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have no idea - but it is backwards

Posted By: mdlfcrs on 2008-02-05
In Reply to: Ok but what does that have to do with whether - or not offshore co. can post on job board? nm

kind of to offshore. 


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    Backwards
    To me, those posts sound a little pitiful, or as if the poster is too lazy to do any looking. Do you think companies see the ads and say to themselves, "Oh finally, somebody who is willing to work!" If they did, each employer would have to contact you to ask if you were interested in a job with each specific requirement, such as equipment, IC/employee, etc. Not very efficient, right?
    sorry, I had that all backwards..lol...sm

    Now that I've tried to understand your 2nd post, I believe these questions you have should be addressed with your supervisor over at the company. You will be working from home FOR them, so you need to get clarification about EXACTLY what they EXPECT from you. Hopefully, they will be flexible so that if you make your line count, if a line count is required, you can do the lines in the shortest amount of time. However, you need to know where THEY are coming from. They may want an 8-hour workday from you. Don't guesstimate would be my advice.


    Good luck with them!!! 


    I think you have it backwards

    the "laziness" that you describe is more likely due to demoralization with the constant take-aways from companies. I think someone would be foolish to enter this field now and there are those of us who are too old to change careers. I refuse to give the effort I gave when I had quality insurance, good line rate, incentives, etc.


     


    You are backwards
    If you use the same margins, gross is more than 65 cpl.
    No, I'm not backwards.
    When I went from gross to cpl, I checked the math and came out about even. As other posters have mentioned, the font and margins make the difference, which I failed to mention in my first post. I know that there are more than 65 characters in a gross line.
    I think you went backwards
    If you can do 60 minutes of dictation in 15 to 20 minutes I will crown you Queen of Dictation.  If you do 1:1 you are fantastic and I usually do 2:1 and to me it is great and I do clinic and have had the same docs for 10 year.  In 60 minutes you would get probably 700 to 900 lines if it was decent dictation and if you can do that in 20 minutes, my hat is off to you.   I think you meant 15 to 20 minutes per 10 minute report or something line that which would mean 120 minutes for 60 minute tape.   Hvae a good day.
    Going about it backwards
    I do VR and put my audio speed on the fastest I can go in order to make the salary I want. I never ever go through first and do a read through. You are slowing yourself down by doing this. Why not do as you go? My numbered lists are all out of wack but I change them 1 by 1, never just reading the entire report first. You can get the speed but don’t ambush yourself in the process.
    ESL Dictators-I must be backwards

    The more I do the same ESL's, the less I CAN do them.  I don't mind doing them as it is challenging, but getting the same ones day after day seems to wear me down and I can't think clearly, so it takes longer for me to finish a report.  It used to take me 15-20 minutes to finish a report for a certain doctor, but now it may take as long as 45 minutes! I don't make sense to myself. LOL


     


    How about USMTA just backwards from your first one (nm)
    nm
    I have a backwards speaking ESL today.

    He can't form a proper sentence.  "Since discharge, for followup, the patient, two weeks ago, was seen yesterday."  I wish it was a verbatim account.


    Pepsi, desire you not. 


    Hey you made a typo. Why would you go backwards? Cause you don't like your job.
    That's why people don't like editor. Read between the lines. This editor/poster feels it is going "backwards" to be an MT. I rest my case.
    you have it backwards, if you don't go to the doc get a high deductible
    having a high deductible will really cut down on your premiums. Say you rarely see the doctor and don't have prescriptions. An 80/20 plan with a $5000 deductible can run you as little as $59 a month, and that has a $500 out of pocket. I have Assurant Health (formerly Fortis), for myself and the kids. For $5000 family deductible we pay about $3000. So the most we will pay in a year is $8000. But at my husband's last job, we were supposed to pay all of the premium for family coverage and they would pay for his coverage. Premiums were going to be $9000. Add a $500 deductible to that and 20% which would probably run another $2000, and a catastrophic illness for one person would be $11,500. $11500 is a lot more than $8000, plus with the Assurant Health plan that is our FAMILY deductible. With the group plan, if one more person got sick, it started all over again with their own deductible. So you have to do the math.  Individual coverage for all 4 of us will run us $5300/yr, that is, if they agree to insure my husband. If you have ANYTHING at all, individual insurance will not take you. So keep that in mind too. Insurance is the reason why somebody in the family should have a "real" job :)
    Typing and backwards, what systems do you use?
    NM
    Shift - home will do it backwards to the beginning
    x
    I so agree w/you. Look at what Google just did - bent over backwards to

    wanting to catch porn sites. 


