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I had a typo. That should read..I do NOT make half the rate, etc.

Posted By: jj on 2009-09-16
In Reply to: Seriously, if you have 100 lines in a report - jj




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Plus, your line rate is up to half of what it
would be transcribing and there are so many corrections since the machine has no brain like a human does and spits out all kinds of crazy things. It wastes one's timI with all of the correcting. I feel it is INDEED a big threat.
We're not even getting half rate.
Our company is going totally VR on all accounts and we're going to 3.5 cpl.  Adding insult to injury is that the accounts haven't been on VR yet, so we get to train the system.  I don't plan on staying long. 
When their line rate is cut in half because they are so productive, then what. They have said that
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I work for a nat'l as an employee, and my PTO rate is now HALF of what I actually earn working. S
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Why are all these companies forcing VR at half rate? Are they losing money?
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TransTech accounts are ALL very quickly going to VR and pay is half line rate

If you like VR and the pay cut, then TT will be a good fit for you.  If you are experienced and will let someone pay you less than you are worth, then go for it.


Other than accounts going to VR there and MT pay cut for editing VR reports, TT has been a good fit for me.  I am very disappointed in the recent VR pay cuts.


They are changing platforms and cutting our line rate in half as the accounts go live with VR.


No, half of what you make as an IC does not

go to taxes, but 30% is a good percentage to work with at this time, but that is likely to change with a Democratic president.  Not trying to make a political statement here, just state facts.  As an IC, you will have deductions you can take, home office expenses, a percentage of your utilities based upon the square footage of your home office, any expense that has to do with your business, DSL, extra phone lines, etc. 


This job is going to the dogs.  If you read the ads on the boards, most of the big nationals are nothing more than sweat shops these days, trying to get blood out of a turnip, and paying less and less and giving nothing in return.  Oh, they say they offer benefits, but you can't afford them.  Not to say that they can make it more affordable in these economic times, but the fact remains that they are in business to make a buck, and they are making their big bucks on the backs of transcriptionists.  They expect sacrifice, but it is YOUR sacrifice they want, not theirs.  That is evidenced by the fact that you, the MT, will work on the weekends, you will neglect your family, you will have no life, and they don't give a rat's patootie.  I remember when we didn't work weekends or holidays.  Don't give me this 24/7, 365.  THEY, the muckety mucks DON'T work weekends.  When they negotiate contracts, they sell your soul to provide 24-hour coverage, but their big asses are at home on the weekends. 


I am an IC because I cannot stomach working for a national that wants my blood, my children's blood, and my life sitting and waiting to hopefully grab a job and if I don't have work today to stay up 24 hours so I can make line count to keep my benefits!  Benefits????  What benefit is there for me and my family working for these companies if I never see my family, never have the time to take a leisurly day to do the things that normal families do, going to a ball game, a movie, having their friends over for a cookout, going to church together, sitting and watching a DVD together? 


I am afraid we have allowed this to happen to this profession.  We bowed to their demands of Tue. thru Sat. or Sun. thru Fri.   We accept poverty-level wages.  We say it is okay that our benefits are based on our production, but when we don't have work, we don't scream and yell when they take away our benefits. 


You know, unions were created because of just such conditions.  These companies are taking advantage of us, and if you don't think so, just look at the demands being made if you apply and are one of the chosen ones. 


Lord help us all.  When the economy really tanks (quite soon, I'm afraid), you'll see them drop like flies, all of them, to 3rd world countries.  You think they care about the American MT?  Heck no.  They only care about themselves. 


 


 


 


 


Bayou, why don't you read more carefully. I was correcting my OWN typo ! WOW !
Get a life !
Well, sign me up.. I want a job where I make half until I am up to the Wicked Witch's standards
Geez.. what are they trying to say, you'll get a raise when what freezes over. They have got to be kidding and boy for all that money you wont be earning you'll need to go out and buy some equipment for almost $200, which will probably take you a few months to pay off at the rate they want to pay. What a joke.. Give me a break. Thanks for sharing that great job opportunity haha
A typo does not make it unprofessional. Perfect doesn't exist.

We all do our best, but typos will happen from time to time.   Won't matter tomorrow and certainly won't matter next year.


...would make more if you got paid a cpl rate! nm
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You need to make sure you read these

posts.  There are many who are not disgruntled employees.  We are trying very hard to keep people like you from being taken like we were.  I guess you just need to learn the hard way.


