Congrats! But you haven't started working for the
Posted By: MQT on 2005-11-04
In Reply to: Update of job hunting. - Nervous MT 2
"new" company yet...try not to burn bridges, cause chances are very good that MQ will look like Heaven after all...Been there - done that so many times!
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I haven't actually started yet. I think sm
its a new version of CS because they said it had a word Expander but I was just wondering if I could put my stuff in it.
Thanks
I started working at 15-1/2...
that's how old you had to be to get a worker's permit where I live. I got my license when I turned 16 and my parents gave me a car...mind you it was a very old car...a hand-me-down. But I was happy to have my own car! If I wanted to go places and do things, I had to provide my own gas money and they also made me pay the car insurance (they put me on my own policy). I think it taught me responsibility. No work, no go!
Thank you! When I started working in WORD ...sm
2 years ago I asked the same question and got no answer. My glasses need to be changed every 6 months since using WORD (OK...I'm over 55). thanks for the great advice!
I just started working for them and am very happy so far. nm
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I started out working for a company ...sm
that gave you everyone who worked there's IM and then the company who bought them out isn't that way. They don't encourage contacting other MTs working there. Which has not stopped me. I still have managed to get email addresses and then get their IM. It does help tremendously when you are able to talk to others on the same account as you.
I've worn mine working for a year and haven't had a problem. .sm
I even still handle floppy disks all the time. The magnets aren't that strong.
New to all of this and just started working for MDI-FI a month ago. I know I should have asked but..
Does anyone know if MDI-FL pays for holidays or how that works. Do you have to be there 90 days before anything kicks in, if it does at all?? Thanks
I have just recently started working as an editor and I am appalled at what I have seen.
I would be soo embarresed to turn some of this work in. Blanks, fine, I don't mind filling in blanks at all, BUT missed words, wrong words, bad grammar, punctuation errors, etc. etc. etc. that's just plain silly. It is silly to fill in blanks that are clearly heard w/o problem. I get paid by the line as well. Not all QA is paid hourly/salary.
I'm 33, went to AIBT in 1993, started working in Valley
Stayed there for four months, then got layed off because all the dictated reports were going over to this new fabulous thing called "phone line dictation." Got a job at a local secretary office, there for one year. Then went home for MQ for a few years, had some trouble with management, so ended up at the horrid, retched, awful excuse of a company Edix for two years, now back safe, happy and content at MQ. So I started age 23.
Just started working as an IC for a company, found out something I had been transcribing for
years was wrong. When I questioned it, they explained it to me, but for 20+ yearse no one else had seemed to care. You learn something every day in this business.
so all these companies are really Synthescribe? Glad I did not get started working for them! nm
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I have 13 years experience and just started a hospital job working from home making $16 an hour
and with a really good incentive plan. I live in the Kansas City area. $10 seems like a low starting point even with only two years experience which is the usual benchmark for hospital MT jobs.
It's been my experience that the low end of the pay scale for hospital employed MTs was around $12 an hour. Also, it's been my experience that the pay offered is usually based on years of experience and how well you perform on the transcription test.
I would say if their pay is that low, they should at least be making it up with incentive and it doesn't sound like they are.
JMO
You get more working the evening or night shifts and working w/o benefits. And producing like a mad
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Ditto....granted I am not working much these days, but am currently trying out a new way of working
when I do work which seems to be helping. I am timing myself and keeping a log of how long it takes to to type however many minutes. I am averaging anywhere from 13-18 minutes of dictation an hour now doing this. Granted the time fluctuates between who I am typing, and if I have to look up names, addresses, etc., just depends on the division I am doing at the time. But work that used to take me 3 hours to do is now taking me under 2 hours, I am also trying to put in more macros as I go along, which slows me down initially but pays off in the long run of course. I was working "all the time" before but took forever to get done since I was not applying myself. This new "attitude" has helped me a lot. My goal, in the Fall, is to do 90 minutes a day consistently at 6 hours, and then maybe get up to 120 minutes a day at 8 hours, still while having at least half of the day free (do 60 minutes at night, and the other 60 by Noon). Thereby doing 1200-1400 lines a day. I have never really buckled down and done more than 8000 lines per pay period, so it will be a nice change. Maybe you can do something like that and have a specific knock off time as was suggested below. 
Working holidays? Out shopping in stores where someone IS working
that holiday you refuse to work? Grocery stores, food joints & seems any store is open on holidays and you expect them to be fully staffed, so why shouldn't we?
