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How long do you wait for jobs before taking a break? - Jane

Posted: Jul 15, 2011

I am on a troublesome account that is fairly new to the company and is a mix of VR and straight transcripiton. When it first started, there was plenty of work. All that work has now dried up. I am lucky if I get a total of 400 lines per day. Most of my day (approximately 12 hours a day) I sit and keep clicking for the next job to download from EditScript and most of the time anymore nothing comes. My question for anyone who would care to answer is how long would you sit and wait (and hope) for jobs to download to do before you thow in the towel and go watch a TV show, do dishes, laundry, grocery shopping or something else? I took an hour long break today and I don't think I missed a thing on my job. It is now 6:00 p.m. and this is supposed to be the busy time on the account, yet there is no work of course. I think it's stupid to just sit here accomplishing nothing. I've talked to my team leader about this, that didn't help. Of course, I have my feelers out for other pastures. But, I am just wondering how long do you wait on work? Thanks in advance.

Hmmm. About 60 seconds. (Short attention span!) - A.D.D. MT

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About 10-15 minutes - sm

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I don't care to sit around waiting for work when I am not getting paid. When work dries up, I will usually spend 10-15 minutes checking my email, forums, or clean my office. If there still isn't work by the time I am done, I just lock up and go find something more productive to do. However, I know there will be days with plenty of work later that I can make up the day if I want. If I was running out of work every day, I would certainly be looking for a new account.

I'll go check e-mail or something, try to download - again, maybe once more, then leave. NM

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