can you stand on your feet all day, be abused by better than thou customers, work for slave wages?
Posted By: I choose or what on 2006-03-05
In Reply to: Speak for yourself..... I can transcribe anything... Can a Wal-Mart cashier? - Why put people down? nm
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Slave Wages
I dont know who you work for but I make about $25-30 per hour. I work two jobs and 10-12 hours a day and on weekends and I make between $6000 and $7000 per month. I know that is excessive for hours but I am trying to pay off my house, car, etc and I am spoiling my 3 kids rotten!!
I type radiology, which I believe is the easiest and fastest to learn and type.
If you think you are working for slave wages now...
Medical transcription is not your field. We work for slave wages and have to compete with offshore transcriptionists who work for next to nothing.
You will need to have an extensive medical knowledge, be willing to constantly purchase new equipment and reference books, and for all of that you get paid worse than a Wal-Mart greeter. Wages consistently have been going down, not up.
If you have a bachelor's degree, I would look into other fields if I were you.
The only way I would recommend this field to someone is if they are handicapped or have an ill child or something that forces them to work from home. Aside from that, I wouldn't recommend it.
6 cents a line is not competitive imo. More like slave wages.
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If I stand very straight and stretch I am 5 feet too.
I have a reacher for the higher cabinets, though tend to put things there that aren't used very often. I also keep a low step stool for when DH or my kids aren't around. I don't have problems with my office chair not being low enough, so I guess mine goes lower than others. In typing class in jr. high I would cross my ankles and my teacher was always telling me to put my feet flat on the floor. He always got a good laugh when I told them they didn't reach. I had to sit on a thick phone book in driver's ed and had to have extension put on my gas/brake pedals in my first car. My dream would be to be 5'2".
You cant have a 1 hour TAT and MTs have work. They are completely nuts. We are being used and abused
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Reply: THere are not enough MTs willing to work for slave
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I am fairly new with my company and I tried the control Y one time, and it didn't work, so I thou
into the "global" normals, I will play with it again and give it a try. How long have you been doing transcription? Have you stayed with the same company for a long time? I worked at a clinic for 6 years, hospital for 8, and now this new national for 3 months.....I hate feeling new!
Then DON'T work for "newbie" wages
If you were better, you'd be making more. Bottom line.
Slow people do not make money.
Bad attitude people get less work/jobs.
Good MTSOs do not hire poor MTs.
Why are you griping. It's your own doing. Life is what you make of it. If you deserved more, you'd be making more.
Type faster, make more.
Start your own business, make more.
Qualify for a good MTSO, make more.
If you're not earning it, the reason lies with YOU.
The illegals also can work at these low wages because
they live 5 or 6 families to a house. Every time you hire illegals (and if a job is bid at half what an American can do it, they ARE illegal) you are contributing to the destruction of America. Have you ever read any reports of what its like to live in a neighborhood with illegals? It rapidly declines into garbage and filth. This is the only way these people know to live. They do not care to assimilate into our society. They would rather we degrade down to their level. Enjoy that money you save. May you also enjoy a few of these families coming to YOUR neighborhood.
Oh, and don't think they just live in low income areas any more. Nah, they are spreading into the McMansion neighborhoods. 7 or 8 families per house can afford to live there, and Bank of American is oh so happy to loan them the money. Ain't American great?
Wow! This must be the only line of work where the wages
Can you afford to work for India wages (sm)
Don't even listen to people trying to sell you a class, study for something with a future.
I did formal training and MT was pretty good for a while, but now I wouldn't recommend this career to my worst enemy!
Well what is slave labor? Unpaid? Do these people willing report to work unpaid?
Sounds like they may work for a certain national MT company with a private board on MT Stars. Now that's slave labor. Walmart is a walk in the park compared to the national MT company with the private board.
There is a 2 lb. baby chihuahua laying at my feet while I work today. So precious. nm
Will all the big nationals running us out of work and lower our wages what suggestion does anyone
have. This situation is getting extremely serious for people that need to make a living. What a shame.
Lets try this again. With all the big nationals running us out or work and lowering our wages what
do you suggest.
