MT is a job, not a hobby...

Posted By: Linda on 2006-02-18
In Reply to: I worked when and how much I wanted for years - sm

Thank you SM that's also how I feel. Contrary to what some people may thing from my first post, I work every morning, take the afternoon off and then work late at night into the early hours of the morning when my children are sleeping and the house is quiet. I even work Saturday and Sunday nights if I have the work on my system so I'm anything but undependable and lazy. I like not having to work 9-5. The company I work for is very flexible. I guess I'm lucky

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Good Companies - Linda
- OTI gives you a weekly quota. sm - MT
  - OTI - Linda
    - Yes, it's Oracle. Be persistent (sm) - MT
      - Oracle - Linda
- Guess you got your answer, huh? - sm
- as long as I meet TAT on my .... - I work when I want...
  - as long as I meet my TAT - Linda
- Most companies need certain hours - MTbird
  - as far as needing certain hours that would conflict with IRS - rules for IC versus employee
    - IC cannot be told I need you to work between 1 and 5 but they can say I need these lines by - X o'clock. IC says yes or no. nm
      - That was my point :) - NM
  - Most companies... - Linda
    - Must be a small company. 1000 lines/day is not that impressive. nm - NoFighting
      - I think it depends on how long it took... - HMMM
      - there is a midsized company with 900 lines a day - but heavy producers can't get large
        Balancing act - Find your size company
      - WHy should I care if you are impressed or not. It it suits me, I don't give a darn if anyone - else is impressed. nm
      - Must be a small company - Linda
  - There are still companies that need your work by a certain - deadline and it's up to you to get it
    - But could you just not turn on computer that day and NOT do the work. Or could you call and say - weren't going to work that day and they were ok
      - I could call and say - Linda
        Yes, but if you called off suddenly a couple times a month because you just didn't feel like - working, you would be unemployed. nm
        I could call and say - Linda
      - yes I could but if I already said I would accept work, I don't - do that very often or will find myself
        Exactly! MTSO needs a consistent IC that she can count on. Take off now and then but you - have to be dependable. nm
      - I think this could only be done with a huge client base, or a huge number of say only - discharge reports. nm
- SM - anon
  - Good Companies - Linda
- MT is a job, not a hobby that you just do when and how much you want. How do you expect an MTSO - to run a business under those conditions? nm
  - There are companies that manage to make it work. OTI, for example. nm - MT
  - I worked when and how much I wanted for years - sm
    - Thank you. nt - Good Sense
    - MT is a job, not a hobby... - Linda
      - Your OP "where I can work when and how much I want". How did you think we would - take such a statement? nm
    - MTSOs need to know the work is going to be done consistently. Not just when someone feels like - turning on their computer. nm
      - Considering some companies do give a weekly quota, maybe you shouldn't speak - for all MTSOs. ?? yes?
      - Ok then - MTSOs need to get intelligent enough to figure out how to - PREPARE for the work flow, and plan and hire
        Walk in my shoes - Patti
        Shouldn't you be factoring that into the bid and making accommodations for - that to happen in the bid and the cost?
        Sure, factor it in, but no one knows what the future holds and MTSO has no control over those - issues. nm
        MTSOs have no control over the factors that would make this - possible. nm
        Aren't MTSOs the owners? Well if owners of MT companies - are not working up a bid, then I
        The bid has nothing to do with consistancy of work. MTSO cannot control how cosistant work is. - Only facilities and Drs. control that. nm
        Perfect MT world - MT is not a hobby
  - MT is a job - Linda
    - I apologize if I sounded rude to you - MTbird
      - MT is a job - Linda
        MT is work not hobby - Is this what you meant?
        It does work for some companies. OTI is one. Please - MT
        placed=place (typo police abound). nm - MT
  - I was told to think of it as a career. - wow
  - I wish there was an icon that shows cartwheels and pom-poms!! I agree. Why - MTSO
    - And why do MTSOs treat ICs as employees? nm - MT
    - Toughest hobby I ever had. - anon
      - Good companies - Crabby
        So what are you saying? - PTMT
        IC - Crabby
        Okay, well, I still don't think - PT IC
        IC - Crabby

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This is no hobby for me.
I certainly do not bow down to the nationals. I certainly DO NOT expect top wage from them either. If you think that you are worth more than what the nationals pay, then go out and get your own accounts. You will never run out of work and you can charge what the nationals charge. Someone made the comment that single Moms are trying to make a living at this and cannot take a break because their electric might get shut off. I commented that it is not just transcription. If you do not like the minimum wage type salaries that nationals pay then do not work for a national. If you ONLY have five years of experience then that simply is not enough to give you what you need. Go work on-site hourly with benefits and stop wanting everything handed to you from the internet. Nothing in life is free. You have to work to get it. If you are skilled, you will make some money. As long as people accept the wages that they are handed from nationals there will be no raises. So many times you hear all of the excuses as to why line counts cannot be met. Then why should a national pay you top dollar so you can have excuses as to why you are NOT getting the work done. If you worked for yourself and NOT a national you would have to get the work done no matter what or NO PAY. Call it what you want but until people in this profession realize that the accounts you do for a national is not your account and that it belongs to them, you will feel cheated. Get your own accounts and work hard after your five years of book work or whatever you are talking about. I have a family member that went to school for this and it took her a while. She almost gave up plenty of times. I encouraged her to continue. She is now working on-site and making a nice hourly rate with benefits. But it is not her account it belongs to the hospital she works for. Hello?????? Am I reaching anyone at all?

Toughest hobby I ever had.
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MT is work not hobby
Maybe the wording on your OP was off. Are you saying you want to say, for example, I will work Wednesdays and Fridays noon til five. If that is the case and you stick with that, yes, I see what you mean. But it sounded like you said Wednesday, if it suited you, you would log on and work and if it didn't suit you, you just wouldn't. Just random logging on and working. That would not work for an MTSO, which I am sure you understand.

Do you work as a hobby? nm
nm

MT is a job, not a hobby that you just do when and how much you want. How do you expect an MTSO
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Aha !! Retired and painting gourds as a hobby? Envy you. nm
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