ooh touchy touchy - eTime is merely online...
Posted By: timeclock for BIG nat'l MT co....N/M on 2006-05-26
In Reply to: I just asked a simple questions...thanks SO much for your help - nm
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touchy, touchy
If an artist cannot perform a song made famous by a singer of the opposite gender then she certainly doesn't deserve to be called the American Idol. And you blame Elliott for Kat's shortcomings? Come on. Goofy, I think not. He doesn't come across as "Look at wonderful me, me, me!!!!" like ~some~.
Not really touchy, touchy
Ah well, thank goodness we're all entitled to our opinions. Wheher Kat goes or stays, I think she'll have a recording contract, which probably could be said for the remaining four. ;o)
Touchy
I think it is a darn shame that so many posters on this board take any and every opportunity to jump down each other's throats. Some folks seem to delight in picking apart everyone else's posts and 'reading into' them and then coming down on the poster and nitpicking them apart. We should be able to vent frustrations in here without being called 'unprofessional' and attacked by our peers. JMO.
Touchy, I never mentioned your age
You call attention to the fact of being retired in all your postings.
Think my husband must have it too (46), boy was he touchy the other night,
I asked him if he had his period. He took the slightest offense at anything, the tone of my voice when answering him, a look on my face, boy it was a fun night. He apologized later, which is a minor miracle in itself.....He suffers from depression as it is (untreated unfortunately) so he is already a bundle of fun to live with. Oh well, another thing to look forward too.
Goodness! This has sure been a touchy subject!
Just my 2 cents since everyone has has put theirs in too... As I posted earlier, I have 2 small kids (6 and 7) and 1 teenager (15). I had always worked "outside" but got laid off while working as an LPN and went back to school for this to specifically work at home. I do like what I do and do feel privileged to work at home. It is hard to juggle everything, but it was also hard to juggle everything when I worked outside of the home as well. It is what it is. My husband thinks my job is great, but he doesn't comprehend how difficult it is to deal with the distractions from just being at home, as I think it is difficult for anyone who doesn't work at home to understand that. People don't respect work time when you are at home like they do when you are at a place of business, be it friends or family. I also think that people do sometimes look at this profession with these rose-colored glasses because we "work at home" and forget that we have to actually work! You just can't do housework and cook and whatever else for 8 hours and get in 8 hours of work at the same time. That being said... as I live in Minnesota and it is like 15 below 0 outside with lots colder than that windchill... I am grateful that I can work at home even on my most worst days! 
You said it correctly, very touchy subject
as the majority of people working from home apparently get upset when I say MTs are coming across as being unprofessional when they write about being "supermoms" and yet complaining about how to fit time in for their babies, housework, cooking, washing, etc. while doing a job. I have never complained about my salary, my hours I spend working, the bosses I work for, just do my job. I, like you, worked outside when my children smaller but if I wanted to provide for them then, that was something we had to do, had no choice, just what you do as a member of the human race. It is probably a good thing for a lot of the people writing into this board to be able to "work" from home, otherwise I don’t see them making it in the "real" world of employment. I think your post was excellent and said exactly what I have been saying for some time. Try telling that to the moms who write in. I am not now nor would I ever say I was supermom nor super anything for that reason, not a "single" mother as to me that designates someone who wants people to feel pity for them because they have a child(ren) they are supposed to care for, only a woman who has raised her children to adulthood and ones any mother could be proud of and I did it, well just because that is what a mother does. I don’t look for any pats on my back. I have a strong work ethic and I applaud you for yours.
I didn't mean to sound touchy. You misunderstood and
whether or not you MEANT to reply to my post, you did. What else was I to think?!
I don't have all the answers but I was quite aware of that information already.
No offense taken by me! Just felt like you misunderstood, that's all!
Why start such a debatable touchy topic?
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Touchy feely versus show me the money sm
I keep trying to say, over and over again here, that LINE RATES ARE ARBITRARY!!!!
Having the right MT job is a matter of three things...courteous people to work with, a decent platform and enough understandable dictations to make some money. I can PROMISE YOU that if they are paying a lot, they expect a lot. If the situation was more pleasant, they could hire MTs for less than that high high line rate.
