Okay - Everybody reply with NM if you are going to quit working today!
Posted By: Fingers on 2009-06-05
In Reply to: The ones not on this board are precisely the ones - we need to be reaching. NM
If everyone is going to stick together (happy with your job or not), then we should all notify our employer today that we refuse to work until things change for ALL american MTs. How many of you are willing to do that right now?
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I quit today...wish me luck!
 
Congrats on a day!!!!
I'm ready to quit being an IC. I was supposed to have today off,
so I scheduled in the personal things I need to get done. Errands, baking, housework, planning a kid's birthday party, post office, bank, bills. Guess what I got up to this morning? Tons of work. That's fine. It's money, so I'll do it. However, now I'm totally overwhelmed because all this other stuff still needs to get done today.
I'm also really tired of doing all the research and record keeping without getting paid for it. When I figure out my income versus how many hours I actually spend working, not just typing, it hardly seems worth it any more. Phone calls, emails, looking things up, keeping logs, downloading, uploading, line counting, waiting for work, and all that other jazz. It's worked into a fulltime job without fulltime pay. I worked until 9:00 last night to get everything done so I could have today off. I just wish I could find a decent MT job where you do your lines, you don't have to look up a bunch of information while guessing on the spelling, and the platform was streamlined for maximum productivity. It's gotten to the point where I've been reading the Job ads again to get out of MT entirely.
NEVER quit a job unless you actually start working at another sm
especially when it comes to at-home positions.
Quit working and unplug everything.
Had a television get hit one time that was unplugged from power but cable was still connected. So undo everything.
When a friend asks how you are today you reply "Oh, I'm feeling within normal limits."
Quit working BEFORE retire, no income, no
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Once you give notice and quit working, how many days/weeks/months
are you covered by your medical/dental insurance? My employee handbook does not mention this. Is there a "standard" period of time that you remain covered? TIA for your reply.
working today
Yes, us I.C.'s don't much in the way of overtime, do we? I have been working some today, but was not asked to. Actually I don't this company has ever asked me to work a holiday; i just get bored and do it!
I'm working today
With my oldest two kids in college, I have no choice! I can't believe the cost of an education these days.
working today
Happy New Year! Is anybody other than me working today?
working today
Unfortunately I did have to work pretty much today. I have 2 piles of work on my desk all the time. We just came back from vacation and the work just sits there until I return. They are 2 private accounts, very nice people to work for, but there is always a lot of work. One of them gave me a bonus and told me, when you get back you are going to work hard, right? I said, i have been workjing very hard the week before, but they understand and work with me, Thank God for the work, with so many people out of work. I thank God for all my blessings that God has given to me.
Yes, I could be working today...
if I could find a job. I don't know how many applications I've sent out in the past three months. Two companies told me I was hired and would be sending out packets or contacting me for setup. Nope, nothing. How many times do I have to follow up? How disorganized can a business owner possibly be? When you tell someone you'll call them, do it! I guess I'll go fill out my foodstamps application since WalMart isn't hiring either.
working today
Have you tried Transcend? I think they are hiring. Hard to make very much, but better than nothing. Oh yes, they do pay and on time every time for past 3 1/2 years.
Yes, I could be working today
You really should stick with 1 company right now that pays well until the economy heals. If you have good skills, it is a sure bet that you can withstand any crisis. After things get looking better, then I would think would be the time to improve on what you have but a good steady income is the bet one can hope for until this thing is fixed. I am just glad I can stay at home and still make money - that is the beauty of being an MT in my book. Being laid off just would mean taking classes and improving my skills so I will get an even better position - using the time wisely. I think you can even get government assistance to take MT courses (advanced) on line and go on and get the CMT while you have the time. It is something that is well worth the time and looks great on a resume. This beats watching Oprah and eating bons bons.
How much is the highest/lowest pay for an MT working in CorTmedical? Kindly reply.
I'm just curious to know how much do they pay an MT who just started working with them. Thanks.
Anybody else not feel like working today?
You know how you're sleep deprived, then when you catch up on your sleep, you feel even more tired than before? Ugh. I slept for 10 hours last night. I've got a killer headache. All the work coming up on my account today is lousy. I'd rather be doing anything else right now. Time to set the timer and get 'er done.
so much for working anymore today....
yeowssa!
