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Two full-time jobs - anon

Posted: Nov 28, 2011

I was interested in finding out whether anyone else does work two full-time jobs. I am considering doing this because of how slow my other accounts get sometimes (I know they are overstaffed). Just wondered how possible it is to do this, both in terms of time and wear and tear on you physicallly transcribing this much. Anyone who does this that can give me some input or advice?? TIA

2 full-time jobs - MT2

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I manage to do it. I do work 7 days a week, though, but never past 4 p.m. in the afternoon. However, work has been light on one or the other so the 2 together are still not up to the pay 1 job should be. I am actually going to get a third job now but everyone seems to be sending resumes everywhere at this time (holidays). They are all MT jobs BTW. It would be different if I took a job outside of the house, as those would be real-world circumstances. MT jobs are not real-world circumstances, b/c I have yet to find an MTSO which provides full-time pay/benefits/work in the last 5-10 years. I am sure if I had a full time job out of the house and I had 2 MT jobs I'd be exhausted or overwhelmed. You can do it. A while back a friend got a third MT job and I thought it was a bit much, but she was right. The formla will work 3:1 equals 1 or a bit less than 1 job full-time pay. Good luck to you, and God help us all!

MT2 - anon

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How do you manage not to work after 4 pm? My first job wants me there from 6 to 2 and my second from 2 to 10. When there is work on both jobs, will I just kill myself trying to do that much? They both are also just MTing. When work is slow I can see where this won't be hard and I definitely need to combine to make a full-time check, but when both companies are busy, am I expecting more physically at this job than most people could do? Thanks for any input!

Doing it too - anon2

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I'm doing it too - I just started working 2 full time jobs about 2 weeks ago. I work for MQ from 5 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sun - Thurs then for another company from 2 p.m. - 10 p.m. Tues - Sat. This means that I am only working both jobs on the same day Tues, Wed, and Thurs which are 16-hour days for me. I do work 7 days a week but 4 days of the week are only 8-hour days and I can still get my home stuff done on those days and still manage to volunteer at the animal shelter on Monday afternoons. I seriously wondered if I would be able to do it because I'm a single mom too but it's really not as tough as I thought. I'll be paid 5 times in December so maybe I can finally be able to keep a roof over my head without staying awake at night with worry. Medquist alone was NOT cutting it so finding another job was a complete necessity. I am working the same amount of time with my new full time job and making twice the money I make at Medquist - go figure.

You can do it - if I can do it, anyone can.

Two full-time jobs - anon

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Thanks for the encouragment! There is no way I can keep trying to make it on one job. $200-$300 per week will not come close, so I am either going to have to quit the job or get another one to supplement. Lord help us all take care of ourselves until we can find something else.

I was in the SAME BOAT - anon2

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I totally hear you. I've been with Medquist for 14 years and if I had kept all my eggs in that basket I would've gone flat broke.

I've posted on the Medquist forum a few times over the last couple of months about putting my head down on my desk and crying a full-blown ugly cry on paydays because I would have payment arrangements with my apartment office that I couldn't keep. I've only been earning minimum wage (sometimes below it) with Medquist so I finally got to the governmental assistance office and was (VERY thankfully) able to qualify for the full amount of food stamps ($362/mo). Now with my second job hopefully I can dig my way out with my back-due rent. I have to keep my job with Medquist for a bit longer until I'm caught up but I can't tell you how nice it feels to know that I'm not solely dependent on them anymore.

Even if I lost my job with MQ tomorrow what have I really lost? $200 a week and YEARS off my life from being worried sick about barely keeping a roof over my and my son's heads.

you mean $200 a day not week? - really?

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You must mean $200 a day and not per week? Or after your costs. If serious, MQ is not the place to be obviously. Think about getting your own accounts? More work, more money, but also more overhead but well worth it.

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