Those foreign guys

Yeah, we've all had our share of "those" guys.  I worked in Radiology for a Spanish guy for about two years.  He thought his English was perfect, so anytime there were blanks he went off of his latino-rocker.  So I finally get this guy "nailed" where I can transcribe his reports just as fast as the others, and then what happens..  ? I lose the stinkin' account to VR!  So he still sends me work on occasion and guess what .... he's crystal clear NOW, and why?  Voice Recognition doesn't DO gibberish ... it trained HIM!  HA!   (Course he has to speak slowly now, losing lots of "billable hours"  And of course, they had to hire an Editor to clean up the reports, punctuate, and correct his English.)     Go figure!  ');>

Seriously, though, if you can't stay with that ESL day-in and day-out for at least a month, you will never get him.  Why companies bombard MT's with different docs from day-to-day is just beyond me.  If QA were REALLY that important, they wouldn't do that.

• Need to vent. I'm fed up! - NM
  • ESL's - PMT
    • printed for my dozen coworkers! LOVIT!! -nm- - sede
    • Those foreign guys - Pam
      • Thank you - that's exactly what they do - - XYZ
    • Would you mind if I saved this creed of yours to look at when I get frustrated like this? - nm
      • ESL's - PMT
    • That was great thank you so much!!! - nm
    • Thanks, I needed this - frustrated
    • RE: - 2121
      • ELS's - PMT
        • RE - 2121
  • Speaking of which... - sm
  • I HEAR YA - MT25
  • I've complained for years. - Don't get me started.
    • That's exactly my point. Nothing gets done - XYZ
  • re - 2222
  • NM are my initials - - Sorry about that
  • I know of at least one MTSO who trains the docs on how to dictate - so, yes, the MTSO can make a difference! NM
  • I'm fed up too, but it is our job to produce - me
    • ESLs aren't always the worst - OTHMT
      • Amen sista!! I am not in this - right on!
    • Like I said - I'm tired of them not - NM
      • A monkey could do your job then. Doctors mispronounce - me
        • FYI - I produce high quality reports because I - XYZ
          • re: - 2121
          • In talking with my cousin who is a doctor - right on!
  • Had it up to here with ESLs.... - typing4dollars
    • But don't you get grief for sending - sm
      • I haven't gotten any grief yet.... - typing4dollars
        • We must work at the same place. LOL (nm) - Nonamefornow
        • Agree, agree, agree! Just listen to Benny Hinn.. - mthanded
          • Exactly !!!! If they get their reports back - typing4dollars
  • I hear ya! nm - amen
  • Totally understand! - sm
    • When ESL docs use interpreters... - I soooo understand....(small message)
  • Me TOO! Fed up - Diana
  • I hear ya - sm

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Oh, boo hoo!  Those foreigners learn our language so they can take our jobs and our money, you numbskull.  They aren't here to help us.  They take advantage of our laws which actually seem to favor foreigners over citizens, especially if the foreigners are "minorities."  (An interesting term since the only true minority in this world is white people.  About 85% of the world's population is non-white.)  

People like you who think you are so tolerant, are part of the problem.  In this country we would all be learning Chinese if the situations were reversed and China was the country with the open door policy and all the wealth. 

BTW, I lived and worked in Latin America and learned Spanish BEFORE I went there - I didn't expect the people of Colombia to pay to have everything I needed translated into my own language, which is precisely what these foreigners who come here to leech off us expect.

From one blondie to another--I couldn't agree with you more!

Drives me crazy, not to mention my so-called "productivity!"

I learned OJT in a small hospital with a PDR, Dorlands and a boss with an attitude from &*^%&*^.  There were only about 7 doctors on staff, 4 of which were foreign.  I started off learning to cope with a Thai accent in a physician who had had a speech defect, a Nigerian, a Swede and a Czech.  It was a painstaking way to learn, but I am greatful every day that accents have become a way of life for me.  I almost prefer them to some of those mealy-mouthed speed demons. 

I can remember cursing when they would say "Go back up and change this".  Just rip that paper out of the typewriter and start again. 

My children can't imagine a time before computers.  Will have to take them to a museum someday and show them what life used to be like.

The fault lies with the big US corporations who are the greedy SOBs that have outsourced the jobs so they can save billions over what they would pay workers in the US. 

So, to be rude to and cuss out these working people is not going to get us anywhere.  What we should do is boycott the corporations who are sending the work overseas.  Maybe if they lose enough business they will get smart to themselves and bring the jobs back to the US workers. 

Focus is an Indian company, you know.  Most who have been there were not happy, and many MTs only go there because they are fresh out of school and find it hard to get the experience they need.  Just FYI.

This is NOT racisim.  This is plain common sense and courtesy. 

I don't think these kids are anything more than a fashion accessory/photo op for these phonies. I'm sure she and the other "stars" who adopt these kids for whatever attention/approval-seeking reasons have a full staff on hand 24/7 to take care of the kids when the cameras aren't rolling.

I doubt Angelina's ever been vomited on or crapped on (at least not by her kids anyway). 

Like it should be standard practice for transcription services to require hospitals to ask------------------

Dr. Pammmmbogmamajama - would you like your dictation to go to India.  Check YES or NO.

Dr. Filiyambo - would you like your dictation to go to PHILIPPINES.  Check YES or NO.

Dr. MacIntiremeout - would you like your dictation to go to IRELAND.  Check YES or NO.

Dr. Chinese - would you like your dictation to go to CHINA.  Check YES or NO (we have to know they are creating offices in Shanghi as we speak)

Hey, I can deal with "the boys" from home.  But I'm sick and tired of  feeling like I chose the wrong profession and should be working in the State Department as translator and should certainly be drawing down lots more salary and getting a WHOLE lot more respect. 

That way we could keep the English dictation in the United States and have it being done by people who have English as their first language.

 What the heck is going on around here?  It just gets better by the day!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/19/economy-slumps-firms-line-hire-skilled-foreign-workers/

and contact the Dept of Labor.  If they were stupid enough to put their broken promises in writing, you have every right to start a lawsuit.  We all have complaints about different companies, but what they've done is downright illegal !!!

That's what cracks me up