CJ, sorry, I was talking to the poster above sm
Posted By: anony on 2008-01-31
In Reply to: Woah, CJ, what? sm - anony
Not you. I'm sorry I mistakenly used your name in my subject line. I was talking to the poster right above me. I hate that there isn't an edit feature on this board.
Your advice really helped me. Thank you!
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Not the poster you are talking to but..
You totally miss her point. She is not saying MQ is AOK. It isnt even about MQ. It is about complaining, complaining, complaining. Continually. WHY???? Do something about it. Find a new job. There are TONS. Do you get it? If MQ is so bad, why don't the MQMTs go find new jobs? Take away their workforce, leave in droves. Do something. That will shut them down quicker than any lawsuit. Oh and also, it would benefit the MTs because they would HAVE A NEW JOB.
Why anyone would work 1 minute for a place that is cheating them is beyond me? I'm sorry but that is DUMB.
I thought the poster was talking about citizens
who were born in another country. Offshoring is another problem that allows corporations to cut costs to get bigger bonuses created by people in power who us little guys can't fight. It's a crooked system and the rich get richer and the poor stay poor. When's the last time you have had a raise? You know why you will never see a raise. They can ship the work offshore for cheaper than what we are doing it and as the offshore companies grow older and wiser, we may even have to take a cut in pay to compete. Thank you government for that.
to poster below who is talking about working an 8 hour shift
I just read your posts and they are really bothersome. Why just because someone asks how to achieve 1000 lines in 3 or 4 hours would you flame them like that? Why would you assume that person would want to work less than 8 hours just because they asked that question?
Most people, especially MTs, want to make the most of their time whether it be 3 hours or 8 hours. Most MTs want to be productive since that is how we make our living. Why wouldn't anyone with a brain want to increase their line count from 1000 lines in 8 hours to 2000 lines in 8 hours if they could?
I think it is a shame that so many get mad and become rude to others because they are doing more than them. They are sharing their advice on how to become quicker and I wish that you would just let them do it for the rest of us!
I mean, if you want to work 8 hours and make squat go ahead. The rest of us would like to bring in the cash and double our speed and work the same amount of time thank you!
I've got my BP pills, but that is just what the poster is talking about isnt it?
Ummm, $98K, 30 hours a week. I believe that is what this poster is talking about. uh huh LOL. nm
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But poster talking bout working through MTSO,
x
we are not talking about a house in the assoc. The original poster lives in a regular home.
So they cannot tell someone else what color to paint their house.
Wait a minute, I'm not just talking about the boards, I'm talking about the news article.
Specifically,
"JLG has a contract with Arrendale Associates/ A+Network/CBay Scribe, which the group says is in India.
A letter from JLG to Barbara Dingman, chief compliance officer and director of health information management, says all medical transcriptionists assigned to the Medical Center Hospital account live in the U.S. and all work is done in America."
But yet they do business with Arrendale/A+/CBay, what am I missing here?
I'm talking about MT school, not K-12, which is where I learned most of what you are talking abou
My clients DO NOT LIKE IT when I correct their wrong crap - did you actually read what I said?
I'm not talking about ignorant as in grammar or spelling. I'm talking about sm
ignorant in general.
Good one. An anonymous poster blows another anonymous poster's head off. Great win for MQ?
 I guess that is a small pleasure for those of you who have lowered your expectations for the company you work for. 
Bet you're married to a fat bald guy too.
THANK YOU to the above poster - sm
God, I thought I was the only one that could understand the simple fact that we have access to SSN numbers, insurance numbers (which a lot of times are SSN) and we are given computers and equipment that we could turn around and resell.
Apparently only one Transcriptionist in the whole US has been in trouble for identity theft. The rest of us must be honest folks. And yes, I am being sarcastic.
Thanks. I was about to tell the poster the same!
Poster must be new to this board. For us "old timers" we remember the Terry S posts from awhile ago and how that took up most of the board.
