suits - I agree

• PUSH those MTs! - tiredof it
  • OTOH, if companies can't get employees here to work SM - MsIndigo
    • If those management dweebs don't know by now that - - Flibertygibbit
      • Yes, that's right (sm) - MT
        • It needs to go considerably higher than 9-9.5..... - Flibertygibbit
          • Yeah, it would be nice (sm) - MT
  • book about "suits." - another mt
  • Realistically...sm - Lyndia
  • The 'suits' think we are just production machines! - Shirley Gergel
    • Sorry about the typos in my previous message! - Shirley Gergel
      • suits - I agree - marilyn
      • Absotootley! I work for one of those now... - Hayseed
  • This is a WONDERFUL thread, and everything you all are saying... - sm
  • Here's what I think the "clueless" suits think... - Hayseed
  • Pushing MTs - Lee
  • I was hired as a MT manager at a hospital. I was told I needed - to be a "velvet fist." I lasted a week. nm
    • "Velvet fist..." - Hayseed
      • Or Satan. - nm - Flibertygibbit
      • Except he is dead and can't talk. - nm Lenin
        • He may be dead but his dream lives on... - Hayseed
  • I'm sick of it 2... - RadGuy
    • To RadGuy re the suits: I agree, but... - Habibi
    • I have nothing but contempt for those mid-management - Flibertygibbit
    • Same here. - Anon
      • Glad to hear you testify!!! - tiredof it

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Why do we continue to work for x cpl?  I was talking to a teacher friend recently and compared her job to ours.  I told her it'd be no different if she had a very difficult student the entire school year and the student ended up being held back.  Should that teacher get docked a % of her pay, or not get paid at all because she was unable to "complete" her projected goal?  Obviously not.  So why should it be any different for us?

Not long ago my PS sent a msg to all of us about a certain client complaining about all the blanks on their reports.  PS knows it's a very difficult ESL acct.  But nothing is done about getting the docs, the Q, & MTs together to suggest ways to improve it for patient care in the end.  The most frustrating part is that everyone would win from it.  But the "suits" are intimidated about making someone mad.  I never once had a doc get mad about suggestions for making the report better and obviously faster in getting on the chart.  It is for this reason that I'm very much against production (and unions) when having to deal with such horrible dictation literally 99% of the time.  I simply don't believe that I should make less money for things that clearly are beyond my control and now consume my shift, day in and day out. If I were getting paid more, and likely a difficulty factor (remember that?), it'd be more legit in my book.

Also, throw the bad soundfiles in and "voila..." 

I also got a msg from support at 8:20 CST saying they're still working to solve the problem but have no ETA as to when it'll be resolved.  Just an fyi.

Too bad ignorance isn't painful! 

They think we are just Betty Crocker housewives who still wear pumps, skirts, and aprons every day and do this "typing thing" on the side for manicure money.  They know this industry is almost all chicks, and they know that a lot of women will take abuse and not do squatola about it. 

I honestly don't think they realize that MOST of us are doing this to actually make a living.  I mean, if they did, they would realize that they didn't have to crack a whip or be verbal blowhards--we know we have to work hard to make a paycheck.  We know we are paid on production and if we don't produce, we don't get paid.

I'm applied at a couple of the BIG companies you see advertise on here all the time and was absolutely blown away when they couldn't tell me exactly how their platforms worked.  The folks interviewing, the folks doing the hiring, are obviously not MTs, have never been "in the trenches" and that kinda blows my mind. 

I've said it before and I'll say it again...back that sh^t up with a specific name or a place so there can be actual consequences.  I can throw anything in quotes and say I heard it from somewhere or someone.  It holds no water and only serves to get people workedup for an invisible fight.

Am I doubting what she heard is true?  Maybe, maybe not.  It can't be proven because there is no factual evidence provided.  However, my mother was an LPN and she always said her higherups referred to her as nothing more than an overpaid candystriper or overpaid a$$ wiper.  My father, a machine mechanic, said he was referred to as an overpaid janitor.  It's a wicked old and wicked lame argument to get the reader or listener riled up to basically do nothing and it's amateur stuff.  But, that's just me. 

