Being a high-producer is a good thing, but so is quality,

• Food for Thought - Worker in USA
  • That sounds all well and good - until that employee at home
    • So you get a backup, like I have - anon
      • Again, easier said than done. - sm
        • So you charge ,12 cpl...(sm) - Dinosaur
          • I've offered this before. - sm
          • I agree - teaser
    • you get a network of MTs to cover as backup whom you can trust. kinda like docs are "oncall" - LMT
      • Easier said than done, but you keep beating a dead horse. - sm
        • as an IC you are a business - I Agree
        • sounds like YOU are - edit
          • And you are doing nothing more than whining. Re-read the post. - sm
            • to me, your response is RIDICULOUS! - edit
              • Oh, it's you, Shroom. I'd recognize that attitude anywhere. - sm
                • WRONG, whoever shroom is - edit
            • why don't YOU do what YOU say - edit
              • Is this the last we have to read from you? - sm
                • bye, ding dong, good riddance!! - edit
                  • That explains ALL your childish behavior. - nm
                    • "Childish?" Look at yourself - edit
                      • You really need to understand the issues. - sm
                        • 21+ years, and you think you - edit
                          • Thankfully, self-employed so I don't have to deal with the likes of you. - sm
                          • I meant CNA, - edit
                            • Two dogs, barking at each other - through a fence.
  • While I would like to see that happen, too, - I don't see it as an option. sm
    • Doctors' offices, not hospitals - anon
      • All of a sudden you have these - accounts where you have no vacation
      • As with everything else in healthcare, the downslide of MT - started when the HMOs moved in. nm
    • How would the doctors/rich HMO CEOs feel about - working for less money each year? nm
      • You may not believe this, but doctors are working for less - money each year.
        • you are right - I do not believe it - I - know better
          • small mentality usually means small pocketbook - Yes, they DO work for less now.
            • Depends on where they work......... - NM
          • big homes do not mean - just me
      • They do have to work on less insur payments, etc. - But that has no effect on this issue.
        • Gaaaaa.... don't even get me started on what the - insurance co's. have contributed to this mess!
    • And high producers do not want hourly pay. - We like at-home production pay!
      • In my experience hourly employees - don't product as much as cpl workers.
        • Depends on where you work and how you're paid - and treated, among other things. nm
      • Being a high-producer is a good thing, but so is quality, - sm
        • Hey, I have never made lower than 99% on my - quality reports. Never.
          • LOL - I agree with you. - beating the dead horse sm
          • So if you were making 7cpl and were offered 10 cpl, - you would turn it down? nm
            • Depends on incentive offered, benefits, and - nature of the accounts, work schedule, contracts,
              • Provided bennies were identical? - nm
        • Furthermore - sm
          • My former job paid by the hour. Higher producers with - higher quality got more per hour. nm
        • The big companies are cheating you? - They are providing you with health insurance
          • what big company actually provides you with health insurance? sm - LMT
            • On-site employee status is not cheap either. - Healthcare is expensive everywhere.
          • When paid hourly, we still had a minimum daily line count - which was higher the more we made. nm
            • Who is cheating who then? - I have never seen it work that way.
              • Well see, the thing is, your experience is only - one in thousands. Everyone's is different.
  • Hourly or Per Line? - Neesey
    • Why *settle* for less than you made in the ྌs? - Did healthcare/meds/co-payments drop in price? NO!
      • ? I don't know what that little square is - - It should be 񓟜s"! nm
        • Aaaaah! Okay, I'll spell it out - nm - Nineteen eighties. sheeshhhh
  • most private doctors... - missed TAT etc
  • May I just add... - Worker in USA
  • I Agree 100% - worried MT
    • You're right. (sm) - So tired of being devalued!
    • Exactly! What are the big nationals providing? - mtstudent
      • It's cheaper to hire a national than pay employees - and overhead. NM
        • What are they providing to the MT? - mtstudent
          • The big companies are cheating themselves, as well. - see mssg.
          • Low wages? I make approx $60K a year at - a national. ? LOL
            • How? By working 12-hr days 7 days/week? - High producers should get MORE cpl, not LESS!
              • No. I work four 10-hour days. I'm really fast, really - experienced. On rare
                • I found that the more OT I made, the more of it - went to the government.
                  • I don't do that much of it but my wages have pushed me - into a higher tax bracket.

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it.  You'll want to invest in a foot pedal that you can connect to your PC.  I'd check out the pedals on transcriptiongear.com or check out Ebay.  I've found a lot of useful MT equipment on ebay for really reasonable prices.  I have an Infinity USB pedal that works nicely and I bought it off of Ebay.  You'll need to download ExpressScribe or another program so you will be able to play back sound files using your pedal.  That will make it a lot easier for you to test with some of the national companies as they generally have .wav files that you'll need to transcribe and send back before they will make an offer.

