If it's an accurate representation of their workload, well,
Posted By: I agree on 2007-10-12
In Reply to: Worst test ever!!! - getting_fed_up
who wants their lousy job anyway? I'm not doing ESL garbage all day long and making peanuts at this job. I work on my terms or not at all. Send them the three tests and tell them you can't do the fourth. Otherwise, keep applying elsewhere. There are better jobs to be had without all the testing and without the lousy dictation.
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Workload
Haven't had a very good work load for 3 weeks or so now. I used to like this company, but not any more. Can't pay the bills on this paycheck.
Workload?
I work for a company now but am debating switching to another company because I only get about 4 hours worth of work a day now. That doesn't pay the bills. Do you know what the workload is like for this company? Any other info would be helpful as I received an e-mail from them and they want me to test out. Thanks a bunch.
Low workload
A bunch of my docs took early vacations starting this week, but I do clinic work.
This time of year is a great time to pick up overflow work. With 21 years of experience, I would start calling local clinics or hospitals and asking if they need some help over the holidays. You can keep the other gig for a couple more weeks and fill in with the overflow.
If 7 cpl is the top of the scale there, start looking elsewhere. That's way too low for 21 years.
Low Workload....
We're being told it's the time of year but it's my third summer with this employer, and we were never slow like this during the other two summers.
I think it's the overall state of the country's economy and will turnaround (hopefully) soon.
In the meantime, I've taken a couple of other part-time positions "just in case".
Hope everything works out okay for you!!!
A TL is for workload management ONLY SM
If you are going to her to ask questions about software, blanks, format, etc., you are going to the wrong person. Software issues for the help desk and blanks, format issues for QA.
Team leaders SHOULD just be routing work, seeing that there is adequate staff to do the work, etc.
QA workload/feedback
As a former QA I can tell you that it was different before they gave us a quota to produce a certain number of edits per shift. It used to be quality was the important issue and then it got to be quantity and at the same time they cut back on the staff in QA and, to me, this just spells greed. We no longer had the time to provide proper feedback on each report and still achieve the quantity they wanted. It is sad. The situation only seems to get worse over time. Greed is the root of all evil and will be the cause of demise in this industry.
Good workload, bad dictators! nm
Unfair Workload Assignment
When looking at the workload assignment especially on weekends, I find it very unfair that people with exclusive privileges and trainees get to take all the good work when I have to do all the difficult dictations and ESLs before getting to do any good stuff. Work is always supposed to be taken according to date order (which is clearly not the case). I am so mad right now, I am literally screaming!
That is just not accurate (see m)
Most groomers today decline to do anal glands. It is an internal type procedure that might require veterinary care if there is an infection, and I don't frankly know any modern-day groomers who do it.
No one has *ever* asked me to do it, either, in two and a half years of grooming.
Not entirely accurate...
Insurance cos. will most definitely challenge a RSI but if it occurs during and in the course of employment it is compensable. This type of claim will need an attorney to push it through.
I'd say that's accurate.
There are lots of variables of course, but that's a pretty fair average.
Accurate
I think it is very accurate. I average $53,000 to $55,000 a year. When I was working even part-time I was making $28,000. When I worked in-house I averaged $18 an hour, which I make more working IC out of my home.
That's a bit simplistic and not really accurate at all, but...
everyone's situation is different tax-wise, so I'm sure your tax person gave you the scoop for YOU. 
I just don't think W&G is an accurate portrayal
of gays either. Just like the hetero shows of today, the main characters flit from relationship to relationship and think about sex all the time. Life's not really like that. All the hetero and gay people I know of are in longterm, monogamous relationships. Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives are just as nasty. I'm no prude, but if these shows are representative of what our society wants, then our society has gone down the pot. You can't even shield your kids from it because the commercials for the shows are on all the time.
yes it is accurate I also was taught sm
5 characters equal one word. Therefore, there are 13 words in a 65 character line.
Get over it. I am sure your work is 100% accurate!
Hooray!
Very accurate description...
Your post is exactly right! Great post! (A physician friend made the same comparison--that he only needed to know one specialty while the MT must be familiar with all--great post!)
Not quite accurate info. sm
The above poster makes a blanket statement: "...counting programs that count this convert the document to one big long document without returns, etc., linking all the characters in one long line and counting them that way."
