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You didn't like the tone of her voice or her leaving a message?

Posted By: Good grief on 2006-02-08
In Reply to: This is too funny. Two different responses from a national. sm - no name for now

You're a real piece of work.

Have many friends?


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Um, didn't I say I was leaving?
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should be didn't go to voice recognition n/m
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Huh? I didn't understand this message. :-)
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Oops..didn't read the whole message..let's see..still margaritas and lobster and how about...A
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Her tone was not reasonable.
Believe me, she couldn't afford me anyway if all she's getting is newbies applying.
I read through everything and your tone

did change when you stopped hearing what you wanted to hear.


My first impression of wrong thinking was your statement of being "employed for a year as an IC."  That is a contradictory statement.  An IC is not employed.  An IC is contracted with.  The IC decides the schedule and the company, if the work is there, agrees to provide said work to the IC on the schedule offered.  The MTSO does have the right to set a turn around deadline because of its contract with its client.  If that IC does not (on several occasions, albeit out of your control) meet those schedules, the MTSO still has a business to run. 


I honestly feel sorry for both of you.  It isn't surprising on the MTSO's part to train someone else while planning your exit.  That is common in most industries.  It sounds like there is a lot more to this story than has been shared here.  I'm sorry that you are in a pinch but at the same time, maybe you have learned something about the business of business.  I hope things get better for you soon.


I agree about the tone..sm
Everyone has things in their lives that are not expected and a challenge to our daily lives. Everyone, not just you. Yes, we all can become resentful about those things when they impinge on our happiness, but not all of us bring it to a message board looking for sympathy. You volunteered for work and then vented about the kind of work you got. We all have forms of stress in our lives. It is how we deal with those stresses that makes us grow as a person and spiritually. Sometimes we need to step away from our own self-pity and place those feelings in a direction of thankfulness for what we do have. I wish you many rich blessings in the near future.
The tone was not supportive
I am sorry, but the message was completely overbearing and rude. There would have been many more ways to go about giving the message with being so mean about it.  Why be rude to someone who is already upset.  That just isn't right. 
Not the words so much as the tone
And I am really tired of this same old refrain - MT doesn't pay enough, boo hoo.
Owners set the tone
Owners can indeed be nice, but they also need to set the tone, or the corporate culture, for *nice*.  Polite and respectful has to be the clearly stated expectation for behavior by everyone.  *It goes without saying* does, indeed, need to be said and reiterated every so often.  The idea that everyone in the firm is a client of every other employee needs to be stressed.  Some of these things are fairly easy for the owners to check.  Ever call your own business as a potential new hire and see how you're treated?  Ever call Technical with a problem and describe yourself as a worker instead of a boss?  It can be a real eye opener, and it's something owners need to know.
setting the tone...
This is meant for e-mail but it is also helpful on message boards too...enjoy:

http://www.ewriteonline.com/index.php?display=ArticleDetails&id=358
Yes, but the tone of your posts...
is the problem... not what is being said, but how it is being said.
Same tone of denial that was used when the MT world went from

"Oh, it'll never happen," "It'll never work"


Yep, keep kidding yourself, girl!  


I hate the tone of these responses.
They sound so vindictive.   Liz is trying to remedy a lot of problems here, so the least we can do is be civil.  I think we have all had problems at one time or another with something, but the sign of maturity is to try to iron out the problems and then get on with your life.  Harboring strong feelings of animosity  is not good for you.  
the tone of your post is so familiar
If you somehow follow my other posts, which are mostly just vents, and why you are following them so closely?  Who are you???
Should be voice to voice (talking), not transcribing. nm
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I would rather not respond to your questions, as your tone seems a little angry
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Your tone sounds 100% whining and bitter.
That's why I call your posts whining and bitter! The other poster stated her case in a mature way, using stats as her back up. No whining, no bitterness. I have not formed an opinion on the AAMT either way to date, but am leaning more pro-AAMT by just the style of postings - those supporting it come off as calm, professional, and mature, while those not supporting it sound emotional, bitter, and whining. Just my opine and reaction to the posts!! Debate much? Its a great skill, and long lost in America...
Your tone makes it very difficult to be supportive. nm
nm
Basically, if you get a dial tone, it's hooked up right. NM

C-phone help! Dial tone ok, but keys will not work.

