Go to bed. Get off the thread. You're tired alright. Looks like you have been working
Posted By: Save me on 2005-07-26
In Reply to: Talk about crying wolf - sm
all day trying to defend MQ. Get some rest. When's second shift coming to relieve you. Hope they have something more original to say. RIGHT? Whoops, my caps are starting to run away with me and I can't stop myself...... I have been reading too many of the multiple personality CAP person's posts. HELLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP
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Anyone else tired of working for nothing?
It just seems like I can't make good money anymore (or at least not what I'm used to). I work for a pretty nice company doing clinical dictations with 24-hour TAT, but I just don't seem to be getting anywhere. Maybe it's just the way of the economy right now. I've been doing this for 10 years and feel like I shouldn't be struggling at this point. I'm just frustrated!!!! 
anyone else tired of working for nothing
I totally agree with you. I see nothing wrong with asking about pay. I especially would like to know where the MT works who makes $3000 a month. I am really struggling right now and have over 25 years of experience. Mostly because of account specifics. Different clients with different account specifics really brings down your line count!! I saw one MT who was making $50,000 a year.
No, she got tired of working and retired before
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maybe it's just a tired supervisor who can't get those fingers working
Or do supervisors have to know how to type at all? Just want a different job in MT field that's all and no smart A$$ answer from a "thinging" supervisor.
I agree. Did poster just get tired of working &
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Yep. She got tired of working and had her daughter deployed
Nice.
Just read whole thread. Yes. Working for a service is okay because line rates
actually have gone down. Just make sure they pay for spaces, headers, footers.
Working 2 full-time jobs (for a year now), and boy am I tired!!
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the thread had died. you're the one keeping it going.
ever look at the dates on these things? let it go. sheesh.
lol guess they're tired of all our griping about every
and slandering every company in the world
:)
really, no one cares, we're all tired at times. NM
you could lighten up and not humiliate. it's not necessary, in all fairness and kindness.
You're turning this lighthearted thread into something entirely too deep. Lighten up.
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You're welcome. I am just so sick and tired of factless sound bites
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They're still working on that...nm
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You're working against us, then.
?????
You better stop working for yourself then because you're the one
who started all the sniping and rudeness with your sweeping generalizations. If trying to hire a good MT has you that frustrated, maybe you shouldn't be in management. There are plenty of negative people out there who don't have what it takes to run a company.
Well, if you're working in Word
you can use that Word Count and do the math yourself, or there is Abacus. I don't know of any free line counting programs. I work in Word and just use the tools in word to count lines. You highlight the document and count it that way through the tools menu.
They're talking about working for sm
a company doing VR, not doing VR on their own. Those are the "editing" jobs you see.
Does anyone else feel like you're always working
i feel like i'm typing constantly!! my whole life is type type type type type
I'm so sorry. It is alright to cry.
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I get tired of daily grind. I get tired of having
horrible dictation/dictators and not able to produce lines, which directly affects my paycheck. I don't mind doing the difficult stuff, and I pretty good at it, but it is stressful and I find it very hard to budget when you never know what your paycheck is going to be. I hate being tied to having earphones on all day. I have children at home (I homeschool and don't have toddlers running around) and my DH works third shift so he is home during the day. I try to work around all this, but can't always. If I had a "desk" job I could be part of conversations at least, but having to have the earphones on you can't do that. I get tired of being sedentary, my feet swell, my shoulders are tired, my elbows hurt, etc.
I stick with it because of my children, and also because I like the flexibility. I don't have to be up at 5:30 to get the kids up and ready for school, I don't have to fight traffic to get to work at 8:00. It is a trade-off. Sounds like you just need a break.
do you ever find yourself "editing" when you're not working? sm
I find myself, like when I'm reading a menu or magazine, newspaper, etc, always finding the grammer errors, punctuation errors, spelling errors, and it drives me--not to mention my DH--nuts! I guess it's out of habit, but I can't seem to turn the "editor" in me off! I'm always, instead of enjoying the story or article, or whatever I'm reading, looking for errors or typo's. Does anyone else ever do this? I guess I'm obsessive/compulsive. Think I could get work comp for that? 
Nine cents is fine if you're working for someone else. sm
But, not so good if the account is your own. :)
We're working on the website for better optimization.
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I assume you're working in Word?
Did you record the Find & Replace macro? You'd get more help if you posted your macro code so we can see where the glitch might be.
Misha, you're almost working for free--
--doing this. There are many general transcription companies that pay real money. I know, because I work for a couple. General transcription is a real industry with real people supporting families with their income. Whoever is paying this low a wage is LAUGHING at your gullibility.
Hey, it's alright...I'm sure none of us get paid..
what we deserve..and that includes ALL the different work types! LOL Just wanted to be sure she got a fair representation of this specialty.
Yep. It is scary alright.
Know what is worse? These are not isolated incidents. It is everywhere. I was talking to my friend who is a nurse. She just started back at this place she used to work at about 6 years ago. It goes down the ladder with this stuff. She said she came across a nurse the other day who does not know what the difference is between a gluteal cleft and a gluteal fold. She wanted to know how people pass state board exams much less take care of people.
...to change the magnification of your page. If you're working in
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Works perfectly. Just keep it minimized while you're working. nm
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There's a quick way of doing this if you're working with Express Scribe.
I found it in their Knowledge Base.
- Go to the Settings window and select Control tab.
- Click the ADd button under the "System Wide Hote Key Assignment" heading (at the bottom).
- Now press the key conbimation that you will use for the command (e.g. Ctrl+G) and then select the "Copy Time" option from the dropdown list.
- Click the OK.
When you need to add the time hit your new command (Ctrl+G) to copy the time from ES and then Ctrl+V to paste it in the desired location.
Hope this is helpful!
Her name is mother alright. hahaha
Brace yourself. You know it's coming. It's Mother Busy MT'ing (???) Hammer (Preaching) Time!!!!  YOU WILL LISTEN TO BUSY MT'ING!!!!!
When you said EdiScript popup looks alright to you
Just makes my point on why the MTs on here cannot do VR. Just not up to par. Thanks for that. I do both types of transcribing. You should try using the entire brain, not just 1 part.
Me, too. I told my kids that since they're not in school and I'm working two jobs
just to try to keep the utilities on, they get to do chores. Don't even get me started on holiday stress. My extended family sent me gift cards, so I'm using those to buy for the kids. I even offered to pay them $5 an hour for cleaning so they'd have Christmas money. Instead, what are they doing? Watching TV in their pajamas still. That's OK. I'm about to go unplug all the electronics in the house and give them a big chore list with NO pay.
I hate when companies treat us like we're working for pin money
Am I supposed to be happy when a company only gives me 200 or 300 lines a day when they promise you a certain amount (that is higher than that)? How would the company employees (not us lowly transcriptionists) feel if the company told them that they were only getting paid 100 dollars this pay period, that there wasn't enough work. Not enough to pay bills and keep food on the table, just pin money.
Sheesh.
If you're working in Word, if your Standard & Formatting toolbars
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I agree with this; hence, my query about how folks who say that they're working for SERVICES ...
are making this kind of money.
Yes. Three months paid training? That's just ridiculous unless you're working
in the office. What service can afford to pay an MT for three months of training?
You're right, i spend way too much time on this board when should be working, I am just so burned
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It's a scam, alright - you see similar posts asking
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