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I took a crappy 4 CPL job once. - MT3

Posted: Sep 28th, 2023 - 3:13 pm In Reply to: The wage shaming is cruel, disgusting and sickening. - Those of you who shame others, SM

I lost my contract with my nice job that I was transcribing 3000 lines per day on, making 8 CPL. I wound up taking the 4 CPL speech rec work. The result was I cut my pay in half.

So you know what I did? I spent 1 hour every day combing through the Job Seeker's Board archives on this website, seeing what companies had looked here for transcriptionists in the past and might be looking again. I spent that time sending out resumes, sending out e-mails, sending followup e-mails, getting in touch with professional contacts. Every day. I kept detailed records of every e-mail, application, and resume sent.

After 2 months that seriously sucked financially, I finally landed ONE typing job that paid 8 CPL. Then a week later, I got a SECOND one. And today, four years later, I still have those two fantastic typing jobs both paying me 8 CPL. Why? Because 4 CPL SR sucks, and I kept searching for 8 CPL TR work so I could quit the 4 CPL work. And when I finally could say goodby to that 4 CPL BS, it was the happiest day in those two months.

And do you know what would happen if I lost one or both of my 8 CPL jobs again and had to suffer through the 4 CPL BS again? Well, I would do the Exact. Same. Thing. Again.

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I've seen this many times posted, how people sit up so tall - and proud on that high horse to refuse 8cpl. SM (Views: 1362, 2023-09-22, 2:54 pm)
- I have been where you are and was able to move up. - Very well stated (Views: 800, 2023-09-22, 5:40 pm)
- The wage shaming is cruel, disgusting and sickening. - Those of you who shame others, SM (Views: 752, 2023-09-22, 7:16 pm)
  - I took a crappy 4 CPL job once. - MT3
    - Excellent post and exactly my point all along. Do whatever - you need to so you can keep going SM (Views: 601, 2023-09-28, 5:00 pm)
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  - Spare me too - Just get out (Views: 679, 2023-09-23, 3:41 pm)
- The fact that I think you are missing - Is that these "high riders" (Views: 704, 2023-09-23, 9:40 am)
  - The fact you are missing - Well said (Views: 651, 2023-09-23, 3:51 pm)
    - missing facts - Jen (Views: 708, 2023-09-23, 5:51 pm)
      - Missing facts - You are missing facts (Views: 637, 2023-09-23, 7:05 pm)
    - Low wages - Jen (Views: 687, 2023-09-23, 9:07 pm)
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      - thanks - Firsay (Views: 491, 2023-10-24, 2:01 am)
    - Is the glass half full or half empty? - SamMe (Views: 658, 2023-09-24, 12:46 pm)
      - No one with any level of skill - Is worth pennies a line (Views: 688, 2023-09-24, 4:12 pm)
        There you are, on your high horse again - sm (Views: 658, 2023-09-25, 10:54 am)
        Good Grief - ClickingNails (Views: 640, 2023-09-25, 4:01 pm)
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        You really think all MTs standing up woulda changed things-it would not have sm - RunninOnMT (Views: 557, 2023-10-17, 4:32 pm)
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  - The fact some of you seem to be missing is - that shaming people does no good. SM (Views: 737, 2023-09-23, 8:30 pm)