I can understand your feelings ....
Posted By: Sara on 2005-11-06
In Reply to: I am from Washington state, right - me
I'm a West Texan (lots of sun and heat) and moved to Everett for about 6 months, I was SO depressed up there and starved for sunlight. What's really sad is ... the natives said "this is such a sunny year" *thud*. While I was up there, a report came out that Tacoma is the place with the highest suicide rate, lack of sunshine was one cause behind that.
Good luck, if you need sun, come see me! LOL
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My feelings are they are probably...
Shock, disbelief, anger, fear... I'm sure they are feeling all those things...plus uncertainty and full of questions. I know that is how I felt on 9-11. I am praying for them. America is not in this alone.
I'm having those same feelings
I was feeling sorry for myself, because as the storm was approaching my area yesterday, I had 3 contractors working on my house repairing damage inside from a roof leak. Then when I got home from work yesterday, the leak started again in the exact same spot and ruined all they had done. The roof was supposedly fixed before the inside repair started. Then as I was leaving for work this a.m., I saw a man from MS (where I live) interviewed on Fox News who had been holding his wife's hand and she was swept away. He was crying and the lady interviewing was crying and it was pitiful. The interviewer asked him where he was going next. He replied that he didn't have ANYWHERE TO go, that everything he had was gone. I just sat down and cried. At least I still have a roof! Praise God! May he watch over these poor people!
my feelings exactly (sm)
Just can't put them as eloquently (sp?) as you just did, but anyways, thanks!  for saying what I didn't. I too am SICK TO DEATH of hearing these people whine and cry, blaming Bush for everything!
Anyways, very very well said...Bravo to you! 
ALWAYS GO WITH YOUR FEELINGS...
Absolutely, positively put an end to it. Say, "Honey, this makes me feel uncomfortable. I am sure you are not doing anything wrong, but it does make ME feel uncomfortable, and since you are not doing anything wrong, you won't mind stopping this practice so that I will be more comfortable." If he balks, you can put him on the spot why he is having such a fit over a simple request. You can bet your booties the Child Protection Agency would frown HIGHLY on this practice. Good luck. And no, it may be all innocent, but why take the chance.
feelings
It's par for the course for this business, that's the nature of the beast. Even if you work for yourself, it's just as bad. They don't think you're human with a life. Spent many years in this profession and it's "thankless" but then there are those with no work at all. Know how you feel. Just take it a half day at a time. I always try to get over things by thinking of those less fortunate and count my blessings. It's hard, makes you feel bad not to have all the spare time others seem to have, but if you ask them, they probably are not happy either. Try to treat yourself to something nice a make a "grateful list". Works for me.
I have those same feelings
to our family gatherings. I always feel that it's an invasion in some way. I'm not sure why. She doesn't invite them because they don't have anywhere else to go, but it is as if she can't be with the rest of the family without these people with her. We are a fun and loving family, so I'm not sure what's is about, but I do resent these people being at our family gatherings. I'm praying hard that I will not feel this way this year.
You are not alone in your feelings at all! sm
I have been an MT for 9 years now and am worn out from the uneven workloads that result in feast or famine paychecks, overhiring, system issues, and endless just-off-the-boat ESLs who cannot not speak a real sentence to save their life. Then there are the nasty generic e-mails, conference calls that accomplish nothing but more confusion for everyone, and well, I am just tired of working like a dog on garbage accounts for the past 4 years and wearing myself out. It was much better for the first few years of my career but quickly went downhill. I have only been at 2 companies in 9 years. Thankfully my husband makes a good income and we do not really need mine at this point, but it makes me sad that I busted my buns at it this long, all the time thinking the industry just might turn around. I am just about over the at-home MT thing! 
You said it!! Exactly my feelings! ...sm
You train and train and do interns and then the MTSOs don't want to compensate you what you feel you are worth.
You have just stated my feelings exactly. nm
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I have mixed feelings.
My knee-jerk reaction is to boycott any company offshoring. It feels like a personal insult at times, toward American workers. This is a reaction, though.
My response (using the brain, not the heart) tells me that globalization of this and every other industry is here. It is not going away. I want the U.S. to be able to trade with other companies; I don't think it is in this country's best interest to be withdrawn from the world. While I would like to take it personally, from an intellectual perspective this was going to happen one way or another. The MT job as it is today would eventually be outdated by advancements in technology. So it is not like offshoring alone has caused these changes. All industries evolve. It is what allows us to have better products, cheaper prices, and more affordable living choices. This field is no different. This is a response.
