I read recently (think it was Good Housekeeping) that it was one of the top 5 up and coming (sm)
Posted By: hvlmt on 2006-06-21
In Reply to: My DH has decided to become a Pampered Chef demonstrator. - NYer
businesses - think it was actually 3rd... it was an impressive article - from what I have read - very impressive company. The gal I know makes a ton of money but she works her butt off and loves her work and her company
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A recipe I saw in Good Housekeeping!
Carolina pulled chicken from March issue. Looks good.
I read a post on here recently that one MT
rooms in her house (I think a guest room and office) and moves from room to room with different accounts. If you have the $, I think that would be neat!
No, but I did read recently that the MPGs are a bit padded - sm
on hybrid and regular gas cars---the info. I dug up basically said take whatever the figure they say is the MPG and hack off 25% to get a more realistic figure in terms of gas mileage.
There is also a good movie hopefully coming out soon. sm
it is more about maternity care in the US and how horrible it has evolved in the last decade or so. Lake and director Abby Epstein explore the intervention of modern medical practices in the birth process, which has led to alarming rates of drug-induced labor and cesarean sections performed in America. it actually has ricki lake in there too with her home births.
http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/
housekeeping
Honestly,I have been an MT for over 25+ years. The best and most satisfying job I ever had was cleaning homes on the side. I would do my transcription but I need to move. I was in the best physical shape, my mental attitude was healthy, and it kept me from getting a stiff back having typed 8-10 hour days. I loved it and seriously, I am going back to it. I love helping families keep organized and it is for my OCD, very fulfilling for me.
Housekeeping as an alternative ...
... has anyone gone from MTing to housekeeping in a hotel? I can't support myself as an IC and can't meet the requirements for employee status. What are the going wages in the South? Do I have a snowball's change of being hired in my 50's??? I'm desperate.
Not true. Housekeeping is a VERY necessary job!
Isn't there something else YOU can do other than make ugly statements about other people's choices?
Not housekeeping related but why would you be
engaged to someone who not only doesn't help financially but also brings their mother along for the ride?
A good article to read...
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Good question, but that's what I read...
...and now that I've cleaned my office, I can't find the book I read it in!
I did look up an association of science writers and they have lots of info, and this page seems to have a link to the discussion of whether science writers need a Master's degree. It's too early in the a.m. for me to have read it, though!
http://www.nasw.org/resource/beginning/archives/000184.htm#more
Diane
Good read. Thanks for posting.
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you need to read her post again, then take a good look at your own.
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Good way to keep her accounts. SOMEONE has to read this stuff over
EVERYONE makes mistakes.
Good thing I proof read LOL
I was just proofreading my reports before I send it and instead of typing that the lady hit her head on a window, I typed she hit her head on a widow. Ha Ha. I thought to myself - hope they weren't on the way to the funeral. Okay, having way too much fun here.
Good question. Can't wait to read your replies.:)
I am in a similar situation. I have no idea what to do either but don't want to turn either one away. One I have had for 3 months but get paid equivalent to once a month which sent me on my job search in the first place. Two of the jobs called me back and they both want FT. One is more flexible and the work is easier but the other seems more reliable and answers e-mails right away. They both have direct deposit which is huge for me. The one I have now doesn't. I am so confused. Need to make a decision today. Maybe we should team up?
Let us know how what you decide. I will be checking back to see how things went. Good luck.:)
Actually READ my post. I wrote "A GOOD COMPANY"
Thick, thick, thick.
I'm so not a good cook and read the recipe below regarding briskets. May I ask what exactly is
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Gotta read the whole thing, says supposedly good sense...
…Did not say they did....supposedly and do 2 different things- right?
Read the tips from the poster at the top of the board about Word. Good suff! nm
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read the whole post - good lord- you act like I am telling you to work for free--
The fact is "YOU ARE NOT TYPING THE LINE" So why get paid to type that line?
I merely suggested hourly pay. Good Grief!! If you people didn't have something to argue about, I think you would all go bananas.
In 12 years of MT'ing I've never re-read an entire chart. Edit/read as I type. nm
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Yes, I read your post, and I just re-read it, and I've copied and pasted for you in case
you've forgotten your own words! Your post above is 100% different "flavor" to it, now all positive and cheery! Your first post was 100% doom and gloom every which way, including "raining on your parade", and "if you want to go forward"...God, sounds like she's talking about jumping into oncoming traffic! Here is your quote:
My first boss (the one who hired me as a new grad) gave me some words of wisdom that I haven't forgotten. She said that transcribing at home with small children NEVER works under any circumstance. Either the work will suffer or the parenting will suffer.
