Have you noticed that companies are slowly sm
Posted By: mt1313 on 2006-09-12
In Reply to: Just offered an IC position at 7 cpl, lol.... - tia
offering less and less. It was 9 cpl, then the norm for a while was 8 cpl and now slowly I've noticed 7-8 and 7 cpl. Pretty soon we'll be competing with the Indian MTs for 4 cpl. very sad.
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Noticed a lot of companies...
on the job boards lately offering, 9, 10 or even 11 cents a line, whereas before that it was 5-8 cents. Is the tide suddenly turning?
So, are you working for the same company. I have worked for 2 companies and I have noticed a huge
difference in the lines I got from each company. The accounts were similar. I never ever got what your talking about but I would average 600-700 lph at one company and the other one I was lucky to get 400 lph so then I figured out they didnt pay for spaces, footers, headers etc.. and that does factor into your line counts on that platform.
Slowly. It works more slowly, but not quite as bad
much better to get broadband of some sort for DQS, no question about it.
Start slowly and try this ...
Proof 3 out of 4 reports for the next day or two. Then, proof 2 out of 4 reports for a couple of days. Then cut that down to 1 out of 4 reports. Keep yourself abreast by proofing 1 of 10 reports. Proof the reports and let them go -- don't sit and worry!
Two things will happen:
1) You will become more comfortable with your own level of skill
2) Your lines will increase
*slowly* - hey, I'm off-duty! ;-)
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Looks like field of MT-ing is slowly
fading out. I have seen 3 MAJOR hospital transcription departments close due to outsourcing. I'm not going to sit around waiting until the place I now work decides to follow suit. I'm training right now for the field of broadcast captioning for the hearing impaired. Hear they make between $25-100/hour for captioning television shows and the company supplies your equipment. I should be able to pay my rent with that!
Wow, it's all slowly coming back to me
flexibility. As long as you do your 40 or plus pages per day.
Maybe you should slowly re-read the posts.
They seem pretty concerned to me. Um, even the moderator commented. That's kinda like having your mom step in when you're fighting with your little brother. IMO, you turned on us.
My monitor is slowly dying...sm
I have a Dell computer and monitor, but my monitor appears to be on its last leg. I'm already looking for its replacement but instead of ordering another Dell, does anyone know of any other brands that are compatible or not compatible with Dell? I'd really rather not pay the shipping from Dell, but I do remember when I originally purchased the computer my printer was not compatible. Thanks for your help.
I'm slowly getting the knack of this keyboard....
i think you have to think of each hand working on separate keyboards. Hoping my speed will increase. It definitely relieves the pressure on my neck,
My previous one was the standard Dell rectangular keyboard.
I do have Stedman's smartype and I using it slowly getting used to it
The lines do not go by charcter count. They are actual lines in the document no matter if they are full/partial/one word it is counted as a line. Do not include blank lines of course. I am an IC.
Thanks for all your input.
shorthand expanding too slowly
Just wondering if anyone can tell me how to get my ShortHand to expand the text faster? I know there is a settng under preferences, and I have tried several variations, but still not expanding any faster. Thanks in advance.
oops... I'm 46.. and obviously losing my mind slowly.. nm
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the supply slowly dwindles, and you give up and go elsewhere...sm
what is the point of making a high line rate, when there is so little work available, you have to find two, three and four services to make the same amount that you did at ONE! This is a very sad biz!!
It will be slowly integrated over a period of a few years.
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Take the time slowly to go thru some jobs and figure out
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the definitive chair slowly undulates, sort of like
those air-filled things they have in hospitals....plus, the place I seem to need support is across my back up high - maybe I just get too tense and thats why it hurts there all the time...
Anyway, a chair is next for me. What a pipe dream, I can barely affort groceries...
I noticed that..
If it was the one that started out at 5 cents. What terrible pay.
well I have noticed......sm
that 2 of them are being XTRA XTRA careful when dictating risks and benefits (the plasticsmen) of late......being more lengthy about the risks and benefits....looks like they are CVTA (covering their a**es*) *lol*
I just noticed something....SM
I entered 3 entries into the Shorthand and expanded them and noticed that my autocorrect works as well. I am able to use both of them together. Does anyone use both of these at the same time???
Has anyone noticed...
that the Job Seeker's Board is all lit up in yellow! It looks like its on fire! I wonder why...hmm...
I noticed that too
I ended up returning mine to the store. Love the layout of the keyboard, and all those features are great; they just need to work on getting a better touch to it. The MS natural was stiff too.
