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i wasn't yelling or picking one person - please don't pat yourself on the back

Posted By: sm on 2005-07-18
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you may break your typing arm.

And if you have a degree in marketing with an emphasis in advertising and promoting, you would make more $$ than doing this. Makes one wonder why you chose this field. There - NOW THAT IS PICKING ON YOU DIRECTLY!!!


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I'll probably get banned for writing this, but my comment was much milder than this. I didn't call anyone any names. What's up with this?
Another one from back when it wasn't an insult to be called Secretary

I actually went to a secretarial program at the local technical school.  AND I learned Gregg shorthand, but haven't thought about that in a number of years.  Boy are you all bringing back memories.


Now everyone is an administrative assistant.  Secretary is much easier to say.


it's called CHERRY PICKING and whether you like it or not, it's PICKING and CHOOSIING
who is going to get a report. Carry on with your know-it-all attitude and do all the ugly reports routed to you. I guess that leaves the "cherry" reports for me. And that's more money for me girlfried wannabe doctor phoney poster.
I got taken by this person....though I did get my $$$ back. I can dig up my info. -sm
If you leave another message with an email I will email you with the info I have. Can't believe this lady is still taking people's money---you can call the local police where she is in OK...they know her well.
Why are you yelling - huh?
Don't start this Christian stuff on this board - take it somewhere else!
'Scuse my yelling...THANK YOU!!! (sm)

YOU MAY HAVE SOLVED A PROBLEM I'VE HAD FOR OVER A YEAR!!!! No one, not even support, has been able to tell me what was happening. The read only document WAS a split screen with both documents showing, even though my cursor was in the read only document.


I guess I've been a little too quick on the draw, so to speak. I'll have to slow down if reviewing another document. I was certain I'd have to quit my job because of some kind of conflict on my computer.


 


stop yelling, please
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No need to start yelling.

I difference in opinion here is the definition of "financial cushion". Again, a financial planner will recommend a financial cushion of 3-6 months. Your situation, while unfortunate, is an example of why 1 month is not sufficient. I'm sorry for your experience but I still maintain that your financial choices are not the MTSO's responsibility--they are only responsible to pay you in the manner stipulated in your contact.


Personally, any check that was more than 1 week late would be sufficient reason to stop working for that MTSO until the appropriate check was received.


If I was yelling, it would be all caps.
I'll be sure to tell my chronically ill child to stop being ill so we can obtain more of a financial cushion.
caps = you are yelling online *lol*

First of all, you sounded condescending, and secondly YOU WERE YELLING!
And then you accused the other poster of copping an attitude? Maybe you need to take a course, posting etiquette 101. lol
Elliott was yelling Soul Patrol tonight!
Gotta love Elliott. I'll be there to buy his CD...no doubt about it.
Stop yelling at the board, newbie mt. We don't jump
Just where do you get off trying to tell everyone around here how to behave, what to post, when to post, what to criticize, what not to criticize, etc.?

Excuse me?

Many here have been on these boards for a decade or more, and you're trying to tell them what to do and how to do it? No. I don't think so, hun.

Try soaking that hot head of yours in cool water before trying to come on here and dictate to anyone what they can and cannot do. You DO sound like a spoiled, rotten brat.

You're pretty much the only one crying, you know, or you're in the minority. The general consensus here is that this is a darn good place to be, and the reason for that is because of the people who post here. So back off.


I work for the person. I know. Very excellent person, personally and business-sense.
It is an INSULT to have QA hovering over seasoned MTs who know what they are doing. She trusts her MTs and again if there are questions there is one person, a trainer, who can answer them via phone, e-mail or instant message or you can send the whole report to them if you choose.
Point was is the person willing to make up for the slack of the person who types 1 job when there is

if that is all they WANT to type.   Is the person who wants to be a supervisor willing to make up for those people?


You have crap supervisors, editors and mts in the business like you have good ones.   Sadly, the really good ones of all of them are few and far between. 


When you have a QA person that is picky and another QA person that is very lenient where does that
leave the MTs because some are getting a lenient reviewer and others are getting one that picks at everything. How do you reconcile that issue with the difference in QA mentality. Some people make out well and the other people could be just as good but dont. I wonder about that.
The person MTSO pays is the person who
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cherry picking
Your boss WANTS you spy on each other AND rat them out? so much for ethics and morals..I'm too busy doing my own work to worry what others are doing.
Cherry Picking

A cherry picker is someone who manipulates the dictation system to give her or himself the better, longer reports or the known good dictators. I am not sure how people do this with at-home and internet based transcription, but when I worked at a hospital people used to check what was coming up on the big Lanier machines and take a break if they saw something bad on the horizon. If you are in a position to assign yourself work, such as a system administrator, you could take the best dictators for yourself, but it is likely if you are new you are not in this position yet.


