Must disagree...I also worked 3 jobs while kids little...

• Question. How many MTs sit and wait for work when companies overhire and there is not enough work - NewMT
  • NEVER sat and waited. - sm
  • When I worked in a hospital, there were - sm
  • sm - 2 jobs works for me
  • If there isn't any work up... - Gina
  • My new job has run out several times this week sm - Former TTer
  • Down time should be paid, period. - steady eddie
    • It is also not the MTSO's fault if there - HT
      • Overhiring is a problem they can control. - steady eddie
        • agree with U steady eddie, and bet if they were paying (sm) - mtaa
  • I remember at Christmas my check was really really low - as an IC at a great company.
    • You would have never thought famine if - Lil
  • I frankly am amazed that most let this happen - Never had the choice
    • Unemployment rate is 10%, now. In your - ()
      • How good I was in better times? - Nev
        • The point of her post was they are - WorriedMT
          • Guess it just pays for everything if - Nev
    • hah, spoken like someone who NEVER sm - nn
      • If you would reread you would see - Never had the choice
    • feast or famine - MTmom
      • This is the big problem here and what we discussed - Never had the choice
        • Largest city in the state ... - no work here in FL
        • Please don't judge - ()
        • Our priorities are different. - MTmom
          • Must disagree...I also worked 3 jobs while kids little... - no work in FL
          • Everyone here has a choice and I see - Nev
            • Oops...i don't know how to work this crazy posting thingee yet... - no work in FL
        • Times have changed! Where do you want to go to get hired - ()
  • Sitting waiting right now.... - MTmom
    • yes, crazy business.....sm - bb

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The first time you get screamed at... you will want to be home.  People are picky, hard to please, and ignorant.  Makes you wonder where they were raised to think they could talk to people like dogs. 

I have had fingers pointed an inch from my face, I had people get in my face yelling at me (because they got bacon instead of sausage) and I had people throw french fries because they were "cold" when they just came out of the fryer.  I would not serve anything I would not eat.  Then you would have the typical people that come into a sit down place and want their food in 5 seconds and get up and leave right when their food comes out.  You would have the people who nothing was right... For ONE woman I went through 4 steaks (and 3 had to go in the garbage) because first the steak was not well done enough then it was too well done..and after all of those steaks complained so much about the 4th one that she got her whole meal free. 

Saddest story working in public was.... 

I had one woman come in from the bathroom and flip out on me for letting her kids eat off the salad bar because they didn't have the kind of money we charged for the salad bar or any of the food in the place.. so when her kids were in the middle of eating she made them all get up while still screaming at me...like I should have known.  Her husband got a 3.99 special and all waters and I gave the girls the salad bar for free (it was with an adult purchase for kids under 10)... Her husband didn't even make it long enough to get his food and the little girls couldnt even eat a full cup of soup. Not only that..her husband and her children were so humiliated that when I went in the back in tears and everyone in the place was silent and came back out they were gone went to the table and there was change on the table (basically what he had and could afford) and he cleaned up the mess and stacked all of the dishes.  I didn't expect anything or WANT anything.  I just felt so bad for those people that they had to be with such a nutcase. 

Stick with transcription.  Working in public will scar you.  It did to me to the point where I just don't even want to go out because people are just plain rude.

Up until my present job I have never worked on a company computer, so that was not an issue.

Be prepared (as one divorced single mom to another) there is almost no such thing as "extras" when you are a single parent.  Dad's usually fight tooth and nail to keep the kids from getting enough child support.  If you live in a state that counts your income (some like California and Colorado do) then the more you work, the less child support you will receive.  Besides which, if he carries them on his insurance that will also diminish the amount of child support you receive.

I didn't get support after about the first 9 months I was divorced and that was 13 yrs ago now.  It was pure and utter hades financially.  I am only just now getting on my feet and the children have been grown and gone for nearly 4 yrs.  I worked 2 jobs most of last year to pay my income tax AND be able to afford to eat and have a place to live.  I am an employee now, have full benefits for the first time since I divorced and according to the IRS calculator, I have satisfied my tax debt for 2008 at this point, provided I don't make more than $40K this year.  Since I don't have to break my back for the kids, I will work and begin to start having a life outside of my job. 

Also, if you are an IC and your ex gets to put the kids' deductions on his income tax and you don't, you are going to really hurt at the end of the year, unless you are eligible for earned income credit.

I would seriously wait and discuss this with both your divorce attorney and your tax accountant.  I should have talked to my tax accountant when the kids starting leaving and I didn't.  I have finally paid off being totally screwed by my taxes.  Tread carefully and remember that the "extra" your kids really want is going to be time with you, away from your desk, doing things with them and helping them make this adjustment.

call her by her first name.  The little neighbor girl next door from the time she could speak called her Aggie (my mom's first name), and they were great buddies until the day my mom pased away. 

I don't think there really is much in a name, but more in the respect you are given and the way you are treated.   Personally, I kind of cringe inside when someone calls me Ms. Anything or God forbid, "maam" (makes me feel like Methuselah!) ... I'm always just plain Merrie.  :-)

But, as someone pointed out, to each his own.  If you want to be addressed a certain way, you have that right, and people should respect that.  I'm glad you corrected the child ... hope it "sticks."    

You have to be disciplined to make yourself work when baby is napping instead of maybe watching TV or doing housework, etc.   

