This personally happened to me...sm
Posted By: sm on 2008-11-24
In Reply to: just an idea - Laura
I worked in a pharmacy and filled a prescription for a neighbor of mine whom I knew was sleeping with another freind of mine's husband. The rx was for HIV meds. I was seriously stressed over this. I knew the laws but what about my friend's life?? She had a 2 year baby girl and was pregnant again. Well, I rationalized it this way. If I said something, I would lose my job and I had 3 kids of my own to support and I wasn't sure what the legal ramifications would be. Also, she knew he was cheating on her and she kept him around. That's the risk you take when you keep a cheater in your bed. I decided my family was more important. I eventually moved and don't have contact with her anymore so I have no idea what came of it. But it was a very difficult situation to be in.
Also, while in MA school, our instructer told us a story of a girl who worked at a doctor's office where her neighbor was a patient. She saw the results of her neighbors "cancer" test and when she got home that evening, called the neighbor to give her "condolances" or whatever. Well, the neighbor hadn't gotten the results back from the doctor yet and was unaware until this girl called her. So, the lesson being, NEVER open your mouth, no matter who or what.
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I'm sorry that this happened to you guys.
It's so frustrating, I sure wish more people would check into these "schools" and ask questions before they plunk down their money. For just a bit more than that $3000 you could've attended either Andrews School or M-TEC, which are the two best schools out there. And it definitely would've been cheaper than paying Allied AND then paying Career Step.
Unfortunately, even when people DO ask questions beforehand, and they are told that these schools are inferior, there's always SOMEBODY who managed to find a job after completing these bogus "courses" and they don't hesitate to insist that you don't need to pay the money for the good courses. Just because a few people get lucky, they are definitely WAY outnumbered by the people with your same complaints who cannot get hired without shelling out more money for a REAL MT education.
Even if you so happened to start out with no ESLs,
That can change overnight. The fact is that more likely than not in this business you are going to have to get used to them. :-(
I happened upon a company that offers paid internships
The company is in California. If you go to their website and click on the tab entitled "Join our Team," you'll find more info.
I'm not affiliated with the company and know nothing about them, just happened upon it while job searching for myself and though new MTs or graduates might be interested.
I personally am not a newbie FYI...
However, if I was a newbie and couldn't get a job, I would probably accept the 5 cpl to gain experience. I have seen post after post of MTs asking for companies that will hire a newbie.
Believe me when I say I never will forget where I started, but if $10.00 an hour is what it takes to gain experience and have some benefits, then so be it.
I'm sure plenty have been burned in this business. I, fortunately, have my own accounts and do not need benefits, at least not now.
I just figured it would help for a newbie to know that Medquist is hiring new grads. If you are TOO GOOD to work for 5 cpl, then don't, but to say that someone who is new in this profession may not want to give it a try is just simply unfair to that new MT trying to gain some experience in this profession.
Signed,
A VERY EXPERIENCED MT just trying to help out some newbie MTs that may be interested..........
Personally, I prefer the
under chin type (not the stethoscope style). I bought a pair of pink insight under chin style from transcriptiongear.com and I have to say, they hurt my ears. The ear pieces are a bit to big and they even had to be torqued or twisted a bit to get the sound to come in loud. I bought a pair of Spectra SP-PC recently and LOVE them. Also the under chin style, but the earpieces are just the right size and no twisting necessary. They have different plug in types for this brand and I bought the standard stereo plug in for my computer. I even love listening to my iTunes through these as the sound is excellent.
I personally think this is a great opportunity
Don't let the post below deter you. When I started, a facility graciously took me on with no experience and pretty much trained me in this business. When I first started 12 years ago, I received a wage of only $7.69/hour with some incentives, but I was thankful for the opportunity to get my foot in the door and did gradually work my way up from 6.5 cpl at my first remote job from home to currently 9 cpl. This is the norm for a new MT with no experience. We've all been there and started at the bottom! Three years ago my sister started out at 6.5 cpl and now makes 8.5 cpl.
I personally did not incorporate until I was making over $50K a year because
of the added fees (paying CPA for one thing), corp taxes, etc. MT services carry so little liability I don't think incorporating to install a corporate shield is really necessary, especially since they go after deep pockets anyway. But incorporating if you are making $50K or more per year is a very important tool for income tax savings. If you are sending work out to other people and they are doing the work, then you turn around and send it in to the client, essentially YOU are not doing the typing, YOU are not earning the money, YOUR BUSINESS is. Therefore you should not be paying social security tax on earnings that are not YOURS but YOUR BUSINESS'S. If you incorporate you can pay yourself a reasonable salary for any transcription you do, plus shuttling the work back and forth. Let the rest of the earnings ride as the company's earnings. You will pay income taxes on them as any profit flows through to your personal taxes but you will save on that big 15% bite from social security. Other advantages though of incorporating are to set up your 401K and let your business make contributions to it. Again, though, that's something that's not likely to happen until you are making a lot of money. As you are a newbie, I don't see that in the near future...
I personally love ShortHand for Windows
www.pcshorthand.com
I personally would not recommend them mainly because of the poor way they treat their staff.
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Not personally, but hundreds have and have been complaining on the internet for years.
It's not a good school, they don't teach you enough for you to get a job, and the companies know it. They will not hire "grads" of Allied School. If you don't want to believe that, hey, it's your money.
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