no i don't love being MT but it beats McDonalds. no i don't work for a great company.
Posted By: meagain on 2005-08-03
In Reply to: Okay, how many of you can truly say you still love being an MT?... - curious MT
no raises and constant shift in management. no i don't make more than enough money to just pay my bills but i have cut down on overhead of regular job outside of the home.
it's an okay job relatively speaking.
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sorry...not a great experience. I do love the work,
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Great company to work for!
Maybe I just work for a great company
but where I work they provide the people at home computers and they pay for the DSL, and if they are required to come in to the office during one of their shifts (we do work shifts) then they are paid for travel time to and from. I don't think those things are unreasonable to ask for. A few of us work in house here because we choose to, but most of the MTs are at home.
That is where I work and yes, they are a great company...
I have plenty of work (sometimes too much but I would rather have too much than not enough), have never run out of work in 2 years and have great team leads...in my opinion, they are the best company out there, at least for me..
I love the company I work for - sm
MDI-MD. Flexible schedule, wonderful and friendly staff and supervisors, pay always on time.
yes they are very flexible. They are a great company to work for.
Best job I EVER had!
I just want to add that I work for an AWESOME company with great staff and
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Great company but like everyone else they over hire. Haven't had work since before Christmas *sm
because it is a slow time and I refuse to get up at 4:00 a.m. to beat someone else to it. I am in the process of obtaining a second and third account and am going to start looking out for myself from now on. I now understand why there is such a turnaround with MTs and companies - seems like the companies overhire and then the MT has to look elsewhere - they work at the new company for awhile until they find that they have now over hired and then they look elsewhere. I have been with MDI for a few years and I plan to stay there but I am going to take on another job or even two so I do not sit idle when times are slow.
It is a GREAT company and great deal! I've had
Vonage about 6 months now and I love it. The only mistake I made was trying to keep my original phone # - I wouldn't recommend that. You have a temp # for a while, and the other provider can fight for the old #, etc. Go to vonage. com. They have new features all the time! There is even a new soft phone that is a phone on your screen. You don't need a real phone when working - just headset. It has 800 #s you can have very inexpensively - great voice mail. You get emails when you have new messages, etc. I only wish I had used them a year ago! Nothing but good things to say, and I complain about everything! 
Great post. I swear by both Advantage and Frontline Plus-- both work great! - sm
I don't know about "natural" approaches for the house. I have always used flea bombs in the past before the miracle of Advantage and Frontline changed my life. Have not had a flea problem at all since I began using those products about 10 years ago, dose all the dogs religiously once a month with the Frontline Plus except in Dec.-Feb. to save a few bucks and because the ground is generally frozen by then and no fleas are scurring about. -- Hope you get flea free soon.
You should feel great as a transcriptionist if they think your work is that great!!!
It is not your fault they approached you. I think it would be a different storey if you were the one searching for the job to take away from a company. They obviously want to get rid of the company and if you didn't take the job they would probably ask someone else. You should enjoy the better position and not feel guilty!!
McDonalds?
What do you mean "with the way transcription is going?" Could working at McDonalds really be better?
McDonalds...?
...maybe, but the schedule would stink and so would your hair when you got home. Speaking of home.. being able to work from home is a huge plus in so many ways that, to me, it's a bonus, and in the "real" world, bonus equals $$
My DH was telling me McDonalds was going to do this too,
but inside the US...not India. I think we should boycott the drive throughs that don't use in-house workers. Take the time to walk inside and place your order with a real person and make it a point to say so. Of course, the only way it will make a real statement is if EVERYONE does it, so what's the chance of that. So we'll watch our MINIMUM WAGE jobs now just creep away as if nothing is wrong, right!
You can look it up on McDonalds on the web. YUCK
Not only do they taste awful (I tried a bite once - yuck), they have 560 calories, 21 grams of fat, etc., etc., but what people don't even look at is the SODIUM!
Sodium in these bad boys is 1260!!!
And people EAT this junk? 
Beats me...
I sure wouldn't stay if I hated it so darn much.
McDonalds - we were 16 and it was our first job. Married at 22. Now we're 31.
My sister works at McDonalds. sm
She started as your typical fast food employee and worked her way up to management. She makes excellent money and has great perks - went to a seminar this past summer in Las Vegas that was entirely paid for by McDonalds. One of the speakers at the seminar was Bob Greene (Oprah's diet/fitness person if I have the name correct). I also know of someone else who works at Burger King in management that makes an excellent wage. I actually gained more respect for these type of positions when I found out what some were actually making. I do not know anyone personally or what they make at WalMart but have ran into more than on disgruntled employee at the cash register there. Just my opinion but I think the knowledge that comes with being an MT should make you qualified for most types of office positions in medical offices and for any office for that matter. Have you tried that route?
Funny you should mention McDonalds
I was just thinking the same thing
That's great! Love it! nm
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We love ours, the DVR is great too! (sm)
I think that DishNet is cheaper than DirectTV, at least when I did my research almost a year ago.
