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Sitting here NJA. CCM says becaue of Spring - Break
Posted: Apr 07, 2011
I thought most Spring Breaks were middle of March? Are there Spring Breaks in April?
Spring Break - anon
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Depends on what part of the country you're in. I think it is spring break in the northeast this week.
Next, the NJA will be because of high school Prom. - Or American Idol finale night.
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Or:
National Cupcake Day.
Another aftershock in Japan.
The President sneezed.
The Detroit Auto Show.
It's garbage day.
Thunderstorm.
Snow-day from school.
Big sale at Macy's!
Beached whale on the West coast.
The Royal Wedding.
Lane closures on I-70.
Locusts.
lol - that is so funny - a1typist
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That is just what I was thinking as I sit here with NJA after receiving the e-mail from CCM this morning that she wants us to work the weekend (already do) and has authorized overtime because she is looking bad in her region!
Reading in between the lines, here's my interpretation of an email I might get from TransTech if I were to ask what's going on:
Dearest Darlings,
Spring has sprung here at TransTech! Unfortunately, there's no work since apparently all the dictators and patients decided not to go to the hospital. Actually, we probably just overhired (shhh, don't tell anyone, it might make us look bad). In the meantime, get up early in the morning like you normally do, stare ...
Now low work this morning is due to spring break. Next week it will be Easter. What then?? To my knowledge hospitals are open 27/7 and still take patients. Wonder what the next excuse will be--why don't they just tell the truth. ...
So, do you hate anyone enough to refer them to Nuance? Their logic is mind boggling. Pay us 500 bucks to refer someone. How about pay us a decent wage we can live on and you won't have the mass exodus you are currently experiencing? Sorry Nuance, afraid your reputation will only attract the desperate and straight out of school. ...
happy! I absolutely hate winter and I live in the South! I just feel better when the weather is warm and sunny! Hope it is changing for y'all wherever you are! Gettign all my flip-flops out ~ whoohoo ...
With MM's restrictions on pretty much everything, how often does everybody get up to take a break? Previously I could get up and stretch, walk away for a few minutes before downloading the next job, but now I get reprimanded for inactive time. How long do you work before standing up? Do you stand and work at the same time sometimes. I have severe RLS and to top that off my chair is like sitting on a brick. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks! ...
I logged in at 10 a.m. EST and worked my entire shift. I got NJA a few times, so didn't do as many jobs as normal (straight typing only).
Anyway, the work kept coming, so I kept typing. The DEP screen said they were working on moving the "stuck" jobs out, so I figured I would just plug along.
I wrote down every job number I typed along the way.
At the end of my shift, I had 17 jobs that were hanging in limbo. I had submitted a ticket to QCare but had received no respons ...
So only 3 jobs this a.m. and obviously my accounts have no work. I have been checking all morning. Have a cookout with friends this afternoon I could be attending. E-mailed boss, but of course she must be off enjoying the holiday. I'm thinking I'm going to go ahead and enjoy my afternoon away from the computer waiting for NO JOBS? What do the rest of you do when you have no work? ...
so frustrated I could just scream. I have a dentist appt on my day off (Monday) but got a call last night that they could fit me in this morning and stupid me said no because of work and now I sit here with NOTHING and a dentist appointment on my day off. I hope I hear from one of the several jobs I have applied to soon because this just is not working for me any more!!!!! ...
articles about how bad it is for your health. Some days I actually think I feel clots forming in my legs (probably all in my head though). I'm looking for ways to be a healthier MT without lowering productivity. ...
to connect. I can't believe we have to sit here and check back every 15 minutes to see if DQS is back up. What are the rest of the night crew doing? Are you checking every 15 minutes? It is freezing here too and I would rather be in my pj's under the covers with my cat.
Sorry to vent but I am starting to feel like a ping pong ball going back and forth into DQS. ...
It's a sad realization that while I was a fairly decent medical transcriptionist, I am not good at editing. I made 3 critical errors in one day. I don't really have an excuse. I caught a bazillion errors as I had some pretty bad dictations yesterday but missed a lab error 50.3 instead of 50.8, a diagnosis VR typed hemangioma and it was supposed to be meningioma. There was one other stupid one. I'm not too proud to admit, I am just not cut out for this. I'm not sure if ...
Long dictation, and my earing are killing me already...thanks you idiot. Is there anyway to save voice files? I mean at some point I will be deaf from this job, workers comp sounds about right ...
Hate it when they say," You have to work your shift." Then we sit and wait for 1 report, maybe 2 every hour. Well, "I can give you another account to work on." Account specifics only 35 to 40 pages. OK will do that. By the way, there is only 1 report on that account... What a waste..... And, no, you cannot have off. You were scheduled to work, so you have to work.... ...
am concerned if I quit this job I will get another with the exact same situation. I have no clue what to do with myself sitting waiting and it makes me nervous. ...
accounts. Gets extremely tiring. How do you deal with this. I complain but it does no good. Not much sense going elsewhere I guess because it is all the same. ...
A week and a half of this and not getting better. Emails about new quality standards and as I will be transitioning into fluency I will be making below minimum wage which is not going to cut it for my bills. How is this legal??? No work during shift, complicated procedures which take up MY unpaid time to try and figure out, unrealistic standards when there is work, having to meet an hourly production minimum but get a massive paycut if you need help. UGH! I'm picturi ...
It states, "Most important plenty of work. We do all we can to assure you will stay busy your entire shift. NO waiting or praying for work to come."
I guess today and the last 2 months have been my imagination. ...
I am an oncology MT with TransTech and have been sitting and waiting for work to come in for weeks. In the last 2 weeks, I have had about 16 hours worth of work. I'm worrying about how I am going to pay my bills. Then I come to this site and see that TransTech is once again advertising for Oncology MTs. This makes me SO ANGRY!!! Why would a company do this? Why advertise jobs when their current employees have no work at all?? ...
waiting on reports. Not sure how to handle this. I am looking for other work but no luck so far. Do others find this mentally stressful babysitting your computer. ...
Somehow, I think we should be getting paid for the time we are waiting between jobs, especially since the wait isn't fitting into the 15-minute wait period. - Of course, waiting put under work availability. ...