Thanks to "not a living computer" and others who responded...sm
Posted By: dreamjob on 2006-04-24
In Reply to: I want to be a person who works, - not a living computer. More...sm.
I am very grateful for your responses and I agree with much of what you have been requesting. In reality, however, it may take a while for a brand new company to offer 50% of what you requested. Could you or would you be willing to start with decent pay, good communication, excellent Q&A with constructive criticism, samples, and a regular group of dictators? It may take time to grow into a company that can give you even 75% of your dream job requests. Those are my long term goals. Now, can I give transcriptionists all of it as a start-up? Probably not but I am trying to find out what I can and what I cannot promise and, more importantly, deliver! So, once again, thank you for your responses and keep them coming!
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I know Spheris just started this "not
being able to correct timesheet.
Uh oh, another Spheris/MQ look alike. What's up ? ? ? ?
She didn't just "not" tell people, she
deliberately misled people into thinking she had done it all by diet and exercise, which is a lie. She could have and should have just refused to discuss it, instead of lying about it.
If you don't want to tell me, fine, don't tell me, but don't lie about it.
it's cut in pay he's complaining about; not that it's "not a real job", there's a
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correction: "NOT ours", instead of "now ours".
To the "not paid for spaces" question
Why is not being paid for spaces the norm? Don't you have to tap the space bar just as you have to tap a letter key? I don't get this. This is just another way to reduce our income. DON'T ALLOW IT!
"Not fondly"--SO true! Who'd ever go back to THAT? NM
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do you know how many kids come in the ER on an overdose and the parents say "Not my child?" nm
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I heard that they are explosives, but there will be a "mushroom cloud" and "not to worry ab
not nukes though
Can we PLEASE desist using "NOT!" in this manner? It hasn't been funny since ྔ. nm
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to see if anyone has responded to her
 Just ignore her - maybe she'll go away. Just wants our attention.
Thanks everyone who responded...
Just wanted to thank each and every one of you who took the time to respond and share your experience. Some of you really made me feel calmer about things! Those of you with negative experiences, I still appreciate your input. Again, thanks. I'm going to try it, and we shall see, shall we not? Have a great day everyone. Becky
Thanks to all who responded!
I was glad to hear from everyone on their experiences. You can read and read on something, but there's nothing like hearing from people about their experience with it. It gives me a lot to think about and I'm gonna proceed slowly before doing anything. I'm really hoping something with be found locally, but so far no luck. Again thanks to everyone and HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Thanks to all who responded..
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everyone else has responded,
publicly or privately, very nicely and informatively. Only YOU chose to be rude. Now that's what I call S A D.
I'm not the *nm* U just responded to.....SM
I'm not the person you just responded to, I didn't type about you should lighten up. But to defend myself, I didn't call you a name. I asked you a question which was R U an ageist? It was a question with an LOL - I was joking. LOL=laugh out loud. Had I been serious and not joking, no LOL would have appeared.
Again, sorry if I offended you. Wasn't my intent. 
thanks to all who responded
 Good info!
Thanks, all who responded - sm
I just had no idea how this all works, although I was told I had to bring my films with me to the onc's office. I've been waffling between "it's probably nothing" and worst case scenario. Will keep you posted
Thank you to all who responded...
I appreciate all the great responses I received. Each one of you have made me feel like this is something that is definitely not out of my reach and have now given so much inspiration to prove to myself that I can do this. I guess, it is true, you can teach an old dog new tricks, ha?!
Also, how many of you are going to school part-time and how long did or will it take you? I have to work so will be going part-time, plus I have a 3-year-old at home and will need to be here for him, too.
That was me you responded to....sm
I could see, Babe, where all that would give you AND ME a splitting headache and is why I use the CPA. My private docs made me sign a contract started a couple of years ago. I don't think they want me as an employee and until the state of Florida tells them differently, I'm praying nothing changes for me on this issue.
Thanks again for your responses and EXPLANATIONS - I do so appreciate all you typed. I will be speaking to my CPA next week due to this issue you brought up and thanks for bringing it to my attention!!!
Thanks to both who responded
Yes, I did weigh all those factors and actually have accepted the job - was just wondering how hard I should fight/how much I should worry about the pay issue. I already feel I have gained much in regard to opportunity, benefits, etc. - is just very big change going from working at home to going back to work in an office setting and so many family/friends seem to think the only thing to make that worthwhile would be more money. I agree that the opportunity is worth more - as you said and I agree, the MT world is changing a great deal right now - at 40 I feel I still have many years of work ahead of me and I don't want to be left behind. Besides, I'm looking forward to the new challenges of learning this "other side" of transcription. However, I did think it would pay a little more (a dollar or two). BUT, as I said, I did weigh all other aspects of the job and felt the benefits outweighed any pay issues questions I had.
