Think you still have to go to NJ to train. Was offered a very low per-page rate several years ago.
Posted By: nm Didn't take it. on 2006-03-03
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Are you in NJ? You have to go therre to train. They used to pay a low per-page rate, don't know
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You have to go to NJ to train and pick up their computer & she pays a low per-page rate. nm
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The pay they offered used to be a very low per-page rate. nm
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webmedix- I have 25 years exp., was offered low rate of pay. Heard it is a good company. nm
nm
Don't you have to go to NJ to train? And pay was only 1.75 per page. nm
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Low work?? Hmm - check backlog page - lots of OT offered right now. nm
Are you on the ChartMatrix side mebbe?
Per page rate
What is a good rate per page? Usually you don't see a rate per page rate, just lines. Any responses would be appreciated!
They used to pay a low per-page rate & the subsequent partial pages
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I was offered a very large rate of pay, so you
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This is outrageous for VR to be offered at this rate
I love VR but it takes a lot of time, energy and the wisdom to get it right. Why in the world would a company stoop this low? At 4 cents a line, I have to go as fast as I can for the hrs I work to make a decent salary. It is not easy, it is not a newbie thing and it definitely takes the knowledge to be able to do. It is not just words there. You have to know what fits just as if you were on a straight report. I might just send them an email asking are they for real. You could really not make a decent salary at 2.5 cents, even 3 is too low. Most platforms are, from what I read on this board, horrific and it would take more time with lot of people working on it more time to correct than would be worth it.
no, I was offered 60% of my line rate sm
which is quite a bit more than 4 cpl. That is what I thought too. Maybe experience has something to do with it? I don't know. That is what I was offered and I am just wondering about the company etc. Anything you can tell me would sure help.
Pays per page, top rate less than what I made 10 yeasr ago, benefits high
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I also thought the offered rate was too low and didn't accept it. nm
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If they offered you a position, didn't they give you a pay rate?
nm
Always email first, ask lowest to highest rate offered.
I bet they offer prob. 7 cents if that.
I routinely email lowest-to-highest rate offered sm
and did in April. Rate only 8 cents, to low for me.
I was offered 10 cpl; after 5 years at MQ
at a MUCH lower rate, and NEVER an increase in 5 years, plus now they've also calculated the line counts to be much lower, I feel LUCKY to get 10 cpl! I'm thrilled to death, jumping up and down for joy! I too have almost 20 years of experience as a career MT.
You offered 6 cpl for someone with nearly 20 years
I wonder how much you charge your clients if you can only pay MTs 6 cpl and QA 1.5 cpl.
I would never insult someone with that many years of experience with an offer of 6 cpl. And yes, it is an insult. There are plenty of other MTSOs with consistent work where one can make a lot more than 6 cpl. Why would someone want to work for that? Probably they are new with no experience or they are clueless as to their own worth or they are NO GOOD.
It is highly unprofessional of you to come on here talking like this about former employees, good or bad. Very tacky, and it speaks volumes about your character.
I obviously turned down your offer of 6 cpl, but I'm really glad others have sites like this to come to where they can find out from other MTs what a place is like to work at. As someone else said, smart people can filter through the posts here and decide for themselves whether a company is a good fit or not. Former employees' rants and raves can be dismissed as disgruntled. However, your own rants are just pathetic. You just opened your mouth and proved to all that most of the prior posts are likely accurate. You should take Business 101.
8 cpl I was offered with 19 years of
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I have 20 years and have never been offered
and if you're reliable you probably do, but if they give it to you with 10 years of experience, then they have to shell it out to everyone with 10 years or more, so doubt you'll get 10 cpl. I've only been offered 9 at the most. Good luck though...
And with 20+ years, you still get offered
It seems like the longer you are in the business, the less they offer. Funny how that works. I've never been offered more than 9 ever and that's for clinic which on a few occasions was really acute care they were trying to pass off as clinic. All of this trickery goes along with the business. If anyone is making 10 cpl, then they either have been with the company a long time OR they are being paid an incentive to go above and beyond a certain line quota.
Companies post their rate of pay, at least most of them, so there is no guess work. For a while there I'd say about a year ago, most were actually putting in the ads - rate is not negotiable... cracked me up! Everything in this fine country is negotiable!
We are being offered that with 20+ years
Consider yourself lucky you're not at 6 cpl.
Offered 7.25 cpl for 30 years experience - sm
Your offer sounds like a good deal compared to mine, but neither is what we are worth.
TTS offered me 6.5 cpl with 20 years' experience
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I was offered 8 cpl with 19 years of experience.
I was going to give it a try, but I didn't want to purchase equipment for a job paying 8 cpl. Sorry, but that's way low if you ask me. I think it is a rather small company though. 
I have many many years of experience and was offered....
7.5 cpl as employee or 9 cpl for IC. Seemed way too low to me, especially after I was told what the account was like. They seem nice, but nice doesn't pay the bills! Good luck to you!