My advice:  Stay on the good side of your coworkers and do the work that is lined up for you.  


cherry picking on DQS
The people working in the room than handles the work flow..the room that controls the dictation put the easier dictation on your track.  They will do that when transcriptionists complain they cant do the **hard** doctors.  They are able to put you on whatever track they want to..You have no control but the office does.
cherry picking
Which is worse, cherry pickers or greedy hogs who take all the work? That's the case where I am desperately trying to get away from. These people overhire as well as have a lot of job hogs.
cherry picking

not all the managers of the closed MQ offices are working from home, my office manager lost her job and so did everyone else that worked in that office, (when you think about it how many managers do you really need it everything is done via email) we were told by our office that the hospital could track who was skipping reports but nothing was ever done about it, everyone was told not to do it which stopped it for awhile but then it would start up again, we also had managers that would assign certain work types to certain transcriptionists or certain drs to certain transcriptionists, that's how it was in my old office


Cherry picking

I don't like cherry pickers for whatever reason, but I do know this.  If you hang in with the worst dictators on your account, transcribe them each time they come up, guess what - you get the hang of them and learn them, no matter how difficult they are.  That is what is ignorant about cherry picking to me, taking on the most difficult dictators just gives you an opportunity to learn and conquer no matter how slow going it is at the beginning.  I think if die-hard cherry pickers looked at it as an opportunity to learn, it would stop - I don't like anything or anybody to "whip me", so I do jobs at my company that have been kicked around all over the US for two or three hours, but the cherry picking stops here.


Cherry Picking!
YES,so true and now the hardest dictators seem to easy and you meet the challenge! That is what keeps the job interesting as well. Yes, love the easy reports here and there to give me a break but the challenge is what keeps me going.
it's CHERRY PICKING and she could not get away with it at MQ
You get a report and call wawawa I have a cell phone dictation and I REFUSE to do it you would be laughed out of a job.
Not for us, but for the cherry-picking
management person who did 4600 lines in 1 day- that had to be done by picking out all the normal reports on the system and them getting her sweet little bonus. What a cheat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cherry picking....

I do know exactly what you are talking about.  And to you other posters who ask, "how do you know"....believe me with some accounts it is very, very obvious unless you live in lallah land!!  I've been going through this cherry picking routine now for about 5 months.  Company hired one new girl who tried for several months but couldn't do the "bad" guys so she was terminated.  Now we have a new "seasoned" MT who is skipping over the same dictators.  The really SAD news is that QA doesn't want her to even try to do those docs because they can't understand them either.  So they are left for me and one other person as we seem to be the only two who can do their work!! 


I've let the "powers that be" know that this really should not be tolerated; they agree but will give her a little more time to "adjust".  Wish I could "adjust" my bills!!!!!  Anyway, smile....things will get better.     