Thanks again for your advice and input.
just responded
Sorry I broke another rule....so I guesss I will be not allowed to use MT Stars again tomorrow......just responding to a comment that was made...
Thanks everyone who responded..please sm
Thanks for all of the tips! One more question...this dictator has extremely incorrect grammar - should I be typing verbatim or put in punctuation to correct run-on sentences and adding endings to words so they are the correct tense, etc?? Just don't know what the rule is on that for testing.
Thanks
To those who responded
Thanks so much for your input.
I think I am on the right track. I guess it is just a process. Today I noticed I was making new ones (for ones I already have) in a different way that flowed better when typing. I guess it's like most products, there is always a new and improved to be made.
To the one who said your expansions come up in a list. Can you see these somewhere when you are typing? I have to use short-cut keys to get to my list. It is still helpful but would be awesome to have them visible while typing! :)
Thanks everyone who responded!
I appreciate all your comments and it looks like a few of you have very little work and many of you have more than you know what to do with. How very strange. I just wonder what's really going on.
In answer to a couple of your questions, yes, I do acute care-the "Big 4" and with some other stuff thrown in once in a while. It's a huge account that usually doesn't lack work and we have 2 FT MTs "who are no longer with us" (as the boss puts it) within the last couple weeks but despite their loss that has made absolutely no difference in the amount of work. It still continues to spiral downward. Again, this is just on the account I work on, but the boss says it's the same with all the accounts with this company and "in the industry as a whole right now" which, judging by some of your posts, aint true at all.
No, the company I work for isn't Spheris. It begins with a P.
I guess I'll give it a couple more weeks and see what happens. Either they'll tell us what's really going on or things will improve, right?!! I may be pounding the pavement again before too long. Sigh.
Anyway, thanks again for your support. Egads! I sound like a politician now! 
Thanks to all who responded...
Both on the board here and privately. I really appreciate all the points of view, encouragement, advice, and even those calling out for me to "Beware!" Thanks to all of you. I'll move forward with hope, but with appropriate caution as well.
Thanks to all who responded ...
After reading your posts I have definitely made up my mind and I am NOT going to take it. I was really thinking about taking it more for personal reasons than professional. The most that I have seen a company offer for a CMT is about .05 cpl more than a non-CMT so I knew it wasn't really worth the money. However, I am NOT giving anyone my money or my time that supports offshoring. When I changed jobs recently I tried to be extremely careful, researching companies that were interested in me and if I even thought that they were or may consider offshoring, I would turn them away in a hurry!! As someone in an earlier post said, we have been turned on and I am not going to help them in any way.
Thank you all so much for your posts, they are greatly appreciated!!!! Have a wonderful day.
I responded to you...sm
earlier, in agreement, but apparently my post was removed for some reason. Go figure
You responded to her post. What else would anyone think?
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Thank you to everyone who responded to my post.
I may have not responded to everyone individually but really appreciate all of the responses, advice, and personal experiences.
Very encouraging messages from all of you.
TY
No, I did not at all! I responded to the post that a mom/MT cannot do both well.
If that is not the situation for you, so be it. I do not think, nor did I say, that you were a bad MT or parent. I simply said that mothers who work full time at home and choose to have their children at home also, can do both jobs well. That previous posts said that a mom/MT cannot do both jobs well.
Thanks to all who responded. I will look into these keyboards. nm
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Thanks to all who responded regarding CMT status
I have been convinced. I will work very hard in the next 6 months to get my credits. You all are a great bunch of professionals!
Reply to all who responded
I never worked for a doctor's office, so forgive me for going off track a little. I went to my doctor in May for a followup of a problem I had gone to him before that. He had no record whatsoever of me even seeing him on the previous office visit and chalked if up to a transcription error. (I think they transcripe in their office, however.) SO, no record of me being there or the problem, and of course the doctor can't remember every patient's problems. I am not blaming the Transcriptionist here at all; I tend to blame the doctor. Who knows, maybe he DIDN'T even transcribe it. So, I think sometimes the doctors should be held responsible instead of blaming somone else. God bless.
I am shocked at how some people responded to this.....
Everyone has their bad days....that doesn't mean you throw your marriage away and decide you are better off w/o them. I know where you're coming from having a husband of my own that some days I could just kill but most days I love him to death and don't know what I would do w/o him. Don't pay these people any attention or let them get you down. Vent when you need to...
