That's pretty harsh
Posted By: AnnuderMT on 2009-06-21
In Reply to: you are SO mistaken and PATHETIC - connie
Frankly, I was interested and have the requisite experience (currently doing the work for a pediatric teaching hospital). But then I hit the part about once monthly pay and waiting 2 months for that first check. While there may be someone on here who has enough free time to work 2 months without seeing any benefit and is only taking the job to get that Coach bag they've had their eye on, most of us who would consider taking a part-time job aren't taking it to fill our down time; we're taking it to put food on the table.
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Wow! That's harsh! What did any of them ever
do to you? I hope you never lose your home, neighborhood, possessions, friends, family, and everything else these people no longer have. Why do you think they're losers? Is it because they lost everything? Or is it because you're a racist and a snob?
Please don't be harsh on me, but if you are so SM
concerned, why don't you work for MT company that provides health insurance? I realize that all health insurance options are not affordable, but you can try. Anything would be better than going without, espcially if you are older.
Yes, harsh
Yes, it was harsh. Better to leave a blank than make a mistake.
PS - I have been transcribing on and off for 10 years and I don't think I have ever typed "ov" - ever.
Harsh.
How is this stupid?
It would be way cheaper to hire 2 (even 3) part-time transcriptionists to do the work that I do because they wouldn't have to pay for benefits, wouldn't have to pay the bonus (most likely the part-timers could not meet the bonus criteria), probably wouldn't even pay them as much for a base line rate, and they wouldn't have to pay OT. How is that not a valid question?
I think you are being very harsh...sm
There is absolutely no reason for you to be so mean! Now how was the OP supposed to know the difference. She's a newbie! It's people like you who make others afraid to ask questions in fear of being called out for not knowing any better! Go take your anger out on a punching bag or a friggin mile-long walk or something. There is no need to be so rude!
I think you are being very harsh...sm
There is absolutely no reason for you to be so mean! Now how was the OP supposed to know the difference. She's a newbie! It's people like you who make others afraid to ask questions in fear of being called out for not knowing any better! Go take your anger out on a punching bag or a friggin mile-long walk or something. AND how dare you down-play the certificate that the OP received after working so hard to complete it. There are a lot of people out there who don't even have "JUST an MT certificate of completion" and are doing just fine in this profession. There is no need to be so rude!
I don't think it was harsh at all sm
I'm a legit CMT and I really cannot stand when people call themselves certified when they are not. I would think if someone had been in school they would know the AHDI by now and have done some research on that organization and certification. Not knowing is no excuse. If she says she is certified on a resume and someone checks (very easy), she will be looked at as a scammer.
wow, that's harsh...this is some truth (sm)
to this, but I personally love my job with MW. Yes, sometimes there are problems but that is true everywhere. I have a very supportive team leader and enjoy sitting down to work every day, and make a very good living doing it.
sounds a little harsh
Study time can be a wonderful bonding time. If you take the time to sit down with a child/teen, it shows you are interested in their progress and you may give them study ideas they didn't think of. To just tell them to do it on their own I think is rather harsh and gives the impression that you aren't interested. When mine ask me questions, even if it's something I don't know anything about, like calculus, I'll tell them to pull up a chair and then research it and do my best to come up with an answer. It's just invaluable time you can spend with a child. Mine always had chores from the time they could walk, like putting up their clothes, and all 4 know how to cook, clean, do laundry, and each gets a specific job each day. Education has always been #1 - studying and learning before anything else but not made to be like a punishment.
My third son, a senior now, had an assignment in physics. I rented physics videos from netflix and we watched those and discussed them and looked up stuff on the net and most importantly, we talked the whole time. They constantly come in to where I work and talk to me, about anything and everything, to share something they learned at school, something they found out on wikipedia, etc. If they come to you for help, take the time to give it, it's not just helping with homework, it's giving them a feeling that what they do matters.
sorry, I did not mean that to sound so harsh...
I am just frustrated...
That's a little bit of a harsh assessment, IMO.
I'm no prima donna, either, but I think anybody with a clerical background would be surprised to get an offer for dishwashing, to say the least. I would have been shocked. Not insulted, just extremely surprised to be offered such a different position than the one I was qualified for.
When I entered the workforce 20 years ago, I actually tried for a job like that and didn't get it; they said with what college I had, I was overqualified! I didn't care, I just wanted to work; but they wouldn't talk to me. The scenario the OP describes is so different from my experiences that I too would be shocked if it happened to me.
Harsh and angry? No, I am sad and and distressed for them.
berate: Verb - censure severely or angrily.
censure - harsh criticism.
I accept them as one of God's precious creations, born with a sin nature, just like me. I never know when someone who rebukes me for gentle sharing of what Jesus has done for me may actually be saying that they wish somebody would take the time and interest in them to explain what they do not understand. For example, a person who has only seemed offended previously may one day turn to me and ask me if they have sinned too much for God to forgive them. And I can tell them how Jesus can save them. Sometimes it happens and then we rejoice.
