On vacation for the first time in 2+ years - YAHOO!
Posted By: omt on 2006-06-13
In Reply to: Is July 4th a holiday for you? - wah, no cookout or fireworks this year
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Vacation time
I am an IC. Contracted with just 1 drs. office since they generate plenty of work. There is another at home IC, who works there, too. We have been backed up quite a bit lately, so they hired another IC to work prn. My question to any other IC's out there is--Do you ever take family vacations? How do you accomplish this? Do you tell them your office will be closed for a week? What do they do about work while you are gone? What usually happens to me is they punish me the week before by giving me extra work. While I am gone, they just pour all of my work on the other IC and she gets backed up, and then when I returned I have twice as much work to do. I feel like--why did I bother taking vacation?! I get burned out prior to vacation, and after returning to work I get burned out again from trying to catch up. I mentioned today that we need someone to cover when we, the 2 IC's take vacation. I was told the other IC "never takes time off" with a smirk. I felt like saying, "Well, I am sorry, but I have a family and a life and it doesn't revolve around this office!!!!" Got any advice? I am so burned out and need some time off!!!!  
can now donate your vacation time
The IRS will now let you donate your vacation time to the evacuees. They will convert it to cash and you can deduct it at the end of the year. For those of you feeling so generous, this is for you.
doctors vacation time
I am an IC for a clinic. I really like it but for one thing.
I have to wait around all day to see if he is going to upload that day. I have to work some at night and during the day so it's not like I can plan to do anything at all because I don't know when I will have a report. Also with holidays. On Thanksgiving he stated that he was going to be gone but the people in the office wouldn't/couldn't verify so I was kind of stuck waiting to see if he was going to be in.
Is this normal? Does anybody have it set up so they know when their doctor is going on vacation? I really don't think it is too much to ask for.
Thanks
My docs seem to take vacation time...sm
every other week. I have never seen doctors take off so much as these docs I type for. I work for a national and assigned my own docs and these two are always taking weeks off. I so need another part time job but do not want to waste my time on a horrid account where I will NOT make any money.
Yeah, donate your vacation time
A neighbor of a relative of mine, being the nice person that he is, set up a booth at the Astrodome for temporary work as a plumber for $15 an hour. No one came. Go ahead, give up your vacation. Not me.
I am with you..When I was hired I was very up front about wanting vacation time...sm
during the holidays. I told my boss when hired 1 1/2 years ago that I would be taking the last two weeks of December off. I have four kids and they are always off for Christmas break at that time. Also, my husbands company has a two week shut down at that time, so I take it also. We have done this for about 9-10 years now. It makes the holidays so much more enjoyable. I am sure I will get some flack for this and about how someone has to pick up my slack for two weeks, but honestly I am not to concerned about it. Everyone has the right to schedule their vacation when they chose...mine just happens to be at the holidays. My boss told me to enjoy, relax and have fun...and that is what I did. Happy Holidays!
Only if they're paying 20+ per/hr with cheap benefits, 401K, and generous vacation time.
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Oh golly, take the kids on a vacation later. They need this vacation alone Sm
and there is not one thing on earth wrong about their taking it.
OKAY! I need a vacation. Frank and fans of Frank/MQ who won the Hawaiian vacation?
Does anyone know?
I have used this one for 5 years. It may be time for a new one
1st time 22 (6 yrs). 2nd time 33 and 13 years.
Still going strong!
