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Thinking of leaving TT.... - sm

Posted: Sep 28, 2010

I like TT for the most part but I am not making enough money to pay my bills. Their VR pay is so low so I am thinking of going somewhere else. But isn't VR pay low everywhere? I hate to go somewhere else and it's worse. Their insurance is horrible too. My providers in my area are on their network so I am basically paying for nothing.

I would think about it really hard - webbegone

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I would think really hard about leaving a company because of the VR pay rate. I did not leave WM by choice, unfortunately by RIF, but believe me I searched every day the first couple weeks for employment with over 15 years experience and the going rate for VR is 3-4 and a few companies paid a little more but not much. Most of them are all VR but there are a few who still do straight transcription, but of course it is probably only temporary. The pay rate for VR is very low, I think management is truly unaware or uncaring as to how much editing takes place. I did go to work for a company with straight typing, however, the platform is very slow but I can pay my bills now, even if I do have to work third shift which is a big change for me, but once the account goes to VR, which it will in the future, I have decided I am getting out of this business. If I want to work for the wages I made in the 1980s (which is what my hourly rate comes out to on VR), I decided I would find another career that the pay rate was not going in the wrong direction. Maybe some day technology for VR will reach the point you can make a living but my guess would be if you were to poll MTs, the vast majority of them are not making ends meet or are working 2-3 jobs in order to stay ahead of the bill collectors. I applied and received unemployment and the amount I could get was more than I would have made doing 250 lines an hour at 4 cents a line for a 40 hour work week, that is really sad. I wish you the best in whatever you decide to do but please give it a lot of thought because the other companies are not paying much more and some not even that much. I also see posts on here that people cannot find second jobs, they used to apply to a few and get hired but that is not the case with so many MTs moving around or losing jobs, it is truly an employer's market out there and they can pay the low rates because we all need jobs. It took me about 2 weeks of looking and submitting resumes, taking tests (numerous) before I finally even got a response and then have had several since that time but was really getting depressed. I did find a job which I think will last me a while and am quite content with it so they are out there, just do not quit your current one before you have another, it may take a while. Best of luck.

I would second that. - sm

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10 yr ago I applied to 12 companies and had 10 job offers. (I have over 30 years experience.) Awhile back, I applied to 6-8 companies and it took forever before I got even one response and it was so pathetic I just stayed where I was.

I gave up on finding a company that pays - Long Time MT

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enough to be able to pay my bills. After 20 years at home, there is no company that pays enough anymore. I tried 3 different companies in the last 5 years or so and I got so tired of struggling. So I found an in house job. I got an offer for FT with benefits paid by the hospital, hourly rate in the teens plus an incentive based on LPH because the hospital has VR, too. It will be a 40 minute drive each way with no traffic, but I just feel I need to find a SOLUTION, and finding another at home MT job just is not a solution. The pay rate at this hospital goes up to $22.00 an hour. I have not made that kind of money in 10 years at home. Look around and see if you can find something on site.

Until the day you go again and find out you've been outsourced - wimt

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That's what happens

Stay where you are - TT MT

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I have worked for many companies at home, and basically the pay is the same, but at least with TT they are honest with you, care about their MTs and there is always work, at least I have had that experience. I agree with what you have been told by the other MTs. I have just come to the conclusion that even though it sounds great, it may not always be that way. They promise the moon, but it changes once they hire you. Also, some companies overhire, and because of that you run out of work on your own accounts. I did go through that and told my TL that I was running out. Sure, they did put me on a couple of other accounts, and guess what..they ran out of work too. When I went back and told them that they did not believe me. I went higher up because I couldn't support my family, and the next thing I know I was given the boot. So far TT is the best one I have come across.

What choices do we really have? It is all a joke. - AT

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You are right in that you cannot make a living on 3-4 cents, plus horrible dictators and rules of don't bold, do bold, don't abbreviate, look up doctors and the surrounding nursing homes and towns. It is absolutely time consuming and for 3 cents? Plus, they do not count spaces on the VR!!! That too hits you right in the $$$$. The services have their gains and games, we are just the pawns. All lies. You have to work constantly and not be sick or have anything go wrong. Get your 1400 lines a day because they say is easier!! Right. The editing is sometimes more time consuming that just the regular typing that we can do faster. It is not fair as there are no guidelines anymore it is all run by the services and they take off the top. Welcome to being used.

MQ probably pays a little better - nightowl

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MQ pays 60% of your transcription rate. But its up to close to 90% SR now :( I've been thinking about finding a "typing only" place, but not really sure that is the solution either. It would be nice to find a job that was at least 50/50.

I'm thinking about it myself - TT typer too

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I do not mind the VR rate. It's just that I am finding lately that even though I work second shift I am not able to procure enough work.

I understand how you feel - TT MT

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I work second shift,and I am finding that the work I am getting has very low line counts, and I was notified by my TL that my lines were short for this pay period. There were some extenuating circumstances, however, but I am seeing that the work is being taken very quickly, even at night.

Re: I understand - TT typer too

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Thank you for your post. I thought maybe it was just me, but I feel a bit better to know someone else is seeing the same thing, so I do not feel so nuts now.

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