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for someone who needs a job and is persistent and has indicated this to an employer.  And to get you signed on and then check with the account manager and keep you on hold is ridiculous.  It's frustrating! 

But I don't think this is confined to any particular employer or set of employers or industry (based on my experiences).  I'm an optimistic realist - I hope it works out quickly and well but but some things like job hiring take FOREVER, so I expect it.  And the best jobs I've had have taken the longest to get me started.  You'd be surprised what goes on behind the scenes at companies!  I say be patient only if you have a good gut feeling and have heard good things about the company.

but so far I am not impressed.  They pay is only soso (less than average in my book), but there is an incentive tier -- the more lines per hour you type, the more you make.  That's great ... until you realize the platform is slow, and I'm not sure how they count their lines.  I used to do 300-350 lines per hour, and now I'm lucky if I do 220-250.  The sound quality on my account is HORRIBLE, and I have been running out of work since Christmas, yet they advertise for more help.  I asked for a secondary account and got no response. 

And yes, they insist that you use their computer, and you have to pay a deposit on it, taken out $25 per pay period. 

For me, I am looking for something else.

Hope this helps.

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They're bad, not you.  You know they treat(ed) us like nothings.  It's not the profession, it's that particular company.  Shop around, find someone better.  FN's strategy is to belittle everyone and make them scrape for work.  Do like me, pick up your toys and go somewhere else.  Also, on the way out, be sure to get in your digs and burn that bridge.   They do not deserve us.  My new short-term goal:  Bash FN and show them for the money-grubbing rats they are.

I'm 37.  I raised my kids doing this on-site and from home simultaneous; my kids are 14 and 9.  I worked long hard hours.  I still work hard.  I don't have a zone and I hop up and down from my desk so as not to make my body work so hard at this, but I make good money and I get to stay at home.  I also get to see all events my children are involved in.  I take a day off whenever I want, and yes I have my own accounts.  Please don't be fooled by this 24-hour TAT.  Most practices do not require that strict TAT if you have your own accounts.  It is the online companies requiring this TAT because that's how they get their big clients.  They promise big and most times cannot deliver. 

Braggin?  Naah...  I call it knowing how to manipulate and manage my time to benefit myself.  I've never taught MTs and have no desire; I hated cross training on-site and still hate teaching.  I'm just not good at it. 

I'm an IC, so it's my way or the highway!!! 

i think one of the very first accounts to start it, so the recognition is very good on my account.  Also, I speed up the dictator at least 1 or 2 steps but i do listen to every word.   the only other thing i do is not use the mouse much and use the ShortHand macros for editing that are posted on community page.  i don't mind asr.  I would take an all-ASR account over no work any day. 

I highly doubt you will make $20.00 an hour unless you work your fingers to the bone.  There are some accounts that probably have what they call canned text, but these are usually built by the company or IT people and not by the MTs themselves. 

I can say I learned to flip around the screens after a while, but you have to use your F keys a lot, which is sort of different than straight typing in Word.