Wherever two or more MTs gather together off the work, there will be a common discussion topic, which is nothing but “how long will each of them be in medical transcription profession.” Each of the transcriptionists will come up with their own foresights and will have their own gripes depending their own circumstances. As usual, … Read more
Sooner or later, we, medical transcriptionists reach a saturation point and start feeling that life has got stagnant. There is no room for creativity or rarely any chance to move to the upper corporate echelons of the company we work for. You begin as a typist, continue as a typist, and end as a typist. … Read more
You might have read what all excuses an employer can make in delaying a medical transcriptionist’s paycheck. You have put extreme effort to churn out 100% accurate reports. It is your hard earned money. It is your sweat. You have to be paid before the sweat vaporizes. Will a doctor work without being paid for two consecutive months? You … Read more
As you might know, I work as an independent medical transcription contractor for a small MTSO. As per the terms mutually agreed upon, my employer is to wire transfer my paycheck to my bank account every fortnight, 3-4 days after the last working day of the fortnight is over. Just for the first few months of the contract, … Read more
The overwhelming reaction from work-at-home moms who registered their antagonist views when I opined that a work-at-home lifestyle makes you lazy and the unilateral opinion spread across the web favoring a work-at-home lifestyle further warrants to list out the disadvantages of working from home to substantiate my stance; hence I’m listing here the top ten … Read more
In the good old days when I moved from working at an office to working from home, I found it difficult to make people around me, my relatives, neighbors, and friends from other industries, believe that I work from home. All of them were skeptic about my intentions! Time flew by so quickly and the … Read more