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Yeah, could you imagine if we made a work at home commercial

Posted By: LOL on 2005-07-14
In Reply to: Your post cracked me up! Flying Hotwheels! So funny! - MTEbay

that was truthful?  Instead of the serenely peaceful scene with the children playing quietly at your feet while you made $50,000 a year, there would be toys flying everywhere, kids jumping on the furniture, the dog yacking on the carpet, neighbors banging on the door, the phone ringing off the hook, laundy piled up to the ceiling, and a husband whining about something or another. 


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    can't imagine doing good work at home
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    People don't tell because they like having enough work, I imagine - also, sm
    Josie Blowsie over there may not make the same line rate I make. That's subbing, of course. I don't tell what I charge my local contracts because I don't want to be underbid.
    Yeah, that post made me
    laugh too, but for other reasons.  Actually, I have the sweetest, nicest lady who works morning at McDonald's.  Always so cheerful & quick.  The afternoon shift is a bit surlier though - lol
    I remember doing secretarial work on those old typewriters. I can't imagine MT w/o technology.

    Every year technology makes my job easier.  Google, internet dictation, spell checks, expanders.  I can't remember the last time I opened a reference book.  Direct deposit.  Banking on line.  I can't remember the last time I was actually inside a bank.  Love the technology for MTs and payment process. 


    I do remember standing in line to get check cashed on Friday at lunch when I was a secretary in medical office. Ughh.  I do remember having to get all dressed up to sit in an office w/o windows, too hot in the winter and too cold in the summer, to type and file.  Ughhh.  I remember lines of traffic going into town to get to work and then trying to find a place to park close to the building.  Ughh.


    Lovin the new things/gadgets to make my life easier and don't look back with any regrets for the "good old days"


    Just one thing though. I wish we were paid according to 2005 cost of living standards.    What's up with that?


     


    Yeah, yeah, that should be "your work..."

    Orchiette, home-made meat sauce, salad, YUM!

    Yeah, but getting to be a stay-at-home mom is just one of the perks.
    I would gladly have done this had I known about it when my children were little in order to get to stay at home with them.
    my take is that she worked inhouse, not at home, and now wants to find out how to work at home. nm
    x
    Has anyone breast fed while trying to work at home, can you do this and still work full time?
    It seems like the more literature I read on the subject, the longer it seems to take, especially in the beginning when you are breast feeding every two hours, or does it really just depend on the baby?
    Yeah.. I work TOO much. I know I could work less if I could just sit there and focus..

    I know how you mean in NH.. and we'll leave it at that.. You mean you actually take vacation when your on vacation LOL..I also am going on vacation in July (Disneyland..yippee) but will be taking along the computer to work while I am on vacation..pretty sad.. but I cant afford just to not work. For me, I just need to refocus. When I do focus, I average $30 an hour, I just find it's hard to sit there 8 hours, but it's worse when I realized I could be done in 8 for what I drag out to 12..It's my goal...to work my 8 hours and stop for the day.


    Made more back then, did not work
    for a large service, had my own business and also worked for a clinic, better pay.  Services are stingy.  I hard one complaining because half their expenses were MT salaries.  I asked him why don't you just get rid of the MTs, then you won't have to pay them.  Cheapskates. 
    Yeah! Who do you work for!?!?! :)
    x
    I work 2 full time IC jobs and made just under 50K. nm

    ;


    Yeah, and if you work for a hospital and say
    x
    Yeah, I'd prefer US work for sure, just not sure if its possible. NM

    Yeah, work for $5/ hr and keep your mouth
    ?
    Yeah, but does your company allow you to come in and work whenever you want?
    I would love to work for a company that offers employee status, offers benefits, and will allow me to work whenever I please, just coming and going whenever suits me. The only companies I know that hire employees require a set schedule and require you to be at your desk working during your shift. This is why I am still an IC without benefits. I cannot commit to the same schedule every day.
    yeah, I keep firing myself but I keep showing up for work the next day.
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    Yeah, but medical personnel who actually work directly with
    patients are a bit "different" like that. They think nothing of taking a look or having a touch here and there. And the morbid senses of humor many of them have. My friends from high school are both RNs now, but they're like that.
    Has anyone seen the commercial
    where the snowman is eating soup at the table, and the snow melts off him, and it is a little boy?  Love that commercial. 
    It it was a commercial
    flight then possibly. It's also possible though that it was a private plane. My oncology practice has 4 clinics in outlying areas of the state and the husband of the CEO flies the docs around in his plane.
    Yeah a 30 minute test---work for free, he gets enough to test, his work is done - nm
    x
    lamisil commercial

    I'm with you "sm", that Lamisil commercial with the toenail lifting gives me the heebie-jeebies!!  It reminds me of when you have a long fingernail and you bang it against something and it bends backwards -- you know, that really freaky feeling....that's what the Lamisil commercial does to me, ouch!