26 years is a looongg time to be
doing this job, and every weekend at least one day. Had about the same experience with my DH, me working all the time trying to get line counts while he would go weekends to the lake to go fishing.... I had about all I could take, and for a couple of weeks, at times, I would sit at my computer, trying to type while crying....stress of the job, financial stress, and him gone fishing and having a good time. Well, it just so happened that he heard me crying, not because I wanted him to (he has hearing difficulties) but he just happened to come into the room when I was sobbing and typing, having a real hard time with this job, getting knots in my stomach. He asked me what was wrong, and this time I told him exactly what was wrong, how I was feeling, what this job was doing to me, and he came to a decision that it didn't matter if I worked or not, he didn't want me getting physically ill. That did it for us.... I don't know if that will work for you, the crying part, but it got my DH's attention. Sometimes you just have to come out and tell him, or do something, that lets him know you will NOT go it alone anymore. Years ago someone asked me if I was tired of being a doormat....wonder if you are feeling that way? You were not put on this earth to keep everyone happy..... I'm still trying to learn that but you MUST say something... After awhile, you won't be able to hide it ...you will either get sick, or you will just blow up. Stress has some nasty side-effects. Hope this helps. God Bless.
IC 12 years, took 2 vacations in that time
It is very_difficult to get time off for vacation when you work for yourself and cut out middle people......I do exactly that and I haven't had a vacation since 2005 and before that during 9/11/01. The offices may understand and allow you 2 weeks but then you have to play *catch-up* when you return, trying to bring them all current.
It's a trade-off for sure, unless you have friends that can cover your vacation time and who you trust with the work.
Don't feel bad. For the first time in 2 years,
I didn't get my lines or hours. Work has been low lately. I've usually been way above the required production.
14 years at the time I took the test.
But if you have the CMT review guide and study it, take the little tests at the end of the chapters, you WILL pass. just don't be nervous. They give you something like 4 hours and I was out of there in a little over an hour. You don't need to get a 100%, just pass it. And before anyone starts ragging on how it's not worth it blah blah blah, I did it for ME. I spent my own money to prove to MYSELF that I am not as stupid as all my supervisors who don't know s*it from shinola about MT imply that I am. And I got a personalized license plate but I suppose the morons down here think I am affiliated with a cement company.
Do you need to have 2 years full time experience or just 2 years' experience? nm
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Ooops, transferred the 25 years old to your age at the time.
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I had one for 3 years and it worked fine the whole time.
Actually, I have not worked as a full time MT for nine years
and that's the problem. Is there hope for me to get back in to MT even though I've been out of it for so long. I did work part-time from home from the lab for about two years after that.
Shelley
Why would you allow this to go on for five years? You should have stopped it a long time ago. nm
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Good things take time. (this is addressed to OP, BTW) My first 15 years or sm
so of MT was without the benefit of using an expander. When Expanders became the norm, I was reluctant to try, thinking that it would be more cumbersome than by not using it at all. Was I surprised and pleased I had ventured into the Expander world.
Since you're at home you can add entries on your free time, even if you do 5 or 10 at a time, when there is no pressure on you. Start out with expanders for "the patient," "-year-old," the names of your doctors, anything that is repetitious. You will be surprised how much time this will save you. My initial expander, PRD, actually calculated saved Keystrokes and productivity. Back then I was saving 30%!
The expander is especially helpful for those crazy terms that are hyphenated or have camel caps, those that I always had to look up to check myself. Create your brief form by just using straight lowercase, for instance, duoneb for Duo-Neb (or d-n).
Speed will come, don't worry. Good luck to you!
(Posted in the wrong place--I always do that!) This is in response to OP.
why subject little angels to the willey years ahead of time
The hairy thing might scare her. At that age, they are fugly.
Tell papa not to take ANY chances that could screw up her delicate psyche. If he continues, make an appt with a therapist and get an expert's advice.
Wonder if you scrub them too hard. I wear my soft ones for 2 years at a time! nm
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I've used my laptop to MT for about 5 years, full-time. Couldn't
I love being portable, plus I have a small working space. It's great transcribing on the deck (or at the beach) on nice days. Have never had any technical issues; there's always some sort of adapter thingie that's available for whatever comes up.
Actually it's years to ears. I can spell just fine, just don't take the time to proofread eve
post as I'm busy transcribing at the same time. Sorry to say my priorities are such that you guys here don't rank perfect posts. Now, if you guys want to pay per post.... 
