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Typed 24 reports so far; have earned 24.97 - really hard to make a living this way - nm

Posted: Apr 20, 2012

Do you mean straight typing or editing? and is this - the awful 4 cent per line?

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Are the reports very, very short?

Hard to make living - JustMe

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I hear ya. I make 3 cpl and I'm getting nowhere fast! And they want more and more done every day.

I'm with you. I have had it! - MT24

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I am with you about this.
This is killing me. I am self-supporting. I just took this job earlier this year and this 4 cpl ASR which really means decipher bad dictators after deleting the ASR and typing for 4cpl scam that it is. Ugh. Sympathies!

Straight typing but a doctor who hims and haws - a 9 minute report earned me .37

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and it is not the 4-cent a line company but a horrid 6 cents; 25+ years of transcription and I am living at a poverty level right now

There must have been a lot of dead air on - that one. I would

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probably up my speed on the dictation to get to when they actually say something. That's only what 6-7 lines for a 9 minute report?

Six cents a line is pretty low. I would definitely be looking for another company.

TIME TO START DEMANDING WHAT WE MTS ARE WORTH - Lenie

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ALL MTS, PLEASE LISTEN

Stop this subordination to these stupid companies! Making pennies per line and staying at poverty level for our expertise is just ridiculous!

WE DECIDE WHAT WE ARE WORTH - NOT THEM!

STOP WORKING VR AT 3-4 CENTS PER LINE - DEMAND 5-6 CENTS PER LINE FOR VR EDITING! IF YOU ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS, YOU ARE PERPETUATING THEIR INSANITY BY ACCEPTING PAYMENT THAT IS BENEATH YOU.

MANY OF US WHO HAVE BEEN AT MT FOR 5-10-20+ YEARS FIND THEIR PAYMENT FOR OUR SERVICES INSULTING.

SOOO....START REFUSING TO WORK VR EDITING FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN 5 TO 6 CENTS PER LINE.

THERE IS POWER IN NUMBERS.

IF WE ALL REFUSE TO WORK AT VR EDITING THEY ARE SHOVING DOWN OUR THROATS FOR LESS THAN 5 CENTS PER LINE, WHO WILL THEY GET TO DO IT? (Newbies fresh out of MT training or high school, and they will GET WHAT THEY PAY FOR.)

(Remember the attempts at shipping all MT work overseas? Fell like a lead balloon - work came back so terrible in quality they had to re-do everything, which was more expensive than if they had paid us MTs what they should have to begin with!)

ANYBODY WITH ME? ANY COMMENTS?

PLEASE RESPOND.

...UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL...

Absolutely - with you, Lenie

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Also, outright work stoppage. I don't care what you call it. We all stop working until we are paid what we are worth. May 1, 2012, call in sick or not, schedule the day off, and the next day and the next day.

I'm There for May 1st - Lenie

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SICK OUT/TIME OUT/STAY OUT OF WORK ON MAY FIRST 2012

I'M WITH YOU, TOO

Count me in! (nm) - Meerkat

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Me too! - lovnlife

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Really, if everyone did this...what could they do?

THEY ALREADY GET WHAT THEY PAY FOR - THEY HAVE INDIA

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GROW UP. You cannot force these companies to pay you more. They will just send more work overseas. Have you forgotten that they make 1-2 cpl? You are totally replaceable and they dont care about quality anymore. WE ARE A THING OF THE PAST.... GET USED TO IT.

I earned $50 and felt lucky to earn that, but - sm

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I did get "jumped on" for not transcribing several things correctly. I SO wanted to reply do NOT blame me for their inability to learn MY language in MY country!!!!

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