office politics

[Guest guest]

I have heard that there were a lot of office politics before I got to where I am

working, too,but thankfully, the person that was causing the problem has moved

on to another hospital.

It seems that this woman was an MT in Medical Records, and didn't think the MTs

in Radiology deserved " incentive pay " , which is added to our paychecks if our

line count exceeds a certain amount. I've heard it was an ongoing argument for

quite some time, until incentive pay WAS finally added to the Radiology MT Dept,

but at a lower rate than in Medical Records.

:-P

deb g

In-house/Radiology

Re: AMTAG

" It is so sad, but this is soo... true.

One job I had I was actually basically " run " out of the office on a rail

because I was a CMT. The gals were so nit-pickey about my work because I

was a CMT. They would constantly go to the supervisor with things I had

typed wrong that were not -- we had a transplanted doc from England and he

would say things that could be typed two different ways (things that could

be one or two words, for instance). I would type them as two words instead

of one and would be reported for it). The other thing that happened was

that I put an MT Week Poster over my desk during that time and I suppose

they didn't like that, either. Then, one had asked about becoming

certified. I got the information for her, as I knew she was strapped for

funds at the time and I could get it through an exclusion 800-number), gave

it to her and then was called on the carpet for " flaunting my CMT. "

The latest in-house position I was let go from was one where the other three

had had NO training and did not believe in any either. When I started I was

given a list of commonly used ortho terms (this was a group of hand

surgeons). Probably at least half of the terms were misspelled. There were

no references in the office. I think I was doomed from the day I started

there, without knowing it of course, when I was being interviewed for the

position by another transcriptionist and was told the range of pay and I

politely told her that I had told Jerry (the headhunter I had gotten the

interview through) that I would not accept anything less than ?, which was

higher than the high range they offered. I did accept a lower figure, but

it was higher than the original figure. My work, as I was told, was

impeccable, but I could not produce the quantity THEY felt I should, so I

was eventually let go. I had learned that the one who had been there the

longest had gone to school to be a court reported and, I guess, had worked

at this office while in school, and then just migrated into MT, one I have

no clue about, and according to the newest member of the " team " she was

certified by our local children's hospital in all fields -- I knew there was

no such thing and she came into this position after having " managed a

Starbucks. " Everyone felt she had gotten the position because her father

was an orthopedic surgeon (retired) in Illinois and I guess they thought she

would have this ability due to osmosis. Anyway, I am probably better off

without them. But, I am still holding a huge resentment of this office. In

fact, I have a very old friend whose wife is going to have a few trigger

digits released and is seeing one of the physicians in this office. I

calmed down and told him, which I firmly believe, that the docs are great,

but the behind the scenes stuff sucks. This office I had even sent a drug

reference to when I was working at a satellite office and when I was moved

to the main office I could not find this reference anywhere -- so much for

trying to help.

I know this has been kind of disjointed and I really need to put this behind

me, but it is soo... hard, at least for me. This last one has been

extremely traumatic. The quality of work going out of that office was

horrendous, except for my work. I would constantly find misspellings, etc.

and nobody cared.

I had better let go now and get busy. First day of the New Year and

hopefully I will figure out what I am going to do with the rest of my

seemingly insignificant life.

Thanks for hearing me out --

Gai "