If it looked like a guess, I totally would have understood, but it doesn't.

• Has any one else been mad from a QA comment? - Venting.
  • those who can't do....teach - honest sue
  • QA's lack of knowledge really irks me. - I pretty much just ignore them.
  • QA Venting - KABMOM66. sm
    • Totally agree. nm - CrispyCritterMT
  • As a QA - me
    • Agree. Accuracy is most important, and - sm
  • justify your answer origin. - nm
  • Guessing or mistake? - LK
    • Perfect. You totally understand where I am coming from. Thank you. - Venting.
  • Try not to let it irritate you - catsxoxo
  • If the word you put was so far off - sm
    • It wasn't far off at all. I can't go into detail though obviously. - Venting.
      • Of course you can provide details as long as there's no patient identifiable info. nm - TechSupport
        • Yes . . . I know, but I am afraid of losing my job if I do. - Venting.
          • Then it's impossible to comment on the QA's note. sm - TechSupport
            • Example . . . - Venting.
              • Maybe, maybe not. Maybe they - SN
                • No past records, and hardly ever hear name brand from this place. - Venting
              • Yes, that's a prime example of guessing when you can't - tell for sure.
                • I WASN'T GUESSING. I HEARD WHAT I HEARD VERY CLEARLY. - Venting
      • Either way, if it was wrong, it was wrong. They - SM
        • EEWWW SM, got any salt for her wound? MUST BE QA, or I should say QuAp - jnm
        • Thats the thing though . . . It doesn't look like a guess at all. - Venting.
          • Choose Your Battles - lil
          • If it looked like a guess, I totally would have understood, but it doesn't. - Venting.
            • Whatever the word you used versus - KT
  • Use to - not any more - Lvgonadream
    • Today's e-mail is just icing on the cake! - Venting.
      • Keep copies of your original report - catsxoxo
        • The problems with this suggestion for many of us are: - A.Nonymous
        • Thanks. Will do. - Venting.

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It's not fun to go through. I was so stressed the whole time. I often wonder if all of the transcriptionists went through the same thing at the place I worked.  I could understand if it is a huge deal or something, but that was out of hand.

Best thing I ever did for myself was move on!

there wouldn't be such a problem with the quality of pay for MT's.  An independent contractor does NOT need to accept 5-6-7 cpl for their work and does not have to abide by MTSO's demands for overtime, etc.  An IC tells THEM what she/he will do and how much she/he will charge the MTSO for their services.  It's your business and you set the rules.  I know this won't happen on a large scale now because too many people are desperate for the work and will agree to work for next to nothing.  Too bad, because if all IC's set their pay scale like they should have in the beginning, the MTSO's would have to pay it in order to get their work done and would have to charge their clients enough to cover the costs. 

You're just making yourself look really silly now. 

certain jobs to be more important than others.  The old cliche "Any job worth doing is worth doing well" comes to mind. 

I believe that a person what does for a living doesn't have any bearing on how valuable that person is or how important that person is.  Some of the most wonderful people I've ever known don't have what some might feel are "important" jobs, but they are wonderful people nonetheless.

And, some people who have what some might consider higher class jobs (boy, I hate that outlook) are some pretty miserable human beings.

People are people . . . and their worth isn't tied to their job in my book.  I want to be a good person, and what I do for a job doesn't have anything to do with that.

If a store manager is a good person, doing a good job, he's  to me. 

I wish some people would get off their high-horse! 

I started posting as a former bank manager in a thread about consumer credit counseling.  It seemed relevant at the time. 

to watch cars go round and round and round and round for hours, days, weeks, months, years.......I get the gambling side of NASCAR but I don't get that it truly is (and IT TRULY IS!!!) the biggest spectator sport out there.

In my part of the country: 

The training is 2 years.  You must pass with 95% accuracy these tests:   225 wpm 2-voice testimony, 200 wpm jury charge and 180 wpm literary.  Must do 40 hours of actual writing time during internship and submit 40 pages of transcript and a written narrative to get your degree. 

Also, you must invest in your own stenography equipment, $2,000+ (could go quite a bit higher depending on equipment).

Then you must do 2 years with a legal group. 

Then you can apply for a courthouse job after that (that's how my courthouse in a decently large city does it).

Then after you do 2 years of courthouse experience, the closed captioning company will take your application for consideration of hiring and "transitioning."  

Closed capitioning for live capitioning (news, sports, etc.) I am pretty sure those people can work at home. 

But if you want to do movies, etc., that is done in house.  At least in my neck of the woods this is how they do it and what I was told by someone at the company over the phone. 

I doubt that you can go straight into closed captioning from school--I am pretty sure that they want you to have pretty much courtroom experience and be pretty well versed with the steno machine. 

If you can make it, it seems like a pretty lucrative career.  I looked into it many years ago and went into med transcription instead.  Could kick myself now. 

Have had a couple friends who were court reporters, the machine seems it would take quite a while to master with any efficiency.  You know, it reminds me of the alpha-hand I took many many years ago.  But again, you would have to practice, practice, practice, and really enjoy what you are working towards. 

I just interviewed last week with a court reporting school and then with the local college to check out their court reporting course.  The court reporting school said as long as you get up to the 225 per minute speed, you can finish a little early, about 18 months. But not so with my local college, you must do the entire 2 years and classes only start once a year. 

Interestingly, I was told there is an 80% drop-out rate.  It is pretty tough going. 

I changed my mind about going this route, wasn't interested in the courthouse work, wanted to go straight to closed capitioning, but it sounds as though that is not possible.  I don't have 6 years to spend for school and experience.  

Then I have been reading on the internet that they are starting to get rid of the court reporters in a couple states and replacement them with the audio/video recorders that the courthouses already have in place.  So that doesn't sound to good to me.  Not sure how accurate that method would be for record keeping, but we all know with offshoring has done to the quality/accuracy of medical reports. 

Still thinking of what I should do instead now.   

Good luck to you.  Again, this is in my neck of the woods, could be different where you are.   

a "return to work" site to get people off disability and working.

They want you to sign up with a state worker to help you with vocational rehabilitation and get you back to work?  That's what I read.  And also they want you to work 30 hours a week with the telephone jobs.  That would be almost full-time, persons on permanent disability are not allowed to work that much.