I can relate to that.
Posted By: sm on 2008-08-15
In Reply to: What would you do? - MH
I also worked for an MTSO and did not know my schedule from day to day. I didn't like the fact that I had no idea how much my paycheck was going to be. I also did not like that BOS was not followed. That's a bad habit to get into. I'm much happier now working from a pool. At least I know how much I'm going to make because there is always work. I also didn't like the fact that I was never told of my physician's vacations until I asked. My boss also was crabby when questioned about BOS and physician's vacations.
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I can relate....
I worked with many MTs who were just as annoying, if not more so. It is not easy to ignore them. It is not easy to act like they don't bother you. It is an extremely frustrating position to be in. I wish I had an answer....but I don't.
When it got to the point that my productivity was suffering, then I had to do something. No employer wants to pay you or any other MT to socialize. It is not your job to listen to the complaints or bragging of another ad nauseum. I just had to cut them short by keeping transcribing  ....sometimes even as they continued talking and/or bragging and/or complaining until they felt they were finished. 
Good luck to you!!
I can definitely relate. I don't have any
kids (not my choice, I just couldn't), so at my previous job before I resigned, it seems the MTs with kids always dumped their work on me. Yet when I needed help, my kids this, my kids that. I finally resigned and told them before I left point blank goodbye everyone, you will have to take advantage of someone else.
I can relate. Out of everything you said, what always irritated me most..sm
is when doctors cannot take the extra few seconds to offer demographics when they are right there in front of them on the chart. I have also spent so much worthless and unpaid time searching for spellings and addresses for referring physicians, etc. The sad part is that I know for a fact that these doctors had the charts directly in front of them to offer that information, but instead chose to skip over that information. To this day with a national, I still have this problem. The only good thing was having my own local clients, and getting to the point of being able to say enough is enough and ask them to please include spellings and addresses of doctors in their dictation if available. It was amazing after several requests how much more efficient I could be as an MT when they provided this information. I wish the personnel who were in charge of establishing and maintaining clients could make this a mandatory part of dictating a medical report. I understand there are cases when the doctor does not have this information available, but I have learned that more times than none, it is right in front of them. If I operated a transcription service again, this would be mandatory from my clients. It's really not that big of a deal, and enables the Transcriptionist to do their job, which is transcribing not searching address databases on the internet or trying to figure out how to spell Dr. Toomelahubab.
I can relate to the hunger........sm
Been hungry now for about 3 months, never enough food and running out of food with nothing to buy it with. I am going for food stamps tomorrow, enough is enough of playing around with the MT business. I found a really good job after playing around with a certain company for longer than I should have!!!
That's such a shame, and I can totally relate.
you might be. I had a feeling things were going on like that, and being on the MT end now, I don't know how you do it. You are wonderful and talented and intelligent QA person, and a super help to me. You are the only one I ever trusted right at the git go, as there are games galore. Don't let anyone there ever let you feel otherwise. I can imagine the games you are experiencing, have been in a whirlwind of them myself with the same gals, and if it helps at all, I am going thru very similar games as well, and have cried myself to sleep many a night. Its not worth it, and I'm throwing in that towel, too, really soon. It will be their loss, and one thing this has taught me is never believe anything one reads on this forum, especially the glowing reviews of super companies. The reality is a slap in the face, and in my case, a near disastrous slap in the pocketbook as well. If you are you, you probably know who I am, and I think you're the best. I also am a very good judge of character.  Promise to keep in touch if your throw your towel first, okay?
Obviously, I can only relate my own experience, but when I talked to D, she gave me sm
another account. One other time, she switched people off my account so that I could do as much work as I want. I am not insensitive to your plight, and I apologize if I came across that way.
D has always helpful and responsive when I have talked with her about any concerns I have, but I realize not everyone's experience at a company will be the same. I certainly hope it improves for everyone, but no one could blame someone for leaving if he/she does not have enough work. No one can live on just fresh air and sunshine.
Good luck!
Sorry, can't relate! I had 2770 lines for yesterday and I have
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I so totally relate! I go back to the days of mag-cards,
I took a Wang course at the local Jr. College because my boss said they were getting one. Suffered through a year of typical school garbage: a semester of 'The History of Word Processing'; a semester of classroom work for Wang information; then another semester of lab -- made all the more exasperating because the PC I'd been assigned to kept breaking down on my lab nights. Ah, yes. The good old days.
But at least back then, a person could rent an apartment and fill their refrigerator on what we were paid. Remember that? Nowadays it's nothing but a distant memory...............
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