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Kate, when or where was that free DL? I'm an MQer & I missed it. (nm)

Posted By: RSG on 2007-09-05
In Reply to: Bought one when MQ changed the rules and required - kate

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Kate here....

To answer your question, not that it's any business of yours, no, I'm not OCD, but what I am is very sick of hearing about jobs from this country shipped out to India and other third-world countries to mindless people who have no clue how to do them, and when they do do them, the work is sloppy and substandard at best.  


I'm also sick of how some doctors expect they are going to save a few pennies by engaging in the above practice and absolutely tickled pink when they realize there ain't no such thing as a free lunch and that one gets what one pays for. 


Then I get even more tickled pink when they call my service begging me to handle their transcription and NOT to outsource their work, not that I would ever dream of doing such a hideous thing to begin with, even if I could get the work done for free.


Finally, I am absolutely estatic when they sign on with my service at the line rate of 15 cents/gross line and then totally estatic when they see immediately off the bat what a wonder job we do for them on a consistent basis. 


It don't get any better than American made and produced, baby!  


Any questions??   


Wow, Kate...
If you would tell me what city and state you live in, I will locate a good mental health provider for you. Why are you all over this board spouting out stuff that makes you sound like a schizophrenic without meds?

I would really like to know what your problem is and why you insist on causing a broo hah hah in almost every thread.
former MQer
you should be glad that you're a former MQer. nothing ever changes there and I'm sure that's why you left.
And where do you live, Kate?
Do you have your own service by chance? Many companies are starting MTs out at 9 cpl. I don't think that is unreasonable at all as she would just be starting out and they would likely need to QA her for a few months until they feel comfortable with her work. Testing someone is not always indicative of how well they will do on an actual account, as I have found out in the past, so I always start my SCs out at a lower rate at first and increase their rate as I see what quality of work they produce and can reduce QA time. If an MT is exceptional and requires top pay to even begin working for me, then I might negotiate that but it's rarely a good idea since you really can't tell how well someone will do until they actually start an assignment.
For: clarification for Kate
I was referring to working as an IC for a service. Some services offer IC, SE and employee status positions.
That was not nice Kate.
If the advice is to seek a "professional opinion", then there would certainly be no need for this forum.
Geez, Kate/Medtrans, are you OCD?
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Happy MQer
do you have a husband with a good job who is supporting you and you don't care how much you're getting cheated? there is something definitely going on at MQ that is not right and the MTs are having to pay the price and it needs to be looked into. If there's nothing going on shady, then MQ shouldn't be afraid to step to the plate and furnish the facts. Don't know how long you've been on the DQS, but wouldn't you want to know how they came up with a pathetic $1.18 for your miscalculation??
I am right there with you Happy MQer.
I type 350 lines an hour and am extremely happy with Medquist. I think these people that are complaining don't know how to type and are in the wrong profession. I hear Wal-Mart is always hiring.
Maybe that's where all the GOOD mqer's
spend their day :)

(as opposed to us whiners, that is)

Do they talk about things there like these letters and extra, unexpected checks too?
LOL! Lots of OPs? Or are you an MQer too? ;)
..."was reamed," lol. 
Kate's obviously been out of social circulation too long
and passes her solitary days by picking fights on message boards.

Time to find a job outside the home, Kate.
Hey, that's good advice! Listen to Kate!
Seriously, that's sound advice for anybody! Good on ya, Kate! Have a great Saturday!
"Happy MQer" What a crock!

 I totally agree with MQMT2 about how you should "spend" your check. 


I agree with you Nuther MQer.
Everybody does have their own opinion, but I have never heard of anybody complaining about their job as bad as these people. If people hate it that bad, find another job. I totally agree that Medquist has their problems, fortunately for me I have not been effected by them. I think most people on this board are chronic complainers and even if they won the lottery or something they would find a way to complain about that as well.
tolong time MQer
I forgot about the papermites. When I was working at the hospital know one believe us that there was mites in the office. I started with Transcription Limited in 1993 then it went to R and R or vise versa. I left Medquist in 2003.
Happy MQer-Hurry, look out your back window!
I  see T.W.H. getting out of a lawn chair in your back yard and stealing your grill to cook up a Nathans Hot Dog.
Abacus is not free. It is $20 but worth it. You can download a trial version free which does not h
I have used this for years and have compared to Sylvan, Word, and MP Count, etc. When you have it set to count every character, bold, shift, tab, etc. It is great and always higher than the others. Now if you are wanting gross lines like in Word then no it won't be as high because Word counts blanks lines and Abacus counts a line only if there is a character on it. There is also two places to check for it to count the Headers/Footers. If you have the FREE version then it must be the trial or a very old version so you don't have all the features and functions.
Free? As in, free trial? Otherwise, I don't think you'll find a spellcheck software that's
y
Check out the free demo of MTStars FlashType. It's free for 7 days.
Then, if you like it, you can purchase it for $59.95.  See link below.
yes it is free....mine was free....why the exclamation?
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I missed it.
What happened? I wanted Janelle to win so bad.
I missed it!
who won?
I missed so much...
Goodness, I need to start watching it again. I have missed WAY to much. Thanks for the scoop!
Hopefully all you missed was...
carrie underwear...
must have missed it
nm
I missed that!
I taped it though--I'll have to watch that.  Elliott is so sweet. 
must have missed it....sm
and yes, they do tend to come out on Fridays...given the opportunity. overworked and underpaid??....hmmm...I don't think so....just bad attitudes. JMO (even though I don't know what it was about). :^)
For all those who missed it.....
I found this website that should have the transcript soon.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/gb.html
I think you missed something -
the patient spoke English, the doctor did not and he could not understand the patient.  Are we supposed to find an interpreter for our doctor appointments to speak the doctor's primary language?
Perhaps I missed something but...
Do we not just double space between paragraphs and anatomy headings? Why would she make more money if only getting paid per character? Maybe I'm misreading.
I think you missed it by about
20 years or more. The pay was great in the past but steadily has dropped. I have typed on electronic records for at least 5+ years and nothing has changed, at least pay except going down. To make an excellent salary I would think you would have to get your own accts, not nationals, be able to transcribe excessively fast and work long hours, might be doable. To work for most nationals you need about 2 years experience also.
You missed my point I