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How can the word "NEVER" in caps be interpreted in any positive way? You took about 8 paragraphs to cover every aspect and completely dash this poor woman's dream. I'm not blind, I'm not talking about day care at all, I'm talking about the total negativity of your original post! You know exactly what I'm talking about, cause you added some sugar to your second version! And that's much nicer than the first!
Oh I've read that site and continue to read it...sm
I agree...much motivation there. I have tried to quit numerous times in the past and did successfully quit when I was pregnant for the first time many years ago but I have never managed to summon up the strength or resolve to stay quit. Thus the "need" for a financial investment in my efforts. It somehow makes it more motivational to know that I have $$$ invested in this effort over and above the $$$ saved on cigarettes.
Who had time to read?LOL I only get a chance to read This Old House once in a while. (nm)
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where are you coming from????
Do you actually think these people are all addicts? These are the common people who could not afford to get out, probably making a lot less an hour than you do. They had no vehicle, and they left their homes with all their possessions in their arms. These people are starving and dying on the streets. It could just as easily have been you or me, and they just want to survive! If it had been a foreign country, help would have been there lickity split.
Are these cks coming
I don't think I'd cash them either. They don't make sense from what I'm reading. Has anybody contacted the law firm handling the class action suit for the MTs to see what's up there and if these are connected?
I'd sure hate to have your be "settling" by you cashing them and you not even know it.
Their day is coming! Nobody
If they were smart they invested what things came to them under
the table for selling us out down the river, because the bottom will
fall out from under them soon enough.
Right now the United States is in such a weakened state, the world is
ready to pounce on us. They are talking in the Trillions we are in debt now as
a nation.
And this coming from someone
who works at Scribes? LOLOLOL This is the funniest thing I have heard all year. They are the biggest scam artists around!
Hey! I'm coming right over to help!
Does not sound bad to me! The only thing is...be sure to check out what other posters said about "Are they making you claim 13 cpl or just what you are really getting, which is 9.75 cpl." You do not want to claim more than you are receiving. Don't worry about the taxes. They are a headache but you would be, basically, self-employed and would have to pay federal taxes just like EVERYONE does, and you would have to pay BOTH your share of SS, just like we all do anyway, PLUS the employers half of SS. Then, at the end of the year, you get the employers half back on your federal income tax form. You might even have to fill quarterly, but maybe not if you don't make very much. An accountant could give you advise on all this.
They know what's coming
I have relatives in Naples and the last time I saw, the center of the projected path puts Naples right in the center.
me, too.... keep it coming.... nm
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They know what is coming. So now we pay big
bucks for tons of ice to melt in warehouses in northern states because of incompetence of govt officials. Maybe if people relied less on the govt we could have lower taxes.
I do not object to helping those in areas who have a disaster that cannot be predicted such as an earthquake, but it seems that Florida wants everyone to rebuild their houses several times a year and feed them even longer. Those areas are known to be hurricane prone, so get out when disaster is coming.
At least they got a little of what they had coming to them.
I don't envy you at all. I know my husband would have no qualms about closing the road leading to their house. Unfortunately, you still have to live near them, so probably don't want to cause any more problems than necessary.
Good luck.
And you are coming across like you want me to be in ... sm
complete agreement with you...well, I put in my facts based on my experience....I wish you well...take care and have a blessed week!!
They might just get what's coming to them
Already thousands of people in the U.S. are going to India for their medical care. They can pay for the flight there and back, a top-notch operation in a top-notch facility with a private nurse and a private room afterwards, some time to vacation and recuperate--all for about 25% of what it would cost just to have the operation in the U.S., forget all the other goodies. What goes around comes around. When a doctor gives you the "I don't give a crap" look when you discuss offshoring, do be sure to bring up how offshoring affects him as well.
I see where you are coming from
but I don't feel the need to type fast for low wages. I type fast too, but I don't like to compromise patient care by being a speed demon. It is just too dangerous in my opinion.  Why are you so against someone staying at home to take care of children meanwhile making a little part-time money? Not all newbies only make 8 cpl. Not all newbies sign up to work for the nationals that post jobs here either. Not everyone that posts here work for nationals either. JMO.
