There's a lot of hard work that goes into

"being the middleman". They have to secure the account, make sure it stays in TAT, keep their eye on any errors or changes and make sure the MTs understand and follow the rules, make sure the clients are always happy, hire the most competent MTs, make payroll, etc., etc.

So before you jump to conclusions and think MTSOs have nothing better to do than being the middleman, think again. I'm not being nasty, just pointing out some facts.

• Big on demands, but low on pay - sm
  • I don't know if this has already been mentioned here, but - mt
    • years experience sm - NEMT
    • I don't understand this post. I have over 10 yrs experience - Do you mean they're paying too low for that amt
      • Yes, definitely paying too low for that experience, and - mt
  • That's the medical transcription industry - in a NUTSHELL.
  • Why - Ghost
    • Check the MT jobs available. Nowadays 8 or 9 cents a line is considered good for experienced MTs. - That was considered good 10-15 years ago, not so g
  • BTDT. They expected a heck of a lot from the MT for that kind of pay - sm
    • Low pay - NEMT
      • These days it's ALL companies. 9 cpl isn't - enough to live on, and why anyone - s/m
        • Yes it is. - lk
          • How many years experience do you have? If over 10, - don't you think you deserve higher pay?
            • I have 3 years experience. - lk
              • Just wait until you start racking up some more years experience - and your pay consistently goes down...sm
                • Hey, Debbie Downer! - lk
            • I have over 30 years. Not only same pay as newbies, - but below India's (in buying-power). nm
      • LOW PAY - gatoreye21
        • No one is charging 15-20cpl anymore. Offshore has taken that away. sm - MTSO
          • VA accts transcribed offshore - moon1010
          • THAT'S TWICE AS MUCH AS ...SM - Bayou MT
            • There's a lot of hard work that goes into - Backwards typist
              • These are administrative tasks that - they get paid to do by paying us a low rate!
                • the same is true for MTSOs as MTs - cjyt
                  • Thank you, that is certainly constructive. How about 17 years, you want me to just change to accomm - digging in
                • I'm not saying "poor MTSO". What - Backwards typist
                  • Former MTSO - Long time MT
              • attitude adjustment is needed NOW (sm) - moon1010
                • I agree with you there, but according to - Backwards typist
                  • We would like to make some "cents" too! - digging in
          • I think it's about time we took it BACK. - US companies rip off their own workers.
            • If you figure out a way for that to happen, let us know. Unfortunately, most politicians sm - MTSO
              • You are so right, and it's such a welcome change - I agree! Strength in numbers
              • I LIVE IN NEW YORK, BUT...SM - HeidiHo
                • The state told us that MTs are employees because we they work in our system and do the same work as - MTSO
              • It is not MT versus MTSO we have a bottom line too, & right now it is - - digging in
              • I hope your 70 MTs know how fortunate they are (sm) - sm
                • How about a simultaneous..... - SHErlock
                  • I'm game. And I could use a vacation, even if - Swiss cheese

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make double your money in one week in order to take a vacation for one week.  I'm forever finding myself wanting to go on vacation, working doubly hard to make up any money I will lose while I'm off either before I leave or when I come back.  Is this the way everyone takes a vacation or is it just me?  I can't seem to give myself a break and just take off any time without making up my money that I'll lose.  GRRRR. I think I need a break!

their own accounts they need to do whatever work needs to be done to get them.  People are frequently asking how to get their own accounts - well DUH.

Just like people asking which is the best company and who pays the most, etc.   If they want a job do the research.  I don't mind helping guide someone in the right direction, but I'm not going to do their leg work for them. 

I wouldn't fill bad at all.  

I just finished my 12-hour day and did about 2,500 lines.  I'm exhausted.  I had a bit of interruptions today, so I possibly could have done more.  Yesterday I did about 1,700 lines in a 10-hour day, which again was full of interruptions.  I can't see myself consistently producing that amount day in and day out.  My wrists and arms already hurt.

All the power to the 3,000 line a day producers!  You are awesome and a very hard worker!

get on the dictation system, only to find NO WORK.  Or just a report or two.  And a bunch of other transcriptionists fighting for what little there is too.

