It is sad that this is what it has come to, i.e., low pay!

Posted By: paintyper on 2007-06-11
In Reply to: outrageous - MTing

Especially with acute care when we have to have a very extensive up-to-date reference library, years of training, and usually high ESL or mumbling dictators. I think we should all stand together and revolt! This is what overseas transcriptionists are getting paid now.

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outrageous - MTing
- You can "thank" the offshore competition...sm - MTSO
  - Maybe it's time to push for legislation to make - offshoring of med. records ILLEGAL.
- Competition is driving prices down. Companies are not making - more each year. They can't keep paying more an
- My recent job-hunting experience - SaraS
  - That is why they always are advertising nm - Myong
- If they are paying 7cpl for the editing portion lol nm - Msla MT
- Someone else will. - sm
  - Well after a big fiasco with MQ, I tried - gd1
  - Thanks for you valuable insight - - MANAGEMENT!
    - No, just an IC who is well-compensated. - sm
      - So how much do you make for the time you spend - running your business but not typing?
        I'm sure this won't make you feel any better, but... - sm
        Amen to that sister!!! You go girl! - if only all MTs felt this way
        Me too! I can't afford NOT to be an MT! - MT has been very, very good to me!
        I've been doing it for years now....with own accounts, can make more $$ than that. nm - Sole-Proprietor
        Please stop gloating! - anon
        You can if you're good! - no message
        in bed, and have a husband with a decent job - to take up the slack.
        With that attitude, you'll never make money in - MT. I make more than my DH and I take up the
        The word "HAUGHTY" comes to mind..... - nm
        All you want to do is complain. You reap what - you sow. Complaining gets you nowhere.
        If she indeed makes anywhere near that, (sm) - 'Shroom
        You are pathetic. I make $35 an hour with - no templates. Maybe if you WORKED
        I average 37-43/hour - I do too
        Two words--text expander. Try it. - nm
        Text expander: Got it, use it, embellished upon it, - been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
        Then maybe MT is not for you. - Try another job. I make a lot of money. nm
        Not gloating at all. - sm
        Anyone can type in any amount they wish - sm - Hmmm
        You asked, I answered truthfully. It's not my fault you don't believe it. - nm
        Show of Hands, Who Cares? - Amanda
        The people who care are all raising their hands. - sm
- It is sad that this is what it has come to, i.e., low pay! - paintyper
  - As the quality of life rises in the Third World, (sm) - My 2 cents (a line?)
- I agree with you. I won't take these jobs. SM - not me
  - Maybe you won't, but thousands of others will! - NM
    - They think they're smart to accept it, but they're - only perpetuating their own poverty.
  - That's one of the most effective things any MT (sm) - My 2 cents (a line?)
- I was just saying that same thing yesterday! - Cardiology MT
  - what can we do? - my opinion
    - What we are worth - LK
    - We're halfway there, buying our own equipment, etc. nm - My 2 cents (per line?)

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