Best - I love the freedom of working the hours I want -sm
Posted By: XXX on 2006-10-18
In Reply to: Calling all ICs and subcontractors - huh
--as long as the work is in my deadline my "employer" does not care when I work- WORST is when I procrastinate and then either have to work like a nut to get done, or stay up to ungodly hours to get the work done, or work all day instead of doing whatever project or thing I wanted to get done that day. ---I can deal with the taxes, yes its a pain, but my lack of schedule is well worth it to me.
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I love it too - love doing my nails 5 hours a day and staying awake
Love NOT getting paid while sitting doing my nails too. It's a real turn on.
I tell all my friends to try it -- sit in front of your computer while you have no money to pay your rent and instead do your nails, you get a real buzz down in the pit of your stomach.
working 12 to 15 hours a day
I have to say that is very impressive. I'm just wondering how you split up your days, i.e. do you work a few hours at a time or all at once or what. Hope you don't mind sharing, I'm just trying to put in more hours myself, and I find I need to take frequent breaks which seems to keep my production down. 
working 12 - 15 hours
Thanks for sharing that, I appreciate it. You are a highly disciplined MT !! 
working 12-15 hours
If you read her post above she clearly states:
1. She is alone.
2. She loves what she does
I personally give her a lot of credit for working hard to earn a decent living and making that her priority instead of out looking for a boyfriend/husband or whatever. She sounds like a person of integrity. What does it matter to you what she does in her free time?
working 8 hours?
There are companies out there that will let you quit when you reach your designated lines for the day - I work for one now - they pay you on a tiered schedule also so it is beneficial for you to keep working, but your benefits are based on the amount of lines you type, not how long you type.
35K here working not a whole lot of hours.
I probably work 35 hours a week or less. I do work on weekends, but not much. 
Working Hours
I work as an employee 37-1/2 hours a week. They let me work from 9-12 and
2-4 (sometimes I'll work 1 or 1:30-4) and then I make up the other hours anytime I want at night. Basically as long as I work 7-1/2 hours a day it's okay with them. If I have to leave the house for a half an hour/hour or so to run an errand I can do that too as long as I deduct it from my daytime hours and add it onto the evening.
Definitely split. I'm working on 10 hours right now,
not because I want to, I have to. I have to leave town in the morning for the day so I need to finish my stuff that is due tomorrow afternoon tonight. My wrists are really tired. They don't bother me when I split it up. Only 20 more patients. I guess I best get back at it. Short and sweet notes though. I did the long stuff first.
Not used to working 40+ hours and my back is
nm
working "off hours"
I work I guess what would be considered nights as most nights I work 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., but on Fridays and Sundays I work long days, and have Saturdays off. I wouldn't consider working anything different until all my kids are in school. My husband works days and this works out well for us. I am home with the kids all day (save on daycare and get to be with them), and I don't start until after they are all in bed at night so no guilt that I am taking time away from them either. Fridays I work during the day and am done at 6 so I have Friday night and all day and night Saturday with them too, and Sunday mornings I am still able to go to church with my family, but I work noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday so that is my only "long" day. I tried working a split shift before, woke up super early and typed before the kids got up and then typed again at night after they went to bed. That was too hard for me, but I know others who do it and love it. Email me if you want to. :)
Okay, I'll go first. I'm right at 300 and have been working for two hours. Already need a na
 Come on girls! Make those fingers fly!
working early AM hours
I am considering changing my hours starting work around 4 am in order to finish up earlier. Are they any of you who do this and have young kids to get up and moving in the morning too. My goal is to finish early in the summer months. I will have interuptions from seven to about nine with getting the kids ready and off to summer camp for the morning. So I would like to start as early as possible in order to get as much done as possible before they even get up. I don't know if I can do the 4 am thing, tho. I don't get to bed all that early. To those of you that do this, how do you get yourself up and moving at such an early hour????
I don't mind working more than 8 hours a day; however,
I would rather be compensated hourly and not by salary.
Here is what is holding me back also ~ I make a bit more than than 52K a year as an IC and work 6 hours a day, 5 days a week.
I will continue to keep that job as an IC, but I am thinking "wouldn't I'd rather just put more time into that IC job and make more on production than be on a clock making less money?"
PTO includes holidays. So, if I want to take Christmas off, it goes against my PTO hours.
The health insurance benefits are really not that good, though I don't need them at this time. I may in the future and they are not great. No reimbursement if you opt out.