No doesnt sound harsh
I agree with you to an extent about threatening with that, and I have informed family members that could be done if he does not get help and endangers them in some way. They of course say they know, I think they are trying to handle it without hurting the kids any further. He has not physically hurt them just scared them which is bad enough! Thanks
Wow that's kinda harsh- it seems to me its the opposite
from what I have seen it seems like the seasoned MTs resent the Newbies- I have seen no sign of it being the other way around, which I would actually even understand considering the nastiness they run into on this board.
I don't think anyone thinks their having completed an MT course puts them on a par with someone who has been doing it for years- they simply want to be given a chance. So you were trained on the job- good for you. But thank God there are training courses out there now so that people come in with at least some knowledge.
And there is nothing wrong with not wanting to work every single weekend and every single holiday. Where I work everyone has to work at least one weekend day, newbies and seasoned alike. There are only a couple who have been here so long that they have monday-friday days due to seniority. Everyone here has to work at least 12 hours of holidays a year,no matter who you are or how long you have worked here. I don't mind working holidays so that people with families can have them off. I don't see why someone should get stuck with all the scut work just because they are new.
That's harsh. Hardly anybody is paid hourly in this field
It's all production pay. It's not theft to get your line quota in and knock off for the day. Why should the fast ones be penalized for being good? Why should they have to do more work than the others? You can't fire somebody for meeting their contracted production in a timely manner.
Atkins was too harsh for me, but SouthBeach was really good.
if you are one who has problems tolerating Atkins. I got severe migraines and had to quite for a while, but then I started SouthBeach and did much better on it.
Best of luck whichever way you decide to go!
Jojo
kinda harsh?...it's downright ridiculous.
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I know this sounds harsh and probably will get slammed by this board, but I would tell him that if
he does not check into a formal rehab program that you are going to call Social Services and have them check about having his children removed. These kids are too young to be in the situation of "taking care of daddy," and there could potentially be serious consequences. There could also be more serious complications with his head injury that may be surfacing along with his drinking.
I think I'm pretty bright and pretty good, too, but
I am not a CMT. I am a medical transcriptionist who enjoys her job very much (most days). I have chosen not to pursue certification simply because I cannot afford to do so. I believe the certification is a nice thing to have, but I don't believe it is necessary for employment or for excellence in my job. If you can afford it, go for it. If you can't, don't feel too bad. You can still take pride in and do a very good job without it. 
What a harsh thing to say.....it is sad for any mother to lose a child
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Harsh. I guess in your book, quality inspectors
in widget factories don't have real jobs, either.
I'm positive your QA people don't have any beef with you whatsoever as long as you are creating something real QUALITY.
QA people are under just as much stress as the rest of the MT world.
Well, this is just pretty much par for the
course for MQ. Guess they never heard the saying "If it's not broke, don't fix it." I'm sure the underpaid tech people will fix it soon.
But they have such a pretty name...
Isn't that the main thing to look for?
pretty much just what they are- I know nothing
How are they like CD's, are they better, worse? Basic info. I've googled it, but still not sure.
Pretty is as pretty does.
and your not looking too good here.
pretty....
Thank you for reading my post and taking it the way it was written.
Some others on this board twisted what I said - as if I was saying "everyone is doing it" by citing the fact that hospital staff are under the influence of various substances - drugs (legal as well as illegal - although someone took it to mean marijuana), alcohol, glue sniffing, aerosols, etc.
Nurses and doctors have the highest percentage of addiction of any professionals - there are many factors that go into, but it is merely a fact, not an accusation or finger pointing, just a fact.
Pretty!
Very nice!
Pretty sure you have to pay for that.
Which makes it even sadder. That she paid for such a poorly worded post.
I am pretty sure I know where the ad came from
These are usually meger start-up places who think they can get by by offshoring and will find out very quickly how bad the work is going to be. I see these all the time and am pretty adept at stealing the offshore business after the client gets a taste of reality. :)
Pretty much the same way (sm)
This doc dictates on cassettes, but he only turns it in when he has filled up the tape. I've asked him to turn it in everyday. The only thing they want on their reports is the transcription date, which is what their accreditation requires. Their accreditation also requires a TAT within 4 days, so when he dictates from Wednesday to Wednesday, and I get the tape on Thursday, he is out of that 4-day range. The transcription date is sometimes a week or so later than the actual test date, which is what he doesn't want.
Thanks for the tips!
I do it now, pretty much always have sm
Right now, it is a FT employee with benefits and a PT IC well paid (10 cpl) as well as some hourly QA work. As I have said many, many times, I am not a good sitter. Actual my fanny is in the chair, hands flying time is for full time is probably 5 to 5-1/2 hours, perhaps 6 a day. PT job is much the same, can't sit still probably only work 3 hours a day. The longest I ever sit at a time is the QA stuff where I will sit straight for the 1 to 2 hours that is going to take me.