I might also go the route of having a teen come into your home, or either trying a mother's morning out program at a local church/daycare.   I've been home since my youngest was born and he has never been in all-day daycare, but I did have him in a mother's morning out program 15 hours a week at a local church.   It didn't help a lot with my work schedule because I had an older son in school and was a room mom and tutored other kids, but that might be an option.  The only problem with the mother's morning out program is they are around other kids and tend to pick up every germ.  I finally took my DS out of the program because he stayed sick.  You were supposed to keep them off if they had green nasal discharge and I did, but no one else did.  Every time I got him well after 2 to 3 days back he would be sick again.  Other than that it was very good for him because he would not have had a chance to be around kids his age otherwise. 

As the other poster said -- if they're all that concerned, they need to (a) watch who they hire (b) provide the equipment.

No way on this earth I'd grant that kind of access to my computer. They'll have to find another way to calm their fears.

My husband loves it when I tell him I pretend that he's naked.

I mean, wow, lighten up.  I doubt ilovejackbauer is some kind of pedophile so I'm sure it was just a harmless suggestion. This world has gotten way too sensitive.

...if you Google "new hires" every instance that comes up seems to related to new employees. This was also heard spoken by the Human Resources department.

Diane

an IC work a set schedule.  Unfortunately with this OP being an employee, she must adhere to the strict work schedule.  As an IC, you are not required to work set hours, and if you are being told to do that, then you are an employee and not an IC.  Someone on this particular board posted a link to a court action suit brought against a company classifying an employee as an IC, but was in the wrong because that is considered control due to the fact the work was required back in 24 hours.  Believe it or not, but I read it myself on this board. 

Think about it as a plumber.  When the IC plumber comes to your house, gives you an estimate, do you say to him, now I want this work completed at such and such a time (strict schedule)?  No, the plumber tells you I'll be there between the hours of 9 and 5, and the work can be completed in such and such amount of time given there is no unforeseen problems, etc.  

Now with MT, the usual TAT is 24 hours, but as an IC, you should be able to transcribe that work within that amount of time, but not work a set schedule even if that means typing for 15 minutes, take an hour break, and then type for 15 minutes.

I am soooooo glad the company I work (only one) as I have my own accounts, knows the true meaning of IC.  A lot of these MTSO's do not know the true meaning. 

Furthermore, the accounts I have on my own do not require 24-hour TAT, so that is also something an MTSO will play on when in all honesty they actually have 48 hours or even 72 hours to complete the work.  I'm there, I'm doing it, and I know it to be true!  My accounts are happy with 48 hour TAT.  I QA my own work, which is also another problem in this field.  If there were not so many chiefs making demands, I think the Indians could have more time to do their "hunting" for their bounty!      24-hour TAT should be for STAT requests only. 

I am my own team.  I am not part of anyone's team because if I was, then I'd get the benefits "the team" gets.  With that said, yes I will charge for faxing and taking the time to do things other than typing.  And, NO, in 10 years, the physicians I type for ask no questions as they charge fees for their different services as well, filling out workers' comp forms, etc. 

So I encourage transcriptionists to charge as such.  If you price your line rate high, they will outsource to a large company that they can pay less, so this may work for you, but not necessarily is the norm.  JMO.

My two IM's prior to using my company, did use a call in system for several years but after coming to me he told me he would never go back as there was no comparison as to quality, TAT and their satisfaction,  I have talked to them several times about digital as I am set up to do digital and do it for overflow to an old MTs that I used to work for, but they prefer the tapes.  So be it.  If it makes them happy, that is fine for me.  They are stand alone doctors, and they do not like the large companies.   I know that they have been called, e-mailed, etc. but they chose to stay with me.  Like I said, I am not cocky, I appreciate and count my blessing but if they chose to stay with tapes that is fine.  They need the chart notes back on sticky paper anyway so I would continue to deliver and the office staff is overworked enough and would not put it onto them to print the notes.  I actually like getting out and delivering and talking to them.   My surgical oncologists do not even have a computer in the office to do the scheduling, they use an old fashion appointment book and write in their schedules.  And I have talked with them about digital but they like it.  Only have 5 more years before I retire so we will see what they do.   And my price is fair, they pay on time, never a bounced check so we go on as such. 

#1 - I have a back up computer,  transcriber, printer, you just plan for this.  You have to be ready for all and everything.   I have been down only one day for computer problems in the past 3 years and that was because one acount I send out via internet, Comcast was down for 12 hours.  But if I am, I make it up over the next few days, the work is still there to do.

#2 - When I am sick my accounts are very understanding and though it does not happen often it does but no problem.  Work is there the next day.  And they do not rush me to get it back.

#3 - My docs provide me with free care and samples of prescriptions.  Saves a lot on my high deductible.  Plus my insurance premiums are paid through my company. Deductible.    

#4 - I contrbute off the top to my retirement fund. 

#5 - I do depreciate my house as I know I will be in it for two years past retirement.

#6 - Holiday/vacation/sick -- I average those into my cpl and charge that. And I charge a reasonable rate to my clients.  They have all been with me for over 10 to 18 years.  Suppose they could leave suddenly but then your hospital based job could be gone in a flash also, that is life. 

#7 - Again I pay less than 10% to taxes and that is with 15% for social security.  And I make good money, I would LOOSE money to work inhouse in a hospital and I have figured it out when offered a job.  I would not have the lifestyle that I have now and I am single supporting myself with a house payment, etc. 

So to each their own, like I said.