I do not plan to martyr myself in vain for something that is following its natural path of progression. Taking such an obstinant position against change would be the greatest catalyst to my financial demise -- the world will go on changing, so I had better learn to change, adapt, and evolve with it!
never ignore your gut feelings
Every time I have ever ignored mine, I have regretted it. This is especially true when it comes to being a mom. Maybe it is mother's intuition or whatever. Kinda like when a kid wants to know why they can't do something...."Because I said so" sounds so lame when you don't really have a reason. However, I've learned the hard way if I feel something is wrong to listen to my inner instinct--it has never been wrong.
Feelings... nothing more than feelllnngsssss
So, I wanted to say, I came into this world 3 years ago after other hospital work..and thought the same thing, geeeeez what a load of whiners!! But, then I started sending off my great ideas that were continually ignored, worked loads of hours and was asked for more, was a major team player, etc etc. It is my nature to do so. But....THESE people.. have been pounded on. The industry's businesses have, for the most part, dodged every law and manipulated every scenario possible to their advantage, having not looked out for their people. I, personally, am working on something very significant with an attorney to align some of the compensation laws. I'm dumbfounded at what they are pulling off. I've had jobs with way more responsiblity than this, and this one is beating me up big time. There is every scenario available as there are MTs, so we can't compare each others'. It can be hard to be cheery (in fact, it would be inappropriate) if you poured your soul into a career that wasn't feeling right, but were stuck with it to meet financial demands. There isn't an ounce of anything objective and consistent in the world of medical transcription; decisions about everything are guesswork, and if you are in a good situation, consider thyself fortunate and help those who feel stuck to find find something better. I just left a miserable situation, and was shocked at the gagillions of people that wanted to bring me on having barely breathed hello into the telephone.. The people who need to improve are guided in no way...so I'm going to say it is great people have good experiences, but there's nothing cheery about losing your pay year by year and watching your benefits get yanked.. and and and. People won't quit whining until they feel understood and validated. My happiness and good fortune does not mean others are not entitled to the other. The real test comes in standing up for "that" and lending a friendly ear (and i'm not implying i'm good at that/lol. I say that in one side of my head while the other side is wishing everyone would quit whining right along with you, but heck, people are frazzled. I am not diminishing your happy days, really..How can we spread the love? Okay, I've now officially gone over the edge. Off to work! LaterLadies!
No Hard Feelings
I am giving you an internet hug. I hope it works out for you!!
my feelings and actions exactly!!! nm
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Honestly, and no bad feelings, but ....
Some MTSOs send dictations to India, where they are straight typed, then the reports are sent back to the US to the QA.
What happens next?
I assume that the QA corrects them and sends them to the client.
How does this affect the US MTs? In no way do US MTs correct the mistakes Indians make in their reports.
And in what way do MTs 'train' the Indian MTs?
The only ones who can rightly complain are the QAs.
Or do you think that the Indians type the reports straight, the reports are sent back to the US office, and the QA sends them as VR to an US MT for correction?
Wouldn't this be rather expensive?
4 cpl for Indian straight typing
4 cpl for US MTs correcting the Indian VR, plus possible QAing.
This would be 8 cpl, at least.
They might as well keep the whole thing in the US.
Correct me if I am wrong.
BTW no Indian can sneak into this forum, when the US MTs are so paranoid that they suspect even a US MT working on US soil to be an Indian working in India.
aer soparanoid tht they even suspect US MTs working an UDS soil to be Indian MTs workign uin India.
You've really hurt my feelings - NOT
NM
If you really don't want to cause hard feelings, just delete it
and if they ask always say that you just haven't had the time to check e-mails lately.
I agree with your feelings, but there is such a thing as --sm
going overboard. as much as minorities should be considered equally for jobs, education, etc., so should it be for all...not just minorities. ESLs are not the only ones that help keep MTs busy. transcription work can come from ALL dictationists, not just ESLs. Standards should be the same for all. Either lower them for the *white americans* or raise them for all others. I am not a racist and I do not defend one against the other, but it should be equal...across the board. That used to be the *American Way*, INCLUDING diversity.
You could send letters of your feelings
before this judgment came down. However, it is basically a "plea deal" and nothing can be done about it.
