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Duragesic 12 mcg/hour every 3 days (nm)

Posted By: jmo on 2008-08-13
In Reply to: q.h., q. 3 d. - Lisa

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    30 hours divided by four days equals seven-hour days. Most of us have to work pretty much every day
    .
    Working 6/hour days, 5 days/week I make
    $42,000.00, but the work is there to make more if I want to.  I'm in the southeast. 
    If MTs want to work 10+ hour days
    ...more power to them.  Not me - I'm gettin' tired of this.  They're lucky if they get 6 hours out of me.  I worked 10+ hours a day and weekends when I first started.  Now, I could care less.  I may not perform 1200+ lines a day, but I have excellent QA. 
    No. I work four 10-hour days. I'm really fast, really
    occasions, about every other month, I might do 8-10 hours overtime.

    In the "old days" of dictation on vinyl belts, the quota was do to 15 minutes an hour. sm

    To me, it seems realistic, but then again, each situation is different.  On account I know, I can usually do 30 minutes an hour, although being money-oriented and paid by the line, I usually gauge things by lines.  I do 250-300 lph, but those little dinky reports ARE an irritation -- no argument there -- hardly enter the header info and *poof* the dictation is over.  Would be hard to make a decent line count that way.


    But ... surely your employers understand there are variations on such things.  Maybe you average 8.9 one month and 12 the next ... I would think it would even out.


    Anyway, i'm into that gray zone where I know nothing about, but I wish you good luck.  To me, in the days when I was supervisor, if I knew someone was doing the best they could do, that was all that mattered to me. 


    Gross lines and 12 hour days!!! I stand corrected, you weren't stretching the truth, you were...

    misleading everyone.  The majority of MTSOs pay by a 65 character lines.  Paying for spaces or not paying for spaces is usually the only variant between companies.  You come on here and say that you tyhpe 3000 a line a day and leave it at that.  Don't say how many hours your work, how long your lines are, etc.  That is misleading!


    I probably am typing 3000 gross lines a day in my eight hour day if I were coutning gross lines.  For fun, I think on my next work day, I'm going to jot down my gross line count in each document and add it up at the end of the day and compare it to my actual line count.  I'll let everyone know what the difference is.


    Geez!  Really burns me up when people get on here at start spouting out nonsense as if it were fact and we should all be in awe of their skills and expertise!  For future reference, the truth lies in the details.  You can't just say you do 3000 lines a day and leave it at that.  Notice when I posted below how many lines a day I do, I added that I work a strictly 8 hour day and that my lines are 65 characters with spaces.


    Give accurate and detailed information people, PLEASE!


    Depends on the pay and account. My lowest average is $15.52 an hour (roughly 182.6 lines an hour) w
    ;'
    1850 lines per 8 hour shift. 15.00 hour - no real requirement
    x
    2000 low days, 4000 busy days
    Did 43,000 lines last month.   6 doctors. 
    You can "make a living" if you work 16-hr days, 7 days
    and if you rarely buy anything but food and the barest essentials in clothing. My balancing act is so precarious that all it'll take is one of life's little disasters (rent increase, sick pet, major car repair) to pull the rug out from under me. Not a good feeling at all.
    if it is feasable, split that 6-hour shift into two 3-hour shifts. sm
    i work a split shift and find that i am much better able to stay focused and get more work done that way. also, being 3 months pregnant you have gone through the very tiring time of pregnancy and you should start seeing an energy perk before long.
    I start an hour or 2 early and then take an hour or 2 for dinner -nm
    x
    At 200 lines a day for 6 cents, you are making $1.20 a day or 0.15 hour for an 8 hour day!!!--cm
    Did you mean 2,000? Even then you would only be making $1.50 if you work 8 hours a day.
    $32/hour? You said $36/hour on an earlier post. Either way would be great. n/m
    xx


    550-650 lph on average. Some days more, some days less. It all depends. nm
    x
    How? By working 12-hr days 7 days/week?
    ;LKJ
    10 reports/hour or 25 markers/hour
    NM
    I appreciate your responses. I had an option of line vs hour ($14/hour) but if line pays more...nm
    nm
    65 to 75 an hour comes to $15 an hour if u are fast
    nm
    In SEVEN days?

