VR pay scales

• VR pay scales - Terry
  • 500 lph... - Just checking
    • I managed 400 lph VR within my first week using. Now prefer it. sm - TTer yet again
    • I can do 300 lpd relatively easily, $100 a day. - When there is work, of course. New poster here. nm
  • What company isn't paying spaces? - Curious
    • spaces - t
      • You work for Transcend? - TransMT
        • spaces - t
          • WHOA, TRANSCEND DOES NOT ALWAYS PAY FOR SPACES - Tired MT2
      • So they do still pay for spaces? - Curious
        • spaces - t
      • Umm.... - ??
        • 500 - t
          • Nobody is making you read this sm - MT30+
          • You're the one who came here crying. - CynicalMT
  • 500 lph? - ??
    • I had the same thought. - CynicalMT
      • 500 lps - t
        • Here's a thought... - Just Me
        • What did you make before VR? nm - Wow!
      • Exactly! Sheesh! NM... - ??

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What I have found with 2-3 companies is that the number of years you have been an MT really does not matter.  Your pay is based on your skill level.  This means the number of specialties you are qualified to do as far as office visits, tests, procedures, and surgical reports, and how long you have done each of those specialties.  The list of these was absolutely unbelievable.  I would not be dishonest about it either.  You may end up on one and expected to be an expert.  So if you have been an MT for 10-15 years, but have only done cardiology, or 1-2 other specialties, your skill level may not be as good as what they are looking for. Some companies have 3 different skill levels and some have 4.  I have been an MT over 30 years, but my skill level is only in the middle, which is 9 cpl.  I'm pretty comfortable with that.  The extra pay is not worth learning all the other specialties to me as long as I can stick with the one I am best at because at 2000 lines a day I can turn that 9 cpl into $45,000 to $48,000 per year, which I am okay with. 

Some of you may want to look at it this way -  if you are low on work or no work,  isn't it better to make 7-8 cpl on an account/specialty you do well ($35,000 or $40,000) rather than 9 cpl on an account where there is little or no work ($20,000 to whatever).  I would think about that before demanding the higher pay.  You have to have that SKILL level to demand higher pay, not any given number of years transcribing.  Doesn't matter if you have been an MT for 40 years.  The employers are getting picky and demanding themselves these days.  To all of you MTs who have been around a while, don't let your age discourage you.  Your experience is now what the companies are looking for if they are going to pay those higher wages.  There are alot of us out there.  It will be very easy for you to land a job.  Hope everyone finds work and pay that makes them happy.  Good luck.