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Wear it as a badge of honor

Posted By: me on 2009-08-26
In Reply to: There's been plenty of talk about - Birdie

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I DID wear the same shoes as others..
HENCE, where I am now. So there.
WHat if the job required you to wear a uniform.

You have to have uniform to work and it shouldn't be the responsibility of the hospital to provide it.   Sure I'd spend $50.  


If I didn't have a fax I'd call and see if I could e-mail them or mail them.  Of course you'd have to have a scanner to e-mail them.  


There are always other options available. 


Honor
Once again, you get what you put in. There are valued employees at OSi because I value them, their supervisors value them, their peers value them. I honor them for what they do, as do other MTs and team members and managers. We are ALL replaceable. That is a given in almost any field, at almost any company. Be realistic.

I honor you for never getting below a 99% on your review. I think that is wonderful. Do you think your supervisor doesn't appreciate that? Do you think they don't recognize it? I bet you don't have anyone pestering you about your quality or foolish mistakes.

I honor my supervisor for being good to me, kind, understanding, compassionate. She honors me for my high quality, cosistent production, and reliability. I honor my QA staff for being knowledgeable, helpful, and I appreciate them for performing reviews. I honor my fellow MTs for being available to me and sharing their experiences with me. I honor my company for keeping me gainfully employed, paying me fairly and in a timely fashion, and sticking by me through difficult times.

You get what you put in, bottom line. You are going to find problems at every MT company. I can attest to many of them. I have worked for Spheris, where you are nothing but a number, and you are constantly keylogged and they have the nerve to telephone you if you take too long in a document. I have worked for Medquist, where you are demanded to transcribe the most dreadful dictation ever in creation (if there is any left) for a poor wage, and you better do it fast. I have worked for Keystrokes, I have been with USA, the list goes on and on. The place that I am and the place that I have stayed is OSi.

Where ever you work, work there with a positive attitude. Honor yourself, honor your peers.

If you truly are this unhappy and feel this unappreciated, you really should think about looking for other employment. Why would you stay? There are other jobs out there with similar if not better pay. If your quality is as good as it you say it is, which I do not doubt, there is no reason for you to stay somewhere you are unhappy. Really, it is quite foolish of you not to go elsewhere, and you have absolutely no right to come to these boards and complain about something that you are willfully choosing to do. You can fix it, so fix it or stop whining about it.
They also don't honor what they say

A few months ago I worked for OSi doing transcription.  Then, I decided I was interested in doing VR, so about 5 months into working there I made the switch.  I was told that I would be getting 160 hours of training pay to use as I liked, ON TOP OF PRODUCTION PAY.  Well, I got my first paycheck and it was short the production part.  I called and talked to my supervisor, and she then talked to the payroll people.  The next day they called and told me that they had sent the check. Okay, no problem.  I received it 2 days later.  The NEXT pay period, the exact same thing, hourly training pay, but I went well over the quota in production and again my check was short the production pay.  I called my supe again.  She then called the payroll people.  I called back about 2 hours later to be informed that they are no longer doing that.  They will only pay for the training pay but no production. 


I know most companies will not pay you both only one or the other, but I was told something else.  I was even paid my production on top of the hourly the first time they screwed up, so why now all of the sudden did they decide to not pay me for the production this time.  Sad thing, is this wasn't in writing, so I really don't see that I could have done much.  They owed me over 200.00, so I quit the very next day.  I would stay away from this company for sure. 


Oops!!! B-wear??? what does that mean. I read some posts but I could not see that anyone clarified
what the benefits were changing to...Anyone??
What companies value CMT and actually honor for it?
being professional or education, but the fact remains that being a CMT does not mean diddly. It is not anywhere NEAR similar to accountant vs. CPA. That is a collegiate field. MT is NOT. Many MTs are only high school graduates, and there's nothing wrong with that. What do you suppose a CPA makes versus a CMT? I don't care how many initials you put behind an MT's name, doctors are just not going to pay more for transcription. I say this having my own clients for years and dealing directly with many physicians. I'm not against credentialing, but I am absolutely against FORCED credentialing.

Tell you what, though, when they increase the average starting pay for a CMT to $50,000 a year, that's when I'll get mine. That's right in line with what your CPA example would make. Do you honestly see that happening for MTs, and do you honestly think the AHDI is going to push for that on behalf of CMTs everywhere? lol
NO they DO NOT honor your notice.
I was in good standing, thought I was leaving on good terms.   Within 4 hours of giving my notice they had locked me out of Enterprise.  It also took nearly 3 months to get my computer deposit back.
Eyesight isn't option, LASIK is. You can wear corrective lenses and see. nm
It's about options.
Outstanding job; honor & self-respect. Thank you.
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Did Webmedx honor your 2-week notice? sm
I'm on good terms with Webmedx and think it's a great company. I have an opportunity that I'm probably going to take, and I would give a 2-week notice to Webmedx, of course.

My concern is that when you give a notice some companies don't honor that themselves and instead tell you to go ahead and leave early. Has this ever happened to you with Webmedx?

Please respond only if you left on good terms with the company when they gave Webmedx a 2-week notice. The question doesn't apply to those who resigned without a 2-week notice to avoid getting fired or were terminated.

I'm thinking Webmedx is an honorable company and would let me work my 2 weeks, but with the state of the economy, I am naturally concerned about the possibility of being without 2 weeks of pay.

Thanks in advance!