Yes, you are living in a dream world, but you might get 11 cpl
Posted By: anon on 2007-02-21
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You're in a dream world, hon.
MT companies, on the whole, do not cheat MTs. There are a few who do not deal ethically and a few who are transcting business illegally but on the whole, MT companies do not cheat MTs.
That is as ridiculous of a statement as it is to say all MTs are cheaters and poor quality risks and they should just fire all of them and go completely to voice recognition and offshore! Not true, right?!
If an MT cannot produce enough work to make minimum wage (or even less than $10 hourly in my opinion), chances are this isn't the most productive work for that person.
However, with this being the free US of A, you are free to sit here and make nothing if ya want! So, go ahead.
Please stop with the let's band together fantasy. It really sounds like a spoiled child trying to bully the whole neighborhood into submission of their personal vendetta.
Agree on the dream world. Here's a short list of places that have
A Better Type - new company? Out of Washington, has an ad on the other jobs board. Alphabest - up to 11, must use Bytescribe or a specific foot pedal. Ascend - on whatever account used MediTech Direct. B-I-G Enterprises - possible 9 to 11. Digital Transcription - Arkansas, Olympus software only. (People are testing here now and saying the test is atrocious.) First Choice - 10 to 11 on weekends, use FTP and Word, no software. Get Back Jack - need own LD and Cphone. Paladin Retrieval - 10 to 11 on weekends, need own LD and Lanier. Superior Global (not Global out of Texas) - 9 to 11 cpl on weekends. WebMedX - possible 10 to 11 on weekends or nights or maybe a combination? Don't know if this is situational based on experience or across the board.............NM
you are living in the real world. sm
When some of these people get to that point they have to then they will be screaming for work and will type whenever they can.
Some pay downtime, do not have to waste PTO either. What world is above living in ?
The troll must of come out from under the bridge. Jumping down someone's throat just for a simple question. Wonder what world it came from. Obviously needs a vacation but probably can't take one because all its PTO is gone.
Who said it was a dream job?
I'm one who freely criticizes MTSOs when they deserve it and the downside(s) of the job. MY ORIGINAL post was merely to state what I realized one day when I had to actually GO OUT into the real world and deal with some of the things most people have to deal with EVERY day...
It made me stop and think: Ok, you better start being more grateful for YOUR job... (because I'd go completely bonkers if I had to work at most any job outside the house now).
Dream on
My dream has always been to
sell shells for a gift shop on the beach. Actually, if you move to Nassau in the Bahamas, you will probably make tons selling stuff to tourists from the cruise ships. I know we threw a lot of cash (mostly my whole paycheck MTing that week, so you know how low I make these days) for beaded hair for my daughter, a necklace for her, and 2 shark tooth necklaces for my sons. Man o man. To retire to the islands and make a mint. Though, the grass (or sand) is always greener (or tan) on the other side, however it may be. LOL.
Dream on
NM
My dream job....sm
I would like see an MT left with the work/account they are comfortable with. Currently work on 4 different accounts, which actually equals out to about 7 or 8 different facilities and all have different acct specs and then can't seem to get anywhere with a line count because I have to check acct specs every stinking report to see how they do things. I also agree with the VBC. Spaces should be paid, period. We have to put them in, they should be paid. I do also refer employee over IC. Also, agree with differential for working weekends. I, personally, am sick to death of working weekends (but still do it), but if extra pay was offered, there may not need to be such a dire need for all MTs to have to work them. Even rotating weekends would be better than every weekend. I also think the platform should be productive, nothing with 15 different screens/windows to jump back and forth on. Consistent QA; i.e. one QA says do this and then another QA says that's wrong, do it this way. That is so frustrating!!! About pay, I think it should depend on the account, i.e. all clinic notes, all easy dictators, then 7.5 or 8 cents would be fine, but if you're doing all ESLs and doing difficult reports in a difficult field, i.e. transplant, or hematology/oncology, then I think pay should be higher. Well that's my 2 cents. Keep the board updated. There are plenty of MTs looking for jobs, I'm sure you would have no problem filling positions.