SHOW US THE NAMES!  Then we can gather our pitchforks, burning keyboards, and Betty Crocker aprons and go to war!

he speaks perfect English, especially when asking for money!  Also, in my opinion, blanks should be left in the doc's dictation if not able to be transcribed, maybe then they will know that are NOT understood.  With QA fixing them, what need is there for them to care if we understand them or not? 

I mean afterall there is no evidence that she is dead.  From the beginning I thought they were guilty and I still think that Joran knows something (not saying it was an intentional murder-- probably an accident)  The biggest thing that plays on my mind is why did they lie in the beginning if they were innocent.  I believe that they were covering up for something.  There have been theories that she went for a swim and drowned but there has been absolutely no trace of her.  No shoes, handbag, nothing, which leads me to believe that everything was gathered up and taken somewhere. 

I feel for the family but they need to let the Arubans do their job abiding their own laws.  I know the mother has said she will stay until she finds Natalee but you can't live in Aruba forever.

I think you have to blame Natalee herself before you blame the chaperones.  What was she thinking going in a car w/ three strangers in a foreign country???  And also, what about her friends.. what were they thinking letting her go to the bar or leaving the bar alone?  Back when we were in college and were on spring break or just bar hopping in this country..... you NEVER let your friend go off w/ some strange guys.  That is just common sense.

Evil does exist no matter where you go and my post was meant in no way disrespectful to you or your opinion (I hate it when a flaming war starts like the ones above).  I just know how one seemingly insignificant comment can start a whole line of growing misinformation...  Kinda like that game we probably all played as kids..telephone or whatever 

I did not hear about the comment of America being the Great Satan, that is interesting, I am going to have to check that one out! 

IN some cases we did, but do you really think the Indians didn't do the same?  There is a myth about indigenous peoples on any continent being "noble savages," but in truth, there were warring thieving tribes among the Indians here who leeched off the peaceful tribes before the Europeans got here.  Lying and cheating are not exclusively European virtues.

I still say they need to get over it.  We spend way too much time in this country talking about mistreatment and ills of the past - we need to spend more time and energy on building a future for the children and grandchildren we say we love so much.  The best way to give them a successful, peaceful future is to let go of our resentments and choose to love our children more than we love our grudges.

Degree in advertising and marketing and promotion and choosing to do MT. How pitiful is that?

I can do 1800-2000 lines a day, so 1000 is a piece of cake.

That is what I am working on, keeping at it.  Hard right now for me with 3 kids at home and in my face sometimes.  But only 1 month till school.  Ahhhhh, cant wait!  Still, I find that after my 1000, I start to dwindle a bit.  I want 2000 a day, so that is my goal I am working towards.  Have to find ways to motivate myself. 

I also strongly agree with you about the attitude component.  That plays a major role in our jobs.  With changes coming on board at my company, I find the better the attitude, the better it all goes for me. 

I have to look up every single lab test that she abbreviates (incorrectly) because our account does not allow for ANY abbreviations (for this reason, I guess).  She has listed over 37 different lab tests in this report and half of them she abbreviated incorrectly.  I have to look them all up in Stedman's path...if not in Stedman's path then in Stedman's abbreviations, and then if not in Stedman's abbreviations on google or path sites.  I spent over 2 hours on this one 27-minute report. 

I normally love the long, meaty reports especially if they're OPs.  But this woman obviously didn't know what she was doing...and the worst part is that she isn't new.  She does this all the time.  I cringe when I see her name show up in my job list, which it usually does about every 5 months and then 10 jobs in a row.  So I'll probably spend all 8 hours on just her 10 reports and be lucky to make 800 lines.  Yeeehaww.

I've read your post and Sandra's, and I agree with Sandra.  I would not want you typing my medical records or those of my family, I can certainly tell you that.  Lord only knows what would end up on there.

(Amy would type:  The patient had a right knee "baloney" amputation.) 

What's to be gained by "reporting?"  If it isn't done during hours she is paid to work for the service, or on their equipment, it's nobody's business.  Period.

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