Then stopping trying to negate her feelings
Bully for you that you wouldn't feel slighted. How wonderful that you don't mind the benign neglect of your husband regarding your anniversary. At least, one would assume, that your husband does something that contributes to making your life pleasant, happy, and easier on a regular basis or does something that nurtures your soul in a romantic or loving way. However, other than signing my paycheck, while at the same time finding ways to get more work and more hours for less pay, my company does very little to foster the warm fuzzy feeling necessary to be able to overlook a cheap slight. As someone pointed out earlier, a 1 penny tip to a waitress is designed as an insult. I've gotten coupons worth more than $5 out of the Sunday paper, and I didn't have to risk carpal tunnel or sacrifice family time to get it.
I love reading your posts..and having my own feelings
You are so right
Yup, you have to say you're busy, and No, and I can't...and then stick to it, bad feelings or
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poster is wrong - snakes do have feelings...N/M
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MTs put too much personal feelings and angst into job. MTSO
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The key words "feel like I have been had". There are no feelings in business..sm
Unfortunately, there is no place for emotional feelings when doing business. I too learned the hard way, just as you have.
Sorry for your experience, but it will make you stronger and smarter for future dealings.
Good luck to you!
Not all have the warm and fuzzy feelings about mentors
I learned transcription inhouse in a hospital when I found out about a person being able to make more than just their salary each week by being fast and that I was. I thought it would be a piece of cake, hey I had worked in hospitals, both adult and children, doctor offices and the like. It took me a year of her training before I was put on incentive. My boss (mentor?) got upset with me 1 time and put me on 3 days work a week when I had been working full so then got a parttime job for those 2 days until the boss lady HAD to ask me to return. Their work was heavy in the first place, but that was what she did. Another time she told me after a person typed over 50 minutes a day (I was the only 1 doing this out of about 6 or 7 transcriptions)that then that person would stop and do paper work. I told her that would not work as it would only apply to me and I would have to go further up about that. Lastly when I left after 7 years working in transcription I had an outgoing evaluation and she put down average (instead of outstanding, superior) for attendance and told her I had not missed 1 single day of the last 3 years and she would have to give me the best mark on that if nothing else. She said she really had not checked her records. I am glad I learned but warm and fuzzy, not here. Reading above noticed you said only 2 more years until retirement. What is that? I am past retirement age now but this Friday am due to start drawing full social security payments. I am so excited and hope to continue working as the money will be twice of what I am making now. Sooooooooo excited.
I hope I didn't hurt your feelings - I'm sure
you'll be able to clean it up - I do that sometimes, too - I have my own way of working where I sometimes leave a s/l in a spot so I can go back and listen - I've even had the report accidentally go to the client like that because I hit the wrong key before I fixed the report!
Anyway, did you listen for the "cranial nerves" part?
Actually, you are incorrect. People post their feelings on this site
to having to register and give their personal information, IP address, etc. Be pro-AAMT. I choose not to and that is my right. No whining, no complaining...I am just one of those American MTs who doesn't see AAMT as glorious as you do. Also an Old MT.
Follow you "gut" feelings - they usually never steer you wrong!. nm
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I would be over there too.....but I also understand where
people are coming from when they say she is criticizing their gov't, etc. I can't say what I would do because I don't know what she is going through, but you can't just assume someone is guilty when there is no evidence to that. Those 2 brothers were held way too long and think about how their parents are feeling. There is no evidence that they did anything and we wouldn't be able to hold them like that over here w/ no evidence.
Don't understand
 I love it when I hear that an MT, at whatever company, is doing 2000, 3000, or more lines a day. I love to hear that because I am trying to increase my line count and this gives me encouragement. I love to hear how they do it and try to take their advice. I don't understand why some get so upset when they hear that an MT has a great line count. Why do they automatically have to be liars or cherry pickers? I think we should be picking their brains to find out how they are accomplishing this so that we can benefit from it.
So I say, keep on talking about your line counts for those of us who want to improve ourselves, please!
what if you can't understand the
customer service rep.....I've had many,many instances while dealing with CS reps from India where I was completely at a loss to understand what they were saying. I say, I you can't speak clearly get out of the field!
Understand
Hope it makes you feel better to know that not all of us out here expect you to keep it to yourself. It gets kind of lonely, and bad days are the worst for that. I have relatively good accounts also, working for a small MTSO, but some days it is all I can do not to come on here and whine. I say, if it makes you feel better, that is all that counts.
Here's what I don't understand - sm
Say we use a template and end up having to delete a lot of unused headings. How is that calculated into the line count? I guess what I'm trying to figure out is if we are typing to make up for the deleted headings, if this makes sense.
And, yeah, I suppose I could ask a company representative but I wouldn't really expect an answer and don't want to rock the boat.