MT dream....
Fair pay, but like GP, would be willing to take 8 cpl or even 7 cpl to help a decent MTSO get started. Consistent dictators. Too many times we get lumped into accounts where we don't get the same doctors but maybe once every other month and it's hard to get them down pat that way. Again, like a previous poster, matching us up with our strong suits. Mine are clinic and psych. I prefer those over OP notes. I actually hate doing OP yet get stuck with them all the time. Actually, all the points that GP posted are all ones I'd agree with. At this stage in the game though, I think that communication is key. I'm fortunate to have a great Team Lead where I work, but I've had jobs where you never hear back to a question or a request. I wish y'all luck and let us know how it goes. I bet you'll get a lot of people wanting to sign up! Oh, if you make testing a requirement...don't use MTTest, it's horrible. And remember too that a lot of great MTs don't test well. I've found that out before and even I am guilty of freezing on testing. Consider a probationary period in lieu of testing.
Dream job
Small business is the driving force for all economic recoveries. Good luck with your endeavor.
I would like a flexible schedule with lines to be done in a specific time frame no set schedule. Extra pay for weekends, holidays, second and third shift, rotating weekends, the extra difficult dictators.
Make part time available, I am unable to work full time any more but part time work is doable and willing to work a rotating weekend.
Quit rewarding the cherry pickers and the work hogs. Platform easy to learn, do not be a slave to BOS, do not turn down people without experience in large facilities. Small facilities have strict requirements also even though the variety of specialities is limited.
Dictators need to be trained on dictating system used by faciliites and must have decent sound quality.
Support staff willing to help with all problems. QA be helpful and explain why something is incorrect. Dictation testing must have good sound quality.
Would like to be contacted if you get your dream up and running.
Are you kidding? This is my dream job!
And yes, I could be doing something else. I have a bachelor's degree and a number of year of management experience in health care and business. I've been an MT for 2 years now and LOVE it. I am NOT struggling, and my company has treated me very well, thank you. This is the best job I've ever had, actually - a perfect fit for me, and I love working at home. If I had to make 50K + to support my family, I would go do something else, but I make a reasonably good income, have benefits, have all the pluses of working at home, and love what I do. Nothing personal, but working for the government would be my idea of a nightmare. Just goes to show, to each his own!
Ability to dream
Haven't lost it yet but getting really close :)
I found my dream job after being with MQ for 12
years. No weekends, no phone calls, plus we have holiday pay. It is a smaller MTSO but I am much happier. Money is about the same, but no ASR and I can pretty well work my own schedule, no set hours.
There is no such thing as a dream job
We all have to take responsibility for ourselves and determine what our needs are and find the company that can meet those needs. Companies change all the time, not just in the MT world, and so do MTs' needs change. Sometimes, you have to decide whether to stick with something and make it work or find something that suits your current needs better. 
I know there is no dream job...but I was just looking over the posts (sm)
and was referring to one down below from another ex-MQer who said they found their dream job. I realize I'm looking for something that doesn't really exist.
Sad to start a new dream job only to
be starting your second week and there's no work available. They told me the account they were putting me had a lack of MTs and they were only hiring two of us to help catch up. I guess the two of us were really, really good (or something) because the account is completely caught up and now I've got nothing to do. 
Sad to start dream job
Does this company start with a W by any chance?
dream on! Seriously if a company sm
did that, they would never have any openings anyway!
Let's dream and dialogue about this
I think this is possible... and exciting. This is an awesome bunch of highly skilled and loyal MTs, as we all know (and were told so often). So. I don't know where to go with it, but I'm willing to be a focal point to get a dialogue going. Contact me off board when you have time. Worst case? We dream of something much better than what just happened these last few days as we all pick up the pieces and determine what is the best course for each of us.
