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VR pay rate - weetom
Posted: Oct 11, 2011
I recently read a job posting that required 150 lph for straight type and 225 for VR -
Does this make sense ? These companies are using the excuse that we should be able to produce "twice as many lines" with VR - thus - HALF the pay. If that is truly the case, then why in the world would the line requirement not reflect that as well. Obviously, these companies know VR is not nearly as productive for the MT as they claim; however, I would venture to guess with the MT making half the money, the companies are making TWICE the money going with VR.
It's not natural to type using only ctrl keys, it's not paid fairly, and the software does not "learn" like they say.
In my opinion, it's a dangerous way to go as MTs feel they have to fly through reports because they are making so much less money, and VR makes some pretty serious mistakes.
I have yet to work in a platform where I have met, let alone, exceeded what I was making doing straight transcription.
Your'e right - marshall11
[ In Reply To ..]You are exactly right.
When I started on VR, I couldn't understand why my income was dropping so much....at first I thought I just wasn't as good at editing as I am at straight transcription. But the more posts I read on this website, I realize I'm not the only one.
As far as the numbers you cite above, typing 150 lph and editing 225 lph.....
I find that I actually TYPE more like 190 to 200 lph, but I can only edit 225 to 250 lph.
What's wrong with this picture?
I am currently looking for a change, hoping to go back to straight transcription so I can make a decent living again. Either that, or make a career change at 50.
are we related ? - weetom
[ In Reply To ..]Just wondering because of the similarities - I type and do speech "wreck" at the same rates as you, for the same crappy pay, and I, too, would love a career change AND I turn 50 in March !
well, we must be triplets then - except
[ In Reply To ..]I came out 10 years later!
any straight typing jobs left ? - weetom
[ In Reply To ..]Seriously, if there are any straight typing jobs out there, even part-time, I'd love to hear about them. I'm beginning to wonder if they exist anymore.
Very few - slc29
[ In Reply To ..]If there are straight typing jobs out there, they are very few. I actually just saw an job post for a copy where the are charging the MT $150 for installing their software on the MT's computer!?! I know that it has been complained about several times, but I too feel very frustrated. I remember a time when I said I would not work for less than 12 cents a line. Now I work for much less and use my own equipment. I feel like pretty soon I will be paying the company to work for them.
You got that so right. ICs are now being offered 7 and 8 cents - a line to pay their own taxes
[ In Reply To ..]But what's a person to do when there are bills to pay. Telling someone to find another job is not what it used to be as most of these companies have become one and the same. They just have different names!
When I started - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I went around and got my own business. I made brochures and went door to door. I did not work for a company. Of course companies are going to pay you minimal so they can make theirs too. I charged 10 cents a line and did alright. Later on, I worked for a girl as an independent contractor for 7 cents a line and found out later she was charging the customer 14 cents a line. If you really want to work as an IC, get out and try to hustle up some work on your own, charge maybe 12 cents a line and do the work yourself. Not sure how it works with all this EMR crap now, but it is worth looking in to. I'm thinking of contacting one of the doctors I used to do when I worked for that lady. The doctor's wife was always trying to get me to do the work and cut out the boss so she could get it done cheaper, but I had a contract with the boss that I couldn't take her work for a year after I quit. It has been more than that and I am considering contacting her. It was just one doctor and he had a lot of work, enough to keep me busy for several hours. If that works out, then I might go for another doctor to get enough work. You just can't expect to make "like the old days," like some talk about. Frankly, I never made 60,000+ like some say they did, but I made enough that I felt I was being paid fairly. It's all what you can live with. If you go too high, you won't get any work.
Just an update - sm
[ In Reply To ..]I just talked to the doctor's wife and she is interested in someone to do overflow work for her. I am going to call back tomorrow to speak to the person who handles the file transfers and get some more information. That would be perfect for me since my full time job is very slow. Thanks for your post that made me get my butt in gear and call her. I've been telling myself I am going to do that for a long time but never have.
Totally agree - MT
[ In Reply To ..]This really irks me. It's those MTSOs that pay exactly half of your straight transcription rate for VR, yet their minimum line count is not double VR vs straight. I don't know of any company that is. It blatantly shows that they KNOW you can't do double your lines with VR on one hand, yet pay-wise insist you can. Obviously they acknowledge this with their minimum line counts. My last job was a 20% difference (8 vs 6), much more fair. Of course, they lost their major account being underbid by an MTSO paying 3-4 cpl.
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