Why do continue to work as an MT then?
Posted By: Hardly seems worth it. on 2009-03-20
In Reply to: Okay - to make it simple, what's your monthly takehome pay? - AFTER taxes, SS, benefits, etc. - sm
I work for 8 cpl and earn approximately $4000 a month working an easy clinic account like the OP. Even setting aside a generous 30% for taxes and paying for insurance, my take home pay is around $2500. Not bad for an easy clinic job with little stress. If I was working acute care or a lot of difficult ESLs, then yes, I would expect to be paid more.
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If you continue to work for them under these
circumstances and accept their policies by continuing to work there, why would they change.
They are getting away with it because you continue to work
for them, even though they are cheating you.
There should be clear written guidelines as to how they count lines and you should have a system to keep track of lines independently of SS. If there is a discrepancy it needs to be addressed. You can file a complaint with the labor board if you can document discrepancy, also file with Attorney General.
If you know there is a problem and you continue to work there you basically say it is okay for them to screw you.
Well, for example- I want to continue to work
Who told you your full retirement is age 70?? On my papers from social security (and the person there told me same plus another person I spoke with from social security) that full retirement is for me age 66, last year it was 65. Who in the world told you full retirement was 70? Do this, just call social security on Monday and ask them. Simple. What you started off saying and the reason people talked about behind bars and the like, sounds like you wanted to be "employee" of husband, he could pay you, sounds totally underhanded- that is what I thought as well as others on here. I work as independent and pay my own taxes, nothing to do with husband's during the year.
How long would you continue to do work for someone sm
when your check didn't come when it was supposed to? It is a week late now, saying it was mailed when supposed to be mailed to the correct address but i have not received it yet. I now already have 2 weeks worth of pay supposed to be on next check. At what point would you not do any more work until receiving payment? I have worked for this small MTSO for about 10 months now and never a problem before. Just leiry as the more I type, the more income i am wondering if i will receive. Not idea if it truly wasn't mailed or if lost somewhere in the mail.
Why in the world would you continue to work
out there? Are you mentally challenged???
just wondering - but why do people continue to work for a company - sm
that has no work or keeps running out? I'm not asking this in a sarcastic tone, I'm actually being very serious. When I posted my resume on MTstars bank, I was FLOODED with calls from transcription companies. Might I suggest, if people are not happy where they are currently working, to just post your resume on MTstars and wait for the calls to come in.
It's just a thought. And again, I am not being sarcastic, I'm being serious!
I have always said and will continue
to say that you can take all the classes you want for this job, but it's on the job training that is best. I have seen the on line course that our local college offers, and it makes no sense to me. Yeh, you have to know grammar, etc., but the in depth English course that you have to take is crazy! You have to understand the doc, know terminology for sure, have lots of referrences and definitely know where a period and comma goes, but ultimately, isn't it up to the person dictating to be clear and know how they want the report to go. It's not a job everyone can do that's for sure, but it's definitely a job that requires you to gain experience by actually doing it.
I was thrown into transcription at age 18 at a clinic that I worked for, didn't know anything about it, and it showed in the reports...I stuck in there though because I had no choice, and when I think back to all the crap I took from docs because I really didn't have a clue...I feel lucky, but that feeling is slowly going away becasue of all the new rules, technology, etc., but I guess that's the way it goes, things evolve, times change. That's why anyone who comes to me for advice about this type of job, I say, now especially, always have a plan B.
Not really trying to continue stirring the pot, but...
it really does seem that those with a negative view just LOVE to post here. Honestly, that fact doesn't mean a whole lot, since I agree that there are probably many, many MTs with positive viewpoints on most any subject here...they just don't post. Who knows why? Not me. Maybe they are positive people who want to stay feeling that way and don't want to get slammed, so they don't post.
I know, someone will now tell me that I can't speak for others. I'm not. I'm just pondering the reasons for the ABUNDANT negative posts vs. the piddly amount of positive posts on most every subject. 
My point is I'm sure HappyMQ'r is not alone in her happiness with MQ. She's just more verbal than some. 
Why do you continue to call
people fat and ugly?
If you continue to speak to me
like that I will ban you from my site. Now, I'm trying to relate to you guys by being honest. You should appreciate that.
are not that nice, but they continue....sm
to take classes and learn even if they are OLD MDs. I have been treated in France and England and yes, their offices are not SPECTACULAR AND FANCY like most of ours in the USA....but they treat people really nice and are very thorough.....esp in American Hospital in France.