My income is full time money, about $900-$1000 a week and I don't eat, drink and sleep MT. My income is going up a bit now because I gave up cigarettes and I don't stop to go out and smoke. I take breaks, but the breaks are much shorter and I am faster and faster on the keyboard.
Pretty much the same. SM
Some things the programs I've worked with seem to learn quickly, some they seemingly never learn. (It may be that VR work attracts passive-aggressive-type computers. After all, no computer can really be THAT dumb!)
Regarding making all those corrections, tho, use your expander. If yours won't record the Keystrokes you use to make all these corrections, get another. Let it delete "q.i.d." and type in "4 times a day" for you. Let it break one sentence into two for you. Let it type in a discharge diagnosis heading and then copy the admission dagnoses under it for you. Have it replace the phrases the computer will not learn with the correct versions for you. While you get paid for it.
That is pretty much the only way to use them
now because you need ULD and no phone company offers true ULD. I worked with a company where I had to use a C-phone and I had digital phone service through my cable company. I no longer work for the company, but I used it without any problems whatsoever.
Pretty much.
Soon MTs will be nothing more than minimum wage workers.
This is pretty much
what I do. I make them for everything (plus individual words). Maybe because of the original way I was taught to make Expanders (using all consonants), I have had to alter my pattern in numerous ways (and now include vowels).
I typically use more of the 2nd word when doing two-word combos, like, ihrn for inguinal herna and hdss for heart disease, but I do have others where I do the reverse because of feel or whatever.
I continue to alters my patterns, shorten them and alter some because of letter combo comfort.
I guess it's just difficult when the goal is to have them for "everything" but not being close (because how many endless combos would there really be?), so then I'm not sure if I have one for certain things or not. And given the fact that there are umpteen ways to say the same phrase, I often would swear I had made one for a certain phrase ... but then, a word or two was different.
My thought was maybe it would be better to disregard certain types of phrases/words, and that is why I asked for examples of things you all do not make them for.
When I do the same account or two more regularly, I have a lot less problems. When switching it up, I fumble more. I suppose there is a certain flow and type of speaking with each account and various dicators, and alternating too much disrupts the flow of my autopilot.
Thanks for all the responses. If anyone thinks of anything to add, I will be checking back again.
Thanks!
Actually pretty much anywhere
It's usually over by where the Boost and stuff are carried, Walmart, Walgreen's, Target, even some supermarkets. It tastes good too.
Let me know how it works for you!
They do work pretty well, but.......
Hate to have to wear them for work, as it is so hot here they slide down my face. So far at my ripe old age of 58, I only need them for driving.
Pretty much say the same thing
We needed to be there, still do
Pretty bad punishment...
To be sent to OSi is truly torture...lol...
I'm pretty sure it's "layed down"...
according to Google search.
Yeah, pretty much (sm)
That's why Sunday/Monday can be rough sometimes.
If I have nothing else going on I do stay up all night, preferably doing something productive. However, if I have to do something with "normal" people, I just try to take a nap Sunday evening.
that pretty well covered it....
Are they very quick with getting back with you when you apply? I have 5 years exp and taught one quarter of med trans at a local community college. I'm working in a doc office now (not doing transcription) but want to get back into working at home doing transcription. I had gotten away from it in 2004 because my husband got deployed and I wanted to make sure we had good insurance while he was gone which is why I took the job with the doc office. He was gone for 16 months and is now home and getting ready to take a really good job, which is going to allow me to start working at home again doing transcription. Hoping to hear from them soon. Thanks again for your input!!!
Your time will come and it won't be pretty. nm
nm
Pretty scary. Do you actually think you
are Frank?
PRETTY GOOD
GOOD GOIN PEEPS!
Mig was too pretty for them. Am I the only one who thinks (sm)
that Marty looks like a drug addict? 
Anyway, I think they made a good choice.
Astrology is pretty old...see
http://www.astrology.com/aboutastrology/overview/history/
At one time was it wasn't considered anti-bible or anti-Christian.
Sounds pretty sad.
I think the little girl needs a lot of prayer.
pretty scary
I know that this does happen. I just try not to think about it. It's amazing how many physician's and other big tim professionals are functioning alcoholics and drug addicts. Even more sad is the fact that other hospital staff know that these people are enebriated and don't dare say anything to anyone about it.
pretty frightening if you ask me!!!! sm
It's pretty easy (sm)
My DBF is an "IT guy", & set ours up for us. He's on a conference call right now, so I can't get him to explain it, & if I tried to I'd probably have you and I both confused all to heck....soooo, I found this site that is pretty thorough...
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question353.htm
If you still have questions, if you have a Best Buy or Circuit City nearby, you can ask them to help you out...they're pretty good about this stuff.
Hope this helps 
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