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Hi all,

If you would like some web pages to add to your "favorites," feel free to visit my website at:

http://www.geocities.com/greatest1mt/mypersonalpage.html

Paula

Back in the 80s, AAMT used to care about all the MTs.  Their BOS was only 85 pages long (I still have one of these BOS....a gold book, very tall and very skinny)....then the AAMT got big and it all went to their heads and their 2nd edition BOS is close to something like 600+ pages long.  And now they support offshoring to India/Pakistan.  At that point, they no longer cared about the USA MTs.

Later for the AAMT..........*L*.......MUCH later.

Since my phone is listed under my business name I get a free listing and have gotten quite a few one-time only jobs, seminars, interviews, etc. that really pay well and not needing a 24 TAT and it has worked for me.   Also no 1099's with then as it is a one time job.   Last year got a 10 tape seminiar on pet therapy and it was almost $2,000 for the seminar done in our spare time over 2 weeks.   Just my 2 cents worth. 

the first AAMT BOS was 85-90 pages long back in 1985....the one I have today, Second Edition bought 2 years ago....has I do believe 600 pages.....

so your question about what has changed cannot be answered in the post here......get yourself a copy ??  Can be ordered right from their site....aamt.org 

I loved them, back in the days - a lot of these reports are EXPERT WITNESS reports too...and perhaps the dictator has not even seen the patient....just reporting based on medical records/radiology, et cetera.  Most of mine (back in the days) were 3-4 pages long, done for orthopaedists and/or chiropractors. 

1.  Working in an office, with clothing restrictions.  We cannot wear jeans or sports clothing even though we have no public contact... yet a woman can wear a micro miniskirt or a man can wear a dress. 
2.  Supervisors constantly changing standards.
3.  We have changed from word (with PTDS) to IPR (with INFORMM), and are now switching again to IDX with VR.
4.  If there are blanks, we are required to stand up, fetch a trainer to listen to the blank before we are allowed to send up the document with the blank, regardless of the fact that we have years of experience.  At times a trainer may not be available.
5.  Favortism.
6.  Unionized (positive and negative features).
7.  We have lost some people because they were singled out and nit picked until they left.
8.  Every year there is a new crop of bad dictators when graduation happens and the replacements arrive.
9.  If a written reprimand ends up in the file, it will prevent one from transferring departments.  This causes problems when a person wants to jump ship for being singled out.
10.  Different departments have different difficulty levels.  Some are extremely easy to make production quota line counts, whereas others are impossible, yet everyone is held to the same production standards (or risks harrassment for not making rate).  So, some are smooth sailing through while others struggle desperately.
11.  Very clique-ish.
12.  The office is cold or hot, no medium acceptable temp.  I can be wrapped up in a down filled blanket with a fleece blanket over my head/hair, and the AC is still on. 
13.  They may spray for bugs, but they will not enforce a no-food policy.  Someone may be harrassed about not a clean enough work space, while another (who is worse) is not spoken to. 
14.  Did I mention favortism?
15.  No smoking policy. 

I read these posts all the time and am saddened to hear that so many are unhappy.  I have been blessed to be a Transcriptionist for the last 12-1/2 years.  It started out on a fill-in basis, then went to part-time and now I do it full-time out of my house as an IC.  My line rates are good and I have always had steady work.  I do 3 local clinics and then I also have Internet work.  I do feel that there are other benefits to working out of your house than just the pay.  I am able to have flexibility in scheduling, see my children off to school, be here when they get home and not have the stress of having to be at a job for 9 hours a day.  Not trying to sound holier than though, but perhaps just take some time to think about the positives and not always the negatives.

When I first went home to work, I did think it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I got so tired of being stuck to my desk all day long and being asked to work overtime with no overtime pay.  No incentives anymore either.  The money is the biggest issue here and benefits at a good price.  .... So I decided to go back in house.  and believe that I found a great place to work.

Of course, there will be the usual bad side of working an inhouse job... dressing up.... which I honestly miss.. but maybe not every day, paying for gas to drive to work... but it's actually only 10 minutes away, the cafeteria--enough said :D... plus I bring my lunch and have always done so..., office politics--which I have found exist at home or inhouse....,  dept meetings--which I have found exist with at home jobs also... of course they are "account" not department meetings and communication! which is a really important thing and was the straw that broke this camel's back--got sick of sending emails to a myriad of people from the top to the bottom and getting no response back... or responses days later...

Can anyone add any other positives/negatives?

The pay will be worth it all no matter what, but I was curious to see what other things there are to consider.   

Please no flames. 

Thanks in advance.

I don't think there's any cause to get upset or defensive here.  Look it up on line...even colleges are offering courses in Ebonics!  ...well of course they are more sociology-type courses, but still, people are PAYING to learn about the why's and how's of this "other" language.

A quote from one of the sites I found:

"UT-Austin's "Introduction to the Study of African American English," teaches students that the sentence, "Nobody didn't leave" is not "mainstream English with mistakes," but rather a legitimate English dialect. "Ebonics: Myth and Facts" and "African-American English" are both offered at Harvard. Penn and UCLA also promote Ebonics as a legitimate dialect in, "Introduction to African American and Latino English" and "Afro-American Sociolinguistics: Black English," respectively."

Here's the link: http://www.academia.org/campus_reports/2002/september_2002_2.html

:P

"I was told it was a "MAN" thing and everyone does it (i guess all men)"

whenever anyone takes an action and relates it to a whole gender and then tags on everyone does it....well, I guess there's your answer

I was only referring to the bitter ones here who work for MQ, not all MQrs.  I am one of the MQrs, ya know! Please get your facts straight before you post a response!