Yes, I took off for the first time on Christmas day, in 18 years and it was great, but I worked Christmas eve and this whole past weekend.
Someone has to do it!
CONGRATS!!!
This is probably one of the HARDEST things you'll ever do in your life, but YOU'RE WORTH IT and so is your family!!!
Congrats!
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Congrats on the job!
I have had no problems with them at all. They are a great company to work for. Don't let anyone on this board tell you anything different.
Congrats!
I've been with MQ for six years, and have been quite happy. I have had steady work flow with only a day here and there off due to lack of work (1-2 times per year). I have had steady accounts and have been quite content! A word to the wise - take the negative things you hear about MQ on this board with a huge grain of salt.
congrats! ....
thanks for posting! i needed that smile this morning!! keep dancing and keep strong! 
congrats!
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Congrats!!
Wow - congrats, "Ms. Hot Shot"!! 
:) Congrats!! :) NM
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Congrats!
You must be a wonderful person to have such a special daughter - you taught her well. Congrats to the two of you!!!
congrats
you do have something to be proud of. You have a beautiful daughter!!
Congrats.
Congrats
Congrats, Sharon!
Congrats
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Congrats!!!!
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Congrats
You should be proud of yourself. I tried but was going through a horrible expensive divorce and he just left me with all the bills and even with the attempted consolidation had to file a Chapter 13 but am paying off something to everyone but I really wish I had been able to go your route. I have 10 more payments to the bankruptcy courts and then I will feel good. But again, congratulations.
Congrats to all of you!
It's such a hard thing to do...y'all should be proud!
Congrats on the new job!
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Congrats!!!
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congrats!
Hi, Can you let me know what the test entailed? I have the study guide but I wonder if they ask such in depth quetions as the study guide says?
Thanks, Linda
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Congrats
MT is harder than it seems. I've dreamed for a long time to be an MT. Learned today I'll keep on dreamin. Congrats to all those that love it and are successful at it. 
Congrats!
How wonderful for you! It's so nice to hear about someone who isn't already rich winning like that. I agree with the other posters about not going crazy spending, but do enjoy yourself. Life is short, so have fun! Oh, I would probably quit the job. Explain your reason and I bet they'll wish you the best.
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Congrats!!
I don't know if I helped, but you're welcome if I did.
Congrats again.
congrats
WOOHOO!
I emailed out over 137 resumes in one weekend and got a job from those. There is a better result when you send out lots of resumes, I think.
Congrats! So excited for you!
Congrats to all of you!
I'm 57, attempting to re-enter nursing after being away for many years. My original goal in my 20s was to become a certified nurse midwife, which I never accomplished and still regret.
Good luck to all of us!!
Congrats
Congratulations! No matter what anyone says there are a lot of "flakes" in this business and when push comes to shove when actually competing for a good job (sadly few and far between) I think the CMT would give you the edge.
congrats
Congrats on completing your coursework. I am glad you got help off this board and not disillusioned. There are lots and lots of positive posts and you can get great word help. Just don't let the negative folks bring you down. I wish you the best of luck in your job search. Best advice is to be persistent and take the tests. I have transcribed for many years and still love it!
that's fantastic! congrats!!
how did you get so lucky to find a man that can actually voice his appreciation of you to you!!??? there aren't many out there like that.
Congrats! Now be sure to call (sm)
the police officer that wrote the ticket and let him know that you will see him in court! You don't want to take the chance of him not showing up for some unforeseen reason! Also, if he knows he needs to remember what her face looks like, it will be easier to do it now, then later. Once this little fiasco is part of her record, whenever she gets pulled over they will know she was convicted of providing false info! No more "I left my license at home" for her! Glad you got it taken care of so quickly!
First off, congrats on landing a job! (sm)
From what I've read, heard, and seen, ANY PLACE is a good place to start out. It is so difficult for a newbie to land the first job.
The best place to start out would be in-house so you have helpers right there, but so few hospitals have in-house MTs any more.
You will hear bad and good things about MQ, but at this point, just go into it with a positive attitude and as a way to get your foot in the door. After you get experience and if you're not happy there, at least you can put something on your resume.
BTW, I am happy with MQ in general. I love my office, so I just try and have a good attitude myself so I don't become distracted and waste time worrying about the other issues that plague them.
Again, way to go, newbie!!
Well said, and congrats on your 12 years! NM
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Congrats to Steelers!
Broncos played terrible today and Steelers deserved this win!
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