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Are you gay or an actor or both, Seymour. No offense but I like a little light humor to make me sm

Posted By: anon on 2005-09-26
In Reply to: spelling and clarification - Seymour

smile on a day when I have hit the bottom of the barrel. 


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    WMX-ers, please humor me. Are we seroiusly supposed to make up enough hours sm

    to complete the required work week when there is no work?  Before everyone jumps on me saying that I am lazy, don't want to work, need to ask for more accounts, etc., give me a break.  I am quite new to the company, and I rely on a full-time work week for my benefits for my family.  I already have 5 accounts and have asked for more.  All are out of work (or so I am told).  I have four small children, so working all hours of the night and the wee hours of the morning is not possible on a daily basis (but I am willing to do what I can to get my hours in). 


    I am asking an honest question here:  Is there no leeway at all during the extremely slow holiday months?  It is bad enough that I will pull in less money, but even worse that I could lose my benefits.  YES I know it is slow at all companies during the holiday season. YES I know I could get a job somewhere else. If a current or past WMX-er could please just give me some insight, I would greatly appreciate it. :-) I got up earlier today to get a jump on things, and I ran out of work earlier!  LOL  I ran out of work at 10 a.m. (again).


     


    Timothy Olyphant is an actor
    At least the one that I know about. He played Bullock on Deadwood on HBO. He's a hunk! Probably not the same guy.
    seymour
    if you were such great friends he/she should have told you it's "dis" each other, not dished. Some black people do not find you funny.
    Timothy Olyphant was the big tip-off. He's an actor. I know him mainly from Deadwood on HBO.
    Honestly, how many people would have that name?
    If Seymour is attempting

    to make fun of someone who is ESL, their second language must be ebonics.  That message sounded nothing like an ESL.


    Not Seymour, but I understood the post.

    Seymour wasn't making fun of ESLs.  Anyone working for Transcend would know that there are several accounts that are very heavy ESL.  Seems kind of [fill in adjective of choice] to post an ad for 1 account that is no ESL.  Most people aren't foolish enough to believe that the majority of applicants are going to apply for a heavy ESL account when there is one with no ESLs.  We're also not foolish enough to believe that if we get hired for the no ESL account we'll be on that account for long before running out of work.  The no ESL ad is a carrot.  I'm just figuring (from Seymour's post below about Gone with the Wind) that the Scarlett interpretation is because Transcend is in Atlanta. 


    Maybe there is a light at the end of this tunnel!
    x
    DSL, light or medium

    Has anyone used Bellsouth DSL and gone from higher connection down to light and if so, did you notice a difference in the speed? Thanks.


    So in light of all of this, Jean, do
    They sound a little immature in my opinion.  They do frequent this board and say this is a great company, but if they were that busy, who has time for this nonsense that goes on whenever Keystrokes is mentioned on this board.  
    Especially in light of above poster
    Post above indicates there are 3 clauses in their contract where they can withhold 50% of your earnings, which if they exercise that for whatever reason, brings the rate down to A PENNY A LINE.

    I think that's an all-time low.
    This might shed some light
    I don't work there but you do know they acquired the M-Tec MT school about the same time work started slowing down.
    I feel for you. Glad you saw the light.
     
    I've seen the light., but it appears dim.

    The light you're shedding though seems to be in the rose-colored form, which only means to me that you have been among the few, fortunate MTs, that do not have to put up with the rat race this industry has turned into. The day you remove your rose-colored glasses just might be the day you see how things are for the majority of the working MTs out here.

    I despise fighting for files, running out of work, never knowing if I can/will get enough work to earn a decent check. It shouldn't be this way, but it is.

    Congrats on your cushy job and all the best to you, I mean that sincerely, but your situation certainly is not the norm in this industry, especially not today.

    Check out some recent ads asking for acute care experience. Take a look at the line rates being offered. Then remind yourself of everything you are required to know in order to perform your job successfully as an MT. Think about that for a few, then come back to this board and tell us all how you would feel if you were placed in a position to be looking for a well-paying job, and do let us know how you would honestly feel.
    Oh, yes, remember that we MT's get to pay our light bills

    air conditioning bill, heating bills, phone bills, provide computer equipment and high speed internet, etc., etc.


