Mayo Clinic Was: Re: Dilemma

January 2, 2003

Too bad you don't live closer. I have a cyber-friend who just went to work for

them less than a year after graduation. I don't want to tell her wage but it is

between $15-20 per hour. Full benefits. Nice office/cubicle area with big

windows and great view. Four MTs to one nice-sized cubicle, but MTs are quiet

and respectful of each other. Each cube has a full set of Stedman's ref books

plus other well-known, good references. MTs are actually nice to each other.

Supes are wonderful too, my friend says. If you can't hear drug or something

else from dictator you can just look in electronic patient chart. MTs can beep

QA person, who will come to their DESK, mind you. (I kind of like that,

hehe...) AFAIK, all their MTs are onsite. I think my cyber-friend is still on

this list, so speak up if you are out there! You know who you are. *G*

Paid by hour but with expected min of 70-80 minutes of dictation per day, which

is a piece of cake for most MTs.

Sure you don't want to move, ?

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Rennie

My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com

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Dilemma

> I have been taking an on-line MT course since October and am really

> enjoying it. One of my friends also took the same course and

> recently graduated. She wants to work at home so badly, as do I,

> and she has been applying at all the MT Companies she can find. She

> took the MedQuist test, but didn't do well enough on the dictation I

> guess. Anyway, they sent her a notice saying they don't hire anyone

> without 2 years experience.

>

> She took the RI test last week, and has not heard anything from

> them. She said the Dr. she transcribed sounded like he was eating a

> Big Mac in a wind tunnel! Ha Ha

>

> But, now we are afraid our on-line course did not teach us enough to

> actually pass any tests. We have nothing to base this on, but we

> just feel like we don't know as much as we should.

>

> Now the dilemma - We live 70 miles south of Rochester, MN and the

> Mayo Clinic has an MT class coming up. It is subsidized which is a

> huge drawing card to me! They pay $10.63 an hour to take the class

> and $12.42 for Post-Training. This includes books. But my fear is

> that after the class they will make it mandetory that you work for

> them for a certain amount of time. I understand this, but I can't

> imagine driving 70 miles one way to work every day. It would kill

> me. I drive 8 miles a day now, and in the winter that 8 miles can

> seem like 80! However, even $10.00 is more than I am making at my

> present retail job!

>

> They are having an informational meeting on Jan. 9th, so we are

> going to go to that and just check out the details. I want an at

> home job so badly, but I'm afraid if I try to get a job with the

> class I am taking now, I will end up in the same boat as my friend.

>

> I know none of you can help me, but I just needed to vent. Thanks.

>

January 2, 2003

After what you just said Rennie, HECK, I want to move and I can't even type

anymore

Val