Also, if you don't like what is said, then just don't read it or reply to it.  I only replied because I wanted to clear the air about why people post negatively about a company.  Each of us has our own experiences, but if you see many with the same complaints, then you had better take them seriously. 


 


Did they give you your rate or are we to guess what we will make.
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I might add that I make a decent hourly rate doing
QA, but I really earned excellent money doing MT. I cannot complain about my hourly QA rate at all. I earn more than many I know working hourly.
Wow, if you can make that kind of line rate, ...
I am surprised you left at all. Ya'll that make those kind of line rates must have started in a company prior to MQ absorbing them or you live on the West Coast.

I made 2 cents less with over 15 years experience at level 3.

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What is their VR rate? I am sure you will be training VR. Can't make money that way.
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I got this email and not sure what to make of it....please read

Would anyone who gets an email like this go for this job?  Has anyone else gotten anything like this recently?  Is it a bit unusual?  Opinions please.  Here is a copy of the body of the email letter.


 


In the past, we were in contact about medical Transcriptionist opportunities. I wanted to send you an update on positions available with Spheris that may be of interest!

This is an exciting opportunity for home based employment, steady work and individualized attention. We place you on a primary account based on your experience with no current shift requirements.

ESL (accent) experience is not required for all accounts and we have account mentors available to assist in your transition. We are currently looking for MT's with a minimum 1 year experience outside of school. We have clinic (minimum 5 specialties) and Acute Care (Ops not required for all levels) opportunities available. Family Practice, Urgent Care or Internal Medicine at a minimum is required for clinic.

Looking to move up that career ladder as an MT? We offer definite career paths taking you from an MT to a manager- all work from home positions.

With a focus on you, we offer:



  • Small supervisor to MT ratio


  • Full benefits including company paid life insurance


  • Weekend differentials


  • Weekly based production incentives


  • Longevity bonuses (our monetary thanks to you, each year of employment)

We offer paid training and a flat rate for your first week as you become acclimated to our system- you'll be ready to go live after two days of training!


As your recruiter I am here to work with you, on your side, to get those important questions answered by Spheris at no cost! Please feel free to forward this email to any and all colleagues who may be interested as well.

If you would like to hear more, send me an email with your resume included so I can fill you in on any questions or comments you may have!

I look forward to a favorable response.

Best Regards,


Of course, depends on your line rate, but $700.00 is very good for MT right now. I can make over
that if the work is available, and I put in more than 40 hours.  I think to make $1000.00 you need to have lots of expansions and dictators with which you are familiar, IMHO. 
I used to make an hourly rate at a local hospital but s/m

The home-based MTs were on a tiered hourly scale depending on how many minutes we typed daily.  The in-house MTs were not on this scale and I believe they are the reason we lost our jobs to outsourcing.  They made the big bucks and could not even produce 80 minutes of dictation a day.  The home MTs had to produce 100 minutes a day to reach the maximum hourly pay. 


I feel that being paid by production is not such a bad thing because at least the ones who produce get paid for it. 


Webmedx pays 70% of your line rate. I make more on VR s/m
with them them straight typing, a lot more.
Thanks for your response! I have also read Beyondtxt is not as great as they make it seem.

Oh, they make money off us. Line rate is 17 cents a gross line.nm
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I left MQ for TT. The base line rate was less at TT, but overall I make more per line with the
shift differential (I work second shift) and the incentive plan (I have never once failed to make at least an extra half cent per line on incentives - most of the time a penny). I was scared to death to make that move, as I had been with MQ since back in the Transcriptions Limited days. I have to say, though, that it was the best career move I have ever made and I have never, not once, regretted it.

I hope that was of some help.
for MQ STAT employees tier rate applies to ME rate as well and how calcluated?
for a STAT MQ employee:  Does anyone know if the tier rate is going to be applied to the ME rate as well or are they going to go with the 80% of the MT rate for each tier level?  If the tier rate doesn't apply as well to the ME rate then going by the 80% of the MT rate is less than if the tier rate would be applied.  I'm sure that MQ is going to go by whatever keeps money in their pockets.  Guess this is a question for the supervisor tomorrow.
Their line rate was less than my current nat'l rate, even with mucho experience. nm
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VR rate is 1/2 rate of traditional typing,I believe it is 4 cents line.

