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This is rofl, for real

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg%20

She is trying to get another job and get out of a bad situation.  Her boss, who is weird to begin with, has become increasingly paranoid and strange over the past few months.  He is accusing her of stealing and locking her out of some necessary (bookkeeping) parts of her work.  It is a landscaping company and she does a lot of the scheduling and bookkeeping stuff.  We both wonder if he is on drugs and/or schizophrenic.  There are several employees who obviously come to work stoned and/or get stoned on the job (meth probably). 

I want to report him to someone, not sure who or how.  I mean I want to get him in BIG trouble.   When she leaves, his little company will probably crash. Maybe that is trouble enough.

I think my favorite account is getting cleaned out first thing AM, so I'm going to try nights for a bit.  Starting now!

Those of you who do nights regularly, any secrets to staying perky?

Just wondering if any MTs have experienced a ganglion on their foot from using their foot pedal for so long. (15 years for myself). I also have two small weird feeling bumps on my shin as well which I am assuming are also from the foot pedal maneuvering all day. I guess that bodes well with the carpal tunnel!

Thanks and have a great Christmas!

before I had children <g>.  Nothing offensive, I promise, and it's the funniest thing I've seen online in ages.  Enjoy

BTW, it's from salon.com, so you may have to click thru an ad to view.

In the past few years I have had 3, what started out as, great jobs.  The problem that happens is I start out doing a certain work type (ERs just to be blunt) and quickly get up to speed and begin making very good money. 

At all 3, very different companies, after the first 6 months to 1 year in all 3 cases a lot of people were hired at once.  I then find my work type changes and my lines start getting harder and harder to make, I start getting more difficult dictators.  Obviously, the newer employees are getting the easier, more lucritive work is what I imagine. 

Does anyone have any advice on how to approach the problem...and it is a problem because my lines are not only dropping but my pay is dropping.  I am now even considering working both weekend days to see if I can get the same work I used to but that is a really going to be a hardship. 

I am not sure this would even work but I refuse to quit another job.  This one is the best ever and being around for 15+ years I am not unaware of what a good job is in this business. 

Three jobs, though, can you imagine, all happening the exact same way.  The last 2 jobs I tried to speak up and eventually got less and less work etc., so now I have no idea how to approach this.  Unfortunately, when there is no accountability I guess it is easy to make or break people just on a whim. 

I honestly think because I have been through this before with the work I am now getting my abundant paychecks will be getting smaller and smaller.  Forgetting about quality is not really an option, either,  as this company is completely, 100% about quality. 

Has anyone been through this and come out ahead, and if so how did you do it?  Is there hope?

Or do I just have to go backwards again and accept I lost out on a good thing, for the 3rd time.  I mean, is that it?  Did I top out and now everything is going to go down before 1 year. 

The last job I left I was not even bringing home $550 in 2 weeks from starting with about $800 after the first year. 

A little background, and just to come right out and say it these jobs all began with doing ERs (which I find are bread-and-butter) and eventually the job types switched to discharge summaries (lot of looking of names, places, etc. ), cardiac procedures with doctors who I cannot understand, you know, the work types you have to work like an fool just to make any money. 

I am terrified to complain because of getting the reverse to happen - which it what happpened at the last 2 jobs. 

My QA is 99-100 consistently, I have little contact with anyone and do not complain, I work my hours pretty much and have been told QA is very happy with me...I do not leave many blanks and do not mind researching.

Since I am a fighter and believe in my worth, it is difficult to just accept losing out on the good bucks.  Is there nothinig I can do, am I just reduced to taking anything dished out to me-that is just so wrong on so many levels. 

I am hoping any responses I get will be helpful and not the mindset that I just have to do whatever I get and just be thankful I have a job.  That is not for me. 

If anyone has any advice for this particular situation, would you please share your experience, offer some advice, or at the very least let me know if this does happen to other people even at good companies...is this a common practice?  Since I have so much invested in my what I use to think of as a career just quitting and joining another profession is not an option (not yet anyway). 

Thank you,

A fellow MT getting bluer by the day...

DISCLAIMER:  Any mistakes or typos are to be blamed on the hour of day and because I am a keyboardist not a typist (smile!), and am not using my spellcheck right now. 

Hey there ....

Does anyone have a lead on any line counting software for under $30-$40?  I have TexTally, but it does not calculate the same way my Word 2002 calculates. 

  Thanx for your time.

beef tenderloin, mushroom gravy, noodles, salad and some fruit.  Then, a whole pot coffee while I work.

What digital system do you use to transcribe into Meditech - preferably with a speech recognition program.  Thanks!

The religion thread was removed completely even though she was not trying to debate anything, only asking for opinions about what church to try WHILE the depression thread about the loss of her father (which incidentally I think should stay too) was not touched even though there is also a board for depression.  Just curious as to why religion is such an offensive thing to people in general these days?  This is the main board where people discuss all sorts of things. 

I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, but I went on a mini-vacation the afternoon that I posted my original message and lo and behold, I found things to do that didn't have to do with being on my computer.

One thing I'm happy to report is that my grandson laughed the other day.  First time we've heard him laugh in a couple of months, which was before he started having the seizures..  My 11-year-old daughter has a stuffed monkey that makes kissy noises and then squeals like a monkey when you push a button.  We tried it and he smiled, laughed and kicked his little feet.

He doesn't just sit and stare like he used to, so I guess we're making progress.

At any rate, thank you all so much for your input.  It is very much appreciated.

