Sadly, No. - Old part-timer

Posted: Nov 2nd, 2009 - 5:26 pm In Reply to: A friend of mine wants to try this, can she make $30.00 an hour doing transcription - L

There was a time when I made better than $30 an hour, but not any more.

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A friend of mine wants to try this, can she make $30.00 an hour doing transcription - L (Views: 497, 2009-11-02, 5:23 pm)
- Sadly, No. - Old part-timer
  - Only if she can persuade somebody to pay her 25 cents a line... - GeezerChick (Views: 156, 2009-11-02, 5:46 pm)
- hahahahahahahaha - -- (Views: 197, 2009-11-02, 5:47 pm)
- why does friend think she can make $30/hour? - n/m (Views: 191, 2009-11-02, 5:54 pm)
- Nope - Happy MT Robin (Views: 150, 2009-11-02, 6:01 pm)
- Somebody LIED to her........n/m - kiki (Views: 111, 2009-11-02, 6:11 pm)
- not anymore - 7DayMT (Views: 109, 2009-11-02, 6:12 pm)
- She told me she types 45 wpm and her boyfriend's - L (Views: 356, 2009-11-02, 6:17 pm)
  - lines per hour not wpm - 7DayMT (Views: 142, 2009-11-02, 6:29 pm)
    - But as she has not done this she only knows her wpm - L (Views: 111, 2009-11-02, 6:32 pm)
      - holy cow... only 45 wpm? I did that fresh out of school and only made 8.00 an hour. - been around the block (Views: 104, 2009-11-02, 6:36 pm)
        holy cow - MT17 (Views: 92, 2009-11-02, 6:41 pm)
        that is not a great rate - been around the block (Views: 92, 2009-11-02, 6:45 pm)
        Well...... - MT17 (Views: 96, 2009-11-02, 7:00 pm)
        Sorry your job got deported... mine will soon also. - been around the block (Views: 96, 2009-11-02, 7:05 pm)
        deported... - MT17 (Views: 64, 2009-11-02, 7:09 pm)
        45 wpm is about half the speed you need to - be an MT. You need 80-90 wpm. (Views: 76, 2009-11-02, 9:39 pm)
        I do VR but in between there is that straight work - VR lover (Views: 42, 2009-11-03, 7:03 am)
  - staging - anony (Views: 49, 2009-11-03, 3:51 pm)
- See below about how she heard and her wpm - L (Views: 131, 2009-11-02, 6:29 pm)
  - you mean See Above. - n/m (Views: 53, 2009-11-02, 6:37 pm)
    - This board does not always work the way you think it does - L (Views: 88, 2009-11-02, 6:39 pm)
  - 45 wpm - 7DayMT (Views: 81, 2009-11-02, 6:46 pm)
- $30 hour - Greenjeans (Views: 205, 2009-11-02, 6:48 pm)
  - This is absolutely no lie, she does not post here but I told her I would ask - L (Views: 169, 2009-11-02, 6:59 pm)
- Why do people think anybody can do this job? - unbelievable (Views: 164, 2009-11-02, 6:51 pm)
- Consensus is - no way Jose - believe what you want (Views: 59, 2009-11-02, 9:34 pm)
- Even in MT's best days, which were about 15+ - years ago, no one made $30/hour. (Views: 89, 2009-11-02, 9:35 pm)
  - $30/hr - mtmt (Views: 70, 2009-11-03, 10:13 am)
    - I made $18 to $32 an hour - no more but I did (Views: 53, 2009-11-03, 8:03 pm)
- that's funny - Leaving Mting (Views: 81, 2009-11-02, 9:36 pm)
- Will she make $30/hr? (sm) - Long-time MT (Views: 107, 2009-11-03, 12:09 am)
- YES, you can make that money on CLINIC accounts. - MTANR (Views: 160, 2009-11-03, 6:40 am)
  - And the bad thing about clinic accounts is - VR here (Views: 173, 2009-11-03, 6:56 am)
  - sigh .... read the post again, Friend Wants To Try This. - no, she will not make 30. (Views: 65, 2009-11-03, 10:07 am)
  - Not for long - Leaving MT (Views: 53, 2009-11-03, 10:39 am)
- 30 an hour - me (Views: 105, 2009-11-03, 9:00 am)
  - Lucky you - Leaving MT (Views: 59, 2009-11-03, 10:40 am)
- A FRIEND ... - MS MT (Views: 91, 2009-11-03, 9:21 am)
- That's a funny! - old mt (Views: 62, 2009-11-03, 11:40 am)
- No.....the most I make is $18 an hour and that - sm - XXX (Views: 82, 2009-11-03, 4:05 pm)
  - money to be made - 10-year mt (Views: 40, 2009-11-03, 11:50 pm)
    - Yes you can make good money but not at first - sm - XXX (Views: 49, 2009-11-04, 8:56 am)
- I make $30 an hour - and I do that with speech too (Views: 110, 2009-11-04, 5:35 am)

Sadly, No. - Old part-timer

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