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Having a hard time making line count - mom2huskies


Posted: Nov 04, 2013

After being switched  every couple of months to new accounts I am now having trouble making any lines. Lately I have been wondering if they have changed how they count lines.  Also I am on an account that is done in the UK which means 100 percent ESLs and zero normals.  Anybody else struggle?

Horrible accounts - old and burned out

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I have spent the last four years doing 2 groups of hospitals, two years for one and 2 years for the other. Both of these accounts were extremely difficult. I was switched after we lost the first account and was just switched again. It basically took me a year to make money on either of these because of all the ESLs, bad audio, etc. Now I've been given an account that is all transcription for now but has lots of weird work types and some godawful dictators. I may be at the end of my rope. Fortunately for me, I can retire but it's a shame to have a skill and not be allowed to use it.

Last night was the worst for me. - dnr

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What's with the sound? Almost all the different account had terrible sound.

Add to that, I was doing every single account on the planet.

Other than a couple horrible doctors, I never get the same doctors more than twice, so they have taken away one of the key aspects of productivity - familiarity with the doctors!


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