Yes - I agree - my 2 employers didn't even acknowledge MT week - so this was very nice

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  • Yes - I agree - my 2 employers didn't even acknowledge MT week - so this was very nice - ER MT
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I rarely whine, unless I'm PMSing.  (Which I'm not.)  I just think you're being rather harsh.  I ignore the MQ posts because it doesn't pertain to me.  I can do that.  I can rise above it.  Yes, I do think this board has been swallowed up with negativity lately.  And I'm tired of it, too.  There are very few positive posts, so those posts are the ones I focus on.

You can't sweepingly brush everyone into one pot.  You can't call everyone whiners and losers without getting some backlash.  For that matter, take your proactive messages to a blog.  I'm really tired of your attitude.  Life is not cut and dry or black and white.  It's not all or nothing.  Most people can't just quit a job, move to another town, or just walk away from a situation.  It's more complicated than that.  That's where you're being judgmental.

My veggie neices always get real maple syrup for Christmas from their auntie. They use it to sweeten their tea and, as I live in Maine, we have plenty. :)

I get my non-veggie neices and nephews candy. :)

Any suggestions?  I have sent my STM multiple e-mails regarding various things (suggestions on how to improve things, questions regarding policies and procedures, etc.).  She never answers my e-mails.  How do you approach this?  I have been through this before and eventually ended up quitting my job because my STM treated me like crap after bringing up how I felt, so I am coming here in hopes that someone could give me an idea of how to approach this so I don't p*ss off my STM. 

Thanks.

Any suggestions?  I have sent my STM multiple e-mails regarding various things (suggestions on how to improve things, questions regarding policies and procedures, etc.).  She never answers my e-mails.  How do you approach this?  I have been through this before and eventually ended up quitting my job because my STM treated me like crap after bringing up how I felt, so I am coming here in hopes that someone could give me an idea of how to approach this so I don't p*ss off my STM. 

Thanks.

I think it was a "teaser."  The MTSO may offer 17 cpl at some point, but it certainly isn't clearly stated at what point or with what experience.  Most of us already do very difficult ESLs for half that rate.

I personally have had much better experiences with small MTSOs than large nationals. 

at least the minimum lines each day.  I used to work at a hospital where the required minimum was I believe 40 minutes, which ain't a lot of work.  Most times (and this was when we were in house) the girls would chat and chat and chat and go for lunch and chat and chat, etc., and never work.  And they got by with it because they were too scared to demand that these people stick to the guidelines by which they were hired.  One day I went in to work OT on a Saturday and worked 4 or 5 hours, and I don't remember what my line count was, but one person typed 12 lines.  And she was supposed to be the regular Saturday morning person.  Some saturdays I would go in to work and there would be NOBODY there.  NOBODY typing in a hospital transcription dept. just because it was Saturday.  They got by with it for years, continued to get by with it, and we lost our jobs to MQ because nobody worked and nobody made them work.  Me, I worked.  I worked a lot.  I had (still have) goals, meet them, exceed them routinely because I happen to like paying the bills and having money left over.  Like I always say, people whine on here about no work but when there's a lot of OT to be worked they are nowhere to be found. 

because it is a big vacation week.  Typically things slow dow a bit in the summer too because people are putting off elective surgery, but at the same time lots of people going on vacation so it should balance out.   

they're oftentimes working "x" hours a week or even full-time. It's a big problem here in Georgia because it's not fair that these people not only get the jobs that they're being paid cash for but then they show up in the ERs when sick and are given Medicaid to pay the bill, even though they're not US citizens.  Their kids are given free education and right now the illegal immigrant groups are mad because the state of Georgia is planning to  start making them pay out of the country tuition to the universities if they aren't documented legal residents - which I think they should be forced to do.   Heck, if I were to get on a plane to say France I couldn't walk off the plane and demand that I be allowed into college at the local tuition rates just because I'm there - whether or not I were there legally.

  There's some legislation going forward in January here to put a stop to some of this but of course the illegal immigrant groups are fighting it.  

I don't mind paying someone cash if they're doing something rarely for me (i.e. once or twice a year).

For those of you who use say teenage babysitters do you really report every dime you give them to the IRS?    What about when you go to a restaurant and tip the wait staff in cash?  Do you make sure the  manager knows you gave them a cash tip so it's reported?   Ever have a neighborhood kid rake leaves for you?  Do you pay Little Johnny and then demand his SS# to report you gave him $20 to the IRS?