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Does anyone work full-time lines with just one job? - sm

Posted: Jan 29, 2013

I have always worked for several different companies to make sure I can get a full-time line count. It frustrates me, because I apply for a "full-time" job and it is barely part-time on a daily basis. So, then I obtain another job to help supplement the first one and I don't know, it just gets to the point of overwhelming me when they both seem busy at once.

Is it possible these days to have ONE job that provides you with full-time lines or am I dreaming? I am very understanding regarding holidays and such (Except for when they hit you with work has been slow for two weeks due to President's Day), but I just want to be able to work one job and have my lines.

If anyone knows of a company I could try that would be sooooooooo greatly appreciated:)

I do - Busy MT

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I have always only worked just one full-time job and get much higher than the minimum full-time line count. I currently work for Landmark.

Ah, been there and done that. - OP

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Unfortunately, I didn't have the same experience with Landmark. Thanks for sharing though:)

Busy MT - Also Busy at LM

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I have worked two jobs in past years, but now I work for Landmark only and have plenty of work. I work full-time.

I wish - lmmt

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Been sitting here requesting jobs all day. Color me annoyed. Wish I knew what accounts you busy MTs are on, cause it sure isn't the one I'm on.

Afraid to have 1 job. What if it loses your acct, gets bought out by - MTSO you refuse to work for, etc. nm

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I had been working for 3 different ones - back in September...

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all three were lost within 30 days of each other to emr and voice rec, leaving me with nothing to fall back on. I have since taken on 3 more accounts, but will not go full time on any particular one, for the fear of losing any one of them again. I have to work hard to struggle with all of them, but it is the only source of security I have right now. They can all be lost in a heart beat through no fault of your own.

Sorry - but you are

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DREAMING....only in a perfect world would we be able to have one full time job. I work 3 and still dont have enough.

Never have worked more than one MT job at a time - see msg

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I worked 10yrs as a hospital MT before being outsourced to Medquist, took the job offer with them and still there. I make full-time line count and then some. Yeah it did slow down quite a bit over the holidays, but that seems to be the norm everywhere from what I can tell. Other than that, I have no problem getting my line counts.

I think it varies from person to person. Unfortunately everyone does not always have good experiences. What works for one may not work for the other.

Same here - Another busy MT

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I have been an MT for about 12 years now and I have never had more than one job at a time. There certainly are times when work volume is slower (i.e. major holidays, spring break, etc), but I have always managed to make well over full-time line counts. I do consider myself fortunate since I know that not everyone has this experience.

Busy MT Landmark - Sam

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So busy MT, can you tell me a little bit about Landmark? I am doing editing (supposedly) with Entrada and I am sinking. I do more straight transcribing than editing as their VR software is not very good. I am lucky if I get 500 lines a day and I am used to at least 1,200 a day at a much higher rate.

LM - sm

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You will more than likely have the same experience at Landmark unless you just want to add it on as part-time to what you have, then you may be okay. Most of the time, these MTs that praise Landmark are new to the company and just haven't gotten to the point when the work runs dry with no explanation whatsoever. I, too, used to be the "Yay, I'm so busy at Landmark, must be everyone else that has the problem" but then when my work ran out and I got no explanations, I realized they were right.

Not my experience with Landmark - Busy MT

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I have been with Landmark for about a year and a half, so I am by no means new there, and have yet to run out of work. There have been slow days, but I have never totally run out. I get excellent line counts, much more than 12,000 per pay period. I do mostly straight typing with some VR mixed in on my account. It may have something to do with the fact that my account is an ER account with a large number of dictators that is always pretty steady.

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