Now, I am not saying I'd work for 7.5 cents or even 8, but I did take an employee position for 8.5. I accepted this for other reasons. You all might think that companies owe us benefits, PTO and so forth on their tab and that we should STILL be paid top dollar. There are companies who do and can, but they work their MTs very hard and I know this first hand.
Benefits, PTO, 401Ks...these are NOT free! There is no free lunch with this stuff. Remember that the only people in an MT company who are actually GENERATING income are the MTs. The QA people, the team leaders, the IT people, the MT manager, the owners...they all suck on bottle ONLY WE fill with milk. I am in favor of fewer office people being around to suck from that bottle, and a wise company has as few support staff as can be managed and at the same time, charge as much money as they can get away with. If they offer benefits, those benefits suck the bottle too, but they make cheese out of it and hand it back to us. That means less cream for pay, but it means having cheese. The bottle holds a finite amount, after all.
My taking less money is because from all I have read, this is an excellent company. The benefits are low priced and the company pays part of this for me. The PTO pay is the most fair and reasonable I have ever even heard of, and there is plenty of it even in the first year. The QA is all promoted from within, they still type on a daily basis as it should be, and they all have at least 10 yrs of experience. The platform is a dream come true. Even at 8.5 cents, I stand to earn over $30 an hour that I could not earn at 10 cents a line because I didn't have this much support.
Bare Minerals IS available at ULTA online,Sephora online...(sm)
...and you don't have to sign up for a makeup "club," or anything. I totally agree with you that this makeup is great for all the basic purposes (coverage, lasting), but their slogan is "Makeup so healthy you can sleep in it." There is a delay in time between when you can apply your powder after moisturizer, but it is really worth it.
To go with your powder I recommend the "pump brush" offered at some of the cosmetic online stores. You fill the handle with your powder mixture (I mix two different powders, changing it up or down according to how much sun I've been getting) and the pump brush will distribute some to the bristles, tap and have at it! This is great for carrying it with you to minimize the loss into the lining of your handbag!
I cannot recommend Bare Minerals enough. I used to be a MAC convert, and have tried everything from Chanel to Maybelline--this product does not disappoint.
I have to contain myself for now, but I have a H*LL of an online SM
dating story - the stuff they make movies out of. I'm not kidding, either. I will be able to tell it soon, hopefully.
For what it's worth, I have found the most astounding dating site. Totally FREE. The best part of it is that there are forums there. http://www.plentyoffish.com
I buy online at...
Old Navy is one of my favorites. Their stores are so small that they never have my size in stock anyway. If you order from their website, the shipping is only $5 no matter how much you buy. I also buy and sell a lot on ebay and half.com. At Christmas time, I buy from Toys R Us online. They usually have free shipping if your bill is over $50, and you can get the sale price. I missed it yesterday. I didn't realize that I could have purchased the 4-hour deals from Toys R Us on their website. Oh well, maybe next year.
and I never used AOL online..sm
but was a big investor back just before 2001 and I sold lots of shares when AOL was at 30....it subsequently went down to 9 or 11 and then was not on the market for a long time....
happy holidays y'all if y'all celebrate  .
here ya go for online one
https://admin.ichart.com/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fDefault.aspx
Look online
You can get some general info online. But before signing up make sure you find out what the charges are for maintaining your account yearly, monthly or however. That can make a big difference as to where you put your money.
What's the best way to take an online
I have 4 pretty long transcription tests to take from an online site and am tearing my hair out!!! I can't figure out Express Scribe (and I'm told it probably won't work), but using manual controls on these voice files s going to take me all night. Is there a trick to it?
online BOS
I just love this online BOS. Did you know all you have to do is bring it up, ctrl 4, put in a word, and it will search the whole BOS for you - Bingo! there it is! Love it.....I've been using it more than I ever did with the paperback.
Where is the online BOS?
nm
I use online
resources the most.
I think I might have developed this habit because I need to have glasses with bifocals now and can't afford them. Thus, using the web is easier for me.
I have pretty good luck with it too.
Anyone using online BOS?
I'm wondering if anyone is using the online BOS 3rd edition and if you like it?
