Great. Now more will flock to CS in hopes of earning $40,000+ a year.
Posted By: Enrolled over 1000 in September. on 2009-03-06
In Reply to: courses with Career Step - NEMT
http://www.careerstep.com/blog/?p=31
Why do they keep perpetuating this myth of making this kind of money with MT? New grads of CS are getting offers of 4-6 cpl for straight transcription and 1-3 cpl for VR. There is no way anyone is making $32 an hour at those rates.
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Not to give you false hopes, but I actually
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Mine is straight salary with the hopes that we can make
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earning ENOUGH as an IC
Hello all ... I'm considering leaving my hospital job to work from home f/t. But if i work for a national, as an IC, it seems I'll be luck to make $20 an hour. I'd have to work like a dog, all day long, to earn $150 bucks. And of course that has no benefits in that wage !
My ques is - how do you guys who work f/t from home for transcription services - do it ? How do you make enough $$ to pay all the bills, and then some? do you work p/t and do this as a supplement ?
It just seems it will be very, very hard to make what I earn now at the hospital. Thanks! JoJo - New Jersey
earning enough
You won't earn enough - look at these boards and see how many people can't pay their bills and how many people have left MT.
Stay at the hospital! I just recently - 3 weeks ago - went back to a hospital job after 10 years as an IC and/or MTSO employee. There is no comparison between the two.
ALso, the trend now is for hospitals to start hiring their own MTs, at least for part of the work. They are reversing the outsourcing trend that started back in the 1980s.
I think you'll be sorry if you leave your hospital job.
CMT/earning potential
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See link below titled "Sample page." Sign up for free and start writing and earning. Read the FAQ on that site to learn about how. Also, visit the forums section and see how others are earning just expressing their thoughts, writing on topics they like.
If they make it that difficult to figure out what you are earning, then I would tell them NO.
These companies that cannot seem to want you to know what you are earning are hiding something. Say no. If they can figure out how to use a 65-character line with spaces, tell them to call you.
Too, the MTSO is not earning extra from the client
The gains come from their paying out less to QA.
Not talking taxes but fact you will be earning
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Of course it's a business! Anything that's run for the purpose of earning a profit is a busine
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I've never come close to earning $20 in years of doing this. Troubles with every company, usually
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Longevity as an MT doesn't mean a higher wage. Lots of us out here still earning less
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Ummm 10.00 per month compared to earning 800.00. No not free, but might as well be. BUT look aroun
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Mine are in year-round thank goodness! They've started their new year 2 months ago.
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to cowgirl - Last I knew, last year the job paid $25,000/year no taxes, etc.
The hospital was bombed about a year ago, but not a lot of damage, very minimal damage.
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That's great Patti. Thanks. Have a great time at the beach.
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You should feel great as a transcriptionist if they think your work is that great!!!
It is not your fault they approached you. I think it would be a different storey if you were the one searching for the job to take away from a company. They obviously want to get rid of the company and if you didn't take the job they would probably ask someone else. You should enjoy the better position and not feel guilty!!
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come on.. you cannot compare a 2-year-old and a 15-year-old
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46/F I have a 9-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy.
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Got $$$$ back last year but this year
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Thanks for all the great advice! You guys are great!
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Ask me next year. sm
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Can't wait to see my end of year :(
less and less every year - sm
Used to be about $35,000, now is about $30,000
Can RAM die? I put in more RAM last year so I should have 768 -- but it says 256 now- sm
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About a year now. Don't like it. NM
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3 year old
I am very glad you have a happy ending. A friend of mine, who is an MT, had the same thing happen to her with a tragic ending. Her son had drowned in a pond on their property. He was also 3 years old. They just don't realize the danger.
Make sure he removes his make up before he goes to sleep, LOL.
Big S does. For one year.
I am actually thinking of dictating the information into a microcassette and then hiring a typist to type it out for me.
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