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Actually I think it's time for you to change jobs

Posted By: You've been sitting in the house alone too long on 2005-08-06
In Reply to: The purpose of QA is not to fix your mistakes DEAR..the purpose is to get your quality up so we don& - sm

You're a perfect example of what happens when a person has been out of social circulation for years. You're terminally hateful, angry, and certifiably insane. I actually feel sorry for you.  


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    supposed to be, after people lose their jobs, they are forced to take part-time, lower-paying jobs..
    with little to no benefits. service jobs. where are you going to work in a few years, when Medical Transcription is replaced by technology? McDonald's, Walmart? you really going to like that?
    Grrrr. Well I guess you could change jobs but then SM

    he'd be saying you are neglecting your children. He COULD help you some so that you have a little free time.


    I suppose he needs you to work and make money but then be available when he crooks his finger?


    Pet peeve of mine. Makes my blood boil.


    My line count went from 1200+ to <800 and I never caught up. I did change jobs ;) nm
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    TO GET PAID ON TIME FOR A CHANGE.
    SS strikes again. I AM OUT of this place.
    AZ doesn't change time? sm
    Why don't y'all change time? I thought the whole country did it...y'all are lucky!
    It is about time they change the misleading name... sm
    I just wish someone would start a strictly U.S. MT organization to support US! :)
    Time change info......sm
    Go to Microsoft.com and look for time zone edit patch...it'll probably be at the top of downloads. Download and you're ready to go!
    time change info
    Mine did come through on auto updates.
    The catheters change ALL the time. Do you have 1 of the
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    Time to change doctors!
    ...
    What is the download for the time change for Windows. nm
    :
    There was no announcement of this policy change? Sounds like it's time to go. nm
    m
    The most jobs at 1 time were
    4 but 3 were doing MTing. I eventually got down to 2 and those hrs were 5-2, took a nap and then 5-10 and worked those for several years. Eventually though it caught up with me and I got a really bad case of vertigo and neurologist suggested I might be working too much. Good money (actually these were like 2 full time jobs) but after quitting now is heaven to only work part-time and loving this.
    Two full-time jobs here
    It bites!!! I'm exhausted.
    I currently have 2 jobs and have had for a long time....sm
    I work days from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. then work the night job from 5 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. I have off Sundays, but work Monday through Saturday. It is gets very old, but I am the breadwinner in my family and am trying to get debt free by the end of the year except for the house and if I have to work like this to accomplish it then so be it. I have tried 3 jobs before, but that just gets to confusing, as all three companies had different account specs and style rules and such and I got to where I could not remember which was which. Good luck to you.
    working two jobs at same time
    Okay, this may be a strange question - but here goes...  Does anybody work two different jobs, are clocked in at the same time with both?   For instance, two different companies, two different computers, clock in with both jobs at the same time, do a couple of documents with one, go to other job and do a couple of jobs, and so on...? 
    If you are productive at both jobs and are able to both at the same time, why...
    is it criminal? 
    Anyone work two jobs at the same time?
    I only have dial-up and it is so so slow and now the company I work for has "updated" their system which has made my downloading even slower and can only download two jobs at a time.. so now I have to sit and wait for the next job to come through.  The hours at my present job are becoming less and less flexible too and most places I have inquired about want you to put in an 8 hours shift.  My situation is that I was getting my line requirements in in about 4 1/2 hours, but now with the so slow system, I fear I will be sitting and waiting for work and I just can't stand not being productive... after all I'm not being paid to sit.  Was thinking about taking another position, working 5 minutes on one computer, switching to another and working 5 more minutes while my work downloads on the first, and back and forth.   Anyone else do this?   Can it be done?  or am I just taking on more than I can handle?    This downtime really is killing me, not just $$$, but psychologically too... I'm a Type A and I just want to Git Er done.  Any suggestions? 
    Two jobs, 1 full-time, 1 IC (nm)
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    Where are all the part-time IC jobs?
    It seems like most companies are only hiring 3rd shift, acute care, full-time employees right now. The few places that do hire PT don't pay diddly. Come on now, $.06-.075 cpl for someone with 10+ years of experience? Did the medical transcription market totally tank in the past year since I last tried to find a job? Where did all the good accounts go?
    I work 2 part-time IC jobs..sm
    I feel like I have more stability that way just incase I want to leave one job or run out of work I always have a back-up.
    I work 2 full time IC jobs. nm
    ;
    Anybody working two full time jobs
    Due to the lack of work (on a regular basis) with my current full time at-home job, I'm considering taking another full time job...7am to 3pm then 3pm to 11pm. I don't know what else to do. I can't afford to go days without meeting minimum line count because there is no work.

