Durn I wish I knew how easy it could have been..I never would have taken this work hard next to
Posted By: the team you support position. What a sucker I am on 2005-08-04
In Reply to: I do not get extra money for typing and supervising.. I get paid salary which means - even if I work 80 hours a week, its the same.
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Then those that are hard for some but easy for others - sm
would fall somewhere in the middle of the scale. That is most likely the majority of what our work consists of, anyway. Then there are the 10% that are outstanding dictators with easy work and high line counts to be made. But the 10% that hardly ANYONE can transcribe, and that are slow-going at best to try to type, those should cost more. And an MT that can slog though mumbling or otherwise hard-to-understand dictators and turn out a completed report should be duly paid for the extra skill and time that report took to transcribe.
try foodtv.com....they rate the recipes hard and easy, too, I think. nm
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The easy answer, taking all the easy work and
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There's something about George. Easy charm and he doesn't try tooo hard
regarding his looks or dress. He is a guy's guy.
So, you think it is okay for hard-working MTs to earn 7-8 cpl for their hard work?? nm
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Durn.. sorry for the duplicate.. still cannot see the picture.
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Opinion -- Do your own durn research!
My MTSO recently added new transcribers to a growing account that I've been working on for the past three years. Yes, it is a very difficult account. I was more than happy for the first month or so with constant IMs, phone calls at home and on my cell phone to "listen to this", emails with c&pd parts of the report asking for help filling in the blanks, did I know this doc name, etc.
Okay, it's been a month. I'm still getting questions constantly about things that I had to figure out for myself when I started the account! I had nobody to help me, as it was a new account and I had never done this specialty before, so I know it's possible to just do your research. I'm now getting moronic questions.
Do you know this doctor's first name? (Uhhhh, it's in the phone book, the Blue Book, in Google...) Am I spelling this procedure right? (Hello! Stedman's Word Book, about a million online references, a dictionary, a decent spell checker...) Does this look right to you? (then one of them IMs me a sentence that no, does not look right, but a little research would tell you that you've got the wrong word in there if they're talking about pain in the hip and you're using the name for a part of the small intestine!) Come ON! If you don't know the difference between the ilium and the ileum, what are you doing in transcription?
The point is that I don't have time for this, when time is money and I only get paid by the line. I've spent an average of an hour a day for over a month holding these girls' hands. It's getting ridiculous, especially when I'm being asked questions that they could solve themselves with some RESEARCH. I don't feel like I can "tattle" to my MTSO, because I don't trust him that much anyway -- He is as subtle as a freight train and would just make things difficult. I may need these people to fill in for me now and then.
I've handled it by logging out of IM when I need to just get busy and work, not answering the phone when I need to work, etc. I am considering sending out an email asking these people to stop calling and IMing me, because I need to keep my work "rhythm", but to rather email me the question and I will get back to them before the end of the business day if it's something I know they probably cannot find on their own with research.
Something like that. Does anyone have any ideas for how to word this if that does not sound right?
Livvie in Cali
Easy to work with. You can look up old reports. Your own word expander will work
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The easy part is making the decision to leave, the hard part is
actually doing it. Been in your shoes and it took me a year and a half to leave after I had made the decision to do so. It was the best thing I have ever done for myself and my girls. I had family and friends and a counselor telling me what needed to be done and I knew what needed to be done but until I had the courage on my own to do it I stayed. One day, we had an argument and he spit in my face and that was the last straw for me. Even though it is something that I will NEVER forget, that day is also a day I will never forget because it is the day that I took my kids and left. I am a single mom of 2 and have been single and supporting us for 5 years now. I have been healing ever since and still am to this day. You can do this. I know that if I hadn't have left and I would have stayed one of us would be dead by now or both.
I heard they were not nice to work for. Knew people who have worked there and left.
This is secondhand information, but I trust the people that told me this.
I know...Trust me, I WORK HARD when I work! lol nm
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Not easy work at all.
It would be interesting to go to India and see how they are set up. I bet they have a great support staff. I have read that physicians are actually transcribing or acting as information resource as they are paid well in this field comparatively speaking. This "take 'em out" attitude by some QA staff is something I have a feeling is not happening.
Well, I just know that I once felt passionate about this job and I do not anymore.
Easy work,
Can you tell me who you work for, I would love to get started, want to work from home, instead of having to go out to work, especially in this snow!! Am from Canada
Any info much appreciated, how do I know who is good, who isnt, ever heard of Medline Inc.., got email from them, what do u think....
How many of you ICs have to work really hard to
make double your money in one week in order to take a vacation for one week. I'm forever finding myself wanting to go on vacation, working doubly hard to make up any money I will lose while I'm off either before I leave or when I come back. Is this the way everyone takes a vacation or is it just me? I can't seem to give myself a break and just take off any time without making up my money that I'll lose. GRRRR. I think I need a break!
