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hospital switching to VR - MTMT

Posted: Feb 17, 2011

Have been informed that the hospital where I work inhouse is switching to voice. Has anyone ever been an employee where this happened? Is there usually enough work for everyone or have there been layoffs?

Be prepared! - digiti minimi

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This happened at my place of employment. They promised VR to us for years and when they finally got it, they gave us the ax. Praying for you that that won't happen to you!!

Hi, MTMT. Did you follow this up by reading the - MANY posts touching on it? :) SM

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If not, the answers would be yes, yes, and yes. Some whole departments shut down, others no one's laid off, and everything in the middle.

I'll just put in that it's much better late than never for you to learn VR. People who haven't done VR frequently have a tough time getting a job in this very unfriendly market.

Hope you do enjoy VR and join those of us who are doing very well at it. As you'll see from reading, the pay problem arises from people who do not or cannot learn to edit well AND from frequently inadequate pay for editing. For those doing poorly, too-low rates are by far the smaller reason for income decline, though, so hopefully whatever else happens you'll be able to decide to be good.

VR - thanks for responses - MTMT

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I'll have to check out the posts below. I looked a few, but thought most of them were from IC's from off site services -- I didn't realize many of you were hospital employees (I'm new here). We get paid by the hour.

welcome to our nightmare. nm - zip

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When the hospital I used to work for went VR - sm

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they sent the MTs home on hourly pay...after 3 months of that they switched to production pay. Needless to say they were not happy campers, going from nearly $17 an hour to 8/4.5 cpl.

I bet they weren't happy. But today? How much - are the fast ones making? Production

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is how you make MONEY--if you are fast and accurate. Truth is, I pray I never, ever have to work for only $17/hour.

Actually, I didn't mind the $17 an hour in-house.. - sm

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I worked four 10-hour days from 5am to 1pm, had Wed/Sat/Sun off, got paid whether there was work or not and if there wasn't we could work in medical records, had most holidays off and if we had to work a holiday it was time and a half. We very rarely worked OT and when we did again it was time and a half. And I had great insurance and a retirement plan.

I do envy salaried workers getting paid the same when - work is gone or they just do not feel

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up to doing their best, I truly do. When I'm not feeling well I either push on grimly or slow down and accept a loss of income for that day. I can put a dollar figure on the cost of those extra breaks.

I'm an employee, too, so have the usual set of benefits, but here at home I have to sink or swim on my own. If I don't keep swimming the work'll just go to somebody else.

I also envy salary workers being able to dig their garden themselves if they want without feeling guilty because they should be working away at their desk while someone else does it. A little of that sort of thinking can spoil a lot of fun. :)

How does 5 am to 1 pm equal 10 hours? - nm

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Typo of course...5-3. Used to work 5-1 but when - sm

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gas prices began to rise the hospital offered us the option of working four 10 hour days.

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