Mentoree made to feel DUMB
Posted By: mentoree out here alone on 2007-05-25
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I am so angry because I feel like the lady at this company I am mentoring with treats me like I am DUMB. I am new to this field but far from being DUMB. When I ask for clearity on something it is like her response is demeaning. I don't know if it is just me or it seems like there are people in this field that are just rude. I don't want to appear ungrateful for have the opportunity to have a company mentor me but I AM NOT DUMB!!!!!!!
I don't what to snap back at her in her emails for fear of losing the opportunity. Any advice?
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No, No, Never Feel Dumb!!
I recall many years ago, what I thought was perfecto mundo reports come back by my mentor red marks all over!!!Hang in There! I probably still need someone to look at my work every now & then.
That made absolutely no sense..i rest my case..dumb MTs!
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IC Contract question...I feel dumb here! sm
I signed a one year contract last September as an IC for a MTSO I'm now unhappy with. The platform is slow and difficult, templates outdated and sloppy, and only 7 cpl. Of course, signing the contract on day one, I had no idea of what was to come and now am interested in searching for something else. I understand all the non-compete clause, etc., that is binding, but am I stuck with them for a full year?
I feel ashamed that I didn't know what I was getting into when signing this, both the quality of their system as well as how bound I would be to them. This is (obviously) my first go-round with contracts and have always left other MTSO's on mutual, friendly terms. Any advice?
I feel dumb asking this question, but here goes - I space or two after the end of a sentence? nm
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I'm sorry you were made to feel like that.
People really have no idea what we do. Even though our career is unique in certain ways, do remember most people's careers do get insulted by people who have no clue they are doing it. But even though I try to stay level-headed, having my older sister say anything negative about my job tends to put me in a terrible funk. She thinks it's okay when I'm working in an office, but she doesn't think it's wise to work at home due to the lack of social interaction and the difficulty of compartmentalizing your work time. When I decided I had to do it at home again, right away I warned her to say NOTHING negative about it because this is my decision and it will only cause problems. So far so good for me this time. Hey, a friend of mine took up karate when her son did, and she got her black belt. Now nobody critizes her anymore, LOL.
Thank you! You made me feel much better.
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hate how you are made to feel
 so obligated to buy, buy, buy. I used to do it for a friend to help her out (she put pressure on me and I felt guilty!) but no more - I don't bother going now.
I have removed negative posts made by those who seem to feel the need to
Christmas by making crude comments about something fun we do every year at Christmas time.
Thank you! That is all I wanted was someone to understand and be kind! You made me feel better with
future and get better, just BAD luck so far.
This post made you defensive, just like those e-mail nastygrams make us feel.
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To the new MTs / MENTOREE
Hello. If you have very little experience, you must be trained. If someone hires you for on the job training, make sure they train you before throwing you to an editor. An editor, like you, is paid by the line only. They do not have time to walk you through all the training materials you didn't feel like reading. Some companies are so desperate for cheap labor that they take advantage of people wanting to work from home. They give them the easiest dictators and the new MT still can't handle it. The editors are left with a mess. I will tell you, I am quitting. I'd rather type than retype someone's work and get half the pay.
Mentoree
If that's the case, ask them what your pay will go to when you have "clean" reports. I was with a wonderful place who started me out at 5 cpl (while still working for the 8 cpl people) until I was trained on their accounts and they, too, went to 8 cpl after I proved myself. That only took a month or so. However, it was a small company and the boss was extremely nice and encouraging. I know experience means everything, but don't sell yourself short, either!
"How dumb am I" to lose a CD-ROM? Oh, about as dumb as the rest of us. nm
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I thought being a mentoree that 4cpl was a going rate...
The company gives, in the place of more money per line, software, references material etc. I am told that as my report come clean I will make more per line.
I just wanted to get my foot in the door and get experience.
i made $15/hr before and didn't stay long because i made so much more on production. sm
that was with full benes too. i wouldn't do it for less than $20, but i think even with $20, i'd want benes. are you in-house?
I don't know how it made such a small diff in your invoice... made a $100 diff in mine! (sm)
If it were only adding up to three bucks, I wouldn't sweat it. $100? Yeah, that's baseball registration for my son for this year. I am not giving tabs, returns, etc. away free when it adds up to that much difference! Why should I charge less for a Return than I would for a"K"?
if you feel like that after 12 years, and I feel like that after six months
what hope is there?
I feel people who feel like this post
needs to a) either be a stay at home mother and not work or b) realize that she is no queen bee and I could care less about a degree. What company out here that you know of compensates for having a degree? Means nothing to them. Your working and being there when they assign/need/require/whatever is what you should do IF YOU WANT A JOB in this field, otherwise get out and do something else or become that babysitter.