All comments appreciated. - P.S. The company I work for uses these rules so the info is pertinent ... and I have no former editions.
Thanks. 
FYI, you can apply online...sm
at: www.fafsa.ed.gov
All the instructions are on this site. You can get your "PIN" here (which you will use for applying online) and and also fill out your application for aid online.
online petitions
Please...have some sense. Online petitions for anything never ever work, period.
Most petitions, legal/political etc will not accept online names/screen names/email addy's etc, because think about it , one person could sign repeatedly just by changing screen names, having all kind of yahoo, hotmail, aol, road runner, etc accounts. If it's a legit petition most require a real name, address and phone number so the judging agency can verify all the votes, etc.
Sooooo, how'd you get online?
Nm
what online degree are you looking at
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It's an online diary. (nm)
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met my husband online
I was 28 and had lots of fun with online dating, a couple surprises with in-person visits compared to pictures, a couple of good laughs with 50-year-olds emailing me. Great for the ego after a hurtful divorce. Met my husband who was in a similar situation (and who did look like his picture), and he is a real gem. I hadn't used eharmony, though, so I can't speak to how well that one works, but I went through a dating site for people of my same religion. If you can find common-interest dating sites you already have something in common to go on.
online dating...
Went through match.com several years ago. Had a pretty good 6 month relationship with the first guy I met, and have been married to the second man I met online for over 2 years now.
Good luck with yours!!!
I too met my husband online
I met my husband through match.com. He was the second man I had dated through match. I was looking for a man with close to the same values and spiritual beliefs as mine. He is a wonderful man even through the pains of blending families (7 kids between us). I feel blessed and I believe that on line singles web sites provide an opportunity for people to meet "the right" person by laying a lot of things on the table at the get-go that sometimes takes months to discover about someone not providing a self-profile up front. Be honest, be careful, seek honesty in your match, and do not ignore red flags. You can meet the right one through on-line dating. Have faith, trust God to guide you to that person , and enjoy the process.
online dating
I've met some pretty good ones online (just not my type person), and some pretty bad ones. I'd say its probably the same odds as when meeting in person, some are good, some aren't. Of course, I'm perfect LOLOLOL
Online Resume
I have been thinking a lot about setting up a small page online kind of like an online resume, but I don't know where to begin. Anybody know of where I can get a ton of questions answered?
does anyone use people pc online
Just wondering how reliable it is.
I use the online Dorlands. sm
24/7 as they are wont to do everyone online....nm
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oops -s/b everywhere online (not everyone).......nm
xxxxx
I might be able to find one online...*lol*...nm
PC Online Service
Anyone there have any information about PC Online Service. My phone charges really high and would like to have something little more inexpensive. Reliable?
Have your husband go online (sm)
and Google "pro ana." It's worse now than it ever was. They are encouraging each other into believing this is just a "lifestyle choice."
new to online transcription
I have been working for a company for 15 years doing it the old way - i.e., tapes and printing, that has just been sold to an online company. We have a meeting with them - what questions should I ask? Terms like "platform", "expanders", etc., are Greek to me. Thanks.
new to online transcription
Thank you!
online testing
I would suggest a modified verbatim. Correct any gross grammatical errors that really stand out and fix run-on sentences. These tests are really geared toward finding out how well you know your terminology, so make that your first concern. Make sure you have absolutely no misspellings whether it is an English or medical term. Good luck and be patient with yourself. The testing process can be scary.
online testing
Thanks so much!! I appreciate it
Unfortunately that seems the going rate online
Unless you want to be chained to your chair. What company is paying you 10 cpl unless you are working 10 hour days and chained to your chair with IM's popping up every few minutes and QA breathing down your neck. I'll take the 8 cpl/easy clinic work and FREEDOM to not work when I don't want to or take on extra when I do. I don't have to print or leave my computer. This 8 cpl is not my main account. I have my own accounts that pay much, much more, but I needed something to get some experience online. I came from a hospital setting with some remote work from home. You have to gain your knowledge somehow. There are plenty of people working for 5 cpl. There are QA people working for 3 cpl. You still need the skills as a Transcriptionist to do QA so why does that pay so little? As of right now, I've learned what I need to know and that is the nationals drain you dry, expect too much and pay way too little. The smaller MTSO's pay way too little, take advantage of your IC status (making you work a set schedule/set lines, etc.). The supposed MT-friendly platforms are strictly to benefit the MTSO/national and not the transcriptionist. Finally, no one seems to care about the patient. It is all about CPL and line count, and lack of QA feedback, etc. I'm very happy with my own accounts and a little side job making 8 cpl online with FREEDOM to pick and choice what I type and when I type it with 15+ years experience. Fortunately you not only gain transcription experience, you gain life experience! 