    Am I nuts to try this?
    I work 2 full time jobs..
    I work from 8:00 - 4:30 then get home and start working about 6 pm. until 12-1 a.m. It's tough to do, but can be done if you are determined enough. I've been doing for almost one year now. The bad thing is I work salary during day hours, and paid cpl at night, so nothing is overtime pay for me. Would be easier to have one job with overtime allowed. We girls just do what we gotta do, don't we?
    My children don't have part-time jobs
    For my kids, their job is to be excellent students and sons/daughters. As a parent, I pay for their financial obligations, and as long as they fulfill their end of the bargain (do exceptional in school and be respectful, successful, and good children), they will not be expected to have part-time jobs. They do volunteer work, however, so they do know the value of hard work. They are just not paid monetarily for it.

    Plus, with as busy as they are (Boy Scouts, many sports, afterschool study groups, volunteer work, acting workshops, etc.), they simply don't have time to hold down a job.
    It appears that each time you changed jobs, you went (sm)
    down another rung on the ladder. Nurse, insurance rater, now MT. The next step is probably burger-flipper at McDonald's.
    Take the time slowly to go thru some jobs and figure out
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    I work two part-time jobs
    and that seems to keep it more interesting for me. I work on two different platforms. One is a small hospital where I am an IC, and the other is an MTSO where my account is a huge hospital. I think having to juggle the two jobs, supervisors, etc., keeps me more distracted. But, yeah, it can get really boring at times.

    I quit for 2 years a few years ago because I was seriously burned out and felt brain dead, but when I started looking for work again could not stand the thought of going to an office, so here I am again.
    Only if you hold down 3 full-time jobs, and never

    I did work three jobs for quite a long time. Then it dawned on me that

    (1) I was always tired (2) I was never finished working (3) It wasn't worth it.


    I quit EDiX, and I quit my hospital job, and I've never looked back. I usually have what money I need. I work about 5 hours a day plus a small weekend job recently that's no more than 10 op notes.


    I have started many jobs with the undertanding that I already have time off scheduled. sm

    Most companies who need MTs need them on a chronic basis.  If they find a "good hire" they will usually work with your upcoming time off or let you start after your time off.  I would be looking.  More people look at the first of the year because of benefits, so you might get a jump on them.


     


    But can't a company say I need these jobs by X time? And then the IC can accept or decline?
    :+
    I work 2 full time IC jobs and made just under 50K. nm

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    I have 2 jobs. One is full time at a hospital, the other is for a urologist in AZ. sm
    The urologist in AZ doesn't dictate every single day, so I usually can spread him out over the week. I work 8 hours at my full time job and then if there is work to do from AZ, I usually type until about 10 or 11 o'clock at night. If it all gets done fine. If not he doesn't worry. He is happy wiht 48 hr TAT. But since he is so good to me, I really try to get it back within 24 hours. I break his Friday dictation into chunks over the weekend. So with everything factored in, between the two, I usually type anywhere from 8-12 hours a day. But not 7 days a week.
    Working 2 full-time jobs (for a year now), and boy am I tired!!
    .
    I can do 1200 lines in 5 hours so with 2 full time jobs
    I work on average of 9-10 hours a day.  When I sit down to work, I do not do anything but work.  I do not surf the net, etc.   Also, I am single and I live for my weekends so during the week I work hard.  I also have 2 kids so most of my work is done during their day at school and after they are in bed for the night.  I have a ton of short cuts in my Expander program too.  If I type something twice, I come up with a short cut for it.  Its not that hard.  I would try the one full time and one part time and see how your time is first and if it is okay, then I would bump it up gradually.  You don't want to burn yourself out but if you can do it and you have good accounts, go for it!!!!
    Two jobs don't equal one when it comes to making money and not wasting time. sm
    Recommend looking for one good job.
    Depends on how part time the part time jobs are.
    You can do it. You just have to work out a schedule you can live with.
    Even 4.5 is too low. doctors do not change - they still hem and haw, change, change stuff along wit
    It is just not enough for the work. Speech is great on the wrists but you are not just reading what is typed, you are making a lot of changes. I have a hard time doubling a lot of days with all the changes I have to make. Just my opinion.
    Don't change. I had to change back to cable. SuddenLink DSL stinks! nm

