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Just a word PART II - Pete

Posted: Sep 12, 2010

Guaranteed every Pollyanna, well-thought-out, professional-appearing response came from an MTSO suit, most probably all of them (one in the same)....GUARANTEED.

MTSO's have turned the medical transcription industry into SLAVE LABOR, across the board, no matter the skill level.

You're so-oooo wrong. BTW, there are no guarantees - in this world !

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And every poster starting a new thread to re-stir the pot is a slacker - who should be working

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Pot/kettle.

We can all generalize. Just shows our ignorance.

Love the way you had to start a new thread to bring the pot you're stirring back up to a boil instead of letting it simmer on a backburner.

Too bad you've nothing more constructive to do with your time than to call those happy with their profession "suits."

Maybe you could crack open a thesaurus and learn a new phrase. How refreshing that would be.

TTFN, I've got money to make.

AMEN TO THAT !! - nm

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Does your arm get tired - stirring that pot

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I was one of the "pollyanna" posters and you are a predictable pot-stirrer. You don't like hearing the REALITY that there are happy MTs, good gigs, decent wages, available work.

Because YOU have made poor choices doesn't mean the rest of us have. Because YOU choose to be VICTIM and throw it around like a drunken sailor, well, that doesn't mean the rest of us have to drink your Kool-Aid.

Just as there is "bad" management, there are also (lots) of "bad" MTs. Perhaps you are one "Pete" and rather than make your situation work, you'd rather see how much fervor you can generate to keep things divisive.

You said it sista! - see message

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You really said everything a lot of us want to say. I'm really tired of people stirring the pot. These are the same people I am so glad I don't work side by side with.

People need to get out of the "victim" mode. If they are so unhappy then they need to find something else to do.

Getting tired of the ones who come here and because they are in a bad situation they assume everyone is, or like a past poster wrote wanted us all to quit because she was unhappy. I'm thinking, excuse me but I've always been treated very well by my supervisor.

All I have to say to the OP is "Oh for Pete's sake. Not again!"

Youre right, Pete. Slave labor! -nm - Sweatshop Sally

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Paranoid much? - and who cares

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So what if an MTSO or an employee or an IC or the President of the United States posts here.

You are making assumptions that anyone who posts a well thought or professional response is an MTSO. That is insulting to all transcriptionists that you don't think we can post well thought out or professional-appearing posts. And calling them a "suit" is just childish, and actually that term was derived from a movie I saw where the workers in the mail room told a newbee to the mail room they were not allowed to speak with "the suits".

You cannot guarantee this. These are only your assumptions, and personally who cares if an MTSO does write a post or respond to a post. They have as much right to post here as we do.

Maybe there are some companies that make people feel like they are working under "slave labor", but my MTSO does not. She pays me for my work, she listens to my suggestions on ways to improve whatever I'm working on, and she is considerate and compassionate if I'm sick or have a personal emergency or I need time off. I work and I work hard and I feel appreciated and I like my job.

You should really try and stay away from the constant paranoia and conspiracy theories, it really isn't any good for your health.

You are mistaken. - nm

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