    The office staff get their utilities bill paid for while they work!  Maybe they should split the office utility bills among themselves and get a feel of what it is like to be an at-home MT. 


    Transtech, I do thank you for my paycheck in order to pay all those bills, but we seem to be so underappreciated and are offered less benefits because we work at home -- as compared to the office staff.  I thank God every day that He has provided for me another year. 


    Transtech, please show the number of lines we transcribe on our paycheck stubs so that we have something to compare to and can look at.  This is the first company that I have ever seen that does not show the MT the number of lines on the paycheck stub.  We have been promised that many months ago, but it has never come to fruition with the new payroll company you hired.


    Thank you, Transtech office staff, for being the friendly people you are.


    It has a light touch though. I have had carpal tunnel

    surgery and am very picky about keyboards.  I was pleasantly surprised that the one they went (Dell) had such a light touch. 


    Congrats on the job - I think you'll be very happy. 


    I do think it has been light lately, but if you are consistently running out of work try talking to
    your account lead and see if there are some answers for you.  I have several accounts and don't usually run out, but don't always work on my primary.
    The long rant was in regard to Cassie on Guiding Light.
    Try Googling Cassie Long transcription.
    Posts from last year don't shed a positive light on them, no matter where
    s
    I don't see the humor in that at all.
    I love comedy, but I don't see the humor in putting something like that on the company board.  Get a life! 
    Yes TT please humor us
    We are derogatory about you so please don't be derogatory about us. We love TT!
    Well, no offense, but I'd rather not...
    ..since I have put in my notice, it's kind of a done deal. One of the reasons I didn't go on the company forum with all of this is because of Larry's email and I can see where it can be construed as stirring up trouble. I just wanted to know if anyone else saw some things that I saw. In other ways, Transcend has been good to me. I really don't want to stir up trouble and sew more seed of discontent, so I hope you can understand that. Take care...if you enjoy it, that's all that matters. Take care.:)
    Don't take offense....

    Oh guys, it's not that I don't believe you...I'm just trying to figure out how I could find such conflicting reports on the same company.  Had I known about the outsourcing I probably would not have applied but I did, based on all the good things I'd heard about them, and now I get to live with it. 


    Thanks for your replies:)


    I did not take offense

    No problem - I did not take offense in any way.  I appreciate the help.


    No offense taken...
    It is about time someone realized that anyone can post anything anonymously on these boards and a certain number of chicken necks will take if for face value. I read where applicants offered positions attempt to do their due diligence in company research by posting Hey, does anyone have anything good or bad about company XYZ? That's a good idea- leave your career decision up to the input and responses of a bunch of anonymous posters. Why not ask the homeless about investment advice? regarding my identity, it really doesn't matter. The original poster, an applicant who interviewed for a position which she failed to get, crossed the line when SHE made disparaging posts anonymously about an employee (a recruiter) of that company. Whether or not I am that recruiter challenging her on this, or whether or not I own the company in question, or whether or not I'm a fellow schlub MT just getting my rocks off by stirring it up, is irrelevant. As one poster put it, if I was disparaged or if my employee was disparaged- rightly or wrongly- I'd stand up for them (or myself). The fact that NO ONE- including the original poster- can determine where these posts originate from, is entirely the point. If you do not want to get attacked, do not drop the first bomb. If you do ot want vicious, vile rumors spread, then don't post viscious, vile rumors about others. Live and learn by The Golden Rule. If you don't know what THAT is, ask a kid in Sunday School- they'll tell ya'.
    I really take offense to this...

    If I want to make extra money on a holiday (and besides, how many times have I flexed to meet my lines??), then I feel free to do so.  Have I ever been told NOT to work?  Heck no.  In fact, I am ENCOURAGED to work...keep that TAT...


    It is dog eat dog...has always been that way.  Get over it.  We all work different hours and have different accounts...there is plenty for all. 


    I take offense to that.....
    You are making it sound like all southerners are religious freaks or something. And yes, some supposed Chrisitians are hypocrites...but not all. Don't generalize southerners. There are some good southern companies out there. There are a fair share of NORTHERN companies who are horrible.
    I take offense as well...

