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QA killing me - sosadmt

Posted: Sep 04, 2012

QA is killing me. My super is having me retrained on the system - again. Too many errors. I get errors for the dumbest stuff and critical errors for things that are not critical. I got up this morning and cried for an hour because of the corrections that came in. I'm so stressed I can't even type, which is a good thing because either she cut me off from work or there is no work available and I'm not sure which. Ok, I had to vent, thanks for listening.

Killing me softly - Pokemon

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Rip the QA a new hole, quit the job, and find another one. Does not this make more sense than waking up and crying for an hour???

nicely said - sosadmt

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Nicely said. As I read on here that I am not the only one going through this I think I will take your advice. After 10 years in the field I have fallen to 93-97% when I used to be 99-100% consistently. This company just made me feel like I sucked at my job! Off with the old, on to the new.

Your post could have been written by me...... - nuancemt

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I started with them last year. I have never in my life hated a job like I hate this one. You said it - it sucks the life out of you. As far as that QA, I totally ignore it. I log in, work, log out. Oh and yes, the work is extremely low today, but don't fret - you can always make it up this weekend because you have no life.

Not me. I'll file partial UE before I make up my time on weekended

I have been job hunting since I took tihs job. Now I realize all these companies are the same, and I'm getting out of this field.

I believe that's the only good option... - (see message)

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...getting out of this field. It's what I'm trying to do, too, without too much luck yet; but it became clear that I HAD to leave when the job took such a toll on my mental, emotional, and physical health. Ironically, I kept hanging onto the job because I needed the health insurance, but the job itself was ruining my health!

After doing MT for 18 years, I'm pretty pigeon-holed and lacking in other skills like using various computer programs, multi-line phone, insurance/billing, etc. A lot of job openings require that you have "X" number of years of experience at that particular thing, which makes it awfully hard when your years of experience are at a job from which you're trying to escape.

Some schooling or retraining is probably the best way to go, but I'm old enough (56) that I'm not sure I really want to go that route. Kind of concerned that by the time I got done with school, I'd be even further "aged out" of a lot of jobs, and I might not ever recoup the investment; plus, even if I get the training, there's the possibility that employers will still look me over for someone who has had those "X" years of experience.

Other options (see msg) - SeaMT

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Don't throw in the towel yet (well maybe to large MTSOs).

Look around your area, usually individual physicians offices are always needing someone to do their in-office records. With remote access (which is pretty simple) you can still work from home, too.

Just a suggestion, best of luck to you.

SeaMT - that's very sweet of you. - (see message)

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I just want to thank you for your encouraging words. I actually just sent an application to an independent PCP group near me, so here's hoping SOMETHING might crop up.

In my particular city, nearly all of the physicians' groups seem to be owned by one or the other of the two major hospital organizations, and they either use point-and-click EMR or use the hospital's MTs for their transcription/medical records needs; but I think it was really sweet and thoughtful of you to give a suggestion to those of us who can use any bit of help we can get. :-) I appreciate that you're trying to be helpful....we see too many snide remarks on this board. Thank you!!

being retrained - new but old

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I am in same boat in being completely checked for everything. I had 2 awesome days back to back and then today was absolutely horrible. If my QA is okay then my LPH is down or vice versa - can't win for losing. I get so nervous I can hardly type at times

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