Negatives

1.  Working in an office, with clothing restrictions.  We cannot wear jeans or sports clothing even though we have no public contact... yet a woman can wear a micro miniskirt or a man can wear a dress. 
2.  Supervisors constantly changing standards.
3.  We have changed from word (with PTDS) to IPR (with INFORMM), and are now switching again to IDX with VR.
4.  If there are blanks, we are required to stand up, fetch a trainer to listen to the blank before we are allowed to send up the document with the blank, regardless of the fact that we have years of experience.  At times a trainer may not be available.
5.  Favortism.
6.  Unionized (positive and negative features).
7.  We have lost some people because they were singled out and nit picked until they left.
8.  Every year there is a new crop of bad dictators when graduation happens and the replacements arrive.
9.  If a written reprimand ends up in the file, it will prevent one from transferring departments.  This causes problems when a person wants to jump ship for being singled out.
10.  Different departments have different difficulty levels.  Some are extremely easy to make production quota line counts, whereas others are impossible, yet everyone is held to the same production standards (or risks harrassment for not making rate).  So, some are smooth sailing through while others struggle desperately.
11.  Very clique-ish.
12.  The office is cold or hot, no medium acceptable temp.  I can be wrapped up in a down filled blanket with a fleece blanket over my head/hair, and the AC is still on. 
13.  They may spray for bugs, but they will not enforce a no-food policy.  Someone may be harrassed about not a clean enough work space, while another (who is worse) is not spoken to. 
14.  Did I mention favortism?
15.  No smoking policy. 

• Are there any hourly paid jobs as an MT? - looking for the light
  • Only in-house where I live pay.. - memtinor
    • wow that's a very high rate for hourly isn't it? - Emily Ayn yn
      • I started at $22K a year - kyrie
        • Would be interested to know - nn
          • Negatives - kyrie
            • Thanks for reminding - nn
              • you are welcom - kyrie
      • Not when you work as an MT at Kaiser (sm) - anon
        • I knew they made good money... - sm
  • Also, from what I've seen on this board SM - MissIndigo
  • I think MT jobs that pay hourly are few - Dazey
    • hourly pay - grasshopper
      • I have always thought. - Petunia

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I read these posts all the time and am saddened to hear that so many are unhappy.  I have been blessed to be a Transcriptionist for the last 12-1/2 years.  It started out on a fill-in basis, then went to part-time and now I do it full-time out of my house as an IC.  My line rates are good and I have always had steady work.  I do 3 local clinics and then I also have Internet work.  I do feel that there are other benefits to working out of your house than just the pay.  I am able to have flexibility in scheduling, see my children off to school, be here when they get home and not have the stress of having to be at a job for 9 hours a day.  Not trying to sound holier than though, but perhaps just take some time to think about the positives and not always the negatives.

When I first went home to work, I did think it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I got so tired of being stuck to my desk all day long and being asked to work overtime with no overtime pay.  No incentives anymore either.  The money is the biggest issue here and benefits at a good price.  .... So I decided to go back in house.  and believe that I found a great place to work.

Of course, there will be the usual bad side of working an inhouse job... dressing up.... which I honestly miss.. but maybe not every day, paying for gas to drive to work... but it's actually only 10 minutes away, the cafeteria--enough said :D... plus I bring my lunch and have always done so..., office politics--which I have found exist at home or inhouse....,  dept meetings--which I have found exist with at home jobs also... of course they are "account" not department meetings and communication! which is a really important thing and was the straw that broke this camel's back--got sick of sending emails to a myriad of people from the top to the bottom and getting no response back... or responses days later...

Can anyone add any other positives/negatives?

The pay will be worth it all no matter what, but I was curious to see what other things there are to consider.   

Please no flames. 

Thanks in advance.