Lab Tests Online
I remember seeing on here somewhere where someone had put a link to a good website with normal values for lab counts. Does anyone know that link? Thanks
Re: Best Online Companies
Thank all of you for that great input. That is helpful. I'm not really sure about whether or not I want to quit my hospital job and I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons. There have been problems going on for a few years now. We do work at home, which is wonderful, but the emailing is terrible because of the way things are set up and we get all this junk email from the whole hospital that isn't related to us besides the department stuff, so your concentration is constantly being effected. We've complained about that a lot though and I think it may finally be resolved somewhat. I like my supervisors, but one of them has a really negative outlook on everything. We get daily updates and hers are just filled with negativity. This has been much worse in the past few years because of her personal problems. It effects all of us. I try to ignore it, but some days it's hard. They also cut our pay by decreasing our incentive, raising line counts and tightening up the QA. Mine has gone down 15K in the past few years. I could handle it though. I'm still making pretty good money. Some of the MTs were making a little too much and they keep up with the latest tech in software, so we can get more production. They are also constantly changing things. It never ends and nothing is ever in writing. One of the MTs made a "reminder list" for everyone, but finally gave up. It's pages and pages long. It's very stressful and can be reall confusing sometimes. The negative boss has a habit of changing things and then changing it again without telling anyone and then emailing us and YELLING!!!!!!!!!!, you know. The lastest thing that happened is what really upset me though. I was told at my evaluation by the medical director that I would get a bigger pay increase this year because I was involved in a project to develop new browser-based MT software for our department. However, later when I actually found out what my raise was I found it was smaller than the one I got last year. When I tried to email her about it at first she ignored me, but finally came with the response that HR decides what the percentages are and there is nothing she can do! This has really made me upset. I just feel crapped on even more. I think if I let this go, what will it be next? This all adds up to a lot stress. Before a few years ago it was a really nice place. MT work is stressful enough without all this added. Otherwise, there are a lot of positives and I hate to quit, but..... Maybe I should just stay put though, especially if what you said is true about it being a jungle in the online world. Maybe things could turnaround where I am in the future. Thanks for listening.
Oh, get OVER it. This is an online forum,
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Online Program
I've checked into Santa Barbara's program. (not bad). Would you mind sharing the name of the online self-study program you are using?
I don't know how good online...
would be for coding. I took coding at the community college level; instructor had his own company that did coding and I learned from one of the best in my area. The test is pretty difficult and long. I took it twice; missed the first time by one question and passed the second time with no problem. You have to keep your credentials up in order to keep your certification. I have not done any coding at all, just MT for the past 5-1/2 years, but am going to brush up on by coding skills just in case!
You can get expanders online...
There are lots out there. I have Shorthand. I know several people with Instant Text. You can do the research online or ask around for what you want. It would cost you maybe $150? I haven't priced them lately. But I will say an Expander is worth every cent! My productivity has gone up more than one-third since buying and making very good use of my expander. I add multiple entries every day. You get better at coming up with a system as you go along, and adding entries is super fast. Hope that helps!
CE's Online at OA-AHDI
You can get many CEs online through the Online ASsociation of AHDI. They offer live webinars monthly and they are all preapproved for CE credits from AHDI.
You are also able to purcahse downloads of previous presentations and view them at your leisure.
Visit www.oa-ahdi.org and you will find some information there.
My docs online
Can someone using mydocsonline answer a ? for me ? I want something simple for my group of doctors. They have the Olympus ds 4000 with the docking station. They dont want to log into a site everytime they dock (the files apparently auto load) Is mydocsonline just an alternative to email? This would seem like the easiest solution for me if it is!
Thanks
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