Southwest. I was hired..LOL ... ?? I'm sure they are needing more?!

• I just was hired with the new SE pay/incentive!!!!! - New MQMT
  • quarterly bonus - Deb
  • Congratulations! I hope you like it here. - Busy MT'ing
    • Thanks. - New MQMT
      • New SE/Pay Plan- LM - Old MQMT
        • THANK YOU SO MUCH .. Please read my message here - New MQMT
  • Wow! Sounds good for you! BUT, are you acute care. - WA
    • Yes, it is acute care. I am in the SW Dallas office. - New MQMT
      • Yes, I could see 9 CPL with 18 years experience! - WA
        • Rumors - New MQMT
          • Okay, Thanks for all the good info - WA
  • I wouldn't sm - Pleased? Yeah boy!
    • One of my long-time friends works on the same - New MQMT
      • Congrat's New MQMT - Nanna23
        • Thanks. That's my feeling. Appreciate your NICE post! - New MQMT
  • I find it odd that no one knows what the MQ incentive plan is and wont for several months but - sm
    • My recruiter, hiring coordinator, and production spvsr said it was - New MQMT
  • How many years experience as MT? nm - A
    • 18 years. - New MQMT
  • Are you getting extra for weekend work and holidays. - Meg
    • I don't think so - my pay is based - New MQMT
  • Now all you have to do if find the 16,000 lines and you will be set. - MQ2
    • Well, they said I could expect OT immediately..?? - New MQMT
      • I've heard that before sm - Pleased? Yeah boy!
      • Oh, lucky you if you get ANY lines to transcribe -- - MQ MT
        • I hope that isn't the case; however, if it is SM - New MQMT
      • OT - nss
        • For some reason, I find that poster a little dubious. SE done really get OT per se. We shall see. - nm
          • quarterly bonus - Deb
          • dubious - ns
          • Meant to say SE's dont get OT. They can work as much as they please. - nm
            • Well, they said I could do more than my - New MQMT
      • Which office are you working for. - Meg
        • Southwest - New MQMT
          • Would that be the one in Phoenix? nm - Pleased? Yeah boy!
            • No. Dallas. - New MQMT
              • You may be lucky sm - Dano
  • You should also ask about the 2000 sign on bonus just advertised - in the JAAMT. Leave nothing on the table (or under
    • I did and got it....$1000 for part-time. - New MQMT
  • Just goes to show if true how UNFAIR MQ is. Those who have been with MQ for years.. - 8 cpl
  • You are either guillable or you are top mgt flying a balloon. - LOL
    • I'm a new-hire MT. I don't know about - New MQMT
  • Wait until you get nailed on a 1099 form and uncle Sam - NM
    • 1099 does not apply to SE - NM
    • What do you mean? They pay/deduct all but state taxes? - New MQMT
      • No, SE means you pay part of your FICA and SS and state tax. They do not deduct it all. - SE
        • re: paying your FICA,SS etc as SE - Nanna23
          • That was my understanding, too. - New MQMT
        • Hmm, I have a paper here that I signed that says - New MQMT
        • Withholding is the same as an employee status with the exception of state tax. - no msg
          • That's what I thought...or at least that is what - New MQMT
            • I think all of these lovely posters meant to say WELCOME TO MQ!! - MTQR
              • That's funny! THank you!! - New MQMT
              • Ah, Jeez Louise, damage control again (sm) - Mermaid
                • The original poster got me, and that's what counted! - MTQR
                  • Whatever, then may you all have a good time in your pool of name calling. (nm) - Mermaid
  • Might be obvious but who is SE? - Michigan MT
    • SE as in statutory employee at MQ nm - Not who, what
      • Duh, thanks! - Michigan MT
  • I say... - kyradmtky
    • MQ ROCKS??? Because a poster SAYS she was hired on for increase? - MQ's cheatin heart.
      • if you've been at MQ for over a year and had no raise...(nm) - you should quit!
    • I second that emotion!!! - woohoo!!!
  • Wow! I do 1600 lines daily and make only 9.5 cpl as employee- - MT2
    • Southwest. I was hired..LOL ... ?? I'm sure they are needing more?! - New MQMT
    • You're very lucky to get this as an employee. Keep it! nm - wanderer
      • You're probably right. The grass always seems greener on the opposite side of the fence though! - MT2

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Southwest Georgia!!

