I agree...I have been busy with work all summer
Posted By: Keystroker on 2008-08-21
In Reply to: busy, busy, busy - Anon
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My summer has been very busy
but that's because most of the other ICs at my hospital take their vacation this time of year and the work is backed up. It really depends on various factors but there is usually an ebb and flow like the other poster described.
Allegiant has clinic accounts and is busy, busy, busy
If you're an IC and are looking for plenty of work, freedom to set your own hours, low daily line requirement (500), great supervisors, and easy clinic accounts, then Allegiant may be the right company for you. You can apply by going to www.allegianttranscription.com.
Allegiant's pay scale is 7 cpl also, but would you rather get 7 cpl and easily transcribe 250 lph or get 10 cpl and struggle to do 150 lph. Give me 7 cpl any day and spare me the headache.
Busy, once again I totally agree
with you. I work as much as I can, I am SE and I was told if I want, I can work 80 hours a week. When they limit my hours (as will be done Jan 1 when we are only allowed to do 40), then I will just work another job. It is so simple.
The docs are so busy with their own work (sm)
and keeping up the hectic schedules forced upon them by the suits in management at their establishments (i.e., the "run 'em in, run 'em out" 10-minute patient visit slots) that I'm sure some of them don't even know who the current President is.
Well, work is super busy..so not much time..no harm no foul..sm
Working 14 hours a day puts a cramp into watching the news lately, so have not seen much, nor had much time to really think about it. Did the donation through both of our work, caught a bit of news...but I cannot help anymore by sitting in front of a television, so a bit slow on the news intake here.
I'd quit! Too much busy work. So much of this is automated now, lists, names, etc. Move on and fi
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I was hit by all 3 that summer, I lost power, I lost work, I lost savings...but..sm
NEVER did my employer in any way imply or threaten or dare even mention that my job was in jeopardy because I could not work immediately following a trifecta of natural disasters! My jaw agape is not at your concern about working, but at your concern that you would lose your job because of it. Companies have to have a heart in some situations. You're one MT, your company won't go under without you working for a week or 2 or 3.
she was too busy for you the way you are often too busy for her...what's the question? nm
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We did that for one summer...
It was the worst and we were both resentful of the whole thing. Once he found a great job, everything was better. A good man needs to work, that is just how it is. Now our issue is that because I am at home trying to work and be with the kids, I wind up working from the moment I get up to the time I go to bed. He gets home and relaxes, which really irks me at times, but I am the one who gets to do everything with the kids. I guess it all comes out in the wash.
since last summer
I just keep sticking with it but many days I am this close to throwing in the towel. There are some really nice people there though.
End of the summer, especially
worst time of the hurricane season. However, Aruba is supposed to be just outside of the hurricane belt so you should not have trouble vacationing there, unless you're cruising of course.
I never even got any time off this summer.
I worked more hours than usual instead of cutting back. Now, summer is almost gone, and I still can't take any time off.
Happy 1st day of Summer!
Any exciting destinations this year? I'm afraid I just don't have anything lined up except WORK. Ewww! 
Try $400 and summer has just begun... nm
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I upgraded RAM from 256 to 1 gig this summer for only about
$50 at Best Buy. Maybe $30. And they installed it for me. The $$ included the installation. Just a FYI
summer slow?
People who are low on work might try working evenings. Doctors tend to dictate after they see their patients during the day.
There is some loss of lines with some companies due to EMR I believe
My parents both worked and over the summer they LET us go to
summer camp AND it wasn't cheap for them either. Three kids going to camp 5 days a week (Thursdays were skate day), compare that to what that would cost today. My brother, sister, and I were at camp from 8 AM to around 5 or so and yeah we were beat when we got home, but my folks made sure we weren't "latchkey" kids or running the neighborhood getting into who knows what kind of trouble. My folks spent quality time with us, too, in the evenings, on weekends, holidays, and vacation, but they BOTH had to work to support us. So, for the person who has unjustly persecuted CampMom, please try to be more considerate.
P.S. I should also add that my siblings and I have some of the best memories of summer camp. Did I say that I'm 42 years old?
I wish. I have tried 4 babysitters this summer and each one lasted a DAY!
My kids are a little hyper LOL!!
Sort of, but can't be any worse than the AC this summer - over $450
My laptop was a godsend one summer - sm
My airconditioning went out in my house. It was nearly 100 degrees outside and my home was sweltering. I took my extension cord, my laptop, my transcriber (yep, I still had some accounts on tape) and the whole shebang and moved it to the patio. At least there, I could jump in and out of the pool, stay in the shade and thankfully there was at least some movement in the air as opposed to the house. I did that for about 4 days before the air got fixed. It has also been wonderful for traveling.