Are you that dumb to know that there were sm
prisoners also at the Superdome in New Orleans. You act like everyone was a rapist, or trigger happy. As far as looters, if I had children and there was a bottle of water and bread in a store damn straight I would take it and feed my children. Many of those people worked and lost their jobs in LA, AL, and MS. You are just a bitter person.
not as dumb as you think?
Cabbage=CABG
Coronary artery bypass graft.
No, not dumb! Actually, yes, I did. None of
the buttons work though, just the calc/clear button (very top right on the bottom bottons) work.
DUMB-DUMB
Okay, I downloaded Express scribe, when I use the load button and enter the FTP address, nothing happens. I must be missing an obvious step, so obvious I cannot see it. I hope this is all worth it!
dumb me... but......
Applying for jobs that state much have WAV pedal.... USB will not work... so what now? Am I screwed? I have a laptop and went and bought an adapter for a 9-ping foot pedal. Is there a web site that I can go to to do a test practice with? Dumb-me. trying to get a job......
Maybe a dumb
question but are you talking about the "Gab room" for the chat?
how dumb are you to even go there?: NM
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ok, maybe I'm dumb but
what is an STM? "Something" transcription manager? Are you by chance inundating her with requests or is it that she just does not acknowledge any of your e-mails? I don't think I'd put up with being ignored for too long. I'd seriously consider going over her head or looking elsewhere for work.
Count me as a dumb MT if
you want. It made perfect sense to me.
This may sound dumb, but..
where is the chat room?
Dumb dictation
Review of systems was not obtainable from the baby, obviously, due to the baby's age of one month. Review was obtained from parents. DUH!!!!
dumb dictation
Don't you just love these..I had one with the 11 MO understanding the assessment and agrees with the treatment!
dumb as a box of rocks (don't ask me!)
dumb as a bag of hair (No, I don't get it either!)
NM
he's so dumb he got hit by a parked car
I'm gravida 0 and I have a dumb ?
If you are 9 mos. pregnant and in the hospital for induction, on abdominal exam, can your abdomen actually be *soft*?
I have felt pg bellies, and they are not soft. Why do they always say this? It doesn't make sense to me, but then I have no personal experience with it.
dumb question. sm
If you make a mistake while typing and you know it, do you correct it then, or do wait until you spellcheck to correct ? I tend to correct it when I see it, but began to wonder if it would be more productive to wait until I run spellcheck to catch it.
What a dumb response.
...sheesh....
feeling dumb......
when the doctor says dig level in the labs is he meaning digitalis level? my Expander expands dig to digoxin and I never thought to change it. I know digoxin toxicity is dangerous. I have never gotten feed back on this potentially dangerous (?) blooper.
There are also those that pretend to be dumb so they don't have to. sm
And those that call in sick every other day, that if they were really sick that often, they should be in nursing home.
Needless to say, I got out of supervising because I did not want to hate people anymore, and I could be petty like everybody else and get away with it like everybody else.
I've got wounds to nurse...
So why did she marry him, cause she's dumb, or it
was a coverup.
Dumb question of the day!!!
 What does MTSO stand for? I told you it was dumb.
Might be a dumb question, but...
I got an awesome poster on ebay that came in the mail yesterday. The one end of the cardboard tube was dented quite badly, causing the one side of the poster to be rather wrinkled.  Is there anything to be done for it? I'm hoping that maybe putting it in the poster frame I got for it might help. Any other suggestions?
No, not a dumb question....
From what I gathered on Google, it is transcribing what the court reporter types into a readable document.
Got it thanks all - felt so dumb and my
teenager wasn't home.
now thats a dumb question lol
let's use some wisdom here...
Have you ever heard the saying dumb
as a gourd?
We're not dumb, BUT
You really have to develop a thick skin regarding criticism. And you'll even make yourself feel dumb sometimes!
There is no other career that will make you feel like a rocket scientist and an abject failure all in the span of a 3-minute dictation!
You have to take the lesson in whatever form you get it and then let the rest go. Don't nurse grudges, it'll just give ya ulcers!
Hate to appear dumb, but what is VBC?
nm
I used to be young and dumb but
when I came into some money, quite a bit of it, paid all my bills off. I only have my monthly bills now, utilities and such. It is a wonderful feeling but to the original post, it is here money and really if she wants to burn it, she can.
Not a dumb question, the way I see it...
Did you ever think she was just trying to make pleasant conversation about what happened to your daughter. I would not see question as dumb or unimportant. It certainly doesn't matter if she was, in fact, taking her history,but if she was just trying to be friendly then it's called 'engaging' the patient in conversation about her injury.
dumb question!
Hi! If you are responding to a job posting on the job seekers board and you hit "apply now," does it actually go to the person who is looking to hire or do you have to send it as a completely separate e-mail. I'm asking because there is no identifying information when you reply to the ad. Thanks!
How dumb am I feeling right now?
I have a CRNP who must think MTs are not very intelligent.
So far, she has spelled: passed (not once, but twice!), spleen, and clicks.
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