Hubby and I had a stupid fight.  I was watching a television show last night, really engrossed in it when DH decides to fuss with the candles on top of the entertainment center and stands right in front of the TV.  I thought it was rude as he had just walked into the room and had not been in there previously plus he knew that I was just sitting there spacing and watching a show.  So then after 2-3 minutes he turns to me and says he needs help with something he's holding in his hand, a model he's working on.  I just say, okay, now that you've stood in front of the TV and I was watching it, what is it you need?  He storms out of the room and doesn't say another word to me the rest of the night.  HOW STUPID IS THIS!!!!  I can hear that little girl Stephanie on that old TV show saying "how rude." LOL.

So he didn't really need my help obviously, I guess he's survive.

I just needed to come here and vent to you guys.  I don't post here much, but I do come and read a lot of the posts.  I think there are a lot of wonderful people on this board.  I just needed to come and express myself somewhere other than my husband and friends. 

To start with my mother has COPD and has been unable to work since March of 2005.  She is not on disability yet, because we were both naive and kept waiting for someone to contact us after filling out the paperwork online.  Anyway, I have been working at a casino job for 12 years and I have let her have my pay checks for the last 3 years to help her out with bills and other things.  I also work full-time with Spheris.  I work 60-65 hours a week.  I also try to do her grocery shopping and do errands for her on my off days.  I don't mind doing this, and if I had to work 3 jobs just to keep her here on this earth with me, I would.  We have always been close.  She doesn't have any insurance, so she doesn't get to go to the doctor as much as she needs to be going. 

The thing that is really bothering me is the fact that I am the youngest of 4 children.  I am the ONLY one who calls her every day and asks her if she needs anything.  I have told my siblings that I cannot do it alone anymore.  My older brother did start helping somewhat over this past year with the prescriptions and going to the store on occasion.  But he will only do those things if I call or my mom calls him.  My middle brother, about 2 years ago, won 50,000 dollars at a casino, called my mom to brag to her about it and never did one thing for her!!!  He also about a year ago won 30,000 total in one night, and NEVER called her, and never came by to see her or anything.  Last week, he wins ANOTHER 54,000, and yet, again, the very same thing.  

In 1997, my mother and I took out a 15,000 mortage on our house to do remodeling.   We ended up being taken advantage of by a guy that we had known for many years.  We didn't have a contract drawn up, so there was nothing we could do.  He came out and tore out a wall and concreted the add-on area, made a concrete porch, and then left everything else torn up.  She has squirrels that get in her house from time to time from some hole somewhere.  I absolutely kills me to see my mom in the terrible health that she is in.  I try so hard to help her.  I can't afford to get her house fixed up, but it kills me to think of her passing on without seeing her house fixed up.  She deserves so much more.  She and my father were married for 32 years when they divorced--due to his infidelity.  I have tried talking to my siblings and it just doesn't work.  How can a child be so cold to their mother??? I told my sister that I hoped that some day when they becamed aged, that their kids didn't do the same thing to them; also, I hoped that they didn't get in that type of health. 

My sister has a gambling problem and doesn't do anything to help her either.  She will call her and tell her that she will bring her something down, and then never shows up.  I am just so tired.  I have a 4-year-old son and a husband, 2 jobs, and the rest of my family JUST DON"T GET IT~!  

I am sorry this was so long, but I just can't take it anymore.  Thank you for listening. 

Paulette

Here in the SE AT&T had internet outage this week and now 1 of my computers is asking for the IP address, trying to get back on line. Where to find this? TIA.