Now, I have a laptop and an all-in-one desktop from Sony. Even if I need to, I can just take the whole desktop outdoors or on the road becuase it is only about twice the size of the laptop.
Portability is a wonderful thing.
Stolen Summer (2002).
Synopsis
In 1970s Chicago, two boys bridge the sectarian divide between the Jewish and Irish-Catholic faiths and forge a friendship. When the Jewish boy discovers he is dying, his Christian friend vows to assist him in his quest to go to heaven, with predictable reactions from their families. This film is the result of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Project Greenlight and was well received at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
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What are your vacation plans this summer? sm
I'm getting married in 11 days so my week vacation afterwards will be spent honeymooning in Helen, GA, which is where we're getting married. 
Last Dance by Donna Summer
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Happy Summer Solstice!!....sm
THIS second a mini-vacation begins for me - until Monday morning!!! *does a happy dance* 
Hope everyone gets some time off for a little R&R this time of year!!! 
Kids home for summer
I'm lucky enough to have a 14 year old as well as my 4 year old. She gets extra money over the summer to watch her while I'm working and in the neighborhood that we live in there are so many kids outside, a lot of them good friends who are older, that it's not too much of a problem. I would definitely look into a teenager in the neighborhood who my need some spending money. Also, last year my youngest went to summer bible camp for a few weeks, and old older daughter went along and volunteered so I had a nice break too.
Last summer I applied to 2 companies and sm
was offered positions at 9 and 9.5, which is basically what I asked; I think I indicated I wanted 10 but didn't push it because I was in the same boat as you. I have less experience than you but am a skilled transcriptionist. BTW, I accepted the lower one because it came with a good production bonus schedule that makes my actual pay routinely between 10 and 11 and a good platform that helps me achieve a pretty high line count.
I started college this summer to get out of it!!! nm
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? on this ungodly hot summer day, if you could live (and die) anywhere in the world, where would you
choose? Just one choice please and assume it's your very last move in your lifetime so choose carefully.
Sure! As soon as I'm back from my summer home in the Hamptons!
Anyone seen Paul McCartney in concert this summer?
If so, how was it?
Our gas prices are just over $3/gallon and summer's coming!
I'll want to use my A/C in my car plus do a little extra driving in the summertime.
Right now it's costing me about $44 to $46 to fill my tank up. It HURTS!
Thinking about buying a bicycle to get around town on! lol
to those of you who have young kids at home for summer
As I understand, daycare is a touchy subject here but I am looking for some opinions. I have been MTing for 10 years now part time. During that time I had my 3 kids. With the PT hours it worked out great. Now not too long ago I started FT (8 hrs/day). This has been since the school yr started. My older two are in school all day. My youngest is 2 and goes to the neighbors house. With summer coming all three will be home. Its tough because they are 10, 8, 2, the older two argue constantly it seems. I feel bad to have them have to take care of their 2 yr old sibling on summer break. They all go in different directions. I am weighing my options on what to do. Anyone else in this situation or have any suggestions? If I were putting less hours in I would have no prob. I understand a lot of you are able to do this with no prob, but it just doesn't work in my house unfortunately.
I dont think they will do anything on the new pay plan during the Summer for obvious reasons and
those being if people quit and with so many on vacation they may not be able to cover their accounts. So I bet we will hear pretty quickly in September. Yep I bet.
anybody bored with this summer? favorite month/season?
too hot to do anything. give me late september or early october please.
Only during the summer. Wild colored toe socks in winter.
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Just don't go in the summer. The guides say that the first week in December is ideal. nm
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I don't have Raynaud's but I always have cold hands when I type even in the summer! I keep a
heating pad under my desk. I turn it on and sit on my lap and use it as kind of a muffler for my hands. Every so often, I stick both hands into the sleeve that covers the pad and let them warm up. It works really well! I also bought a pair of cheap knit gloves, the kind that stretch to fit any hand, and I cut the fingers tips off and wear them when I type. In the colder months when I get cold feet, I have a space heater under my desk blowing directly on my tootsies.
When I first started out as an MT, I used to laugh at all the little quirks the older MTs I worked with had and now here I am with all my different quirks and orthopedic and electrical equipment just to make my work day comfortable. And don't even get me started on my drugs!
Please, I transcribe from a lounge chair at the pool during the summer.
That way my daughter gets some time at the pool having fun, I get work done. I do mostly VR, so not a lot of actual transcribing involved, just a word here or comma or period there.