Have you noticed?
Have you noticed how they are down to 3 girls and 3 guys? Last year it came down to a guy/girl, year before that 2 girls, and the year before that 2 guys. I didn't watch the first year with Kelly Clarkson so I don't know who the other contestant was in the final 2 that year. Will the pattern start over this year?
have you noticed that
Taylor hasn't been in the bottom 3 at all yet? Gotta love him! I know, I know, not everybody does but I love him enough to make up for it.
On PAs - has anyone noticed (sm)
that more and more PAs are dictating for the physicians, and they are just awful! They can't pronounce things, go 90 miles an hour, and I'm not impressed with their yawning, laughing, and various other things they do that are aggravating. I am sick of them - even the ESLs are better than some of them. JMO
has anyone else noticed--sm
The new *report message* button at the top of an opened message? I just noticed this when reading some rather snide responses to one of my posts earlier. Hmmmm.....this might be a neat little feature. Thanks again to the Admin. for looking out for the posters who like to frequent here without having to be harassed, polked fun of, and told to *get a life* when something does not meet with someone elses *approval*. 
have any of you noticed
that when you are first hired by a company, they go on to state about all of these certain rules and requirements (the recruiter tells you the same) such as schedule, how long you should be on QA, if you do not do these by a certain time you could be termiated, etc. As soon as you start working, it is totally different. They are much more laid back and none of those things they said are really applied. I am glad that they are more laid back than what you are expecting, but this is just something I have noticed now with 2 companies. Have any of you noticed this?
I had noticed some changes
similar, but I thought they may have been linked with depression.
Things like not wanting to go out for groceries until it was absolutely necessary or if a friend wanted to go out and do things with me. I just figured it had to do with exhaustion/depression. s
just noticed below
I just noticed this very question was asked by someone else yesterday and is posted below. I will check out those suggestions, along with the one above. Thanks ya'll.
i noticed
the only thing they did for me was sell my name and address to offshore companies, who in turn flooded me with unwanted solicitation. I asked that my name be deleted from mailing list several times. I was told this was their "main source of revenue." Hmph.
Here is what I have noticed on
When I first started on ES I had one nice steady account. I worked on it with one other MT. The facility was new to the platform, and I guess it was kind of a first run trial thing because it was just a few dictators. Once they all got on speech rec, it was awesome. The program even learned the basic formatting, would add appropriate headings, etc. (The line counts were great). There was very little editing needed.
Then they started adding dictators. Still no problem until it got to be too much for just the 2 of us. Each time a new MT started on the account, we could tell. It wasn't that they weren't necessarily doing things incorrectly, just differently. The speech rec program would start formatting things differently because it was learning from the new MTs too. Then it got bad. Things like date format or section formatting, which were client preferences and had to be done a certain way, suddenly had to be constantly fixed. And the speech rec itself seemed to go downhill and not recognize everything it used to.
In short, I think it depends on how many MTs work on the account, how strictly they adhere to client preference, and what their skill level is.
MT companies negotiate with the insurance companies until they get what they want
It is strictly up to the agreement between the employer and the insurance company. Your new employer can tell you what the pre-existing clause is in your new policy. Some require proof of insurance for the past 12 months. It may say something like if a diagnosis has not been made NOR treatment received within the last __ months. Not good when companies negotiate with a pre-existing clause in order to get a lower rate. Better check with your HR with your new company before doing anything. It really gets hairy !
Well, here is how I noticed it to happen
A urologist had multiple normal vasectomy reports that he dictated throughout the day for my acct.
On certain days when a particular person did not work, the normal lengthy surgical procedures came through - they were line-producing reports - a few strokes on the keyboard and you have just typed 60 lines.
However, when a certain in-house person who worked at the office (Monrovia) was working, none of these operative reports came through. They were with the Sansum acct and this particular person was on this acct also. This happened over a four year period...it was obvious that he was bleeding the report into his C-phone either by asking someone in the distribution area to send them to him or just skipping jobs the way a C-phone back in 1999 to 2003 allowed you to skip jobs.
That was my first clue - hot reports (that allow you to make money) just aren't appearing on the screen and had at one time. Someone is making a ton of money and you aren't - and you are working the same amount of time, have equivalent skills and are on the same acct.
Let's face it, we are all in need of money or else we would not be doing this thankless job - where we once were thought highly of and now are not.
I never noticed he was manic
I always liked him and thought he was cute. Now he kind of turns me off, though. Still want to see War of the Worlds, however. I always thought he had the nicest smile.