There is a dial-tone when handset is lifted.  Keys do not work to program, dial, ect.  This is the same for 2 different units.  Any suggestions?


Drug called Spineral lack tone, I looked everywhere?????


 


HELP


I love it too! I have my emails from work make a ringing tone
and pop up on my desktop,much like Yahoo messenger or IM. It's great. Never miss an email and can respond right away.
No dial tone? No foot control? What's wrong? Are all parts plugged in? Is your phone
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Venting-why do people keep putting nm and THEN writing a message?? nm means no message - sm
Please put sm if you have a message and NM if there is no message other than your subject line.  It makes it easier when reading these messages.  thanks so much and have a nice day everyone. 
Leaving MQ
A friend of mine left MQ and went back into a hospital setting.  She went from barely making 1200 lines a day to over 2000 a day (8 hours).  She also went from statuatory with no benefits to all the perks of being in-house including insurance, vacation, 401K, paid holidays, etc.  She was also offered after training the opportunity to work from her home which she took.  She is so happy. 
Leaving MQ?
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Leaving this
Hi Romey, you're not alone. I've done this for 20 years and I find I can't even look at it anymore because of some of the things that have happened in the field. Don't know what to tell you to do because I'm searching too. I should have listened to my common sense a long time ago.
Please consider leaving
Your local police department can give you information on shelters or organization that can put you and your kids in a safe place until you get on your feet. If he is abusing you, you must also consider calling the police on him so the abuse is documented. I'm sure you know of the fatalities that happen everyday due to domestic abuse. Please take action. If he is abusing your children and someone else finds out about it and reports your husband, they can arrest you as well for having knowledge of the fact that your kids are being abused and doing nothing about it.

My heart goes out to you. I have a background in counseling and had sessions with women for years who were being abused. It frustrated me to see these women twice a month for counseling because all they wanted to do was talk about how their spouse continued to abuse them but they wouldn't do anything about it. Your kids will always remember what they are going through. This type of environment often scars children emotionally as well as physically. They can grow up to have major psychological issues as a result.

Life is too short to be miserable everyday. He is not accentuating your life in any way. He is taking from you in every way possible. I beg you to give serious thought to removing yourself from this situation. I know it may feel like you are jumping without a parachute but think of it this way...how much worse could it get? Things can only get better.

Take care.
leaving
Yep, I left. It was NOT easy.  Some days i did not think I was gonna make it -- but you know what?  I left a big farmhouse and live in a small 2-bedroom apartment.  But it is near everything - the library, the school, etc. At first my daughter threw a fit......and my son cried.  But a month later...everybody is much much happier.  Now, when I walk out of my peaceful car to my peaceful door and lay on my rent-a-center peaceful couch -- I think.....God...where is the screaming?  How did I stand it that long?  No one is mad around here?  And my children are adapting perfectly.  And I walk in my room, take off my clothes, lay on my bed and grab a book and read...and it is pure joy.  Worth every tear.  You'll see.  All of us..all of us -- we want you to have the peace that you need and that your babies will thrive with.  It's tough..but you are gonna make it.
Did she say why she was leaving sm
I know Star and Rosie don't get along. What did she say? I haven't had time to watch in a couple of weeks.
tia
Leaving MT

Fellow MTs, I am leaving our once-esteemed position.  I am taking a position as a trainer at a large national insurance company.   More money than I've ever made, lots of paid time off plus holidays, and weekends off.   It's been 10 years since I've had a "real job" and had not had to work weekends and holidays. 


They are playing for my airline tickets, my accommodations, food and car while stationed away from home.  I am one lucky duck.  


I used to love doing MT, but it has been a challenge for me the past 2-3 years to stay focused.   To all of you who still love the job, I say hurray!    This is a blessing for me to make this move at this point in my life and I'm very grateful.  I intend to enjoy every moment of it.  


Bye, all!


