The post above you completely correct

• Very confused and frustrated! - Debbie
  • Just half-cent thoughts... - MidwestMT
  • The big question... - When you are on-site is that all you do is type?
    • When I am in-house - Debbie
      • Well then Debbie there you have it! - Your answer is in your very own post.
      • Talk about the dark ages - Rena
  • If you really want to work at home - MT ing
  • I would.... sm - tiredMT
    • Finally a good answer to this person's question--sm - DumDum
  • If you can, look into IC. - Michelle
    • Say what???? - Rita
  • I would thank my lucky stars I still had a job - after refusing to come back in.
  • Would it kill you people to give constructive advice instead of insults and insensitivity?!? - AMD
    • Insensitive comments - I second that
      • creepy creatures?... - hypocrit - NM
        • you callin me a hypocrit? - wev
      • Then you go on to read posts about - the ones who told the company they
        • Actually my company does - Margaret
          • not absurd, just extremely exceptional, - as you state in your other post-no message
          • I surely lost out on that, worked from home for a hospital - Rena
            • Really- - Margaret
        • those that pay to commute don't have to pay for - equipment, however.
        • Very sensible answer - Wanda
      • wow....you are contradictory - look in the mirror -no message
    • I'm glad you think you are owed that much. - How's that workin' for ya?!
    • Where in the world have I been for the past 40+ years? - Rita
      • I said if company wants you to commute - AMD
        • they require your uncle to travel; thus, pay him to - this MT chose to work at home; not paid to communt
          • No. She said employer offered for her to work at home - AMD
            • which means it was her CHOICE - thus, pay her own way - no message
              • Everyone is telling her she has no choice - AMD
                • she should not be paid to commute; and, there is a reason - why they want her back in office- see message
                • When her EMPLOYER tells her she is fired, is she going - to ask, "How much fired am I?" nm
                  • LOL! - nm
                • Then she could - Sue
          • commute, I mean. - no message
        • Well, then I am gonna be more demanding - Rita
          • Oops, forgot this was in regards to - Rita
            • paying to commute - queenofkeyboards
              • And she is the only one who has a right? - Rita
                • Yes, blessed, but that doesn't mean you have to be stomped on - Jen
                  • If you are employee, unless suit against your employee - Rita
                    • Last word - Jen
                      • This board's image problem is the result of complaining MTs. - nm
                    • agree; the only nasty posts are from those who do not - tell it like it is- no message
    • The answers have been constructive. sm - sm
      • The way I see lucky to have a job after refusing - Nan
  • My opinion... - sm
    • Not much to understand. She's an employee, not IC. - sm
      • THat was my point....if she's providing the - equipment and expenses, she needs to go IC
  • If you want the job - Nan
  • ask her specifics; she needs to tell you - - the "business decision" see message
  • start looking for another job - nn
    • Thanks... - Debbie
  • What is your status - employee or IC or SE? - sm
    • I'm a ...... - Debbie
      • As an employee you are pretty much at their mercy - sm
      • As an employee, you have nothing to complain about. - sm
        • Maybe I just work for a great company - Margaret
        • get up on the wrong side of the bed?? - MC
          • The post above you completely correct - Nan
            • if they stated they wanted her to work from home - MC
          • Not at all. Just time for a reality check, dear. - nm
  • Time to confront them and ask what the future plan is and if it includes you. nm - Time for the truth. nm

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like you think the MT's control the pay in the MT world? Either you need the job and you take it for the pay or you have another option. MT's without another option will take the job at 6 cpl, or 4 cpl or whatever. When working at McDonald's becomes an option that is equivalent to MT work, then MT's will choose McDonald's. 

The Transcriptionist is just ONE cog in the wheel of the whole industry. If people continue to look at only the MT's part, they miss the big picture. If all it took were people saying Let's all stand up together and demand better wages, then why couldn't the cashiers at the grocery stores across the US do the same thing? They can't. Because it they don't cashier for $8 an hour, there's somebody else who will. Same thing has happened with transcription. If you don't take the job at 6 cpl, somebody else will. It might be somebody from India (which you so quickly discounted) but I'll let you in on a little secret. The people from India who are doing MT typically have 2 master's degrees. They are hungry for work. They are intelligent, competent individuals, willing to work hard. They might have a little bit of a quality issue right now because of the language barrier, but it won't be long before you have lots and lots of Indian MT's with 2 years experience, who have learned from their mistakes, who have learned American idioms... and then you are really going to see the bottom drop of out the market.

