SOME ARE HAPPY

For the few or so...... that are happy, there are 100s who are not.  So the few who are happy can stay working.  See how long you stay happy when you have to work longer hours and do more work for less or the same money.  I am not telling everyone to do anything.  The MTs who are unhappy with certain companies need to get these companies back in line.  The companies that are good to their employees have no worries.

• numerous discussions here - jnmd
  • You keep saying ALL. And once again - only a very small % of MTs...
    • Finally, a voice of reason!! - Fingers
      • Congratulations on your healthy income! - Inquiring mind
        • Inquiring mind - Fingers
      • Really. Must be fun to rabble-rouse... - sm
    • your opinion - jnmd
      • So, seriously, how would you *realistically*... - sm
        • We need a national registry of MTs - Barry Watts
        • Talk about blowing smoke, ha. - Nonbeliever
          • proactive - cj
            • There is an organization... - sm
          • It really is, isn't it? Reminds me of ShamWow - commercials or a used car salesman.
  • Out of the approximately 100,000 MTs nationwide... - sm
    • The ones not on this board are precisely the ones - we need to be reaching. NM
      • Okay - Everybody reply with NM if you are going to quit working today! - Fingers
        • Ya know what FINGERS - jnmd
          • And YOU know what, jnmd... - Fingers
        • I would suggest setting a date and posting it on here multiple times - Anon
          • You all have fun- I have to work - Aint gonna fly.
          • EXACTLY - jnmd
        • I wasn't talking about stopping work today. Before we do - ANYTHING, we need to know roughly - SM
          • CAN'T STOP TODAY - jnmd
          • Okay, SM, when you get those numbers up, let me know. - Fingers
            • SOME ARE HAPPY - jnmd
    • AHDI has done a pretty bangup job of herding all - us MT cats into the poorhouse. Topaz -(nm)
  • The below posters are correct but - Backwards typist
    • wish I had read your post before I put mine sm - MT32`
  • sure,they would have to break to get us all back off ''strike'' - stunned
  • I've been saying this for years. Unfortunately, - sm
    • so where do you go from here? - jnmd
  • I completely agree with what you say. - Kiki
    • pay scale and benefits - jnmd
      • What is this "we," kemosabe? - sm
      • AAMT/AHDI is the the same organization, and it - - sm
        • check this out - acm
        • AGREE - jnmd
          • going to the hospital won't work sm - MT32`
            • We don't have to approach hospitals we work for; - Topaz -(sm)
            • Including refusing to work effective now? nm - Fingers
              • you betcha! I have had enough. sm - MT32
          • Wait. ''Not being an MT myself...'' ?? - and your interest in this is what then?
            • My interest in this??? - jnmd
              • No one would trust that everyone - Louise
                • Here is one that will say up front I am not going to stop working - Sally
              • MTs PLEASE READ AND CONSIDER - Fingers
                • FINAL CONSULTANT POST - jnmd
              • you are correct. But, this is what I think sm - MT32`
              • Half a brain?? You are not speaking for everyone here - SS
                • half a brain... - jnmd
              • The solutions you offer are correct. NM - anon
          • No offense, but you were unaware of the history of AAMT/AHDI - and don't know how to spell HIPAA.
            • and i would suggest - jnmd
              • You ''did not CALL for anything." ??? - sm
              • With your "expertise and very nice wealth,"...... - Fingers
                • I agree, especially after the initial subterfuge... - sm
              • don't worry about it. some people sm - MT32`
                • BRILLIANT!!!! - jnmd
                  • I have gotten it for years and tried sm - MT32
              • You sound snobby and I don’t think many will listen to you - SS
                • snobby NOT - jnmd
          • Wishful thinking. n/m - Not happening
            • Appreciate your thoughts, but all of this is impossible. - Fingers
              • happening??? - jnmd
                • You have to consult on something you KNOW about. - Fingers
                  • But consultants work with the client and sm - MT32
                  • EVOLVE AND CONSULTING - jnmd
                    • Please Do Not Turn My Words Around - Fingers
                      • response - jnmd
                        • One thing you said is correct - Your input changes nothing! - Fingers
                          • My input Carole - jnmd
                            • "Example... until we get benefits and a fair pay scale - we do not work... PERIOD!''
                              • TO THE POINT - jnmd
                                • No, you MISSED my point. - But that doesn't surprise me.

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I, on the other hand, had my children in my mid to late 30's.  I'm 45 and have a 12 and 5 year old.  At 50, I'll have a teenager and another one who will be right behind him.  There is definitely something to be said for having your kids when you are younger, not to say I am not enjoying mine - I'll be pretty old when they are on their own. 

but I only ask for 12 cents and I don't feel I am asking too much for the area I am in.  I would even negotiate to 11, but no lower.  It is a pretty good deal for them, but maybe they'd rather use India!  If I wanted to hire someone, I could not go lower than 11.  I think this area has had a lot of soliciting because it pays a little higher.  Houses around here are $700,000 and who the he** can afford to work for less than 11 cents per line.

So make an extra $1000 for me!

Can't comment on working for DR as employee, but it is the same management/QA.  I work on only one account, if you work for DR directly I think you may work on more than one.  

Pay is average, but I am making lots of lines and $$ due to a platform I like (Word superimposed on their platform) and fair incentive.  My benefits through the hospital are excellent and very affordable (main reason for taking this position) with generous time off, etc. 

They do pay downtime, which is a plus if there is no work.  There are a lot of negative posts lately about them, but I have no particular complaints.         

I share your joy; my guilty secret pleasure is blogging where I can write to my heart's content.  Unfortunately, it does not pay the bills!

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Please do tell who you are so happy with.  I'm interested in checking out other companies with a LITTLE flexibility, decent wage, PTO that doesn't require 6 to 8 weeks notice, etc.... and is not in India!   Curious in Ohio

put up with domineering or rude people to interview.  Do the work yourself.  Darn it!  I'm tired of whining and comlaining recruiters who think that an MT has no right to be in the know when they are accepting a client.  If you don't like the business of hiring and firing, then do your own work!!!!     

This whole thread has been just ridiculous in the fact that this OP obviously wanted to stir up some trouble and gloat about being able to hire or not hire a potential subcontractor.  Grow up!   

I like this thread/topic. I agree with everything the OP said, except maybe the $32.00 an hour unless, of course, you figure into your wage what your benefit package is worth. Getting affordable health insurance, vacation pay, etc. works out to be quite a bit per hour that we just don't think of as wages.

As said above, anything can be said on the internet; but on the topice of speech recognition, which I do daily, I have to disagree. When I was doing straight typing, about 3 years ago, I was doing 15/16 minutes of dictation an hour. (Our production is computed in minutes, not lines). Now with SR I average 27/28 minutes per hour, almost double. I love SR. It is much easier on the body, for me that means my knees.

As long as we are willing to adapt to the changes of SR and EMR, I believe we all will have enough work to last. I feel sorry for those just trying to get their foot in the door. It is getting harder and harder to get that first job/experience. My company hasn't hired a new MT in 2 years, even when someone quits they are not being replaced because our production has improved significantly with SR.

If anyone is really that unhappy with their situation, they should find another company or another profession. Life is too short to be misserable.

Despite all the controversy about taking the exam, passing it really does make a person proud of themselves.  Anyone who has taken the test recently knows that it truly does cover all the things a "real" MT needs to know in order to be successful.