20 years of experience and offered
I was offered 8 cpl with 12 years of experience. Did NOT accept the job!! nm
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Two years ago I was offered .075 cpl. Horrible dictators!
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I had applied but they offered 7 cpl for 14 years experience..I said NO...
That's about all I know. I cant remember what kind of work it was either, but I wouldnt do clinic or acute care for that low pay.
The wages offered to MTs with alot of years is (sm)
in addition to the adjectives you used, downright demeaning, and bordering on questioning one's self-worth. I'm really so sick over it because for the past 2 decades I have devoted my life to MTing; gave 100+% each and every day, kept up with the new drugs/terminology (on my own time). I even have gone so far beyond what is expect because of my love of MTing and medicne, that rather than read a good juicy romance novel at bedtime, I'd read one of the doc's I transcribed for leftover medical journals, just keep on top of the game. This was while working inhouse--- and all because I was properly compensated for my hard efforts. Working from home for an online,....that don't give a rats azz....all they want are the lines and 98.5% accuracy at all times. Period. That's just one of the problems with working from home -- the impersonalization that accompanies it. I'm headed back inhouse where I'm appreciated, have a blast with my coworkers, docs, nurses, tecs, and be paid what I am worthy of after doing this for over 1/4 century. No more penny checks for me. No more line counts. No QAing. AMEN.
I was offered 8 cpl w/years of experience. He wouldn't say if pay would go up if I didn't take
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About 5 years ago was offered 10 cpl including spaces, 65 characters. sm
Don't know about now. That was doing all acute care, mainly op reports with full benefit package.
I declined and have my own accounts, but it was a good offer.
Good luck.
I was offered 8.25 cpl in the beginning of 2006. Turned it down. 13+ years in.
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You had better believe it. Working 12 years in a huge university and now offered 8 cpl. nm
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Over 14 years expierence and offered 7.75 cpl to start. I had to turn it down but the people were
very nice. I just couldn't take a pay cut like that.
Fifteen years experience here and also offered 8 cpl as a max at multiple companies. This biz is
going down hill fast. I remember making 10 cpl 10 years ago and that was cheap..Only profession I know that has gone down in wages rather than up. Very sad. If you offered 8 cpl..take it..
I left MQ after years and went with a highly rate company on this board (sm)
my account has dried up and I am constantly out of work now...same with backup account. I like the company I'm with and don't want to leave but I HAVE to have a steady account. I realize there are slow times of the year but on this account they have overhired and now it's low a lot of the time.
What line rate does Medware pay for 28 years experience but no CMT status for an employee, also
is the pay higher for IC?
They never change, 4 years ago a Xmas, they lowered everyone's line rate, I left then
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Yeah I had applied for the Escription account (before I knew the insulting pay rate) with years of
experience and no one bothered to get back to me. Once they told me what they paid, I would have never accepted anyway, but I find it odd that they would not pursue someone with years of experience. I guess they knew there would be no one I would accept their pay. Apparently, they are hoping some desperate people apply, which is NOT me but best wishes to them.
Not at all. Worked for the NJ company. Used to pay by the page or partial page. Don't know about
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Some comments on page 2 of this board, middle of the page. nm
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there is a thread further down this page or possibly the next page
I transcribed for Compuscribe years ago. Had no problems, just low pay but no problems.
Go to the bottom of the page and click on a page
number to get the most recent archives and then can do Ctrl F and do a search for WebMedX. I wouldn't call them a small national.
Page 2, scroll down towards the middle of the page, NM
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Some WMX posts on page 4 here near the top of the page. nm
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they are willing to train
The training is not so much.... if you can type medical ....... and typing is the MAIN thing with lawyers.... you are IN. If you will show up for work... you are IN. The legalese is based on latin and so knowing the medical terminology, it's a breeze of a transition. They don't have all that much legalese. It is mostly English and stuffy forms of English. They dictate usually on a dictaphone. CHECK IT OUT. I know lawyers are weird, but how do you get weirder than what has happened to this MT business???? This is horrendous. Lawyers aren't going to cut your pay! I had my pay cut in MT two, no THREE different times, for no good reason excpet the owner wants to keep more money. That is not the way to treat a hard worker.
But ... you travel to train to CA ... what's not to like about that/ :-) sm
You can take it as a business expense. Of course, I have no family to consider and love to travel, so obviously I am not like a lot of people (in many ways! ha).
I only know that you have to train in their office
in NJ for a few days. I live in NJ, but the other end of the state, and it just is not feasible for me to travel 3 or 4 hours each way for a few days. Too bad, though, as they missed out on an awesome MT! 
Any companies that will train...
on radiology until one is up to speed. I have 6 years experience with ER, clinic, discharge summaries, acute care, pathology and podiatry. I was looking to gain radiology experience. Thanks!
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