Picking battles
There's no doubt it is difficult parenting today. I learned some hard lessons in this area. I lost a son many years ago and that was devastating. I was a very strict parent then and had a difficult time coming to terms with how important it was to "win the battles." When I lost that child, it all changed for me immediately. I was more focused on the love and connection with our other son, not so strict, more focused on being happy every day and trusting my son's judgement. I was open with him more than I ever was in my life with anybody and more honest with myself. I reviewed my own belief system and how my behavior should model what I expected of him. We got close in a wonderful, healthy way. As he got a little older into the late teens, I allowed him the dignity of making his own mistakes (minor). He wanted a tattoo. He was respectful enough to come to his parents and ask us what we thought. Of course, his father and I disagreed. He thought about it for a while and told us he decided to get a tattoo. We weren't happy, but at that point he was going to do it. SO, his father and I decided to research and take him to the cleanest, safest tattoo shop we could find and we took him there ourselves. He wanted a small dolphin tattoo in remembrance of his brother. Well, needless to stay he is now looking to have it removed! My husband and I learned not to judge on teen fads, teen dressing, or teen music. We kept a very open mind and did not criticize all things teens. Because we did not criticize and werwe not rigid, we were the luckiest parents. Our son was proud of us always as we were of him, and we were always the only parents that got invited to most of the teen parties and our home was filled with teens who felt comfortable in our home. I focused on integrity, strength of character, listening, and spirituality and that no matter if one falls, you're there to help pick them up. Today, I am proud to say I have a son who is a gem. He is a successful actor, strong in character and is not the least bit influenced by all of Hollywood's bad side. I too worried about the little things nbu
what is CHERRY PICKING ?
??
Have you thought about picking up a PT job? sm
I have just recently picked up a PT, IC job to help catch up on some bills and also to prepare for Christmas for the kids. I have a full-time job where they do take taxes and so I figure only working part-time as an IC will not hurt us too much at tax time and I can have that extra money to dump on some bills. Just a thought! Also, what about finding a company that offers group health insurance so that you don't have to pay such a high premium. My thoughts and prayers are with both you and your husband for a speedy recovery. I also think a community fund-raiser is a good idea to help with medical bills. We have those all the time in my community. Some people even place milk cartons at our convenience stores and gas stations with the medical situation that needs help; especially for small communities, people are willing to help because we all have difficult situations and want to help others. I hope everything works out well for you and your husband. Hang in there and keep your head up high and keep the faith.
Picking my jaw up off the floor
I thought Chris would win it all! :(
Work picking up? sm
I am curious to know if everyone's summer slump is over and the work is picking back up.
I am not cherry picking. sm
If I was cherry picking I would refuse to do the account. I have 2 other accounts. I am hoping that by doing this account it will come to be something that isn't so hard for me anymore. I learn everyday. But that account is very hard to make lines on. If I could choose I would like to work on an acute care that wasn't a learning hospital, but I know I am gaining great experience with this account. I don't mean to sound like I am a cherry picker but some say why stay where you don't like the account. When you are a newbie you don't have that luxury if you wanted it. I know some MTs who work for the same company I do with many years exp. who refuse to do acute care. I know that is their preference but I understand what you are saying. It does get annoying when some pick and choose. I have never told them I won't do it. I don't like it but if I wasn't going to do it I would find another company. I wouldn't stay at a company and refuse to do the work I was offered because then other MTs have to do it and it isn't fair to cherry pick and make others do what you don't want to do. And I have that where I work. I have people that work there and have many, many years exp. and refuse to do the hard acute care accounts. I used to get so fustrated. As a result that is more of the hard account I have to do because they don't want to but like you say that is part of the job so I will just have to deal with other cherry pickers.
cherry-picking is cherry-picking
I work both weekend days because that's the only time I get good work, so when the they ask for extra help and everyone says they'll only help if they get good work, then I'm stuck with the leftover crap nobody wants on my usual shift while everyone who's "helping out" is getting the good stuff. sorry, but cherry-picking is cherry-picking no matter when!
Cherry picking.......
I worked for several small MTSOs now and the voice files are sent over, so I get what is there regardless.

I did work for nationals over the years and understand your situation. But, if they called me to do OT or work on the weekend, I would flat out ask for some good dictators if they wanted me to help out, and they would pass those on to me, but during my shift, I got what I got, which were the horribly dictating ESLs, mumblers, etc. When I would ask about cherry pickers, they would tell me no, they didn't allow that, but of course it was going on. You could tell it was. I did work for one company that definitely would not allow that and we all got stuck with the good, bad, and the ugly, which is only fair.
picking up tapes
I also have another doctor who mails me the tapes and faxes me her doctor's notes.  I do that, too.
cherry picking
bring it to your supevisor's attention. We got got a notice about doing that from our supervisors.  It is not taken lightly.
Cherry picking, what would you do?
I guess I am just frustrated.  In my company we can see what work is available, we have the ability to select our work, and we can see what everyone else is working on.  I am relatively new.  Recently I figured out that a couple of the MTs do nothing all morning but wait for the reports that have canned dictation.  I guess they must just keep refreshing the screen and the instant one pops up, they are on it.  Doing this they are probably able to rack up a very nice line count within two or three hours.  Then they will do just enough actual work to make their 1200 for the day.  I wouldn't mind if they would do some actual work while waiting for the canned stuff to appear, but that's not the case.  I want to say something but I'm just not sure.  What would you do?
picking an expander

Hey all, anyone got any suggestions for picking a word expander?  I really need a good one.  I have been working without one and realize that I am severely limiting myself?  Just started working on a couple of small acounts this year.  I am very new and don't want to spend money where I don' t need to.  Thanks


