I've been doing it for years now....with own accounts, can make more $$ than that. nm

• outrageous - MTing
  • You can "thank" the offshore competition...sm - MTSO
    • Maybe it's time to push for legislation to make - offshoring of med. records ILLEGAL.
  • Competition is driving prices down. Companies are not making - more each year. They can't keep paying more an
  • My recent job-hunting experience - SaraS
    • That is why they always are advertising nm - Myong
  • If they are paying 7cpl for the editing portion lol nm - Msla MT
  • Someone else will. - sm
    • Well after a big fiasco with MQ, I tried - gd1
    • Thanks for you valuable insight - - MANAGEMENT!
      • No, just an IC who is well-compensated. - sm
        • So how much do you make for the time you spend - running your business but not typing?
          • I'm sure this won't make you feel any better, but... - sm
            • Amen to that sister!!! You go girl! - if only all MTs felt this way
              • Me too! I can't afford NOT to be an MT! - MT has been very, very good to me!
            • I've been doing it for years now....with own accounts, can make more $$ than that. nm - Sole-Proprietor
            • Please stop gloating! - anon
              • You can if you're good! - no message
                • in bed, and have a husband with a decent job - to take up the slack.
                  • With that attitude, you'll never make money in - MT. I make more than my DH and I take up the
                    • The word "HAUGHTY" comes to mind..... - nm
                      • All you want to do is complain. You reap what - you sow. Complaining gets you nowhere.
              • If she indeed makes anywhere near that, (sm) - 'Shroom
                • You are pathetic. I make $35 an hour with - no templates. Maybe if you WORKED
                • I average 37-43/hour - I do too
                • Two words--text expander. Try it. - nm
                  • Text expander: Got it, use it, embellished upon it, - been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
                    • Then maybe MT is not for you. - Try another job. I make a lot of money. nm
              • Not gloating at all. - sm
            • Anyone can type in any amount they wish - sm - Hmmm
              • You asked, I answered truthfully. It's not my fault you don't believe it. - nm
                • Show of Hands, Who Cares? - Amanda
                  • The people who care are all raising their hands. - sm
  • It is sad that this is what it has come to, i.e., low pay! - paintyper
    • As the quality of life rises in the Third World, (sm) - My 2 cents (a line?)
  • I agree with you. I won't take these jobs. SM - not me
    • Maybe you won't, but thousands of others will! - NM
      • They think they're smart to accept it, but they're - only perpetuating their own poverty.
    • That's one of the most effective things any MT (sm) - My 2 cents (a line?)
  • I was just saying that same thing yesterday! - Cardiology MT
    • what can we do? - my opinion
      • What we are worth - LK
      • We're halfway there, buying our own equipment, etc. nm - My 2 cents (per line?)

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I think that $12/hr is low. 

And the clients have always liked my work.

That is the only CORRECT in my book ... he who signs the paycheck.

My problem with changing accounts was not the terminology, the dictators (I do 4 big hospitals even now), but it was shuffling around to remember account specifics. That is ridiculous.

It is another case of an MTSO (not the client, the MTSO) treating the MTs as a cost center instead of a revenue center. The "money" was for the suits and the editors (no offense) and the MTs who did the work were at the end of the money line.

I've never run out of work, been slow at times, and asked for more.  If you are a well-rounded MT the work is there.  If you are limited to one or two specialities well, work is limited as would be anywhere.  As for the pay, my check was been screwed up twice in 3 years.  I had the difference in my hands the next day, the fedex the check to me. 

Question to you?  How did you treat BTS?  Where you there to work if and when they needed you?  Was your work 98% or better and within TAT?  Most employers will treat their employees they way they are treated.  It's a give and take situation people.  I sign on do my work, send it to the clients and have no problems.  If they need extra help somewhere I usually (but not always) say sure (who can't use the extra money anyway).  When I want time off, they say no problem. 

Did you ever try talking to the owners about your problem with pay or work or to your manage?  You can't complain if you don't try and solve the problem first.!!

and can honestly say I've never had a background check to my knowledge.  They really should let you know beforehand and I guess it is possible I've had one and not been aware but highly doubt it.

Been in healthcare since 1972 :)  Got halfway through my Masters in HealthCare Administration and stopped because I was NOT passionate about that.  Got into this instead. 

I am still passionate about my house and everything else I do.  I'm 55.  I'm not naive, or dumb.  Passion comes from inside you, if you're not passionate, it's because you make yourself that way.

Thanks for the tip, but I don't have anything to get over.  I don't waste a lot of time whining and complaining though.  :)

been IC, but one of the things I did was to have my husband claim zero and at the single rate.  If you're already doing that and it didn't help, you might want to have him pay in a little extra per pay or pay estimated taxes yourself.  I thought with federal income tax, my employer did take it out because I was considered a statutory employee but still IC status.  I think I had a little extra taken out and claimed zero and married at the single rate.  A lot of things go into determining whether or not you owe taxes. 

You say you adopted a child this year and will get that tax credit, did you have any children before?  If not, then you likely didn't have much choice except to pay estimated quarterly taxes and have both you and your husband claim zero and the single rate.  We have 3 children now, which definitely helps, but even still we continue to claim zero on our W4s just to keep ahead of the gov.  We like that little "bonus" we get back for vacation, etc.

I know I always paid estimated state taxes.  In some cases, you can end up paying penalties if you don't.  Talk with your accountant.  He/she should be able to give you ways to avoid having to pay in.  You probably can't reduce what you make anymore than you already have.  It sounds like you've got your deductions covered.  Your only option may be to pay estimated.  Good Luck!

I work a few hours in the morning before kids get up, spend time with kids, do housework, fix dinner, etc. and then I work a few hours after dinner.   I get up at least every 2 hours and do something, may put on a load of laundry, may lay something out to thaw for dinner, may take a power nap, etc.  I couldn't sit for an 8 hour shift if my life depended on it.

It works for my and my family.  My husband works 12-15 hours, a lot of them overnight and he is home by 11 most days, so my schedule works for him too. 

Ever since they first came out I have been using.  I prefer some of the cheaper knock-off brands to the MS though.  Does anyone remember the Wave keyboard?  It was the precursor to the MS and also there was an actual split keyboard and one time, where the keyboard broke in half so you typed with your hands vertically instead of horizontally.  I also tried learning Dvorak and that was an interesting experience!

I have an MS at work and one at home.  My hands hurt less and my shoulders are not as tight.  I can't stand to use a regular keyboard as I tend to hunch over and my shoulders get tight, not to mention make all kinds of errors!  I don't know about using the "B" with your other hand though.  Never heard of that.  I just use a standard technique.

IMHO

and I think it's great.  It can get a little dull because you tend to hear the same things over and over, but you can get good line counts with it. 

and transcribing for 20+

I can't imagine stopping to start all over again. It scares me to think that the "hunt and peck" types are now being catered to instead of learning the keyboard the way it should be learned. But then again, I'm an "old timer."

When I learned qwertyuiop it was on a manual typewriter.  The manual typewriters are what gave us old timers our speed. It also gave us concentration when you had to flip the handle on the left and push the roll back into place for the next line. Not to mention exercise when you pushed it too hard and the whole roll flew off and landed on the floor.

Heck, I used to do MT on a very old electric typewriter with a bottle of  White Out handy.

My top 5 minute timed typing test for a job interview was 138 wpm on an old electric and that was almost 20 years ago.  I think I'll stick with the old stuff.

And, by the way, I have no wrist pain, finger pain, etc. Guess I'm either lucky or it's because of the fact that I'm ergonomic, do my CTS exercises, and wear wrist supports when I type.