ME TOO! $500.00 in tips this Xmas from 64 customers. :)
Good exercise too! 
I agree, and it's also how they get more money out of their customers, too, by padding
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It's no big deal if QA is not abused, this is the key
KEY KEY KEY but too often QA is abused and expected to complete the work of an incompetent. I speak of the barely hireable here, not the professional MT. I'm talking about the person who was hired so the MTSO could say a penny.
Abused and overused
I feel the same way. I have 25+ years, and I am working harder than I did back then, and it seems like for less money!!!!
OF INTEREST TO ALL TIME WARNER CUSTOMERS...THEY ARE GOING TO START CHARGING FOR USAGE AND NOT A FLAT
This really sucks as the article said it would impact heavy users only. My cable bill is already high but to be charged for actual using will skyrocket my bill. I think I could spit nails right now. I can post the article if anyone is interested. They said it will be a trial period. Anyone else use Time Warner?
Way fishy! You're being used and abused. This is NOT
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Prayers for a sexually abused child please...sm
I'm a foster parent and while at my foster child's psychologist appointment today there was a 9-year-old girl waiting for her appointment time and she looked the saddest of any child I've ever encountered. Right after I walked into the room this child looked at me and said "men stare at me." I then told her that perhaps it was because she was a pretty girl, and she went on to tell me that she was there because she had been sold for sex to men by her mom to support her mom's meth habit. She is now in protective custody and it was her caseworker who had brought her in to start psychotherapy. Things like this make me sick because this child's innocence was robbed all because her mother made poor decisions in life and sold her child to fulfill her own selfish desires. All I could do was assure her that she wasn't the bad person and that she was a good kid and that the people that did these things to her were bad, and that not all men want sex from girls. Please say a prayer for her. I don't know her name but God certainly does.
SS is abused now as people with "disabilities" are claiming more and more.
I know what SS is supposed to be used for, but I get angry at people who abuse the privilege to receive such money. It angers me that as I pay into this program I may not see it when I retire and *need it* while others are using it now for *disabilities*.
Well, then why don't you take your "holier-than-thou"
attitude back to your desk and get to work, yourself.
Why is it holier than thou to tell you
instead of complaining on this board. Do some work/make some money. Hone your skills/make yourself more valuable. I make a lot of money because of the time and effort I have put into it. I used to make $6 an hour doing MT. Now I make $35 or more. If I had sat around complaining about making $6 an hour, instead of working my a$$ off to become an excellent MT, with hospital experience, and now my own accounts, I still wouldn't be making anything. Life is what you make it. Take what you have/start where you are, and work your way up. Do that instead of complaining and you'll get somewhere.
not holier than thou
my belief system does not allow me to do ITOPs and has me really boxed in trying to find employment. been offered 2 really good jobs lately and now realizing that working for MTSO versus my old inhouse job might not work. Any ideas?
What a holier-than-thou answer. nm
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I CANNOT believe these Holier Than Thou wonderful moms - sm
This is absolutely ridiculous... There are crappy daycares out there, but you can certainly tell by your child's actions if it is good or bad - if they go kicking and screaming then you know they aren't having FUN. Lady, You are doing JUST FINE.... if they love daycare and you are getting your work done, then SO WHAT... these other "wonderful moms" are SO one-sided opinionated that I would hate to see the attitude and social skills they are teaching THEIR little ones!! YOU do the best you can for YOU and your babies... Is this really troubling to these "wonderful moms" when they begin pre-K or Kindergarten for heaven's sake... LORD KNOWS the teachers at school don't love these children like YOU do... puhleeeze!! If it is a fun learning experience where they are making friends... they would RATHER be playing with friends than watching your back and listening to the rattling of the keyboard... Sure there are companies that allow flexibility, but you have to set it to suit everyone in the mix... To you "wonderful moms" who think that YOUR way of "NO DAYCARE" is the ONLY right way - poopoo to you.... Mommies have to do what Mommies have to do... all children are different... my daughter I was able to keep at home... my son needed interaction with people and constant stimulation that I could not be flexible with - so he had a sitter for a few hours, then pre-K .... he has turned out to be the brightest child you would ever meet with a vocabulary that would stun you!! Each child is different, each family is different, each mommy is different... YOU are NOT a terrible mother for choosing this route, and I am sure your babies will grow up to be well-rounded, SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE young ladies and gentlemen... Shame, SHAME for judging!!! 
