You won't make big bucks like that unless you own your own service or have only private clients.

• Why do some companies think 8 cpl is GREAT - Janice
  • Because they know some dummy will agree to work for it. nm - simple as that
  • There are companies on this board advertising for 8 cpl - LMT
  • No way is 8 cpl good as IC - sm
  • Could be because all they can get from the docs is 11 cpl....nm - MTSO
    • You are right - me
      • Call their bluff! - nm
        • They don't give a hoot - they'll take the poor quality for less money. - SM
    • You need to negotiate better contracts. - NM
    • If thats all they can get from the docs, get a different account!! There are more out there - Kat
  • The companies think it's great because THEY sm - nm
    • That's righ! - MTness
      • sorry .. - Mtness
    • If you can transcribe 175 lph, that is 14 bucks an hour. I wouldn't call that chump change. sm - Southern MT
      • 8 cpl - andromeda
      • If you only do 100 lph cause of a difficult doc then its a whole 8.80 an hour... - nm
        • True, but if you can only do that - you need to find another job - anyway. nm
      • No. That's SLAVE CHANGE. - There's a difference.
      • $14 an hour is great for a newbie, but sm - nm
      • It's all relative - MT2
        • You won't make big bucks like that unless you own your own service or have only private clients. - also poor in the NE
          • Not necessarily - MT2
            • Nope, more like a matter of time before we're all working for chump change. - The writing is on the wall. nm
              • Only if you accept it. Put your foot down - and say NO. - nm
  • don't know but u live elsewhere than me....sm - I merely offer less than most nat'ls..
  • I agree with you, Janice - nn
  • Stop complaining I only make 7 cpl as an IC!!!! - Donna
    • When you accept so little, you not only ruin it for - yourself, but you ruin it for others. - nm
    • Thats nobody's fault but your own, go get what your worth!! - Kat
    • Why do you accept line rates like this? nm - Curious
      • offshoring is doing it - charlene
        • Don't you believe it. They CAN pay that and better! - They're just too greedy.
          • You bet they can - check this out. - MT2
      • I have friend that makes 5 cpl as IC. She was hired right out of - school, afraid to leave.
        • don't accept the wage, but I would!!!! - nm
        • How can she pay living expenses on that? nm - Crusade for higher line rates

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Then the MTs get stuck with account specs that are contradictory and confusing. 

It should be simple.  When an MTSO is wooing a client, the MTSO should present with a copy of the style guidelines they intend to follow or if it is the BOS, let the client know that.  It should be made clear that with the exception of report format, the guidelines are not flexible.  Either we use apostrophes or we don't.  Don't do it one way for one client and the exact opposite for the other client and then hold the MT responsible when she gets confused as to what account she is typing that day!

Thank you all for the private email and the posts here.  Better to be informed.  I need to stay where I am for the time being.  Not ready to make the leap to voice recognition editing yet and, of course, other factors and problems that exist with All Type that I do not have where I am currently. 

Thanks again.