I think my company overhired BIG TIME.  I think they hired a bunch of the people who jumped the ship from Medquist.

then maybe you are one of the many transcriptionists out there who are working HARD and not SMART.  If you are SMART you will learn how to use your skills to acheive the MAXIMUM payoff. 

The majority of Transcriptionist I have met really do not KNOW how to increase their line counts, how to be INDEPENDENT, how to SELL their services, etc.  Instead, they are CONTENT making under 30,000 . You have to be SMART in this business and quit SELLING yourself SHORT.  Learn everything you can about BEING THE BEST in your profession.  The work is OUT there!!!!!!!!  You need to seek it and turn down the CRAP that doesn't make $$$$.  I am only a 5 year MT and last year I made close to 52,000 after taxes.  Get motivated and get moving.  The work is there!!!!

When I need a reality check on how good I got it with this at-home typing thing, I do my chores outside in the freezing cold or sweltering heat and realize that is about the only other thing I could do in this state for income, and I'd be lucky if I got minimum wage with no bennies out of it.

I guess you have to look at it from a different perspective every now and again.  I've heard of people who leave MTing at home because they miss the buzz of an office, and then the cranky patient's and office politics breaks them down and brings them back to doing their thing solo again.

For me, the pay isn't too awfully bad because I figure don't have to buy fancy clothes, I don't have to worry about a car, gas, packing/buying lunch, and putting on a happy face if I don't want to. 

We all have bad days.  Those are days when you really need to take a deep breath or two and walk away for a bit.  They will get better.  If the bad days just keep on a'comin, well, then I suppose it would be time to look for a change, and there's nothing wrong with that either.   

stay focused.  When you're working at home it is soooo easy to turn on the TV, take frequent breaks to answer the phone, talk to hubbie, play with the kids, take a hot bath, play solitaire on the PC, surf the net, post on a message board, etc.

I just wondered if anyone had any miracle cure for the wandering mind?

HELP!!!!  How can we prove to our significant others that working at home is hard work and just because we are home, we are working and CANNOT always find extra time for laundry, dishes, cleaning, dinner, etc?????

I hear, "you work 6 hours a day, I work 10...I expect everything to be done if you have those extra 4 hours.... " Well, my 6 hours of working is actual sit at the computer and type my fingers to the bone....yes, I take breaks and do have extra time..but then I shower, chat with friends, catch the news..whatever....it is not excessive.  I keep up on the house most of the time, juggle my schedule to pick kids up from school, etc.... so once in a while if I just don't feel like making sure everything around the house is done, i get "What did you do all day..."  I AM SICK OF IT!!!!

My job is a full time job, I make more than I ever had working in an office 40 hours a week.....and I don't want to feel guilty for taking breaks and having some quality time for myself in between working...

Especially when he goes to work and talks to all his coworkers, brags about how easy his job is, sits around waiting for an assignment etc.....  Just because he isn't home to do the laundry on his breaks, why should I?????

sorry this is so long...but I KNOW a lot of you can relate!!!!!

That time is coming sooner rather than later, as more boomers retire (or try to), the balance of those working and supporting the system continues to drop.

In the meanwhile, we continue to cater to anyone who wants to play the system (I personally know 3 people who do).  As as society we have taught everyone to whine and stick out their hand to the government, federal and local, and they will be rewarded because they are "special".

The working folk get tired of watching the party they can never attend.  Beyond the emotional toll, their bodies become sick from working too hard for too long.  One by one they leave the work force, and who will replace them?

So, when nobody is "normal" and everyone is "special" and the whole thing collapses, maybe then there will be reform, but at that point how?  Good luck trying to get people who have been on the dole their entire lives (the 3 people I know are pushing 40) to suddenly change their ways after a lifetime of entitlement.  They'll probably just turn to crime so they can go to jail and society will continue to support them there.  Then the money formerly budgeted for entitlement programs will go to build more prisons, and taxes will not go down.

I have 2 children and did it with both of them.  I am also a nurse but after trying part-time out of the house work combined with MT-ing to stay home with kids as much as possible, I ended up strictly at home 2 years ago. 

