Way fishy! You're being used and abused. This is NOT

• Getting paid only for STRAIGHT TYPING - Maria
  • is this a natl company; if so, tell the people where they are located. - what out for each other - no message
    • I mean Watch out (not what) - no message
      • No - Maria
  • That's horrible. An MT should get credit - nm
  • What a rip-off! That practice keeps their profits UP - and their overhead (you) DOWN. - nm
  • Run - another OH MT
  • Actually there is often not 65 lines per page. sm - searching
  • sounds fishy to me - anon
    • Way fishy! You're being used and abused. This is NOT - how good companies work. NM

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They are both identical, polite and too exact and to me sounded like it was someone attempting to appear to be American.  Maybe I am a skeptic but that is my gut feeling.

Your first paragraph makes me think you are being scammed.  If you can't install an Expander program how will you ever learn to use one of the better ones to your best ability (to work somewhere better down the road).  I have literally thousands of expansions in my program and it goes from company to company as I change jobs and my production only increases as it grows.  If the computer crashes, it's on CD backup and I can put it on any other computer.  Don't know about these features in WORD, as I have always been more pleased with an independent expander program.  More versatile.  If this is THEIR computer and you enter your expansions on it, you might lose all your hard work if you stay for a while and then quit.  Think about this.  *Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here.* 

This company may provide templates and you change a few things here and there, but this disabling thing really bothers me, especially if you are new to transcription.  They've got you backed into a corner as far as developing your skills is concerned.  It's in your best interest to know and use ALL the programs and featues that help us make money.  I don't think they are being fair to you.  I've worked for 2 places with accounts that relied heavily on templates and both paid me for everything whether I typed it or not.  Maybe they are only paying you for what you put in and not what automatically populates.  If so, another reason to quit, even if you can whip these things out quickly.  It sounds to me like you are being taken advantage of.  You have to make sure the document makes sense in the end and not just what you inserted or changed, right?  You deserve to be paid for the whole thing from my understanding of what you wrote and use whatever tools you prefer to use to reach that objective as long as it doesn't interfere with their software.  If it does, go somewhere else where you can develop your skills and become more marketable and be paid accordingly. 

Can you even install a medical spellchecker on the computer???  This just sounds nuts to me.  What about reference CDs for specialities, etc.????  I prefer my own computer so I can put whatever I want on it.  Worth the expense in my estimation and I don't have to wonder about what other stuff the company has put on it that I don't know about to watch my work habits, etc. 

Good luck to you whatever you decide to do!   Just don't let them walk all over you if you are new--not if you can help it.  I know getting experience is important but so is making a decent living and bettering your skills for a better future.   

in your spa goodies. Congrats!

You stated in your original post that you don't want to work weekends or odd shifts. What is your definition of an odd shift?  Second shift?  Third shift?  Sounds like you want to work M-F on days.  Sounds kind of rigid to me. 

Personally I like second shift, so everyone working days means more work for me! 

THE ADMINISTRATOR.  WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE IDIOTS??? 

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I am an IC as well, but I have a husband with benefits and makes a fair buck.  I am fortunate after 20 years to able to work from home.  I worked on site for 17 years with a "chocolate cake" the day I left.  Nothing more...  The loyalty in any profession is gone, gone, and gone again. 

Most companies want new employees/ICs that will take low pay and that won't cost much in the way of paying vacation time.

I do take every Friday off and try only to get on to check e-mail, etc. 

However, I wouldn't trade being here for my kids at this point.

There are headaches no matter what profession you are in.  It seems if it isn't one thing it's another. 

Raises?  Out of the question in this profession since most are afraid they will lose the account including myself.  I also underbid my last account because I wanted the account so bad.  I should be charging more. 

It is a neverending cycle really.

But, I still enjoy the work, so I guess that's the difference.  It does take will power to sit and type.  Some people need that boss hanging around to keep the production up and the incentive of a nice paycheck is just not good enough.

Good luck with your new job!  Sounds great! 

I know exactly what you mean.  I've worked for some of the largest teaching hospitals who had staff and resident lists nearly a foot thick but that was in the "old" days when pay was better and computers hadn't been heard of yet.  These modern days if a company can't provide their physician list in the data base where I can search with just a letter or 2, then I'm not going to work for them.  I suspect that lots of your company's MTs object to nonproductive time looking up tons of names and addresses and whether you realize it or not, you're on the clean up committee, getting those jobs when they are thrown back into the pool.  You might try talking it over with your supervisor and offering to continue doing the throw backs provided you're paid to do so.  I did that once when all I was getting day in and day out was the most horrible of horrible dictators.  Much to my surprise they agreed to compensate me appropriately.  Granted, the pickings for really good companies are slim but they are out there, you just have to find the right one.  Most will tell you anything you want to hear until you're hired, which is why I suggested keeping the old job until you've tried the new one on for size. 

Hope this helps!