Would it kill you people to give constructive advice instead of insults and insensitivity?!?

• 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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You came here to whine and moan about QA and you wanted people to pat you on your head and said "poor little MT, you were right."  When you didn't get that, you started throwing a tantrum and telling everyone what big 'ol meanies they are.

By your own admission, you have been an MT for three years.  You are in no way qualified to tell QA or the QA supervisor that you like or dislike changes made, account specs, or anything of the sort.  Your job is to type according to the account specs and according to whatever other BOS rules QA imposes.  Like it or not, this is the job!  MTs are called upon to be flexible.  Personally, I abhor the BOS, but I like money, I need money to live and feed my kids, so if my employer says do by the BOS book, then that's what I'm gonna do.

I going to go out on a limb here and guess that since you said some of the mistakes you made were "stupid mistakes" you shouldn't have made, then you probably look inexperienced to QA and aren't going to be taken seriously when you complain.  When you've become a seasoned MT who makes very few mistakes and then want to complain, you might be taken a bit more seriously.

I have 20 years under my belt.  My last QA score (which happened to be yesterday) was 99.5% and that is my consistent score.  If one day I get a QA score say below 98%, then I may question it diplomatically.  I probably have more experience than the QA person proofing my work, but being condescending is not the way to go.  Here you are 3 years experience and you are condescending and go above your QA's head to her boss.  Good thing you're starting a new job, sounds like you're going to need it.

That's my 2 cents.

give the woman a break, already! HER CHILD IS MISSING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY! I'm sure she's not in her usual state of mind. Instead of running her in the ground, all this energy should be spent on positive thoughts and prayers for the family and for Natalee. They need support, not condemnation. Prayer is a mighty thing, give it a try!

Make sure everyone understands that you WORK from home (it's not you're home and you work). And you have to learn the concept yourself as well.

Stick to the same schedule you did when you worked in an office. If you didn't make personal calls in the office, don't make them when you work from home. If you didn't run errands when you worked in the office, don't run errands when you work from home. (and the list goes on)

is to get some rest!!  Get yourself on a regular schedule and stick to it -- even on the weekends.  For example, I am in the bed by as close to 9 p.m. as possible, watch about an hour of TV or so,and then I'm off to sleep.  Also, before I go to bed, I take a 325 mg of aspirin -- it cuts down on restless leg syndrome and just makes me rest better.  I'm up promptly anywhere from 6:45 to 7 (never after that -- I have an alarm set in case I don't wake up on my own), have my coffee, eat a small breakfast (believe it or not, it IS the most important meal of the day -- just a small bowel of cereal or oatmeal and a piece of toast gets me through to lunch and I'm not a big breakfast person) get cleaned up/dressed, and am at work by 7:30.  Even on the weekends if I'm not working, I still get up at the same time.  Your body will learn your routine and come to rely on it.  Since I have been doing this (MANY years) I have found that I'm able to be sharper and more mentally aware. 

I eat something small for lunch, take at least a 5-10 minute break an hour to stretch or just get up and refocus, and still am able to get a good solid 7-8 hours a day.  Just what works for me! 

I have been transcribing for 6 years and want to get my own accounts.  What is the best way to do this?  Any info would be great! Thanks

And for listening to me boo hoo about being laid off or dissolved as the suits at the hospital like to call it.  Anyway, I have officially accepted a QA Editor position with a service and I'm actually in a more positive frame of mind than I was last week.

I got my laptop all set up and ready to go with a laptop stand for plenty of ventilation, I put off buying any kind of wav player and just downloaded ExpressScribe for the time being, and I didn't saturate the market with my resume, but picked only a few places to apply based on suggestions and information you all gave me here.  And I did all of this because you ladies gave me such good advice.

I just wanted to say what a great place this is and it is very, VERY wonderful to have a place to network, socialize, fellowship, or just plain gab with colleagues and friends. 

That's not advice, that's rubbing salt in her wound.  Your other piece of advice about getting a loan is basically stating the obvious.  I'm sure the OP realizes she may have to borrow some money.  I think she was probably asking what should she do about the employer treating her unprofessionally.