    Derm is no easy specialty at all.  Most clinic MTs can get into another specialty without a problem at all, so that could have been left out.  I guess I'm an ad guru all of a sudden, but some look really professional and others let's just say not so much. 


    Note:  Emdat is not one of the best platforms out there.  Me thinks someone is lining their pockets bigtime in this deal!  JMO.



    OffenSe, not with a C. nm
    x
    show me the humor! Show me the humor!
    well, blow me down!


    I love your humor! nm
    x
    We thank thee so much for the humor!
    Each post you make gets funnier.

    Please do continue enlightening us and humoring us.

    It is a federal offense
    If the federal government checks the time the employee is producing work from the company software instead of the falsified time sheet and finds it is consistent across the board, the company will definitely be in a huge amount of hot water.  I don't work for them and never have.  I have my own small company with just me and two more employees, but if this is going on, the employees would have a firm case.  They should also document the calls or even record them when they are called to work extra.  Just my two cents.  I hope this helps. 
    Why did you take offense - none meant
    If you are comfortable with your self-described 'hatred' of Indians you need not defend yourself to me.

    That said, I disagree that hatred is a valid emotion. Anger is a valid emotion, but hatred is not an emotion per se (per many psychologists) for one reason because unlike an emotion like sadness or anger, it is not of a temporary nature.

    We'll just agree to disagree on that one.

    We'll also have to disagree that contacting/lobbying your REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS - the ones who write laws like the one(s) you currently oppose - would be LESS effective than trying to bring down 'Indian call service centers.'

    No Offense Intended at All!
    I'm sorry if you read something into my question that was offensive to you, but it was not meant that way at all, I assure you! I only asked how you knew because as Ire stated in my followup email, no one seems to read these or answer them that has ever worked at AccuPro.  And I asssure you, the only reason I am inquiring is because I was considering applying for the Hem/Onc position they are advertising for, but my 15+ years experience in Hem/Onc is all clinic, thus my earlier question to anyone who could answer...do they do hospital or clinic work or both.  I'm just a bit concerned about applying when so little is known about them, but I do very much appreciate the info you gave me and in no way do I question or wonder whether it is true or not! I give everyone here the benefit of the doubt and assume if they post an answer they are stating what they know to the best of their ability.  I was just hoping maybe you might actually know a real person who had worked there since none seem to come forth on this board to answer any questions, which I do find very strange in light of all the MTs that read and post here.  I thank you again for your information! 
    No Offense Intended at All!
    I'm sorry if you read something into my question that was offensive to you, but it was not meant that way at all, I assure you! I only asked how you knew because as Ire stated in my followup email, no one seems to read these or answer them that has ever worked at AccuPro.  And I asssure you, the only reason I am inquiring is because I was considering applying for the Hem/Onc position they are advertising for, but my 15+ years experience in Hem/Onc is all clinic, thus my earlier question to anyone who could answer...do they do hospital or clinic work or both.  I'm just a bit concerned about applying when so little is known about them, but I do very much appreciate the info you gave me and in no way do I question or wonder whether it is true or not! I give everyone here the benefit of the doubt and assume if they post an answer they are stating what they know to the best of their ability.  I was just hoping maybe you might actually know a real person who had worked there since none seem to come forth on this board to answer any questions, which I do find very strange in light of all the MTs that read and post here.  I thank you again for your information! 
    No Offense Intended at All!
    I'm sorry if you read something into my question that was offensive to you, but it was not meant that way at all, I assure you! I only asked how you knew because as Ire stated in my followup email, no one seems to read these or answer them that has ever worked at AccuPro.  And I asssure you, the only reason I am inquiring is because I was considering applying for the Hem/Onc position they are advertising for, but my 15+ years experience in Hem/Onc is all clinic, thus my earlier question to anyone who could answer...do they do hospital or clinic work or both.  I'm just a bit concerned about applying when so little is known about them, but I do very much appreciate the info you gave me and in no way do I question or wonder whether it is true or not! I give everyone here the benefit of the doubt and assume if they post an answer they are stating what they know to the best of their ability.  I was just hoping maybe you might actually know a real person who had worked there since none seem to come forth on this board to answer any questions, which I do find very strange in light of all the MTs that read and post here.  I thank you again for your information! 
    The OP apparently has a sense of humor and

    apparently has to dealing with MTs all day.


