phonetic spelling is not allowed where I work

• Anyone being penalized for sending reports to QA? - Confused and disillusioned
  • Some abuse QA - MQ QA
  • Amphion does that. Terrible place - nm
    • I've been there 2+ years and NEVER penalized for sending to QA. nm - ??
  • They're idiots. Look for a better company. sm - MT
  • I worked part-time for someone like that and they used the QA % to keep from paying bonuses - no name
  • It's just another way some companies have found to save - themselves some money. I'd quit and tell them
  • I don't think I could work there.. - QA is encouraged where I work...
    • I cannot send more than 5% to QA or... - Confused and disillusioned
      • That's so stupid. If that's the case, do you get to call the - I wouldn't work there
      • Sounds like where I used to work- PHNS- 5% of our total MONTHLY - sm - XXX
      • Sounds like they set you up to - decrease your pay... not fair nm
  • QA submissions - pajama-mama
    • 98.8% but that I send 30% to QA...sm - They told me that my QA score was...
      • I don't think they should ping you for the 100% qa account. SM - Becky
        • some doctors dont think that is trivial. They expect doctor's name to be spelled right - no name
          • I wasn't clear. I guess patients' names is what irks me the most. SM - Becky
          • Then the dictating physician needs to spell it out instead - however
            • You're right! I wouldn't work for a company that SM - Becky
        • MTSO for 10 years...sm - They told me that my QA score was...
        • phonetic spelling is not allowed where I work - pajama-mama
      • I too have high QA scores but the QA - pajama-mama

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Nine times out of ten, it will ask me, "Do you mean this?" if my initial spelling is incorrect.

Okay, I was taught to spell out everything under 10, but I am hearing that is wrong.  Was I taught wrong or did it change or am I doing it right.

Thanks in advance!

Doc dictating "I will order a single dose of Zofran for her nausea".  He is even kind enough to spell it.

S-O-P-H-R-A-N !!!!!!

I've been reading with much interest all the debate going on about QA but this particular post really caught my eye.

As a former MT/supervisor/QA employee in a major MTSO and having differences in the amount of MT training of my staff, which would determine how I would mark a QA error, I also used the "how would I feel" quotient.  Were the remarks I might make be taken the wrong way; after all, I was just trying to "educate!"

I still feel passionately that all employees, MTs and all, should be treated fairly and with dignity without taking into account whether a person might or might not leave.  In today's MT market, sometimes we "step on toes" because we're human, but I would like to think that most MTs just continue to love what they're doing---even in the bad times.  When compassion and yes sheer joy for the job dissipates, then it's time to move on! 

They used to have volunteers, but these volunteers were given assignments in various areas.  Now the parents have to drop the kids off outside and drive on.  If a parent needs to come inside, he goes to the office, not to the student's room.

You can volunteer and go in and do reading with the kids, etc., but all visitors need to check in with the office and any "in class" volunteering needs to be approved by the teacher and the principal.

I have found this a good thing in light of the world changing.  Fathers have shown up in the past to get their child when a protection order had been filed and they were not allowed to have unsupervised visitation. Of course the mom would forget to inform the school and the kids would always run to daddy.

I have one child left in the elementary school, my older two have graduated and one will be a freshman in high school starting day after tomorrow. (Yay! can't wait to see that bus! :)) I have seen a lot of changes, both with parents and with policies.  The staff at the elementary school know me by name, but I would never dream of picking up my child without checking with the office first.  Every time I check in, the office staff says, "Oh hi!  Go on up to the classroom."  I still check in after 18 years. 

These parents that interfere should be told to sign up for when volunteer help is needed in the classroom or other areas of the school. And only then.  They need to stay out of it.  If they're so worried about "little Bobby" and have so much time on their hands, they should home school and leave the teachers to do what they do best. I've been through 25 elementary school teachers and only had a problem with one who was finally fired. 

I'm working in here, not entertaining my pet.  I love him to death, but this is my workplace, not a hangout for my dog, my cats or my kids.

But I know what you mean.  I miss my pup when I'm working.  It was just too hard to deal with so he was banished from my office along with the 2 cats.  Too much fur on the carpet for one thing and, like you, every time I got up, my dog thought it was time to play or go for a walk.

My only other suggestion is a "porta potty"?

I know some reports do get shot back into the pool now and then.  Luckily for me, they're nearly always LONG reports by my favorite dictators (ESLs are my specialty), so I don't complain at all.   However, the rule here, which is hard to enforce, is that any skipped jobs or cherrypicking is grounds for being severely chastised for the first offense and immediate termination for the second. 

IMO, why not just type it and be done with it????   Doing that takes less time than anything else, and time is $.

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thanks for the Italian language tip.  I never said I was Italian-American, though my best friend is.  *LOL*

Have a great Sunday! 

Not the spelling police, but I thought your post was cute!  Seasoned????  How about proofing your typing?  Just kidding  .  I'm joking!!!

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