Are you telling her to work for $5 an hour? That is not healthy or good advice nm

• Trying so hard to survive here and need VR advice - Discouraged MT
  • good luck - Happy MT Robin
    • Thank you for your upbeat positive message !!! truly sm - Discouraged MT
  • Newsflash... I just gave notice and - Discouraged MT
    • Yikes! Send resumes out right away. Try some of - The good companies mentioned here.
      • I wish everyone were like you, GCMH! - Ella (retired)
      • Thank you. I will try them now! nm - Discouraged MT
      • TransTech pays 4 and 4.5 for VR... She said she just left - Probably not
        • I am convinced, VR is only good for those who can't type fast sm - Discouraged MT
          • That is the answer most give who cannot do VR - Laughing here
            • Only the NOT conscious MT's like yourself like it - such as using the exit, rather than EDIT. Heh - VR
              • Right, people who can't type DO like VR for that sm - Jazz
                • Too funny! - I'm beginning to think it's all about INTELL
                  • You aren't getting the point sm - Discouraged MT
                    • Better get your sniffer checked...Not MTSO and DO type 135 wpm - Laughing at your defensiveness
                    • I find your post amusing - Worker
                      • You'll never make $70,000 doing VR... so then why would you say sm - Jazz
                        • Read closely and notice the year, hello! - Worker
                          • Not convinced that anyone is happy making peanuts when they made $70,000 sm - yep
                            • Short attention span, now listen closely - Worker
                              • Don't be rude. No matter what you say you are still making LESS on VR.... sm - Jazz
                                • Does not matter at all to me, you worry about - Worker
                      • You say you type 130 wpm but call yourself slow? I think you lost track of your story AnnSallie - Discouraged MT
                • Just feel sorry for those who don’t know - Sallie
                  • I'd rather edit Indians than VR because sm - India is here to stay
                    • I would say most here would not agree with you that people from India get all their words right - Really?
                      • Indian typists, not dictators... BETTER THAN VR, not perfect nm - India is here to stay
                      • I am not happy about India BUT, this is what I was saying...sm - India is here to stay
        • Transtech also has straight typing - either way she can't lose with TT
    • Did you have another job before you did this? - Sallie
      • No, I do not have a job sm - Discouraged MT
        • A bird in the hand, well you know the rest - Sallie
          • bird in the hand my butt sm - Discouraged MT
            • Hmm, not trying to be rude, but obviously at - Sallie
              • Are you telling her to work for $5 an hour? That is not healthy or good advice nm - Jazz
                • Don’t put words in my mouth, what I am saying is - Sallie
                  • That's not a good idea SallieAnn - Jazz
                    • Cannot grasp the concept, huh? You don’t quit 1 job and having nothing left. - Sallie
                    • Hello - Discouraged MT
        • It was 4 and 4.5 for the second account nm - Discouraged MT
  • There's no money in VR. The MTSOs have - sm
  • Questions for you - Sallie
    • Sallie, sm - Discouraged MT
      • Dont know about the system you use but we all are held to a - Questions
        • It's getting my American and ESL all wrong... when you first look sm - Discouraged MT
          • I do not work for that rate of pay either - Questions
            • That was 20 an hour, not day, oops. - Question
  • A better question ........ - Happy MT Robin
    • Some companies pay a percentage of your sm - WebHead
      • It's hard to get 10 cents these days - Octo-MT
      • Now that makes more sense......sm - Discouraged MT

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If I had known that they offshored before I accepted employment with them I never would have gone there to work.  I've been here long enough now though to not want to lose my benefits. 

Still ... making a DECENT PAYCHECK and making a living without being stressed out over the type of work that I'm doing is just as important as good benefits. 

I work for a smaller MT company who, like the employer of the previous poster, seems to want to keep their MTs in the dark about what's going on behind the scenes. However, reading between the lines and according to the grapevine our company recently was apparently outsourcing some work to the Philippines, and apparently, when the hospital found out, they were livid! The MTs were also upset, as this was one of our best accounts, the kind that make the other slog work worthwhile - and they handed it over to the Philippines...well, recently, we all of a sudden had a whole lot of this account's work available once again - my guess is, no more Philippines! I hope this means the hospital issued an ultimatum - and this means they appreciate our work and understand that you get what you pay for.

That is good advice, so thank you. 

One more question -- have you ever been sorry about leaving?  I have always had the stick it out and it may get better attitude, but things just keep getting worse, my pay keeps going down, even though I am working much harder.  I have a fear of getting a new job that turns out even worse.

But my doggie is my baby .. to give her up for a job .. never ... to give her up if I somehow became unable to care for, I'd do because it was good for her .... but NEVER let go of things in your personal life that you love.  One time I had a great job -- 11.5 cpl -- but my boss told me my job should be more important than family.  So, right or wrong, I said goodbye.   Unfortunately, my mom passed, so I don't have the family either, but looking back, I wouldn't change a thing.  You can always find another job .. you can never get another mom (or other thing you care for .. fill in the blank ).

Good luck to you ..  :-)

In any event, it is over and now I am wiser and never going to spend more than 8 hours on an acct for anyone ever. MTSOs simply do not appreciate it or remember it.