The 401K matches up to 4% - pretty much the same as others.
I don't know ~ There doesn't seem to be anything "special" to convince me to take this job. I was hoping someone would give me their opinion to change my mind!!!
I really need to think this through.
You made $90.00 in 3 hours working as a lifeguard? LOL!
Cute. What are you doing posting on this board. This isn't BayWatch, it's for MTs!!
Barely working 20 hours a week...sm
I have worked for this company for over a year now. I love the account. I love the work. I am used to it and don't want to think about going elsewhere but I am not making squat I don't get paid by the hour I was just letting you know that is the amount of time I am getting to work due to the fact there is not enough work. I have never been able to get full time work here but more that this. I don't know whether to stick it out or look elsewhere. I only have 1-1/2 years exp so I don't have a lot of options with less than 2 years exp. I don't know what I should do. I have asked about a secondary account, but they said they don't need help on any of their other accounts. Anyone else in this boat? What to do?  
Time saved working at home is about 2 hours
The time it takes to get up, shower, do make-up and hair, dress, get in the car and drive to work, then back home equals about two hours for me. I work a PT job along with a FT job at home. Plus money saved not needing to use a dry cleaners, keeping up the ward robe.
Doing wrong? Probably only working 80 hours a week 6 days.
Stats during normal working hours are one thing
but being paged at un-Godly hours ???  It's just not worth the aggravation,IMO.
I would love to know how many hours are spent
listening to papers shuffle! Even when I fast forward these annoying reports there are minute-long paper shuffling that goes on and on throughout the paper! I wish these doctors would get organized!
thanks for vent.
At 53 working 2 jobs 80 hours a week is impossible. I tried it, it does not work!! (sm)
I have been at this business 30+ years and at one point worked 3 jobs and 2 were for hospital contracts with taxes taken out and the other IC. It gives you no life. My suggestion, if you need the extra $$ work your 40 during the week, then 1 or 2 nights 2 hours and then Sat/Sun 16 hours which would give you 20 hours. That is more than enough and will give you a chance to see if you want to make a job change. Have tried the 2 FT 80 hours and almost had a seizure over it. Remember if your not physically well you cannot do it all!
Love it! Did 3 hours with "Speedy Gonzalez" today!
LOVE my job....Counting down hours til my shift starts
I love my job and my part-time IC jobs, too. I'm a workaholic, granted, but I've been a workaholic and not necessarily liked the job(s) I was working. At this point in my life, I love my jobs, especially my primary job.
Life is quite good at the moment :-)
Made 60K last year working 50 hours a week being paid on gross line
nm
I love working outside, though the sun is an
issue. You just need some shade, from a tree, awning, or umbrella. I need sun, but sometimes find the day is gone and I haven't been outside, so the laptop allows me to do both. Also, when I work weekends and it is nice out, I can be outside with my family, even though I have to work. I don't think being outside will help at all with working 2 hours before breaking.
Don't you love it! It's like working in an
office but not working in an office! I get cheescake for my birthday.
Been working at ProScript for a while and love it...sm
Platform is very similar to Word. If you have high speed internet you could probably get 1200 lines done in 4 hours or so (I guess that depends on how fast you type, though). I don't have high speed, but software tells me my typing time and it is usually between 3-1/2 and 4 hours for me to get 1000-1200 lines done.
I love getting up and working at that time.
It was the only time that I could actually concentrate and have quiet time in my house. I have a 3-year-old son and grandkids that lived with me a couple of months ago...it was hard to try to work while everyone was doing their daily thing. So, I just started getting up and 4 a.m. was a good time. I would stop around 8 and get my mom/son's breakfast ready and get them situated. After that I could go back to work until I was through, taking breaks in between. I prefer the 4 a.m. thing...it works for me. You will have to find what works for you and I am sure that you will.
I love Iscriptor! I have been working
with it now for 6 months. I have not had problems with it being slow. It is very easy to learn and work with. It is easy to navigate and very user friendly. What company did you accept a position with? If it is the company I work for, I may be able to answer other questions.
That's why I love working from home. Too funny. sm
I helped my son out with his paper route the other morning because he was sick with a temp of 102. I'm walkng around, almost done with the papers, heading home, birds are singing, sun is starting to shine and then, ALL OF A SUDDEN, VAROOOOOOOM!!! About 4 cars go whizzing by, almost running me over, oblivious to their surroundings, obviously late for work again. Checked my watch and it was 5:45 a.m. 6 o'clock shift running late again. Can't get their Dunkin Donuts and make it to work on time unless they drive like a bat out of h...l.
