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E-MAIL BOUNCING NOT MY FAULT -- FINDING GOOD MT'S - Patricia

Posted: Jun 15, 2010

I have been accused of posting on here without a legitimate e-mail. Now, how can that be when MTStars REQUIRES e-mail validation to post on here.

I cannot explain why my e-mails bounce back and do not get forwarded to me. But I have in fact used a legitimate e-mail address here with MTStars requiring validation.

Starting trouble again? If you truly are an MTSO, don't you - have better things to do

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I bet you have plenty of proofing of your "qualified transcriptionist" for your measley 3 cpl which you so blatently pointed out in your post!

Give that woman a stick and tell her to go find a real - anthill outdoors to stir up; we know shes a fake.

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Thank you for the interesting discussion - It is not just MT it seems to be everywhere

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The lack of work ethic that you speak of seems to be everywhere. I worked in management in a big national corporation before going back to at home MT. Yes, I was making 3 times what I do now, but the stress just wasn't worth it. It is nearly impossible to find people who will do a good job just because they should. Although I always tried to be liberal with my praise and commendations and lift people up to do a better job.

I for one was glad to see your post because it gives me an idea why some of the MTSOs act the way they do. It is nice for us "good" employees out there to know what we are up against convincing employers that yes we will really do what we say we are going to do!! And it gives me an idea why recruiters sometimes seem so crabby and demanding!

And yes, it would be nice if we lived in a world where all these rules were not necessary. But after you've been in management you find out that no matter what you ask people to do they will misunderstand you and so you really NEED to be nitpicky in order to get any consistency.

To get on my soapbox for a minute, I think that a huge part of the problem is the continued trend towards de-personalization of this line of work. When I type my side work for a local doctor I take great pride and ownership in it, because they are local patients and people I may even know! However, when typing on a large 1000 bed hospital account where you are excited just to get the same doctor twice in a row, well you don't have that same ownership of the work.

I know this was a part of the problem at the large (non MT) company I worked at previously. People just don't feel that their work is making any difference and they get discouraged! I know I have found the lack of positive feedback sort of discouraging at times in MT. You only hear something from your employer if you do something wrong!!!

So it does seem that we have created a negative spiral here where the employers treat the employees badly, which makes them act badly to their employers and the cycle goes on. Which came first of course is the age old chicken and the egg debate!! I certainly don't want to defend the practices I hear about with some of these large MTSOs. But I -like- hearing the perspective of management. Perhaps this board should have a manager/team leader/QA board? They need to vent too!

I would suggest to you that using positive feedback can be helpful if you do find that rare person that does a good job just because they should. Let them know they are special! It makes us "good" employees feel appreciated and keeps us from turning in to bad apples too!!

what discussion thread are you speaking about?? You lost me with subject line. - mt2

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Interesting discussion - Patricia

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Thank you for sharing your insight.

I realize the error here indeed is my expecting MT's who have never hired or trained someone to have a clue what we are talking about.

I posted below in the thread I have trained many MT's and had wonderful gals working for me and gone on to get their own accounts. Currently two MT's with me 8-9 years and love working for me. Look at the two comments above your's. So strange why people are so ugly about my sharing an observation. They are so defensive.

I agree with you wholeheartedly it is not just in MT world. Not much company loyalty out there these days.

I definitely praise MT's that work with me and thank them, sending them a Christmas gift (they can use), etc. VERY appreciative and have been told so. But you just wouldn't even believe the stories I could tell from this past month weeding through 50 resumes and how people have misrepresented themselves.

And for the negative response above, who calls me a fake, how weird. Wonder if she would like to talk to two people from thread below testing to work for me. The apologized for how terribly I was treated on the board here.

And for the other one saying if I was a real MTSO don't I have better things to do, it's called being SELF-EMPLOYED.

Thanks again.

How long have your arms gotten to be? With all that...sm - I just HAVE to ask

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self-patting on the back, they must be yards long by now. You leave me wondering how much you look down your nose at the people working for you. It sounds obvious to me that you have that attitude. I'm really glad I have a good job and don't work for you. That's simply MY OPINION.

The e-mail address is real. - wannie

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I e-maile through MT stars and it did bounce back, but when I e-mailed from my personal account to the very same e-mail address, it went through and I got a very pleasant, informative response. So, the e-mail address is, indeed, very real.

maybe the MT whose cell phone was off had a similar issue? - sm - anonymous

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You were pretty adamant that the person whose cell was off was at fault and irresponsible. Seems you don't apply the same standards to yourself.

As I said before, good MTs can smell someone like you coming from a mile away, and they're avoiding you. For good reason.

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