It's usually pretty slow this time of the year and TT is no different. The new accounts

• TransTech - Olive Oyl
  • It's usually pretty slow this time of the year and TT is no different. The new accounts - TexasMT2
  • I am working on it - haven't run out yet- honestly - nony
    • Are you able... - Olive Oyl
      • Yes, I am. Things are slow right now, but I have been able to get it every time (sm) - nony
        • And by the way....(sm) - nony again
  • Things are slow right now but - TTmt
    • Do you know... - Olive Oyl
      • Don't know for sure but it is HUGE - so they must have an oncology dept. - nony
      • I believe so..... - TTmt

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I AGREE it IS getting harder to make money.  I used to make $24 very part time 10 years ago and now...well it is Word and platforms versus WP5.1.  I got 7.5 cents a byte line then and I get 9.5 cents a character line now.  That IS a huge different in point of fact.

OH I WANT MY WORDPERFECT 5.1 BACK!!!!! Bwaaah!

We are up to our necks in work!  Holy Schmoley!

I haven’t worked for WebMedX for a couple of years, but the numbers I had to work with then were as follows (DISCLAIMER:  Just as I was leaving, they were thinking about totally revamping their bonus system, so the numbers below are probably not currently accurate, but will give you some idea of what WMX thinks their MTs are capable of): 

140 lines per hour average minimum.  New employees placed on 90 day probationary status to learn platform and account specifics.  Expected to reach 150 lines per hour average after 4 weeks.  Line defined as 65-character line, which includes all body characters and spaces inclusive of formatting characters such as bold, italics, underlines, caps and tabs.  Header and footer characters are not included in the line count.

Bonus paid as follows (in addition to your base pay per line): 

Average lines/hr   Bonus per line

160 to 180  =        .0015

181 to 220  =        .0030

221 to 250  =        .0050

251 to 275  =        .0075

276 to 299  =        .0100

300+           =        .0150

This is for the average for the entire two week pay period, so if you have a really great day and hit 500 lines per hour, then have several really bad days at 100 lines per hour, they take the average over those two weeks. 

HOWEVER, if you fall below 140 lines per hour average, they DEDUCT pay:

0 to 124     = - .005

125 to 139 = - .0025  

WMX is definitely looking to make a profit, so my way of thinking is they feel confident in offering a bonus that will not affect their bottom line and, as far as they are concerned, not going to be achieved by the majority of the MTs working for them.  In fact, when I left, many MTs were complaining that they were no longer getting the same bonuses as they had just a few months prior and they were MTs who had worked for WMX for several years and were already very familiar with the platform and accounts. 

As far as getting back up to speed, there are several factors that prevent smooth transition.  First, you are on 100% QA review for the first couple of weeks, at least, and depending on the Editors you get, you may have to completely rethink what you have learned before.  Then, there is the dreaded time clock.  It is totally automatic.    From the minute you log on to get your first report, you are on the clock.  If you stop to look up a drug or find a new surgical instrument, your line count is affected.   They tell you to log out for everything when you are not actually typing.  That means even 2 minutes to stretch or go get a drink from the kitchen.  Next, they seemed to have a lot of platform slowness.  There were times when you could sit for a minute or more just to switch from the demographics page to the actual transcription page, or when trying to release the report.  Sometimes, the platform would just freeze altogether, and you had to reboot.  And they do periodically run out of work, depending on the accounts you have.  So, if you want to keep your line count up, you have to keep logging off, which makes an 8 hour shift turn into a 10 to 12 hour day.  Some people with families just don’t have the time for that.  Not to mention, if they are in overtime, if you already have to put in a 10 hour day to get an 8 hour shift in, overtime will probably have to be on your days off.  Also, most of their accounts are now going to ASR/Speech Recognition, and that system has many bugs left to be worked out that has caused many MTs to complain that they are not making as much money as they were before. 

I am sure there are WebMedX MTs just itching to correct me and let you know how great WMX is.  The above are my personal observations/opinions while working for them, just to give you another perspective. 

Good luck.      

I got almost all of my lines in by 1:00, which is quite a feat for hump day.  I would have finished them then but I promised my kids we'd go swimming.  My accounts were also pretty low the last few weeks, so I'm glad to see them finally picking up.  Maybe the docs really were on vacation.  Who knows?  I just hope it stays this way and I hope everyone else's work picks up soon. 

Of course, I'm not putting my blinders on just yet.

I'm lucky to work as an IC.  Hubby has benefits and makes quite a bit more than me.  However, it is difficult to make a lot if you are working for a national.  There are so many variables in this business. 

I've read where people say that ICs make more than employees, and I'm beginning to think that is not true.  As far as I'm concerned, acute care should pay more than clinic, but I do clinic.  I have many years of experience (20+).  I love the flexibility of working from home as an IC though with 2 kids.  Later in life, I may think differentially.  Who knows?    

I don't know for sure, but since they are advertising for 44 MTs for the new acct, I'm assuming some are already being hired, and that's why it is slow.  But we will be inundated soon, so I can live with it.  I like to do more than minimum, but I can manage on the minimum.  It will pick up real soon!

of the year..... nm

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