Now THAT is good advice.  It's a shame to say it, but skill, loyalty, seniority, etc. - none of these things matter in this business anymore.  And I can tell you from direct experience, when your company gets swallowed up, NO ONE at the new company gives a rat's a$$ how many years or how much seniority you might have had at your prior position.  It's not even a consideration.  The 1-year girl, the 5-year girl, and the 20-year girl - To them, we're all the same.

when down below you were asking questions about where to work, how to get a job, you seem to know an awful lot for someone asking questions.  What is up with that?? 

During the interview they will tell you all kinds of wonderful stuff.  Are you saying it is better to look a company offering a lower line rate as an indication of a better place to work?  You could be right.

It seems kind of sad though in our industry that in order to get decent management the personal price is to take a cut in pay.  Why can't it be good management and good pay at the same time? 

These MT schools are still cranking out the MTs as fast as they can (and taking their money).  I am sure they know that there already isn't enough work to go around and no work = no money.  Plus the fact that the MT trainee who could ever hit the ground running and make money right out of the gate is far and few between.

As for the coding, it is pretty obvious that is a huge candidate to be done by EMR and I'm sure it will happen in the not so distant future.  There will probably be someone an R.N.? LPN? EMT? who will do chart reviews to ensure that every possible diagnosis that could get another dime in reimbursement is put in the record.  That would be a few jobs depending on the size of the hospital.  I seriously doubt that these jobs will be offered to former MTs.

Another job opportunity might be that of what used to be called ART (acredited record technician), those people might be allowed to do chart reviews as they have always done it anyway, I even did it myself way back there.  The JCAH (forget what they're called  now) used to offer a study at home course but you had to be affiliated with or work for a hospital in order to have access to the records that were necessary to complete the course.  In some smaller hospitals ARTs (or whatever they are called now) were even heads of the medical record department.  I believe it is also offered as a 2 year course at some community colleges.

Sadly I think that those who have put themselves out for the expense and bother of getting and maintaining CMT credentials are just going to be SOL because I think those credentials and a buck might buy them a cup of coffee.

This is the way I feel and I could be wrong but I don't think so.

If one more hour a day is really going to kill you, well, I feel bad for you.

I think the entitlement issues I'm seeing here are from long-time employees that are used to having things a certain way, and any change sends them up the wall.  But try to put this in perspective when you look at the chaos that other people are going through at other companies.

Seriously, working 40 hours to get benefits is pretty much universal in all industries.  Its not as unreasonable as y'all are making out.  When we acquired Chartmatrix, its what THEY were working to get benefits.  This is another leveling of the playing field that came with the merger.

I think though, that in this economy we are lucky to have jobs.  If our employer has to do away with a few perks, it beats a layoff or having the company close.  It certainly beats having our insurance become unaffordable.  I have no axe to grind because I still think Webmex is paradise compared to some of the places I've been.

Good luck. 

Okay, folks, I am not sure what to do here, how to approach this.  I am an IC for a company out of Massachusetts (not Focus), have been for well over a year now.  Working on the ASP platform, begging for work.  I did seven piddly jobs today, and prior to that had not worked since the 17th.  Had been tremendously busy before that, and then all of a sudden the work just dried up.  I am not a perfect Transcriptionist but I am good, darned good.  They keep telling me there is no work on the ASP that is available but boy, those job numbers sure keep moving right along (you know, the numbers the jobs are given when the docs upload them?  The ones that tell me several thousand jobs have been uploaded in the last few weeks?) I have started applying for other positions but I am somewhat discouraged.  I keep hearing about how companies are desperate for good MTs, and I know I am a good MT, but no one seems interested.  Anyone else experiencing this?

Any advice appreciated, even constructive criticism.  Oh, BTW, before someone tells me that maybe my quality is not quite what I think it is, I have not had a single report returned to me or had a word of complaint in well over six months.  As far as I know, the client is satisfied with my work. 

Thanks, y'all.

HC

I just started working for this company and cannot got the FTP info up and running correctly.  The instructions I have gotten from the owner are extremely ambiguous and her emails are very short.  I spent 20 minutes transcribing, but over 20 hours trying to get the correct file setup!  Some of the instruction information seems to be a little outdated as well. If there is anyone out there with friendly and patient help, I'll be indebted to you!

I work as an employee for a company with a 12-hour window, 40 hours a week, Monday through Friday, 1200 lines per day minimum.  I've been offered something local to do on my own, approximately 1200 lines per day of work, but I would have the entire 24 hours to do it.

If I get my first job done at 1 p.m., I could get the other lines done in 5-6 hours max.  Geez...I don't know.  I'm probably going to kill myself doing this, aren't I?  I was just calculating this as I was typing and didn't realize what a long day that would be.

Does anybody else do this?  If so, how is it working for you?   Do you feel burned out?  I would really like to manage this somehow but want to be realistic.  Any advice from someone who has done this or is successfully making something like this work would be appreciated!   The extra money would be soooo nice right now.

This is the slow period. Most MT's know this. After working 9 1/2 years at a hospital, this happened there, too. Don't get in a tizzy. Once it picks up, you'll not be able to breathe.

One year at TT and this is a breath of fresh air to me after working all the hours I did. Sure, I need the money, but it can be made up later, so I'm not worried, and I don't think the naysayers answering should worry either. Soon you'll all be complaining of TOO MUCH work.

TT Rocks.