Just experiencing acute care dictation, for the first time in years
the dictation seems lacking of a change in the tone of the dictation, inflections put on syllabyls or sentence structure are both missing. It makes the job boring with the sighs and "ummmm"s of which there are many, loss of train of thought. In my day, the doctor's dictated with some emotion which helped to enjoy the job even more, in fact, that is my fav part, typing a good job for the person dictating - that has always been my goal. It is very depressing since I see another 10 or so years in this field unless I sprout a new talent that can pay the bills.
Stayed at Vistana time share resort and it was EXCELLENT 5-6 years ago.
I don't know what kind of prices you are going to get at the height of the season but phone Vistana and see what a weekly rate is. They do have shuttle service and lots of activities within the resort itself. There are lots of time shares that have been built since then so check into time share rental. Vistana had two bedrooms and sleeping room in the living area plus kitchen. Whirlpool bath in master. Tennis, swimming, etc. Great place to stay, highly recommend.
PS: I went in the late summer and price for a week was approximately $700.
hate daylight savings time, LOVED living in AZ for 2 years!
used to whatever time you are on, some government says, "EVERYBODY CHANGE AGAIN!"
yahoo
My kids have the paid subscription to yahoo radio and you can download and burn songs for only 79 cents each.
Yahoo IM does this
Then is just you and him and not in a room,just in your instant message.
YAHOO...sm
This is a bit off topic, but...
Has anyone besides me had no luck accessing Yahoo for the past two days?
TIA
yahoo
listen up everybody. something really weird is going on. clicked internet icon and got the download box, happened a couple of times and then, no internet. whatever, don't open box.called cable guy, he said to unplug modem, few minutes, then plug in again. said he has had alot of this lately. people don't have anything better to do than to mess up a computer?
Me too YAHOO!!
I am at 58K already this year!
Yahoo IM
Does anyone know how to download Yahoo Im? I need it for my job and when I try to download it, all I get is that advertisement/questionaire, which I can't seem to get past. I looked for other sites and they want to charge me. javascript:editor_insertHTML('text',' ');
javascript:editor_insertHTML('text','');
yahoo im
go to yahoo page and click messenger and then it should direct you from there...hope it helps
Yahoo
Is anyone else having trouble with Yahoo mail this morning, I have 2 accounts and cannot get into either of them.
EMR on yahoo
Am I the only person who thinks Obama is absolutely ignorant for making all records electronic? If you go to yahoo and look up the time.com piece, EMR is NOT a smart thing to do. Honestly, is a computer going to fix it when the doctor dictates the wrong dosage of the drug, or during an op note if the doc dictates the wrong appendage, will it fix that? Obama thinks that it will improve the system. I say it is fine as is, and we wouldn't be needing to do this if SO many people weren't outsourcing OUR WORK to India. That sure as heck isn't helping the economy!! But neither are the doctors that dictate with their head in their rear.
psalms5556@yahoo.com
HI: I would love to chat. It is nice in between working to chat. Barb
hot_lips_2k@yahoo.com
I pay my taxes at the end of the year also. I take 30% of each of my paychecks and place it in a savings account each pay period. At the end of the year, what I owe comes out if needed and the rest stays in there.
Yahoo profile - how do you look up? n/m
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Will that work with yahoo?
I will have to try that, but do you know if that will work with yahoo?
Is Yahoo mail down? nm
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Yahoo IM is up, but mail still down.
anyone able to use yahoo yet, mine still down
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Yahoo Email-sm
Anybody's Yahoo E-mail account been down today?
yahoo mail
Is it just me or is everyone having trouble with yahoo mail.
yahoo mail down for anyone else? nm
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yahoo web site that I use
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/
i think yahoo has a feature like this
but I haven't used it so I don't know for sure
From the Yahoo Group.
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yahoo-is anyone else having troubles?
my yahoo mail is acting soooo goofy what is going on here
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