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I love typing for 6 cpl and making no money!!!!! It's great! - really???


Posted: Sep 13, 2010

My account went to VR a few months ago. The docs who cannot do VR because they cannot talk worth a crap still have to be typed. The best part is, instead of making 10 cpl, we now get paid 6 cpl to do it. Basically, I am now making what I made about 11 or 12 years ago. Yeah, yeah…I know company.........you keep telling me how I am actually coming out ahead.  I hear ya, I just don't believe ya!

How would you like to be making 4.5 cpl - SICK of it

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My account went VR last week, being pain 4.5 instead of 9. Making no money. Working harder than I have ever worked before.

I know your pain! - really??

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I get paid 5 cpl for editing. Actually 4 cpl base plus 1 cpl for being an IC. Then, for anything needing typed, I get 5 cpl plus 1 cpl for it being a non-draft job. As far as editing goes, I pretty much have to re-type the whole document, which takes forever. Either way you look at it, we are getting screwed. I am SICK and tired of my company trying to brainwash us into believing we are coming out ahead. All these stupid "bonuses" and blah blah blah.....I am making way less and working more hours!

VRE - typo 1

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I fully understand except I'm only getting 4 cents/line...horrible VR.I might as well straight type it all. It not what they said it would be.

of course! - really??

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Of course it's not what they said it would be. That's because they lie. I was told I should be doubling my line count by editing. I type anywhere from 250 to 300 lines an hour, been doing this for a very long time. I have yet to see my line count double. It has, in fact, stayed about the same. Except now I get paid half of what I used to and I get to work more hours. I wish all the MT's would just quit and refuse to work for this crap!

is that a new MTSO tactic to lower pay-by-lie or can that be virified - with account? just asking NM

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? - really?

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I'm sory but I don't understand what you're asking.


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