     


     


    have you seen the nextel commercial?

    My son laughs uncontrollably every time this commercial comes on.  So funny!


    http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/2370/


    I saw a commercial last night for Tax Cut
    if I am remembering correctly. If it is made by H&R block, then that is the one. It said that if you ever get audited that their representatives with help you through the process if you used that system. Seems like a good benefit to have. Maybe there is some small print to that, but worth checking into. My accountant guarantees to represent you if you get audited too.
    Got commercial account
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    I had to get a commercial account
    Its more expensive, but they have to guarantee 24 hour problem solution (or at least that a tech will put me at the head of the visit list). I haven't had any grief with them now for about 6 months, and I finally have a second option now (AT&T), so at least now I can dump them if things get bad with them again.
    Does anyone do any other at-home work other than MT?
    I need to get more work but don't want to go back to an office atmosphere.  Any ideas would be appreciated. 
    at-home work
    Hi there, I do web design, all self-taught through many, many hours on the "free website" places on the net over the years and help from my geek/techie friends ;) My sites are basic but luckily that is what my clients want. I really can't to all the fancy flash stuff yet! It pays very well by the hour but unless you have lots of clients, it only works out to an extra $100-200 a month once the basic site is designed and up and running. (I have only two clients at this time and its basically maintenance and small changes here and there to the coding). Its fun and interesting but if you really want to get away from a computer, this isn't a good choice! All day medical typing then a couple more hours web design can be hard on the eyeballs after a while! Another suggestion, my DH works full time and has a cleaning business (cleaning offices) on the side but that only can be done when the business is closed so that means weekends or nights. Best of luck!!
    at-home work
    In case you see this post twice - another person asked this question as well so I will repost my reply here too :)

    I do web design, all self-taught through many, many hours on the "free website" places on the net over the years and help from my geek/techie friends ;) My sites are basic but luckily that is what my clients want. I really can't to all the fancy flash stuff yet! It pays very well by the hour but unless you have lots of clients, it only works out to an extra $100-200 a month once the basic site is designed and up and running. (I have only two clients at this time and its basically maintenance and small changes here and there to the coding). Its fun and interesting but if you really want to get away from a computer, this isn't a good choice! All day medical typing then a couple more hours web design can be hard on the eyeballs after a while! Another suggestion, my DH works full time and has a cleaning business (cleaning offices) on the side but that only can be done when the business is closed so that means weekends or nights. Best of luck!!


    Thank you!. I am trying to help those who need to work from home, but cannot

    due to financial constraints.  I am also doing research for other work at home programs that are legit.  If anyone has info they would like to share with me either MT related or not that I can use that would be awesome!  This is about 1 year out as I have a lot to get together with that and some things I am doing with  my house to get it "organized."


     



    work from home!
    click on my link below for an incredible oppotunity! Only $49 start-up cost!
    Definitely work at home is the way to go.
    I began working at home after I had my son. I got see his first everything. I get to wake him up in the mornings (the best time to get all the kisses) and I get to tuck him in every night. I get to go to all the school functions. I get to drop him off at school and pick him up. I get to be with him all during his summer breaks. I get to go to all the sporting events. He is now 8 years old and I can say with great pride, I got to watch my child grow.

    I have gotten very frustrated with the company I work for, but it all truth - I wouldn't have missed this for the world!

    If you have a chance to work from home and be with your child, I would say go for it and never look back. They grow so fast and being a mother is such a privilege - take advantage of your opportunity.
    work at home.
    Do you really want an answer to that question about working in your bedroom???LOLOLOLOL
    Looking for work at home

    Sorry to be a little confusing, but I am actually looking for work at home.  I know most home-based transcription companies (ie. cymed, spheris, medquist, accentus etc) are looking more of Radiology, OR, oncology, acute care experience but all I have right now is Pathology experience.  I've been transcribing surgical reports for 6 years now and would like to do this at home as well, just to pick up some extra $$$.   


    Thx to Carrie for your suggestion.  I appreciate it!  M.


    work at home??
    Is it possible to do this from home as well or is this something that you must do from a courtroom or lawyers office or other??
    For those who work from home..