This board is NOT just for MT, but a place for MTs to visit and ask, talk, vent, discuss, buy, sell, ask for help, look for new jobs, send a funny joke, etc.
It's a great board.
If you don't like it, then go elsewhere. There are plenty of MT chat boards out there, but this, by far is the best. 
Only MY OPINION, so I don't need losers telling me I'm stupid. Thank you very much!
I do believe that poster. They may not
but they were in my area as well. I don't live in Illinois, though.
That's not good money. :(
LOL!! to you and other poster (sm)
The young 'uns are 18, 21, and 25 hahaha!!!
Can I still send them over?
It's just I normally don't work until after 10 p.m. or so, so they are not used to "indoor behavior" until then.
The 25yo is building a computer so he was updating me on every little thing.
The 21yo is his girlfriend (the one talking in the hall).
And the 18yo in my college daughter who just got her first B in English (all A's until now) and she had to give me all the details...
You know they do grow up, but they're still young 'uns I guess.
I just needed to eek out a few more lines before I turned into a pumpkin, so I was slightly stressed. Getting piece of crap dictators didn't help.
But thank you both!! You made my night :)
what you think that poster said
and what that poster said is different. The poster DID say the MTSO should pay the MT the extra cpl the MTSO was getting from the client.
above poster said it all (sm)
I think you will like it there. It's about as close to an "old time" transcription company as you'll get.
poster, eh? NOT..................
I am not a big fan of DQS - however, what this poster says
is true. It is manipulated by the account manager, the client, or whoever.
I worked on DQS for another company and it did count spaces and my line counts were correct. It does not count anything you put into the header or searches such as patient account number, etc. That is time spent not paid for, in my opinion. Don't like the spell check or Expander either.
I transcribe 300-400 lines per hour in Word-based programs and WP5.1. With DQS, I too could not get above 200 lines per hour. Very frustrating to say the least. I thought it was me getting slow or old or something, but went back to my old platform, and poof - 300-400 lines per hour again.
I don't know what it is, but something is not right with that program.
I can honestly say, I hate that program! But to each their own. Good luck whatever you decide.
she? You are so sure the poster was a she?
I did like the other poster, but did have to take off one day too! SM
I just couldn't let my original job go until I was 100% sure I would like the new one. Actually, I ended up keeping both part time instead of one full time. I like this better because I don't have all my eggs in one basket so to speak. If I ever need extra work, all I have to do is ask and I NEVER run out of work.
Good luck!
i do exactly what you do and what the poster
GMTA = great minds think alike!!! *lol* - I do both things only I bang it not in the air, rather on a desk top or some hard surface.
Gotta be real careful with keyboards and salt and coca cola....those 2 items will ruin a keyboard.
Oh, I also have and love the old IBM bigger keyboards....the ones whose letters never rub off....
Like the other poster said, you could
always come back. An opportunity like this doesn't come around too often though.
I would jump at it. With anything in life there is some risk. Without risk though, you will never go anywhere. Sometimes you have to take chances.
Good luck and keep us posted! :O)
I'm not the above poster, but
to figure out that offshoring = decreased pay if the offshore MTs work for less money.
The above poster is right
Although, I would argue against the 512 that the company says you need. I have 384 MB of RAM on this PC and it works fine. Sometimes they need to extend my time out value when I log into a new account that takes forever to download the first time. Vista will not work.
Know what you mean. But, poster said below to go
to help to find out how to do this. I tried that and was totally confused. I accidentally got one loaded that I desperately needed, but don't know how I did it.
poster is right, we have like 85 or more...sm
there have to be at least 85 dialects in Miami now and ON THE BEACH too....not as many in Fort Lauderdale Beach as in Miami-Dade County and beach areas in Dade....where I live, it is like the United Nations...I'm always saying that and I love it - I have to have diversity and a lot of it.....Today, I'd never get along in small-town America (unless it would be Santa Fe, NM - another place with multi-languaged people, mainly native American, then Spanish from Spain, then Spanish from Mexico, and a smaller amount of anglos and some other diverse groups)
just my 3 cents...no wars please....
