what can we do?

Posted By: my opinion on 2007-06-11
In Reply to: I was just saying that same thing yesterday! - Cardiology MT

I too am appalled by the drop in wages for MTs over the last several years. It's just a shame that we can't be paid what we are worth. I don't care that AAMT or whoever it is has decided that "across the board" we should be paid less. WHY is that? Why are we accepting it? Of course, some of us just don't have a choice, but as one poster above mentioned, it seems to me that if we all don't DO something soon, pretty soon we'll be paying THEM to work for them!!! It's just ridiculous!

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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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