I was working today, hit a wrong key and...
in my report came up all of the secret code fields..and I could not finish my report..Do you know what I am talking about? It has all of those funny marks, dots in between words, etc...My tech support is out today...Does ANYONE know how to get this off of there? I tried just using my Word and it is in there too..HELP!
fingers not working today
I have had my days with horrible dictors, and today I have a dream dictor, could no thave been happier to get her and my fingers do not work. I can't seem to type anything correctly. lol. Thank goodness I proof my work before sending - thank goodness for spellcheckers and grammar checkers - cause I suck today lol
Does anybody else have that kind of day - or is it just me? Now be nice lol
Anyone with Smartmed on here working today?
I hope this is okay to post here.
I cannot send my files. I changed my sending options like I was told to a couple of days ago. Would anyone be willing to email me the sending options they have so I can see if that will work? Thanks.
Anyone doing home chores today instead of working? sm
So far we've put out 40 bags of mulch around the flower garden area as it was time to refresh it, and then I've put in a fence in the back yard for the dog (deal alert - if you have a small dog that won't jump over a fence, you can get 150 feet of kennel fencing that is 3 feet high at Lowe's with the stakes for just under $100, and it took me less than an hour to figure out how I wanted it to look and install it... and I'm not a home improvement queen!).
The dog feels like she's in doggie heaven running around without having to have her tie-up ropes and my neighbors across the road should be happy that I've spruced up the flower garden area - especially since they just put their house on the market.
Now I'm ready for a nice long Calgon soak!!!
excuse the typos.....been working to long today already! - nm
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Sorry Guys - Today is the 1st day in months the site seems to not be working.
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I'm working too, get double line count for today, but reports are
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Anyone else working today? Am I the only lowly sole with nothing to do until dinner time?
I feel like I am the only on working today, as the Boscov's parade is on TV, my two teens are sleeping, my husband is working OT and here I am working also. Gotta cover my account today, at least until this afternoon, when I have to cook for my little family.
Just wanted to see if anyone else is out there today!
I am working today but i don't get extra pay. just behind on clinic notes and trying to catch up
between cooking.
I quit once for 3 years, but then started again. (Quit cold turkey when I did)
I quit two months ago. I tried to quit for over a year, but I just had to be ready.
I tried the patch, NRT gum, Zyban, everything. One morning, I woke up and just quit cold turkey. There are some good online support groups out there that can help you when you're ready.
ALSO IF THEY WERE GOING TO QUIT SE, THEY WOULD QUIT ADVERTISING TO HIRE SE
And I have seen a new ad in the magazine Advance that has a sign on bonus for SE's, maybe just better pay, let's think positive!!
Email reply vs. Post Reply
Could someone tell me how to post a message and then have someone reply by email instead of just "Post Reply." I'm pretty new to this "chat" board. But I WOULD like to say it is VERY informative and helpful. Too bad some of the companies we work for aren't as helpful as one MT is to another MT. We'd have it made!!
HELP with Shorthand. Suddenly today when I tried to start work today.sm
my ShortHand would type only the first letter of an expansion and then take all the letters away! I checked and the Type It button is grayed out! I have restarted the computer and looked on the Shorthand Help menu but can find nothing that applies. Can anyone please help me ASAP? I am lost without it! TIA
Perhaps you are right. This one is dated today. The original article was on Yahoo today also with
But this article states it would only affect new customers right now. So I am upset over nothing. I went through heck with BellSouth when they charged me a surcharge of an extra 50 a month and then would write a letter saying I had to switch to a long distance service and pay by the minute because of my "excessive" use. They told me the unlimited charge was for an average of an hour a day not somebody who worked out of their home and I needed to switch a business plan at over 200 a month charge. I switched over to cable because of that and then to read that cable was going to charging on a per use fee and not a flat monthly fee it upset me. It is the nature of our work, VR, only paying for VBC, having headers and footers taken away, now being charged for being on line, etc. It just seems that everything is done to keep to insure less money.
Do NOT quit MT yet! & dont quit looking.Try her
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Blasted cold out today. It was 104 degrees last week, but it's 40 degrees today with rain.
However, I do like cozy days like today when I don't have to go anywhere. I'm done working, the house is clean, there's chili on the stove for dinner already, and I'm just putzing around. I think I'll go bake some jalapeno cheese bread to go with the chili.
