$1500 week. nm

• How much do you make (FT or PT)? (sm) - justwondering
  • 2 small MTSOs, IC, work 8-10 q.d. ~6 days a week, ave 2000-2300 biweekly, 10 yrs exp. 0.06gross and - txmwmt
  • I have more than 1 job, I am an editor, and I made 106,274 last year - loving life
  • $1500 week. nm - MT25
    • Are you full time? National? employee or - wondering
      • IC - 30 hours week. nm - MT25
        • Is this your own accounts? - Wondering
          • IC - yes - 1 hospital account. nm - MT25
  • I get paid... - sm
  • Avg $2300 bimonthly; production+incen - Okay, I'll bite
    • What company? - MTinMI
    • also about 2200-2300 - longtime MT
      • I don't think most realize that you don't have - Okay, I'll bite
  • PAY - TRACI
    • For real? - cassy
      • Do not settle for low pay. - Avsnut
        • Are they hiring? Nobody pays like that anymore. - nm
          • Yes, they do. You just need to look. sm - Avsnut
            • Salary - MTing
  • am FT - sm
  • Pay - sm
  • My info (sm) - wimt
    • Pay - Tika
    • wow, but when......... - mttogo
      • I work 1 job, about 36 hours/week and make at - me
        • How much are you getting paid per cpl? - FL
          • I get paid per gross line. I utilize normals and macros - me
      • I function without a lot of sleep - wimt
  • A search of the Main Board will show salaries discussed svl times over. Majority of us are paid - every 2 wks, sometimes direct deposit. nm

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I do respect your opinion, but my opinion, as well as many others who worked for Spheris is, getting 1500 lines in an 8 hour day was impossible.  You see, we weren't given nice pie accounts, where you could build templates and consistently use them.  We were given the crap accounts, poor dictators, the good accounts go to India.  I am sorry but 1500 lines in 8 hours was not possible for the majority of us.  If it were possible, I can guarantee you it would have been done.  Obviously we all want to make a decent living.  I do agree that we have a larger problem on a larger scale, and yes shopping where they make things in China, etc., is being a culprit.  I can say that people who have lost their jobs to China, or anywhere else in the world, need to step up to the plate as well.  I as an MT can only try to protect my profession and everyone else needs to do their part.  Afterall, everyone is forced to use the healthcare provided to them in their area even though they outsource, just as I am forced to shop at a store that outsources labor, for lack of a better resource to shop at.  But if everyone would do their part in each if their fields, maybe things would be better.    As far as paying editors and not being able to afford to pay better wages, I think that companies should pay a lower wage until one gets off editing.  Once they get off editing, they should be paid more.  If someone never gets off editing, that is another situation that needs to be addressed.  I understand that a company cannot pay two people to do ones work and afford to pay a higher wage.  But these companies such as Spheris that hire everyone at a low wage and then pay others the same that come in that are on editing and are not meeting production, this is what is not fair.  It is not right to keep all employees at the same pay.  Maybe MT -A has been their for 5 years, she/he is good, has a 99-100% accuracy rate consistently, then there is MT-B who has been there for 2 years, 97-98% accuracy somewhat consistent, needs editing more often, but she gets paid the same as MT-A because they both happen to clinic notes.  How is that right???   This is what goes on in these national companies.  Each employee should be assessed on their individual performance.  But this is not how it is done.   That is not right and is degrading to the MTs who do very well..These are the problems.  Companies like Spheris get away with this!!  All they care about is cheap labor!! When an MT gets to be better, they let them quit without a fight as they would never pay the higher wage they are worth and never will.  This is a confirmed fact!! 

i think the NE is the only region that does not pay for week end and holiday pay. the Ohio office offers not only week end and holiday pay, but also shift differntial pay--and this is all without asking plus the MT's that were transferred there are getting all the lines they need and to top that off, they are in ONE acct, not like 4 or 5 in the NE

that is why it is a great office to be working with--

It was only for half the payperiod, but WOW.  When I finally did a count to see how much I had done it was a real surprise.  I know I still have to look up instructions now and again and need to keep building my shortcuts, hope to heck I don't go bankrupt before I get it down to an art.

How long did it take the rest of you to get up to speed?