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(This was meant in response to the OP) Good points - MT

Posted: Feb 11th, 2017 - 11:58 am In Reply to: I did not lose 100% of my income - Not true for me

I actually make HALF of what I made at my first MT job, working in-house at a major teaching hospital in Boston in the 1990s.

I agree with the poster who said the problem is when these greedy offshore companies saw the money to be made. We were paid WELL because of our expertise. I remember the doctors coming down to our offices to say thank you, buying us gifts, and trusting us to correct their errors. These despicable companies, however, wanted a piece of the pie. And to make it worse, they did in a way that destroyed the industry since they have no clue. Look at all the stupid changes they've made - fixed schedules for a workflow that ebb and flows, layers and layers of QA because they've tied our hands where we have to blank and question everything and can no longer use our decades of knowledge and common sense, and more and more time-consuming steps and software platforms that are clunky.

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Been in the MT field a long, long time - FlowerPower (Views: 1339, 2017-02-11, 9:22 am)
- Long time MT - Me2 (Views: 1127, 2017-02-11, 9:50 am)
  - Sorry - Not true for me (Views: 1071, 2017-02-11, 10:49 am)
    - Not for me - No problems here (Views: 1012, 2017-02-12, 3:53 pm)
    - You sound like one of the owners of a transcription company - I had worked for recently (Views: 816, 2017-02-13, 10:54 pm)
  - Thanks for the insight - Not true for me (Views: 1130, 2017-02-11, 3:27 pm)
    - How crass - anon (Views: 1394, 2017-02-11, 5:03 pm)
      - Repllies like this usually come from someone who - FlowerPower (Views: 1216, 2017-02-12, 8:56 am)
        Making money off hard work of MT - Not true for me (Views: 995, 2017-02-12, 12:40 pm)
      - and i mean the "not true for me" person - FlowerPower (Views: 859, 2017-02-12, 8:57 am)
    - You missed her point big-time. - sm (Views: 941, 2017-02-12, 9:33 am)
      - I made 0.08/line 20 years ago. Mere COLA would be paying - 12 cents but I only get 7. (Views: 859, 2017-02-12, 9:46 am)
    - And they can't do ours - MT (Views: 810, 2017-02-12, 11:39 pm)
      - Yes it is a shame - More insight (Views: 829, 2017-02-16, 8:46 am)
- Not true for me - It was your choice to stay (Views: 941, 2017-02-11, 9:51 am)
  - If your MT job is "gone," you lost 100% of that income. sm" - MT for life (Views: 1014, 2017-02-11, 11:37 am)
    - I did not lose 100% of my income - Not true for me (Views: 989, 2017-02-11, 11:42 am)
      - (This was meant in response to the OP) Good points - MT
    - I am obviously missing something - Not true for me (Views: 1020, 2017-02-11, 12:23 pm)
      - I am not the OP. - MT (Views: 960, 2017-02-11, 12:37 pm)
      - Well said. - and (Views: 1002, 2017-02-11, 1:10 pm)
  - to been there a loong time - nik (Views: 770, 2017-02-12, 6:49 pm)
- Wow! Some of you really have a comprehension problem!! - FlowerPower (Views: 1000, 2017-02-12, 8:54 am)
  - You nailed it. The vast majority of MTs now earn - far less while others make far more. (Views: 889, 2017-02-12, 9:36 am)
    - Yes, we can blame the pusillanimous MTSOs who cave - to pressure from clients. (Views: 815, 2017-02-12, 9:51 am)
  - Lack of comprehension - MT1347 (Views: 840, 2017-02-13, 1:26 pm)
    - Get out - You can do it if you want (Views: 746, 2017-02-14, 7:15 am)
- I struggle to make less than half - mom2huskies (Views: 862, 2017-02-12, 10:28 am)
- Well, at least you're making the same amount.... - CAMT (Views: 701, 2017-02-16, 3:00 pm)