Cherry picking
Landmark works on the Bayscribe platform and as far as I can tell it doesn't allow cherry picking.  If you get a job and for some reason cancel it and request the next job, you get the same job.  I have done that not because of cherry picking, but because I had to cancel out for some reason, or I lost my web page.  It comes back with the same job in my queue.
Chery-Picking-trainee
Cherry picking has always been allowed and goes on to this day, at least with MQ. Some of the hospitals would actually called our office and complain about it, the hospital could run a report and see who rejected the report and how many times, but nothing was ever done, the usual letter was sent out and cherry picking continued--maybe that was one of the reasons that my office was closed
Regarding cherry picking posts below

Could someone actually tell me how an at-home worker gets information regarding cherry picking trainees from India and managers getting complaints from hospitals.  I just transcribe for MQ and don't know how one would cherry pick on this platform DQS.  No manager has ever called me to tell me the hospital is complaining about cherry pickers.  No manager has ever sent a memo telling me that the office was being closed because of cherry pickers.  I just transcribe what comes across my screen with no correspondence from managers other than account updates either slow work or bonus times.  I have no idea who else is working on the account, Indian or otherwise. 


How would one go about obtaining all of the information to establish cherry picking or not cherry picking and the nationality of the cherry picker?


Thanks in advance for any answers you can give.  Perhaps I am living in an isolated world and maybe my account is cherry picked and don't know to complain.


 


 


stop cherry picking or get out
STOP CHERRY PICKING..for pete sake..dont try to justify it..JUST DO THE FREAKING WORK AS IT IS ASSIGNED TO YOU..PERIOD!!  Im one of them who gets the **crap** work, the extremely hard Asian or Spanish doctors who put the phone in their arm pit, the doctors who are half asleep and mumble..please!!!!!!!  just do the work as it is assigned to you.  We all need a pay check and I work hard for mine, I expect you to do the same or get out of the profession of medical transcription..
Still sounds like cherry picking to me.
Refusing to do dictators from wherever they dictate sounds like cherry picking to me. I don't like to transcribe dictators who use speaker phone, but I do 'em anyway, like it or not.
All this cherry picking stuff LOL
Could be that those accusing high producers of "cherry picking" might possibly make a better line count if they 1)  Quit trying to find out how many lines their co-workers have typed and 2)  Stay off the boards until they have reached their goal.  I don't think posting to newsgroups pays all that well.  I don't care which company it is, no typing, no money.
Routing isn't cherry picking. :)
Routing is business...it all has to get done, the good, the bad, the ugly.

I'm not worried about getting the bad reports, either.

Sooner or later, you'll be out of a job and I won't because I can REALLY do the work. I've already seen that happen. I usually get rewarded for my extra effort as well...a few particular jobs or dictators if I do some really ugly ones. Is that cherry picking? I don't think so. It's called business. It's called getting a reward for doing something that others cannot. It's why I'm given a little leeway. :)

Happy typing.
There are all types of cherry picking

Sometimes it's like the game of Monopoly - I'll trade you St Charles Place for Marvin Gardens. You take a couple of choice dictatators in exchange for doing a couple that other people have trouble doing.

Another example is giving a "good show." By that I mean ... there are 20 reports on the system - Two of them are 10 minutes each and the rest are 2 minutes each. You've got two hours to get the work done, so, you do all the small reports. Changes are it'll be the same amount of lines either way, but it's psychological for the client. They think they're getting more work back.

I remember years ago when I worked in a hospital. There was one doctor who sent me screaming from the room (he sounded like a deranged chipmunk). They hired a new gal who had no trouble doing him (she also had a lot more experience than me). She knew I hated him and said, "I'll go him if you let me down so-and-so." You betcha!! We were happy as clams. I got rid of the worst one, and she got to do her favorite one.

The truth of the matter is, I would speak with those in charge and explain the situation. Tell them how you feel (very frustrated). See what they can do/say. If they won't ... personally ... I update my resume and look elsewhere.

Then again, maybe I just have a lower tolerance level than others. 


yeah I did some cherry picking

on one of your accounts, but that was to make up for the lines I lost doing a doctor on another one of your accounts that you didn't want to do because you said you couldn't understand a word he was saying. Well, duh, neither could I the first time I did him. Took me three hours to make 300 lines, thanks to you. Now we're even.


And mom isn't doing such a hot job of picking husbands, either. THAT should be addressed. nm
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