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Are we headed for 0.01 per line?? - Looking
Posted: Jan 17, 2012
Looking at the jobs posted, and I have seen 3 positions in the last week paying 0.06 per line. SIX CENTS! And they are transcribing giigs too.
What's next -- 0.05? Then 0.04? Then 0.03? Then 0.02? Then 0.01?
This trend is frightening!
Yes it it is---- - Old and Tired MT
[ In Reply To ..]But people will still tell you that you are "lucky to have a job".
That other chorus will be here soon. - TheyllChimeIn
[ In Reply To ..]In addition to the "you're lucky to have a job" bunch, let's not forget that other chorus -- the "you must suck as an MT" crowd who insists that everything is PEACHY KEEN so your work must be rife with errors!!
It's a shame that you have a job - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Is that better than you're lucky or blessed to have a job? It's all how you look at it I guess. I've left careers before and gone a different direction because I was able to do better elsewhere. That's always an option, right?
You're only headed for 0.01 per line if - NormaJean
[ In Reply To ..]you're willing to take it. I don't get the deal here. Doesn't anybody work with their own accounts? Is everyone here at the mercy of an MTSO?
I'm not, Norma Jean - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I have three of my own accounts and charge and am paid an excellent cpl. There is no middle man and I will never be at the mercy of an MTSO. I will shut down and go do something, anything, else if and when that day presents.
I agree with you ... you get what you're willing to accept.
But what about when you get sick, want a vacation, a day off? - When equip fails, grouchy OM or Dr. nm
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nm - NJ
[ In Reply To ..]Need time off/equipment problems/whatever? I talk to the doctor or the office manager. I have relationships with all of them. We work it out. We're all just people. We know each other. I have doctors who sent gifts when my kids were born. I get bonus checks for Christmas. Working for a transcription company isn't the only way to go. Is that what the schools focus on? It's baloney. Not to mention there's a whole other thriving world of home-based IC transcription out there (legal, academic, general, etc.). You're only screwed if you let yourself be. Not a slam, just legitimate puzzlement on my part of why people just accept that they're going to be walked all over when there are so many viable options.
I, too, have my own accounts - - sm
[ In Reply To ..]And it's all in how you set up the TAT. I never set that for less than 48 hours and weekends don't count. If it comes in Fri it's due back Tues. Of course, it can get back sooner. One of my accounts is 72 hours' TAT. As far as equipment, I have a spare everything: Keyboard, pedal, head-set, hard drive, power supply, etc. Even an old laptop just in case. I have a four-port dial-up system sitting in my garage if for some reason the internet service I use has issues. I use Dropbox to put a copy of all of my templates, auto correct, normal doc, and file folders in just in case something crashes, that way everything I need to keep going is backed up and ready when I am.
Of course MT compensation will continue to fall - Someone has to pay for these expensive IT systems
[ In Reply To ..]Don't think for a minute that while the likes of Medquist was cutting your salary that there was a corresponding price cut given to the account. No, prices to their clients rose and MT compensation fell.
You are SPOT ON! NM - PassingThru
[ In Reply To ..]NM
Heading towards 0.01 per line - - Lynn
[ In Reply To ..]If we wouldn't agree to work for 6 cents a line, 8 cents a line or even 10 cents a line, our profession would be uplifted...We SHOULD be making 14 cents a line at least! Compared to what every other aspect of medical care makes? And we are facing all the fines and penalties of the HIPPA rules? Time to just refuse to settle for 6 cents a line and uplift our profession again!!!
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