You sound like a dream boss!
I'd be very interested in applying for employment with your company. Please advise how I might do that. 
Christmas Past - dream on
.... Just wanted to share what was done at a hospital I worked at in the good old days when I was a young one ..
Hospital gave each employee $300.00 to $500.00 dollars each as a bonus. You got a turkey for your family. AND, the grandest catered Christmas party at a local exclusive private club with dancing all night!!! Can you believe that?!?
Where did all the ex-MQers get their dream jobs? (sm)
I left the Q after many years to go to a highly praised company on this board and I'm in the same boat I was at MQ...no work. Things were okay for about a year but now the honeymoon is over. I've been in the biz over 20 years and thought I would work for MQ until I retired. Now I find myself in the position of having to look yet again for another company and believe them when they promise me steady work on my accounts. I'm beginning to believe such a place doesn't exist anymore.
I can only dream of using a DOS-based system
again. Loved WP51 and had great production. I hate the mouse. Anything that takes your hands off the keyboard slows you down.
What world is that? Wally World?
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I agree. Big companies are killing the American dream
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New technology and 1/2 the pay .. you're the stuff MTSOs dream about. nm
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Isn't that what we do for a living?
That's why keyboards were invented.
They will not hire MTs living in CA or CT.
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How can she pay living expenses on that? nm
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making a living
Is there anyone out there supporting themselves and able to make living with a transcription company? i I have been wanting to make a switch but need a push. thanks so much 
making a living
I have been an independent contractor for over 20 years (MT for 30) and have 5 kids which I have raised alone with no support from their dad. I have bought my own house, have a decent car, pay all my bills and my kids have many excurricular activities (which runs into moocha dollars). Hope this answers your question.
making a living
I would definitely recommend Transtech for you, and if you are full-time, they offer you benefits, and can provide you with a computer if needed.
Decent living..
In short....the answer about Is it possible to make a decent living with them, without having to work 40 or 50 hours per week?.... NO 
This is where living in a certain state...
makes a HUGE difference in such things. I currently pay for the insurance for my husband and I (no kids but still need family plan) through DeVenture and it costs me a brutal $136 per WEEK, and the copays for office visits and drugs are still hefty. This is one of the main reasons so many people in this state (Maine) are uninsured...it's just too frickin' expensive
MQ looking to earn a living
With ASR making money is getting tougher and tougher. Years of transcription experience counts for nothing here.
You either need a job to fit your cost of living or a cost of living to fit your job. sm
While I agree that you cannot live in California on $35,000 a year, no one is forcing you to live in California. Suze Orman says either find a way to lower your expenses or find a way to earn more money. It's common sense :)
There was a post a few weeks ago about not everyone being cut out to be an MT. I agree.
The original poster needs to stop whining and either get a job that pays more or get a new career. She can make $15,000 on minimum wage at a mall or Walmart.
BTW, it was insulting of her to say that MOST woman don't need to work. How dare she? In this day and age, most adults need to work. This is not 1958, this is 2008. I am not a bra burner, but my husband and I both make similar money, clean the house, cook, raise our 3 children. I am just lucky to have a job where I can work from home. I hated commuting anywhere, hate traffic, no patience.
But that doesn't mean that I work less. I treat my job like a job. I work in my home office but I work all day. I do not do laundry, chat with friends, cook. I go to work each day by getting ready as if I were leaving for an office, pour my coffee, make sure I have everything I need and start. I take bathroom breaks and a lunch break and take the full hour that I would somewhere else. I work 8 full hours as I do not include my lunch hour, so my day is 8 to 5. When I am done for the day, I turn everything off, leave the room and close the door, as if I were in an outside office.
My husband has a salary of $71,000 and I make near the same as him each year. I do not work overtime except very rarely, an occasional Saturday here and there, just like if I were on salary in another profession.
I am not perfect, but I love my job and do it well. I also know that MT'ing is not for everyone, although it seems as if a lot of MT's who are not very good at their jobs have a sense of entitlement.
