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Dictate Express - Come one, Come all, to the - Disgusted

Posted: Apr 10, 2014

greatest job of them all - You can be an MT here for a whopping........WAIT FOR IT........0.05 CPL!!!!!!! Plus you can pay your own taxes and never get a paid vacation!!! Just when you think you've seen it all. Let's not all trample each other lining up to apply. Please - can we all realize we're better than this and deserve better than this and not apply to these places that low ball us like this?!!??! I think these companies will keep just seeing how low they can go.

Not medical... - ann

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I work for them and it is legal transcription not medical. There is no legal terminology, just every day language and very easy. This is why it is .05/cpl. I make as much doing this as I did when I was typing medical transcription and it is less stressful. The TAT is longer too anywhere from 2-4 days, so that helps tremendously.

I'd be interested in that. - AnnieOak

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Wow, I only make 3 cents a line... - Depressed

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... with 35+ years experience.

medical? Because the ad is for non medical work. - anon

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Dictate Express - Shelley

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Although the line count is low, I too work for them part-time and I love the work and the people there. However, yes if the pay were better, I would love to do more work for them.

Question - Daisy

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Is the work there flexible? Are you required to have set days/hours, or are you able to take work when you can? Is it assigned or from a pool?

TIA!

Answer to some of your questions - nn

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I worked for them for approximately two to three months last year. Their work is not "pooled" in the sense that medical transcription work is. I would generally have to email someone to have it assigned to me, often got it later in the evening, and expected to have it back the next day. The reports consisted of usually three speakers and basically were court hearings.

I had emailed the company well in advance that I had to fly back to my home state due to some family matters. They "assigned" two long files to me, knowing that I would be unavailable at least one day, due to airport transfers etc. I had explained to them in the email that I would not be available to work on the day of my flight and that I would be able to work until the day before my flight, so I needed the work a day in advance to make sure it was completed.

They also had a certain "template" that they wanted followed; however, it was never set up as a true template per se.

The only positive things that I can say is that they did pay on time and I believe it was by DD. One of the companies with an experience that I immediately put out of my mind.

thanks - (nm) - Daisy

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