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been doing a lot of job hunting lately - - MT4Eight

Posted: Jul 19, 2012

am I crazy or does 8 cpl seem to be the norm lately??? I've even noticed some 7 cpl for straight typing. What is wrong with these people??? I made more than 8 cpl 13 years ago when I first started out. With the cost of living as much as it is, how are we to make a living doing this job other than working our fingers to the bone and working 16 hours a day? We all need to send emails and letters to Dateline or other news shows to do some kind of expose on the MT world because this profession has turned into nothing more than a glorified sweat shop industry right here in the good old USA. We're treated no better than those poor workers in other countries working for a few dollars a day.

dateline is a great idea - who is going to construct the letter?

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I will send one, but need a format.

I would love to send a letter too, but not - MT4Eight

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sure where to start. I don't want to sound like an idiot. I want it to be professional and state facts so they take it seriously. Any ideas appreciated.

yeah you're right - say what

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You're right. The plight of the MT is far more important than the homeless, the jobless, those who have lost their pensions, those whose lives are being destroyed by the drought, those who fall into the cracks of our society every day. Yeah, yeah. Call Dateline and whine that you're not paid what you were 15 years ago. Let me know how you make out.

Ya know - it's rude people like you who - MT4Eight

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who make me not want to post things on these boards. As far as your homeless, jobless and lost pensions remark - we as MTs will soon be homeless and without pensions because we won't make enough money to buy a home and put away money for a pension. Why don't you go do something constructive rather than trying to stomp someone down for god forbid trying to come up with a constructive idea rather than just sitting back and taking what we're being dealt.

No kidding! - Totally agree

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We work at home - boo hoo. No one makes what they did 15 years ago! These people need to get out of the house, look around or try watching Dateline themselves. MT wages on Dateline? Maybe Saturday Night Live, showing the sad MT crying over the keyboard repeating the same cycle that obviously doesn't work for them in the first place.

Haven't posted on here for a while but.... - Boosted Mom

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you know, it's not just about how much you're making now as compared to 13 years ago, it's what's going on with our medical records; offshoring, privacy issues, and the quality of our medical records. That's the bigger story, which eventually ties in with not making the money we used to. Greedy companies dumbing down the medical transcription industry to line their own pockets.

A perfect example - sm

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If any of you are familiar with the freelance websites such as Elance, ODesk, etc., you will understand when you see bidders from out of the country take all of the work for as little as $2.00 per hour or $40 for 90 minutes of dictation. It's ridiculous, and as long as it exists we can't compete with those rates because I, personally, am not working for $2.00/hour or typing 90 minutes of dictation for $40. Would those who think it's "whining" do that? Because that's what the industry is leading to as long as it's available. We are living amongst a society where quantity/cost of service is more important than quality and that's increasing more and more each day.

Our "plight" - is not that big of a deal

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Yes, to us personally, it's a HUGE deal. But in reality? As I said, in the face of the other issues going on, where people have no home, no job, no food, no prospects, our plight is just not that drastic.

As to the comment about privacy, offshoring, etc. If you've paid attention to where medical records are going, the issues you raise, again, are just not that big of a deal. Someone sitting in Bombay transcribing the medical record of SuzyHomemaker is Miami, is no more of a threat than DebbieDowner ticked off over her job is, in fact, may be LESS.

We're heading to a place where structured data and streamlined notes are going to be the issue. All this screaming about grammar, privacy, blah blah it's just not going to matter. The public at large has greater concerns than the person sitting at home transcribing their medical records is making less money and unhappy with the way her job is going.

Utter BS - gumby

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If you think its ok for your medical records to be transcribed overseas, then hey, let's just do away with JCAHO and HIPAA. Why have laws here in the United States, that we all have to abide by, when work is being sent to be done offshore, where those laws are not in effect? I think if any of us really care about our jobs and patient care, perhaps the way is to get Congress to pass law so that the work can't be done anywhere but here. Sorry if I've missed something here. I don't read posts here very often, so if its been discussed, I've missed it.

And, I really don't understand your attitude. Do you even work in this industry?

You mean like what's happening to thousands of MTs right now? - (no message)

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