You don't want to work for this company. Call your current company and
tell them that you have decided against the new position and tell them that you would like to stay. It is cheaper for them to let you stay than to train someone new. A company who could be so tacky as the one you just spoke of is one you do not want to work for. You can rescind your resignation. If you are a good MT, they will be glad you did.
Becky you work in a great place. With no one hovering, I bet you get a lot more work done w/o agoniz
wants what. The only people qualified to do QA on my reports are the dictating doctors and the rest is just pure waste of money and time. If I have a question fine. But this random QA bites and hurts everyone. BTW, I don't have random QA for those who seem to think I may have an ax to grind. No dog in this fight. Just common sense.
Yeah, $16 a day gets you real far in the U.S. - maybe 3 meals at McDonalds
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I love my supervisor. She's great!
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That's a great idea. I'd love to see him too.
If you don't know how to post his picture I'm sure there's several people here who'd be more thanhappy to show you how to do it.
Come on.  We're all waiting with bated breath to see your hunk of a husband because we know he probably puts Tom Cruise to shame.
Great company
Go for it. They are a great company to work for. Great benefits, wonderful people, flexible, plenty of work, direct deposit.
Great Company!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I currently work for this company, and I can honestly say that this is the first MT job that I have ever looked forward to doing every day. The work is great, the pay is great, and the boss is great. I don't have to share "pool" work with a bunch of night-feeding sharks that eat it all up before the sun rises, I don't have to punch a time clock, and my paycheck comes precisely when it is supposed to. I have answers to my questions whenever I need them, as well as encouragement. I would say to those of you who are complaining about, but have never worked for, this company and it's owner, maybe you should find something more productive to do with your time.
Beats my clinical setting..
I'm shut off in a 12 X 12 room, hearing loud voices outside my door, file clerks running around hunting charts and griping every minute, nurses flitting about hunting "stuff", the office manager laughing loudly outside my door while she flirts with the doctors, and my WeatherBug is calling for the heat index of 115 for my area! I'll trade with YOU!
Beats being intubated... LMAO...nm
Sounds great. Hope you love it! (nm)
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It's great and easy to use. You'll love it! nm
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Such a great movie! Still love the soundtrack
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MDI is a great company. (See inside)
First off, Liz was not "promoted", she is the prior owner of the company.
Jason was fired.
We have very low turnover in team leaders, and the last time it was posted was around March of this year.
Good points about the backlogs, I will make sure that Deb & Terri send out the list of accounts that are out of TAT
Oracle is a great company.
Your own schedule, their platform is easy once you understand it, they don't bug you all the time, friendly staff, good techs who are very helpful, and it sounds like they fit you to an account that you feel comfortable with. WHAT more could you ask? Okay, if you want your equipment supplied and want bennies, then you'll have to take the stricter scheduling and go with another. But for me, Oracle is the only answer.
great company for equipment
If you need headsets, foot pedals, or other transcription equipment, give C.H.A.R.T.S. a try. They have always been super good to deal with and fast. I called yesterday morning, they helped me figure out which generic foot pedal I needed, and it arrived this morning, and I did not pay a huge amount for overnight ship, just a regular cheap drop ship price. I just love this place!
www.chartstech.com
1-800-994-3210
Beats me. And how come sometimes they are those round bulbuous things?
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We love our Dodge Durango! Sis-in-law has a GMC Envoy which is great but a little out of our
budget.
I do only Op Reports and love it. Great line count too. sm
Everyone is different, although I think you can learn them and you may even like doing them. Give it a shot and good luck!
Been specializing in op reports for 25 years now. You do need to keep up with the medical equipment terms. There is something new every day.
All I know is it caused the company I work for to be unable to do all work due today and the rest
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AccuSTAT in Wisconsin. Great company, IC only. nm
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What a GREAT idea! Good for your company. nm
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I just started with a great company that I had to purchase
Docshuttle and waveplayer. I had contact with them throughout the period of waiting for the software to arrive, etc. If you purchased the disk and not just the download, you can return it.
AccuStat EMR/carolinas is a great company!!
AccuStat EMR/Carolinas is a great company!! I can give you names of over 30 MTs besides my own that get paid with no problems!! They do not pay if work is late or of por quality but that is told to us before we start. If you did not get paid, your work must have been bad!! They do pay and they do not lie. Amazing when people get so upset with a company for not being paid...is usually the MTs fault!! This blog doesn't show that though.
Review in great detail with the company first....
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Love being an MT--hate the company I
work for most days. I have left several times and find myself coming back. I have decided to stay because being at home far outweighs being out with all the stupid people!
I beg to differ - I love my company!!
Guess that beats my idea of dynamite and just moving away... LOL. :-) nm
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That sure beats the $900+ I spent on my Aeron Miller chair ! - nm
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Yep if I needed a job, beats not eating/paying bills - nm
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His/her posts are annoying to you, becasue he/she knows more than you and beats you, admit it....nm
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