    Do you ever feel like you get away from transcription when working from home full-time?  I work part-time at home, and it seems (especially on my Sunday shift) that I'm typing all day and half the night! Do you just completely shut down after a strict schedule and walk away from it?  Even when I quit, I'm there in my bedroom which is where I also have my computer armoire and I feel as if it is staring at me!  LOL...calling my name...pleading with me to come work. The co. I work for part time is always needing extra help and I feel so guilty just to lie around when I could be typing.  It may sound silly, but it is really getting to me!


    work from home
    I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!  That is THE MAIN REASON I am taking this course, and going to work from home so i can be home with my children.  I also homeschool them, and know that it will go so much more smoother with mom being home all the time. 
    I would work from home.
    I think you have to weigh the savings on gas, clothing, daycare (if that is an issue for you), eating lunch every day (unless you packed your lunch), and personally I hate dealing with office politics. I personally enjoy working from home because I can be here in the afternoons when my son gets home from school. If he is sick I don't have to worry about missing a day of work or leaving early to go and pick him up from school. If you don't have children to consider, then it really would be a toss up. I think you would really have to look at the monetary situation and figure out which job would be more beneficial for you to take.
    MTs are not the only work-at-home
    employees who have the "jammies" image. Get a clue. Don't worry your little self about MTs like Red and myself.....we are doing just fine. And, let me add that my employer is very happy with me -- jammies, kids and all!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I work at home, too.
    But I still get the dose of nastiness, rudeness, unprofessionalism. I can only imagine (shudder) what it must be like to actually work IN these doctors' offices.  If they're rude and snipping on the phone, imagine what they must be like in person, and this goes for the doctors too. They all just seem totally ice cold with a take-you-or-leave-you attitude. It's just total unprofessionalism all the way around from everyone and from every doctor's office I've ever transcribed for, with the exception of one office.
    Work at home

    Dear interviewee MOM,


    I am looking for work at home and have greater than 3 years experience of working in different files of medical transcription.  I am outside of US.


    Can you give me some advise or help. 


    Thanks


     


    She said she will be doing the same work, but at home as an IC.
    x
    work at home
    would greatly appreciate the name or names of companies that hire work from home positions as I have had no luck working as a MT from home. thank you
    Work at home...
    Have tried most of them around here - all are about the same. No singles, mostly young married with kids and elderly. That is rural Iowa for you!!
    :-)

    Lori
    If you really want to work at home
    all the time, you might need to find another job.
    FOR THOSE WHO WORK AWAY FROM HOME

    How do you connect to the internet? Thanks in advance for the  help.


    I take it you work at home..
    just asking because I am not too far from Pittsburgh.  Does the hospital ever hire anyone right out of the immediate area?  I would be interested but I know with some hospitals you have to be local in order to work at home.  TIA! 
    work at home
    I am looking at M-Tec or Andrews right now.

    I see/hear a lot about "acute care", what exactly is this?

    As far as income goals, if I can make around $1000 to $1500 a month I will be happy. This would let my husband stay home more.

    My grammar, spelling, and listening are pretty good. (My mother teaches high school english so I grew up with it in my blood) And learning vocabulary should not be too much of a challange as I have devoured books since I started reading and new words are fun to me.

    I just do not want this to take so long that it feels like a waiste of time to both of us. Finding something to do from home is tough with all the scams out there.

    Thanks for all your advice!
    Is there anyone who just cannot work from home.

    I have ADD.  Actually a college friend of mine diagnosed me when I graduated HS.  I went to college and I was explaining to a friend of mine why I had so many problems in school is because my mind won’t shut off from something that happened earlier, or something that I know is going to happen later and I just cannot keep focused on the task at hand at the moment.  I do have good days and bad days, lately more bad than good.  She said that she thought I had ADD because she had it and she had done the same thing.  She said she went to her PCP and she got on Ritalin and her grades went from Ds and Cs to As and Bs.  I did not go back then because I did not have insurance of money.  I tried everything else I know of.  I tried counseling, I tried the tips I have found on the internet, nothing seems to work.  I went to my PCP, told her what I have been doing and she dx me with depression and ADD and put me on Ritalin and Celexa.  I have been taking this for a little over a week now.


     


    Well, my OM called me and told me that I needed to work in-house because my line count was so bad.  I did and H threw such a fit and cussed me out royally.  We cannot afford the drive and why the heck isn’t my line count like it should be, he shouted.    I told him that she will probably just keep me up there a few weeks.  Well, I talked to her today and she said that I was going to have to stay permanently.  No going home again for me.  I told her that I have been taking meds now to help my mind from wondering and could I have another chance.   She mentioned that someone else in the office (no names) is doing that too and it helped her tremendously but she thinks I do a better job in-house than I do at home.  I told H and he is so mad.  I can understand why but I don’t know what else to do.  OM won’t give me another chance to go home.  I could try an MTSO but H doesn’t think there is no use.  He mentioned to me moving in with my brother because he lives closer to the hospital then we do, then he said that I should quit my job and he will find a new one that pays more and looks at me like I am a complete useless failure.  I know he is just mad but him doing this doesn’t help me with my depression. 


     

    I just started these meds.  It maybe the answer for me and it may not.  I don’t know if I should try an MTSO while taking the meds because if it does for me what my friend said it did for her, I should be more successful.  H wants to give up on me. 
    But we'd still have to work at home?
    That's what is driving me nutso.