Basically, you gave lousy advice and your only intent was to kick her when she was down.

and I don't care what other people look like either.

I think that was the real message that John and Yoko were trying to send.

What I don't understand is why you think they're not. People are stating the truth--the employer calls the shots, not the employee. Just because the truth isn't as comfortably "warm and fuzzy" as you want it to be, doesn't make it less true. It seems that this point is missed very frequently on this board and to try to convince this person that it is the employee who decides the working terms is both cruel and non-constructive. (There are so many cliches that I could use right now I'm not even going to start.)

There have been several posters who lament the loss of jobs to overseas competition but instead of laying blame at the feet of workers who want to call the shots, they instead try to blame the people who are hungry for jobs and are willing to work at getting and keeping jobs that are "too demanding", "too demaning", "not family-friendly" for US workers. Employers are also to blame when their biggest concern is the bottom line and not upholding the society that allowed them to become employers in the first place.

A very good book to read for more on this subject is The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman. It is a long book but if you're really interested in understanding what is going on in the world today and being prepared for the reality of tomorrow, it's worth the read. Of course, it also requires a mind willing to see the problems that both workers and employers have created.

providing commentary and suggestions on improving the MT's work process (i.e. 'hearing' ESL's better or maybe a more refined search process, etc.) in a professionally worded fashion.  Most times when an MT leaves a minefield of blanks in a report it's because he/she because of their lack of experience wasn't able to 'hear' what the dictator was saying. 

A true QA person of excellence can recall their own journey on the road of transcription, remember that type of frustration and lack of experience, and translate solutions and suggestions to the MT in a manner that the MT can draw upon that experience and going forward incorporate the QA's suggestions into their work process, correcting any deficiencies they may have in putting out a quality document without a lot of blanks.  

In the case of where you work, sometimes constructive feedback is as simple as just filling in the blanks.  You can use the document that's been returned to you as a sample for training your ear to better hear what that particular dictator is saying when you get him/her again.  In this way, you continue to improve and are more autonomous in the work that you do. 

I hope this helps. 

most MTs either don't read it or read and immediately send it to the recycle bin literally and figuratively.  So when I send feedback, it is basically a list of their errors, my corrections, and quoting chapter and verse from the BOS if necessary. 

Quite frankly, I'm tired of hearing MTs gripe.  I used to try to educate and mentor MTs, but it is a thankless job.  Someone below said that QA people try to insinuate their egos, but in my experience it is the MTs ego that is getting in the way.  So many MTs think they are "excellent MTs" and so many of them are not.  At one point, I decided to keep a running log of unacceptable errors that even the most remedial MT should not be making and start posting it here because I'm so sick of MTs posting that QA is unreasonable or big meanies.

So here is a very unacceptable mistake I've seen this morning and I've only been on the clock for an hour...

"pressure ulcer on the left heal"

Of course, when I sent feedback to this MT, she emailed me saying "ha ha, oh it's just a typo."  Problem was she did it repeatedly throughout the entire report -- not just once but every instance the dictator talked about the left heel ulcer, she typed "left heal ulcer."

Now, MTs, tell me that I'm not supposed to roll my eyes and be a little irritated that I had to spend fifteen minutes listening to her entire report because such a basic error sends up warning flags, when I should have just had to fill in her blanks.

Chief Complaint:  Back pain.

Review of Systems:  No back pain.

Social History:  He smokes and does cocaine.  No alcohol.  No drug use.

Hmmmmm???

Actually just spell out a name of a random physician that they include in their report?  I mean, for the company I work for, we have to search physician registries and such to FIND physician names.  Now, if the hospital is in Alabama and the doctor just throws it out there and says......"She once saw Dr. XXXXX in Toledo, Ohio", I mean come on now, PUH-LEASE just spell Dr. XXXXX's name for me!  It will take you TWO SECONDS to do so and it takes me way too many minutes to search around and try to find this dude's name! 

Not trying to be Miss Complainey Pants today, LOL, but sometimes you just gotta vent!