I have spent YEARS in Europe.........and prefer the medical system there than here.
If we built and continue...
....to build corporations in Mexico, they why in the world do they keep coming over here for work?
I totally understand where you're coming from. I have had many family members and friends lose jobs they have worked at for 25+ years. It's a shame this continues to go on. Maybe our political postions should be outsourced to the American people, not the high-rollers who are put there because of WHO they know and NOT because they care about us!
I am bilingual. Please continue SM
thinking that you should not have to learn another language, you will be one less person I will have to compete with in the global economy.
want to continue using her service. If he says
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If IC could continue to do p.r.n. stats, but I
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I feel the same way. If we continue to use VR, then
our typing skills will get weak and thus if and when we do need to do straight transcription, we will be a low slower because we are not typing every day. I love to type and that is one of the main reasons I became a medical transcriptionist.
It was so good. I was thinking they were going to continue it
again. I just love George, Patrick Dempsey ain't bad to look at either. What did Izzy used to be in?. She looks so familiar but I don't recognize her name.
I will no longer continue to bicker with you...
I mentioned one word being misspelled, as I stated above, not the typos. It was the most important word of the post N-I-E-C-E. Relax.
I'm not a national MT service but I will continue to use IC's
as I believe I can meet the burden of proof required by IDES and IRS.
they will continue to offer low wages because there is always SOMEONE who will take it!
nm
Ice first, heat later. Continue to move around some.
Bed rest is not actually recommended anymore. Avoid riding in moving vehicles as that will be the most painful time, trust me.
Okay, just for grins and giggles, to continue
I just brought up that document from last night that I had in Word - and this is what I came up with:
5889 characters w/o spaces divided by 65 gives you 90.6 lines
6959 characters w/spaces divided by 65 gives you 107.06 lines
6959 characters w/spaces divided by 55 gives you 126.5 lines
Anyway, I am no math genius - and my husband helped me last night to figure out the percentage - but there was a 15.4% difference between 65 character line with and w/o - you will have to do the math yourself to figure out the % difference between your 55 character line - but w/o spaces you definitely lose and looks to be substantial difference when you factor in your 55 character line. Good luck!! It sure made our decision easier! :))
What is worse are companies that continue to use
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I would advise you to continue teaching! nm
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Word ? DO NOT go on this board, but people continue
to post them. Administrators have continuously posted DO NOT post word questions here. Most everything else is allowed unless people get ugly and then they are told to take it elsewhere. If you want to play you need to follow the rules.
patience prudence..keep notes and continue to try.
I have 26 years experience, continue to learn every day. nm
nm
Thank you. As long as we accept payment like that, they will continue to do it.
If we do not accept jobs that pay without spaces, then they will realize that we are not going to continue to do something for nothing. How many of you do several things throughout the day at no charge? Now this...
Anybody go south for winter and continue working?
Hubby and I are thinking of going south for the first time this coming winter. I've found some sublets with internet access, mostly wireless, one wired. My work uses DocQScribe and internet based. I use a desktop computer for work but have a laptop capable of the job.
Have any of you done this? If so, what was your experience? Any tips or precautions as far as wireless internet security? At home we have a wired network with a hardware firewall/router so no experience with wireless. I'm not high tech but not a complete novice either.
As for paying bills and accessing cash in a different locale, did you use online banking and ATMs or some other method? I confess some hesitation about online banking even though most of my friends and neighbors have used it for years!
Thanks to anyone who can help. 
It amazes me that places can continue to get new accounts when they do not pay their employees and h
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INDIA WILL CONTINUE LEADING US-BEEN OVERSEAS AND SEEN POVERTY!!!!!
 So many of us do not know what it is like to live in poverty. India is still divided between the rich and poor. Consequently, that leaves the so many of the poor to work like dogs just to support themselves and their extended family members. I am tired of everyone talking about the Indian MTs. We need to be in their shoes also. All and all, AMERICA IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE!!!!! THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY!!!!
Instant Text can import your SH entries so you can continue
to use those shortcuts you are used to. IT can also import AutoCorrect and AutoText.
I used SH for a whole lot of years and switched to IT and have never looked back!
