No, just an IC who is well-compensated.

Posted By: sm on 2007-06-11
In Reply to: Thanks for you valuable insight - - MANAGEMENT!

I set may rate and get paid my rate. I make good $$ and suggest that you try doing the same if you're not happy with what you've got. Whining on this board won't increase your pay but taking some initiative, getting out there and selling your skills will. Make sure you're honest about what you can do and you'll find a good match that will suit you. Too often people settle for the easiest or first thing that comes along and it's not always the best.

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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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absolutely should be compensated..
nm

Not obvious to me. Not all well-compensated MTs are in management.
They're just good at their job. Not hard to understand.

To me working on a holiday is a premium service and the IC should be compensated anything

above and beyond the call of duty. I have charged more per line when working a holiday only when it has been specifically requested that I work the holiday. If I decide to work on a holiday just because I want to catch up or I have free time, I won't charge extra for that.

But if the client asks me to work a holiday because they need coverage, then I will charge a little more per line, usually just a couple of cents more per line. I don't understand why anyone wouldn't "dream" of doing this. I've known computer technicians, electricians, plumbers etc. who charge more for after hours calls and holiday calls. Why should we be any different?