I suppose the platform used has A LOT to do with it - I didn't think of that prior to my post back at you.  *S*  I'll have to rethink it all.  But I am far faster on ASR than any regular reports (well, I get tons of ESL as we all do today). 

*S*

somebody called the press and leaked the story - but absolutely no identification that it was a healthcare worker. More likely an old ex-girflriend!

"Ashe, who was ranked first in the tennis world in 1968 and 1975, said with some bitterness that he was making his disclosure only because the newspaper USA Today had called him last week and revealed that it was working on a story saying he had AIDS. "

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when EVERYONE criticizes how the government is run and how they do things? Why put your life and those of your family in jeopardy waiting on the government to help you. What happened to PEOPLE helping each other?  People seeing that their elderly neighbors get to safety? People pulling together to solve these issues? Why do so many seem to be waiting to see what the government can do for them??  The government has enough problems!  I certainly would not rely on the government for ANYTHING!  Do these people want to government telling them what to do in their everyday lives?  If so, move to a country with no democracy! 

  I'm finished for the time being.. but WAKE UP PEOPLE!

and believe me, they don't give a patient a discount because they feel guilty. They don't give the employees yearly raises. While they (and the 2 office managers) get their bonuses and go buy brand new cars, SUVs, boats, vacation homes and, yes, even airplanes, they have plenty of employees struggling to make ends meet. One employee (that I know of, a newly divorced woman) recently took bankruptcy and our insurance is so bad that most of us can't afford to even go to the doctor as we have $2,600 deductible for a single person!  I would NOT feel guilty one bit!  

I love it when they say thank you.  It makes me smile every time.  It also makes me smile and chuckle a little when I get one that will laugh at themself when he/she gets tripped up on their words.

If you read the instructions of any of the federal returns about the issue of filing for an extension, it will tell you that you can file a form to ask for time to get the finished return in to them (until August 15 I believe), but you must send in what you believe you owe with the form filing for the extension.  If at the time of filing the actual return, you still owe money, then the issue regarding penalties and interest comes into play.  If you fail to file a return or an extension request and you expect a refund, you have up to 3 years to file the actual return with no penalties.

Just remember, you still must pay what you believe you owe when you file for an extension.

That service found you that job. They trained you on that job. They did your QA on that job. And now the doc's office wants to go around the service and hire you direct, and obviously cheaper?!  First of all, know that if they can replace you cheaper, they will. Second, I hope it's a really, really good stable job, because you will be blacklisted among MTSO's and never work again... Talk about ungrateful.

As another poster said, our bodies "know" when we have typed a certain number of lines.  Having worked for various transcription companies, I found it difficult to even reach the minimum lines with many of these places.  I feel very fortunate to have found an MTSO that is honest.  Guess what, I am transcribing over 2,000 lines in 5 or 6 hours!  I am saving every penny possible because I know it will not last forever.  

You've turned completely inward.  Time to look outward.  Walk outside your four  walls and walk away from cyberspace - they'll still be there when you come back.  Talk face to face with people.  Go for a walk to somewhere completely different each day.  Volunteer somewhere in your community.  Befriend and be helpful to your neighbors. Sitting in the dark online 18 hours a day is a habit that can't be good for anybody - face it and change your behavior, or you will inevitably be forced out of your hideyhole into the world anyway.  You can either embrace, choose and take charge of changes, or wait until you have no choice. 

This may sound a little weird, but try using feng shui to rearrange your apartment - it can make a difference.  Just moving my work space to a different part of the room worked for me (my productivity greatly improved).  Good luck, and don't let this beat you.

At my first job I typed disc because that's what they wanted.  On the next job half the clients wanted disk and I went nuts keeping it straight.  At current job all clients want disk.  I put it in my ShortHand to change disc to disk, because of the bad habit I learned at the first job.  If I should get another account that wants disc, I will make them a separate shorthand tab and try to remember to switch to it when I get one of their jobs.  It sure would help if all clients agreed on this issue.