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Makes me sick - Disbelief
Posted: Dec 15, 2009
I am currently awaiting a call from my boss about going salary for my position as an MT, and I have no patience 
, so just for fun I googled "how much salary does a medical transciptionist get paid" and I clicked on this link to one of those question/answer sites where someone asked about the average transcriptionist's salary, and what I read made me sick.
This person wrote a huge answer about what is to be an MT and how they get paid and such. This person is claiming essentially they type 2500 lines in 5 hours and can make anywhere between $30 and $70/hour. They have 2 jobs, one pays straight $25.00/hr, and last year they made $65,000 annual income.
I calculated this out (and if I'm right) if they type 2500 lines in 5 hours, they have to STRAIGHT type 500/lines an hour AND get paid 0.14/line.
Now, if there is a such person as this out there, you deserve a medal. On the other hand, I saw postings of people who commented on this answer who were thinking of making the big career switch (and these were pretty recent, last month), and thanking the poster for their informative answer. These people are going to be sadly diappointed when reality hits of what it is really like for an MT nowadays. People who post lies like that out there just to get people to go to MT schools or just for fun make me sick. People are going to change their whole lives not knowing the truth. I just hope those who posted those comments, did a little more reasearch and weren't blinded by the pot of gold at the end of that rainbow!
it is possible, depending on work type and personal skills - but not common. NM - (no message)
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possible - where
[ In Reply To ..]If that is possible, I would love it myself, and I have done this over 30 years, and still waiting for that to happen. Apparently I am in the wrong state or wrong place at the wrong time, or when they were handing out the good jobs.
workingforaliving - nm
[ In Reply To ..]I guess if they have templates where the doctor (who is very windy) has standards and you just have to fill in a few blanks that is possible, but not likely.
It's about as possible as Santa Claus - sm - Zircon
[ In Reply To ..]being able to deliver toys to millions of households all over the world... in a single sleigh, in just one night.
it is possible - fortunate MT
[ In Reply To ..]Right now I am making 0.12 per line straight typing and just today I typed 2231 lines in four hours which calculates to $66.93 an hour. I'm an IC so taxes won't be taken out. Of course this job probably won't last forever with all the new technology, but for now I'm certainly taking advantage of it!! It is for a private company though, not an MTSO, no ESL so the doctors are able to be understood very clearly!! I am very fortunate as I am the only one who does the typing and there is no other competition as far as who gets the work. It is definitely possible to make that much, especially if you type fast, but these jobs don't come around everywhere. You have to be out looking for them - talking to doctors at private practices, not hospitals, etc. Be your own boss, take charge, and go out there and get the work. I work for one doctor who did all his reports himself until I went and talked to him. Now I do all his reports - this is a separate job, but still, I went out and found them. Good luck to all of you!
Not my point - Disbelief
[ In Reply To ..]I'm happy there is someone out there that can make this money. My point in posting this was not to see who is actually making this money, but to point out that it is wrong to write something like that to a person interested in becoming an MT. They made it seem like the norm, and that it is quite easy and everyday to do that. When in fact, it is nearly impossible for a new MT to get a job, much less one that pays anything of significance.
The poster was encouraging people to become MTs based on this 'normal' income, which I think is totally wrong and irresponsible.
not my point - fortunate MT
[ In Reply To ..]Oh right, oops - I guess I was reading everyone else's posts as well. You are completely right - this is definitely false advertising and there should be something done about it. I have been doing this for ten years and am finally fortunate enough to have found this job, but it took this long to get here. If they are making it sound like it is right out of school, shame on them, which is apparently what they are doing. Very sad! I do feel bad for those that are going to be and have been completely blindsided by the untruths these people and/or colleges tell to lure people in.
MT schools and the BS they sell you - - sz
[ In Reply To ..]...that's exactly what I experienced 10 years ago when taking the MT course I chose. Up to 60K a year, high demand, blah, blah, blah. What a crock!!! What they also failed to mention was that if you are a newbie (and yes, even 10 years ago), good luck getting your foot in the door. I had never been so disillusioned in my life! I finally was able to get a job, but only because I had to BS my way into it. I think it is absolutely fraudulent what these schools are making people believe, all the while taking their money for a job that you can't even support your family with anymore. If you are fortunate enough to have a job making that kind of money, you are definitely one of the very, very few exceptions....but I guarantee you, it won't last. I started out at 0.8 ten years ago, only to have it whittled away over the years down to 0.7 and even 0.6 a line.
Hmmm - now THERE might be a way to get a - foot in the door with the media about - sm
[ In Reply To ..]the scam the entire MT industry has become - a story about all the scam SCHOOLS.
