ups and downs - sm

Posted By: former traveler on 2006-07-25
In Reply to: Are there any traveling transcriptionists out there and do you like it.nm - MI-MT

you have to pay your expenses up front. Kforce DOES NOT PAY THEM. The work is not steady. You could be told that you are going to be on an assignment for two weeks and then end up being there four months or longer. Lots of assignments will not pay for your travel home - it comes out of your pocket- regardless of what Kforce tells you. Sometimes the hospital paid for my trip home, but I had two assignments where I had to pay for it myself. Paychecks were always a problem - not only with myself, but others that I traveled with. Never on time - never the right amount - taxes taken out of two states (your home state and the state you travel to), etc. There was some good to it, i.e. I did get to see some very small towns in remote parts of the country, got to work on different types of equipment, always a learning experience, etc. I could go on about various other things and situations that arose with myself or other travelers, but I do not want to clog up the space with a long response. It's one of those jobs that may or may not be for certain people. It is best for the person that doesn't have children, or a spouse, not a lot of responsibility, and probably be best if you had no mortgage/rent because you are away from home a lot and why pay all that money and not be in your home, etc.

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Are there any traveling transcriptionists out there and do you like it.nm - MI-MT
- ups and downs - sm - former traveler
- traveling - mricksgers
- Traveling Transcriptionist - Barb
- found an old MTStars discussion (see inside)....you can google for more - googler
  - Interesting!!! - mac
    - those are ads for recruiting - not traveling transcription positions - former traveler
    - there was another too (sm) - googler
- I guess I should say who work for a company that has you travel - MI-MT
  - is there such a company??? (nm) - mac
    - Yes, but I cannot remember the name of it--sm - none
      - it was K-force, but I don't think they do it now. - i remember
        K-force, yes they still do. They offered me 11 cpl and 40 c/mile in San Bernardino, CA. nm - Sharon
        Offered me same. - ttl

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