I have noticed too, since discovering (sm)
this board, I have wasted a lot of time reading and posting, too. But, I am so unmotivated, and I don't know why! I'm not usually this way, guess it's the heat, kids at home, etc. I hope when school starts back, in four days, I'll feel back to myself. 
I noticed it, too, using DQS for another company. nm
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Has anybody ever noticed that when a company with a relatively
good reputation is hiring, all of a sudden there are a bunch of posts bashing that company? It makes me wonder if the negative posts are from MTs who don't want any competition in the application process. Hmmm....
I've noticed this, as well. sm
I have cats and dogs. Very expensive. Vets have so much more in their arsenal now to help animals with. The supposed reason for doing the twice a year blood tests on cats/dogs over 10 is that their conditions change so quickly at that age. We have discovered thyroid, diabetic, kidney, and arthritic conditions in our older pets that have been controlled or minimized with medications and/or special prescription diets and we have been able to improve the quality and length of our pets' lives. Not to mention heart conditions that can show up and need medication. It all depends on how much you can afford to spend. It is truly amazing all that can be done to help our pets these days. Dental care is important for pets as periodontal disease can lead to serious conditions elsewhere in their bodies, just like people. Twice a year seems a bit much though, unless the pet has a really bad dental condition. One thing I have stopped is vaccinations (other than state-mandated rabies) on a yearly basis for cats over the age of 10 that are indoor pets. They really don't need it after many years of vaccine buildup in their systems and it can be too much for the aging systems to take. Best to consult with vet about that option.
Thanks for replying. I have noticed that there seem to be a lot of ads ... sm
that mention this. I am thinking of seeing if I can train on it. I currently work in DOS so at least I am used to that part. I usually use ShortCut for Windows but I do have ShortHand also but am not as familiar with it. Just thinking about it - thanks again for your help.
Have you noticed how many hits the ads have?
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I have noticed this myself as well, although I am a little older than you (49). SM
My short term memory has been declining. Just nice to know somewhat else has noticed this too. Not all in my head.
Another thing I noticed.
The company I work for uses the Olympus player. I plug the ear phones directly into the computer. I noticed a huge improvement when I changed from the old head phones I used with the C-phone to the head phones that came with the Olympus 4000. I also noticed a slight difference in my new computer with a Soundblaster card and an older computer.
I haven't ever noticed anything like that.
Did they make sure you had the latest version with all the bugs worked out? The only technical problem I ever had was at one point it stopped letting me edit my entry when I copied and pasted a block of text, I would have to save it and go back into it, but I rebooted my system and it worked fine after that. Do you have a way to save your glossaries and maybe uninstall/reinstall the program itself to see if that changes anything?
Has anybody else noticed anything different about Google
I hate what my Google is doing. Is it just me, or can I change it back to the way it previously was, or is this a new format that Google just came up with overnight???
Cool. Never noticed that. Thanks!
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Off the subject, but have noticed in most of
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Just in the last several months have I noticed (sm)
Chantix being prescribed on a pretty regular basis. I am a smoker and was thinking about asking my PCP about this, but now I'm not so sure. 
Have you ever noticed that residents/NP etc.
do not know the definition of the word "briefly." Some of the longest reports I do start the first paragraph with "Briefly, the patient is ..........." and then they ramble on for 10 or so minutes.
I noticed that with one company
I think the bottom line is the time it takes to recruit, interview, train, and get someone up and running is precious. So, it would make sense to give someone a break when needed if that's what it takes to not have to "start all over again." JMO. Have you noticed how many companies are hiring? It must be awful to try and keep people because one slip-up and the MT moves on. 
You may have noticed I did not say anything about the MT business
We are talking in excess of 30 MILLION U.S. jobs here. Yes, I am an MT and I have gotten another job. I was basically speaking for anyone who has lost a job to offshoring. That is how we come to the 30 million figure - it is not just MTs at MQ. It is bigger than that. I don't think enough has been said and to the right people to address this HUGE stimulant potential to our economy. I think if someone could possibly speak in total figures (unnamed by the government at this point) it probably would make a difference, especially when you look at the big picture. The MT business is only a part of this.
I worked for her, but when I noticed her sm
trend for NOT paying, I quit so fast before I go too far into the money she owed, She did pay me, but I did call the clinic/office manager, etc....and of course I WAS going to pursue it if she had not and I told her this.
I really pray you get your money. You MAy have to go after her legally.
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