It's not the easiest when the children are infants - but it's worth it once you get past that phase.  I actually used to type with my daughter breastfeeding in my lap!  I had some crazy, crazy days and nights.  Don't expect to get 3-4 hours straight - be ready to get an hour or 2 when you can throughout the day.  It can be frustrating, but once they reach a certain age and are sleeping well you can work at night and during naps.  (My kids did not take to naps too well, so the night was my time.)

Now my kids are 8-1/2 and 4-1/2 and it's wonderful.  I'm finally past the crazy hours and grabbing an hour whenever I can - never at the same time.  (I am fortunate to work for a company that does not require set hours.) I type while they are at school and then on occasion after they go to bed at night.  I volunteer at their schools once a week, coach my daughter's cheerleading team, and am baseball, soccer and football mom.  I had an RN office job part-time about 2 years ago that I loved, but I just couldn't take not being able to be there for their school activities, after-school stuff, etc.  Nothing beats the flexibility of MT-ing. 

Good luck.  There will be smooth days and not so smooth ones - keep in mind how lucky you will be to be able to attend everything you want to with your child - to not have to call in sick when they are, to not have to ask permission to run that lunchbox to school when they leave it in the car, etc., etc.!

I sure hope not.  I don't want to think that God would punish many for the actions of few like this either.  Probably purely coincidental. 

The sad thing is that those who demanded that these religious monuments be removed are probably not even from the south but chose that area because of the spirituality and religious folks that make the south their home.  

I personally find the removal of these markings truly abominable.  They are a simple reminder of what this country was founded on, faith, hope, and freedom. 

Southerners are devote and proud. They will get through this with time and help from the rest of us.  This is what American grit really is.  Help from others or no, we have to stick together and pull ourselves up from the muck. 

to let someone ask a question if they want.  You do not have to read it, think about it, address it, whatever.....what difference does it make that the topic was brought up at some past time?  This board is for communication and nobody is forcing you to read redundant posts. 

Just PLEASE stop making folks feel stupid.  Go onto the next post or start one yourself. 

I'm having the hardest time working today.  My best friend is having surgery at the Cleveland Clinic today.  She is only 28 and has grade III anaplastic astrocytoma.  She was only diagnosed three months ago after she had a seizure and this is now her second surgery.  She is so far away (we live in Kentucky) and I really want to be there.  To those who are reading this, I am asking for your prayers for my friend, Jenny, and her husband and two young children, that they may all be together this Christmas.   Please also pray for me to have the strength to help her and her family through this terrible time and difficult road ahead.  Thank you all.

decisions that you've made.  we all want to believe what our spouces tell us and hope that things will change but in the end it never does and in the meantime you're raising your kids in an environment that will effect them the rest of their lives.  i've been through a lot of what you're going through and there's no good or easy answer to help anyone through it.  I used to be very confident, strong and able to do anything and now I don't have the confidence to make the most simple decisions because my x was so abusive.  my family didn't believe me about the things that would happen and I was too humiliated to tell my friends.  when I finally got the courage to make him move out I was recovering from neck surgery, couldn't ambulate by myself, didn't have a full time job,  had a 1 year old, and  he had wiped out the savings.  it's been 2.5 yrs and I'm almost back on my feet.  there are state systems that can help you but be prepared for a battle there too because you will have to nag and nag to get help in a somewhat timely manner, just don't give up.  start checking into things as quickly as possible because I found out that it's usually first-come first-served type of thing.  call you local police department and ask what they can offer and what steps you need to take to keep yourself and kids safe. what I finally realized was that I didn't want my son growing up in an environment that was unhealthy and unsafe not to mention I didn't want him to think that it was ok to treat people, especially women, in the way he was seeing at home.  I'm a firm believer that God gives you what you can handle and you will be a better person once you've overcome his challenges.  I also believe that it's my job as a mother to do anything I can to protect my son for as long as I can.  no parent, not even a step-parent, should ever be jealous of their child for any reason especially health reasons and needing more attention. I know I'm on my soapbox but I believe that you can find the confidence to do what is right for you and to be stronge for your kids.   try to remember that abusers never change. (feel free to email me anytime you need to.)  there's lots of us out there that can relate to what you're going through and although there's nothing to make it easier it helps to have people just to vent to.   my prayers go out to you and your family

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