Once you've landed a job, the bigger companies generally will provide you with whatever software required to do their work and some provide you with all the equipment you'll need.  However, some will require you to use your own PC and will want you to have the latest version of Word.

That should get you started.

I have just put in 19,000 lines for 8.5 days on top of being team leader for two accounts.  I am number one.

Hi,

Does anyone have a particular brand name, other than Bose (much TOO expensive) of speakers that you use for you job.  I had good amplified speakers that you can wear a headset with, but 1 of them is no longer any good.  Warranty is over with.  Any suggestions?  Thanks 

I am using the one that came with my Olympus AS-4000 PC Transcription Kit (foot switch RS25, if that means anything to anyone).  After only about two months, the play and rewind pedal are sticking. And yes, it's clean - I actually use it barefoot because it is so small it's hard to feel the fast forward and rewind pedals with shoes on.

Does anyone have a foot pedal they have used for a long time and are still satisfied with it?

TIA.

I maintain 99% accuracy above on my reports.  However, the original question was regarding personal preference, and I have stated mine, and I respect your opinion as well.  :-)    I do think if I was working in an office or hospital setting, the setup you mentioned might be more profitable in the long run.  There are too many interruptions and such when you have other people running in and out, phones ringing, etc. 

I doubt that anyone but me really cares about the lines per hour it takes for me to do a report.  They just want an accurate report in a timely manner.  I take pride in my work, and would never just slop something out for the sake of the almighty buck.   And, as an added incentive, I work for 2 companies, and one of them has my name on each report.  I don't have a problem with it, but I did think it was a bit unusual at first.

Oh well ... I must confess that what I'd TRULY like is to be paid lots of money to just sit and play Battle Phlinx on Pogo all day long, but as of yet, no such luck.  

Finally, the animals win one.  Every time some "little darling" mangles a dog or a cat and they get bitten, scratched, it is always the "mean dog's fault".  I'm glad you had your camera on for proof.  I had two collies that were behind TWO locked fences and one of my neighbors called me up, screaming that my female had bitten her 2 yo toddler.  I asked what her 2 yo toddler was doing running around loose outside without supervision and what he was doing on my property in the first place.  I told her about the two locked gates and chain link fences, and she said he managed to stick his hand between the posts and the gates and was bitten.  She thought I was going to "come apart", but instead I went on the attack.  I told her she needed to watch her kids and keep them out of my property and she wouldn't have a problem.  Her 2 yo was trespassing on my property and I wanted him kept off of it from now on!  She backed down in a big hurry.  People make me crazy!

would end up making you look bad......

move forward - for every door that shuts, another one opens, I promise....*S*

you treat it like a business - learn the law, get everything in writing, charge enough rent to cover the hidden costs.  I've been landlording for several years now and I highly recommend nolo.com a site with good legal information for non-lawyers, especially a book that outlines the landlord-tenant laws in each state in layperson language - It's been very useful to me, kept me out of trouble at least once. 

Or just call a realtor and let them handle it and add their fee to the rental as mentioned above. 

you said you'd wait until you become financially secure before getting married so you could then could leave him and be okay $$-wise.

I left after 13 years of marriage and we pretty much had nothing....my sanity being numero uno.  The stats are this....that after 5 years of divorce, women are in better shape than men financially and emotionally.  That's what I've read and that's how it also happened for me.  I was in better shape than him 5 years later.  So, don't undercut yourself.  We can make it on our own whether we have a man in our life or not!!!!  It's an old wives tale from post WWII I do believe that women are not *complete* without a man and that is a total crock of s**t.....in my mind/heart/soul. 

the police got to the school so quickly that he was unable to carry out the *rest of his plan* thank God...those poor children suffered enough, thankfully he didn't have the chance to inflict any more harm on them...if you know what I'm talking about...I can't write it...it makes me sick to my stomach!

What is this world coming to when parents feel afraid to send their children to SCHOOL? We don't even let our 7 YO son play outside for 1 second alone, and we live in a quiet subdivision, and know all our neighbors...guess that's just it though, we THINK we KNOW them...anyway, it just breaks my heart and scares me to death...WE NEED TO BRING GOD BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS...we've *kicked* Him out...time to bring Him back...

I've been there but had to work outside the home. I had a slug of an ex who paid child support when "he had the money." I learned how to shop and ate whatever the kids left over in their dinner bowls. To this day I will not touch a Spaghetti-O. :)

First and most important is be a parent to your kids. Have fun with them,  but set limits with them and be a mom and not a friend. That's what they need. And NEVER, EVER, say a bad word about their father, no matter what, even if he bad mouths you.  My kids figured out what a slug their dad was on their own. They are both adults with kids of their own and I still refuse to bad mouth their father after nearly 20 years.