    I've never heard that from Chronicle, of course I didn't see the ad.
    The bid has nothing to do with consistancy of work. MTSO cannot control how cosistant work is.
    :+
    I'll love to know who you work for. I also work every weekend with no extra pay.
    It'd be nice to get paid for all the nights and weekends I work.
    Like I said - it depends who you work for. I work for a hospital at home - not a company. nm
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    I know two people who work 3rd shift for Keystrokes on radiology and have a lot of work. Maybe you
    on an account that has enough work. I hate to hear that someone doesn't have enough work or that they have a problem because I know that Keystrokes works to find the right account for every person. They do a lot for us but you have to talk to them until you find the right account or volume or hours for you.

    I think that a lot of companies are that way but there is a lot of job-hopping in transcription. Everyone is looking for the perfect job but the grass is not always greener on the other side. There are a few MTSO's really are not good but for the most part, the others don't intentionally drive people away. That would not make sense. They need us to work as much as we need them to have the work there for us.


    I work on it. Usual amount of work. Not running out but not backlogged either. They seem to have
    about the right staffing on it. Hope that helps.
    Maybe is it for a particular account. I work M-F. You are required to work one weekend an month.
    a
    I used to work for a company who separated the MTs by work type daily. sm
    regret ever leaving that company. we had a max of 4 MTs typing a large training hospital with clinics. i was assigned consults and discharges with consults being my priority. another MT had ops and admits, etc. it worked so much better. we were RARELY out of TAT and each of us were trained on other report types for backup in case someone need to take off. not to mention that we were easily able to learn the ESLs because we got them repeatively enough to learn them, set up templates, etc. much, much more productive for us as MTs, for the company as work flow, and i am sure for the dictator because they got someone who knew them and their dictations well enough to be accurate. i don't understand why large MTSOs cannot comprehend how much more beneficial that would be.
    I actually left about a year ago and work for another company that's running out of work. Have to
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