Unfortunately it is legal..so yes it is business and they will continue with bad business practices
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Oh I've read that site and continue to read it...sm
I agree...much motivation there. I have tried to quit numerous times in the past and did successfully quit when I was pregnant for the first time many years ago but I have never managed to summon up the strength or resolve to stay quit. Thus the "need" for a financial investment in my efforts. It somehow makes it more motivational to know that I have $$$ invested in this effort over and above the $$$ saved on cigarettes.
continue your goal; he'll/they'll get used to it/over it
nm
I get my work from an FTP site that they load the work to, however I don't have pool work so to
speak, but I tell them how many minutes a day I want. The work is generally put in my box by 5 pm every day, then I have until 10 am the following day for some priority work, or 3:30 pm for the rest, so TAT is not too bad. I would like to work less at night though, but I working on that. My downside is I do not get the same dictators day to day, there are a few I do on a semi-regular basis though, some generate great lines but take longer to do that other doc's and are not "money-makers", I also do not get paid for spaces so that hurts a bit too. This is WP5.1 too.....so very antiquated but that is what the hospital uses, so not much choice there. But I understand what you mean about the C-phone. I was just doing another job with C-phone recently...they incidentally did not tell me how to get off of the system, which was very simple. I'd finish a job, then hit stop and hangup if I wanted to get off or quit working. That is what you need to do if you want to sleep, eat, etc. Don't feel guilty, do what you signed up for, believe me they watch the pools and will get others to do the work you don't finish. If they get on your case remind them that you are only PT and only want 500 lines a day, etc. It's not worth killing yourself over. Good Luck. 
You go by your schedule and have no work. Everytime I get on to work, there is always work.
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Then you would have no life at all except work, work, work if you did that. I wouldn't do it. nm
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Same thing with nationals. You work all the time to keep the account caught up when others dont work
and then when they decide to put a whole lot of extra people on your accounts and run you out they could care less about how much you worked.
Have a hospital I work for and they consistently change work types and do line counts. (sm)
Management just doesn't understand in order to crank out the work you need to be proficient by typing the same accounts. Go figure, they just don't get it ??
Usually work "live" on a Cphone, while connected. There are ways to record & work off line, bu
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steady work...gearing up to start new account....but there was no work on Tues as it was a holiday
Be patient with your eyes open....
I work for Warminster at MQ and I am sick to death of being jerked around with no work all the time.
I would like a job where I can depend on the work and it does not seem to be in this office of MQ.
Speaking of offshoring MT work, who does not directly send work offshore?
Just curious. Has anyone got a list of companies who do not send work offshore? Precyse? MQ? Spheris?
Becky you work in a great place. With no one hovering, I bet you get a lot more work done w/o agoniz
wants what. The only people qualified to do QA on my reports are the dictating doctors and the rest is just pure waste of money and time. If I have a question fine. But this random QA bites and hurts everyone. BTW, I don't have random QA for those who seem to think I may have an ax to grind. No dog in this fight. Just common sense.
Good. Why dont you send some our way. What office do you work for so I can call and get your work.
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Before needing to work, I did volunteer work through the Junior League where I am from in Texas. lm
Junior League was like a full-time job sometimes, but I loved it. Now that I have to work, even though it is from home, I still volunteer through my son's school. I am a school teacher in my previous (pre-MT) life, so I volunteer my tutoring services for children who need the help beyond what the schools are able to provide but whose parents cannot afford to pay for private tutoring. I also know how you felt about being afraid. I was strangely afraid before I joined the Junior League. It was just the unknown. But I was SO blessed by being able to help. Honestly, I am sure that it helped me just as much, if not more, than I helped others. Go for it. You won't be sorry. (Just remember that you have to say NO when you have to say no, okay? Remember that and you will be richly blessed by the experience!)
nm would you mind if I asked where you work and what type of work hosp, clinic ?
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All I know is it caused the company I work for to be unable to do all work due today and the rest
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Just return the work, submit your bill, the scurry and find more work elsewhere. sm
They will never meet with you before next week. It is Thursday, already. Be prepared to sue for payment, because you will probably need to. But, most of all, find other work elsewhere, because I have a feeling this final payment will be a long time coming.
I work on Escription platform and the adapter didnt work for me. I tried it on my laptop though
and the foot pedal would just not play correctly with the adapter. I think others have tried it and done it but it just didnt work for me.
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