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Feeling very resentful lately, bad attitude! - MT

Posted: Apr 19, 2012

My very own attitude has gone from bad to worse with the 4 cpl and the fact that I am typing over most of the garbage. I was told by my CCM no F11 unless technical problems and they must be reported.

Again today, I find myself really very angry while I wait for a job outside of the house to come through. I find myself angry that I sit here for 4 cpl and no matter what I won't be able to make bills, b/c I am again straight typing half of this stuff and my skill set/self-esteem keeps saying (stop typing for 4 cpl, they are robbing you).

Thanks for hearing my rant. I am sorry to be such a downer, but the ASR seems to be getting worse by the day and I think without being too paranoid, they don't care b/c they get our straight typing at a rate of poverty wages. I so wish I had a better attitude, but the 60.00 at the end of the day is a big slap in the face. Thanks for hearing me and apprecating this board to allow me to voice my peon opinions.

appreciating. Sorry for the typo. My fingers are numb! - MT

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Could you ask for a raise? - so sorry

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I was just telling my husband today that I am so appreciative of my job, and hoping like crazy that I can make it last another 10 years.

I certainly have had my days and have been bounced from account to account, and made less and less money because of it, but I am still just so happy to be at home, and have the opportunity to put in extra hours on my days off without leaving the house.

I just feel blessed and I hope that it turns around for you! I would ask for a raise though. I think that is way to low for the junk we do.

Ask for a raise please, it is possible to get one, as - you are making the bare minimum and

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you CAN get more.

Resentment is perfectly natural - MModal Livestock

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When a company that exists because of your hard work steals your money for their own personal gain, resentment is in fact the sane reaction. I am very thankful that I'm still on straight typing (for now). ASR was a nightmare I certainly haven't forgotten and it's clear from all posts that it has not improved since I last did it.

While I don't know whether the ASR's original purpose was to steal money from MTs (if they already knew it wouldn't work) or whether they tried to make the real thing, got a lemon and decided to make lemonade on our dime, it's clear that right now the ASR is in use only because it gives them a reason to pay us less. Outside of defense contractors, most companies are smart enough not to keep building something that doesn't work - at least a product that so blatantly doesn't accomplish its intended purpose. Like a refrigerator that when turned on only gets hotter inside.

The only silver lining in all of this is that at least MModal only does transcription. If this company were building cars, the roads would likely be strewn with the dead and dying:)

When so many of their people bring up the unfair treatment of their employees, what does the company give us? Corporate emails telling us that soon our productivity will be increased by making our initiatives cross-functional with our synergy or whatever they were blathering on about.

Sorry for adding my own rant to yours, but I needed to vent too.

I am sorry. - LeavingMT

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I hope it gets better for you. I have been fortunuate enough that I should be able to leave here within the next 30 days, permanently. I will be done officially with transcription after this. I've had nothing but problems with small MTSOs and micromanaging. I return to a large one I worked for before and while the ASR program is okay, it amazes me which doctors they allow to use it--nevermind the fact it can't figure out the difference between EIGHT and ZERO as well as expanding things that are not supposed to be expanded, crazy sentences, and stuff like that. QA doesn't seem to keep up on account specifics, but moreover I've had THREE times now where I CLEARLY hear the amount a doctor is stating for something that is CLEARLY wrong and QA fills it in incorrectly anyway so as to avoid a blank. I think compromising patient care is not an issue for MModal as much as they preach it is, avoiding the blanks must be stopped at ALL costs.

Anyway good luck and I think venting is all you can do, I do not see the industry changing ever.

Mine also puts PVCs, even when it is clearly PACs - Never figured it out, but it

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is VERY consistent. Also has started making a new sentence EVERY time the word He or She is mentioned. Now that can make a really long day. Also has taken to adding the word NOT. The patient is NOT allergic to penicillin, when he is allergic. It is now changing the headers, when it even sees fit to make one. Doctors says "labs" and it puts in LABORATORY DATA. All of this helpfulness on top of the fact that it doesn't get but maybe every third or fifth word correct in a sentence.

I'm holding out for the new "compensation package" - slave wages

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I'm waiting to see what they offer. If it's not an improvement, it's time to start looking around. There are lots of jobs posted on the Job Seekers board. Have you looked at them?

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