Try living in Delaware where the just
1,100 workers worked their last day on Friday. What do they tell their kids. You are worrying about a measly Christmas bonus and jealous of CEOs? What about these auto workers?
Have some dignity and stop with the 2-year-old me, me, me. Be lucky you have an income and are not being told sorry this is your last day a week before the holiday season.
No one is ever just happy they wake up in the morning these days. It's always want, want, want... 
Not sure what us living in the same state has to do with anything. sm
Everyone's experience with a company is different. I think it just all depends on what your specific needs are. It's disheartening when I hear that other people have had a bad experience with a company that I think highly of.
It's because they are living in a falsehood.
If the person just does a one liner to sound like they are bragging, they are just trying to ruffle feathers. Don't believe everything you read on this board. Its anon and it is open to the public.
Living Wage
I don't know exactly what I would call a living wage for a weekly amount. I can tell you that for my family of 5, the GOVERNMENT says that if I make less than approximately $40,000, that I qualify for various forms of government aid due to low-income status.
$40K divided by 52 weeks per year works out to about 1700 lines per day at 9 cpl.
If you're only making 5 cpl (case in point: That recent ad on the Jobs Bank!), then you would need to type 3076 lines per day in order to keep a family of five above the cut-off for food stamps and free lunches!
I think a living wage is
1 thousand dollars a week.
I guess I'm living proof
that past behavior is a good predictor of future behavior. Did you ever have your days in the beginning when you could have been one of their cheerleaders? I know I did. Yet, I still saw those unhappy posts and, rather than automatically think they were lying, instead I wondered how they got so unhappy. I think I found the answer.
Variables in cost of living
Some states sound good, but then check out the taxes - real estate tax, personal property tax, sales tax, cost of heating/cooling, transportation, license plates, insurance, etc. A lot of it balances out in the end. Some states have outrageous license plate fees, (I paid over $600 for my car last year). I also get a personal property tax bill each year for everything including my dishes and silverware. State income tax is out of sight. Cost of heating in winter is unbelievable. I have to have 2 sets of tires for the car, 1 for winter, 1 for summer. I have to have 3 complete wardrobes for the weather changes.
How do they make a living if they don't get paid for their
services. I don't know that they get a percentage of the line rate, doesn't make sense that it would be like that, but I'm sure they get a flat fee. The MT doesn't pay, the company does. I didn't ask them about getting paid because that was none of my business. Maybe they don't get paid unless the MT accepts a position. A lot of companies offer referral bonuses, could be the same thing with TM.
We have to make a freakin' living
..
living "in the sticks"
I too live where there is no DSL or cable option. I use wild blue satellite. It is fairly affordable, though more expensive than DSL, but it works great - I started out downloading with dial up, and the difference is wonderful. You can Google search wild blue to check out the service closest to you.
does anyone know the cost of living in Bangalore? I need a job... lol nm
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Cost of Living Increases
I work for a large MTSO and after four years have not received a cost of living increase. Is this standard operating procedure? Things cost more than they did four years ago. Do you think CEO is getting the same pay as four years ago? Any thoughts?
barely making a living
Used to make a decent living but lately (past 2 years) have not. Major pay cuts in all 3 jobs (per diem to hourly and page count to line count) and big expense of benefits for single mom and 2 kids.
I sort of lost all my incentive and feel very used. Thought my salary would increase over the years (or at least stay the same), not decrease. Keep trying to get motivated but can't seem to get there.
I am currently employed by a national, benefits are $550 a month and I have no control over how my lines are being calculated, plus it is on a 74 character line, not even 65 so my lines in my pay are way lower that what the company is calculating already.
Recently tested and interviewed with another national but they pay per page (which was way less than my page rate 10 years ago) and beneftis were more than $600 a month.
Any suggestions and ways to get motivated again would be appreciated.
Terrible....can't make a living on that.
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