You get more working the evening or night shifts and working w/o benefits. And producing like a mad
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Ditto....granted I am not working much these days, but am currently trying out a new way of working
when I do work which seems to be helping. I am timing myself and keeping a log of how long it takes to to type however many minutes. I am averaging anywhere from 13-18 minutes of dictation an hour now doing this. Granted the time fluctuates between who I am typing, and if I have to look up names, addresses, etc., just depends on the division I am doing at the time. But work that used to take me 3 hours to do is now taking me under 2 hours, I am also trying to put in more macros as I go along, which slows me down initially but pays off in the long run of course. I was working "all the time" before but took forever to get done since I was not applying myself. This new "attitude" has helped me a lot. My goal, in the Fall, is to do 90 minutes a day consistently at 6 hours, and then maybe get up to 120 minutes a day at 8 hours, still while having at least half of the day free (do 60 minutes at night, and the other 60 by Noon). Thereby doing 1200-1400 lines a day. I have never really buckled down and done more than 8000 lines per pay period, so it will be a nice change. Maybe you can do something like that and have a specific knock off time as was suggested below. 
Working holidays? Out shopping in stores where someone IS working
that holiday you refuse to work? Grocery stores, food joints & seems any store is open on holidays and you expect them to be fully staffed, so why shouldn't we?
Yes, I took off for the first time on Christmas day, in 18 years and it was great, but I worked Christmas eve and this whole past weekend.
Someone has to do it!
working IN A HOSPITAL is different than working at home.
Someone can steal you identity from the internet if they want to. Why would you go to the time and trouble to jeopardize a job that requires some level of skill to steal someone's identity or medical records? You could get a job as a retail clerk and get info easier than going through the testing required to become an MT.
Somehow working at home translates into not really working
My in-laws are the worst. Whenever they plan something last minute and my husband says that I had to work, they say, "but she works at home!". When I one time mentioned I had a "schedule" and basically punch a clock and work full time, I don't think they believed me. They will sometimes call mid-day during the week if they are in the area to see if I want to go for lunch, etc! The best is, my husband doesn't make all that much money, so where is it coming from, the money fairy? I am ready to strangle someone! So I know how you feel and I'm sorry it upset you. You are not alone.
TC quit
Yerica, LOL..No such luck. Peggy quit, so did Miranda who worked in the digital room. They both went to FutureNet, same place April went last November. Jessie from the digital room is gone too..
Quit then if it's really that bad for you. sm
I don't like the e-mails either but you need to take this up with Joann rather than coming here and screaming at everybody. If it doesn't pertain to you, then ignore it. Why you're so uptight about something that isn't addressed to you is crazy.
LOL....I'd have quit after 1!!!!
now mine just takes in live-in strays since he can't get married again, he's still married in a different state and can't find the wife to get the divorce. IT's probably a good thing that he can't. He's be the one with 32 wives and still counting, some all at the same time. LOLOLOLOL
For those who want to quit
We need a MT smoker board any ideas???? Since we listen to what doctors say and know more than the average person (because we our brilliant people) we need a support group..
Here is how I quit MQ.
I took another FT job. Did not say a word to MQ. Just simply went about working for new job. I was not able to type at all for MQ. They did not call me. After about three months, I finally was contacted. Told them I had to take another job and that after eight hours with it, I was too tired to type for them. They asked me to go PT and I said I would try. Waited another three months and could not meet PT criteria (did not actually type a thing but wanted to see if FT job would work age - it was). After another 3 months, I called them and told them I would be shipping their things back. End of story. Of course, I doubt if I could ever go back there.
Sometimes in life you get what you give.
quit being mean
quit it!!!
Quit, got that right....sm
I quit two positions on the FIRST day because I could see that it was going to be impossible to get the production I want/need with the system as they were training me. No sense wasting my time or theirs...just got outta there.
I would not quit what I am now doing.
I just want more radiology work. I do basic 4 and radiology with radiology being a 1/3 of my work. I would like to keep the rad work but replace basic four with more rad work elsewhere.
yup, das y i quit
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I quit!
Could you tell me the name of the company? I just started with a company, and I honestly don't think I will EVER be able to make the line count .... 11,000. Have never made that many lines. Am a good MT but takes time to do short reports, proof, etc. Even a short report can take awhile depending on extra things doctor wants you to do, like send a cc to different people, do this, do that, etc. By the time I proof the report, it could easily take 15 minutes or more. Takes time to proof and to try and find a doctor's name, etc., esp. in a big hospital.
I quit!
Just curious...how long were you on-board? I think I know the place.
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