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Suits Are Good! - Suit And Proud of It
Posted: Sep 12, 2010
Suits are just everyday people that have taken their careers toward management, usually just by accident. There are good suits and bad suits. We aren't all the same. Sometimes we suits become non-suits again or move back and forth. This "suit" talk is silly. We're all just people who are doing the best we can. It's even harder these days with a horrible economy, but we all do our best. Management is not the enemy.
Good for you! Stay proud. - Suits are people too!
[ In Reply To ..]xx
You said it yourself. There are good ones AND bad ones. - more of you, fewer of them
[ In Reply To ..]Unfortunately, the bad ones are the "limiting factor," if you will, who determine just how bad things can get and are getting. The more of the black hats there are and the worse they get, the worse things become for us peons.
There are multiple articles about the wage gap in the U.S. and how it is at its very worst in years. So, it's not paranoia. The rich -are- getting richer and the poor poorer.
Agree - StillMTin
[ In Reply To ..]As a non-suit-turned-suit-turned-non-suit, I'm still the ME I was no matter what hat I was wearing.
There were times when wearing my "suit" hat that I needed to make difficult decisions that my MTs were not always happy about. But there were also times when I was able to make sure they were very well taken care of - my philosophy being a happy camper stays camping!
As a non-suit now, it's annoying to see the number of posts shut down by someone quick to quip- "Suit" as if that now negates any opinion I may have and invalidates my experience.
Who knows, I wear the "suit" hat again one day, but until then, I appreciate those "suits" who now work just as hard as I do making sure I have work, am well paid, and happy camping in their park!
I'm another who wore a little suit (literally as well as figuratively) - Poppy
[ In Reply To ..]and am always sort of nonplussed by the extreme "class division" fussing by some here. It just doesn't ping. We're not factory workers, or moms sweating behind some counter so the children will have shoes when school starts.
When I entered this field, it really struck me that anyone who could do a good job at it was overqualified for the work. And, in fact, a lot of us have 4-year, and even some postgrad degrees, a bunch more at least part of the college that leaps people over the great divide from factory workers. Many, like me, moved from skilled professions requiring suits, or scrubs, and here and there is a genuine management or executive-level person who chose a different path. And at meetings of MTs, I've only met nicely-dressed others with the unmistakable dignity of people who can support themselves in a manner they're satisfied to feel accustomed to.
In stark contrast is a vocal subgroup on this board who just don't fit into that picture. For those, whose critical level of literacy is proven, I wish economic mobility instead of class resentment. This field makes that very possible for those who have the other factors it takes and, of course, whose personal circumstances allow them to take advantage of the opportunity.
Suits - magsnfla
[ In Reply To ..]Suits are the enemy. Management at most MTSOs do not know how to ultimately utilize the skills of their MTs. They don't know how to manage work flow. Most of management nowadays are people who never transcribed, so they really don't know what they're doing and it shows in how their service operates. I have worked at places where "suits" got their jobs because they were dating the CEO, or they were a neighbor or relative of someone in upper management, they had typed in high school but done hairstyling since, but what the heck, MTs are just typists, so what's the big deal? It isn't just MT's who are hurt by poor management/supervision - it's the clients as well. In my opinion, it's why there is so much dissatisfaction with MTSOs at so many clinics and hospitals. Management always blames it on "lazy MTs," but they never look at their culpability.
No, all management is not evil just the same as all MTs are/are not good at their jobs - No different than anything else
[ In Reply To ..]There are good/bad MTs, managers, Q/A, MTSOs, etc. The best thing in the world for our industry would be if we could lose about half of the MTs who do a really bad job and make the rest of us look bad with their unprofessional attitudes and work ethics. Does that mean that all MTs are bad? No, but some are, just as some Q/A people should be fired and some MTSOs should be run out of business. It's the same with any industry. It's just business.
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