SS is my 1st MT job and while it never quite passed the smell test to me, it was easy to get and quick to get started and is certainly giving me invaluable experience with ESLs, if nothing else. Yeah, the money stinks and I could certainly do without the nasty emails, but the thing is what it is: A foot in the door. And I may even try to keep SS as a backup if my new job turns out to be slow.
as i understand it,
QA addresses the body of the report or dictation, and QC's job is making sure the patient information or ADT is correct.
I understand what you mean sm
I definitely think people who get off on being rude, hateful and just plain nasty to others are not happy people. A happy person is usually cheerful, pleasant and helpful and that isn't always because they live in a bed of roses. I've known people who were always cheerful, pleasant and helpful even when they were dying inside. I guess their attitude gives them a serenity that makes them able to cope, I dunno but I would wish I could be more like those people. Some of them have had problems that would have, seems to me, weighted down a saint.
Hope your editor is in a better mood; meantime, just feel sorry for her/him, I'm betting he/she is way more miserable than he/she tried to make you. 
I understand thanks
NM
I can certainly understand, been
there myself, but I am currently working on an account that the second shift person does 5 to my 1, not because I pick or choose when I work or what dictations I transcribe but because of the difference in hours we work I get the responsibility handed to me to take care of things like corrections, researching problem dictations etc, that take away from my production but the other MT thinks I am also a cherry picker but I cannot do anything about what people think, so I do not complain either but rather just do what is required and I know more about the system we work in than anyone else on this account and still produce enough lines to make a good paycheck.
I don't understand. Why should they have to? Maybe they-sm
do a lot of it in-house, or maybe they use a smaller service. I don't know the answer, though. :)
UNDERSTAND
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I just don't understand....
How people get off demonstrating such grossly childish and rude behavior.  Something's making you unhappy honey--you really should do something about it. 
I understand now.
been working so long my eyes are crossing
I understand what you are saying
I was on one account that I always had to fill in some of the info in order to have the ADT do the search to fill it in completely. Most of those reports were short ones as well. The account I currently work on, fortunately, almost always has the ADT filled in and are longer reports. However, you are correct, we do not get paid for the cc info and that can be time consuming when the doc/address is not in their drop-down list and you have to type all the info in yourself. You made a very good point about not getting paid for this.
I don't understand why someone
who has a 4 year degree would be a manager for K-Mart. It seems weird to me.
I don't understand
Well now, call me crazy, but I didn't respond to you yet. There must be an imposter out there.
don't understand
I must be dense but don't understand your question, do you mean how much does this equal if you were to get paid for spaces? Also how many characters in a line or is this a gross line? A simple test would be to check a document you had typed, using Word, see what your character count is with and without spaces divide by whatever your line count is and see the difference. Also see what your gross line is. Again, my brain could be dead on a Saturday after a very busy week but I don't understand what you are looking for as you don't give enough info.
Yes, I understand both of those
what if there are words following the quantity and unit of measure that make it end up sounding more like a sentence? Here is another example:
ANESTHESIA: 50 mg of Demerol were given along with 75 mcg of fentanyl.
It just looks wrong to me. Most of the time I end up flipping it around to say ANESTHESIA: Demerol 50 mg... etc., but I'm still wondering if it's okay to just leave it the original way.
Try to understand.
There are are three MTs scheduled to work 8-5 and 200 jobs to type. A fourth MT comes on at 8:00 A.M. because he sees a high volume of work. He/she sits down and begins typing for two hours at the end of which time there is no work. The three MTs who should have had 200 divided by 3 work to do for the morning have had 200 divided by 4 work and now have nothing left to do but sit and wait for the next flow of work. The fourth MT goes to have lunch, nap or play with the kids. (His/her schedule does not start until 3:00 PM. But at noon, she/he sees another drop of work, and she/he sits down and types for an hour. Then, the initial three MTs finish up their shift and the fourth MT comes on to begin a shift by clocking in.
Do you see where I am going with this?
When there is an unusually high number of reports, and TAT is threatened, calling for help is necessary but otherwise, I just do not see it as anything but intrusion and theft.
I think I understand her. Unfortunately, when there is
no required signature, people feel free to say what they wouldn't if they had to sign. If the negative posts could just be ignored, that'd be great, but you really have to see both to know which not to click on. Even people trying to be helpful here get attacked. It's very strange.
don't quite understand
I've usually worked at in-house jobs, so am clueless about this stuff....what do you mean by "double-dip"??
I'm not sure I understand this.
So you're saying we're all capable of murder, rape, etc. if that's what we want? I'm certainly not! We're all capable of desiring the same sex if we choose to? I don't think so.
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