 
hard ever, except now no work
at MQ, so I have to do something while I keep logging on/off DQS hoping a doctor will dictate a report.
You did all the hard work. If someone wants
their own accounts they need to do whatever work needs to be done to get them. People are frequently asking how to get their own accounts - well DUH.
Just like people asking which is the best company and who pays the most, etc. If they want a job do the research. I don't mind helping guide someone in the right direction, but I'm not going to do their leg work for them.
I wouldn't fill bad at all.
I believe it can be done, but I know how hard you must work...SM
I just finished my 12-hour day and did about 2,500 lines. I'm exhausted. I had a bit of interruptions today, so I possibly could have done more. Yesterday I did about 1,700 lines in a 10-hour day, which again was full of interruptions. I can't see myself consistently producing that amount day in and day out. My wrists and arms already hurt.
All the power to the 3,000 line a day producers! You are awesome and a very hard worker!
We all work hard, MT and QA both
no doubt
There's a lot of hard work that goes into
"being the middleman". They have to secure the account, make sure it stays in TAT, keep their eye on any errors or changes and make sure the MTs understand and follow the rules, make sure the clients are always happy, hire the most competent MTs, make payroll, etc., etc.
So before you jump to conclusions and think MTSOs have nothing better to do than being the middleman, think again. I'm not being nasty, just pointing out some facts.
Yes! Thank you. $28 a day is fine with me. Easy work.
***Hello***
Easy work, more like clinic, very low pay.
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the work must be super easy (sm)
I've been doing this for a long time and that sounds high to me.
I use it where I work (not Iridium), very easy to use - sm
and what we do is type our report on MS word then paste in it, that way you can use whatever word Expander you want. I would not type in it because you cannot tab by using the tab, automatic lists won't work and do paste well in so I just do the list w/o numbers and format it in IKM as they have a function for that. If you do tab, you can sometimes by accident tab to save and it will save the report before you realize what happened and the report is gone, which is not good. Then you have to go into the chart and type it from there where you can only use your mouse to start and stop the player in the chart. I don't have to input any patient data, just open up the file, sound file loads, you use their player (need 9-pin foot pedal or a converter for USB to 9-pin). The only downside is you cannot change speed of the speaker which stinks, and it only rewinds or FF in 2 second increments and you have to hit the foot pedal each time, no holding it down to get it to do more than 2 seconds. --- lines come out about 1 more than they would if you take the character count and divide by 65, so that is good. We have a true 24 hour TAT, it shows in the work window the date and time it was dictated which makes juggling your work load a lot easier. I don't work in a pool, I have 3 doctors assigned to me so I only do their work. I can do 30 minutes of work in one hour of edit work and about 15-20 mins of straight typing if I don't goof off, have no interuptions and concentrate. I have used three other platforms and I like this one the best.
The work just trickles in every day. Hard to get
get on the dictation system, only to find NO WORK. Or just a report or two. And a bunch of other transcriptionists fighting for what little there is too.
I think my company overhired BIG TIME. I think they hired a bunch of the people who jumped the ship from Medquist.
If you are really feeling like this is hard work...sm
then maybe you are one of the many transcriptionists out there who are working HARD and not SMART. If you are SMART you will learn how to use your skills to acheive the MAXIMUM payoff.
The majority of Transcriptionist I have met really do not KNOW how to increase their line counts, how to be INDEPENDENT, how to SELL their services, etc. Instead, they are CONTENT making under 30,000 . You have to be SMART in this business and quit SELLING yourself SHORT. Learn everything you can about BEING THE BEST in your profession. The work is OUT there!!!!!!!! You need to seek it and turn down the CRAP that doesn't make $$$$. I am only a 5 year MT and last year I made close to 52,000 after taxes. Get motivated and get moving. The work is there!!!!
P.S. - Not saying I don't work hard and don't deserve
good money but I just mean that you've got to have some incentive to work as hard as you have to work to get through medical school in order to have people willing to do it.
The MT world is hard work (sm)
Honey, I've been a Transcriptionist for 20 years and believe me, it is hard work. But it was even harder when my children were small (I had 3 of them). It sounds like she knew the job wasn't working out and had to do something about it. I agree with the other poster...try not to take it personally.
Actually more than being lucky, your hard work
paid off. This was what I posted about. You, like me, had on the job training for about a year and it was hard and I really worked hard to get the transcription part right while striving to make production. I worked some on Selectric, even though clanked did not mind at all. This was not a job I took in order just to work from home. It was done because I loved the medical field and never had a clue some day I would be working at home but that was yearsssss down the road. We were a training hospital and some nights I would go home almost in tears, really hard but I really did not think all the others in the room smarter than me and that was my incentive. It paid off big time. My speed has always been about 140 while helps and even now after all these years look forward to each day. I do not work full time any more but hey, I deserve some extra time to myself now. I have earned it!
They put the complainers/cherrypickers on the easy work, the
8-9 cpl for Gross lines, easy work ....
Where? Where?
