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I just saw an add for an inhouse MT position.... - sz

Posted: Dec 15, 2009

and the pay is $10 - $14 an hour, depending on experience. Are you kidding me???

Double when you get working at McDonalds or Wal-mart - Picky picky

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Plus inhouse usually means benefits which you don't get as an IC. I'd take it in a heartbeat just so I could get the hourly wage without worrying about line count determining my pay, which is especially nice if you work for somewhere that runs out of dictations and some good solid experience.

So we really can't expect better pay than entry-level McDonald's workers? - ginger

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Hospital management uses a similar line of thinking to justify sending work to India. Makes me sad when I hear fellow MTs saying something like it.

What entry level position at a fast food job pays 10 to 14 an hour? - My point is..

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Good luck finding an abundance of MT jobs that actually pay what they should. Not during the times of greedy MTSO's and a bad economy. I'd take 10 to 14 an hour just so I'm working in the field, getting solid work experience, hopefully some benefits, and an hourly wage. It's better than searching for that high paying MT job, not finding it, and ending up at the entry level position because the bills still have to get paid.

$10 to $14 - MT who knows

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$10 to $14 an hour . . . hmmm. . . well, my high school niece and nephew made $10.00 tutoring grade school kids on the side, and my high school nephew made $12.50 mopping floors in maintenance during the summer time for a local school. . . . what does that tell you . . . $10.00 pay is something a person gets who has no experience or knowledge . . . but now companies want people to be educated and knowledgeable and want the work for next to nothing or free -- meaning MT work. The MT field (line of work) is going to hell in a hand basket and anyone who doesn't do something to get out of it now is making a huge mistake.

ad for inhouse MT position; where is the ad? - decent enough; what place is it for?

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The add is on Craig's list.... - sz

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...it's located in Scottsdale, AZ.

I agree as far as being compared to nothing more than a McDonald's or Walmart employee. Maybe this is a good position for the MT who is married and has a 2nd source of income, but I unfortunately am a single mother, and $400 - $560 a week, minus taxes, just isn't going to cut the mustard. Unfortunely, we seem to be accepting less and less pay for what we do. I have watched my income shrink from 43K a year to less than 30. This is pathetic!!!

craig's list - i will take it

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I would love to see 400-560 a week. My last few checks have been well below $1000 for 2 week pay period. I guess it is time for this "old and frustrated MT" after 35 years to find another career. It is only going down from here.

Beware of Craiglist job postsings, most are scams. - ChickenLover

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I found out the hard way that most are scams, phishing for your e-mail only to send you spam.

If you need proof, take the e-mail that's listed for the particular job and "google" it. Dollars to donuts you will see the same ad listed in multiple if not all states. Very disappointing when you really need work. It was a real sucker punch when I found out.

Good luck and be careful out there. If it sounds to good to be true...

Craigs list is global first of all and secondly I have both bought and sold - on Craigs, love it

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So the job could be about anywhere, know the pet section is all over the place. I have bought and sold rugs from my home, bought lamps, dining set for my kitchen, glass top tables for my grand room, so much. I read articles on Craigs about every day.

I just tried this with a local med. receptionist ad; you're right, this email had ads - listed all over the U.S. What do they gain with s

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nm

what do they gain with spam? I'm not familiar with this. - n/m

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nm

Their ultimate goal is stealing your money/identity. - ChickenLover

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The whole reason behind scams like this is to lull you into a false sense of security/hope. They may just send you crap ads in the hopes you'll respond to Viagra or something, but usually they are far more devious than that...

They may say they want/need more info for the job so please forward resume. Then they may ask for SS#, any bank numbers for payroll...it could get really ugly really fast.

thanks for posting. - n/m

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nm

$10-14 is "decent"? I just turned down inhouse - for $16/hr cuz it had no health ins.

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After taxes, commute time and gas, without bennies, that one isn't worth the aggravation of having to start all over again somewhere new. Why jump from one job that's bad, to another one that's bad? If a liveable wage can't be made in MT, the I'll move on to something else. Accepting chickenfeed wages just perpetuates the problem.

My sentiments exactly... - sz

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:)

$16 - mt way too long

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But you have a job. Wouldn't you rethink that if you were unemployed?

It may perpetuate the problem, who knows but if folks need jobs they can work for less until more comes along or they can have no job and no income. The choice to me is simple especially if someone is unemployed.

It may have an incentive plan though. My last inhouse - had VERY lucrative incentive program! nm

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incentive - mt way too long

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You are right. It may very well have an incentive plan. The last hospital job I worked for five years had an incentive plan and I made MORE from the incentive plan than I did my regular wages. It was nice. If I were going to go out to work again on the outside, I would accept that job in a minute. Less headache than all this production stuff anymore.

$14/hour is what the local hospital here pays - Happy MT Robin

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They didn't run their ad long, either, so I think they filled the jobs pretty quickly.

Gone are the days of 20$ an hour and great - benefits for in house -

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The market is glutted with laid off medical transcriptionists wanting in-house jobs to avoid slaving for MTSOs with horrible work schedules, no guarantee of work. In light of that, 14 an hour with benefits sure sounds better than minimum wage which is what some of us are ending up with at MTSOs due to ESL and not enough work.

14 an hour - mt way too long

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Having done this for 32 years, if a hospital offered me a job making 14 an hour with benefits, I would grab it! Not much out there. If they paid incentive with that, it would be wonderful. Lots of them do pay incentive. someone with experience could make good money there.

$20/hr. jobs are going away because we MTs - are afraid to stick our necks out

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and stand up for ourselvs and our livelihoods.

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