They only pay half, so if you were
say 8 CPL, you would only get 4 CPL.  I am not doing ME for them but you would have to do twice as much to make the same money.  I have already decided if they try to force me into it, I will move on.
Half
A lot of companies like mine pay half. If I had to do ASR full time for that price, I would go to work at a store or something easy.
about half. However, you might be one of those sm
people who really excels on ASR once you get going on it and figure out ways around it.  I know people who now prefer ASR and are making more than they did with regular and don't want to go back to regular.  Keep in mind you have to do 2.5 to 3 times the lines on ASR as regular to recoup what you were doing on regular.  Some people can do that, I can't, because I read too slow.  Even with ASR, it's all in the macros/shortcuts.  1200 lines a day at 10 cpl is $120.  You'll need 2600 ASR lines at 0.045 cpl to get $117.  Can you opt to do both regular and ASR?   
I took that to mean you can get to that rate after 1600 lines and that is not the starting rate.
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Webmedx ASR rate is 70% of your regular line rate. sm
So if you are on a 9 cpl account, you get 6.3 CPL plus any bonus / incentives / shift differential.
From the current editing rate not typing rate
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one-half cent
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I'm a little confused. Do you mean 3/4 of a cpl or 7 and a half cpl? sm
Because if you are meaning 3/4 of a cent per line that seems REALLY low.  Maybe I'm just reading your post incorrectly. 
I got mine within about a day or a day and a half.
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I was only there a year and a half, but
did the same, got a secondary job as an IC back in August when things were crazy with the 15 different CPs I was making NO money and was so frustrated! Before that, I was at the same hospital for 11 years and only left cause they went over to MQ. I am still keeping my IC job, I love it! But am doing 40 hours for KS. Training was today, kind of confusing after working on DQ, but I'm sure I'll get it. Smart move, I hope you find the new job much more profitable so you'll be able to switch over for good!
I was only half joking s/m
I've always worked so I'm sure that I'll continue to make extra money.  We, as MTs, have more talents than we usually give ourselves credit for.  For one thing, I have a website http://www.ozarkmountainmemories.com that right now is used for a nonprofit event but by the first of next year or so I expect it to be making money.  I never thought I could build a website and it took me awhile but I got 'er done!
not paid the second half

Ok, about a month ago, I posted about a service who would not answer emails, phone calls, about paying me what was owed.  She paid me less than half of what she owed, and now I have waited patiently to get the balance and once again she will not answer emails or phone calls.  She is blatantly ignoring me. I emailed her and asked her WHEN she plans to pay me.  She has in her contract that she pays twice a month when the docs pay her. Well, this is going into the 3rd month now.  I have gotten that ONE check which was less than half what she owes.  I no longer work for her, as she locked me out of her system when I kept emailing her.  (GO FIGURE!), who would want to work and not get paid anyway!


I have tried to work with her and give her the benefit of the doubt, but at this point, I think that I am going to have to take other measures. 


What is the other half of the company?
Signed on contracts like hospitals and stuff? I'm not following what you all mean. If it covers it for now does that mean lay offs might happen?
Thanks Travelin! I think half the sm
battle is finding the fit for you! Not every company is for everyone.
Yea my job offered me less than half....

of my salary accompanied by the e-mail saying how I would be getting 3 times my lines with this wonderful VR system.  I'm not overly concerned because it is my part-time job.  I barely make any money with them anyway, so I will take the opportunity to learn it and just see how it goes I suppose.  It's ridiculous though.


Oh heavens. Sorry about that. Half awake. nm

NO, you are wrong. They deduct half of the 15%
the other half.  So 7.5% is deducted from your check, then they pay the other 7.5% themselves.  My company does not withhold any federal or state taxes, only 7.5% for SS and then Medicare tax.
If half of these companies were worth
a rat's butt, there would be no need to hop.

I hopped right into a fine job paying 14 cpl, so I say hop away.
Can't even get half of that with my current company...
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bout a year and a half ago
been awhile.
Yes, and if they are in a bind they PAY time and a half, so (sm)
what is your problem?
Excuse me. I didn't even put half a name
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They pay half and it is really, really good insurance. nm
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Same experience. Half the pay for doing work that would take
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you said 446 for half an hour of VR LINES SO... DUH....SM
I just did x2. I don't care if you typed after that, it still would be doubled for an hour. this is REALLY idiotic all right and I'm not wasting any more time on you. You already lost credibility by saying you type 130 wpm and would rather VR. Simply a lie miss L.