You should get together with the poster below.
You both sound like you could use the mutual admiration.
It is not in name box as name of poster, just to
x
Like poster below, I would use top because
the arm only has 1 top. ????
I second the above poster nm
nm
may be the poster was asking you if you are a U.S. MT because
when we read your original post you said the following.
"Veryu rude, just becasue you feel like it zsnd disagree with my post????
If you like it or not:"
Spelling errors, etc and sounds a bit confused. You are talking about grammer in your post and it is kind of lost there.
The poster did not say anything about
I am just trying to understand if she is working for another company, where she physically has to be at their company every day, or just what it is she is doing. I can do the work I do from my home anywhere, any state, and my tax information will stay the same, BUT if I go to my neighboring state and do work for another company as an employee, they will require all pertinent tax info be filled out....they have to. Then, I would have no choice as to what I would rather do about taxes. Employer will turn in my information to IRS regardless. If she is just taking her laptop and going to another state but still working for the same company via her laptop, who cares! The company just wants the work done.
Wow, I can't believe poster below...these are
the 2 top schools. If you read previous posts on this board, Career Step is actually NOT a good choice. I'm thinking she must be a Career Step teacher.
you are so right and if the poster sm
who was talking about "stealing" your accounts would go out and get her own accounts, have great quality and a better ATTITUDE, she would be making the same money!
Are you talking about
nm
I'd be talking to someone
x
I know exactly what you are talking about.
There are a lot of people like you are talking about living in trailer parks. However, there are trailer parks around where I live that are nothing like what you are talking about. My point is that you should not lump everyone who lives in low-income housing together and label them as trash. A lot of people who live in these nice neighborhoods with all their wealth, got that wealth dishonestly. They may not be underachievers, but these people are criminals, no matter where they live. They may be your neighbor. It would be the same thing if everyone thought if you were wealthy, then you had to be a crook in order to get that way. The way things are going there are going to be a lot more poor people in this country, maybe even you. I certainly do not wish you any misfortune, but you may not always be able to afford to live in those nice neighborhoods with the high property values. We can argue all day about it and not get any further. The fact remains that there are stigmas regarding all kinds of things. Even if it is partly based on facts, it still boils down to prejudice.
I think you are talking about something all together
xx
are you all talking about?
nm
know what you are talking about first
For your information, I had already submitted my test. I was not "cheating" as you put it. I didn't know what the word was and could not find it through my own research so I asked. I am SURE that asking for assistance AFTER the test had already been submitted is NOT cheating, but trying to actually LEARN what the word was that I DID NOT UNDERSTAND. If I had thought for a second that I needed to clarify to YOU the reasoning behind my request I most certainly would have asked you for permission first. My goodness.
Actually she does know what she's talking about. I
x
What are you talking about?
no message
What are you talking about??????
The original poster was for some reason using me as an example for her "40%" rule and I corrected her on my status!!
What in the world is your problem?
Whatever are you talking about?
..
This is exactly what I am talking about
that is how I feel when I get up from working. I am always moaning about my knees, my wrists, my forearms, my sciatic nerve, back, neck, on and on. I am 33 and feel like I am falling apart and I know it is because of my posture. 
What are you talking about?
Why would you assume that I have some sinister reason for this request. It was a simple request for people who might be interested. I posted my real name and my real email address. I am just another MT trying to help someone out with a class they are taking. You have a problem.
THAT is what I have been talking about all day.
You can't even discuss a difference of opinion without insulting someone.
See, that's what I'm talking about!
When I worked at the hospital I made more than my boss! I've seen Ph.D. jobs offering what I used to make 15 years ago! I think we are stuck!
You are talking about...
a person becoming a Realtor, not a real estate agent...
What are you talking about?
You are only allowed to work 8 hours per day. How is it that they 'worked your fingers to the bone'? The required line count is average.
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