A lot of those Guru projects seem just plain

• Have to post this because I think its both funny AND insulting - sm - xx
  • You have to treat us like humans - LITTLE MT
  • The low line rates aren't much better, lots of - folks taking em though. nm
  • see message below - Angie
  • Ha Ha Ha! It would be a cold day in Haiti, honey. Hope that answers your question......nm - Stella
  • It is probably someone in India who is bidding $10 - (sm)
  • Slave labor, I agree - Laughing too
  • Slave labor - MTness
  • May this person get the employee s/he deserves :( - Listenup
  • Amazing, but you know... - D
  • GURU - desertflour
  • A lot of those Guru projects seem just plain - nutty. nm
  • Absolutely - UNBELIEVABLE!!!
    • unbelievable - Dano
    • Also, keep in mind, that if you are "awarded" this - sm - xx
  • I think people don't understand what an audio hour is. - that person sounds like a real pro
    • It commonly known that 1.00 a minute is very low...sm - itk
      • Some idiot will do it though either for experience or - out of desperation - nm
      • I do not really think that $60 is all that bad, but it really - X
    • Again, don't forget - Guru gets a cut of what you earn - xx

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I got the same deal with my ex.  He wouldn't leave me alone because he wanted his beloved 3 bedroom ranch house. 

I gave him the house (with my teeny share of equity) and moved into a teeny apartment with my 2 kids. HUGE bedroom bathroom and living room, teeny kitchen, great neighborhood.  We all bunked in the same bedroom as there was room for a double bed, single bed and a crib with enough room left over to dance and play with toys.  My kids were 5 and 2.   We loved that place and it's probably because we finally had some peace and some fun.

My ex did the same thing.  He accused me of  moving my kids to the "projects" because I wasn't good enough to give them a nice home like the one he had.  He still has that house and he lives in it alone and has for nearly 20 years.  The last girflriend lasted 6 years and finally gave up on him.

He gave up on his kids almost 10 years ago and they gave up on him the day we moved into the "projects." 

Best move I ever made.  Happily married now for 13 years with 2 more kids that are considered my older kids' brother and sister, though their donor dad always insisted on calling them "half".  "He's not your brother, he's your half-brother."

Idiot

Be strong, hang in there and don't give in. 

P.S.  I wasn't looking for another man, I just got lucky I guess.  He does forget to take the trash out sometimes though. 

The part that really, really bugs me is the part they put in parentheses down there.

Description:

We're looking for a place to outsource our transcription to. Over seas is fine if you can deliver a quality product. We intend to wholesale your service to our physicians. We have over 1500 physicians what utilize our other services, and we want to add transcription to the mix.  You would need to have the ability to handle a large load of work, have the infrastructure to deal with it, and the ability to make our service look seamless (look like we're doing the work for the physician). Finally, you must be able to deliver us a per line charge that will allow us to add a profit, and remain competitive.

Profile ID: 442891 matches...
Project ID: 173147
Title: Need sample encoutners
Category: Admin Support (Legal, Medical, & Accounting)
Description:
We are looking for some sample medical encoutners for some research on
a product. We do not want real patinet demographcis at all Make the
patient Mickey Mouse.

We need encounters for the following
1-chief complaint simple encoutner
2-chief complaint complex encounter
3-multisystem exams
4-mulitple chielf compalaints

Please let us know what you can provide to us. We need ledgible
encounters that follow the soap format. we are doing this for research for our
emr application

So what do you think?  Real F****** Einsteins. And I will guarantee you that there will be one person out there that thinks "Oh those poor people are just trying to make a living like us.  I think I'll help them and I'll charge $50...." 

It seems to be a matter of manners and training.  It's just as inconsiderate and rude for this doctor to change his/her mind halfway through a dictation as it is to change your order at McD's halfway through the line.  IMHO, customer service has gotten out of hand in both industries, expecting smiles in return for just plain rudeness.  Maybe if MTs and the order processors at McD's were allowed to be more honest with the poorly-trained customers, there would be some changes.  Otherwise, these customers think its okay to act this way.

more pay - so it doesn't take so many hours.  You may be a bit late - nice try to the both of you.  YKW (you know who)

That is ridiculously low pay. Even if you are the fastest Transcriptionist in the world and you work 16 hours a day, you still would barely be able to make ends meet. Do you really want to live like that?

If you can do this job part-time so that you will have the experience to put on your resume, go for it. But constantly be on the lookout for something that pays better and when you find it, grab it.

I used to carry two pagers for two hospitals all by myself, 24/7.  They went off maybe a couple of times a month.  The chore of being on-call is now shared with a few other people but now the after-hour pages come in nonstop and I don't know why.  Me thinks some deal was made to keep an account or something but I really am just pulling that answer out of my tuckas.  It's gotta be costing the hospitals a mint to have us at their beck and call like that....either that or they got a really sweet deal. 

The other issue is it used to be a much more laid back environment.  You logged on, did your work, and you were left alone.  You kept an eye out for stats yourself and took care of them, because you are there because you are responsible. 

Now you log on, strike up this thing called Instant Messenger, and sit there at your desk working your alloted shift but can't get up because you must be present if you get an IM for a stat...even though you are already on it because it's your job to be.  Want to take a break?  Yeah, sure, once you finish up this stat.  Oh wait, I've got another one here that needs to be done super duper stat....you know what I'm talkin' about too, lurkers.

Ya know the movie, Office Space?  I'm always referring to it with this company.  You know the scene with the TPS reports, where the fella has 4 bosses telling him the same darned thing even though you already know your job?  That's what I'm dealing with and, yeah, I've been reduced to the mumbling dude who worries about his stapler.

I don't blame my bosses at all, but the micromanaging thing is out of control and I have no idea why it has come to be, because it wasn't like this before.  The days of a happier Hayseed with high line counts and company pride are long gone.  I don't know who works there anymore as the folks I knew have all left, and that's made an impact as well.  Ask for new scenery because of burnout, and all you get is a strokin', nothing more. 

From "Mary Smith, Inc." to "Transcription International" or whatever....