I wanted to post because I have had a very eerie feeling lately and wanted to see if anyone has been experiencing a similar thing... I was a home MT working directly for a hospital for many years and a high producer.  Then, the hospital cut our incentive and many of us ended up with a MTSO after that.  Well, after being with the same job for many years, I spent over 2 years with the MTSO and found out that my line counts were very low because the platform was not counting my lines in a well honest (to me) way.  I thought I was losing my talent, but after finding out about this for sure by looking at the minutes versus the lines over a couple of weeks and checking with other MTs (finally) I found out it was not me.  I since have been working for a very reputable MTSO (no hospital jobs around directly that I could find by me) and something is happening. I am struggling to get my line counts again, and I did a study with the minutes and though not as bad as the other MTSO, the same thing is happening AGAIN! (dont mean to yell, just emphasizing).  It is so hard to look for yet another job...My question is this: Is it my imagination, am I just losing my talent and my mind, or are most jobs now counting the lines differently than before say 3 years ago when I left the hospital job. And, if I can't produce that much anymore because they count lines differently now, how does one find at least a job which is moderately easier to get more than minimum? Look, I used to make over 50K a year and now I am eeking out perhaps 27 a year and feeling like I am losing my talent.  Any advice would be appreciated here. I don't want to go through job after job, stress after stress.  BTW: My husband will be able to provide benefits in a couple of months, but until recently I have been the one to have to provide health coverage and this has figured heavily into where I work.  Thanks in advance for your opinions.  I don't want my hand held, just a little reality check.  Thanks in advance.

I have to say I consider myself still fairly new.  I have been a Transcriptionist now for just almost a couple of years.  I am a little upset because I have at least 99.6 QA score each month.  I work on several different accounts and we are always told to push, push, push the reports and get them out. Because if we don't meet our standard line count amount then you will get canned.  But, my question is this, on the accounts I work on, it is hard to make normals for all of them, which does save time.  So, when you are flying through your documents and trying to proofread as you go, you are sure to miss a few MINOR mistakes.  I do not understand this field and sometimes I wish I would have never spent the money to get into it, because we are yelled at if we don't get our minimum line counts and get yelled and told to slow down if you make a few small mistakes---nothing that would put the life of a patient at risk.  So, please tell me where the happy medium is.  Again, my QA score is never below 99.5. 

Seriously thinking about getting into a different profession.  Thank you for listening. 

Hey everyone, I'm Canadian and am currently researching possible MT schools. I was originally thinking Canscribe, but am not so sure anymore (I read on another forum that they don't train students enough, and I want the best possibly training so that I am great at my future job). I know M-Tec and Andrews School are seemingly the top two schools in America, but I kind of wanting to attend a Canadian based school possibly. If anyone can help me out, I would really appreciate it. Also, if someone knows a Canadian based MT forum please let me know. I have been trying to find but it doesn't seem like there is any out there.

Thanks so much for your time!

:)

I've been job hunting, testing, sending out my resume for 2 weeks now and no bites.    I'm not a new graduate.  I worked for 2 years but have not worked MT for a little over a year now.  I have 3 toddlers and finally am able to have enough time to work full-time again.  My family really needs the extra income right now and I'm finding it very frustrating that so far I am not able to contribute. We live in a very rural area and driving into town for a job plus daycare for 3 toddlers would kill any income I'd get. 

I get answers from companies saying I have a good resume, experience, and even tested well but they are only hiring people with  #+ years RECENT experience. 

*sigh*  I'll just keep looking, emailing/faxing resumes, and testing... one will want me eventually. 

/rant.

I live in a very remote area and am unable to get DSL but can get it through Alltell cell phone.  Is that good enough for internet transcribing?  Also where could I buy bulk durable micro-cassettes ? 

Thanks cb

That's what this board is for.  Well, that's what most of us believe.  Some us like to bash people and argue and just be plain mean, but ignore them.

SM stands for "see message."