I just laughed and laughed and thought, "Well geeeee, it stinks to be you doesn't it? Now why don't you take time out to fill up with GASOLINE!" HEE HEE!
I don't know why people are in such a hurry lately. Why don't they just set their alarms 15 minutes earlier for Pete's sake? I was taking my older son to work one morning and was at a red light at a very busy, accident prone, intersection. The light turned green. I always take a quick look left and right before going through the green light and I didn't even have time to glance to the left before the "A" behind me laid on his horn. Of course then I got funny and drove like a granny, just to make him mad. He ended up finding space to pass on the right and he gave me the finger.
I've been working just under a year and am on ER.. LOVE it!
nm
Personally, I love working at home, but my
kids were already in school when I started 10+ years ago. I worked part-time at home in the evening when they were small, but my ex was there to help with them then. I would think it would be very distracting to work a full day with small ones, unless you were working an p.m. shift when they were asleep, but then there is no time for hubby. But then again, there are many who do.
Not anymore. For some time now, I've been working 32 hours and am considered full time to receive
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YES!! Love 'em! Lots of fun, doesn't feel like working out. :)
FREEDOM
Does anyone know of a company that will hire a Transcriptionist with 20 years experience in all phases of transcription who DOES NOT need benefits but does need 24-hour turnaround time flexibility? It seems most of the places are going to hourly. I need to change jobs.
Think it is Freedom Type.
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we now have freedom OF religion for all
you are perfectly free to celebrate whatever holiday you wish to NOW. The majority celebrating Christmas does not diminish that in any way, shape or form.
the ergo beans wrist support is AWESOME!!! its like a massage while working...LOVE it and only 16 b
nm
Freedom of speech is still a part of the
constitution. I once had a supervisor tell me he knew that his secretary and I had been talking about him, and he would terminate me if I ever talked to ANYONE about him again. I actually laughed in his face (and never got terminated).
This is really stupid that anyone or any company thinks they have the right to control what people can and cannot talk about. Now, company information that can be damaging if disclosed is another issue. However, salary info doesn't fall into that category. It falls under the "How much do you make, because I want to be sure I'm getting a fair deal" category. 
Anyone work for Freedom Type sm
Do they have SE and employee status or just employee? TIA!
 
Does anyone have any info on Freedom Type?
If anyone works for them, has worked for them or has any info (pay, flexibility, good to work for, equipment, etc.) I would appreciate it. Thanks!
I just signed up for Verizon Freedom - sm
Unlimited LD. I told them when I signed up what I would be using it for and they told me that was not a problem at all. Is this the plan you had?
K
Freedom Type...Anyone out there with any info?
Anything at all would be helpful. Thanks!
Freedom of speech... no you can not be sued.
Isn't it amazing the freedom, lack of stress, zip, gone.
congratulations!
THANKS KRIS AND NM for info on Freedom Type
That helps!
Phone. Rad docs don't have much freedom to move... SM
because they have to look at the films while dictating and that ties them down to certain equipment.
Homeschool! Freedom! Great family bonding!
nm
For us slow pkes---my best would be 3 hours, worst 6 hours - just depends on the dictator ,
I have to look up (i.e. Dr. names, addresses)...I have to do a lot of that and it majorly slows me down, without all that and good not too horrible dicators, in 1 hour I can do anywhere from 15-20 minutes of dictation.
RE: I used to work for Freedom Type - VERY nice people - didn't do VR, just straight typing (nm)
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But in transcription, if you are good at what you do, you can do 8 hours of work in 4 hours. So eit
you slice it, both companies will still get 8 hours worth of work out of you.
That is the problem I've been having lately being an MT. Companies want to pay us on production and they set minimum productivity standards, but want us timed in for 8 hours a day. My thinking is, if they want 8 hours of work out of me, pay me hourly with production incentive. If they want to pay me on production and tell how much I have to produce in an 8 hour period, then when I hit that mark, I should be able to call it a day even if I've only worked 4 hours.
Seems these companies want it both ways and it is simply not fair to us MTs. JMO, tho.
If it's my fav doc with lots of shortcuts, 1-1/2 hours to 2 hours max
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