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The garden is going nuts and I need some new ideas!

TIA!

General question for you all. I recently applied with a company that took a month getting me through their hiring process only to be told that one of their accounts dropped them so they could not hire any more MTs. Now I've applied somewhere else and interviewed, a company that sounds like a great company, but it's been about 7 days since the interview and have yet to hear back. I interviewed with them last Wednesday and was told that I would hear back one way or another by the end of last week. I sent a follow up email yesterday and have not heard anything. How long do these companies typically make you wait before hearing something back? How long before I should give up and apply somewhere else? Thanks.

Okay, before i begin I just want to say I am a newbie.  I see a lot of posts regarding platforms and some being better than others.  I also seen a post or two about people not being able to make $$$$ because they cannot get the lines they want on whatever platform they are working on. 

How do platforms differ?  What makes one better than the other?  Is it often a pool and that is why many people are having a hard time getting their line count? I recently accepted an offer from a company that is on a platform and I am curious.  I have only worked for a nearby office typing in Word.  Thanks in advance. 

I have been with Medquist 5 years as a subcontactor.  Times they are a changin....I would like to know what some of the other girls are doing and is this change for the better?  I am very confused about the whole deal.  I have always enjoyed working for MedQuist and would like to stay on, but I am a bit concerned.  Is this standard in the way of the way transcription companies work.  MedQuist is the only large company I have worked for other than the hospital of course and for myself.

I paid a lot of attention to your posts this year as I worked as an employee, an IC and a SE.  I submitted my tax return yesterday using TurboTax and my total federal tax for the year was - cough, sputter - $281, or 0.061% of my income.  I have already been notified the IRS accepted the return and will receive my refund by DD next week. 

I just wanted to send up a special thank you to your valuable contribution to the board! 

I just learned that my boss's daugher-in-law and grand-daughter were involved in a horrendous car accident. The DIL suffered many fractured bones, on top of a pre-existing MS condition. However, the grand-daughter may die, and even if she survives she will likely have severe brain damage.

Can those of who you believe in a high power keep this family in your thoughts and prayers?

Any info on these companies would be appreciate-I haven't found very much yet. Thanks!

Jen

Does anyone know how to create stop codes in Microsoft word documents. I need to type a letter template and where the blanks are I would like some type of stop code.

Does anyone have any idea on how to accomplish this. Thanks

Anyone work for a company that is totally controlling of every line you type?  They let you go like hell when they need you (Mondays, Tuesdays, when the backlog is way out there) basically say giddy-up and away you go.  You're doing well, but now it's time to hold down your earnings, they pull you back like a horse and now you lose all you earned for the week.  Hey-Hey, they're happy, they got that TAT and backlog right where they want it, and your pay as well. 

Would like to hear what kind of other games these companies are up to as this is my first time working from home, thought with many, many years' experience in this field, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure it out.  How cruel they are.  Maybe some horse will kick them in the ass.

eScription and ExText/ExSpeech.  I think Dictaphone administers both, but I think their ExText/ExSpeech platform is horrible.  ExText locked up at least twice a night (requiring a reboot) before I went to ExSpeech.  Now that I am in ExSpeech, the footpedal freezes (requiring a reboot), and the ExSpeech platform takes a week-long holiday every month or so, so if you are a VR editor, you still have to try to make Expanders and learn the traditional authors for that little bit of downtime.

Is the eScription platform any better?  My company has both, but I do not want to go through the trouble of learning a new platform and new accounts for the same crap I am already experiencing.

Sorry if I seem rude, it is just 3 weeks before Christmas, and I do not need the hassle of finally having work and the #@%$ platform does not work properly.

I'm talking epistaxis here, ok...not that hard of a word.  She won't even put forth the effort to pronounce words correctly, especially medications, which in my opinion is downright dangerous.  I wouldn't want her for my doctor...way to dangerous of a dictator.  BTW, I never, ever guess on a medication, even if I am confident about what she MEANS to say...so always end up sending hers to proofing...okay, I'll get off my  now...good day all!!!

I have just started a position for a company, and they require that I hold general liability insurance, but am a little lost as far as how to obtain that!  Just wondering if anyone had any pointers for me. 

Thank you in advance! :-)

Please, Dr. resident, Get A Kleenex.  I've never heard so much sniffling and outright snorting in one report.  I'm sorry you have a cold or allergies, but holy cow, doc, you're gonna suck the phone up your nose! 

Thanks for letting me vent.

How many lines per day do most of you type?  I know what I type now but am wondering if I can do more without making myself crazy.  What is average and what is crazy!