    Why does the US always have to be so darn politically correct.  We are going to //politically correct//outselves right out of existence one of these days.  Kiind of like that song that says you gotta stand for something or you won't mean anything.  We need some boundaries here.  *They* won't even let us have a common thread running through our nation anymore of having English-spoken-here to have us be a unified country.  They have fractured us to the point where we DO STAND FOR NOTHING.


    Read the report backwards from end to finish. Works great for me.

    Press Ctrl+Shift+8 or click on the pilcrow on the toolbar (looks like a backwards P). nm
    xx
    Why would I go backwards? Simple thing is to fire the MTs whose quality is crappy. Weeded out abou
    I get paid rather well, but I really should not have to do an MTs job. The point is I DON'T WANT TO TYPE!! Why would I want to be an MT and type ALLL THE TIME?
    Better to take a step up than a step backwards.
    Congratulations!
    This is the whole idea
    The corporations want it that way-- they don't give a rip about the "middle class". The CEOs just want to be able to buy a new yacht every year, new cars, have several homes all over the country and maybe the world, etc. It's all about GREED. That's why nobody will do anything about illegal immigration. They want to pay their workers as little as possible so it's all profit for them.
    What is your idea of
    "enough?"  How much do you think the job is worth?
    An idea
    for the businesses that you should contact are the ones where your friend has done business such as bank,church, her place of employment, and any place that her parents were involved in. When we had a fundraiser for someone that I worked with we contacted a local band and a bar with a dance floor to helped raise money for his injuries. They all volunteered their service free of charge. And many people showed up to help him out. Just a thought!
    You have no idea.
    Let's just keep it there.
    Better idea
    If you have an experienced MT doing the recruiting, he/she can tell just in a conversation whether the applicant does/does not know his/her business.  As you said, you're going to know within the first couple of days whether or not the applicant is going to pan out  If you're testing for an MT to do cardiac caths, start a conversation about cardiac caths.  All MTs I have ever known love to discuss their trade...if they know it.  These extensive tests put out by most companies these days are a horrific waste of time...they don't prove a thing!
    Idea
    Maybe it's like one website I went to, where it seemed the way to do it was to respond with an e-mail first (pasting a resume into your e-mail and saying what job you were interested in), and then they would respond and tell you what tests they wanted you to take?
    I have no idea! -nm
    x
    Now there's an idea!
    nm
    Thank you for that idea. I can do that.
    The obvious solution is always right in front of us, right? LOL
    I have no idea what they are seeing that I am
    Not at all.  Good for them if they are getting a better deal at Walmart.  Wasn't happening for me.
    Have no idea what it could be, but if he has any (nm)
    nm
    I have them...have no idea why you don't
    You might try emailing the moderator or administrator of this site.
    one idea
    If you are using actual WavPedal software, try this first.  Open WavPedal - settings - options - file associations - and make sure .dss is checked (or add file type .dss and check it).  Close.  Then, right click on your voice file and "open with" and choose WavPedal.  Should open.  Sounds like your default player for voice files is not WavPedal.  I think it will ask you (can't remember off hand) then just choose YES for WavPedal as default for all files with .dss association. 
    I had no idea. THANK YOU SO MUCH.


    I have no idea what you mean. nm
    x
    Here is an idea

    Start out not charging anyone anything but time.  Everyone who joins contributes a skill to the organization such as marketing, PR, etc.  It costs nothing to do e-mail newsletters, just time and some people to write for it.  Online meetings on Yahoo or MSN groups would be nothing to do.