No, I see where you are coming from.
However, you have to understand that most MTs are not paid hourly and are paid per line. Some of us with 20 years are still only offered between 8-10 cpl if we're lucky.
Just be ready to job hunt and read here about the different companies. Spheris big time off shores and underpays.
You may want to either go to school (hopefully your hospital pays for that) or look for another on-site job that pays hourly. With Spheris you'll have to work from home (which sounds dandy) until you actually do it.
It works well for me right now, but I plan to get back on site as soon as my kids get a little older. It is very hard to separate work from home when you work from home.
There will probably be no benefits for you either especially at part-time.
You could wait until the bridge is there to cross it, try out Spheris, and then go from there.
NO... Just recently.....
my sister came home to a real disaster. She left for work at the beginning of a thunderstorm and came home to find everything blown out in her house and scorched burnt wallpaper in places on the walls. Apparently the lightening hit the Invisible Fence wire around the perimeter of her property, traveled into the garage where the power box for the fence was, and breached her circuit box and traveled up into the sockets in the house. She lost TVs, her computer, all sorts of items which were destroyed. I'd unplug and wait it out.
i just recently became SE
and all i can tell you is that when i talked with my accountant about what to do with the 401k that i already have, knowing my situation, she gave no indication of there being a problem maintaining this as an SE.
I recently got one because I could not
adjust to the earphones my company sent. I got mine from the Dictation Store and they were $9, but shipping is about $8. I just got standard shipping and I think it took 2 days to get it, though I'm on the same coast.
I had one of those recently.
Foot pedals wouldn't work (I tried several). Keyboard keys (F1, etc.) wouldn't work. I ended up using the mouse on media player to stop, start, and back up the dictations. Obviously it takes much longer to transcribe anything that way because it's a pain in the neck to use the mouse to operate the player, and you're much more prone to make mistakes because of the clumsiness and hassle involved.
The test I took was very easy (radiology). They graded it the same as if I had had full use of a foot pedal and no technical difficulties. There were a few simple errors that were obviously the result of not being able to quickly back up and re-listen to things. They also counted off for minor stylistic "errors" even though they did not make it known anywhere that they required the use of a specific set of style guidelines on the test (presumably the BOS). I now regret taking that test at all under those ridiculous circumstances.
In the end I concluded that they either didn't know how to administer a test or it was all designed to be an ambush to stifle the MTs they had decided they didn't like and weren't about to sign a contract with. Or both. In any case, I would never choose to work with a place that incompetent or that nasty anyway.
I have done several recently and
every single one of them required you to type it into Word 2003 and email it in so that they can read it.
Maybe you were testing with bigger companies than I was, though and they have some other way to test.
Why does it seem that VR/SR has just recently taken off
it just really seems like in the last few months everyone on here has been forced to go VR (I know not ALL of you), but the majority. My work had one account on VR last year and now ALL accounts are within the just the past months. Why all of a sudden are we getting bombarded with it. It doesn't seem to matter what company or what platform, but it is taking us by storm. I happen to like VR myself, but WOW its exploding!! Want your opinion as to why "all of a sudden"?
From what I have seen recently,
they are hiring people with little or no experience and getting rid of the ones who have tons of experience and can learn quickly and can start producing at the get go. They advertise for experienced MTs with acute care experience but they are not keeping them. They even laugh and joke about it.
thank you for coming to my defense (sm)
Of course I know my financial situation, but we have missed a few payments, have tried to contact the lein holder, but to no avail.
coming from corporate
corporate requiring 12,000 lines/pay on avg or you will be dropped to SE status
I am going to be coming to this site
from now on. I get so sick and tired of the rudeness and trolling at another board. You all rock here!!! Thanks for having me:)
Something is coming..Spheris
Get ready to bend over.
Pisces here, don't know if I am coming or going. nm
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Probably take out as we will be coming back that day - sm
from VA Beach. Jenny spent last Easter in hospital after her nephrectomy for Wilm's, so we thought it would be good to do something different this year. Seeing DH's parents the following weekend probably. She just got her Port-A-Cath out so its a celebration of sorts for us.
coming back to MT--??? gone?
I thought I had posted this question on this board, but the topic seems to have been removed. Anyone know why?
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