Such negativity....how pitiful. Too bad you can't...
Posted By: phillychick on 2008-08-14
In Reply to: Funny how some women cop such a total 'TUDE when - they can rely on someone else's income! -nm
be happy for someone once in a while. Well, misery loves company, guess that's why you all stick together. It is a 'tude honey...a GOOD one...not one that wallows in self-pity. If a job doesn't fill your monetary needs get a different one, find a differnt line of work. No one said this life was easy or fair...you go around once, why be so miserable? Yeah, I have a great DH who provides for me, something wrong with that? Kind of feel sorry for you!
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Yes my secondary job is working for a radiologist I have known for years. He pays me 14 an hour for transcription and coding. I thought that was low for the area he works in but I am beginning to think not. He is wanting to throw more work my way and I may just take it considering the wages that are posted lately.
so right! It is so pitiful what excuses
are being made for this so-called "leader." Don't understand what it is about the stupidest, murderous, lack of vision president we have ever had that gets such "rave reviews" from people. I see nothing in this administration that will get us out of this mess he made, no leadership, no statesmenship, no understanding of other peoples in the world, a complete lack of foresight!
You're Pitiful!!
  What child would want someone as bitter and hateful as YOU for a mother??? You need to see a psychiatrist STAT!!
I for one raised my two sons by myself after their father left me when I was pregnant with the youngest. Sure, it turned out that I had married a loser, but I sure didn't ask for anyone's pity.
Just how does your husband put up with you.....or is he just as hateful as YOU are?? I just don't understand your attitude. You seem to get your rocks off by hurting and attacking other people. Why don't you just leave this board and go bother somebody else?
As for the OP, it sounds like you got a major raw deal. I think the recruiter made a major mistake by interviewing and making an offer to you before you had completed the second half of the testing. I hope you can rescind your resignation unless you absolutely hate your current job. Good luck!!!
Example of pitiful plight
I) Here is a perfect example of what I am talking about: For the billing period of 10/16 to 10/30, payable net 30 days on 11/30, with a contract that says payments go to ICs on 5th and 20th, my check did not arrive until 12/22, which would be 18 days late from the expected date of 12/5. Now, the only saving grace was that since they said it would be mailed on Monday 12/19, that did not happen, so they offered to make a direct deposit (which was helpful). And the check due 12/20 (for billing period of 11/1 to 11/15) is not here either. That might take another 2-3 weeks, for all I know.
II) How can they do this to people during the holidays? I would think that if I am upset, then the other ICs must be also. There might be a mass exodus of steaming ICs out there.
III) One of your posts made mention the MTSO should have a sufficient line of credit to cover their ICs. I suspect that they DID, as in USED TO, but may not anymore, which makes me wonder what happened on that score. Used it too many times? Took too long to pay it back?
IV) And I suspect the line rate may be somewhat substandard at 8 cents per line, (65) for acute care basic four. From what I have been reading, the range of 9-11 cpl seems more the norm lately. I realize that the hospitals, clinics and doctor's offices probably do not pay as well as they used to, and many MTSOs are outbid by a lower price (and gasp, offshoring). Is that your information as well?
Who could pay their bills with this kind of payment history. Every check has been late since I started with them in April. I have many years of experience. I had planned to buy a house. How can I do that with this type of situation going on?
It may be pitiful but consider how much experienced MTs are
making. Not much more. 8 to 9 cents per line, maybe 10 if you agree to transcribe heavy ESL. Yeah, it's sickening, but then service owners have to edit newbies reports and still show a profit margin without losing their shirt. It's a quandry.
Not pitiful..... more important things in life
I have an A.A. in Liberal Arts, a B.A. in Health and Physical Education and a M.S. in Exercise Science. After my son was born I hated the thought of leaving him and letting someone else raise him. Could not bear the thought of someone else telling me that he said his first words or took his first step. I left my job at a local high school as a certified athletic trainer and started doing MT. Fortunately, I am not the primary breadwinner in the family but this was the best decision I EVER made. Get to make $$ but more importantly I can raise my kids. 
Pitiful actually but I only work part-time..sm
I work part time for the same place and same account I started as a newbie 1-1/2 years ago. I cannot find a job with more work because I either don't have 2 years exp or I don't have acute care exp. I have sent numerous resumes. So far now I am destined to make very little income while gaining the exp I need for a better job. Thank God my husband has a good job.
1. Approximately $600.
2. This is just one job only part time sometimes as little as 11 hours a week. On a good week 20 hours. Haven't seen 20 hours in a while.
3. Rate is .075 cpl.
4. About $2500 for food and bills and gas.
5. I would be $1,900 short of enough to make it if it wasn't for husband. :( All I can do is keep trying and maybe in 6 more months when I have the 2 year exp. someone will actually hire me. Believe me I have applied at SO many places.
yes, pay by production reminds me of slave labor on an assembly line, with pitiful
payback. Apparently, these nationals get away with this because we're willing to sell ourselves so cheaply to work at home. It's like having a constant monkey on your back to make production, with so many variables thrown in each day that it's just nothing but stress. And, what if you are having a bad day, not feeling up to snuff? NO CAN DO, or your paycheck reflects it. I mean, everyone has off/slow days now and then, but we're expected to work in constant high gear for fear of the loss in income. I live in a rural area, with in-house MT jobs scarce, which is why I'm doing this, but if there WERE an opening in a hospital, I'd run for it.