I found out the hard way that first in always have the work. Supervisor sm
doesn't care what time I work. As was stated to me first come first serve.
It is hard to work for someone who drinks, and even worse
when they don't think they are an alcoholic. It really fries their brain,they are moody and unpredictable, and fly off the handle for no real reason.
I'm very grateful to have this forum and for your hard work.
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I don't want to work that hard! OR learn somethingn new. nm
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Why should this MT give away her hard work? She should go after what is rightfully hers.
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It depends on how smart and how hard you want to work.
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Hard 2 make money with no work.
I would just expect a "Good job and we appreciate all the hard work you did for us over the
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Applauds poster! Yep sure do work HARD-nm
working at home is hard work
I have been working at home for 22 years. I used to get the same statements from people asking me what I did all day, until one Sunday in a local paper they compared 8 hours of sitting at a computer and typing to digging ditches 8 hours a day, not as physical but a lot of mental use, especially transcription. I do my housework early in the morning if I get a chance. If I have extra work at night, I have my family order pizza at night. My husband used to say to me what did you do all day and I would tell him, well I typed, did laundry, made beds, went to the grocery store, before I started typing, took kids to baseball practice. Now I am older and wiser and so is my husband and he does not dare ask me what I have done all day as he knows if I am working I am making money and if I have the time I will clean, but if I don't, then it can wait until tomorrow. Occasionally when people would ask me what I did all day (not husband), I would reply "nothing", just sat with my feet up all day lol. My feeling is this, if they don't like it, let them do the laundry, dishes, empty dishwasher, sweep the floor, vacuum, etc, and you know what they do and will. Don't let them get you down. Just because we work at home does not mean we have it made quite contrary, we work hard and just look at how our bodies fall apart because of it.........
My definition of hard work is totally different.
When I need a reality check on how good I got it with this at-home typing thing, I do my chores outside in the freezing cold or sweltering heat and realize that is about the only other thing I could do in this state for income, and I'd be lucky if I got minimum wage with no bennies out of it.
I guess you have to look at it from a different perspective every now and again. I've heard of people who leave MTing at home because they miss the buzz of an office, and then the cranky patient's and office politics breaks them down and brings them back to doing their thing solo again.
For me, the pay isn't too awfully bad because I figure don't have to buy fancy clothes, I don't have to worry about a car, gas, packing/buying lunch, and putting on a happy face if I don't want to.
We all have bad days. Those are days when you really need to take a deep breath or two and walk away for a bit. They will get better. If the bad days just keep on a'comin, well, then I suppose it would be time to look for a change, and there's nothing wrong with that either. 
...to alternate with your work computer. Not too hard to set up that way. nm
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Nope, hard work and have to prove yourself.
Don't get discouraged though, we have all been where you are at...good luck!!
IF by PT you mean Physical Therapy -- it's EASY! I love PT, don't get it where I work now tho
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Yes - reputable company. Easy to work for. Pay on time always. nm
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Actually, it is quite easy to skip jobs, and I work for a national. sm
Depending upon the account, just press the appropriate number on the C-phone, and *poof* you're at the next job. In my case, I have no "proof" per se, but when jobs skip from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. then to 1 p.m., etc., and then it gets back to "normal" when you get to the non-ESL docs where I guess they stopped working. it's not too hard to figure out that someone took what they wanted and left the rest. It doesn't matter to me. As has been stated, the MT who cherrypicks cheats himself/herself out of the chance to master everything and assure himself/herself of a larger pool of work. That goes also for those who limit themselves to only certain work types. Sure, we all have our preferences (I prefer admit notes and consults), but if you can do everything, then you're more likely not to be one of the ones coming here complaining of no work.
Just my opinion, and you know we all have one. Happy Friday the 13th! I have the weekend off for once, and it is actually beautiful weather here. Yippee! 
Complaints about hard work solve the problem?
Not at my office. It's all for one and one for all. I have never complained of course. Have you?
How much room do you need on your hard drive if you work for 2 companies at once. I know this is a
stupid question but I am ready to buy a computer and I am thinking of going part time with 2 companies and each one has their own platform but I dont want to pay for some hugh unnecessary computer. Can someone tell me what has worked for them if you work for 2 separate companies.
I do not work hard every day to support fools, yet I am forced to by this
I do NOT, DO NOT, care about people who put themselves in harm's way in order to brag that they have a 9-room house on the beach.
Because it is hard work to collect and once you know a company is a bad debt,
Got to know when to hold them and know when to fold them. She already lost on doing the work. Now she loses doing the collection work.
So what do you do to keep motivated to type during the work day? Sometimes I find it so hard to...
stay focused. When you're working at home it is soooo easy to turn on the TV, take frequent breaks to answer the phone, talk to hubbie, play with the kids, take a hot bath, play solitaire on the PC, surf the net, post on a message board, etc.
I just wondered if anyone had any miracle cure for the wandering mind?
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