Sorry - do not know what happened to my above post. I press 2 for decrease, 3 for increase. nm

• Is there a way to slow down dication on a C-phone? - Pam
  • I have pressed every number on the key pad - Pam
    • My Dictatphone settings are Ŗ" to slow down and ŗ" to speed up (you can press these mo - GTRADMT
      • Sorry - do not know what happened to my above post. I press 2 for decrease, 3 for increase. nm - GTRADMT
    • I'd call the owner of the system (sm) - tnmt
  • #4 - Have a great day everyone.
  • It's #4 for me to slow it down (nm) - Anon
  • C phone - ER MT
    • It's 2 for me, too. nm - clhmt
  • Going by memory, isn't it - ByMemory

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I posted about my home-based hospital job and there were replies earlier today, now they've all been deleted.  How in the world did THAT cause a thread to go down in flames?

to spot this conversation and thought I'd chime in.  I, too, sometimes wonder how a particular MT gets through the day if they don't know the basics, but I can understand their pain.  It brings me back over 20 years when I first started.  I actually cried when I first worked in a hospital.  I thought I'd never get it?  It's hard in the beginning, and I laugh now when I look back at what I DIDN'T KNOW.  You have to start somewhere, and this help board should be considered just that - HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT.

Never heard of that one.  Was told lines would increase but nothing about rate decrease and I've been on DQS since day one

May be your management padding their own, but mine did not and I would not have settled for it, period!

The ME are their most knowledgeable employees because that is what it takes to be an editor. You need tons of experience and years of transcription to edit correctly from the gibberish that comes on the screen. Yet, they decrease your pay for ME by 20% and expect an increase in productivity by 25%. As all the worst dictators are not ASR but need to be transcribed, how do they expect the struggling MTs (newbies) and less experienced MTs to make a living. This sucks.

I received my letter today, and I am very angry.  The price of gas is going up, which will cause everything else to go up, and we are getting a decrease in pay.  

they want to decrease our ME pay by 20%. we need to all be asked to go back to MTs and earn what we are worth

or hours".  THIS is how it works, per Labor Board, clearly stated.  Or maybe you'd like to educate us on "how it works".  Who's talking about "hating", which you keep bring up?

Are you willing to give any info?  Did you work for them?  Thanks!

i took a test with them last week and hadn't heard anything.  any info?

thanks

paper about increasing car sales in India.  The Indian people are enjoying higher wages and are now able to purchase cars.  Car makers are scrambling to get pieces of this new, juicy pie. 

I wonder how long it's going to take before sending our work to India is not cost effective for the MTSO anymore.  The Indian MTs won't be able to live on their 2 cpl anymore and will need more, and more.  It's going to be interesting to see this evolve. 

There's hope for us!

Help!  Need some info please.  I have been an MT since 1992 first in a clinic setting, and now in hospital since 1996.  I have been doing Radiology transcription and love it.  I have been looking for an at home job for the past couple of months and have been offered a couple positions.  I currently get paid by the hour and have no idea how to convert my work to line count.  I have been offered .075, .08 and .09 no spaces?  Anyone type PET scans and know what the line count is on a report like that?  They told me they would give me 9 reports and I would be busy all day which I can't believe because I can usually type 25-30 reports an hour of MR, CT, US, MN and general x-ray. 

Thanks, TLB

the link is included and can be viewed at MTIA's web site.  EVERYONE should read this....it affects our future.  I do not doubt the hundreds of resumes MTSOs receive today in response to job postings will dwindle to a handful.  The entire credentialing process is geared to one way only, and that is lining the pockets of those who have led the way to destroy a once honorable profession.  Why would anyone want to go through the process to earn a substandard living today, certification not withstanding?  Does anyone think the MTSOs are going to pay a much higher premium for a credentialed MT?  Come on...get real.  If they are outsourcing today to make more money, does anyone really think they will bring those jobs back and pay EACH AND EVERY credentialed MT a livable wage, money out of their pockets? 

www.mtia.com...if the link does not work.