    Also getting a website can be pretty cheap if a few members would be willing to design it.  Everyone has a friend of a friend who has this business or that.  A lot of times, especially in the case of smaller businesses, they are willing to trade small services for exposure and advertising.  You would be amazed.


    I used to work in Marketing for nonprofits before deciding to stay home as an MT. I also still do consulting work.  I am all for a new organization and would love to participate in any way I could to back to representing what "they" were supposed to.


    Send me an e-mail.  We'll chat. 


    Huh? what does this mean? no idea.nm
    .
    Thanks for this idea....sm
    is there a way to find out what companies hire SE?  That sounds good.  What company do you work for if you don't mind me asking.  You could e-mail me if you want.  Thanks!
    You have no idea how much better that
    makes me feel! Hopefully mine does the same. I've unplugged it and am leaving it alone for awhile. I found out to fix it the cost will be around $300. I sure hope it works.

    I do not know how my supervisor puts up with me sometimes, but she has me set up to work another way until I get this fixed. Thank you all for the help!
    any idea
    anyone know why it takes so long to get a count on the ichart site?  Been happening all week - takes up to a full day and 1/2.
    Thanks so much for that Idea! sm
    You know I'm beating myself up trying hard to figure out how to do the hard hyphen and hard space so it expands that way and your idea of doing it first then highlighting and entering it is not something I would have ever thought of!!! This works great. Thank you so much for all your help.
    I Like your idea

    I like your idea.  


    No idea.
    I have a not great account that gets cherry picked into extreme lateness. I don't mind if you cherry pick to get a decent doctor or two after having a ton of crappy ones but to cherry pick out all the good stuff and put the rest of us behind with all the bad ones is just wrong.
    Idea - sm
    I don't know logistically how to go about this, but as a sociology student I know there should be a way. What if we could somehow poll people to see if they approve of their records being sent overseas and use that in our letters?
    I just got an idea
    I have noticed that with every company i have worked for the general style has been not to reveal or encourage the MTs to talk.  This is totall a divide and conquer thing. It would be nice if we could all (safely without lossing our jobs) list ourselves somewhere and what company we work for.  If things are bad for everyone and we could team up...who knows.....
    An idea...
    You can if you have the disc. I'm not personally sure about those programs, but, when I first started with my co. I took my computer there for them to load because it was in same state and not too far away. Anyway, when I bought new computer, I just had them overnight me the disk instead of taking new computer to them. Then they walked me through some final details. So, if you can't transfer it, that might be a thought.
    An idea
    Let's face it, they want us to wipe their noses for them.

    I don't blame you for being upset at all, but it won't do any good to talk to your OM. They'll do whatever the dictators ask.

    When that happens to me, I get upset for a few hours, grumble to myself, then stick a post-it note near my computer screen, and after a couple of days, it's habit and I don't think about it anymore.

    I like that idea.
    I like it indeed.
    here's an idea -
    and not off the subject.  I was due for a new car but can't afford one now that my wages have been cut to match Indians.  Toyota Camrys are made in Kentucky (and I think West Virginia, some parts) - yes it is a Japanese corporation but American workers do have jobs.  Bumper stickers are a great idea.  I had considered a billboard - I have no idea how much they cost.  Hospital security would probably throw me out but I can walk across the street on public property.
    They have no idea.
    MD-created templates are extremely difficult and time-consuming to use. You are left to guess at what they mean, and then you get no feedback. They are probably so sure their bases are covered that they aren't even reviewing their reports anymore.

    My sympathies. Good luck.
    Another idea
    First of all, sorry about the typos in my post above (it was the middle of the night).

    You also might want to look into the many customer service jobs (call center jobs) you can do from home now as well.

    Google it to find a list of legitimate companies.

    Good luck in whatever you pursue!
    One last idea
    Go to options, and unclick where it says continue playback and see what happens. You want to talk slowing down, that's what the F keys did for me. Maybe you can figure out a good pattern of when to lift your foot. Maybe all you need is a rhythm.