Went through that exact same thing with EDiX. They sent that stuff overseas in a heartbeat, and the

• Boss asking for normals - Boss asking you to share your NORMALS?
  • Small company in Ohio did that to me. - Donna
  • I'd say "What normals?" (sm) - Lori
    • Abby Normals. - nm
  • Then I realized that no one ever shared with me, I had to - I used to be Ms nice guy
  • what about nationals where you use THEIR expander.... - sis
  • My normals sm. - Never learned to share.
  • I never give anyone my normals. I have my own accounts and one - account I was giving up because it was just too de
  • I would never voluntarily give them "my" normals, my work product. SM - anon
  • Timing is just great - Boss asking you to share your NORMALS?
  • How they are lying to get them - Boss asking you to share your NORMALS?
    • That is PLAIN OLD WRONG. Other MTs can write their own, just like you did. SM - Becky
    • I would ignore the request and if they persist - ExpMT24
  • Went through that exact same thing with EDiX. They sent that stuff overseas in a heartbeat, and the - If I could do it all over, I wouldn't send them
  • Here's what I think I would do... - D
    • MY samples - Hostage holder
    • Genius! - PJ
    • SABOTAGE, I like your thinking - Boss asking you to share your NORMALS?
    • I took delicious pleasure in telling them to kiss my tail-end. nm - Becky
    • Now there's an idea! - LOL
  • No way, Jose. My normals are MINE. Don't let them do this! nm - Becky
    • I had a small MTSO ask that once. sm - Hmmm

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Where I trained (OJT training) it was always disc.  The second job I had, my primary used disc and all the secondaries wanted disk.  At my current job every client (so far) uses disk.  It can drive you crazy learning to do something a different way for each client and trying to remember it all, switching between them all day!

This is why flexibility is key.  AAMT rules don't mean squat to many doctors, and some insist on their eccentricities so THEY can tell its their own report and not someone else dictating under their name (which happens plenty, and isn't always caught).  I've had many literally make up words which cannot be found in any dictionary, but they insist you put them in their reports because its their product and up to them what they want it to say.

So I'd say if you want to blame anybody for any bad habits MTs have picked up in their years of experience - point the finger straight at the clients!  With effort we CAN unlearn bad habits, but who's to say the next client won't insist we learn a few more?

I've been with this current company for over a year now, and suddenly I have been having a lot of 'strange' things happening lately.  The queues seem manipulated, I get jobs pulled back when I'm more than halfway through, my pay has been short, etc.  They say these are all mistakes or accidents, so they're making me feel like it's all in my imagination.  Can you tell me through email the name of the company he was talking about?  I would really, really appreciate it just for some peace of mind that I'm not totally paranoid here.

Just like the other poster suggested - I got another wrist gel pad and put it on the floor in front of my pedal - WORKED GREAT!  My heel was simply sore from rubbing on the hard floor and this has worked wonders for me.

I actually bought the long one, the one that goes in front of my keyboard so I don't have to worry about the little one sliding around and it has been one of the best things I've done.  No more heel pain for me!

It was the strangest thing!  I cannot for the life of me figure out why she would invest so much time and effort, tell me she wanted me to start ASAP, and then never contact me again.  I refused to give her the satisfaction, though, of calling HER back!

I was with Edix about a year before I was audited and had pay deducted, and then two more times in a row after that.  Needless to say, after several anxiety attacks over my pay check, I quit.  I dont know if they still audit, but that whole process is questionable.  At least when they audit, they should call up the MT, go over it WITH them, so its not such a big shocker when they receive the report back with a bunch of red markings.  I actually broke down and cried.

Another thing is we changed management around that time, and my new supervisor called me to inform me I was two hours late and why hadn't I started work yet?  I reminded her of our two hour difference in time zones, and told her I was just getting ready to work. 

With Medquist, no one picks at me, BUT no one gives me info when I need it.  I make about 800 dollars more a month at MQ and I don't have a panic attack when I send a report out in cyber space, maybe forgetting if I dotted an "I" correctly or not. 

MQ the lesser of the two evils for sure.  Although I'm not with Spheris now and do not know if they still audit.  All I know is it was an awful experience, more comfortable at MQ.

but that is probably because I like change.  I am not the type of person to be in the same place at the same time doing the same thing year after year after year.  It is too confining for me.  And the older I get, the more confined I feel.

But a lot of people do not feel comfortable with change.  They prefer the "tried and true."

AND, a lot of people would not be able to take that type of job because of responsibilities such as family.

So, you have to think of what type of person YOU are.  Do you like change? Do you like meeting new people? Do you like living in a new city, getting to know your way around?  How about living in a hotel?  Could you do that for 2 or 3 weeks if it was required? 

Or do you feel more comfortable and secure in your own surroundings?  Where you know the shortcut to almost any place you have to go and know just how far each Starbucks is from anywhere you happen to be .

I am NOT saying that one type of person is better than the other.  Everyone is different and that is what makes us all special.  Just figure out what suits you best and make the decision, then keep going forward.

Good luck to you.  Please post and let us know what you decide.

for all of the reasons mentioned in your post, and then some. 

communication and reality.

Talk about your drugs or your dinners.  Pass over MQ.  We won't mind a bit.  Our lives are rough enough already without biting comments.

We are trying to dig out of the quagmire MQ/Philips has put us into.  Like I've said, MTing is no longer a profession or can be considered a "real job".  At best it is pickup work or sideline extra non-necessary money because one certainly can't depend on the money.

The system is not accepting the 3-digit password, after I write out my message, why not?