A lot of negativity here
Newbies can get jobs..it's not impossible. I was taking the Andrews course, ended up applying for a job through an ad on the school board before I even finished Module I! I passed the test, got the position at .05/line, which was quickly raised to .06, then .07, and finally .08 within a few months. I watched the job boards and inquired and passed the test with 2 more companies, one who paid me .09/line. That has been almost 3 years ago now. I've moved around a little bit and for the last couple of years have settled in to where I feel at home where I am. (I've actually been so busy working that I haven't even finished my course with Andrews!) I'm an employee with one company making .0085 for acute care work, and work with three other smaller to medium MTSOs making .08 to .095 a line. One of those MTSOs is one of the first ones I started with with. I started this before my daughter turned 2. I was able to work and care for her at home and I've never regretted it. She has hydrocephalus, and I couldn't bring myself to put her in daycare. Now, I help babysit my 5-month-old grandson as well. It can be done if you have the right combination of skills, and are willing to put a lot of time in front of your desk. Yes, it's hard, but everyone has been so negative here and so discouraging, and I just wanted to say that it's really only one side of the story. There's always more negativity here than there are positive thoughts.
Negativity
I'll second that.
Negativity
I too am also tired of the rude remarks/answers given by some. The midset here is sometimes extremely juvenile. Some of you lash out, making a fool out of the person who asked an honest question....then, you MAYBE apologize because you've had a bad day, had a headache, etc, etc. The fact of the matter is, you need to THINK before you answer in a rude fashion. Just because you apologized many times doesn't make it better for the person you lashed out at.
sorry about the negativity--sm
I answered below as to what and how much. In my defense, after working 7 days straight and some at 14 hours, one can tend to be a little irritable when first getting on line at 6:30 a.m. Guess I am crabby and easily irritated. again, I apologize. nothing personal.
RE:Negativity
I agree with the negativity about the MT profession and people should get a new profession if they are no longer happy with it. But this board is nowhere NEAR as negative as another popular MT board! In a LOT of jobs, people are being laid-off because of cheaper labor, not just MT. Maybe it's time to go back to school for some people who aren't making enough. I mean, complaining really isn't going to solve your problem, so do something about it. 
Negativity and reality......
are 2 different things. We all have difference endurance and tolerances for things. It's like my 30-year-old nephew. He got his girlfriend pregnant when he was 16. They married 3 years later, have had 2 more kids, and are still happily married 11 yrs later. It that the norm for a couple of teenagers? No way. It works out occasionally, but it's definitely the exception and not the rule.
Sorry negativity and honesty are same in this
NM
Truly WELL said. Negativity can be contageous but it
doesn't have to be.
Just don't hold that quicksand against the board as a whole.
Why is there nothing but negativity on this board?
Do all of you hate your jobs? Does anyone actually enjoy and like medical transcription? With every post I read, all I see is complaining about how horrible this field is and that it is getting worse and worse. All of you make me feel like suicide. I can be in the best mood ever and then come to this depressing board and feel so depressed b/c of all the negativity. If you hate MTing so bad, then do something else. Quit complaining! Does anyone agree with me on this? 
Brace yourself for a lot of negativity...nm
nm
It's really strange that you post this when there is no negativity here,
as I perceive it anyway, for the recent posts. Why bother when the recent posts seem so positive and helpful? And, as I scan down through all of today's posts I guess I missed the negative ones, cuz it all looked pretty positive and helpful to me.
Does anybody else get tired of the rude negativity on these boards?
Do your research. open your mind. Get a clue. Hello, McFly! It's always the same old people spouting the same old nonsense with nothing to back their statements except unsubstantiated personal opinions. No facts, just blowhard opinions. I've had it with the constant negativity. I'm not helping anybody any more on the Word, Drug or Style boards. I'm not helping newbies or the technically challenged. YOU WIN, TROLLS! You can have the boards because I quit coming here PERIOD.
Poor thing, your negativity is showing
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Keep in mind you will find lots of negativity here
Take it all as a whole. Don't put too much stock into just a few negative people. I've gotta tell you, there are a lot of bitter people here. Sure, I understand that MT wages have gone down over the years, according to the long-timers. However, I quit a very good paying job 5 years ago as a government employee to stay at home with my daughter. After about a year, I decided to pursue MT, researched all over the place, and eventually started the Andrews School course. About 3 months after starting the course, I replied to an ad for a student to do SOAP notes. I got the job, and long story short, I never did finish the course because I've been too busy working the last 4 or so years. I now make about $22-$25 an hour. If I have really quiet, uninterrupted time, I can make more than that. I work as both an employee and as an IC. I'm a team leader and an account manager. If I was only making $10/hour after 3 or 4 years, I'd consider switching fields because that's just not good, but if you have the right combination of skills, i.e. excellent grammar, fast typist, good researcher, good memory, ability to roll with the punches, then it may be an option for you. I guess my point is, the MTs at this particular site can be very negative, so look around before you just say forget it. The old "I could make more working at Walmart" argument is one of their favorites.
You are the one who started this negativity calling people fools. You are the one
who started this whole discussion. Now you are surprised someone disputes you? OMG! If this wasn't so funny I would be genuinely concerned about your mental health.
Previous posts seem to have generated a lot of negativity about these companies.
Also, on one previous post, it stated that Transform wants you to purchase some "error" insurance of some kind. I am not even sure what this is, but someone stated there was a lot of fine print and told not to sign their contract. It would really be scary if they actually wanted MTs to purchase insurance to cover any mistakes/errors they make.. Obviously, I am perfect and that would not apply to me...NOT... I just do not get the concept and maybe it is not true. Anyone else out there with anything more to add.. 
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