    nm


    Change provider vs change to business plan

    In your place, I would seriously consider changing providers if there were others available in your area, but I'd ask around about their service quality first.  It may not be any better.  If there are no other providers, then consider changing your service package to a business account rather than residential.  They're usually more expensive, but they also tend to get faster service if there's a problem.


    Last summer, I had no electricity for 3 days due to severe storms, but there were some 600,000 in the same boat with me.  We just had to wait it out.  It's a downside of working at home.


    change attitude, change life
    The first thing you need to change is that defeatist attitude! I know that's hard at times like this, but that's when you need to most.
    I won't go into detail, but my financial situation is also at an all-time low, we couldn't even exchange gifts., daughter in hospital twice, & no med insurance)..but then I heard about how much worse things were for others around me this season. Now I'm thankful instead!
    Several jobs on Monster & CareerBuilder for inhouse office jobs down there through an
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    I would not do them back to back - I have done 2 and 3 jobs at the same time -- all PT - sm
    It is possible to do of course but you will burn out fast. Now I do one almost FT (about 30 hours a week) and the other is about 8-10 hours a week-- I still get beat doing that and that is w/o set hours. I find that the older I get the harder it is to work late and I am only 40! But a mid afternoon 30-minute cat nap helps a lot in order to keep going on busy days.
    I did 3 jobs for a while about 3 years ago, you burn out quick, I was doing 3 MT jobs though...after
    10 months I cut down to 2 as I don't like to have all my eggs in one basket.  But I am considering going down to 1 in September for my sanity, its a good steady job so financally it should not be an issue.  I have 2 right but have not worked the 1 in about 3 weeks due to some problems at their end, supposed to learn a VA account but not sure if I want to pursue it right now or not, they are waiting to hear from me at this point. I still have a lot going on with chemo, etc. so am mulling things over.  But if you have a full-time day job, then I would just go with 1 part-time MT job at night, unless 1 is during the week, and the other weekends only, then of course you will be working 7 days a week, very tiring I know.  I have been working 7 days a week for 3 years now but I do slack off now and then of course to recharge and get sleep etc. But burnout happens fast and I doubt you want to lose your day job so be careful. Good luck.
    Get out while you can. Things will *never* change unless you change them. (nt)

    Two jobs very common, 3 jobs not unheard of.
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    Yup! Not only short jobs, but also jobs from
    extremely difficult dictators, bad sound files, jobs that need lots of ADT info added, and anything else that is not "easy" to do. I also questioned them about this and was told the same - they do not allow cherrypicking. Definitely not true!
    Not anymore. For some time now, I've been working 32 hours and am considered full time to receive
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    Working full time at home with small children is hard but part time works great
    is almost impossible. You will either have to work when your spouse is home or for only a few hours during the day and then more when they are asleep. I work part time at home and my kids (2&5 now) have done very, very well. They are great kids, very well behaved, don't get into much. I stop working to check on them/give them some attention every hour or so while I work (5 hours each afternoon or so) and they get all my attention in the morning and at night. It has worked out beautifully for us.
    Yeah, our choc. lab does that from time to time - makes it interesting!- nm
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