NM stands for "no message."

Do you have an abbreviation expander?  If not, I would suggest PC Shorthand.  In my opinion it's the easiest to learn and use and it's affordable.  If you choose or already use PC Shorthand, then I would follow the Mary Morken link that someone posted below and download her abbreviation and Expander list as it is formatted for PC ShortHand and it would be a great starting point for a new MT.  I would take the time to print out her list as well so you can read over the abbreviations and expansions and become familiar with what you're using.  Then start adding your own abbreviations to the list.

My kids and their friends threaten to video me on their phones and post it on YouTube or something because.... honestly, sometimes I get really rockin when I'm working.  Heee heee

Then I came across this video the other day and I thought.... Oh My!  That could be ME caught in a "moment" one of these days.

Will try to link to the video.  Hopefully it works.

If you had the choice between a shift lead type position at somewhere between $14 to $16 an hour or production on an account with a lot of normals.  The shift lead gets you experience editing, supervising, etc., but the production account you are just transcribing. You can make a lot more money at the production job, but the shift lead will get you started in a more management type of position, which would you choose? You will be stuck at that hourly wage with the lead position, but there are possiblities of moving up with the company.  But, the money on the other account is quite good, as there are a lot of free lines.  I am just so confused and have to make a decision, as I cannot work them both at the same time.   Any suggestions, comments, or feedback?  Thanks.

Can anyone give me a good program to invest in that would allow me to keep a line count and also provide invoices? Also, is there a recommended HIPAA approved transferring site to transfer files through the net? Thanks a bunch!

I must say I am very happy and I think other SE's will be, as well!!

I hired in at 9 cpl and can earn up to 2 cpl in incentive on every line I type!  I'm excited!  I can hardly wait to get started!!  Though I am only obligated to do 6000 lines in a payperiod, if I type 16,000 lines in the payperiod I get my extra 2 cpl and that makes for $1760 just for that!  I think that is pretty good.

My training is next week and I hope to be able to reach that with my first check!!

If all would please be calm, I'm sure that the new SE pay/incentive plan will soon get out there!!!  You'll be very pleased! 

My QA goes 99-100%; yet, I can still get 'ugly' comments from QA after 14 years on the job (only on certain accounts, because my QA is AWEsome on my primary). 

There is constructive criticism, and then there is the attitude I have personally experienced by QA of thinking they are in some elite group and that they are better than everybody...making nasty little digs and extremely unnnecessary comments.  Those personal comments are not professional, period. 

This does not sound like you, and not even most QA, but there are those few QA people, in my opinion, whose comments can be downright disparaging, condescending, and sometimes even sadistic. 

It is like doctors, almost, you know - how they seem to live in a world of their own and forgot how to deal with people as 'people' after a while? 

I keep saying this, but rather than degrade people, there should be more education for people whose skills are not up to par, and my biggest complaint, how are these people getting hired.  Perhaps recruiters need to get more input from QA, or QA should be involved in hiring. 

One more thing:  For QA who edit off-shore MTs (my apologies to you up-front, if you do not, but to make a point here), I have seen some pretty hideous reports from overseas; yet, never hear QA complain too much, or make rude comments to or about those MTs individually. 

For those 'lazy' MTs you call them, perhaps that is why you have a job.  If everyone was perfect, there would be no need for QA.  You make more than MTs, right? 

Also, it is always easier to read along with a report and see mistakes.  Heck, I even find typos QA people make, and even in formal letters I get from MQ, etc.  (There is even an error in Dorland's, haha). 

This is only my opinion, as I do not see how many of these so-called 'lazy' MTs even get past the testing stage. 

As far as being for the ''good of the patient," as I have heard before, if we were doing what was good for the patient, well, I could on about that one (smile).  Insurance companies and CEOs of hospitals do not seem to care much about the patients, because if they did, they would not be discharging before they are even well or healed, just to save a buck.  They would  not be outsourcing overseas, just to save a buck...