U to be right but me thinks thou doth protest
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7 or even 7.5 cpl is slave labor
I had a company offer me 7.5 cents recently and I said no, perservered it out, and found a great company that pays 10 cents a line and they actually care about their MTs, not treat them like a number. Hold out for what you deserve to be paid and don't compromise. A company paying 7 cents is looking for slave labor.
Slave labor
... sounds like someone is on their high horse in a third world country and expects American MTs to get with the slave labor mentality!
With that holier than thou attitude who would want you as a boss ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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And having a holier than thou attitude is SOOOOOO attractive!
Slave labor, I agree
His $10 bid was probably from China (or the company which MT's are not allowed to talk about here anymore).
Yep, it IS just one little detail, the fact that you are slave to them, but when they
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Again, if you make yourself a slave to them they will never respect you.
and that will give her a nudge towards "independence" instead of being dependent on you and not appreciating it.
Your heart is in the right place but sometimes good-intentioned people like yourself unknowingly make themselves appear to be a doormat and can't figure out why they get treated as such.
gotta love your ID "MQ Slave" says it all.
Tooooo funny. My daughter stopped in the other day and headed right to my office. She said, "OH MY GAWD! MOM'S IN THE KITCHEN!" 
I just answered the insurance post. I don't know if they have slave labor or not. nm
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Sleeping all day long while my little fantasy slave does my lines LOL :-)
Wow... you vacuum every day? Dang, I'd never even get 50 lines done a day if I did that. I maintain and clean seriously on my one day off, but... hats off to you, sister!
My mistake, I am not thinking tonight, I actually make 11.5 cpl, clinic notes. I earn my money thou
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yes, pay by production reminds me of slave labor on an assembly line, with pitiful
payback. Apparently, these nationals get away with this because we're willing to sell ourselves so cheaply to work at home. It's like having a constant monkey on your back to make production, with so many variables thrown in each day that it's just nothing but stress. And, what if you are having a bad day, not feeling up to snuff? NO CAN DO, or your paycheck reflects it. I mean, everyone has off/slow days now and then, but we're expected to work in constant high gear for fear of the loss in income. I live in a rural area, with in-house MT jobs scarce, which is why I'm doing this, but if there WERE an opening in a hospital, I'd run for it.
God gave us the ability to judge for good reason. Then told us judge not, lest thou be judged. NM
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Six-Feet Under
I was totally stunned - can't believe it.
Six feet under
I KNOW!!! We were all sitting there with our mouths about hitting the floor. We could not believe it.
Please, please, no more on Six Feet Under
It's killing me not to read these posts. I "Tivo'd" it and haven't watched it tonight. That's what I look forward to on Monday nights. What will I ever do when it goes off???
what did you think of the Six Feet Under
It seemed a little rushed at the ending. I was also expecting to cry or get emotional or get shocked like I usually do. It was very mundane and the ending was rushed. Looks like everyone died exactly the same way, except the gay boyfriend.
Six Feet Under...
 Quit acting like an ostrich and pull your head out of the sand. Pick up the paper some time and read it or tune into the news when you can fit it into your busy schedule because it's really important for you to know what's going on in our world today. Of course, your other alternative is to keep doing what you're doing, with your head stuck firmly in the sand, thinking companies are paying bucco bucks/line rates in today's world economy.
Pes can also mean feet.
Or footlike part.
Six feet under drama
Nate sure left a mess, so far they've bad mouthed the Iraq war, fantasized brother and sister romance (shudders), where else will they go? Who's going to be a goner in the finale, I feel its coming. They've set it up where anyone can either off themselves or do something crazy and accidentally die.
yes frostbite of his feet
Thank you... I started laughing about the word because it sounded like tiny penis cured with cream.. and just can't concentrate now so I'm taking a break...lol
cold feet
I bought a cheap electric heater and run it pointing towards my feet.
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