After 18 yrs of doing MT, here's my take.

Posted By: SM on 2006-01-08
In Reply to: PLEASE HELP!! - Camry

IC work: Good money, but you can sometimes run into trouble with offices paying on time, or at all. Not always, just depends. You have to sweat turnaround times and can't just take time off because YOU feel like it or something comes up with your family, unless you have a back up person or the practice is lenient about that. But when the doc takes time off, so do you whether you want to or not.

Nationals: Pay isn't good, they run out of work all the time, and many of them do stupid things like dock your pay for less than perfect QA on accounts that are HORRID and nobody on earth could do perfectly. They used to be great, but it's been downhill for a good number of years.

Hospital jobs: Either inhouse or at home (I work at home for a local hospital). This is the best situation I have experienced in my 18 yrs. This is my first hospital job (3 yrs now) and I will NEVER go back to either of the other 2. Yes, I have to work a set schedule (but that keeps me from being lazy personally), but I am paid hourly AND incentive, I have all the benefits you could imagine, and we never run out of work. If we did, we could go into the office and shred paper, or elect to use some of the very generous earned time that we have to use for vacation or personal things.

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Is transcription still a hot job? - curious georgette
- Why yes! It's very hot in India. (nm) - Well
- If you are really feeling like this is hard work...sm - work smart not hard
  - Smart MT. Tapes or internet? SM - Lynn
  - PLEASE HELP!! - Camry
    - After 18 yrs of doing MT, here's my take. - SM
      - Sounds like you have the ideal situation. - Lynn
      - hospital work at home - curious
        Not that many hospitals....... - SM
  - Yes, yes, yes. Go IC and sell yourself. Get out of the house sm - work smart not hard
    - You can't leave out the part where you are TIED DOWN to the work and can't take off. - That's the problem with your own accts. nm
      - Oh, for Pete's sake, just hire another MT...sm - Old MT
        You're rude. That being said... Some people just work alone for a couple doctors and don't - "hire" anybody. Now get some manners. nm
      - Hey, there we go! Good stuff, Maynard. - Happy to see you, Honesty!!
        Yep, it IS just one little detail, the fact that you are slave to them, but when they - take off, you're out of work. nm
        If you can't afford to work for a company and eat, it's IC all the way. (nm) - Well
        AMEN !! Company all the way!! nm - Sunday morning
    - To get own clients or not.... - Should I or shouldn't I?
  - work smart - - - In AWE
  - How many jobs are out there (without a college degree) that actually pay this well? NM - enuf said
    - I worked in a library for 14 years-- - Happy
    - Are you serious? Have you read this board? - sm
      - If there are MTs losing their homes and can't get presents for their kids, they aren't living - Working Hard
        (continued) within their means! - Working Hard
      - Those people obviously do not work full time or want to - Reality Check
        I couldn't agree with you more!!! (sm) - Yes sireee Bob
- Subcontracting versus IC - Weighing options
  - - sandyGIRL
  - How well can I do working for a co. as sub-c? nm - Just getting back to being a Subcontractor
    - It depends on how smart and how hard you want to work. - What you make depends on you.
- Depends what you consider to be a hot job - sm
  - 50K is the US average salary...nm - just average
- Yes. You have to type til your fingers are smokin' to be able to make any money. nm - Fire fingers
- What else could you do and make this kind of money? sm - ask yourself
  - Nobody makes that in this biz - nm
    - I've made in the $50s and $60s for nationals. - Busy MT'ing
      - Who are the top 2 nat'ls?? nm - Don't know much
        MedQuist & Speris! nm - RadGuy
        top 2 nat'ls - wary
        Not true for me. I worked for Spheris for - Busy MT'ing
        I guess your answer means "biggest", not necessarily best - Not buying
        Who are the BEST and BRIGHTEST companies? nm - Gotta wear shades !!
        Let's be happy, come on who's happy with me !!!??? (sm) - Smiling !
        Spheris?? Curious again.. - Don't know much
        I work for Spheris, and I'm very happy there. sm - editor
        Thank you. I'm checking them out. (sm) - Don't know much
    - My earnings - Albert
      - get outta town! congrats! - nosynelly
      - Get OUT! Good for you Albert! Fire Fingers, eh? nm - She's a Dandy
    - big $ - texan
      - I made a whole $12K this year, granted when my daughter got cancer in March - sm - Laura E.
      - Where???? - annamt
        I want to make that much $$$ - how????!!!!
        She said it was LOW at 12K. I think you misunderstood her. - reader
        making the big $$$ - see about post
        oops - making big $$
        We all wanna know with who !! - Curious about big$ Texan

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