I'm doing it

Posted By: Misha on 2005-09-29
In Reply to: Because owners, managers, and CEOs are all trying to cut costs - training newbies is expensive

The pool of excellent experienced MTs is small here, like most places. I'm doing radiology now, and when the other MT went out on extended leave, we hired two temp workers. One is experienced and the other is right out of MT school. I think it's great because we work side-by-side in our office, so with every question, I slide my chair right over for a look/listen. That's the ONLY way to train a newbie from most schools, IMO. Who knows when we might hire her permanently - the business is growing. This is a second job for the experienced MT.

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Very Angry MT - Angry
- Sorry that happened to you. :( But - Happy
- when i was a newbie... - nr
- Try to find an office you can work out of where other MTs can help you out! - Miss Prissy
- ESLs are hard enough for exp MTs...sm - HomeMT
- I am new and work from home without many problems. If I - TM
- As a new MT one should not worry about production but quality. A lot of MTs old and new sm - My 2 cents
- Because owners, managers, and CEOs are all trying to cut costs - training newbies is expensive
  - I'm doing it - Misha
  - don't make assumptions - Snow Bunny
    - Nail on the head, Snowbunny. nm - Happy
    - No, even the hospitals don't want to hire new MTs. - training newbies is expensive
      - OK, I'm sure that isn't true in any case but look at this: SM - Happy
      - a long response - Snow Bunny
        100 lines at .07 is $7.00 an hour, not $14 - nm - x
        never did like math - Snow Bunny
        So, since it is $7 and not $14 now, do you still - think that is too much?? nm
        do I think $7 is too much? - Snow Bunny
        You said... - SM
        as I said before your response - Snow Bunnyy
        I think $.07, $.075, $.08, or $.085 are all way too low for experienced MTs. - I don't.
        getting paid what (we think) we're worth - Snow Bunny
    - Everyone must pay their dues....we experienced MTs sm - Old Exp. MT
      - "Just had to give my 10 cents worth" - Snow Bunny
    - Wow, SnowBunny, you hit the nail on the head. It blows my mind how people think they can - Pat
- Just curious, Angry, but how did a company hire you - sm - pkm
  - mentoring program - Angry
    - oh dear, no no no. There are quite a few companies that will do that - sm - pkm
- If you don't have that much experience SM - Judy
  - Yes of course my FAULT - Angry
    - Who else would you blame this on? You did the work. SM - Wellll
    - Thats the biz.. part of the reason why not everyone can or cares - to do this job. n/m
    - Since you had a bad ESL did you blank or put what it sounded like? - outsider looking in
    - ESLs are about 60-70% of the dictators, we as language - specialists need to get used to that. sm.
      - I have done ESLs I worked for SS before - Angry
        To Angry sm - Dano
        To Angry - sm
        Angry, this happened in our hospital with our outsource service - sm - hospital MT
        Proof that it takes only 1 made doctor to gripe about 1 report and out the door you go! nmx - MLS2
        To MLS2, you should not have made a statement like that - you could not be more wrong - sm - hospital MT
        Hospitals being sued - Dano
        couldn't agree more with you, Dano - nm - yep
- Were you being provided with feedback? If not, did you ask? How long did you - Patsy

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