    $30 in 7 days?  You've got to be kidding, right?  I could see $30 in 7 hours being bad, but in 7 days?  Either way, it's still not even minimum wage.  Aren't you worth at least twice minimum wage per hour?  Granted, there is always a period of adjustment when starting a new account, but I won't even stick around that long if I can't even make minimum wage.  Wow.  That's all I can say.  I think you know in your heart what you need to do.  You are worth so much more.


    I've been frustrated myself because I'm supposed to do so many lines per week.  Monday and Tuesday were no work because the weekend people did it all.  Wednesday was technical problems.  Now I'm scrambling to get my lines in by the end of business today to reach my weekly line quota and get a half decent paycheck.  I was basically on call for them for free for three days.


    There's not much of interest to me on the Job Seeker's board either.  Heck, maybe I'll take the next month off work and fool around for the rest of the summer until I can find something else.  I should have backed up paychecks coming in to last until then.  Good luck with your dilemma.


    yes, just last few days.
    Thought it was my computer - it acts like it can't keep up w/the typing and I'm not THAT fast...;) Now that I know it isn't just me though, I think I'll give them a call tomorrow if it happens again.
    I think my MT days are over.....sm

    I took a Federal job last year and kept one small, very part-time MT account. I got a 2-step promotion yesterday (lots more money), so I'm going to drop the MT account. This will be my first experience as a supervisor/work group leader. I'll probably still check in here, I actually use a lot of the grammar and software info. I loved MT, but the benefits and job security were a good move for me and my family. Best of luck to all.


    Most days I truly like my job very much; however,
    today is not one of those days. After listening to dictators on speaker phones, chewing gum, and ESL's, today I don't like my job a whole bunch. Tomorrow will probably be different, though.
    I had one of those days too.
    Very draining. Hope it gets better for you.
    It will still be there in 2 days
    when I go on to work. They let it happen constantly. They are just glad someone is dumb enough to do the idiots the cherrypickers skip continuously. The funny part is one does get used to them although they still SUCK.
    Unfortunately, I had it for four days...nm
    .
    I think I will try it a few more days.....
    If I just can get it, then I will try another ergonomic style..
    I think after two days..
    I am getting the hang of it. I still hit a few keys wrong here and there, but I think I will end up loving it too! I have noticed that my hands dont ache at the end of the day and thats a +++!!
    Does anybody else ever have days that you just
    absolutely depise transcription? Usually I enjoy my job, but today McDonald's, Hardee's, Pizza Hut, cleaning toilets, etc. is looking better.
    Ever have one of those days
    When you've typed an entire report and don't recollect having done it.  You check it and it's correct.  Frightening.  My mind is elsewhere this morning.  Too much caffeine (shh, don't tell my coffeepot). 
    Having one of those days 2 days in a row!!!

      Have had the same ESL the last 2 days who mumbles incoherently until the end when he suddenly puts the phone near his face and rattles off the last sentence crystal clear before hanging up.  I would love to grab him by the _____ (pick a body part) and ask him very politely to please ennunciate and speak just a little bit louder. 


    Thank you.  Done venting.  Carry on. 


     


    Have you ever had one of those days?
    When it seems like your fingers are not cooperating? So far this evening, I have misspelled somewhere close to 6 of every 10 words. thank goodness for spell checkers! I seem to be hitting extra letters every time I turn around!
    Re: Have you ever had one of those days?
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    Some days just go like this.

    My 19 yo son can't find his keys and boy, is he upset.  He, dad and I search the house for the keys.  He knows where he put them last night, but they're not there.  I push furniture out, shake all the clothes that he has lying around his room, search and search, along with the others.  Now, 1-1/2 hours later, 1 hour late for work, he finds them.......