MT schools - mt way too long
[ In Reply To ..]You are telling the absolute truth! Years ago when these ads came out I use to speak against them to folks who wanted to take these courses. I took much flaming and flack and was told I was a liar, etc. Folks wouldln't listen, spent their money and found out exactly what you are finding out. What the schools didn't tell you is that there is/was good money in this profession but you had to be in for a few years to make that money. Also, they didn't tell you that coming out of school and working at home on production right off the bat was nearly impossible if you wanted to make any money. Of course there are few exceptions. But if you want to work in acute care you really need experience in house for several years...at least five is best and then its not hard when you get home. Its the kind of profession you just have to love and get in there and stay. It took quite a few years to get to making a substantial amount of money. It is possible, but not like these schools are advertising.
Can you post on there? Maybe you should put a link to this forum - RubySoho
[ In Reply To ..]While I realize we're not all in the same boat, a lot of us are rowing as fast as we can to stay afloat.
The people reading that site should see what the other side of the lake looks like, so to speak.
Link - Disbelief
[ In Reply To ..]Here is the link. It is on the site WikiAnswers. Apparently, you can edit the answer too sometimes, but that is closed now. I did, however, post a comment warning people about the lies in the answer.
If you want to post something too, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click View Discussion.
I think whoever wrote that answer is more of an idiodic MT or management rather than a school, as there is no specific school mentioned.
Medical Transcription - fltechnologies
[ In Reply To ..]Medical Transcription
Yup, another scam. The owners of the schools get - richer, and their MT graduates get poorer.
[ In Reply To ..]I smell AHDI somewhere in all that.
2500 lines in 5 hours - mt way too long
[ In Reply To ..]The only way someone can type 2500 lines in 5 hours (straight typing) is if they are getting paid by the "gross line" and even then that is a hard work. VR I suppose you could do 2500 lines in five hours, but the money is less.
Years ago when these ads started coming out about making all this money right out of school blah blah, I tried to tell folks and they wouldn't listen. I had several people in my area who went to the schools advertised in the magazines and even to the community colleges. I told them they were wasting their money. They finished school, couldn't even sit down and transcribe a tape. Couldn't find jobs, etc. Now 10+ years later, folks are finally seeing what has really been going on. Lots of money wasted. The MT field is still short of QUALIFED MTs and the profession has gone to the toilet.
blah blah - tired
[ In Reply To ..]What I don't understand is why everyone stays in the field! If it's that terrible, go do something else! What I find really funny is how the older MT's try and act like they give a rats butt about new/future MT's, whom they've never met, wasting their time and money. Why don't you just say what you really mean. Your frustrated because you think new MT's are bombarding the field, and you want things to go back to the way they were. Some of you use these scare tactics to try and chase off people who want to go to school and become an MT. If some people have unrealistic expectations of this field [newbie's], then that's their problem. MT is NOT the only field that people are underpaid that work their pants off. Look at teacher's, one example. I just don't get how people can gripe and gripe but yet, stay in the position. If somebody, regardless of the relationship, personal/professional, treated me the way some of you claim to be treated, I'd be out! Just for the record, the school I attended was pretty strait forward with me, personally. If some idiot wants to go and place their future on what some person said to them on an eHow or Yahoo answers site, that's their problem!WHO CARES! Then they are stupid and probably won't make it anyways. I went in with very realistic expectations, so not everyone is some tool that believe's everything they hear. MT school seems to be such a sore spot with the elder's...how else are people supposed to get in these days?? It is what it is. Complaining and being really ticked off about it is not going to change things, sorry, but it's not.
to blah, blah - mt way too long
[ In Reply To ..]why does it bother you if the ones who have been in this business for years, tell the truth about the advertisements for these schools. Personally I am quite happy in the field and make good money. But I have been in it almost 33 years. If I choose to tell the truth that you cannot make the kind of money the schools are promising right off the bat, why do you care? Somebody might listen. Matter of fact, many people actually ask for the information and listen.
The only thing that is a sore spot with the "elders" are the lying schools and the folks who ask opinions and then won't listen and then complain later.
If I didn't care that people spend their hard earned money on these schools and then get ripped off, I wouldn't say a word. I really do question though why it bohters you. Sounds like you don't have anything else to do.
I used to make 14cents a line - Debbie
[ In Reply To ..]but lost that job to do VR; now I am making 8 cents and look at my check and wonder what happened along the way..my checks are so small now. I do jewelry shows on the weekends (although they are over for this year)with jewelry I make and I can make more in 6 hours on Saturday than I can in 40 hours at my desk. It is truly depressing for me right now.
re: Debbie - just me
[ In Reply To ..]It sounds to me like it might be time for you to expand that jewelry business then, if the income is decent on your PT basis. Maybe selling on ebay or having an online showing would be a way to boost that business. Just an idea---wish I was creative enough to do something like that :)
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