I've worked from the beach in Key West. I've worked from the lake. I take my laptop when visiting family around the holidays. That is the beauty of having an at-home job and a laptop. You can take your work with you anywhere and never miss out on family life! And no I do not sacrifice privacy or accuracy. I'm good at what I do. I'm one of those fortunate MTs that could transcribe in grand central station with trains coming and going and thousands of people milling about. I'm very focused. Once the headphones are in my ears, you have to pretty much send up a flare or smack me upside my head to get my attention and then you will scare the bejeezus outta me when you do.
Don't knock it until you try and just because you can't work in anything but total silence and solitude, doesn't mean that everybody needs total silence and solitude.
I agree 100%. I had so much work
this morning that I already got my lines in!!!!! I guess I will keep working and do extra! They can keep complaining, it is giving me more work. Maybe MQ found out who they are and are routing their work to us. LOL!!! LOL!!!! LOL!!!!
AGREE - I used to work as a QA there
was promoted. Anyone who cannot construct a logical sentence or spell common words, much less edit a medical report correctly because she has only 2 years of MT experience, has no business running a QA department. When people are promoted because they kiss a$$ and threaten to go on strike, whatever that means, if they aren't, is working for a company that has dirt-low standards. I am much, much happier at Amphion.
I work M-F and I agree with you. There are SM
several MT's on my team who are addicted to over-time and will not stop.
Isn't there a way work can be routed to you and cut off to others who do not belong on-line?
Agree. Think she want to work a lot but have
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Working on my Masters in Counseling Psych. I should be done in Summer 2007.
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In our area of NY, I've found that hot summer weekends are terrible...sm
for sales. No one wants to get out of their cars in the heat! Have done best in early spring or in Sept/Oct., here anyway. And a Fri./Sat. combo is more successful than a Sat./Sun. weekend. Have BIG signs at major intersections and showing the way into your neighborhood and right to your house. Run an ad in the Garage Sale section of your paper. Be prepared for early birds coming down your driveway or right into your yard 2 hours ahead of time. Block your driveway with a car or sawhorses until you're actually open, but be ready to say 'come back later' when people show while you're setting up. Have prices on everything or group things by price in one location. Have lots of singles and quarters for change. Bring your phone outside with you. Paper and pen if people want to call you later. Have packing material for glass and china, plastic or paper bags for purchasers. Some hard candy/mints on a table out of sun helps people stick around longer. If you have big jackets, long dresses, bedspreads, etc. put them up for display - on hangers, in trees, strung up between ladders. Try and keep all your displays up at table height - people aren't keen on getting down on the ground to paw through boxes or check out stuff spread out on a bedsheet. Use every card table, picnic table, folding table, etc that you can find for displaying stuff. If you have anything electric to sell, have an extension cord plugged in so people can see that items still work. Keep expensive small items near you at your 'check out' station to keep them from walking away. And always be ready to come down on price as everyone will ask you, "can you do any better?" Or "what's your best price on this?" Enjoy your sale and treat yourself to pizza after all your hard work! :)
Lost two accounts so far. Both very high volume. Another division due to go in summer.
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Never agree to work w/o spaces. No way.
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I agree. As long as you have the work
option to give work to another IC. I has a client that used other ICs. Just because I transcribed for one physician didn't mean I could expect to receive all of their work. Being an IC is being your own boss, not your client's boss to tell them who the can and cannot contract with. JMO.
I agree....some piece of work....sm
The children today (NOT Generation X as they were products of the 1980s)......have enough to be frightened over in this world that has changed dramatically....we, as parents, don't have to make them more scared and more scared. Parenting is an art - there are lots of free classes in early childhood development or PET (parent effectiveness training) which I took when my child was 4. It was also taught by a psychologist with a degree. There are sooooo many good positive ways to raise children where one doesn't have to *resort* to *submission* and still get super positive results.
There are also obedience schools for learning how to raise animals.....the poster should check into these things.....
Pedophiles always use *scared into submission* when they are about to steal a child and do nasty things.....TO THE POSTER WHO BELIEVES IN *SCARED INTO SUBMISSION* - you keep on doing this to your children, and maybe some perpetrator will also play on that reaction your children now have from being *scared into submission*....HEAVEN FORBID! But when you make a child scared into submission, they then tend to be scared into submission by any ADULT.
Check yourself on this one......
Totally agree . It is all in where you work.
I make 50K plus a year working 8 hours a day. Still love this job after 25+ years.
No shoes, barefoot in summer, heating pad on low in front of foot pedal
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I work as an IC and when I agree to take work, I have to
have it back to them by 6 a.m. the next morning, but, I let them know when I can work. It is definitely not an every day thing. She does not tell me when to work, only the TAT.
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