Do any of you have problems with bringing up info for the ADT screen?  I was told that I could play detective and bring up lists of patients to find the right one but usually I just get the message that there is no one by that name in the records.  It's hard to believe there is no one with the last name of Wendell or Harvey or Weinstein, for example.  If the med rec number is wrong and you bring up the wrong name, that is the name you will continue to get no matter what names you try.  I'm just curious about this.  It isn't a huge problem since I just pass the buck.

I have worked 2 jobs for many years now.  My full-time job is with one of the nationals.  My second job is for a local specialist's office.  It is the second job that I want to talk about.

I have worked for these 3 physicians for 14 years now.  I started out typing from tapes and bringing in the work daily on "sticky back" paper.  We have progressed over the last year to having the work put on the internet and having the office staff download the work each day.  It is working very well for all of us.

I am paid a very generous hourly wage.  I am on the company's payroll.  I get benefits, such as paid holidays, AFLAC, sick days, bonuses, personal days, etc.  I am quite satisfied with the arrangement.

My thought is, can we somehow appeal to our local providers to once again give the work to those of us who work at home as employees rather than farming out work to the big nationals?  This would eliminate the middle man and our wages would hopefully once again go up. 

I am most interested in others' opinions.  Are you happy working for a big MTSO, or would you prefer working, once again, as an at-home employee for a local company.  If so, can we somehow solicit this work back where it used to be?  I have been doing this for 25 years now, and I remember when most local health care providers did have their own employees,either in house or at home, doing their transcription.  Guess all the recent discussions on this board have got me to thinking how I (we) can improve out current situation!

Thanks in advance for any replies I may receive on this post.

I am bored, and trying to get aquanited to the boards, so I am posting a little spree here. 

What platform do you use?  I use Extext by Dictaphone.  Like it so far.

I just bought one on Amazon.com (it should be here on Friday).  Just wondering what you all think of it?  I really liked my MS ergo elite keyboard, so I wonder if I'll be disappointed by trying to save a few bucks.

Thanks for your feedback! :)

Chickadee

I am thinking of taking a job that pays by the gross line and not a 65-character line.  I have never worked this way.  Does this literally mean if there is one little word on a line you get paid for it?  I have not pinned her down on a line rate but I am just thinking I am going to be comparing apples to oranges and am wondering how to accomplish that. 

Thanks for any help!

Got me a real prize.  On the last two or three syllables of a sentence, this dictator inhales the words, getting her air for the next sentence.  Thought I had seen it and heard it all.  If she didn't say the same things over and over, there would be no clue as to what she is saying.  I have to tap into my super powers. 

The challenges are greater as the pay ebbs. 

The person/doctor dictating does not fill in or even dictate the required demographic fields.  However, I am expected to do MR# searches, patient name searches, doctor searches, prior report searches, whatever it takes, to find out this information before I can even start transcribing the reports.  It might not be so bad but I work for two very large accounts and the number of doctors I transcribe for are too numerous to count.  It's no wonder I never make my quota.  Oh, yeah, did I mention I have more mumblers than clear speaking doctors, also to add to the problem.

This is a joke.  I'm an IC and make a whopping $0.07 line.  Yippee.  Think I'l go work at Walmart.

This has been "a long time coming" as my late husband used to say whenever we would buy a new car.

Anyway, I'm looking for an excellent company for whom I can work out of my home, at my convenience.  I can provide 30-40 hours per week of service for you.  I will provide my schedule to you on a daily basis and I expect you to make sure that there are a sufficient number of good reports for me to transcribe during that time period.  I expect to be able to accomplish a minimum of 200 lines/hour.  I will give you 90 days to make sure that I am working with clear dictators and am able to accomplish this.  If there is no work available at the same time that I intend to work, I will not be available to "return later" when the work becomes available. 

You must have a AAAA rating per any ex-employee or ex-IC that comments or has commented about you on this forum or any other forum. 

You must have been in business for at least 15 years.  I figure, if you require me to have a certain amount of years of experience, I should require the same from you. 

You must NOT be located in California, Florida, New York, or Utah.  I just do not conduct business with those states.

My charges per line are dependent upon the difficulty of the reports and the clarity of the dictations.  I expect extra premiums for nights and weekends.

Please submit your resume along with 3 business references, 2 banking references and a better business bureau report.  Be sure to include your employer ID numbers and the name of the agency and address where your license is filed.  Please include the number of employees and ICs that you currently have working for you, including the dates on which the last 10 were hired and the dates on which the last 10 resigned, including their length of service and reasons for resignation.  Please be sure to include details regarding the accounts that you intend for me to work with, including worktypes and number of ESL/difficult dictators and any program that you have established for training of those dictators that apparently have no idea what they are doing or how to dictate a clear and concise report, especially with regard to basic dictation etiquette.

Be sure to include your work and home, day and evening phone numbers, both landlines and cell phone numbers, so that I can call you at my convenience.

I will review your materials and contact you if you meet my requirements.

Good luck.

Obviously, it is fictitious; it is not a job wanted ad.  It's simply my rendition of "turn about is fair play", based on a composite of the "help wanted" ads that I've read and experiences that I've had during the job search.

Hello out there all you knowledgable techie MTs.

My submit/save button is not working and I need any (easy) suggestions!

All suggestions appreciated as I am at a loss, having tried everything I know.

Thanks very much!

I would like to know: are there jobs for MT's that you can work PT as in: log on, take the work you can do for the day, turn it in, and get paid for it? What I'm wanting to know is if PT work is available to work at your convenience or is it always told to you when and how much you need to work?

Thank you in advance for your response. I feel like I have read so much about MT's but can't seem to find this out!

Can any MTs with the AAMT BOS 2nd Ed. tell me the recommended way of formatting headings and operative titles?  TIA