I've responded to this many times
Look through the archives.
I just don't want to subject people here to the information ... again!
Ya'll are great! Thanks to all who responded
 I've only been paid on salary, so I was not sure exactly what we were talking about here. I see now, there are a lot of things to take into consideration. You all have been SOOOOOOO helpful and are great! THANKS
Thanks everyone who responded. I don't have family nearby and no
neighbors I would feel comfortable asking. I think I will use the oil treatment and hopefully this will take care of it. I did the over the counter treatment on all of us even though only my youngest and myself seem to have had them. Did the cleaning of clothes, sheets, house, etc., top to bottom, but just concerned about rehatching of any eggs on my head. My youngest has been lice free since the treatment and I have been removing any eggs I have found. Today found only one, so we are getting there. I think I will try the oil treatment on myself and hopefully that will take care of it. Thanks again.
Update..Went to ER last night. Was seen right away. Thanks for all who responded. They think it is
and I am really glad, BUT they haven't ruled out cardiac because they gave me nitro and the pain literally went away. That scared me. Doc said sometimes that can help GI upset too. So, they monitored me, did an EKG, and some other tests. Did not hear how the other tests went. EKG was fine. I went home. Got home really late last night.
They scheduled me for a treadmill early next week. What surprises me is that they did more cardiac workup than GI so I don't know if I have stones or what. Oh well. At least I went and now they have me on aspirin daily, nitro, and Aciphex?? huh?? I guess just in case it IS GI in nature. I was really scared and cried like a baby all the way there last night. Never done that before. I guess reality just hit me, not to mention my 3 year old running to the window and waving his hand at me bye bye as I drove off last night. He didn't stop waving until the car was out of sight and then I just lost it. It was very sad, but I am glad to be alive and well this morning. Thank you all!
But I responded and had another company in mind
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I responded earlier to this poster
I am also an IC for a company I started with in March and confused as to why I would need a credit card for business purchases, etc.
and that I am not to worry about paying quartly? My accountant told me to do this and that was it.
I have only been taking 20% out of my pay and sending it in to the U.S. Treasury. Is that wrong? It sounds like I should be doing a lot more. A little confused and nervous.
Um.. look at the list in the message I responded to.
Geez.
This is sentence I responded to about googling
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Is it their computer? Why are they installing a firewall and autocorrect on your computer? That sm
is usually the responsibility of the transcriptionist, especially if an IC or SE. Which company?
Lots of supervisors responded to posts below.
Why not? They would learn a lot.
well, actually i had responded and given her the answer so it did waste my time. sm
if she was only doing "practice tapes", why try to be so perfect? Practice tapes to get an idea of the profession doesn't mean trying to find out exactly what each word is. i am not usually tacky on this board and don't like it when others are but i did consider that a waste of my precious time to help her when it sounded like she didn't need the definite answer just to get "an idea" of the profession and was most likely needing test answers. someone in the medical field should know those terms.
Sorry, I didn't get the link. Could you resend it please? Thanks to all who responded. nm
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I'm sorry you feel picked on. Yours was the post I responded too because SM
yours was the one I found to be most unbelievable and in case you didn't notice, I wasn't the only one who found it unbelievable.
All that have responded bunch of morons and do not care who you are
It is the truth. First of all, I did say please and secondly this is not a school question. All of you that has responded need to grow up. Was a simple question. Was in a hurry so made it short and sweet. For the low lifes that want to read something into it, hey go for at at my expense and have fun. Obviously you all do not want to help a fellow Transcriptionist with a question that had been brought to my attention. I am not a teeny-bopper school girl. I am 51 years old. Have no intention of going back to school or even testing for any other company. I am perfectly happy with the company I am with. End of story. No reason for any smart a---- to reply any longer. I have my answer. Good Day!! Thanks for the laughs. Made my day:)
Question for those who responded to Lasik eye surgery post
I had one dr. say I was not a candidate for lasik surgery and then this year went in for eye exam and was told that they couldn't understand why previous dr. said no when they felt I was. I don't know which one to believe. Also, 2nd dr. said he would do one eye for distance and other for close vision - is this hard to get used to?
Need help with migraine medication--No one responded on drug board
S/L afsurg, atsurg, nafsurg, natsurg--migraine med
No response on drug forum.
TIA
update on vista - I sen tthem information - and they responded
Thanks for your email and for providing us with such detailed information regarding some of the challenges you’ve been experiencing with Windows Vista.
They even gave me a link for future comments - wonder what will come of it?????
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