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Editing 4 cpl - lmo

Posted: Feb 15, 2013

Is it even possible to make good money doing editing at 4 cpl? How much could one expect to make per hour at such a low rate?

Depends what you call good money. - mt

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I've always made $35,000 to $40,000/year straight typing, working about 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. I had no time card so wasn't required to punch in and out. Once you made the required lines for the day, you were done unless you wanted to make more money, which most of us did.

Then I lose that job and now do editing. The first year I made $18,000 working 8 hour days. I have finally got it down to making $100/day by quickly reading each report (I am a reader so I'm quick), and moving on. I will still make crap money this year, but I am job hunting for something that pays better, which will probably be out of the MT field.

My husband has an income. If I was on my own, no - I could not support myself very well on 4 cpl. It's an insult for the amount of work on each report. Most of my reports take just as long if not longer than straight typing.

depends entirely on the quality of VR - Des

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If you, like most of us, get VR that looks like this:

----The patient underlying depression PTCA and go and was found to have and there is no Bay make eye on Ott today in November 2012 after being found to have an and stress test other medications. He did undergo recent right hip appendectomy at home.----

Then, no, you will barely clear minimum wage.

So true, typical VR - WordDetangler

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Looks like the mess they had me fixing today. Horrible.

What will never cease to amaze me is the dictator is 20% good (due to extremely poor oral English skill), VR is about 55% right, and yet they want us to weave that into a 99% perfect document for 50% of the pay.

When the majority of experienced MTs are out of transcription - these companies will revisit this problem, because what I know for sure is they are never going to find enough minimum wage folks to train to do the job. It's funny because companies like McDonald's cannot pay these young people $8.50 an hour to even SHOW UP to work where they run a register, mop floors and take out the trash . . . and these transcription companies think they are immune from that kind of issue when they offer less wages and demand the knowledge of a scholar? How funny is that?!!!

I am absolutely applauding what you have said - For the birds

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I just read to my spouse what you wrote about the percentages. You have that down to a big T. When I first started on the VR, same platform, same hospital, it was so much better, "learned" after about a week and now it is terrible. I contacted my office and asked if there was anything they could do about the different glitches that go on, numerous. They would not be so bad except for the probable 6 or 7 per sentence you have to correct and that is not the only issues. I now have to look for more data to try to find copies to go to, hunting in past reports or even the net to try and find. I hate my job! I loved this at one time but it has just become so much harder than in years past when it should have become easier, just the other way around.

are you kidding me with this? - Snow Bunny (the original)

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If I had that, I would just power up Dragon 12 and re-dictate the entire report. At least I would produce 300+ lph at 4 cpl.

And when I was done for the day, I would start updating my resume to work for another company.

But most do not have Dragon 12 at their disposal to - power up. Agree with finding new job. nm

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No, I'm not kidding. - Des

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I see this over and over again every single day. THIS is the reality of VR for thousands of MTs, myself included.

IF all difficult work and ESLs--Walmart pays more. - anon

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From my experience and I did not start yesterday. I started on the belts. So, if you start out fresh, maybe you will find it entirely different.

I remember the belts! - Snow Bunny (the original)

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LBHS, Class of 1971 ... how about you? :}

J&W University, class of 1969 - Old Anon

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On my first job doing gross pathology, we had blue belts and a Selectric with the type ball that moved with 3 copies and carbon paper.

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