twisting the knob..BRAVE ladies!
Posted By: Nanna23 on 2005-10-01
In Reply to: "twisting The Knob" - if each of us told just 1 person in medicine about how this is done - how long will nationals be around?
 How totally refreshing to read a post, then the replies and an honest informative debate about a subject and not one name called, no one slamming someone for their opinion and a truly interesting read .
This is so refreshing for a change and should happen much more often. I commend you all for your educated and well spoken opinions
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Don't see anyone twisting your arm to MAKE you stay here.
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OMG MT30+ you are completely twisting everything
When on earth did I say NO MT should work a weekend. I work them now! Just not every weekend. I worked in a hospital for 15 years and rotated weekends. I have worked for this company for 5 and work one weekend a month (voluntarily). I have done my duty. You are absolutely out of your mind if you have come up with that idea that I stated no MT should work a weekend. We all do and and we all have. I have chosen not to work EVERY WEEKEND> You are truly delusional and making crap up about what I said. Totally twisted. I don't give a crap if you work weekends. I don't give a crap if this is 24/7/365 industry. Work everyone single one of those hours, see if I care. Why do you care that I choose not to work a mandatory weekend day every month. Why do you have to bash me because of it. My point and I will say it ONE MORE TIME and never again.... I don't have to, so I won't. Its a choice for all of us. I never whined. I never accused, I never judged. What is with your attitude? I am totally just shocked that you call yourself a professional.
I wonder if OSI would be brave
to try to sue someone when they have been reported to Wage/Hour - and still in the process of being reported to Wage/Hour for asking people to work off the clock so they don't have to pay overtime. I quit 2 years ago. One of my supervisors who still happens to be there told me specifically to be sure not to record my hours. Payroll was all over her because they said it was against the law to work without recording hours but TO THIS DAY they continue to call people on their days off to work when overtime has not been approved meaning you have to work off the clock. So I don't think OSi wants to get entangled with trying to find out people's identity when probably every single MT who ever worked for OSI worked to help the cause i.e. help OSI break the law. And that supervisor has been promoted by the way.
Don't count on it. None of you are brave enough to name you company.
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"Twisting the Knob" - right??? That's why it's so hard to catch them
include or exclude characters or letters to count.
When one door closes, another opens, several others if you are brave.
There are very few mean MTs actually.
"twisting The Knob" - if each of us told just 1 person in medicine about how this is done
We don't have to bad mouth.
We don't have to lie.
Just educate 1 institution - each of us - tell a clinic, tell a doctor group, tell a hospital. Tell them about how the billing has the capability of being manipulated underhandedly. We already know we feel like we are typing in quicksand. How can I be only typing the same number of lines that I did 20 years ago and yet now I have word expanders, computers, dictionaries that "ride" and drug books that "ride" and I don't have to lean over the look up drugs or words - and here I am making the same line count. It doesn't make any sense. "Twisting The Knob." That makes sense.
Educate, that's how we will bring back our jobs to a reputable place.
RE: "twisting The Knob" - if each of us told just 1 person in medicine about how this is done
As you describe in your post, I would venture to say, you are in a very small minority. Otherwise, why would there be any need for documentation in a medical record?
Ladies, ladies, ladies
Let us skip that tired recruiter accusation you hurl just because we are coming from different directions. If I were a recruiter, I would not be spending my time trying to encourage debate (yes, debate...you got something against debate?) on the pros an cons of this company. I also won't apologize on any level for the points of view I have expressed since they arise from countless hours (spanning three decades) of blood, sweat and tears spent perfecting my craft, staying employed, supporting myself and successfully raising my son as a single parent.
Started transcription in a hospital setting back in the dark ages, long before outsourcing was even possible. We had a bare smidgen of respect then, since on the food chain we were positioned way below MDs, RNs, technicians and administrators and just slightly above nurses' aides and ward clerks. They would not even honor us with the title of secretary. We were clerks I, II, III, IV, etc. We did have good benefits, scheduled raises, but little chance to advance since the skill is so specialized and does not directly generate revenue for them (although there is something to be said for maintaining a healthy legal status and facilitating the flow of insurance revenues). Then came the outsourcing. No, not overseas...just the boot out the hospital door into contract positions for fledgling transcription services...you know, back in the days when there WERE no professionals. Must say, that was a painful period of personal growth, to be sure. I made my decision right then and there that I did not have what it takes to actually run a transcription company. Can't pander enough and no longer stood in awe of MDs and hospital administrators. No people skills for landing contracts, and no desire to take on that kind of stress. Just wanted to be good at what I do and I had all I could say grace over just trying to transcribe. Glad I hung in there. I became a better, stronger and person during that time.
