Webmedx pays for half of the testing fee...sm

if you pass, which I think is very generous. 

They also raise your line rate a quarter cpl when you become a CMT, which is not fantastic, but we all know any addition to your cpl can add up.

It's more than most companies offer.

• Note post on main board re: MTIA forcing credentialing. Can we say police state? - sm
  • I posted this on the main board. Though I would post it here as well. - RockinMT
  • Think of it this way ... (sm) - but no one wants to be credentialed.
    • What companies value CMT and actually honor for it? - I have no problem with...sm
      • Bravo! You stated that perfectly! $50K for me, too! - LowlyMT
      • Webmedx pays for half of the testing fee...sm - Another MT
        • It's not anywhere near enough for me. - LowlyMT
    • I got mine 2 years ago for myself-sm - CMT also
      • CMT does not equate with quality - not a CMT
      • In other professions, maybe, but not MT. In MT, - it just means you're gullible.
      • Well stated! sm - Another MT
        • You forgot reason 3, that maybe they don't get PAID - enough to care anymore. sm
        • You're just padding the pockets of con-artists - and business executives.
      • The initials DO stand out, just like vanity license plates. - They tell people you paid more...sm
      • That's just not true. I've hired and fired MTs over the - years. CMT meant nothing. sm
      • We are paid less and less everyday because... SM - RockinMT
        • RockinMT - Blackswan
          • I'm with ya, too. If MTIA causes me to lose - my livelihood, then guess what? _(sm)
            • AHDI/MTIA - Blackswan
            • If you would still refuse to get SM - why blame them?
              • I do not believe it is slowly becoming - Blackswan
              • It'd be a different story if the CMT were not a bogus, - see msg
            • Count me in, too. How many of the heads at AHDI are - even working MTs?? nm
    • I agree with credentialing, but NOT via AHDI - bandersnatch
      • Exactly why CMT and $1 might get you a cup of coffee but - nothing more. Perhaps if it's done..sm
        • If you want to try an interesting experiment - Fatcat
          • The face we're wising up is exactly why they're - now trying to force credentialling.- nm
            • I meant 'FACT' -- not 'face'! Sorry for my - Spastic Fingers
      • Bandersnatch - Fatcat
  • A few weeks ago most of you were saying SM - CMT
    • Concerned only cuz look at what they've already - managed to screw up in this industry.
    • It won't fly. I still don't believe they'll ever - accomplish it. Not when .. sm
      • AMEN to that! - They'll never take me alive!
    • No, you are not hearing concern. You are hearing that - sm
      • Shut them UP, and shut them DOWN! - We totally hear ya!
      • This doesn't concern me, I've got mine! nm - CMT
        • Well, now - isn't that special?! - Oy...
        • I've got mine, too, sista, but whereas you care nothing except about yourself, - sm
          • makes me wonder how much you get paid... - pleeeze
  • I like the word force. How about we - forceMT
    • That's when we do a class-action and - 'FORCE' them outta business.
    • They are also pushing VBC line, too. - No spaces for you! nm
  • Police state - CJ
    • Huh? - ???
      • If you are referring my post... - CJ
  • It's called building credibility for this profession. - I agree with the proposal.
    • [sigh...] sounds like another Stepford MT. - :-/
    • Please - FLMT
    • Pull the other leg... - & it plays Jingle Bells
    • I have a bridge in San Francisco I think you'd be interested in. - Email me for a quote. nm
    • Does credibility put food on our table, gas in our cars, and - sm
    • First of all, I agree with the other poster, - tm
      • nice one--very nice - aa
    • Credibility my REAR - MT
      • They can take their idiotic 'CMT' and stick it - where the sun don't shine.....
        • AAMT or whatever they call themselves - Fatcat
          • whoops - Fatcat
        • agree 300%--no argument here - aa
          • I totally agree. I've been in the profession for - QA person

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Anyone test for Webmedx lately?  How do they test?  Do you like working there?  Lots of ESLs? 

go to taxes, but 30% is a good percentage to work with at this time, but that is likely to change with a Democratic president.  Not trying to make a political statement here, just state facts.  As an IC, you will have deductions you can take, home office expenses, a percentage of your utilities based upon the square footage of your home office, any expense that has to do with your business, DSL, extra phone lines, etc. 

This job is going to the dogs.  If you read the ads on the boards, most of the big nationals are nothing more than sweat shops these days, trying to get blood out of a turnip, and paying less and less and giving nothing in return.  Oh, they say they offer benefits, but you can't afford them.  Not to say that they can make it more affordable in these economic times, but the fact remains that they are in business to make a buck, and they are making their big bucks on the backs of transcriptionists.  They expect sacrifice, but it is YOUR sacrifice they want, not theirs.  That is evidenced by the fact that you, the MT, will work on the weekends, you will neglect your family, you will have no life, and they don't give a rat's patootie.  I remember when we didn't work weekends or holidays.  Don't give me this 24/7, 365.  THEY, the muckety mucks DON'T work weekends.  When they negotiate contracts, they sell your soul to provide 24-hour coverage, but their big asses are at home on the weekends. 

I am an IC because I cannot stomach working for a national that wants my blood, my children's blood, and my life sitting and waiting to hopefully grab a job and if I don't have work today to stay up 24 hours so I can make line count to keep my benefits!  Benefits????  What benefit is there for me and my family working for these companies if I never see my family, never have the time to take a leisurly day to do the things that normal families do, going to a ball game, a movie, having their friends over for a cookout, going to church together, sitting and watching a DVD together? 

I am afraid we have allowed this to happen to this profession.  We bowed to their demands of Tue. thru Sat. or Sun. thru Fri.   We accept poverty-level wages.  We say it is okay that our benefits are based on our production, but when we don't have work, we don't scream and yell when they take away our benefits. 

You know, unions were created because of just such conditions.  These companies are taking advantage of us, and if you don't think so, just look at the demands being made if you apply and are one of the chosen ones. 

Lord help us all.  When the economy really tanks (quite soon, I'm afraid), you'll see them drop like flies, all of them, to 3rd world countries.  You think they care about the American MT?  Heck no.  They only care about themselves. 

Ok, about a month ago, I posted about a service who would not answer emails, phone calls, about paying me what was owed.  She paid me less than half of what she owed, and now I have waited patiently to get the balance and once again she will not answer emails or phone calls.  She is blatantly ignoring me. I emailed her and asked her WHEN she plans to pay me.  She has in her contract that she pays twice a month when the docs pay her. Well, this is going into the 3rd month now.  I have gotten that ONE check which was less than half what she owes.  I no longer work for her, as she locked me out of her system when I kept emailing her.  (GO FIGURE!), who would want to work and not get paid anyway!

I have tried to work with her and give her the benefit of the doubt, but at this point, I think that I am going to have to take other measures. 

of my salary accompanied by the e-mail saying how I would be getting 3 times my lines with this wonderful VR system.  I'm not overly concerned because it is my part-time job.  I barely make any money with them anyway, so I will take the opportunity to learn it and just see how it goes I suppose.  It's ridiculous though.