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Any predictions about MTSO mergers for 2011? - I predict nothing major, and 2011 will be a more s
Posted: Dec 31, 2010
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I give up. How can I tell if my message will get - cut off?? Drives me nuts!! OP nm
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The subject line and nickname line only hold - sm
[ In Reply To ..]so many characters. Best bet is to continue your message in the "reply" box if long.
How about a prediction on wages? - $$ Headed down! ... nm
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I predict that I will tell SS that they can KMA if the NJA continues. - SSMT
[ In Reply To ..]Happy New Year.
Wish I had that problem! sm - Just me
[ In Reply To ..]I was hoping to have a light day so I could spend time with my family but to no avail. Work pouring in.
I predict a lot of experienced MTs are going to have to make hard decisions about whether to - Stay as an MT or find a new career (sm)
[ In Reply To ..]If the job ad that I just saw that was posted 01/01/2011 is any indication, 2011 is going to be the year that a lot of Medical Transcriptionists are going to have to make the hard decision – stay in Medical Transcription or move into a whole new career entirely.
The ad was:
Independent Contractor
Clinic Work (Transcription, not Speech Recognition)
10-years experience MINIMUM
7 cents per line (65-character with spaces)
Come-on!!!! Is it so hard finding a decent job out there that someone with 10 years experience would be willing to work for, basically, 5 cents a line (after paying your own taxes, Social Security, etc).
I sure hope that MTSO does not get a single reply. Once other MTSOs find out that experienced MTs are willing to take jobs at 7 cent a line, that is what the norm will become, and even employees will not be safe from the declining starting wage.
JUST SAY NO
Unfortunately, someone will take that job and wages will continue to plummet. sm - LTMT
[ In Reply To ..]If I was younger and/or had a little more money set aside, I'd go back to school and get into something different, but as it is, I just have to pray that I can hang in there for another 15-20 years.
The ignorant part of that ad is thinking that 10 years exp is always a good thing - Experience does not equal excellence
[ In Reply To ..]You can tell that they don't know much about MT if they think that requiring 10 years (minimum) experience is a good thing. Sometimes it's 10 years of very poor experience doing things for an employer who accepts poor work and doesn't recognize quality when they see it. Then you get that experienced MT and find out that you're working with an experienced MT who will demand to have things 'the way I've always done it with my old employer and I'm not going to change now.'
That 10 years (minimum) experience requirement makes me think they haven't done this kind of work very long.
You're so right about experience... - PT
[ In Reply To ..]I used to work in an acute care hospital, and some of the transcriptionists there produced reports packed with errors, and they had a lot of experience. Because the staff didn't know any better and wasn't familiar with current accepted styles of transcription, these reports would reach the charts that way. There was very little Q/A there. Experience definitely doesn't necessarily equal quality.
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