being a roadside idiot holding a stopandgo sign.


that is the bottomline.


I have many years of experience of transcription.


If you don't see the writing on the wall of where MTing is going - well, whoa be it for me


to explain it to you.


I'm just bowled over by the fact that after this many years


my experience is worth less than if I had never learned


how to type, learned English grammar, learned to type 100 cwpm, struggled my way through computer education on my own,


learned medical terms, drug names and values, learned foreign


dialects, learned many specialties .......that here 30 years later I


can hold a sign and make the same money.


But you stay in the field if you feel like you will come out ahead.


Since they have turned the career into a profit making machine for


a bunch of suits - the respectability of it and the career side of it


seems to me has flown out the window and the MT has become nothing


more than a part of that apparatus that can be replaced at their whim, and rather


cheaply -


LOL. I think you missed my point, too. sm
I said benefits "should" be paid to employees, not that employers were required to pay them.  That is one of the main reasons people choose to be employees, the benefits.  Hopefully, your MQ PTO has improved.  When I left them approximately 4 years ago the PTO was a measly 3 days for the whole year to include holidays, sickness, and vacation.    At least now I have 6 paid holidays plus 10 days PTO a year plus other benefits including company-paid life insurance, short and long term disability, etc. 
The point you missed is...

The OP never said that her supervisor asked MTs to work extra.  If your supervisor asks you to work extra and you do, and there is no work for the other MTs during their schedule...then this is a different story.  This would then be considered a problem with management because they are allowing others to work extra and grab another MTs lines.  If MTs are not being asked to work extra and they are anyway, then this is a problem with greedy MTs not working their schedule.  There is a big difference between the two. 


The bottom line is:  The problem starts with MTs not working their schedule.  If management does not follow through and take care of the problem, then it becomes a problem with management.


you missed the point entirely.
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I think I missed the ad in the paper that says you must

paint your house a funky color. I'm thinking I missed a huge sale at Home Depot on paint because my neighbors are going crazy with the colors. Yes, I understand home depot and Lowe's screws up paint and you can get the mixed up colors very cheap but geez. My neighborhood is going crazy with weird paint colors on their houses. Two months ago someone painted their house bright green with bright pink trim, then came the peach house with green trim, bright yellow house followed by bright blue house with the leftover yellow trim. New house being built across the street is all burnt orange including the fence. They even painted the driveway burnt orange and not UT vols orange. Now my neighbor is painting hers bright green. It's not a bad neighborhood here in Central Florida and the houses here run from 150s to 300s but these colors are horrendous. I think if I put my house up for sale I won't get an offer because the peach house, green and pink house, and orange house are all on the dead end street I'm on.


Missed most of it but what I caught was fun!!
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i think you missed the point...lol
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I MISSED IT-CAN YOU FILL ME IN?
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I missed it. Poop. Oh well.
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I missed that whole thing...what was that all about
nm
I missed it, can you give me a brief
synopsis???? My TV was messed up or something because my tape had FUZZ :-(

I would prefer Cirie too, but I have a feeling if they are making it look like Cirie wins then it must be Danielle :-(
Sorry I missed all the excitement
Sorry I missed all the excitement --went sailing with my neighbor for a couple of hours and just got home.  I do have other things to do than sit on this board.  You can all say what you want about me, I have no reason to lie about what I make, where I live or how great my accounts are.  Life is too short and this is one battle I chose NOT to engage in.  Believe me, don't believe me that is your choice and I have too much in my life for which I am  grateful  to let it bother me.   With what is going on in the world right now, I think we have more pressing things to think about than whether one is lying about their income or where they live or if their life is empty.  Prayers for peace would be more effective right now.   Take care, going to eat dinner right now.   Would you tell you what it is but that would just cause a couple of you to challenge me right now.    Patti
Where is her first post? Missed it.
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Ooops...I missed the 3. That's still a lot. NM
NM
So sad. He'll be missed for sure. :( nm
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when was this on, what channel? I missed it? nm
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Sounds to me like QA just missed one.
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Missed 60 minutes but
I missed that show on 60 mintues but I am real close to Hershey as I live in the general area. Heck I used to work for Hershey Park many moons ago. Lots of people around here are refusing to buy any more Hershey's chocolate. Sales will decline even if they are making it for less money. There are other concerns as well. With what just happened to the pet food, around my parts people are stating that they will not eat candy made outside the U.S. for the same reasons. Quality control is not the same off U.S. soil.
must have missed your posts...

dont know what you are talking about but


GOSH


IS IT NICE to hear some good news from someone that something is working out for them!!  Wow!