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  • A year ago, they were using MT World software. Don't - know about now. nm

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I guess it boils down to the luck of the draw (not skills).  You will either double your line count and be happy, or you will lose a lot of money.  If you are a gambler, your odds are 50/50! Fair statement?

don't forget the advice about not putting all your eggs in one basket ( I could count the months that I worked solely for one service as an IC, or even as an employee )

and

dont forget the advice about not quitting your day job.

I wish you well!

Quite honestly, I think medical transcription is a dying field. With advances in voice recognition software, eventually the only jobs available for transcriptionists will be editing reports created with VR software. In Oklahoma City (near where I live), the Integris hospital system has already gone to VR software, and they only employ about five transcriptionists for two huge hospitals, a huge rehabilitation center, and many other smaller facilities.

No, VR may not take over the field in my lifetime,  at least during my working lifetime (I'm in my 50s).  But it is not a field that I would advise someone in their 20s or 30s to go into.

Just something to think about.....

This is just my personal thought and i'm sure you would have VERY different thoughts on this from other MTs. 

When I worked as an IC with 20 hour TAT:

I found that I wasted way more time researching a blank (that I would never come to figure out anyhow), I found myself rechecking things all of the time and relistening to things constantly just because it was there. 

I have found out for myself that I could have been way, way, way more productive and making way more on a regular employee schedule.  I am done when my schedule is done...none of this all day every day thing...that's what it ended up turning into for me because the client was VERY picky (I'm talking obsessive picky about EVERYTHING) and I had to fine tooth comb everything to the point where it would take me 6-7 hours to get 400 lines in ...  haha, and the kicker is taxes still weren't taken out of that yet...so I bet you can tell what my pays looked like. 

I don't think I will ever go back to TAT work.  It works out for some people.. but not for me.  If I am going to have to be glued to my computer at some point in the day, I might as well do it on a schedule and get some kind of employee benefits out of it (holiday pay and PTO). 

When I figured what I was making doing IC work minus all of the taxes... I was making way less than I am now working 5 and a half hours a day 5 days a week employee status.

I always said I wanted IC work on a TAT..but, to me, there is no benefit to IC work unless you are a busy person and have a lot going on during the day or need really frequent breaks. 

Like I said..this isn't the case for everyone..just for me.  Just something for you to think about.

Hi,

I was just wondering if there are any good companies hiring ICs.  I work for a national but I need a backup for when there is no work. 

Thanks,

Tina

If TT asks the employee to jump in and help, then they should have to pay OT.  If it is because the MT did not make the line count, then that is on the MT. 

It is HORRIBLE that a company who hires employees asks them to work when they need help but will not pay OT.  They deserve to be turned in.

dollar signs, I guess that makes you greeeeeedy as well, huh?

Once you figure out the taxes you have to pay at this low of a rate, it's absolutely not worth it...easy or not.  If it was a starting rate that's another story.