    You people are unbelievable but then the moon is getting full and you come out in droves.  I like her sense of humor as well as her willingness to help an MT.


    I am sure she knows the many personalities of the profession and is not offended which is evidenced by her remarks and good for her because if it were me, I would tell you what you could do with your remarks.  Trying to help you say by pointing out what was obviously a transposition, I think not. No one on this board is trying to help unless it was that recruiter. Apparently too many out there with not enough to do.


    Well, I am glad someone had the sense to see the humor
    xx
    Maybe I have a weird sense of humor,
    but in my 14+ years as MT, I have never heard the term *offspring* used in a report in this context, always children or kids. I have had many animals over the years and so this is why my first thought was that and it just struck me as amusing (need this ever once in a while to keep me going on days like today...only down to 85 degrees at midnight and no air conditioning).
    I think it was an attempt at humor to lighten up what obviously would be a sm

    depressing situation for the employees.  I don't work there anymore, but I know I would be devastated if I had to take a drastic cut in my pay.  Anyone who tells you that you can do 2-3 times the amount of lines doing VR has to have brown eyes because they are full of it!


    LIghten up.  I doubt the CEO of TT or anywhere else for that matter gives a hoot what us peons think, do, or say as long as we keep those fingers flying and bring them in an income.


    Just my opinion.


    ha! No offense intended, Paco

    NM


     


    'Scuse me but I'm not a monkey and I take offense

    at your insinuation.


    I do VR and I love it. It is not mindless and boring. You have to be able to READ to do this work, and you edit as you go along. I think it's just as challenging as MT'g. The program I use does learn as it goes along and the work has gotten easier, but you still have to CONCENTRATE hard to put out good reports.


    I haven't doubled my pay or lines like others because I believe in quality before quantity, but I am close and am making more money.  It just depends on the work. Dictators are mostly pretty good, even the ESLs. In fact, some ESL reports don't need a single word edited. Sound quality is good, too. No problems.


    The bonus to VR is that it is saving my hands. While doing regular MT'g, my hands would be so sore and swollen by the end of the day that I could barely lift anything, open jars, or make a fist. Now, I only get pain in a couple fingers once-in-a-while.


    No offense, but part of a good MTs
    job is to do every dictation (or at least attempt to do, to the best of their ability) they get in their que. He's/She's hard to understand is NOT a valid excuse to skip a report. When you have to type one ESL after another while your co-worker picks and chooses the easiest dictator, it is dishonest and unfair to good MTs.
    No offense, but you are insulting the wrong ones.
    You are correct when you say that difficult jobs make you a better MT. But the same holds true for cherry-pickers. They would be decent MTs (as well as honest ones)if they were honest enough to type whatever came up into their que. In my early days as an on-the-job MT, I myself had a more experienced MT cherry-pick and my lines and paycheck suffered because of it. I don't check for cherry-picking, never have, but I resent them thinking they have a right to pick and choose what I type. I, too, now am good enough to do any job, but that is no excuse for others to be dishonest. You obviously must not have to worry about money. It's a shame you are insulting the honest MTs who are complaining about the dishonest ones. You seem to be insulting the wrong people.
    Why not a group note? I took no offense. (sm)
    I don't expect them to spend all their time monitoring us. We are supposed to be professionals. I like them spending them time on getting new accounts, improving software, etc.

    Besides, I received part of a group E-mail. I have no way of knowing what happened to any individuals who were repeat offenders. For all I know they WERE dealt with on a 1:1 basis.

    I took great offense to the tone in that job ad.....sm
    I have typed dermatology for over three years and it is not as easy as everyone seems to think it is. When my docs are dictating, they not only talk about their dermatology problems, but other medical problems as well and that can be any specialty under the sun.

    Personally, I think she/he can take their job and stick it where the sun don't shine!!
    no offense, but who are you talking to? where's the thread?
    .
    Insertion of some humor to lighten the mood.
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312263945/ref=pd_sxp_f/104-7602340-9148700?v=glance&s=books
    i agree, poor taste in humor.
    x
    Gosh, just trying to insert a little humor. Doncha
    x
    I doubt someone who post such gutter humor would
    x