I'd tell 'em, 'From now on, send me ONE email/day -

• Can an MT make a decent living earning 7 cents per line - playing devil's advocate
  • It pays to take a "pay cut" sometimes - My story
    • My experience has been different - sm - Typing-Slave
      • You are correct - inhouse pays much more - sm
    • I think that is very good advice but how do you know if a company is going to treat you well? - Charlene
      • Research & ask people who work there - for honest answers
        • Plus time-wasting instant message harassment - by managers etc.(NM)
          • Oh I hate that! - ER MT
            • I'd tell 'em, 'From now on, send me ONE email/day - - as all others will be deleted w/out opening."
          • Here's the deal - if you find one that fits, even remotely. STAY!! stop searching for "perfect - thanks
            • And if find one that treats you like crap, LEAVE - There are good MTSO's (nm)
  • Outstanding advice!!! - GAMT
  • OY VEY - scribbles
    • depends; can make more $ on easy platform/7 than hard platofrm/8-9 cents - I've been there - n/m
      • Yes, that's a good point, but that is - scribbles
  • Good info. In late 1980's I typed for 4 cents a line (sm) - SM
    • Here it is 2007, and I WISH I could make $35,000! (sm) - Typing-Slave
    • I was making 6.5 cpl in 1975 ............ (nm) - Typing-Slave
    • The norm in the 80s was 4 cents per Gross Line, not 65 char with spaces. nm - whorn
    • That's right , it was the going rate - scribbles
      • This is the thing that concerns me about this field. Pay is staying the same not increasing! - Charlene
        • The problem is the 'middleman' - (sm) - the 'Invisible' MT
      • Exactly!!!! - ER MT
        • Good for you - scribbles
      • Correction - scribbles
    • thank you sm - debbb

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The real number rounds down to how much you averaged/ made an hour.

No matter how you figure, by the line, character, gross line, by the page, by the dictation minute  or whatever, it is what you can average out in a day of work.

You work 10, 12, 14, 16 hours and make $XXXX you divide your hours worked into what you ended up with

We do not know the account supervisor nor anything!  Strange . . .

We have been told NOT to call the office nor email for the last few days because . . . I did get that email !  Convenient when there is no work, isn't it?

rofl

Cuz I'm just a grinch and have poverty of the soul because I didn't provide comfort and joy as what some perceive to be what the OP wanted.  Pity party is what she wanted and yes at this point I'm beating a dead horse, which is maybe what I'll call myself now.

As for the OP, I guess he got off her a$$ and finally made that call since according to all of the posters that supposedly support her claim she worked 24 hours in one day to get her lines in.  Now that deserves pity!

I stand by what I say, and I mean what I say.  If the OP wanted pats on the back and awwww so sorry, then so be it.  What I said is true when there's no work I don't sit on my a$$ and wait at all hours of the night and day, I look for another job.  Fortunately, I haven't had to do that.

And yes, NY MT is correct in that everyone wants their cake and eat it too. What took the OP so long to make that call and get those back up accounts?  It took for me to shake her up!  But you all got her back now, so she'll be just fine! 

if the money in the paycheck is green, it will spend. 

Furthermore, no one knows who off shores or not.  There could be companies that say they do not off shore, but they do.  How would we know?  I say if the pants fit right, keep them on and walk around like you own the place instead of worrying about something that is not in our control.

Furthermore, just because a company advertises no off shore applicants does not necessarily mean they do not off shore.  It just means they also hire US MTs.

Ask to speak to the Director of Ops, KB. 

Hang in there!  To leave no work and come to no work is not good.  Unfortunately, the hospitals and other clients take forever to assign IDs to KS MTs.