I'm not spring chicken! LOL I turned 40 today!

• Forced to work scheduled shifts..no flexibilty..what gives??? So frustrated. - Frustrated
  • Companies have to be sure they are covered for specific times, many - j
    • yes you can..... - me
      • I am an IC also and work - countrymt
    • Wrong answer. You are mistaken. - IC work is flexible.
      • She does not say she is an IC. If they are requiring an 8-hour day then she - j
        • Also, the MQ does not have IC, only PT and FT, so they do set schedule. (nm) - j
    • What's the point of workign at home if there is no flexibilty? - Frustrated
      • See inside .... - deb
  • What about this scenario: - Beyond Frustrated
    • Cannot legally require you to commit time to them as an employee and then not pay you for that time. - seems to me
      • I have to agree - LinK
    • You need to read IRS laws....they have to pay - you for down time if employee
  • If you are paid hourly, you obviously are not an IC. sm - searching
  • Companies have to be able to count on - when you'll work.
    • I would have to disagree. - As an IC it is against the law to require
      • Totally agree with you. Often compare my work with that of a painter - sm
      • You know about the part about independent but - Nope
      • I was promised I would have flexibility, then NOTHING - Frustrated
        • About benefits - Just remembered
        • I have small kids too - SameBoat
          • Ahh..someone who knows what Im feeling! - Frustrated
            • You're not alone.. - lb
        • Your idea of flexibility obviously isn't the same as - your employer's.
          • I did ask those questions!!!!!!!!!!! - Frustrated
            • Couple questions for Frustrated - amybee
              • Oops - amybee
            • I would think a split shift would benefit them! - Hayseed
              • Thank you so much for being nice! :) - Frustrated
              • Dear Frustrated, here's another idea . . . - AgingMT
                • I am an IC too, and this is what I did - melissa
                • These are great ideas..thank you so much! :-) (nm) - Frustrated

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do that, and maybe they'd have enough shame to give you a lift back to the station to go home.

I wouldn't let anybody keep me from being with my dad  on TGD. Are you sure -- and I'm not trying to inflame you -- that you aren't maybe a little jealous of your steps? Just suck it up and go, don't be a martyr.

Just one flower. 

I like it about 75 degrees with maybe a slight breeze.  Plus, spring is when the lilacs bloom, all the critters have babies, and the garden starts to grow.  The mosquitoes are out now in the early morning and evening, and it's 98 degrees or more during the day.  It's better than winter, though.  Fall is OK, but it makes me sad because everything is dying and winter's coming.

Don't know about elsewhere in the US, but here in the east tonight is the night we turn our clocks ahead one hour. 

I had some pretty serious medical problems a year ago and was completely out of it from the middle of March to the middle of April so I have no recollection of time during that period.  Does anyone recall the exact date that we "sprang" forward last year?

I have a MS Natural multimedia keyboard that I used for about a month before I lost one of the springs that goes underneath the space bar. I tried other keyboards, even springs from pens, but nothing works. Does anyone have ideas on what to try or have a nonworking one that they can sell me the spring out of?

Thanks!

my ShortHand would type only the first letter of an expansion and then take all the letters away!  I checked and the Type It button is grayed out!  I have restarted the computer and looked on the Shorthand Help menu but can find nothing that applies.  Can anyone please help me ASAP?  I am lost without it!  TIA

But this article states it would only affect new customers right now.  So I am upset over nothing.  I went through heck with BellSouth when they charged me a surcharge of an extra 50 a month and then would write a letter saying I had to switch to a long distance service and pay by the minute because of my "excessive" use. They told me the unlimited charge was for an average of an hour a day not somebody who worked out of their home and I needed to switch a business plan at over 200 a month charge.  I switched over to cable because of that and then to read that cable was going to charging on a per use fee and not a flat monthly fee it upset me.  It is the nature of our work, VR, only paying for VBC, having headers and footers taken away, now being charged for being on line, etc.  It just seems that everything is done to keep to insure less money.

Used to work in-house, but on my own now. Love working at-home too! :)

wife's kind of job......need a second income to live.

It is no longer a career

It is no longer a respectable job.

They have lowered it to _drop in_ make a few bucks_go to bed

But don't expect or receive RESPECT, A LIVING, OR ANYTHING ELSE

from a transcription company.  They are there to make the profit

OFF OF YOU.

Bows sounds real darn good - when do we start - I'll make the

wagon to sell them from - I'm pretty handy with power tools now since

my husband left because I had to type 26 hours a day!  Stupidly he thought

we should have a life.

since I was 21.  I love my job and wouldn't trade it for the world.  I also have several friends whom are my age that do this work and though our work changes with the science of medicine, I think you are going to find your job changing in whatever field you are in because everything changes and evolves over time.  I do understand where you are coming from though about people my age not being pushed towards this field.  I can't tell you how many times when I meet new people and I tell them what I do, they have no clue what transcription is, LOL. 

The only people that give this profession a bad name and a bad rap is the people who are unhappy.  Sure, I have had my ups and downs in this position, but I have also had other jobs where I have had those same ups and downs in different fields.  It is called moving on and finding peace within yourself.  If you are unhappy, fix it.  Only you can make your own happiness, nobody else can make it for you. 

and find all kinds of slander about the x-3.  So if you are confident that I have been "bad mouthing" the company give me your facts.  If I recall correctly I went off on you and apologized for it.  You are the one in the end that said you needed time to lick your wounds.  I have not bad mouthed the company to anyone!!!!  and to quote someone whom I thought was an excellent friend "venting to friends is okay, that is what friends are for."

I am actively seeking employment, will continue to do so, and keep my opinions of the company to myself.  If you feel I have done otherwise share the facts you have, give me a chance to defend myself.......

It tears me apart on a daily basis that we have no friendship........if you truly feel you cannot forgive me that is fine, but please don't bash me on a public board about things that are not true. 

but can't remember all the details.  I think they offered 10 cpl for IC and 11 cpl for lines over 12,000 per pay period.   You have to "punch the clock" , which I just won't do.  Sorry I don't remember other details. 

I am new to MT but I am not new to hard work and determination.  Companies have turned me down just because I don't have experience.  I know I don't have years and years of experience but that doesn't mean I am inapt.  I have decided to seek out my own accounts because I am tired of waiting from someone else’s approval.  It is scary but I am determined to make this work.  I really need your input on what type of doctors I should start with.  I was thinking family medicine or psychology since I have experience with medical coding in these areas.

Please offer your honest opinion on how I can make this work.  If there is anyone else that has started out as a newbie and is transcribing on his or her own, please reply with advice also.

But if you are going to rude or cruel please don't reply.

I for sure am not going to sit and proofread my posts and sometimes fingers go where they go.  If people feel the need to proofread others posts they REALLY need to get a life or a friend or something.  I had another person do this to me on another board and I cannot tell you how aggravating it is.  I have a 99.58% accuracy rating and make plenty of mistakes in my email posts.  This is NOT WORK.  This is play and the fact that you feel the need to criticize people just tells us all about YOU.

I tried a new 'keyboard shortcut' and miraculously not only did it not work, it turned my desktop on Windows sideways.

Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Thanks!