hi Angie...

I am glad some nice people finally replied.  I didn't have any real answers but totally understood what you meant.

I work in-house at the moment and although I started in 1996, I worked in-house then too, so I was paid an hourly rate and there were no Expanders or incentive programs, working long hours, etc. No way of making extra money at it.  It was like being a secretary.    We make very little per line now working in-house -- .075/line but there is an incentive program where people who have been with the hospital a long time seem to be the only ones benefiting from the incentive program.

I have only been there a year and a half.  I have a friend/co-worker who has been there 4 years.  However, she has been working as a Transcriptionist since 1982.  She is very fast.  I sometimes watch her type and she is good at what she does and she can barely make the intermediate level on the incentive program.  She was having similar problems with the expanders and shortcuts, but I think she is finally figuring them out now.  However, now there is talk of switching to speech recognition editing.  We will basically be editors and they will probably pay us less. 

I have worked from home as well making more per line but also had trouble with finding the right fit, right platform, right account, etc.  MTing isn't something I would recommend to anyone to do for a living.  Although some are real lucky at it -- in the right place at the right time, kind of like our housing market.  Some have made money on the housing market and some are barely breaking even. So I see them as being lucky.

I agree with annabanna, don't be afraid to keep searching until you find the right fit.  Good luck in your search.

• Re-entering the MT Field - AngieS.
  • Yes. It is definitely quicker, however, the - giddy pc guru
  • I agree ! - more than you know
    • I make less than half online than I do transcribing from my old tapes and my WP5.1 with PDR .. :( I - giddy pc guru
      • I loved 5.1 with Smart Type and miss it, but I make more now sm - Lyndia
      • WP51 and PDR - sm - sammypot
        • LOL .. folks ask me why I don't go digital - and I ask "why should I?"
          • Pros of Digital - AngieSAa
            • agree there are many pros .. I just don't - seem to be able to produce as much
              • pickup - marilyn
              • there are ways to afford it - AngieSAa
      • LOL .. yeah, I know. I try not to think about it .. - was trying to be PC .. no mesage
  • Headers - MTJB
    • Yes, I agree..... - EvaEv
  • MT from Mars? - olderndirt
    • 14 Years here on Earth and in the USA - AngieS.
      • Decades as MT - olderndirt
        • Olderndirt - oh my! - Trish Merrill
        • that's okay - AngieSA
      • Sounds like you are talking - annabanana
        • I forgot to mention my opinion - annabanana
          • Thanks for the responses - AngieS.
            • hi Angie... - ebony..sm
              • Thanks Ebony - AngieSA
                • job ad... - Ebony
            • Same boat as you - Christina Vantilborgh
              • pm'd you Christina n/m - AngieS

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