Anyway, benefits and scheduled raises gradually gave way to company profits and the attitude that we were lucky simply to have a job. For almost a decade, they were nowhere to be found. Nature took its course as it always does and they (benefits) began to surface again as a way to attract and keep the best transcriptionists and in in response to the fierce cut-throat competition that was evolving in a proliferating scribe market. Still, can't remember any warm and fuzzy recognition for any of it, other than the pats in the back I gave to myself along the way and the pride I take in my work....not for the sake of the employer or for my fellow transcribers...just for my own sake and out of respect for the journey (often tireless, thankless) that took me from there to here. Had to grow up. Had to stop whining. Had to get real, and take it for what it is and be smart enough to recognize that it would never be what I think it should be. Didn't go down without a fight either but just ended up cutting off my own nose to spite my face and burning a few bridges...not terribly helpful.
For a moment, consider this opposite view. Want support, recognition and appreciation? Who is the one being naive here? Just how much of that do you actually take the time to express to your employer? What do you do to promote the company? Send your bosses, TM of QA Christmas presents do you? Tell them what a fine job they are doing? Do you actually believe that you too do not take advantage of them at least as much as they take advantate of you for as long as they are useful to you and then drop them like a hot potato when they are not? Business is business. It is what it is. I know that I simply don't have time for any of that opining over what it isn't and what it should be and especially the fretting. Too busy typing, raising a family, being a wife, daughter, friend, etc and trying my best to have a life beyond my job. For me, it's just a matter of balance and perspective.
Ditch the pointless accusation (and the sarcasm, which is also just as meaningless) and let us see if we have anything to offer one another in this exchange. Just say what it is you are trying to say. You work for Precyse and you don't have work, is that it? What message lurks behind the recruiter accusation? You trying to enlighten me with regard to Precyse or punish me for holding a diverse viewpoint?
Ladies! sm
We must be having some after the holidays issues around here. I have them in full measure myself, but I wouldn't want to take it out on you all.
Calmly, I will tell you that my resume STATES what specialties I did and for what company. That is a courtesy. I spoke to a recruiter today and I said Basic 4 is perfect for me, but honestly I am a bit lean on cardiology experience and of note, cardio isn't on my resume either. She said, we can route those to others. I suggested that since I have started learning to do cardio and would like to continue to do so, could they allow me to work with QA to grow more accomplished. OH YES.
EVERY hospital I have done to date, every surgical center, all of her different specialties, period, end of the story.
Besides all of this stuff in this industry changes all the time, so has the resume job hunting end of it.
Ladies, ladies!
4 Heaven's sake, retract those darn claws! 
Thanks ladies
I appreciate your honesty.
I've got two other companies scratching at my door as well so if Transtech isn't interested, I'm good.
Truth be told I'm aching to get out of this business altogether. Just need to pay the bills until I figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
Thanks again !
sorry about that ladies...
You all probably want to slap me. I do! LOL
Thanks.
Bingo, ladies, I'm right there with you
I've never been a speed demon, but yeah, I remember the thrill of finding stuff. I was the go-to gal in the office years ago because I loved the thrill of the hunt....
ladies at MxSecure
I have dealt with the ladies at MxSecure and they are nicest, most helpful supervisors, recruiters, QA people I have met...
Just remember everyone may have different experiences and nobody should base opinions by a post....
C'Mon ladies, NEED HELP!!1
Would like some information, PLEASE........ How about insurance cost at Axoltl or Transcend or Transtech? Any cheaper??? Oh yes, we have BC/BS
LADIES - Get a grip!
Why is everyone ripping each other apart as well as the original poster? No one was **acting like a prima donna.** She did not state it was a hospital to begin with. She simply said she did not want to take the schedule. The same as someone else saying they do not wish to work at night. Good grief!! Yes, it is true that many positions being offered require 1 weekend day. I, myself kept looking until I found a M-F. To some of us, **raising a bunch of kids** is important. What gives anyone else the right to knock it? Some people stiff have a wonderful sense of family being important. Sad for those who do not. So you work days, nights, and weekends, good for you. Please live and let live!!
Ladies we rule the MT world!!! nm
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So? BOS is just book by ladies with too much free
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Bunch of whining ladies
Andrea Renner does not care about postings here, she thinks the moderator will remove it! Seems she considers hard working participants here as bunch of whining ladies!
Ladies...I think we may be making some headway...
I was being recruited recently and when I asked the line rate for weekend IC work, she said 8 cpl. I was like...oh man, that's too low. Let me tell you, she was flabbergasted, speechless!!! and started explaining that the MTSO had to make THEIR money, and the companies will only pay so much...blah blah blah.
I have continued to do this with other companies I speak to, and they are also shocked I'd dare ask a higher rate. Well get used to it Fatcats...we're fed up working for 80's wages in a Recession economy, and we expect to get paid for our expertise. If you want the best, you'll have to pay for it. Period.
I think this is why we see so many job listings recently, those of us who have worked long and hard at this profession are standing up for what we believe is right. Way to go, Women (and men)!
heard MXS was good to work for but the ladies there
as told to me by a friend that used to work there.
I am no longer at MQ either. I applied at Gulf Coast Transcription, the lady that replied was really nice but I didn't want IC status. You might try them.
WAY! The closest I have come is 2700 but I do know a couple of ladies that have hit 3000. nm
Thanks for the memories ladies. Now I remember why I loved this business.
Long gone are those happy times.
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