     


     


     


     


     


     


     


     


     


     


     


     


     


     


    in his back pocket behind his wallet.     I'm laughing, of course he's really mad now!


    some days
     so where were they????
    I tried it only for a few days, it
    I started to take Doxepin instead- it was a life saver! It is considered to be a rather "old" drug and you would have to check to see if it is even available in your area. I took it for anxiety & trouble sleeping. Anyway it is a an alternative option to look into should Prozac not agree with you. Good luck.
    days gone by

    How about shows you miss that are no longer on (excpet maybe reruns)? I miss:



    1. Seinfeld

    2. Ally McBeal

    3. Strong Medicine

    4. The Division

    5. Any Day Now

    Days Definitely
    I love Days and make sure that I take my lunch break at 1:00 to watch the show. I'm happy to see Patch and Kayla back too. I've been watching for years myself. I just want them to get this Shawn/Belle/Claire mess taken care of. It's been going on long enough. My other addiction is Rob Thomas.
    one of those days

    I can't concentrate, my head hurts, and I can't hear half of what is being said.


    Sorry, I needed to whine for a minute.


    Thanks for letting me


    Having one of those days...why is it
    necessary for these dictators just not to care when dictating.  I am doing a 20+ minute dictation.  So far we are into almost 10 minutes of the dictation and so far I have one paragraph done, literally.  We are still in the HPI.  He has said ummmm who knows how many times and back tracked to rearrange things he already dictated.  I would love for each dictator to type one lousy report of theirs, just one and see what we put up with.  Maybe just maybe then they will shape up a bit and clean up their act, then again why should they care.  Maybe if they got paid for typing their own dictation they might get the point, once they starve, lose their nice boat, house etc.  Sheesh.  Okay done now, feel much better.  Thanks for allowing me to vent. 
    one of those days

    arghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!


    Dictator, weather, kids,


    It has all been said before.  And how was your day.


    I feel better already


    11% if they pay in 3 days -- nm
    nm
    Three days then said ....

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    No - but did get let go after a few days
    as service kept changing the way the work was being submitted and apparently I could not keep up well enough! There are just some very weird and very rude people out there - don't question yourself - sounds like they did not give you the tools to work with - the more companies/accounts I work for/with the more different they are - some companies actually believe their way is the RIGHT way and the ONLY way - don't let them get to you!!  You will find a better job real quick and be glad you did!!
    I have days like that as well
    Today, mind you, I have easy docs so my line count is fairly good. But I know the rest of the week will be terrible, and by Friday I am looking for other jobs. I don't really think there is a better place out there. I mean, this thing with MTSOs is a struggle for me. I work on the weekends too because I constantly am expected to make up my hours if THEY are out of work or if I have an appointment (which I understand). And, no, they are thankless and I feel like I am working in a third-world country in a sweatshop...

    I understand your vent and live it every day.
    Ever had one of those days when
    all you get are sloppy dictators who can not make up their minds on exactly what they want to say. Light editing only, which makes you wonder what would really happened if you followed that rule? Every dictator I have had is new. I have spent more time downloading samples and looking up meds pronounced incorrectly. The horror of it all!!! And I am a newbie, too!!!. Please let this day be over..
    One of those days . . .
    Yep! Had one of those days today. All bad dictators. The ones that I like the very, very least. They couldn't decide which headings to use ect. My back hurts, my neck hurts and my head feels like it is ready to blow. Need a new job.
    Yes, I believe it is 30 days nm
    .
    I think it's actually 90 days - sm
    Make sure you stay on top of your ex-company, though, as my ex-company never sent me anything about COBRA.
    4 days
    Had him Tuesday came home Friday and went to work Saturday. Being an IC I did not have PTO I could use and still had bills to pay.
    pay days

    Has anyone ever had this happen.  First time for me but, you hire into a new company, they give you a list stating what day time cards should be turned in, and what "pay days" are.  All sounds normal so far eh??  Now, you hand in your time card exact day they want it, which in my case would be 5 days before "pay day".  Well, pay day is here today, I have no check in the mail.  I telephone the payroll department just to be told that they send out the paychecks on "pay day".  Now, correct me if I am wrong, but I would think a stated pay day would be the day I receive my pay, not the day the company mails out their bills!