 


 


Leaving MT
Congratulations on your new job!  There is a time and a season to everything in life, and this is your season for change.  God bless you.
Leaving MT

You know what?  I just cannot do this anymore.  My last day was 12/31/06.  I am moving in a different direction--not sure what all yet, but I just cannot transcribe any more.  After 17 years of listening to doctors chew, and waiting--listening to silence--with my pay rate DROPPING over the years  , not increasing--I have to leave.


There's only a tiny, tiny part of me that feels sad--it's the part of me that was so overjoyed to be able to do this at home and be here when my children were little.  I really thought I would keep doing this forever. Recently, though, I just cannot do it anymore!  One day I woke up and had had enough!


I am working on some things here at home that I had going.  Some home businesses, things I make, etc.


I just wanted to say BYE.


Lynn


leaving MT
I wish you the best.  I know how you feel.  After more than 20 years I too will be leaving transcription. Transcription is just not what it used to be.
Leaving MT
I've already left and felt kind of blue but after reading so many posts here, I feel a relief also. No money in it anymore and I have done this for 35 years! Now I'll turn my attention to sewing, selling on E-Bay, whatever, to keep myself active. Good luck!
Well of course we know that now. Back then we didn't because he didn't allow unfettered access.
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right we children didn't tattle to the administrator did we. BTW, didn't you think we were &#
because some half-witted idiot said everyone was jealous because some other anonymous poster said they were going to be a doctor. Didn't they call it doctor envy. Oh yeah, that was all about you wasn't it busy-body MT. You with your degree and premed but yet you still post here and acuse others of jealously. I dunno but you and dano seem so close, I can't put my finger on it but I would say you could be computer clones. Jealous indeed. Children indeed. I think you are blowing your covers) dano and busy body MT. This whole "jealously" thing makes me think that you may be one and the same poster.
I didn't go into labor until 2.5 weeks later, so it didn't work. Sorry!...nm
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Speaking to yourself? Because I'm not leaving here ... :)
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My son is leaving for the Air Force
I am so proud of him, yet so worried with the situation the world is in right now.  Please pray for him if you would! 
thinking of leaving too
My hands are always killing me and i'm not as focused as I used to be. Plus i'm in school and having something going on the side.  But I need to keep a full time job, so i've been looking in the local papers in the health care sections.  CNAs make 8 bucks an hour!!!  Geez, we get paid more than actual caregivers, but my hand pain is so out of control I may have to take a caregiver job or get certified as a CNA or nutrition specialist and take a pay cut. 
Sorry leaving address
 I have almost five years experience, still probably considered a newbie when I see some with almost 5 to 6 times that much.  But I just wanted to email someone who knows more about transcriptions companies than I do at present.
Finally leaving MQ
Finally leaving MQ.  Will miss the nice people but not the new changes.  Thanks everyong on this board for your help.  It's kind of scary to make a change, but what the heck.  It won't matter in 10 years.
Finally leaving MQ
If you do not mind my asking, what company was that test for?
Leaving hospital
This is very common actually. Unless the patient has a braclet on that will alert hospital security when she/he exits doors, it is very easy to do.

You know the adage about "hospital security" being an oxymoron? People come and go all the time, as one of the other posters said.

Is your BF's father okay?
as you are leaving the store...nm
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Leaving MT field?
I feel for you and can understand all your concerns. I think there are areas out there with great demands like teaching, nursing (get your LPN or CNA to get started in the field), radiology technology or a shorter schooling experience would be for medical coding, though won't be surpised if technology takes that job away too! You can become a certified phlebotomist and get started in the lab work area. These areas are just the tip of the iceberg, but change can be done and is not impossible. Good luck!
Who do you think will be leaving tonight?
I think Kevin.
Am in the process of leaving a job right now, and it's a very

Plan on leaving due to the
pay cut, is just bad timing, was told 11/01 would take effect 12/02. Financially, I am not prepared to make a job change until I receive my income tax refund check. I found it to be very degrading and looks like others did also and did actually quit as of 12/02 because the stats are now backed up 4 days since 12/02.