If you look at any full line, you will see there are more than 65 characters on that line. There are several programs that will allow you to count the spaces, tabs and returns (although you have the option not to) as well as any text included in headers, footers and whatever else is agreed on in the contract as fair to count.
The simplest method to determine a difference it to take an already completed document, open the properties and compare the number of lines against the character count (with or without spaces) divided by 65.
BTW, congrats on the new account.
9/10 is too high even for exp/accurate SM
heavy ESL, high test score, whatever you want to call it. Going rates now are 7 to 8 and POSSIBLY 8.5 or 9 if you really push, but be ready for them to move on quickly if they are a larger company. Benefits will also be tied to line count.
I agree with what you said, and I type 150 accurate wpm.....sm
When I take the occasional typing tests that measure how fast you type without worrying about errors then I type closer to 200 wpm.
Fast typing doesn't always mean sloopy work...any more than a slow typist doesn't mean they're doing a quality job.
I don't think you'll ever get an accurate answer
There are so many individual factors that can be good or bad for one person and not another. You'll see good and bad on every single company out there, because you just can't please everyone! But, what I do to try to keep it in perspective is just try to avoid the companies which you see the most "bad" comments about.
That may not be really accurate though, now that I think about it, because I worked for Spheris for many years and I was very happy with them. And, you know, I'm sure, that Spheris gets slammed big-time on this board. So, to each his own, I suppose!
Then you did something wrong, because the script is quite accurate.
It was beta tested by many people and we spent quite a long time on perfecting the software before we ever released it.
I edit to make it 100% accurate....
You want lineage as well as speed.....I would do Hemoglobin is 13, hematocrit is 45, and platelets are 200,000 (whatever is in the CBC). I do the same for the chemical profile. Sodium is 135, potassium is 4.2, chloride is ...etc....
but they have to say *is* plus *and* for me to do that. I will never just insert extra words to inflate, but the word *is* - if they are dictating that to you...that is 2 more character spaces.....more is better for you.
Sometimes MDs want them separated. I have a couple of dictators what want individual sentences. Hemoglobin is 13. Hematocrit is 45. Platelets are 200,000. I usually give them what they want.....as long as it is 100% accurate.
Try "jaded and burned" and it's more accurate
Sure, there are bad MTSOs, but I get sick of people blaming all the MTSOs for all the problems. Flaky transcriptionists are nothing new; it seems they just "get around" more now that we have Internet based transcription.
Is it accurate that Fall is a slow time for MTs? sm
For the last two years I have been doing Urgent Care/ ER work and have not noticed any slow down but I am now doing multispecialty clinic work and I keep hearing about a big slow down. Can anyone shed some light on the subject for me. TIA
OLD typing rule I have in my head, whether it is accurate I do not know, hence I said IF---nm
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Use Abacus. You can download for free. Very accurate. nm
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Looking for accurate line counting software.nm
You did a completely accurate assessment of the situation.
with experienced MT's offered 7-9, you are correct, a newbie is only worth 4 cpl. I see no reason to hire and train a newbie if I can get an experienced person to fill the same slot, unless the newbie is willing to offer me more profit for my time. You have made a wise assessment. Business is business. It doesn't matter how much you are "worth" or what you "demand." It matters what the competition is. By the way, if you don't take this job, what are your other offers? Unless you have something better, I would take it. At least you are earning experience and in 2 years you will be more marketable, even if you are only earning 4 cpl now. Or sit home, twiddle your thumbs and earn 0 cpl.
The "counter" in MSWord is not accurate. While it is after the fact, (sm)
I highly recommend purchasing Slycount.(http://www.sylvansoftware.com/sylcount.htm). First and foremost, be honest. Tell him/her the invoice you submitted is not accurate, and after deciding exactly what and how you wish to charge, send an amended invoice.
I heard it wasn't a reporter's job to be accurate;
it was a reporter's job to sell newspapers, LOL.
The faster person if accurate is justified
The slower people have absolutely nothing to complain about. That's like me saying it's not fair JLo makes money for singing because my voice isn't as good. I want a job with you also. I'm very fast. I would require 10 cents a line, FYI or 18 dollars an hour.
That Escription is even close to accurate is complete and total
A big ole lie on the part of anyone who says it's great or that 500 lph is possible. It's also possible that pigs can fly.
happens quite often i would test again or go see your GYN for blood test which is more accurate
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